It's surprising how the director is the same but there is a vast difference in the way the show has been produced in both languages. The hindi one I don't watch but whatever glimpse I got from YouTube is over the board dramatic and insane. The character anupama only seems like a pendulum with very little growth to the character every now and then bunking back to her old ways of running behind her ex hubby. Yes I mean the show what so ever is progressive on certain fronts in showing a woman can have a identity beyond kitchen politics but it seems its main motive is to show anupama as a mahan aatma who keeps giving annoying episode long lectures.
The Marathi one on the other hand is also by Rajan shahi but there is a vast difference in the portrayal of characters.
There arundhati the main lead after divorce does not stay in her ex laws house and she as a character actually has developed who now gives online singing classes, voulenteers at a ngo meets new people and actually learns to accept her flaws and works on them not like anupama hasn't but marathi one isn't a pendalum. In the marathi version She isn't playing peacemaker for her husband but actually gives him a reality check and tells him to deal with his own crap. The character is convincing and firm in her portrayal and does not irritate with her presence .
Even the other characters her children in the marathi version unlike the hindi ones are not brats they don't go on a blaming spree but learn to accept their families situation and mature within as individuals having their own character growths. The guy playing the older son is someone who at times is indecisive with his decisions leading him to land up in trouble but they through his character have shown the need for an individual to own up for ur own mistakes .His struggle as the oldest son who once was in a toxic relationship learning that love is about mutual respect and love makes u connect with him ,his journey as a doctor and his transition into taking responsibility of the house and acting a pillar for his family and mother as the older sibling is real. The middle son who like Samar is a mama's boy but beyond that through his character u see a loveable immature boy change and become responsible at the admist of the sudden collapse of his family is beautiful. The girl playing nandini suffers with a medical condition leaving her unable to reproduce and have kids makes u feel her pain and their love story is real and purely innocent to the core. Even the youngest child playing pakhi in the Marathi version is not bratty and cruel who hates her mother but a kid a 17 year old who undergoes depression seeing her parents separate and the way they have shown this character trying to self harm and landing into bad company but her parents approach a counselor who helps her heal. They very beautifullly handled the matter showing how even in real kids are often left torn and hurt watching their parents separate. The girl matures and learns to communicate her feelings with her parents and learning that it's OK to accept that ur broken and reach out for help. They never show her hurling abuses at the mother or hating her mother but show her actually learning to understand her mother's pain and both mother daughter growing closer.
Even the kavya character is shown to have a somewhat if not likable human traits. She is shown as a single mother facing backlash for her ema but that woman stands strong and firm through each time ,with her having a good relationship with her niece, her struggle to walk out of her previous marriage, struggle to give time to her son is portrayed beautifully on screen. Her insecurities regarding relationships due to a bad experience is so convincing and gritty. She is a gray character who at times makes u feel pain for her despair. The marathi version is not dramatic and over the top. All characters have their own flaws and have a individual journey there not it being just about the lead character but also about all the other characters learning to accept it's OK to fail and accept ur wrong.
The love story between the older son and a girl a couple of years older than him is so fresh onscreen.They both were previously in toxic relationships and walked out of them with their heads held high ,teaching us a very needed lesson of how love is not about roses and gifts or about manipulation and self harm but accepting each other sharing a journey and growing as individuals taking each day at a time. Even the in laws are shown to progress over time. They are less annoying and not as over the top as the hindi one.
Maybe because marathi audience preferes less drama and does not like pendulum behavior but I wish if the hindi one was more realistic like the marathi version it would be even more likable.
The main lead is fabulous and never once does she irritate u. She doesn't have any of those long lectures. She too is shown to have flaws and with time accepts them and once she finds out about her husband's affair without losing dignity gives it back to him and begins her own journey of self empowerment never once swaying or acting like a pendulum.
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