If the roles were reversed would you feel differently?

Nope, I would still want the wife to be with the husband after all she has done for him

Isn't that with every story people watch the show for the leads..when new show starts they will always favour the leads regardless of what the story is..yes it would be seen differently but that's audience for you.

Not really.

I wrote in another thread also, there have been many stories/serials/films on this same theme- a person gets married to mentally unstable patient so that he/she can get well, when the patient indeed gets well, he/she forgets his partner and wants to get back to his former flame.

In each of the stories, 90% of the people root for the person to stand by his marriage and accept his/her spouse who took care of him and supported him. Doesn't matter who the lead is- people feel sympathetic for the person who went through all hardships to help his/her mentally unstable spouse recover.

Plus Indians consider marriage as sacred. No matter how much we harp about love and that one needs to follow his heart, it's a general belief that marriages are not to be played around with. Unless it's a marriage where you were tricked into or are genuinely unhappy or the spouse is not a good person and harms you physically and mentally, we advocate for marriages to survive, especially if there is a baby in the picture. We advocate for people to work on their marriages. There is a reason why inspite of the soaring chemistry and passionate love of Salman-Aish in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, people were happy that Aish decided to move on in life with her husband Ajay. And that reason is marriage.

That said, rather than rooting for a particular couple, I am rooting for a mature settlement to this track. I mean, if Naren feels he cannot move on in life, does not want to accept his baby or Ankita, then I would want Ankita herself to walk out of the marriage and Naren Pari to unite.

Originally posted by: nikitagmc

Not really.

I wrote in another thread also, there have been many stories/serials/films on this same theme- a person gets married to mentally unstable patient so that he/she can get well, when the patient indeed gets well, he/she forgets his partner and wants to get back to his former flame.

In each of the stories, 90% of the people root for the person to stand by his marriage and accept his/her spouse who took care of him and supported him. Doesn't matter who the lead is.

Plus Indians consider marriage as sacred. No matter how much we harp about love and that one needs to follow his heart, it's a general belief that marriages are not to be played around with. Unless it's a marriage where you were tricked into or are genuinely unhappy or the spouse is not a good person and harms you physically and mentally, we advocate for marriages to survive, especially if there is a baby in the picture. We advocate for people to work on their marriages. There is a reason why inspite of the soaring chemistry of Salman-Aish in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, people were happy that Aish decided to move on in life with her husband Ajay. And that reason is marriage.

That said, rather than rooting for a particular couple, I am rooting for a mature settlement to this track. I mean, if Naren feels he cannot move on in life, does not want to accept his baby or Ankita, then I would want Ankita herself to walk out of the marriage and Naren Pari to unite.

Loved the way you have summed it all up. And I agree with the sentiments expressed. It would indeed seem unfair if the spouse ungratefully left the woman/man that had stood by their side in times of mental or physical trauma/turmoil. But life is not always fair and sometimes the accepted thing may not be a happy solution in the long run. If the husband stays with his wife but continues to hanker after another love, it would be healthier to end the marriage (child involved or not) in a mature fashion and move on - for all parties concerned.

Originally posted by: Perfangel5655

I am curious. If Ankita Lokhande played the role of Pari, and Ruhee played Ankita (the character) would you feel differently about the whole storyline?

Would it change how you feel about this new love triangle or would you still want Naren to be with the woman he married. I feel that if Ankita L. played the role of Pari the whole story would be different. The story would've never been viewed as let's watch love develop between Naren and Ankita (the character) it would've been when will Pari unite with her true loves Naren. In my opinion the fact that one of them is the lead changes the whole perception on how we view the story.

Please be honest😊

Great question. I was wondering this very same thing yesterday.
No, to me it would not make an iota of a difference if the actresses and their roles were switched. I would still feel terrible for the wife but try to reason it out that she kind of knew what she was getting into, still feel bad for the man who is not in complete control of his senses, and feel badly for the ex-love, she is now caught in the cross fire and can neither move on or go back.

Ideally in a perfect world, I would want Pari to move on with her life and not be saddled with Naren and his problems (wife, child), and would want Naren to realize that unfortunately fate played an unkind hand and this is what it dealt him, a wife he mistook for someone else but who loves him nonetheless and a baby on the way. I would want Ankita (the character) to be understanding of his pining for his ex love and help them move ahead as a couple together.

