Cheap thrills... - Page 2

Originally posted by: randommusings

Absolutely agree with you. RR, Sona n Ishwari scene - absolute cringeworthy 😡 there were several ways Sona cud hav handled the situation smartly, but the writers wanted to show her as meek and bechari, pleading GKB. 😡 I agree they should have shown it as Dev's call to make it realistic. But Sona allowing RR to pick her call n then even agreeing to say Hello was plain disturbing. About Ishwari, the less is said, the better. She just waits for the insult to get over to say, pls dnt do this to bechari Sona. 😡

Even I want Dr. Bose to get serious about her career asap. We have waited for it long enough. There is no tampering with Dev's career, so why there is no focus at all on Sona's career. She is reading articles, taking interests about Dev's business, why can't she take some time for her own professional aspirations or is getting married to Dev her only aspiration now.

In yest. episode when Dev asked her 'what did u do all day?' N her response was 'aapko yaad kiya'. Leave aside the romantic part, she actually has no work to do. Dr. Bose...where is the strong independent middle class girl, jiske liye uska profession and self respect hi sab kuch hota hai. All of us could relate so much to the original Dr. Bose but not now. Sincerely hoping our views reaches to the writers.

Originally posted by: randommusings

Absolutely agree with you. RR, Sona n Ishwari scene - absolute cringeworthy 😡 there were several ways Sona cud hav handled the situation smartly, but the writers wanted to show her as meek and bechari, pleading GKB. 😡 I agree they should have shown it as Dev's call to make it realistic. But Sona allowing RR to pick her call n then even agreeing to say Hello was plain disturbing. About Ishwari, the less is said, the better. She just waits for the insult to get over to say, pls dnt do this to bechari Sona. 😡

Even I want Dr. Bose to get serious about her career asap. We have waited for it long enough. There is no tampering with Dev's career, so why there is no focus at all on Sona's career. She is reading articles, taking interests about Dev's business, why can't she take some time for her own professional aspirations or is getting married to Dev her only aspiration now.

In yest. episode when Dev asked her 'what did u do all day?' N her response was 'aapko yaad kiya'. Leave aside the romantic part, she actually has no work to do. Dr. Bose...where is the strong independent middle class girl, jiske liye uska profession and self respect hi sab kuch hota hai. All of us could relate so much to the original Dr. Bose but not now. Sincerely hoping our views reaches to the writers.

Originally posted by: spacenoxx

This was my exact complaint regarding Dev's love sick puppy phase. No concern or regard for business related issues.

Romance is tasteful when it's subtle. It loses its charm when all the lead pair does is whisper sweet nothings to each other all day and put everything else on the back burner.

Originally posted by: spacenoxx

WORD !!

Sometimes it's like a charity case for Sona the saint where its all about Sona giving all the emotional relief happiness to the Dixits but getting nothing in return and as if she is dealing with lesser mortals and above all human weaknesses. This way they would just be making Sona more boring than interesting.

Originally posted by: WeRockTheWorld

Agreed , they dont show her taking interest in her profession. They both dont seem to motivate each other to grow professionally as well. Todays couples do that and its very common, they even give ideas how to climb the professional ladder. Its not that when you are in love , women should forget her professional life and try to be concentrate on family and being a good DIL , wife etc...

I think somewhere deep down this CV team is a lil scared to show strong daughter in law image...hence trying to balance it out and show our lead lady in the so called expected image of DIL.😆. Reality is Indian women are changing and we just dont seem to digest it at all🤣. We are not super human. We have our limitations , so dont portray her as some angel..plsss. If not Sonakshi's but dont play with our images too😆😉!!

I dont know why they had to show that atta scene in the first place . That whole thing was a mess!!

God alone knows how long this CV team is going to keep her there😡High time she got out and started working at some hospital..imagine , the best nutritionist is confined to one patient...what a pity. Our business tycoon doesnt seem to mind as he is benefiting out of it ..absolutely selfish!

I think that's it.

The makers & the channel have taken a risk by keeping the show as close to reality but at the end of the day, this all needs to make business sense - for the channel & the production house.

The risk has been taken but they are scared to go all out. A strong female lead does not mean a heartless & selfish woman. Ask all of us. It just means someone who is comfortable in her skin and confident of who she is.

Right now it seems like Sona subconsciously asking herself - 'who am I' and if she is not then she should...

Originally posted by: WeRockTheWorld

Agreed , they dont show her taking interest in her profession. They both dont seem to motivate each other to grow professionally as well. Todays couples do that and its very common, they even give ideas how to climb the professional ladder. Its not that when you are in love , women should forget her professional life and try to be concentrate on family and being a good DIL , wife etc...

