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Originally posted by: Laila2009 Seriously people; it is about time we are not afraid to see a character raped, getting justice and for the world to learn that rape happens in India and the struggles of the victim and the rights she deserves are shown. It should be done not for the TRP ratings but to inspire and support all those silent victims for whom justice is never shown. These women should not longer be shunned or viewed as shameful. It would be revoluationary to have show a woman put her life back together and find someone who would love her even though she had been raped. Unfortunately, the public is not ready and the CVs are too lazy and afraid to take the challenge. Perhaps one day someone will take the bold step and show the real truth and lift the veil of shame and silence these women have to endure.
Many of Ekta shows have already introduced the rape issue & the female getting justice in the end. For instance in Kasauti zindagi ki & Kahani ghar ghar ki had a track in between regarding the plight of a rape victim & how she struggles to get justice. Plus there was anil kappoor movie about 10 years back wherein aishwarya played a rape victim.
Yes, I know of the movie with Ash and Anil, but we're talking about television shows NOT films as films have tried to challenge the issue in part because they are marketed in the west and the audiences are unwilling to accept the typical tripe that is fed. Plus they are subject to reviews by US and UK critics and they are not as gentle as those in India. Interesting, so Ekta Kapoor has been willing to have her victims seek justice and didn't marry the victim of to rapist? How did that fair with the public?
Actually all shows come up with a rape issue & many show that the victim marries her rapist, for example in pavitra rishta we saw vandu marrying her rapist, this is even more disgusting. So there isnt anything new. A rape would have totally spoiled the storyline of 12/24 KB.
So ShreyaCool, in actuality, shows are unwilling to bring the issue of rape forward because they do as you write, marry the victim of to her rapist despite the efforts made by Ekta in her other shows? I wonder why? All for TRP ratings?
I don't know though how a rape would have spoiled the storyline of KB unless it was poorly handled I don't see how it would have sent out the wrong message that girls should not speak out - sure Mili was not smart when she confronted Nakul as even in the art of self defense - Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do - you do NOT put herself in danger, and tragically Mili did put herself in dangerous situation. HOWEVER, she would NEVER have pictured Nakul as a rapist as did we all so her decision was not altogther flawed. And even by putting herself in that situation, she would NOT been at fault if she had been raped either.
It would have proved that rape is a weapon for the man to take his revenge on a girl.
But rape IS a weapon that men use to take revenage on a girl!!!
Infact mili by saving herself has portrayed herself as a strong & self-reliant women who can fight & protect herself.
Many rape victims have also fought hard but have not been successful and not because they were not willing to fight harder. In reality, despite the fact Mili fought, someone of Nakul's size and sature would have been able to rape Mili but the show didn't show it that way and sent a very false protrayal.
Mili is the only strong & stable character in the serial from the very beginning, she's never scared of fighting against any injustice, & if her rape was shown it would have portrayed her as a weak woman. Infact by saving herself she has kind of shattered the belief that women are weak against men. A person like mili is infact an inspiration to all women!
Women who are raped are NOT weak women. Many who fight against the injustices through the police system and the judicial system, society etc are VERY strong women. Don't undermine their strength. If it was not for many of these women some of the laws that exist today to protect women would not be here. These women are VERY strong women because they have not made the decision to end their lives. You are insulting them by calling them weak women.
Sure it was good to see Mili fight and succeed against her attempted rapist I am very supportive of this notion but I would never insult those victims who fought and would not have succeed. Had Mili been raped, she would NEVER have let someone like Nakul get away with it.
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
Mangal Lakshmi
