Hey Shanti,
Thanks for the pm. Here is my take on not just the precap but on how Shobha the central figure of this show is being portrayed as by the CVs.
Not sure if the precap slap happens at home or the hotel. It looked like at home. I am a bit confused.
Firstly if after this attempted slap by Shobha to Samarth, then if Sharda has asked them to go on a weekend trip, Shobha should have said a simple "No" and I would hope that he attempts the rape at home and not at a hotel.
But since they mentioned the hotel and as you say its most likely Shobha and Samarth too end up there, I hope MIL has joined them (Shobha refuses to go if the MIL is not joining them) and is in the adjoining or next room with the kids.
I would prefer that her MIL and not Vikram comes to Shobha's rescue. Shobha manages to escape from Samarth and her MIL and kids are witness to Shobha's fear, distress and Samarth's ugly side.
Yes Shobha can call Vikram, but it has to be Shobha who defends herself initially.
Now about Shobha's character being submissive and compromising with her own feelings and life for the sake of the kids, I would first and foremost blame her mother for it.
A woman's mentality and thinking is moulded by one's own parenting and support given when in trouble. From early in life young girls need to be told to fight their own battles, teach them emotional independence. What we see of Shobha's character stems out of the upbringing and resign to your fate and stay and suffer kind of advice given by her own mother at the start.
Look at Riddhima, Shobha and she are no different from each other. I have always felt the CVs should have had brought in Shobha's own mother to bring in the necessary character growth in Shobha. But since they did not show any of Shobha's own family around, her sister or her mother supporting her when Samarth was in jail or any discussion on this matter, felt the decision of going back to Samarth was a submissive and resigning to a situation wherein she sacrificed her own beliefs or feelings for the sake of her two children. Not to forget the kids wanted their father back in their lives.
Shobha may have become financially independent but emotionally she is not a strong-willed person. And then with her MIL and Sarika both pushing her to give Samarth a second chance.
Women like Shobha need something very drastic (like rape) to happen to take the bold step of walking away from a horrible bad marriage.
One very important thing is also that when Shobha came to Vikram that evening, he gave her up too. He did not say I am ready and I want to become father to your children. It would have made all the difference in the world. But then the show have ended there naah...happy ending...
And ever since that day you can see Shobha repeating again and again that same old dialogue "app hi ne toh kaha Samarth ko ek mauka dedo"..its like she is indirectly/subconsciously saying "why did you not say don't go back, I need you in my life and I am there for your kids."
That assurance did not come from Vikram verbally, though He wants to, we all know that. Fathering kids who are not your own flesh and blood is one of the most courageous thing to do for any man. I have a feel when he tells her of his feelings and that he wants to be their Daddy's officially and not just Santa Uncle, she will tell him "if only you had said so that day...I would have come to you."
I hope you guys get what I am saying. I am not in support of what Shobha is doing right now, but trying to understand where it comes from. And I appreciate what the CVs are trying to portray though it's not what I want to see. Because they are portraying the journey of an emotionally dependent woman taking a stand when she reaches the limit of her patience.
And I would like that after this incident of attempted rape, Shobha announces to the world and puts him behind bars. For people like Samarth belong just there.
Edited by ddsoaps - 10 years ago