Originally posted by: NiharikaMishra
I had predicted Manorama will die, it was evident in her dialogues ever since she had been introduced. So I was not worried of any long term love triangles springing up. But the way people have reacted to the track has been just horrible and nothing less.
But I have been pretty sad on how this track has been received by the viewers who had their top priority for Rudhita's romance track to remain plausible.
Except for Aniruddh's haste and not being able to sit down and talk to Bondita, which too was because of the exam deadline, I found nothing wrong with the track.
It was also pathetic to see those objecting to child marriage being abolished just because it nullified Rudhita's marriage and chances of romance and went to the extent of commenting that even Aniruddh is illegitimate because he was a product of Binoy-Shubra's child marriage. They don't think of the trauma child Shubra must have faced when she consummated her marriage and gave birth to Aniruddh.
In present day it would have been rape and yes a person like Ani would have been an illegitimate child, and the law was made to stop this from happening in future.
Abolishment of child marriage was a landmark decision and it was done to nullify marriage of couples who are still children and stop future such marriages, not confer all Indian marriages as illegal.
But no, all we need is Romance.
Reminds me of the web series Panchayat where people already having more that two kids got offended when the slogan of "Do bacche hai meethi kheer usse zyada hai bawaseer" (Two kids are sweet pudding, more than that are piles)
Youth taking their exams for granted these days will never understand the struggles women have had to face to get educated in the past.
Aniruddh's character is tagged as butchered just because he used passive aggression to coax a child into studying and got naturally attracted to a woman. And people complain why realistic TV shows aren't made anymore
This kind of viewership is exactly why channels start a show with a social message and after 50 episodes max, it's romance romance romance.
Anirudh made a haste because of 'exam deadline'? Which exam are you talking about? Cause after the wedding the only exam that Bon gave was the one topping which she got the opportunity to welcome the Viceroy. If that is the exam you have mentioned, well, there was a lot of time for that and Bon herself studied for it some two-three days back. Can't Anirudh made 'her sit and understand' all these days instead of bringing a sautan to make her jealous? It's pointless to say that he failed in making her understand or Bon was ziddi to not understand. If that was the case, Bon would not have agreed to Ani in the FIRST place when he explained to her about the cake fiasco. The girl, without having any idea of Mano's mission, admitted to an accusation that was never hers, because obviously, her patibabu made her understood. The same girl would be adamant enough to not pay heed to him asking for study is too much inconsistency too take. Looks like Bon's character is continuously being swapped as per the convenience to accede to the demand of the script of portraying Ani completely right.
"The trauma child Shubhra have faced" -
We are talking about the trauma of a person who is not in the picture now, but fail to notice the trauma a person, a child at present is facing. How must Bondita have felt when there was constant utterance of Thakur, the person who gave her the most horrific incident of her life, how she must be pained remembering those flashbacks every time his name was taken? But it is not surprising cause if Ani can overlook it, some people can definitely do it.
"...And people complain why realistic TV shows aren't made anymore..." -
Public humiliation - well, Anirudh is an impulsive man, it's justified. Twice? Mistakes can occur twice. Thrice? That's not really a mistake then. Man 'learns' from his mistakes. If not, then the character is not realistic. The first point of the show not being realistic in it's character depiction.
Young teens lack the ability to judge between right and wrong. They need guidance. Every teen must have been distracted from his/her studies at some point in his/her life. But does that mean parents should start adopting a new child to bring the older child in track? The second point of not being a realistic TV show.
(Please don't argue over whether Ani has a real marriage or not. Even in Thursday's episode Manorama clearly points it in the car out that Ani married her in front of everyone. Now Ani considering it false does not make it a fake marriage. He does not have the right to make fun of a sacred thread.)
All this time the show has been responsible enough to not use derogatory dialogues with a child or show anything that comes out as disturbing. And even if it did, it had put a DISCLAIMER claiming those to be just a fiction and that they are strictly against it. Where was the disclaimer when Ani was marrying for the second time? Cause if child marriage is illegal in the present day, polygamy falls under it too. If child marriage can have a disclaimer, why not polygamy? Where was the disclaimer of emotional abuse when Bon fell unconscious, unable to take the shock? That was a mental trauma and it needs disclaimer too. Where was the disclaimer when dialogues such has "Ya to tum hostel jaogi ya phir Manorama ko meri 'choti patni' ka darja dogi", "Wo badi patni mujhse jalti hai kyunki Anirudh ne mujhse shaadi ki hai" used for a child? Where was the disclaimer when a child was made to decorate the nuptial bedroom of her husband for his second marriage? This makes it the third point of why this show is a NON-REALISTIC TV show.
