Originally posted by: asmi_joya
Virat is very real. Loving one day and so dangerous the other, throwing things when angry, blaming it on the other. I have seen it for a while now, exactly same and he is so convincing because he appears as a good man, while he has his own issues. The equations , the conduct , the behaviour is so similar. Someone I know comes from a very weak family, has very low regards for her father, so him giving her pep talks one day, being with her in her career and the attacking her for being clicked with a fellow male colleague , it all works for her. At a young age he is an influential figure in her life. By establishing such people as male lead, by getting them justified without punishment and just a sorry, makers allow these woman to justify it all in their head. I have the understanding to separate it, these women dont. Virat is not a rich arrogant business man, he is shown to be a man who studies well, achieved well on his own merits and then he is also this person who has the tendency to abuse his wife, even after he is the one who has the responsibility to protect women around. Just because he regrets makes Sai fee special till his next bout of anger, is justifying it all. I expect certain degree of responsibility from makers there... Because establishing this Virat and not the one who married her, in Sai's life they take away a lot that she could become. I feel bad when Sai justifies his abuse 'Virat sir ne gusse mei kar diya tha, wo bure nahi hain'. And then he did so much for me, exactly what this person I am talking about says and she also watched this show and brings up how a strong woman like Sai also understand her husband's love. WTF exactly.
ANd thats where I dislike the character Virat. . Nothing to do with NB and his personal life. I dont like him true, not anymore, but for his conduct. In general I find him and Aishwarya very close personality vise and I like their jodi.
Yes all ITV shows are regressive. But they are trying to break out of it at this age, by calling the wrong wrong or atleast showing a redemption phase, whats with being all egoistic about it all. One sorry does not do away the months of abuse. Makers are going wrong there, if they want to show Sairat together they need to tone it down and not come out with wrong examples. Forget the abuse part. How is it fine and okay a for a man to not even feel guilty about staying with another woman, changing clothes around her and blaming the wife all along for misunderstanding. Again the shows have been regressive, but at least you know that's fictional like how its not possible for you to be with a man like those rich arrogant Business tycoons. You know there is a random chance. BUt it is possible and its happening around, to find a man like Virat. He is seen as the most eligible bachelor. Educated, IPS, government job, naami khaandan...He is so from the real world.. Who is ready to let his family go with all the abuse they met on their young ambitious DIL in the name of being conservative and joint family and expect her to understand, learn and set in, even after himself being an IPS officer.
That is where I say, these two characters are real and them being together, is wrong. This is promoting a toxic marriage, in the name of them being star crossed lover. Plus there is no graph of improvement. Its as simple as that.. If they wanted it to be that way, the lovers ,the star crossed ones, they should have toned it down and I did think they would when they introduced Mimo track , but then it all was a sham. They are going low with it, not showing good moments b/w Sai and Virat , skipping the good family moments, the lighter moment, gaslight audience with scenes like changing clothes around the other woman , keeping less physical distance and then will end up showing oh they are lovers and meant to be with each other, to find him another zimmedaari.
Just the other day, during first accident track another friend was talking about how she meets young girls , teenage orphan girls who get affected by such shows, because again Sai and Virat are so real. She works there in the orphanage and have seen accepting abuse just because they get attached to the love they get once in a while. One reason she stopped watching the show and how she hates men like Virat, because she has again seen them influencing young , vulnerable minds. Manipulating them by naming it all love.
Agree with everything here. Can I make the red parts in capital letters?
I hated Devi's superstition about Virat and Sai. Aai n Virat using it to make Sai return to CN was rubbish (dont want to use harsh words here). Aai n Kaku is old school but Virat believing it doesnt make sense to me. He was just using it as an excuse to convince her to return home. Sai doesnt care anymore if anything happens to her, but relented because she doesnt want anything wrong to happen to him. She had almost stepped out of the cycle but fell back into it. But MiMo track was such a good addition to the story. He used to use the word like zimmedari n guardian to show her dependency on him or his power on her. Now, they are on equal footing as friends. He told her to not change n focus on studies, n leave the family 'demands' on him. I felt maybe he is 'progressing'. But now it all went down the drain.
Virat we are seeing in this track is not something new. We have seen all these traits before. He expects blind trust from Sai when he has given enough reason to not trust him. He forgets all her good traits n good things she had done for him n the family when she behaves opposite of what he expects. He makes a narrative of him being the good cop n Sai the bad cop. If Sai doesnt stand up against this now, she will go back into a real marriage where the cycle will be harder to break. There needs to be a proper introspection n progression in Virat's character.
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