Are we actually supposed to like Uma Shankar? - Page 2

Originally posted by: Anu-Reddy

Well Uma is definetly not likable at this point. He has to redeem himself a lot for any of us to even think of liking him. Its some serious character assasination at this point. I dont see anyone in ladno even close to driving some sense in that guy. Not sure when and how he will realize what a grave mistake he did in the name of God.

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I have been venting since the last two epis so couldnt type a detailed response, but yes i agree and thats what my first issue was. If he believes in God as much as he claims , he shouldve waited for her to marry him willingly. I dont see what was the urgency. I guess CVs were in a hurry to get them married and show the marriage track. Otherwise nothing they showed off Uma is in sync with what he did with Kanak.

Either they should have continued with Kanak thinking that this was fake, or they could have even shown him making a deal with her. I mean it wouldn't have been ideal, but still. She could have found out that the muchar was actually an employee of UmaShankar and that it was Umashankar who had bhabho's shop. I think it would have been better if she had sacrificed in the name of getting the papers for bhabhos shop, marrying him for bhabho. It would have made a better notion of repairing her relationship with bhabho. With the current track, I feel as if bhabho is going to further misunderstand Kanak, and end up hating her more. But now, the forced marriage has happened, and seriously no idea how the writers are going to redeem UmaShankar.

Originally posted by: malikakas

Yeah I know right! I like the fact that she told him.. so what about all the other guys that liked me?Should I have married them too?😆

The last show I watched where the ML did this was a pak drama called Gul E Rana. But there it was clear that we were supposed to think that guy was a douche. But here I don't know what the writers were smoking?!

Pravachan dena aasan hota hai aur wahi cheez practically karna mushkil hota hai...aapne per aane per hum situation ke hisab se change ho jate hai...

Originally posted by: Allyson

I habe to agree with your assessment. I would also have preferred if Kanak would have been under the drama misunderstanding. For me tjere is almost no redeeming Uma at this point.

Why was this gunshot wedding necessary? Why did the makers need to show it this way? And why did they try and draw a parallel between them and Suraj-Sandhya? Their situation was completely different.

I guess Uma's redemption will be the bring Kanak and Bhabho closer? But will that be redemption enough?

Wonder if this is why they could not get a prime time slot despite having prime time production values. This seems archaic but still probably very much a reality in rural northern India. With the the rising religious fascism, might even be a relevant scenario even in these times. But if they glorify him, it sends a bad message. He seems pretty close minded right now. Also feels use of force is permitted if pursuations fail. I would only use force to avert a criminal act if the perpetrator does not listen to reason. Here, it is like forcing someone to bend to some presumed God's will.