And first of all this post isn't FLs bashing post. This post is one of those unfortunate ML fans who lost their voice in this feminism and non-existent equality shows. This post is about that male lead, his POV, his journey, his flaws and injustice he got because he is just a "Male lead". He isn't the favourite of PH nor this fandom actually, he seems more like the most hated, bashed and wronged character. It's none other than "Omkara Singh Oberoi". (Of course he has his own deewanis who love him for whom he is, who won't judge him based on one episode and one fault of him, who are rather interested in Om as an individual than his love story.) And I will try to keep his journey and faults in a question and answer session.
1) Let me start with his biggest flaw after his idiotic truth obsession (yes I hate his stupid harishchandra thing) which is his judgmental trait.
Yes, Om is judgmental. Yes, he judged Gauri but did he become like this overnight? No, he didn't. His past bitter experiences made him so. A man who got backstabbed by almost every woman in his life aside from his mom, Anika and Dadi. He trusted his Bua, said that she deserves a second chance but what he got in return was a fake case against him, his mom being accused of theft. Then came Ishaana, a girl whom he genuinely thought to be good and wanted to help not knowing that he will be getting another betrayal and she will turn out to be a con girl. And then his ex GF which I don't need to explain. And it didn't end there same Gauri whom he judged played with his emotions being Chulbul (oh, look, she isn't dhood ki dhuli) whom he never treated as servant but made him a friend. So I guess any person with these many bitter experiences will have trust issues and become judgmental.
2) Gauri did so many things for Om, what did Om do?
This question irrespective of fandom makes me laugh lol. Is a relationship a business to fight over? I did this for you, you did that. I never saw my parents weighing their relationship.
Anyway I want to answer this too. Yes Gauri did many things for Om which no Om fan denies but the thought process differs. She did all those things for Om as a Patni dharam, I repeat Patni dharam and also thinking Om is a good human being. So she did everything as her responsibility not at anyone's gun point and definitely not Om's.
Om saved Gauri when he used to think she is just another woman like Svetlana. He, for all of his ideals, thought whatever, she is as a person who deserves to live. He fought with an entire village and a person like KT to save her life risking his when here, all evidences and situations are against Gauri.
This is Omkara.
3) Om always searched proofs just to judge Gauri, jumped into conclusion.
Really? When did he even jumped to conclusion? If he really wanted to judge her, she should have been judged the day she went missing without informing, started hiding things. Messaging someone secretly. But he didn't because he didn't want to. Then came a day when she suddenly disappeared, and a call from an unknown man on their landline who cut the call hearing his voice. Om got the guy's details and followed him and saw him in a shady scandalous place with his and Gauri's name written. Here, it's the thought process of a normal human being. Already their relationship is weak, he has had past bitter experiences with her, all the things in front of him are just fishy. And he came to the conclusion of her cheating on him.
4) He stood up for Anika but not Gauri.
Here we are comparing 2 different Oms, at 2 different phases of life.
He met Anika as some strong, an independent woman who could shut his brother up, and he met Gauri as another woman and one responsible for someone's death (in his eyes, back then).
During Anika's case he had yet to be backstabbed and he didn't declare Anika as innocent, he investigated, did it on his own, got proofs in favor of Anika. So yes, he never blindly fought for anyone.
5) One could understand what kind of person they are after living with them for some time?
Didn't he live with Ridhima for 3 years and what did she do at the end? Didn't he know Bua Maa since childhood and what was the end result? And again we may say Gauri did good things when living with him. So did Ridhima. Heck, that girl was his emotional support during his drug phase. Bua Maa loved him like a son, whose son died saving Om. So yes, living with someone even for years doesn't guarantee we will understand them completely. Even Gauri was living with him, but did she ever know anything about what he went through? Why he is scared to commit or at least why Om doesn't care about English, riches, class etc...?
So both judged each other wrongly reason they were living under one roof but not together but in their own delusional world.
6) You people might be thinking and want to ask me: So, you want to say Gauri is wrong and Om is right?
No I am not saying Gauri is wrong but I want to say that she, too, made mistakes and has flaws just like Om. My question is where's the equality in RiKara?