I think somewhere deep down this CV team is a lil scared to show strong daughter in law image...hence trying to balance it out and show our lead lady in the so called expected image of DIL.😆. Reality is Indian women are changing and we just dont seem to digest it at all 🤣. We are not super human. We have our limitations , so dont portray her as some angel..plsss . If not Sonakshi's but dont play with our images too😆😉!!

I dont know why they had to show that atta scene in the first place . That whole thing was a mess!!

God alone knows how long this CV team is going to keep her there😡 High time she got out and started working at some hospital..imagine , the best nutritionist is confined to one patient...what a pity. Our business tycoon doesnt seem to mind as he is benefiting out of it ..absolutely selfish!

Originally posted by: bookworm123

Thanks for making this post. My sentiments exactly.

Some additional thoughts--

The Ishwari/Sona conversation was quite ok except that I liked Sona's earlier more practical style of conversing with her. I used to like how earlier Ishwari would open up and Sona would listen and speak less. In fact that was her styel earlier. I suppose she converses with greater familiarity now because she feels closer to Dev's family.

About the scene with RR - less said the better. Lazy writing by creatives. There are better ways to show interactions with a difficult family member with whom confrontation is difficult but need to be handled with tact..

Sona/Dev scene - I suppose the creatives wanted to bring in the aspect of Sona being there for Dev for not just his emotional/family related issues but even to help him feel better after a hard day's work. Again here I fell the writing could have been more subtle. It is not necessary for her to alleviate his day's stress by providing an opinion on his work related situation, not very credible.

Visually the episodes do not paint a picture of an educated, sensible, hard working professional girl which was expected to be one of the differentiating factors of this show.

I like your summary of yesterday's episode, made me feel better:). However, to a new viewer unfamiliar with the story till date, this is how the episode comes across -

- girl comes to future MIL and listens to her issues

- girl cooking lunch for her employers

- girl acts foolish when she receives a phone call as though it is a rare occurrence

- girl has nothing to say (not even a light hearted sarcastic comment) when faced with a crass RR

- girl waits for bf, sends him to his room in his own house and offers refreshments in his own house

- super girl cures him of his headache and swiftly makes him feel better about a complex business decision that was written about in the media

- super girl is not done. since she has no life of her own these days or anything to share about her own life, she proceeds to try and fix yet another knotty problem faced by the hapless Dixits

I was just reflecting that in real life relationships, it is actually the woman who shares more about her day and life and seeks opinions/reassurances. The situation here is so reversed that she has no emotional needs from this relationship. I think the creatives need to put on their creative caps to restore depth to her character...

I agree that this is still a daily soap and very tough to check all the boxes. The show has been so good in so many ways that expectations are more :) in fact I would not bother to critique the kind of junk we have on Indian TV at the moment but this show has been so wonderful that it is tough to hold back and not have expectations.

My thoughts word to word! Sonakshi does seem like that for an outsider. And that whole head massaging and tip giving thing is totally out of her character. Haha! Super girl! Yeah...they're making Sona one Super Girl. We don't need that.

I loved her characterization initally. Less words but very impactful, straight forward and practical. She did no unnecessary drama of maintaining unimportant relationships, nor did she act like a fool in a crisis. I don't know what the F the CVs have done to her! She has NO maturity these days. I miss MY Sona. 🥱 😕

Originally posted by: bookworm123

Correct. Why cannot they have a conversation about her professional goals. They did not avoid this uncomfortable topic earlier (they kept referring to him forcibly making her work here earlier).

That atta scene was a cringefest and right proper mess. I need to delete it's memory from my brain.

Instead of gifting her sarees, earrings, watches etc. he should gift her back the dignity of her profession.

Would absolutely love to see Sona bringing up this topic herself.
In Indian TV context, self respect gets equated to arrogance. Would love to see Sona having a conversation with Dev about her contract being up and how it's not right for her to continue with the exclusive client in her house while being in a relationship with the Son (her boss). Show her go beyond her 'your mom is my Mom' feeling and be uncomfortable with her employment status. Now that the relationship will be in the open, she doesn't need to be paid to take care of 'her mom' ...

It would be unacceptable to be taunted about this in the near future.

Sona needs to wake up & maturely put the equations right & Dev shown to respect that.

True, one of the reasons for getting hooked to this show was the strong characterization of Dr. Sonakshi Bose. That is missing now... Hope the CVs take note of our views and buck up and bring the strong character of Dr Bose back.