Can't digest Gauri as a servant

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Posted: 8 years ago
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Why Gul is obsessed with showing most of the female leads as only PA and servants of male leads or anyone related to them? First she showed her as a 5th pass and now this. What about being an actress, model, lawyer, dance instructor, engineer, doctor, businesswoman, architect and so on? But Gul has only 2 jobs that is PA or servant for her female leads. Day before yesterday I watched a 1985 show that is show of 32 years ago. In that one female lead was an air hostess while the other was an ad executive. They were nice but kind of smart and manipulative something which we never see in female leads of today. They continued to work even after 13 years(1997 and Season 2 of that show) with 2 kids each. Even then they did not wore signs of marriage like sindoor and mangalsutra. It felt like that the show according to our serial standard was of 2020 instead of 1985. The female leads were something else than PA and servant. But in 2017, our female leads has only a couple of options for jobs that also in a male lead's house. I wish Gauri got a job through Dandi only who is a nice guy but she accepted the job from a woman who she saw being mean and nasty to other people. Does she wants to be next to be insulted and degraded by her? I wanted her to do designing things and helping Dandi and his crew. Not every show has the heroine in hero's house forever to continue the story. Now she will be called as naukar by all and when everyone finds she is a women then she will be called as naukrani🥱. If a wedding planner is treated like a servant and been made to arrange flowers with her own hands I wonder how Gauri will be treated.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Agree with everything you said. GK can never show her FLs as truely independent.
First of all, what was the need for her to show Gauri as 5th pass ? Our maid is a 10th pass ! Chalo, not always education equates qualification. Gauri has an creative/artistic side , she is intelligent ( at least she was at the start of the story ) . Couldn't she get any job anywhere ? Yes Dandi could have found a job for her.
I know the track is being brought so that Gauri can enter the Oberoi mansion, still it could have been and should have been done in some other way. 'Swetlana ka servant/naukar' sunte hi I get michmichi feels inside me. 🤢
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Posted: 8 years ago
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is the other show name idhar udhar?
i love it .
agreed that earlier female leads were inspiring and role models.
but nowadays we dont have many characters to look up to.
but not every gul show has leads like that.
in qh, zoya was well educated
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: priyatnl.

is the other show name idhar udhar?
i love it .
agreed that earlier female leads were inspiring and role models.
but nowadays we dont have many characters to look up to.
but not every gul show has leads like that.
in qh, zoya was well educated


Yes, it's that only. Their talking language was so realistic like we speak without the overdose of shudh hindi.
@bold: But was she ever shown working in the show? Then what was the use of her computer degrees? She too was turned into a doormat and dumb.
Edited by angel_juhi04 - 8 years ago
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Gul's heroine's are always either PA, Assistant, Trainer of Male lead's GF (Kushi), Chef in ML's house (read cook). Servant's sister, servant's daughter, wedding planner and now Sautan's servant! Can't Gul's people think beyond this? Also, no matter what their job is they are always called a "servant" or "Naukar". The lack of class and manners of so called "classy-khandani" people is appalling.


I fail to understand why a Female lead needs to be downtrodden or a servant to be the FL in Gul's shows? Zoya was educated, but never did a day's work! She talked of what she will do when she gets a job? But all I saw her doing was her thoring mufat ki roti in Asad's house as their house guest and then became Ayaan's temporary wife and then Asad's permanent wife. At least Saumya was spared from being a servant just like Zoya was.


None of these women ever used their skills properly. Just having education on certificates is not enough, what are you using it for? These women are anything but role models for younger females. Growing up my favorite female character was Dr Dana Scully from the X-Files. She was educated, smart and independent. A respected scientist who became an FBI agent. Of course she fell in love with Moulder and he with her. I loved that part too. But I loved her and wanted to be like her. I had no exposure to Indian TV as a kid, as I am not Indian. But I suppose the shows from that time are not as bad as now.


