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I actually wasn't going to come back to this board and post but I couldn't help myself.
The most frustrating thing about watching Indian dramas is that it seems they cater to the whims of the audience and the audience in turn has become quite entitled sounding sometimes, demanding that the story they want be told instead of what the creative team behind the show wants to do.
Do you realize how rude that is? Do these creatives come into your workplace and tell you how you should do your job? They have a story to tell, it is their story, let them tell it and if you don't agree with what they're showing then you can tune out. But badging and bashing them into bending to your whims is not okay.
My mom and I were talking yesterday as the show was coming on, she was not impressed with Vasu's behaviour but at the end of the day this story is about THAPKI! It's about her journey and how she deals with what life hands her way. Yes there's going to be love stories on the show because this is an Indian drama BUT the love story is not the driving force, it's about Thapki.
What do you think the purpose of this show is? Thapki will marry a nice boy and they will live happily ever after, oh but in typical drama fashion it will turn into a saas-bahu drama where the saas hates her son's wife so she'll come up with ways to torture her?
I think it's quite brave what they've decided to do here, just because they build up a couple at the beginning of the show DOES NOT automatically mean that THAT is who should be together for the whole show. Does anyone listen to the disclaimer at the beginning of the show? The purpose of this story?
Thapki stutters, that has been shown as her biggest weakness - the audience is meant to question whether that is a weakness or not. It's meant to challenge preconceived notions about what is considered the norm in society. Here we have a mother who was shown to absolutely ADORE the woman she'd chosen as a bride for her son, her son appears to be madly in love with this woman, oh but she stutters. Nope, deal off. Many of you have pointed out how ridiculous this train of thought is on Vasu's part and all the things she's doing to ruin this relationship now because of a thing as inconsequential as a stutter.
Vasu represents all those people in society that look down on people for being different, whether it be having a stutter, a "disability", their race, their religion - Vasu cannot see beyond this one thing to the person that Thapki really is. Vasu will be the one that will be regretting this in the end.
So you can be all upset about how Dhruv/Thapki didn't get married and woe, how could they do this to Thapki, she deserves a good man. Thapki does NOT need a man to come into her life and make it better, she's VERY capable of doing that on her own as was shown at the beginning of the drama. Thapki is going to be a stronger person DESPITE this having happened and she will find happiness and along the way Vasu's misconceptions will be challenged every day.
I wasn't going to write about Bihaan in this post but I would like to mention that there are still many people choosing to ignore the story they're telling with this character as well, we see a guy who actually is good at heart (goodness comes in many shapes and forms, it doesn't have to be the straight laced goodness we see in Dhruv). He's only ever wanted his parents love, has been without a mother's love his whole life. He is who he is because of the circumstances of his upbringing. He had to find his own way without the unconditional love of parents, actions speak louder than words.
While I'm at it, let's talk about Dhruv as well. Dhruv also lives in this ideal world where everything is wrong or right, black and white. He's got his sets of ideals and that's what he lives by. He thinks his mom is good and therefore loves her, he thinks his dad is bad and therefore cannot stand him. Something needs to happen to rock this foundation that Dhruv lives upon. We see it a little with his love for Bihaan but even then he choses to believe the worst in him first. He needs to see those grey areas that people live in and not condemn them for it but rather understand them. Life isn't black ad white and simple for everyone.
So I guess the point of this post is that people need to stop looking at just the love story, just because you love a couple together doesn't mean they need to, or even should be together. Look at the bigger picture, look at the characters, look at their motivations and their purpose. And you know, maybe wait and see where the writers are going with the bigger picture before you start bashing them for not doing what you want.
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