Yep, I definitely agree - the creatives must be really hesitant in terms of the Gehna-Niranjan track and must be in a quandry as to...what to do with him really😆 Personally, I wouldn't mind if the two did fall in love - I think the problem here is that the Creatives are trying to feed into the overall theme i.e. the evils of child marriage since we know that humans respond to genuine love, especially in a miserable no-win situation like Gehna's! Unfortunately, the audience seems to have lost sight of the show's overall objective and they seem to be misconstruing this as an endorsement of adultery or something😕 In fact, you only have to read some of the posts on this forum itself to get that idea.
What really struck me as surprising was the reaction on this forum actually - I remember, during the period when Gehna was raped repeatedly (I still shudder when I think of that wedding night episode - can you believe it?!) there was one poster who was venting out her frustration and even went so far as to say -
As for Gehna, I just want her to kill Basanth or something and move on with someone else! (exact words btw 😲and no, this poster wasn't me)
I don't know - lots of people have been cursing her recently saying that her husband is caring for her now so how dare she even think that way but frankly, I think it's easy to forget that she's living a life that's practically devoid of affection. She's just lucky she has Sumitra and even she can't exactly do anything now can she? (She was the one who had to take her to her room on the wedding night!)
Plus, it's important to remember that she's only... what, 18-19? I'm that age - can you blame a young girl who's had to endure all that for falling in love with someone who respects and understands her? I'm not saying that she should commit adultery obviously - I'm just saying it's not hard to understand where she's coming from.
Having said all of that (sorry for the long, boring and long-winded post🥱), I actually really like Niranjan's character and I definitely think the two have great chemistry - both are respectful, unassuming and they often seem to understand each other without having to say exactly what they mean.
So yes, I agree that Niranjan is given far from sufficient screen space and since this is a groundbreaking show anyway, the creatives needn't be so afraid and will just have to trust in the audience's ability to judge for themselves.
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