Originally posted by: Indira12
Ye log ek show ko aur uske concept ko handle nahi kar paaye. Story tha kaise ek husband uss zamane mei apni wife ko barrister banate hai after much struggles. Anandi Gopal Joshi was married at the age of 9 to a man who was quite older than her. Yet he was obsessed with his wife's education and wanted her to earn her own identity. Same with Kadambini Ganguly. If we want to show Kadambini or Anandi Bai's story we have to show their marriage. It doesn't mean we are endorsing child marriage. It's just a part of the story, not the whole story.
They should have shown it in a way which wouldn't propagate child marriage and yet allowed them to say the story. Which they were doing fine till menstruation track. But suddenly they wanted to satisfy some people and in the process ended in such a mess. Trps aren't growing because they lost original viewers of the show with this turn.
Ab agar hum unki story dikhayenge, to are we propagating a successful child marriage? No. Aise bohot saare examples hai of the pre-Independence India where child brides have progressive husbands. Ani-Bon's story could have been one of them.
I think regional shows have much more capacity and strength to deal with such kind of topics sensitively. ITV makers start with much enthusiasm but that lasts only for 6 months at max.