What's the difference between IPK3 and Pehredaar...?

Hello all!

I wanted to post this topic for a while now.

Saw a topic on IPK3 but that was closed so...

We saw that the outrage over Pehredaar Piya Ki got the show to go off air. One of the few instances where public outrage has forced a show to go off air.

What I want to know is- What is the difference between PPK and shows like IPK3 and others on air which are equally or even more regressive?

IPK3 uses the protagonist's PTSD as a plot device to engineer Rabba Ve moments. The male lead tortures her and all she does is cry like the Gangotri glacier is situated in her tear glands. Highly regressive where he keeps calling her 'characterless' and heaps all sorts of opprobrium on her.

An uncomfortable question, but I have to ask it. Was the outrage over PPK amplified 'cause the victim in the situation was seen as being a little boy?

Have we become immune to violence and misbehaviour against women?

Many young girls on TV have played characters they are older than. Correct me if wrong. Prachi Desai played Bani as a 17 year old. Avika Gor aka Anandi from Balika Vadhu played Roli on Sasuraal Simar Ka where she was wife to an actor 20 years her senior while underage. She even had suhaag raat scenes on that show, if I remember correctly.

There is an upcoming show on Colors where Jannat Zubair Rehmani will play an 18 year old with a love story and wedding storyline despite being 15. Does this not encourage child marriage? Does this not encourage sexualising of young children, especially young girls?

There is so much regressive content on Indian TV. Why is there no outrage over it?

Aaj toh IPk3 ki aisi ki taisi karne me lage hai hhahahah

Ipk 3 isn't based on Child Marriage. That's the DIFFERENCE

Regressive is regressive, and it does not matter who is the part of the show.

Ekta showed some regressive content and when ever she did she was slapped by a legal notice and a number of law suits.

She was slapped with a kaw suit for Kyunki for showing regressive content. And, this has happened on various occasions with her shows.

But, i guess she has learnt her kesson to some extent and after the K shows, she has brought some quality products (for a year which get ruined after that as well) and has toned down the regressiveness a lot.

This is not the case with Gul, Shashi Sumeet or Rashmi. They continue to show crap.

file a petition just like that shitty show went off air.

Indian TV is regressive, no defending that, period. However since you asked why there is no outrage-

@Scream- It is based on ASR going crazy over what Chandni did as a child and then punishing a grown woman who has no knowledge of what crime she is being punished for. If he were that righteous, he would have told Chandni and family what the retribution was for.

I saw a promo where he sets fire to her bangles. Does that not encourage domestic violence?

They're basically glorifying domestic violence by inserting Rabba Ve moments in between. It's insulting to the plight of survivors.

It may not be based on child marriage, but this revenge disguised as romance is not cool.

Chandni apparently has PTSD but that is nothing but a plot device for Gul so that ASR feels sorry for her.

What's the difference between Viraj Dobriyal from Dil Se Di Dua Saubhagyavati Bhava and ASR? He tried to scare Chandni with spiders and Viraj also did the same with cockroaches. There is a difference actually. In DSDDSB, it was outright shown as wrong. Jhanvi was never in love with Viraj and would never fall for him.

Here, it's the opposite.

Originally posted by: HawasKaPujari

Indian TV is regressive, no defending that, period. However since you asked why there is no outrage-

1) Women, or rather girls, have been playing older characters since time immemorial. IIRC actresses like Sridevi, Rambha etc played adults at 14 or so. Unfortunately, this practise has become normalised.

2) PPK had a pre-teen child, playing a child character marrying an adult. Heard this happened in Gulaal too but people here defend that it was a good show idk 😕 Anyway the show was really blatant with the child-marrying-adult aspect and their suhagraat promos made many uncomfortable as it looked like it's crossing the line to paedophilia which probably didn't happen with the other shows.

True. Apparently one actor kissed a 14 year old Rekha forcibly in front of people while the audience cheered. Sexualising young girls has indeed been normalised. Neetu Kapoor 'retired' at 21 after a long time.

I feel like people use the excuse that 'girls mature faster than boys' to justify this when it's not true. Mental growth is the same.

@bold- Agreed. PPK unlike Gulaal did not highlight the majboori part of the set up and made it appear normal.

HawasKaPujari : as far as my knowledge on the subject of Gulal goes, the story did not romanticise their relationship when he was kid. She married him out of tradition in which the dil haa to marry devar after death of her husband. She couldn't marry the other devar because he killed her husband. Therefore, chooses to marry the young one and promises to get him married so where else when he grows old. Moreover the boy is sent to hostel and comes back as a grown up. The relationship shown between them when ne was young was of devar bhabhi unlike in Pedophilia piya ki where the kid is acting like a real husband and banking school to meet the girl.

most Shows are regressive.. period.. Especially the ones with high trp.. Asfor PPK, I think it was mjch hullaboo over nothing