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Honestly this show is getting ridiculous.
At the beginning I loved the meaning of the show, a young innocent girl with a slight problem causing her to face many difficulties in life. However with her strong faith and determination she succeeded in proving proving society wrong and managed to demonstrate that although her speech is not full intact, her morals and intelligence is up to high standards.
The show interested me as it portrayed Thapki, a young girl who managed to start a new life after her marriage broke at a new and professional environment. At the office she was humiliated and mocked many times but due to her good nature she managed to always sustain herself and pushed herself further in life, with having the ability to forgive anyone who did wrong to her.
Despite her having a problem she managed to get the boss of the company to fall head over heels for her, now I see a lot of viewers claiming this is cliche and too typical for Indian dramas. Or the fact that the love story is so common and the character of Dhruv is so boring. But can I remind you viewers that Dhruv as a character has many layers, such as the fact that the only women in his life is his mother and he follows everyone of his orders, or the fact that he is the only one who manages to give an equal and unconditional love to his adopted brother Bihaan. Also Dhruvs character from the beginning was dark and mysterious and it was Thapki who opened him up and showed him more colours in the world and the kind of life that lives outside of work.
Now I am not hating any of the Thahaan lovers but i see many of the arguments for the support of Thapki and Bihaan is that Bihaan's character is mysterious and deprived of love therefore Thapki should enter his life fill the void with love. However Vasundara does show him some care and doesnt completely hate him unlike the way Balwinder (Dhruvs Father) hates Dhruv. Dhruv was always the outcast of the house due to his different perspective from his father. At the beginning of the show he never participated in any of the poojas and was always involved in disputes with his father. Therefore you can see Dhruv too is deprived of love. Also Balwinder is the head of the house so whatever he wanted was sent through, which meant that Dhruv had no chance of actually being accepted. Whereas Bihaan was loved by everyone, just was deprived from being EQUALLY loved by Vasundara. Although Vasu loved Dhruv more, she did care for Bihaan and didnt exactly show hatred towards him like Balwinder did to Dhuv.
Another argument from the Thahaan lovers is that Dhruv and Thapkis love story is too easy and common, but how many indian shows have the same story line as the Bihaan and Thapki track. The same love story where the couple is married due to a reason and cannot stand eachother therefore have continuous nok jhok which leads to cliche moments and then finally they fall in love. Now I have been watching Indian dramas for an extremely long time now and I could tell you most of them follow the same story line such as Yeh hai mohabatein, Is pyaar a ko kyaa nam doon and kitni mohabbat hai. Therefore I dont understand where the new and interesting story line lies. However I rarely get to see a show where the female actually gets what she wants, and if she does she has to go through many other struggle- and im not surprised as Indian dramas need dramatic plots and stories. So when i saw that Thapki and Dhruv fell in love I found the show so cute as it showed that even if you have some insecurties, there is someone out there who will love you for you. Rememeber Dhruv fell in love with her in a short span of time, proving that he completely forgot about her speech difficulties and just loved her for her. Also Dhruv fell in love wit her without anyone interfering, whereas Bihaan and Thapkis love story has had many other interference from the bhabis and the mum who tried to put them two closer. So you tell me who is actually destined to be together?
However my biggest problem with the show is the lies and deception the directors show to the viewers. The first incident was when Thapki and Dhruv wished upon a shooting star and to the God about being together for the rest of their lives. How unfair is this? The director are just breaking people faiths by showing that wishing upon a star doesnt actually work. Also my main annoyance is the fact that if Bihaan and Thapki end up together, Vasundara wins. She manages to protect her son from Thapki. This shows the viewers that people with minor problems wont be able to get what they want and would have to settle for second choice and the games of others. Is this honestly the message we want to convey to todays society? If you have a problem, you would have to suffer through betrayals and lies and decpetion. You would have to marry someone unknowingly and just accept it in order to honour the family who decieved you's name? It absolutely disgusting. Also the directors and writers need to honestly make it clear who is going to be together, either Bihaan or Thapki or Dhruv and Thapki- instead of giving the different fanbases false hopes. Personally i was really interested in this show as it gave the message that no matter what insecurity or problem you have, you are as equal and as beautiful as everyone else but no, the directors had to ruin it and turn it into the same shabby love story we've seen for the millionth time.
-Nazmin Nahar
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