Possible source of bride swapping

When I first saw this it reminded me of a novel in bengali written by Rabindranath Tagore........its called Nauka Dubi which literally translates to "The Sunken Boat" ...........the story is about a guy called Ramesh who although in a relationship with a girl called Hemnalini, agrees to get married to a woman he has never met at his parents request. During the marriage ceremony, there is a sudden strom that kills the bride and Ramesh'e father also dies. Later on as the story progresses, Ramesh goes on to meet Kamala , a widow who also lost her spouse immediately after the wedding. The two become close until Kamala learns that her husband is in fact not actually dead. Soon afterwards, Ramesh marries Hemnalini.

This story was made into a movie in Bangali in 1940s by Nitin Bose and later on in 1960's in Hindi...........the hindi version is called Ghunghat. Although in hindi they have changed the story a bit, but the basic concept is still the same............Ravi loved Laxmi, however circumstance pushed him to accept his father's wishes and marry the girl chosen by him. However destiny had its own game to play yet, for at the same another marriage took place where the groom Gopal was married to his friend, Manohar's sister Parvathi. After the wedding both the bridal parties were traveling by the same train and the train met with an accident. In the accident, Ravi's wife died and Manohar became blind. Gopal was lost and his wife, Parvathi, lay unconscious. Ravi mistaking Parvathi for his own wife took her home. It was later he realized his mistake and without letting it down on Parvathi, set out to find her husband.

When this fact dawned on Parvathi. In shame and agony she ran away from Ravi's home and fell in the river. Fate again intervened as her own husband, Gopal saved her life and took her home. This became known to her when her blind brother, Manohar visited Gopal. Here she was a stranger in her own house all because the marriages took place with the grooms never having seen their wives without a GHUNGHAT.

To add to the pains of the characters, Manohar thinking that he had lost his sister was trying to unite Laxmi with Gopal whereby sealing Ravi's fate forever.

What a confusion!

I did not pay attention to the similarities because did not think that why would DJ creatives base a story on Nauka Dubi............but today the AHHH moment arrived..........I looked through the crew names and guess what the main creative director is a Bengali lady.......some Dr. Banerjee 😡............No wonder they showed floral ornaments on Radhika during the SR............that is a typical bengali tradition. I should have realised then.

Please don't throw shoes at me 😕