Hello guys...
WOW!! Its been long since I wrote anything on IF😆 Life as they say I guess!! Well I have been a silent reader on this forum and enjoy all the chit chats esp the Adisha AT guys...hey ho you peeps!!
Anyways, I have been watching this show from day 1 and like all you ppl, enjoyed the obvious Zabir chemistry plus getting to know the muslim culture/community a little more (I have had muslim friends), the Lucknow setting and most importantly the concept of "Religion and Women Empowerment"!! And I have a problem with the latter bit!! Let me explain!
So while the show is addressing the religious stuff with full dignity and responsibility ... I do not seem to see the same while handling the "women empowerment" bit. Let's start with the character Ruksaar!
Yes you all hate her with a passion but tbh...I feel apart from Zara, this is 1 more character beautifully written. But the way she is being utilized in the show is so against "Women Empowerment".
I don't understand the need for Ruksaar or even Zeenat for that matter to be against Zara. What has she done? It was abbu who played games with both the sisters. Zara only became a pawn in all this. Heck even Kabir knew why he was being married off to Zara and even tried explaining Ruksaar about his father's intentions but still never really backed off the marriage when he had the chance to nor did he clear up with Ruksaar if he will ever marry her or not coz all he ever mentioned to her was he will marry "any" girl chosen by his father for him. I mean till date he maintains a cordial relation with her. He understands the extent of her feelings for him but never really tells her that he does not have the same for her. Rather he tells her "if she is feeling bad seeing Zara with him, she shouldn't have gotten him married to her.I see both the men playing football with Ruksaar.
Let's look at Zeenat. She is being royally ignored post Zara being the new bahu when she has been the first daughter-in-law and always tried to be like a daughter rather than a daughter-in-law and treated the family as her own (pre-zara) but now her say does not seem to matter. Her hubby is good for nothing and won't stand up for her. What did she ever expect from her inlaws for her many yrs of service to the family? That her wish to fulfill her sister's dream be heard? I don't see anything wrong in that. But the way abbu just turned his back on her was injustice. Fine abbu had his reasons, but just don't run over someone's heart like that. And her hubby would not even show a spine when abbu told her that he would get Kashaan married off again when she tried to fight for Ruksaar. Yet Zara is facing the heat from Zeenat when Zara is the one who saved Ruksaar's life.
My point here is, Zara has done nothing that should wrong her in Ruksaar or Zeenat's eyes. Yet both the sisters are targeting her instead of the men of the house. Isn't this contradictory to "Women Empowerment"? How does pitching 1 woman against another makes it progressive show?
I seriously fail to understand Indian TV shows and women up against each other. I mean if we are really wanting to promote Women Empowerment, can we for once and for a change bring all women characters of the show together and being partners in crime rather than against each other. I mean that's what the world really needs TBH. All women coming together as a collective unit and pitched up against men. Also, isn't it also promoting that it's ok for women to eye a married man?
I would really like to see some progressiveness in Indian shows but I guess I am just writing on a blank wall
PS. I have a lill baby so may not be able to reply but all are welcome to continue with their opinions/discussions!!