Forget Pehredaar Piya Ki, where was all the CRITICISM when these shows were launched and successful!

How did the viewers turn so opinionated suddenly?

Published: Tuesday,Aug 29, 2017 15:15 PM GMT-06:00

Sanchita Jhunjhunwala

Disclaimer: This article in no way supports Pehredaar Piya Ki. This is just a perception about how the listed shows escaped our eyes.

There has been a lot of hue and cry over Sony TV's Pehredaar Piya Ki being regressive and promoting all the wrong ideas to the audience. However. there is no denying that the show isn't in any way a progressive one, or something that needs to be highlighted on TV, but is being given undue importance.

And, all of this only makes us wonder where were all the critics, the questions and all the judgements, when shows like Dil Se Di Dua...Saubhagyavati Bhava, Baalika Vadhu and Bandini ran successfully.

Read on as we list them down for you!

Dil Se Di Dua...Saubhagyavati Bhava?

The story talks about domestic violence and Viraj Dobriyal's (Karanvir Bohra) obsessive streak. Viraj proposes marriage to Jhanvi (Sriti Jha) and the two get married with her family's approval. Post marriage, Jhanvi witnesses Viraj's obsessive and psycho nature but bears with him, until she loses her child and finally, decides to leave him. But does Viraj leave her? Definitely not! He follows her and vows to kill Raghav (Harsha Chopra), the man who saves Jhanvi and she wishes to lead a happy life with.

While you might think that we sympathise with Jhanvi, or pity her for going through all that torture, you actually should feel sorry about the very idea of promoting all this cruelty and yet not showing the lead fight against it.

It wasn't necessary to show her start off a life with Raghav, was it? Or, is that very progressive?

Balika Vadhu

Balika Vadhu wasn't accepted very well in the beginning. However, with time passing by, it became one of the cult shows in Indian Television. While there were questions raised in the beginning, they all subdued towards the latter part of the show.

Of all the things, the idea of a honeymoon in Pehredaar Piya Ki was looked down upon, while the scene was nothing close to what one would imagine. However, Balika Vadhu showed a sequence where Gehena (Neha Marda) and Basant (Satyajit Sharma) are celebrating their honeymoon; given the age gap that the two have in the show, how come no one batted an eyelid on that?

Naagin

A show like Naagin went on to become a TRP topper,. In fact, its sequel Naagin 2 as well was received very well by the viewers and remained on the Top spot. And, that is totally fine because?

Well, one, because Ekta Kapoor. Two, because who does not like to see pretty Naagins like Mouni Roy and Adaa Khan? Three, in a country like India, it is totally okay to have shows which promote superstitions and the entire concept of Naags, Naagins, and Naagmanis.

Bandini

How many of us would actually marry the girl/boy whose marriage you decided to sponsor yourself? I don't think any would. More so, definitely not to please the workers who work for us.

Bandini is a story where Dharamraj (Ronit Roy) marries Santu (Aasiya Kazi) just because if he didn't, the workers wouldn't be at peace with him. A widower, he already has 5 children and on taking Santu home, she is only shooed away and abused.

The very idea of this marriage does not appeal to us in any manner. And, to top it all, the poor girl is also left with no option but to take the blame of a murder that Dharamraj's daughter committed. And then there is only unnecessary drama that follows - of the son being stolen, Dharamraj being kidnapped and Santu being jailed.

Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai

A rather recent show from the entire lot, Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai has been added to our list because we couldn't understand how it is okay to ogle at someone else's wife and turn it into a funny situation. While one man is unemployed and has a pretty wife, the other man has a business and also a simple spouse. But, what the show talks about is how the two of them actually try to impress each others' wives and expect the audience to find humour in it.

Beyhadh

Sony TV show Beyhadh finds its presence here because of all the obsession and killing that it promotes. While the show is a critically acclaimed one for sure and deserves all the appreciation for the acting skills of the trio Jennifer Winget, Kushal Tandon and Aneri Vajani, at the end of it all, it promotes the obsessive streak that Maya has.

Killing and turning psychotic in the name of love isn't really what we need to promote, do we?

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