I am not sure where you guys are getting the idea that Gulaal has sexual feelings for Kesar? I have watched every episode of this show till date and not in a single one of them has Gulaal behaved towards Kesar in an immoral manner. Even their "marriage" was a mere show for the society and from Gulaal's POV did not change the equation between them...either when he was a child or today when he is a grown man.
Kesar on the other hand had difficulty in defining or understanding his relationship with Gulaal. He actually didn't feel the need to define it until his friends and his villagers and family started treating Gulaal-and-Kesar's relationship as having changed. He was confused by the various things said by others as a child and never got an answer to his confusion really because he was sent away. And the creatives showed him behaving as realistically as a child his age would in those situations.
Today, does Kesar think of Gulaal as his wife? I don't think thats entirely true in the sense a grown man would think of a grown woman as his wife. There is a lot of history between Gulaal and Kesar. Kesar's tension, anger and intense feelings are not for Gulaal his wife who has betrayed him... but rather for the bhabhi/friend/guide/ almost Goddess figure that he was the closest too as a child who has or might have betrayed him. He is now trying to figure out if she really is a "meethi churi" who puts up a sweet front or if she truly is the person (notice that i said person and not woman) he adored as a child.
The Villagers/Pandit who know of the deyar-vattu ask of Gulaal to perform the rites of a wife with Kesar when it comes to religious rituals. But notice that none in the family ask Gulaal to stay in the same room as Kesar or to perform other wifely duties towards him. Because they know the relationship between Kesar and Gulaal is not of the husband-wife. Even Talli who is "in-love" with Kesar doesn't think anything when the priest asks Gulaal to sit at the right hand of Kesar which is the place for the wife. WHY? Because the family never condoned the "marriage". And they know Gulaal and Kesar's relationship is anything but defiled by sexuality. Other than Jamuna Kaki no family member would even think of them as married. Whether u name it as mother-son or sister-brother...doesn't matter. Its rather a Person-person connection...a deep set one. Where one person feels immense love for the other. In Kesar and Gulaal's current situation its hard to define that feeling to someone who only knows named relationships where feelings and desires are clearly defined within boundaries. But if one were to set the mind free to think of human relationships that sometimes don't fit into the norms set by society, but is not necessarily illicit or immoral.. but a connection of heart to heart... Kesar and Gulaal will not seem perverse to them.
It is to be seen where their relationship goes from here. It might change into that of a man and his wife. Its likely that certain factors of society like the kind of people Jamuna Kaki, Raman and Durgesh are will want to harass Gulaal by insisting she lives the relationship of a married couple with Kesar now that he is old enough. What Gulaal will do at this juncture will be seen. If Gulaal remains consistent she will forego her rights as wife and bring Talli into Kesar's life. But this is not just Gulaal's decision and Kesar's current state of mind is unpredictable. He might make things very difficult for Gulaal.
I would suggest that everyone who is taking part in this discussion at least watch the show to see what Gulaal-Kesar relationship was when it started and how it developed and got to this stage now. Unless it is watched and understood in the way that it slowly grew and changed due to situations, the arguments will not stand.
The show never supports the marriage of Gulaal-Kesar. The parents are seen clearly objecting. But Panba understood that Gulaal did it to save Kesar's life. She had no other way of ensuring his safety. Her intention of marriage was not to prevent herself from having to leave Vasant's home or to prevent having to marry Vasant's killer. But her primary reason was to save Kesar from being attacked again. Kesar would have been killed by Raman had Gulaal not married him at that point. Mota-ba never found out the reason for Gulaal's decision. So when he realized what had happened he did what he could to undo the damage. He sent Kesar away. Panba and Gulaal's family knew that Gulaal never intended to have Kesar be her husband due to the Deyar-Vattu. But she herself would find him a bride when he was old enough. Thus far I find no issues with the way the story is shown and the audience accepting the show for what it shown.
If the audience expects to see sexual tension between Gulaal and Kesar, its because Gulaal is the central character and being able to predict where the drama lies, anyone can deduce that Gulaal and Kesar's relationship will be the major plot for the next track of the show. Until the mess is resolved, this is what we will see. Not Gulaal lusting after Kesar...but that people will now raise questions about Gulaal and Kesar living as husband and wife and the dilemma it will put them both in.
ok this post got long. oops.
Edited by -JC- - 14 years ago
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