LOL these are exactly the kind of DHAKOSLE that Kesar was talking about in his rant😆....jinka koi logic nahin hota....society makes up rules per their convenience for whatever amount of "control" needs to be exerted on a woman's role in a family.
I still marvel over the fact that 99% of this show was about a woman assertively making her choices in every situation - whether she was right or wrong was a different matter....but she made her choices and no one acted like that wasn't even an option. Most stories these days don't know how to write that......and if they show a woman taking a stand, bas token stance hota hai and logon ko usmein se "woman power" feelz aa jaate hain even though it doesn't change any ground reality.....lol the stories still remain about the 100 different ways a woman can be forced into marriage and then magically fall in love with abusive pati😆.
And I also loved that there were actual men in this story who supported a woman's right to make her choices.....especially Gulaal's father supported her all the way till the very end....never allowed a single person to question his daughter's honor and was always willing to take her away if people demeaned her. This feels even more powerful to watch now given that every show on ITV now is an antithesis of that. Bas woh Saru Fui and psycho new Paanba wala track bakwaas tha but the rest was A+.
@ bold so much WORD to this!! The fact that the other characters were also developed so well , it was so much more satisfying to watch as a viewer.
The makers could have very easily used a shortcut for GK story, based on societal and family problems but they did not take that route. Like Gulaals dad not giving in even when the sarpanch said their hookah paani will be stopped, he was ready to leave the village and when he saw how Gulaal was treated after Dushyants reveal, he very firmly asked her to come with him. All this when his son was acting like a douche and the delicate situation because his DIL was Motabhas daughter!
I am just so happy they made Gulaal realize her love without going in for forced marriage track or any other external pressure!! This for me makes them so much more special☺️
Also as you said women were so much assertive in making their choices and we did not have that Dhadam Dhadam music and camera panning three times to make us realize the gravity of the situation😆 They just talked about all issues in a normal manner without making it life and death situation 😆SM ko hi lelo....lol ek taraf log bolte hain Kusum is a progressive character, she supported her samdhan etc. etc....in the next breath, the same people salivate over a forced marriage in which a guy forcibly put sindoor on a woman to tie her to him cuz oh bechara he has "trauma" so now the woman should fall in line to heal him and feel attracted to him.....LOL
Doesn’t matter as long as there are HOT scenes , you can ignore the other issues😆 The discussions on the forum 😆 People were offended with forced marriage and KTs behaviour but one scene pulled them all righ in 🤣
.....Only Kesar was Gulaal ki takkar ka ziddi baccha that she couldn't manage to overrun


Waise Talli really did try to bring them together and she really cared for Gulaal, so I can love with that
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