to b frank i dont think shlok is doing any drama of him knowing that wht niranjan is...and that he wants astha to stand on feet...actually the makers of the show said ...these r 2 diff characters...one is male chavinistic and astha is who believes in equality...so they cant change the concept suddenly later that shlok was never chauvisnitic as he was doing all this to save astha...makers of the show have to go with the concept which was male chauvnistic and astha belief in equality...so only thing CV's can do is if they want is change shlok thoughts towards ladies...which astha might do in future...