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I watched yesterday's episode with some amount of trepidation...Not so much becos of the Wednesday episode but becos of the Thurs monologue of Shravan. I felt that the CVs had scored a self-goal with that monologue...and wondered how are they going to get out of this one?
I watched Friday episode much later when it airs in the place I live...Before watching it, I wrote a message to Indrani saying all I hope from the episode is that the Cvs do not show Shravan having any immediate recollection of the Adi-Shravan convo. For me, it was the most important thing in how I perceive the serial...
I was happy that the landmine has been deftly handled by the CVs. Kudos to them!! Altho I am miffed with the monologue of Thursday...š”
Any recollection of the Adi_Shrav convo at this delicate juncture would have completely undermined the essence of what Adi's actions were and butchered Shravan beyond recognition. (if thats not already happened!!šš) Yesterday was purely a day to counter the assault on a woman. An action of this kind that Adi sought to perpetrate is a stand alone act. It deserves condemnation on its own. It needs no reflection on why it occurred, just the fact that it happened is enuf reason to be condemned strongly. Its is important to remember that there is no causative relationship to be sought here. In linking the two aspects in ANY form, we become guilty of playing into the hands of that part of society that seeks to find causative relationship to assault (of any kind) with situations, events, circumstances...and sometimes mere words. Even in the context of the make-believe world, these portrayals if wrongly, done only ensure the perpetuation of such wrong beliefs.
Therefore, I am very glad that did not happen yesterday.
If i am not clear above about the reasons on why I did not want that FB of the Adi_Shravan convo yesterday, let me say that more clearly. If Shravan was shown recollecting the conversation yesterday,especially yesterday, it would somewhere mean that Shravan thinks that he brought on the situation facing Sumo. It would give credence to the view that Shravan believes that he had contributed to "tarnishing" an "image" of Sumo and somewhere Adi's actions would go scot-free. If anyone thinks that Shravan is in any responsible for what happened yesterday, it means that in some perverse way, they are encouraging a set of beliefs in which society blames victims of sexual assault and normalises male sexual violence, a odd set of beliefs that encourage male sexual aggression and supports violence against women. We all have to stop viewing personhood from the male perspective. Once we accept that there is no reputation or image to tarnish based on these notions, we will automatically stop reacting with such outrage...of duniya kya kahegi and the like.
Admittedly a huge transgression occurred that day.Through the nature of the conversation and delivery, the CVs have arguably dug a hole for themselves. What is it that Shravan will reflect upon is key to the journey ahead, from my point of view. I told Indrani the other day that on Wednesday, Sumo was not in his periphery of vision when he had that outburst but the Thursday episode gave a googly. I think the CVs could not decide whether to keep Sumo out or in his thoughts in that monologue so they scored a self -goal by making Shravan reflect on Sumo's married lifeš” making this a case for hero macho behaviour, as an afterthought.
I wrote about this on Wednesday that I felt, Shravan out of spite, spoke a huge lie and without the consent of the person involved, thereby breaching the privacy of the person he alluded to. The intention of that outburst is at the core of the issue, and admittedly it is a bit vague to me. I am not exactly clear at the moment whether it was only vindictiveness to show Adi who claimed to have a special place in Sumo's life. Unfortunately, the monologue on the next day gave an impression that given his deep-set misogyny, he was looking at it as if it was a victory of sorts that he managed to put a seed of doubt in Adi's mind. By making that conversation very explicit, and premeditated, CVs have made Shravan road to salvation very difficult š.
So effectively. the CVs have avoided one landmine, waiting to see how they handle the next...š Namik's tweets have indicated the aspect of vindictiveness and the aspect of the lie that is paramount in the matter as also Sumo's reaction š (the key here!!)
So Hopefully, the CVs can make this worthwhile...
Ofc Shravan will go over that FB...many times in the coming days perhaps...that will be his private hell...i am only keen to see what triggers it!!š
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