Originally posted by: deepsel
Sam you surely have such high command on language my lady 👏 Your post on page 47 just made my eyes pop out !! Such a stupendous post!! How clearly you have perceived Sona's fairy tale to Dev's reality!! I also read your post somewhere about " How Saurabh's anger is more justified than Sona's" and it completely made sense !!
I guess the problem with audiences is to keep up with the timelines and hence the uproar..earlier Sona was judged for being so meek and submissive on her early days of marriage when it was just 4 days in serial world while we were watching that for weeks. Now its 7 years in serial world but we are still stuck on that fatal night and its only weeks for us and hence judging every character for daring to move on. This show is really challenging the sanity of audiences😆
Thanks, Deepa! Here's what I wrote about Saurabh on the other post, in case anyone is interested in dissecting this further:
Actually, if you think about it, Saurabh's anger is even more justified than Sona's in some respects. Saurabh was always in Dev's corner, and his explicit voice of support in the Bose household. Even when Sona herself was angry with Dev, Saurabh always reminded everyone that Dev was a good person with good intentions. While Sona chose not to tell Dev about the new business, Saurabh trusted that him and took his investment. I agree that it was wrong on Saurabh's part not to tell Sona about taking it, but he was probably that desperate to show that he wasn't totally incompetent. And even when Vicky came and kicked them out of the house, Saurabh was the first one to come to Dev's defense.
But as far as he knows, Dev broke his sister's heart, signed the prenup, and confessed that he did indeed buy out their mortgage, totally breaking that implicit trust. As a result, he and Sona have toiled for the past 7 years, and the first thing he sees on coming back to Delhi is Dev's pompous interview. He doesn't have any context for the tashan that's been going on between Dev and Sona, and he probably thinks Dev is going out of his way to irritate her. He has absolutely no reason to give Dev the benefit of doubt, and his reaction is totally justified.
I completely agree with you about the timeline. It does mess with our sense of the events that are unfolding. Like you said, the whole fake pregnancy drama happened in the course of a few days, and it didn't seem implausible when you think of it like that. But for us it was three weeks and it felt like Dev had been hiding the truth forever and ever. Even now, if you think about it, they have been apart for so much longer than they were together, but the premise of the separation/reconciliation works only because it doesn't feel that way to us. We invested time in their relationshio while their separation when by in the blink of an eye! The CVs have done a good job showing the passage of time, but it's too easy to get carried away on the Devakshi feels train sometimes. Let's keep reminding each other of the reality they are trying to portray! 😆
I also really appreciated your comment about Jatin's entry in your post, the question of why a woman in desi soaps always has to have a man as her support system. I too would have much preferred it to be a woman; we see female friendship and mutual support so rarely. If they wanted the jealousy factor, they could have made Sona's mentor a cool older woman with a son whom she is trying to set up with Sona; jealousy check, sisterhood check. My hope here is that the CVs are setting something up with Jatin's "ehsaan"... that dialogue about his investment was very suspicious to me.
Originally posted by: Danseuse
I agree in toto. 👏 Being a Mumbaikar, the business district survives on relationships and clout. People are also good at dropping names for getting recognised. Sonakshi is trying to be an equal, but she doesn't seem to have that clout. This also stems from the fact that Dev knew how to respect people around him. He carried a certain humility in success which probably earned him brownie points. Today's Dev is still the same when it comes to business - (cut-throat). Though his present mannerisms can be looked at with raised eyebrows! Reminds me of the 'truth and dare' game played by Boses. At the end of the game, a retort from Suhana said,"Is ghar mein koi dare nahin karta'!! Did that thought influence her drawing and would she be drawn to Dev in his 'current avatar'? Children are fond of Macho men, aren't they?
-Rekha
Excellent point about the truth and dare game. When it comes to business, Dev has always been confident and decisive about taking risks, and I think that is what has brought him the monumental success he has. It has been clear since early on that the choices Ishwari made in bringing up her children had a lot to do with this. Dev was shielded ferociously from having to make any complicated decisions regarding the household; his only responsibility was to make money, and she therefore raised him with a lot of validation and positivity. Neha was left to bear the burden and Dev's share of self-loathing and frustration, along with her own. That confidence is what allowed Dev to be so sure of himself when it came to business; like he would always say, I earned the money once, and I can do it again. You are totally right about his humility, but that was Ishwari's raja-beta's way of doing things; his new avatar is all about wearing his confidence and self-assuredness -- at least in business -- on his sleeve. He's done with humility, and taking full advantage of the leeway his business success gives him, and turning into a true eccentric! That way, Golu's comparison to Batman carries a lot of meaning.
Sona, on the other hand, has always been risk-averse, and I think that comes from the premium she places on pride. To take risks you have to put yourself out there and be ready to accept failure and that is something Sona has always struggled with. Dada was always the risk-taker in the Bose family, and he was heavily ostracised for it. Everyone knows that in truth or dare, truth is the 'safe' option, and maybe with the drawing and the description of her father, Soha is expressing the desire for someone who can show her how to dare. Even at her age, she is choosing the safe path of staying with her mom and family instead of taking the dare to put herself out there and say she wants to meet her father. Dev's presence in her life, especially this new decisive Dev who has learned to translate his attitude towards business into his attitude towards his personal life might be just what she needs.
@All: Congratulations on yet another milestone; thanks for all the amazing contributions that brough us to our first page 50!!! 🥳
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