KB losing realistic touch that appealed

In an effort to create romantic moments the CVs have lost their grip on realism, which was a hallmark of this serial. While other shows had middle class families living in glamourous homes, KB showed a typical middle class house in Delhi, even the decor looked affordable not designer. While other shows had women cooking and sleeping in sequined sarees with heavy jewellery and make-up, this one showed the lady of the house in a nightgown and ordinary salwar suits. Simi wore normal clothes to work not sheer sarees with backless blouses. When Abhi took Simi out the first time they ate street food (more typical of youngsters) not in a candlelit restaurant.

They were thrown out of the house in the middle of the night when no bank, store or jewellars are open..

Originally posted by: Bana

In an effort to create romantic moments the CVs have lost their grip on realism, which was a hallmark of this serial. While other shows had middle class families living in glamourous homes, KB showed a typical middle class house in Delhi, even the decor looked affordable not designer. While other shows had women cooking and sleeping in sequined sarees with heavy jewellery and make-up, this one showed the lady of the house in a nightgown and ordinary salwar suits. Simi wore normal clothes to work not sheer sarees with backless blouses. When Abhi took Simi out the first time they ate street food (more typical of youngsters) not in a candlelit restaurant.

Enough has been said about the fight and marriage scenes so I won't even start on those! Today again the SimBhi scenes were sweet but very unrealistic:

(i) Simi is a lecturer on a salary not a daily worker - surely she would have a bank account (most organisations in modern India bank in salaries) and credit card.

(ii) What about friends, given that both are very nice people wouldn't they have made some good friends who will be happy to help?

(iii) Anusha is a rich wife with lots of pin money - couldn't she have given Abhi some when they left?

(iv) They could have sold Simi's wedding jewellery (which was for shaadi with Nakul anyway).

They urgently need a writer who can write romantic scenes without resorting to gimmicks like sleeping on a park bench. Imagine going to stay with a friend and stealing moments of intimacy in the friend's house full of people. Imagine the thrill of signing their names as Mr & Mrs Tarneja for the first time in a hotel. Imagine Abhi choosing a fancy hotel and Simi chiding him in typical wifely fashion to be thrifty.

Originally posted by: ramas

Originally posted by: Bana

Thanks for the responses, always nice to hear views on one's view - whether in agreement or otherwise.

Laila, you are right - the creatives need to take stock and not let this degenerate into a filmy situation where Abhi and Simi are doing coolie and naukarani jobs. It is in fact a great opportunity for the Sunshiners who were bold enough to showcase the theme of a older woman - younger man relationship, to push the envelope further by having Simi support Abhi (continue to work, get a small apartment on rent with her salary) while he finds a job and the two together earn and build their home. After all Abhi did say "ab se tum mujhe chaloege".

Ramas, your affection for Simi and Abhi is obvious and so is your ability to see the brighter side!

Bee, Abhi will have a sensitive balancing act on his hands, egging Simi on to buy nicer more youthful clothes without making her feel she is not good enough as she is.

And yes, more romantic scenes pleeeeeeeeeeeeze! The dabha owner won't be very happy if they kissed in his dabha so they should have sold something else and gone for a night show in the movie hall. Can cootchie-coo plus catch a nap in air-conditioned comfort!