I have seen this pattern in RiKara fandom and even some people who says we are neutral.
Om's faults = It's Om's faults, he is a**h*l*, doesn't deserve Gauri. Some people even call him beast compare him to Tej.
Gauri's faults = It's her majboori, CVs inconsistency.
My standing ovation to the double standards of their thinking. So I guess you people will be happy when some guy comes and plays with your emotions and trust out of his majboori. Right? No! Why? Just because he is a guy. If it's a girl, she will cry and voila, all her mistakes are whitewashed.
7) So you defend Om's harsh words for Gauri?
No. I love Om but not blindly. Yes, his words were OTT, whatever his reasons may be you don't have any right to take such harsh words for Gauri. And I don't defend it especially because Om himself won't do that the moment he will know the truth. He will accept his mistakes and go to apologize to her, he will also be broken inside. When Om doesn't defend himself, then why will his fans?
But does Gauri ever accepts her mistakes? Om hurt her only with words but Gauri gave him wounds with her actions which till date she didn't accept or apologize for. Any Gauri fans have guts to accept her mistakes and say that yes, she made her share of mistakes and we, too, want to see her apologize?redeemed? Anyone?
But we Om fans accept it on face like our guy.
8) Om's redemption?
Personally I don't think he needs it because he made mistakes and didn't any crimes but be happy as he isn't favorite hero of Gul so, he may get one. No Gul hero got such a track but Om can be the first one to get it for his mistakes and his flaws
So, should we get a redemption track for Gauri? Should we not? Though, we know we will never get it because here male leads are always wrong and female leads innocent souls. That's the biggest sorrow of being a ML fan.
I guess in this show the other 2 male leads' fans are lucky compared to Om fans as at least for once Anika and Bhavya accepted their mistakes if not in front of ShivRu at least in front of others.
Virtual hug to my unlucky Om deewanis. We are the unluckiest group around!
And I want to also mention Rudra and Ruvya, as well.
I am an OmRu fan so, I love Ru like I love Om. First of all, before saying anything I want to make one thing clear: I am indifferent toward Bhavya because her character is just all over the place, and same for Ruvya's track. They change the conflict between them every day so, I don't watch their scenes.
I don't like them and I don't care about them or bash them, I just skip and ignore. But the hatred Bhavya, Mansi and Ruvya and their fans get on this forum and other sites is just horrible. Why do you bother with something that you don't care about, at all? Is it that hard to ignore?
And coming to Rumya vs. Ruvya: Please, as a fan of Rudra I can say both are equally bad. Rumya had always been a filler whose scenes used to come once in a full moon. And regarding their marriage, can we just understand that a drunk marriage isn't valid in India? And when Rumya themselves annulled it, why are people still stuck with it? Like, it's just not that Rudra forcefully threw her out of the marriage, they both talked about it and decided to call it quits and remain friends, bas. So, please, stop bashing the guy for something he didn't do, at all. And coming to Neha and Mansi, both actresses are at same level, imo. Both used to get easily overshadowed by Lee. Leenesh has a very strong screen presence, that's a fact. And both ladies are weak in the lead cast.
Some people's problem with Ruvya is that Rudra's being changed for Bhavya. Excuse me, didn't the same happen with Rumya? Rudra was made very rude to fit Soumya in the story (and would've redeemed through her saccha pyaar and blablabla, like in any other show) so, where were these people when he was changed then? And now, all of sudden they are worried about his character being ruined. Leave Rudra even Om and Shivay were changed to fit their ladies in the plotline. It's a sad fact of the fate of male leads. And the brutal truth is the majority are hating Ruvya just because Mansi got her due as a female lead which Neha never got. Ruvya got their screen space which Rumya never got. It's the bitter truth, it's hard but deal with it. Like I said, I don't like Bhavya but I will choose Bhavya over Soumya any day. The reason is that Bhavya, at least, accepted she did wrong with Rudra for once which Soumya never did (example: picture morphing).
And even if we don't like a character, there is no to let our hatred spill over to the actress Mansi is a really sweet person off-screen, after all.
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