I have a question. One of the most popular tropes in Indian TV is where the ML and FL get married for some third reason or some "majboori" (like family's wishes, dying grandparent's wish, financial reasons, etc.) and then after getting married, they discover love for one another. Did this trend start because of YHM? Or was this popular before?
It always seemed to me as if Raman and Ishita's story was the first to showcase a couple who got married for a third person or some outside reason and then gradually fell in love. After the success of YHM, this trope became much more popular (and in thus, overdone and ruined). I've only watched stuff on HotStar usually months or years after it is first telecast so I don't know which shows came when.
The thing is, in my opinion, IshRa had a very strong reason to get married, which is not the case in these other serials that have used this trope. Although the best reason for a couple to get married is being in love, IshRa had their reason (and a very strong one at that) in Ruhi -- a child they both loved and cared for. It was clear from the beginning that they were coming together as co-parents rather than as romantic partners. Very understandable for me. I mean, Raman had never wanted a wife for himself, he only agreed to get married to find a mother for Ruhi. Remember that promo where he tells Santosh that these girls in the photos could easily be his wife but couldn't be Ruhi's mom? And Ishita wasn't looking for a husband, she was looking to be a mother to a child. Remember how she tried to adopt a child as a single mom? So they both got married to fulfill their own goals/wants and Ruhi's needs. Good. Everything fits like the pieces of a puzzle.
In other serials, the most ridiculous reasons are used to get a couple married. In KKB (the beginning), Abhi married Pragya so she didn't get involved with Purab who his sister Aliya was in love with. Like WTH? How was that going to stop Purab from getting involved with another girl? And how would that force him to get involved with Aliya? Plus, as it turned out, the girl actually involved with Purab was Pragya's sister Bulbul. This same story happened in IPKKND where Arnab married Khushi so she'd stay away from her sister's husband Shyam (who was the one who had actually fooled and abused Khushi). Like bro, you need to get that creep Shyam out of your house, not make an innocent girl's life miserable. If not Khushi, Shyam could have had an affair with any other girl. How is that going to protect your sister?
In some serial on &TV, the ML and FL got married in a contract for six months for the happiness of their family. Similar story happened in Tashan-e-Ishq on Zee TV. Twinkle and Kunj married each other because it would make their parents and beeji happy. Yaar, shaadi tum ko nibhaani hai ki tumhare gharwalo ko?
Other places where I've seen this kind of story is Qubool Hai (with Aahil and Sanam), Manmarziyan (with Radhika and Arjun). I think Naamkaran and TSMSP also use this trope, but idk for sure since I haven't watched them.
And don't even get me started on the whole "ML-getting-married-to-take-revenge-from-and-torture-the-FL-but-ends-up-falling-in-love-with-her" trope. I hate it so much. It basically glorifies abuse.
Can you guys think of any other show or story that has used this trope, where the ML and FL get married for some outside reason other than love and then fall in love after getting married? And no, arranged marriages (like Naitik and Akshara from YRKKH) don't count, because even though they weren't in love to begin with, they got married for the purpose of getting married and spending their lives together.
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