Originally posted by: mytinypaintings
My question if a women wears sari and sindoor does she become a dumb female and if she wear western outfits she becomes confident and smart. What has clothes got to do with mental acumen?
Second point those who wear sindoor during the day they wear it at night also. I mean unless one washes their hair sindoor stays put.
My point is, it is unrealistic to show her dressed like this in today's times esp as a TV actress who is on the move all the time. The sari is hardly the most practical garment to wear in such a profession and especially since she is wearing it all the time on the show, it is very difficult to believe that she wants to wear it all the time off set also. Also the fact that she was shown wearing casuals before marriage - Indian and western - makes it natural that she would continue to dress like that after marriage too. My question is, why do Indian tv serials equate marriage with all these symbols of marriage like sari, MS and sindoor? Why must the FL immediately switch to this look after marriage ? she is supposed to be 28 in the serial, a tv actress in bombay. I live in Bombay, there are 2-3 actresses living in my building married and unmarried and I have never seen even the married ones dress like this. I dislike this concept of 'you're married so now you have to dress a certain way." Tv serials endorse this view.