Originally posted by: sashashyam
But mutual respect between the mother in
law and the prospective daughter in law is not the issue here. Nor is it the issue that Puru now needs a life partner; that having just his mother is no longer enough.
The problem Surbhi, I, and many others here have with that scene is that it has been written and enacted in such a way that pits the mother against the beloved, and makes it appear as though the love of the former is somehow wanting, is lower in quality than the love of the latter.
After all, the whole Tulabhaaram sequence hinges on this rating of one love as being superior to all the others. In the Sri Krishna Tulabhaaram, it was the love of Rukmini that is rated higher than that of Satyabhama and all of Lord Krishna's 16007 other wives combined.
Here it is Laachi vs the rest, but the rest also includes Anusuya, and there lies the rub. It was a badly conceived scene, that is all.
All this aside, Surbhi, see how right I was when I told you that you should write more! This thread is exceptionally lively!