Bulbul and Mami

This is strictly my personal opinion

I can't feel much sympathy for Bulbul and Mami because how evil their characters were written in starting of show and how they tortured imlie and aashu . In the first episode Mami dialogue was " Humne tujhe khoote se bandh ke rakha hai warna tu jaise bakhriya ko sab noch dalte" hinting that just because she had sheltered Imlie, she is safe else Imlie would have become victim of creepy men lust

Mami was the same person who threw a sick child aashu in the rains. How cruel . She didn't came to bail out Imlie when she was falsely jailed for flesh trade. She burnt Imlie feet by putting coals in front of her path.

Bulbul helped her mother in her every torture. She was trapping jeeja using Imlie name. She insinuated Imlie spending night in Agasthya bedroom and society will not accept her after contract marriage.

Yesterday She was having motherly feeling for unborn baby but where was this pain when Imlie was toiling hard for treatment of her kid Ashu. Apne bachche ke liye mamta jaag gayi par dusre ka baccha mar bhi jaye toh kuch nahi

I also understand character growth is a thing which Bulbul is having now but the atrocities mother daughter had done on Imlie is hard to forget. Their character arc is also changed Maybe to include them in more tracks and make them a part of crowd for trps

This was about the fictional characters but the actresses Mahima and Mami actress are brilliant in their craft so for me the characters are tolerable onscreen but I am not much fond of seeing these characters in Agasthya imlie love story

I totally agree with what you are saying. Mami and Bulbul both were really mean to Imlie. I especially did not like them putting hot coals at steps when Imlie came to get her clothes after the contract marriage. They did take away Imlie ka savings and threw away a sick child out in cold.

I think they have changed the characteristics of Bulbul now to make it palatable in the event Agastya has to accept her as Karan's wife. I don't think if Bulbul and Mami were same evil there is any chance that Agastya will ever accept her as Bahu of Chaudary's. I strongly feel the track of Karan - Bulbul is closed but maybe they will keep on toying with these 2 and to have that happen they can not have Bulbul being evil to Imlie. So we get the characteristics changed a little for Bulbul.

Also I think they are tying the character growth in Bulbul to the way Imlie helped her to escape the killer. And I guess Bulbul kind of saw how Imlie was selfless in protecting her and how she consoled her after her miscarriage. So Bulbul has softened towards Imlie. I strongly feel Karan was playing with Bulbul as she was a easy catch (with lack of better word to use) as Bulbul was always fascinated by the rich mansion of Chaudary's. She thought if Imlie got herself a rich groom she can also and she kind of fell in the trap of Karan. But when she saw Karan not standing with her and especially when Agastya said that she needs to respect herself if she wants someone to respect her, she has now seen Karan for what he really is - A coward who could not take a stand. So now she is fine with moving on from him.

I kind of like that the creatives here tie in the different things really good and the character changes can be traced to different things that happened over the time.

I guess Pallo Mami is out for the time being and that is why she is not being shown. But that actress lights up the screen with her acting powers.

@Sunaina7 All of your points are valid.

I don't see Bulbul's maternal feelings or her rejection of Karan as character growth. What Bulbul is expressing is not empathy; it's self-pity, which is expected for this character. She's young and not very independent. (Of course, the retcon of Bulbul who never left the house having a boyfriend outside the village makes no sense.) Maybe Bulbul imagines that a baby would give her love and affirmation, which she was also seeking with Karan. Bulbul's willingness to give birth doesn't automatically make her a good person who would love and affirm the child even when she doesn't feel like it.

Someone more sensible than Bulbul would realize that she doesn't want to experience a lifetime of the hardships that Imlie^3 faces to provide for Ashu. When Bulbul resisted her mother's advice to abort the pregnancy, did she give a thought to what the baby's life would be, or did she only think that finally she gets to decide her own life?

Karan is despicable, but not because he feels relief that there won't be a baby. Whether it's Karan or Noyonika, it's all right to see pregnancy as a mistake and prefer abortion. Bulbul's reproach to Karan on behalf of their baby was dramatic, and I feel sorry for Bulbul's physical and emotional suffering, but Karan doesn't have to agree with her just because he has victimized her. He should have kept his relief to himself, though. Karan wasn't there remorsefully to promise to apologize to Bulbul in front of his family. He didn't offer to listen to whatever Bulbul vented at him. He was there to congratulate himself on finally being ready to tell his family about the girl/woman in his life.

How old is Bulbul, and how old is Karan? Ten years older than Gattu, as Imlie^3 said, puts Karan at mid-thirties, while Bulbul with lollipops in her hair is younger than Imlie^3 who just turned 24. Karan's sexual activity with Bulbul may have been legal, but it has at least the appearance of exploitation.

Sunaina - finally got time to update the post.

At the outset, will start by saying that both these actresses are very good and are able to deliver whatever is written for them. I particularly like how they make her look shabby and poor and not polished.

I can't digest the sudden change of behavior of Bulbul. Atleast glad that Mami is kept the same but like Sharada said may be the actor is not going to return anytime soon.

Imlie actually didn't need Bulbul as a support system coz she already had Sonali and Chutki by her side. I can't forget how bad she was in the start with Imlie (always jealous of her and trying to land her in trouble - be it taking her money, pretending to be Imlie and talking to Amrit, throwing her out of the house in rain with Ashu, tying her with the animals, stealing from Agastya ka house three times, bad mouthing her about her job and her contract marriage and the list goes on).

I can understand Imlie is ever forgiving and ok with whatever happened in the past and is happy to get a sister, the change in Bulbul was way too sudden. I doubt insaan ki fitrat itne jaldi change hoti hai.