Very often than not, our TV and Movies represent us just as much as our people do. Especially abroad, for NRI Children who have never been to India, most tend to believe this virtual world to be somewhat true. Reason? Because you would expect your filmmakers and TV Producers to gel real and reel to create the drama while still sticking to how society is around them by and large.
Parichay and many of Ekta's serials fail on this accord. In order to create the drama, dates are jumbled and viewers are taken for granted to digest some of the most blatant idiotic sequences shown.
So those who have never been here, those who feel they are getting to know India by watching Indian Television, please do not judge the Indian society or commoners by what you see on the screens. Generally we are not so dumb and can get around with our businesses just fine! We cannot bunk office on a whim or because we consummated last night. Women don't cry as often and for so many reasons and if we have a huge window separating our bedroom from our parent's bedroom, we just don't go by a flimsy, semi transparent and bellowing curtains but we shut the windows completely, especially in the night as its still considered pretty indecent to subject your parents to your pillow talk and vice versa! We still believe divorce as a curse word and a lot of thinking goes on either party in the marriage before opting for it.
Not all our men are miraculously gifted to be able to impregnate a woman in single go (though they would like to believe so) and our women are not ovulating 24X7 and 365 days of an year. We have a lot of dirty politicos that keep our judiciary system well oiled and running so filing for a divorce and obtaining a hearing on the very same day can happen only for the President of India! The appearances of psycho women is not so rampant in the society. Normally we limit them to 1 per 10000000000 than 1 per house such is the case here. So not every household has to have one like Thakral's have Witcha and Chopra's have Raveena. And when the elders establish the fact that the woman is psycho, they certainly try to tame her down instead of scheming along with her and aiding her for her psycho acts in the name of paternal love! We do have state of the art facilities for zombie state humans who can be treated for their ailments by experts and not everyone gets their offspring married as an ultimate solution to all psychiatry problems! We do have something called as Night Gowns and/or PJs and we wear them at night while going to bed. We do not sleep with our makeup on!
What you see on the TV is actually created by CVs - They are basically a bunch of idiots (barring very few examples), hell bent on creating the drama, with no regards to the reality or what is happening around! They are the eternal backbenchers who never turned in an honest day's of homework hence our so called facts remain mangled and beaten to suit what is reel.
But don't lose hope. We are in process of finding a suitable mommy for these wayward kids who can make them see Real for Real and pushes them to do their homework right before they sit for the exams.
Does anyone wanna apply for this post!
PS: you get to spank their bottoms when they do a lousy job!
Reason I am so miffed with CVs, read on people!
Kunal Chopra, a gold medalist lawyer should have realized the consequences of the consummation for a marriage. In Hindu's a marriage is termed valid only when the couple establishes their conjugal rights. Even in Muslims, ideally, Walima is held with a belief that the couple have been intimate prior to it. (some believe it should be prior to consummation but most of my muslim friends told me that its believed to have timed after consummation). This night is the most dramatic, but not only emotionally. Legally they can't expect to have a judge sign off on their divorce since it's a 'Divorce' and not an 'Annulment'. The first question from the judge should have been if they had consummated the marriage and had they nodded yes, he should have thrown them out of his chamber even before Siddhi had to fake cry for it. Marriage Counseling is mandate even for the consenting couples and even after that they have to serve a legal separation period that can vary from a few months to an year prior to filing the actual divorce case. They are not forced to share a house during this time but their status changes from Married to legally Separated.
But who cares about doing the homework and checking up on the facts! So what if the serial boasts about having maximum number of characters graduated in Practicing Law!
Section 511 under Indian Penal Code is not for attempted rape!!!!!! Its for ANY offense that was attempted but was not fruitful. So when Thakku said Under 511, Siddhi could have thought of vandalism or trying to steal, trying to do physical harm but not rape. But obviously she will do this only if CVs knew better what they were talking about. This case should not be termed as Attempt to Rape. And if at all Mr. Thakaral who owns the swankiest law firm in entire India as he never fails to brag about at any given point of time, should have realized that it should have section 354 that screams (no pun intended!) attempt to rape!
Disclaimer: This post is not to offend anyone. I would rather blame the CVs than the actual characters for mouthing stupid dialogues and acting out sequences that dont make sense since its CV's brainchild.
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