I totally understand and appreciate being a non watcher, but actively following Indian TV, which is an ugly beast in itself. I for one am a little of both and more a closet Indian soap watcher. The reality is that the content on Indian television, most of it, is mind numbingly dumb, overly dramatic and with the background music and overly made up women, could make it a perfect target for spoofs and stereotypes. Needless to say Indian TV has a long way to go and much evolving to do.
But we are not debating the state of Indian TV here, are we. I have been mostly silent on this matter because Im just better of that way- silent! But on and off, I have read comments on this forum and on and off I have responded too. This is my take.
I fail to comprehend this NEED to pin the blame on one particular character. At the end of the day this is a story and we have to wait and see how it evolves and how characters react and change according to how the plot progresses. Perhaps, as humans, we love finding and pinning flaws on fellow humans!
Indian TV aside, this has been more consistent than anything on TV. The characters are well developed. So lets proceed from this point. Suman, is a flawed character. Nothing she has done has been out of character. Yes, it is irritating to equate everything to self respect. But, the over emphasis on the concept suits the story and thus, is brought to the fore time and again. But if you look at her character, she is a girl who has grown up on the charity of others, and on her own struggled to set up a full fledged business. Not easy. She neither had emotional, physical or financial support. She has been orphaned in all these departments. People who grow up in these circumstances learn to rely on themselves. And that is what Suman is doing. Her reluctance to accept help is completely acceptable. She has always stood alone in many ways. And that is not something you can change, it is how she will remain, even if she were to happily wed Shravan.
Lets step back in time to take a quick peek at the young Suman. She has always been an argumentative, bossy, over the top personality. So when she argues now with Chachi or Shravan it is natural. Yes, she is calmer and more mature, but certain characteristics will be ingrained and cannot be changed.
Shravan - is in a dark room amidst a sudden power cut and does not know where the torch is, and there is so much happening around him but because it is dark he can't see and can't fully tell whats happening so he tries to guess his way, basing his conclusions and decisions on things he may have heard or movement he tries to make out in the dark. So all his actions are laced with frustration and anger because of that frustration. He will act in this unreasonable, aggressive manner.
When he saw Chachi crying, his first concern was to bring some peace to the entire process and he did what he thought could solve the problem, and it did- for Chachi. How can he trust Sumo when she has been acting in blow hot blow cold fashion, he does not know which button to press to avoid an explosion - she has been quite inconsistent in her behaviour. Shravan aside, It would be difficult for anyone to trust her.
One ought to set aside emotions while doing business. That is exactly what Shravan would have done even if he had known about PCT before the court case. So, I don't think it mattered that she 'sacrificed' PCT for Shravan. Yet, there are people in this world who are emotional and take emotional rather than practical decisions. This was shown in particular to aid the story and take it forward - to prove Ramnath wrong, if indeed the CVs remember and use this.
What is more important that Suman realised and understood Shravan's insecurity and jealousy and asked Aditya to back off. Sadly, Shravan is not privy to this piece of information- it would bring him a great deal of peace. All his actions now are being guided by deeply inset jealousy and insecurity.
Thats a rather long post and so in conclusion I would like to say that neither character is right or wrong and act appropriately according to their character sketch and development, as the plot requires in order to push the story forward. Even if it is constant bickering - there is probably a point to the constant bickering and it probably leads somewhere. But that is the story writers prerogative to decide where all this leads. This story is her/their/his baby. We should just sit back and watch.
Edited by beagleboy - 9 years ago
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