Originally posted by: Yashpa54
I would only say “wishful thinking”. What you are hoping ain’t going to happen. I have never watched a Hindi show regularly except Sarabhai, BALH1 and now watch BALH2 and Waghle. I mean their love story is not even starting. The villains have so much screen space. In BALH season 1, we had some comedy and cute tracks post their marriage. Then their was Ashwin track which Ram the lead solved very intelligently and that was episode 98 or 99. But till then too we had Ram and Priya comedy fights with each other. No one was publicly humiliating the other. Then after episode 98/99, we had Australia honeymoon track and it was refreshing. It went on for 2-3 weeks. Then for the next 2-3 weeks there was some misunderstanding but that was didn’t lead to Ram insulting Priya publicly. They patched up around episode 125-130 and then then there was a breast cancer, 7 wishes track. And that time BALH1 used to have decent enough high TRPs, at least till episode 166, after which it also deteriorated. So the fact of the matter is BALH2 is an utter disappointment and Ram’s character has been butchered. I bet they have some shitty things for us in store. I would be very surprised if something positive is shown. In fact I take an oath, if they show something positive, I will stop posting on this forum and criticising them forever. But I am sure it isn’t going to happen. Because Ram’s character has been shown like a Ravan now. Bloody womaniser
So, if I am reading it correct, you just said that you will stop spewing venom for a much-lived couple… RaYa… if the show-makers were to show something “good”? Right! Then please be ready to follow on your words because i am about to list a few good things from the show:
1. MEERA MA: I guess inka toh naam hu kaafi hai. But still, she is a woman of 4 daughters which is considered a big menace for women in a patriarchal society! She is a woman whose husband estranged her for another woman who could sear him a son. She is the type of women, who in a stereotypical show, would have been portrayed as a meek, broken, crying-all-the-time kind of woman. But here in this show she is anything but that. She is reslilient, soft yet bold, strong woman who has nurtured her foru daughters in the best possible way, given them the most important lessons of life, and has made them into four strong independent women who can fight the world and anything that comes their way all on their own. She taught them the power of unity. She is also a social-worker… who helps estranged women to the best of her capabilities because she understands their pain and problems. She has a very optimistic approach to everything in life and that’s how she teaches her daughter to look at things too.
2. The concept of Independent woman: Priya… the female lead of the show… she was a teacher before she married one of the richest men of the country(as the show says)… she took a personal loan at an interest rate way higher than normal rates because she didn’t want the feeling of “ehsaan” to weigh her down. She then married Ram Kapoor. What changed? Nothing. She is still an independent working woman, despite having no need to work, because oh ya! She got all the money in the world that her husband is earning for them to spend and yet she refuses to look upto him as her bread-winner and provider. She was firm in being the one who would return the loan, until, Ram played the trump card of Priya’s Promise card. And while that’s about financial independence, she is also independent in societal ways. She is the kind of woman who knows how to fight and win her battles all on her own, not needing a knight in shining armour to come and rescue her(even when she already has one— Ram). She is also the in- charge of all that happens in her family… and after marriage, she also seems to have taken up the charge of the life of Ram and his siblings. She efficiently solves all issues arising in all their lives without as much throwing unnecessary melodrama. What do I read under the lines here— SHEER FEMINISM AT DISPLAY.
3. The concept of “consent”: For years now, we— The feminists— have been fighting for the universal acceptance of the fact that women deserve the right to consent in all matters pertaining to a relationship. And while that is a debate that’s still going on, the show-makers tried to raise awareness for the same through RAM… when he stood up for his sister-in-law as he argued with Sid for unabashedly professing his love for her without seeking her consent. That seems like a pretty good thing the show makers showed… right!
And now as for Ram being called womaniser. As has already been mentioned before… in the 95 episodes we’ve watched, name one episode where he has let out an air that shows him as a negative Womaniser character? Here is a man who has only ever loved and been in relationship with ONE woman before he married Priya— a complete stranger for the happiness of his step-sister. Between being left heart-broken by Vedika and marrying Priya, was he shown carrying a new “arm candy” with him every day? No! He was infact not even interested in dating someone.. for he felt that to be an unnecessary exercise given that he felt he could not be honest in giving another woman a commitment of that level. And yet here he is being loyal to his wife at all possible levels. Speaking of wife. Going by chauvinistic standards, one would expect a womaniser to claim his rights on “his woman” even if it means to do that forcibly. But has Ram done that? No! Since the day they have been married, despite sharing a room and a bed he has never made her uncomfortable with unnecessary or uncalled for proximity. He lets her be comfortable and respects her boundaries. All that and the fact that Brinda— a woman— is his closest ally, speaks volumes about him being a delist and not a womaniser.
So, having said all that and having given you enough evidences to prove your false claims false, I finally rest my case because you seem to have lost yours.
Edited by SummerBorn - 3 years ago
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