How wrong is Riddhima?

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Posted: 18 years ago
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Guys, for the past few days I've been noticing this surge of negative emotions towards Riddhima all of a sudden. Why I wonder. At first, all of us used to be so full of praises for her sweet nature, for the way she handles situations, for the way she treats her patient. But now, why are we all against her so much? Why are we all getting impatient with her? Is it because Dr. Armaan has taken our fancy so much that we don't want to give a chance to anyone who seems to be hurting Armaan in some way? Her fans are deserting her when she is going through this emotional turmoil. Now is when she needs the most support and understanding. Lets try to be reasonable guys, even though I know she is not being reasonable at this time, and lets try to understand what is going through her mind.

We can't really empathize with Riddhima cuz I am sure most of us haven't gone through an adoption and its sudden revelation. For Riddhima, this revelation has turned her world upside down. Her world, where her father was her hero, her idol (He still is), her God, turns out to be a lie all of a sudden. Remember how she almost worships her father? I am particularly thinking of the basketball match when she says that their team can't lose because her papa is in the team. We can all see how highly she esteems her father. Try to think what happens when you find out that the person you've held above everyone in the world has kept a secret from you for so many years, has made you live a lie all these years. Try to think that someone like Dr. Sashank, who never makes an error in surgery, who has never given a wrong diagnosis, who you think is incapable of doing anything wrong, who is as good as a god, turns out to be merely human. It turns out that he is also capable of making some judgmental errors. I would be sad, hurt, and confused. I wouldn't now if I can trust my judgment. This is what Riddhima is going through too.

She can't trust her judgment anymore. And she thinks she is falling for Armaan. She thinks she is in love with him, but now she is unsure if this is right. She doubts her own judgment. She starts to think that maybe she has been misguided in thinking that Armaan is a good person too and on top of that when she realizes that Armaan also kept a secret from her (the same mistake her papa did), she gets absolutely certain that her judgment was wrong, that she can never make a good judgment. That's why she has to push herself away from Armaan. She has to create a distance between herself and Armaan. She doesn't want to get hurt again, trusting Armaan. It takes up too much effort to deal with pain. She doesn't have energy anymore to deal with anything.

Now I wanna know guys, how wrong is Riddhima? Well I do know it's unfair to Armaan but put yourself in her place. Try to think and come on, you know how the leading ladies in hindi serials are suppose to be. They come to a conclusion very fast and don't consider that they could be overlooking a major fact!!

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Posted: 18 years ago
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A very well written post, Prap 👏 👏

I understand the points you're trying to make completely! But I don't think the writers of the show have been as successful in bringing out this inner hidden turmoil of Ridz...which is probably why a lot of us have trouble sympathizing with her

Also, Shilpa's raw acting at a time when her character requires that she express a lot of varied emotions just doesn't seem to fit ...So yeah, those two factors combined make it somewhat difficult to feel very bad for Ridz at this moment.

But I'm sure once the AR track is back on in full force, the Ridz bashing will die out 😉
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Prap, you've said it all.... I couldnt agree with ya more... I raised the same points in another post of mine... actually similar ones.. and am soo glad to read your post... I liked the way, you've thrown light on her judgements and reasoning at the moment , its so very true and I guess... if not empathize entirely.. we can still empathize with the fact , that often when caught in situations that challenge our faith in our own judgements, we tend to not trust our own judgements , lest we have to endure the pain yet again... I guess its jus a way of dealing with the pain, many of us resort to!
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Posted: 18 years ago
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I'm glad you agree... because reading so many posts criticizing ridds and her intelligence, i have become frustrated lately... intelligence has nothing to do with emotions... intelligence is solely linked to brain and i'm sure ridds is not dumb, being a doctor and the first intern of the month of sanjivani... yet she can't sort out her emotions properly...her incapability to deal with emotions in an approved way doesn't imply that she has lost her intelligence on the way somewhere!
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Posted: 18 years ago
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@Prap: but isn't a good EQ also required to be successful in life? Ridz may be very intelligent when it comes to straightforward things like studies and becoming a doctor...but shouldn't there be some kind of a restraint/maturity in her behavior as well??? and I'm not saying this just in light of the recent adoption revelation and its impact on her. I've noticed this in general.

I don't understand how a person can reach the age of 25, become a doctor, nonetheless! and still behave like a spoilt brat throwing tantrums sometimes

I guess i'm frustrating you even more with my "Ridz bashing" 😆 😆 😆...so I won't say anything else...I just feel these are some valid points as well 😊
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Posted: 18 years ago
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@nureat01... well but hasn't that innocence always been ridds' character? her childishness is what appealed to armaan.... her immaturity and ignorance as opposed to anjie's know-it-all attitude... and by tantrums, i think you mean fights with armaan... cuz ridds is very mature when it comes to her family... how she tries to justify everyone's action.. how she tries to see good in everyone... ridds-armaan fight is the bitter sweet beauty of their relationship... those constant fights are what their relationship is built on... ridds been immature only when it comes to armaan... so armaan brings out the worst in her.. and remember the only person who can bring out the worst in you is only someone who is really close to you, and who brings out the best in you... ridds bholapan and armaan's cool attitude is what constitutes thier relationship.

i don't know if i just rambled on or if i actually managed to convey my point.
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Posted: 18 years ago
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@Prap: I understand your point...but I feel that Ridz's "innocence and childishness" was more appealing in the beginning of the show...It made much more sense for her to behave that way with Armaan in the beginning...but now, when so much time has passed, and when you see more aspects to a person...shouldn't your behavior mature accordingly as well? Situations like her being there for him during the Mini situation and all should have brought out a maturity in her as well as their relationship but alas, nothing of that sort happened.

The bottom line is that the character of Riddhima has seen no growth in terms of maturity...In most shows, all heroines start off as "innocent" but always do mature with the situations that they seem to go through. In the case of Ridz, you have to add the term "overly childish" as well...so there's a lot more she should overcome.

In general, I feel the problem as I've stated in my earlier post is Shilpa's portrayal of the character...The character as it is very inconsistent at the moment, and Shilpa's raw acting ain't exactly helping that.
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Aaaah! prap taking off from where i left with my psycho analysis. you are right ofcourse!! no denying that!!!

its not only that she does not trust her judgement any longer (how could she when all those she trusted belied her...)it is also that she needs to know she can deal with her problems on her own. and deep within she also wishes that armaan tries harder to offer support cos that would validate his love for her.

that validation is crucial to ridz as she doesn't know who or what to trust anymore. as long as armaan keeps trying to offer his help to ridz, she will slowly learn to trust him and his love for her...
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Originally posted by: vaarti

Aaaah! prap taking off from where i left with my psycho analysis. you are right ofcourse!! no denying that!!!

its not only that she does not trust her judgement any longer (how could she when all those she trusted belied her...)it is also that she needs to know she can deal with her problems on her own. and deep within she also wishes that armaan tries harder to offer support cos that would validate his love for her.

that validation is crucial to ridz as she doesn't know who or what to trust anymore. as long as armaan keeps trying to offer his help to ridz, she will slowly learn to trust him and his love for her...

Oh dear me , Aaarti, the last bit of your bit, left me reliving some past moments of life... I completely agree and I guess... I went through taht.. albeit in friendship , but nonetheless something I have experienced too well to be able to relate to Ridhima!!!

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Posted: 18 years ago
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@ sareeta...i mentioned that in your post on bitter realities too....

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