Itz hard to believe that someone who pulled off romantic scenes cutely and innocently... without making the viewers feel awkward in anyway as Sanyogita in Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan was unable to do so in DharamVeer… Shera was introduced as a daku in the show but looking at the amount of fragility that has cropped up in the character (particularly in the way she walks) i wonder what the makers are trying to show. The number of touching scenes they are showing between Veer and Shera clearly reflects the way makers perceive romance. For them romance is only physical.. and they make sure that they show physical proximity b/w V-S at all possible places… sometimes even creating situations for it.. like making Shera fall again and again.. and Veer supporting her. And then they claim DharamVeer's target audience to be teens and kids.
What the makers don't realize is that they are validating such objectionable stuff among teens and are in a way encouraging such behaviour. What do the makers want the viewers to interpret out of the 'bonfire scene' between V-S? Do they want us to term such physical closeness among teens as correct? Didn't the on-screen ages of Veer and Shera (between 15 and 17) come to their mind even once while shooting that sequence? Or worse, they preferred to ignore it.. or worst, they preferred to cash in on it.. aajkal yahi bikta hai? TRPs and popularity at the cost of corrupting young and impressionable minds!! 👎🏼
No matter how open and broadminded our society becomes there is a limit to what teens should know and what they should see. This is important for their physical and mental well being as well as healthy psychological development. The makers are forgetting that they have a history of making good mythological and historical shows and so have an implied social responsibility to show stuff that is not objectionable. Once in a while a romantic scene, if shown in a healthy manner, is refreshing.. but frequent touching and such closeness among teens is definitely not healthy.
And if their inspiration is drawn from shows like Dil Mil Gaye and Kayamath then I must remind them that in these shows actors as well as characters are 'adults'. In DV, the lead actor (Rajat) is a minor and the characters Veer and Shera are minors too.
It was such an embarrassment for me to be seeing that scene (jo kuch zyada hi ho gayaa tha) along with my mom. I myself, don't think high of such a scene… and if makers keep showing such stuff.. then they would truly be insensitive…
PS: I sincerely request the makers not to show such seemingly 'cute' bonfire scenes or the like anymore and even reduce the number of touching scenes between Veer and Shera.