I agree with some of these points and disagree with some...good observations nonetheless 😊
About the falling in love thing, in KDM's case Heer wasn't really in love with Prem per se, at least not that early, she was fascinated by the legend that their relation had developed from and waited because it appealed to her naturally romantic sensibilites. She loved the idea of Prem back then, and fell in love with him for real after they met. When the relation between herself and Manmeet is fixed she isn't heartbroken, she's just confused and puzzled and wondering now what place Prem should have in her life. She is fascinated by the faceless Prem but falls in love only after she has met him. In fact as far as I can see, Prem fell in love - real love - first.
In TaAnu's case too, Anurag and Taani were married already, which altered the balance of their relationship. Here too it was Anurag who fell for Taani first, in the sense ki he started developing feelings and acting the way he felt a good husband should act. Taani took some time developing feelings for him too, and Anurag buried his feelings in America while Taani made her feelings for him the centre of her life. And in TaAnu's case, the bal-vivaah complicated matters ever further.
In Mohan and Kastur's case, well, that really depends on the backstory they give these two about their past prior to Mohan's departure. We're not sure yet because obviously we know very little of Mohan's side of the story, but he probably thought of her as a friend and nothing more. It would be cute though if he had developed a crush on her when he was in India!
But yeah, the fathers are usually always friends and usually fix the match, and all the actresses' names start with A 😆 The moms are usually the variables I guess, in KDM you had Tejy who died, and Gayathri who was good in the beginning but went beserk later, and you have TL where Neelu and Laboni are at times closer to each other than Bhimal and Shekhar were. In this case Saroj certainly looks like she holds Jassuben and Kastur's mom Shardha in high esteem.
Of course, one may also add that in all three cases - as it is with many serials out there - the hero seems to be the one with the bigger family 😆
Edited by Elizabeth Darcy - 14 years ago