It's shocking that today, young girl's watching Indian TV shows like this, would only get to see girl's who work as employees of ML's and then put up with their harassment and judgment and continue to stay with these guys. That is called "Takkar Ki Ishqbaazi!" I rest my case!
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She could have joined hands with Dandi and tried acting - she seems to love doing nautanki every now and then. But then how will she meet Omkara and become the APPLE of his eyes? I do not see THE Oberoi brothers doing any work except handling women affairs at home ...so there...being a servant seems apt! Gauri has only to suffer humiliation, being degraded now and then...but at least she has her pati parmeswar right in front of her eyes where she can do his pooja and sacrifice herself...after all he did save her life.😃.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: MrDarcyfan

Gul's heroine's are always either PA, Assistant, Trainer of Male lead's GF (Kushi), Chef in ML's house (read cook). Servant's sister, servant's daughter, wedding planner and now Sautan's servant! Can't Gul's people think beyond this? Also, no matter what their job is they are always called a "servant" or "Naukar". The lack of class and manners of so called "classy-khandani" people is appalling.



I fail to understand why a Female lead needs to be downtrodden or a servant to be the FL in Gul's shows? Zoya was educated, but never did a day's work! She talked of what she will do when she gets a job? But all I saw her doing was her thoring mufat ki roti in Asad's house as their house guest and then became Ayaan's temporary wife and then Asad's permanent wife. At least Saumya was spared from being a servant just like Zoya was.


None of these women ever used their skills properly. Just having education on certificates is not enough, what are you using it for? These women are anything but role models for younger females. Growing up my favorite female character was Dr Dana Scully from the X-Files. She was educated, smart and independent. A respected scientist who became an FBI agent. Of course she fell in love with Moulder and he with her. I loved that part too. But I loved her and wanted to be like her. I had no exposure to Indian TV as a kid, as I am not Indian. But I suppose the shows from that time are not as bad as now.


It's shocking that today, young girl's watching Indian TV shows like this, would only get to see girl's who work as employees of ML's and then put up with their harassment and judgment and continue to stay with these guys. That is called "Takkar Ki Ishqbaazi!" I rest my case!


Di, I should try watching our Indian shows of 80s and 90s. I assure you that you will love them if you love today's shows. Yheose shows were of time ahead like if you watch 80s show you will feel like you are watching shows 10 years ahead of that time. People of your generation were too lucky but we people only get to see shows that are backward 50 years of time.



Coming to the topic, don't worry Saumya too will become either housewife or even servant some time later when TRPs will decrease. She can be shown like her family coming on streets after losing their house, her mom losing her job and she fired from her RJ job. Even Mahira was a writer in a newspaper but soon she lost her job and was reduced to cleaning house in hero's house
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Ab 5th std paas ko aur kya bana sakta hai?
Waise bhi ammijaan kehta hai koi bhi dandha chota ya bada nahi hota🤣
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: _Faiqa_

Ab 5th std paas ko aur kya bana sakta hai?
Waise bhi ammijaan kehta hai koi bhi dandha chota ya bada nahi hota🤣


Par har show me aisa dikhaaya jaroori hai kya? To heroes ko humesha businessman kyu banaate hai? For a change unhe bhi heroine ka cook ya driver bana do na🤣.
Edited by angel_juhi04 - 8 years ago
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Posted: 8 years ago
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This is just a thought I have.. maybe Gauri isn't who she seems to be.. I think in one Interview Shrenu said that there is a secret behind Gauri which will get revealed later. She may have some grey shades or an ulterior motive. Maybe she isn't as uneducated as she pretends to be.
I think from the makers perspective.. they need to get Gauri into the OM to watch the interplay of characters and get into the crux of the story. So the writers need to give her a way to be in the midst of the family.
Coming in disguise will give her an insight into Omkara and why he is so bitter. She will get to see a side of him which he would have never allowed her to see outside the house.
If he knew it was gauri he wouldn't have allowed her into the house coz he has a very low opinion of her. I agree servant is not the best way to get her into the house but well lets watch things play out. Maybe the makers have something interesting in store for the audience. Obviously if they have created a spin off they do have an interesting story to tell and I'm ok to wait for it to play out.
Although If Gauri is a fifth standard pass.. I do hope they show her think about a better future and making herself more capable and she decides to educate herself and starts going back to school or night school to benefit her own future as an independent girl.

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