15/3/2011
Women and their husbands are engrossed in their idea of how to solve Ashta's problem, and Ashta is walking around in a daze. While Mota Bhai and his wife have stopped from doing anything, Jalpa with her mad talk, creates noise with her loud empty talk in this forlorn house.
On hearing Ashta's cry, the women run to her room and ask her to open the door. She says that she was afraid as her Badi Ma was not there, and the aunts encourage her, and ask her to sleep as it she is a small baby.
(Either the child has not grown, or the aunts are still in their infancy.)
They sing lullabys to put her to sleep. Does the Writer have a low opinion of Indian women and mothers? What is his or her intention to portray the Nanavati women in this fashion ?
Next morning they want to find out how their little 'baby' is and they are all hovering over one another for ideas They want to prepare this 'child' of theirs for her future. They want to depend on Dev. Rajeshwari is determined to go ahead, even opposing Badi Ma.
Jalpa and her noise adds to the confusion when her husband has slipped from the stairs. She wants to show Ashta what 'love' means. The camera focuses on Ashta to show the viewers what they want to convey. Alpa sends the child and her noisy Aunt, with the wounded person up to his room.
Rajeshwari trains Ashta how a wife's service helps her husband. This is the way they plan to educate their child into a woman.
Nanavati women, seem to be busy arranging marriages and eating. (This too, I find an offensive way of portraying Gujarati women.- unless I do not know the society the writer is trying to portray.) Mota Bhai is happy with the dhal, and he has an idea, and they all remember their older sister in law. Time moves as they fill it with light talk. Perhaps it is a holiday and they are not going to work. Again a hint to Ashta, pati's life is half when his patni is not there. Educating Ashta. Viewers too must be getting educated, that is what the producers try to do to help the public, and all have to be thankful to them.
Alpa talks about her problems, and Jalpa her sister listens. Ashta gets more educated. Rajeshwari tells of her problems and Ashta comes out with the answer, which proves that she has been educated. Now get ready for the wedding with all the gol mal.
Ashta runs to meet Dev. She tells him, what a "Jeevan Sathi" means, and they she tells him and repeats what she has learnt from her aunts, and Dev is confused, and Ashta repeats the details and ultimately Dev understands - Only patni can help her pati. She wants to go to her aunts, but he asks what she has thought, and she says, wedding.
Aunts are happy to hear their education has been successful. For marriage counseling, we all should go to Devrani Aunts who will teach a short cut to educating the child, and who will suddenly understand what it means to be a Jeevan Sathi. Must be they are waiting in the wings for a wedding
Edited by walquest2000 - 14 years ago