Nothing wrong with the track - Truly!
Anirudh's character is butchered because the same Anirudh who used to be aware of every single thing that caused pain to Bondita did not mind to think of her feelings every time discussions regarding Thakur took place. Anirudh who would always remember to check on her, that day SAW and STILL ignored her after Rani Sahiba left and Bon stood there, alone and pained.
(Please don't say Bon insulted Manorama, she needed to understand her and all cause Bon- firstly was not aware of her intentions and secondly, she did not insult, she confronted her for taking her cake)
Anirudh who would pride on Indian women handling both household and career has now started to trivialize cooking and household work, saying things like "Bondita ka har kadam sirf barrister babu banne ke taraf hana chahiye naki rasoi ke taraf". Again don't say she is a child, she does need to cook. Where was Anirudh that time when Kaka was teaching Bon to cook? Bon did not want to cook at the first place, she was forced to do that. Why didn't Anirudh objected? As far as I remember Anirudh instead taught her 'how to not sneeze while smelling kali-mirch' (Anirudh rather helped her in her learning process?) Why didn't he asked Bon to NOT make coffee for him every time she made him a coffee? Why didn't he objected when Bon made luchis ? Why did he instead ate them? Why didn't he objected or rather took an 'important step' like THIS the time Kaka started molding Bon into a kushal-grahini? This idea of being a perfect bahu did not come to Bon's mind naturally, it was induced from the beginning. Why was not a 'serious step' LIKE THIS taken that time? All of this could have been prevented now. How would have Anirudh helped Manorama in her mission if Bon really stopped cooking and did not bake the cake?
Anirudh himself gave a long explanation as to why one should not bring up internal matters in front of outsiders. Why does he preaches something else and does the exact opposite?
If all of this is not enough to show a high-principled guy like Anirudh getting butchered, I don't know what else is required.
There are tons of incorrect behaviour of Anirudh the past few days and it's really impossible to point every one of them in a single post. But it's saddening to see that these needs to be pointed out in a post when it is very much visible in the episodes. Shows how much obsessed people are in calling Anirudh a human that it makes them forget that Bon is a human too, with feelings and pain. The love for the character of ARC is so high in the air that the disgrace to women, emotional abuse of a child and polygamy gets no notice.
(The ill-effects of polygamy is not really shown in this track, rather it is glorified with the glorification of Anirudh, that he has done the exact right thing and his success projected makes it look like there was really NO other way to bring Bondita towards studies. Anirudh freely and happily roams around with two wives, there is no disclaimer going on and everything is portrayed as nice and easy)
A fancy word like 'reverse psychology' is used but a basic concept of mental health and emotional trauma is disregarded.
Reverse psychology' so that Bondita, every time she tried to help Mano, denied doing so because of the position Mano held in her life. The girl who made another girl escape Hira Mandi when she herself had no way to escape now questions herself before helping Mano in the smallest of thing. A selfess girl being made a self-conscious girl who thinks twice before praising and helping others? Cause jealousy 'reverse psychology'. But it doesn't really matters because all we need to be is good in studies, good personality and good morals can go for a toss! 👍🏼
Tell me, if all people wanted was romance why did the trps shoot up during the HM track? Cause I don't remember seeing romance during the HM track. Why was there heaps of praises, be it during the bed-wetting track, HM track or the menstruation track? Why did people made so numerous appreciation posts here on IF every time a strong episode was shown (for instance the molestation episode)? Why did people cheered on when Anirudh-Bondita managed to overcome a trouble and brought a small, yet significant change in the society?
It's disheartening to see that pointing out the flaws in an improper track, want of a bit of logic in a track, want of justification to humiliation and abuse, want of strong tracks is touted as want of romance, romance and romance.
Edited by Indira12 - 4 years ago
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