Maybe none of the 3 will be happy in this situation, Pari will not get her love, Naren will not get his love (however much we may argue it is Ankita he loves, there is always this overwhelming feeling that this man actually went nuts at losing his love), and Ankita will have to settle for second best with a man who does not totally love her. Not sure if this ideal ending that I envision is because of what Nikita has written so beautifully, that we sanctify marriage and want it to succeed at all costs. Perhaps a fear that if we didn't hold to that belief that marriages in our society would fall asunder easily, don't know the exact reason. But also realize it is unfair if for the sake of societal norms 3 people have to remain unhappy. Willing to let this story pan out and hope the CVs bring a mature and acceptable ending to this triangle.

No..

Originally posted by: soapwatcher1

Maybe none of the 3 will be happy in this situation, Pari will not get her love, Naren will not get his love (however much we may argue it is Ankita he loves, there is always this overwhelming feeling that this man actually went nuts at losing his love), and Ankita will have to settle for second best with a man who does not totally love her. Not sure if this ideal ending that I envision is because of what Nikita has written so beautifully, that we sanctify marriage and want it to succeed at all costs. Perhaps a fear that if we didn't hold to that belief that marriages in our society would fall asunder easily, don't know the exact reason..

I think it's not just about the sanctity of marriages or saath pheras, the general thinking that most people have somewhere in their minds (they might not accept it always) is that you can still get over an intense and deep love affair, but it is very very difficult to get over a broken marriage, especially if you were not at fault in it anywhere. It is believed that a broken marriage truly scars you for life. Plus thinking purely on a realistic basis, people do fall in love again if they actually give a chance to themselves and try to look for the good in the other person. Many people therefore advocate 'moving on' as a better solution than breaking a marriage where two individuals are not at fault and essentially good people. There are very very few stories where you will see the hero-heroine breaking their marriages to get back to the person they really really loved- no matter how passionate, true or intense that love was. And if there are any such stories, they have got quite a good backlash.

One reason for it is also that many people consider that the REAL love story anyway begins when two people start living together (i.e marriage in Indian scenario) and learn to accept not just the good side that the person has showed all along, but also the bad side. For all realistic, cultural, spiritual, practical reasons, marriage finds favour with the majority.

Nap i would have supported Pari n would b in her favour then
I was against Arjun leaving Ovi n im now against Pari Naren
Both Arjun-Ovi had consumated and Arjun impregnanted Ovi twice and Ankita-Naren too have consumated their rship and Ankita is pregnant
Is it fair to the unborn child?? That the parents r separated even bfre it has seen the world ... It was unfair then n its unfair now

I wouldnt want the child of Ankita to geg a life like Piya got ...

Originally posted by: nikitagmc

I think it's not just about the sanctity of marriages or saath pheras, the general thinking that most people have somewhere in their minds (they might not accept it always) is that you can still get over an intense and deep love affair, but it is very very difficult to get over a broken marriage, especially if you were not at fault in it anywhere. It is believed that a broken marriage truly scars you for life. Plus thinking purely on a realistic basis, people do fall in love again if they actually give a chance to themselves and try to look for the good in the other person. Many people therefore advocate 'moving on' as a better solution than breaking a marriage where two individuals are not at fault and essentially good people. There are very very few stories where you will see the hero-heroine breaking their marriages to get back to the person they really really loved- no matter how passionate, true or intense that love was. And if there are any such stories, they have got quite a good backlash.

One reason for it is also that many people consider that the REAL love story anyway begins when two people start living together (i.e marriage in Indian scenario) and learn to accept not just the good side that the person has showed all along, but also the bad side. For all realistic, cultural, spiritual, practical reasons, marriage finds favour with the majority.

You are absolutely right. And yes, whether we readily accept it or not, love can happen more than once and even perhaps, again and again while marriage is considered a sacred institution in most societies. Life does move on even when people lose beloved ones, parents, children, family, so yes, one could get over broken love affairs, at least enough to live the semblance of a happy life. There are exceptions to every rule and Naren seems to be one, he actually went bonkers on losing his Ahana.