I agree with you almost word for word. I think that this drama should address this form of male entitlement in the drama.
If Amit likes Riya and tries to marry her, all the viewers know it is wrong because Shivam and Riya are the main cast and Amit is not a good person by any standards.
Nandu likes Preeti and tries to subtly break her marriage, but this fact is ignored by so many viewers because Nandu is not "so bad" as Amit. He is a bechara and innocent who happened to fall in love with Preeti - a wicked girl who fell in love with Mohit and made multiple mistakes that would ruin the family name -, and he truly loves her because he was there at the time when no one else was there.
I really think they should address the fact that Nandu (and Sarla) created these circumstances where Mohit and Preeti were separated. Just because Nandu is nice, it does not mean he gets to marry a girl who doesn't like him at all especially when he is the main cause of destroying her married life twice.
He got Mohit to destroy Vyom and Preeti's marriage, and he did nothing to help or make the family understand Mohit despite being with him 90% of the time during the fiasco of Preeti's love story. He just sat there and watched him drink.
Nandu won't even understand the person he claims to love and refuses to sign the divorce papers. Like honestly, this is such a big problem in the drama.
I personally see in my household that my mom and sister want Preeti to be punished by having Nandu and Lucky leave her. They do not think that Nandu should leave her because he forcibly married her, but they think he should leave her to teach her a lesson! A lesson for her mistake in loving someone who could easily be manipulated by others.
Everyone thinks Nandu is nice, but what would happen if they found out about the phone calls which alerted Mohit of the marriage? What would they think?
I was most surprised by Namita yesterday!
How could she support Nandu when this is clear betrayal on Nandu's part! Nimmi, herself, knows how it feels to be betrayed (of course her situation was different) so why does she think that this is correct?
Personally, if this were realistic, Preeti would kill herself or go mentally unstable when she finds out that she was manipulated so greatly by everyone! And if that happens, I do not think any of the viewers will mourn her loss because they believe it is all her own fault.
Honestly, it isn't all her fault. It is the fault of the society that she grew up in - her "modern" actions are just a rebellion against these ethical orthodox values.
When Riya should be opposing Dadi, Preeti is doing the hard work. In a sense, if you think about it, Preeti is right when she says that Riya did the same thing during her marriage. Riya could have been rejected after she declared that she wanted to marry Shivam, but the drama couldn't continue if that were to happen. Raghav made the call because Shivam, also, loved Riya, but if Shivam did not love Riya...what would happen then? Would she be married to Amit?
I do not think that would have happened... her father would have defended her when he found out about the betrayal played by the Shrivastav family. He would not forcibly marry Riya to someone that she does not want to marry.
Preeti was betrayed as well (stupidly...but yes she was) , but her family didn't support her. They scolded her for making a mistake and ruining their reputation. They considered her a burden and then married her to someone who was already indebted to the Shrivastav family.
A lot of the incidents in this drama can be added up and restored by the CV's if they intend to make this right. I personally think that they should talk about Nandu's one sided obsession with Preeti because viewers outside of the TV drama hate Preeti as much as everyone inside the drama do for all the wrong reasons. It can really be demeaning for women to see the consequences of loving someone being so extreme especially if you are in a family who watches the drama and wishes that Preeti would be punished for her rebellion.
(Note, I am not in love with anyone but I definitely do feel weird every time a nasty comment towards Preeti is passed... I mean she is rude, but does she really deserve to face abandonment? Isn't it the family's fault for not supporting her?)
Riya should take a stand and defend Preeti. It is the only way to redeem herself and bring the main dynamic of the drama back to life. If Riya defends Preeti, it would really be opposing Dadi because it goes against everything Dadi has learned in her life. If the DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SUPPORTS THE DAUGHTER, this show can be brought back on track.
I don't think it will happen because Nandu's flaws are being hidden so well by the actors saying "he was with you when no one else was" and " he is so nice" and "look at what he does for you," but I seriously think that this is a serious problem that needs to be addressed because it does say a lot about the society that we live in. If we believe that a man can manipulate a girl's heart and try to stitch himself in it through wrong means, then, why are we even trying to create a drama where the main theme is the opposition of family dynamics?
When you are reinforcing orthodox values, then, why even green light this project SP?
I hope that the point of all this nautanki is that Riya finally picks herself off and stops trying to live under Dadi's feet and opposes her exactly the way that they showed in the promos.
IF RIYA supports PREETI, Dadi cannot say that the daughter-in-law is different from the daughter because her bahuriya is supporting someone who the entire family is against in this drama.
(Honestly though, the chances of this happening... I hope the drama doesn't take this on a scary turn :'( but it will most likely do it... don't fail us now MAM).