Portrayal of Raghav Rao and Inconsistencies - Page 8

Fria, sexuality and glamour are a part and parcel of this industry. But it comes with its own cons. Why people object to unnecessary portrayal of female as comodities its exactly the same we tried drawing parallels from. Put him in pool and its fine. Put him in a romantic scene with Pallavi, it fits the bill. Its not that we have a problem with shirtless Raghav but then he is not needed everywhere.

Both Ren and I are from India and we know what you are talking about while finding someone attractive and our approach towards him. A day before when the talk was limited between Sulo and Mansi, though i rolled my eyes at the screen but I could still put it that they find him appealing. May be to emphasize the fact that no matter what he disguises as, a king still would be a king! But then came drooling and ogling, and then her indicative "hawt" instead of hot tea. She didn't tell him but she intended him to hear. That was cheap.

But as you said, its a matter of perspectives. And all of us see and understand things differently. Your contrasts really got us to ponder. And Ren and I totally loved discussing it too. With this, I agree.... lets agree to disagree 🤗

Originally posted by: Couch.Potato

I was waiting for today’s episode to air before making comments here.

The makers are obviously exploring Sulochana's attraction to Swapnil, which is quite sickening.

Raghav is protective of his family, and his first thought should have been about Pallavi's safety, but he's preoccupied with his own concerns whether Pallavi will recognise him or not .

In tight situations like this, allies must be informed of every detail, but Pallavi has no idea her support is in the house, so what good is it?

IKR... its such a forced and lame attempt at humor that I don't even know how to react to it. Like, really, thats it, is that all you guys can think about!

You know Ren and I were discussing the exact same thing. He leaves his house with determination. Such poignant Aarti scene where he bents to take Amma's blessing... Tanaji music in the background! And you hold your breath ki aage kya... and then he enters the battleground and ponders why did wifey not recognize me🤔 Like duh

The way he looks disappointed was as if he entered into a fancy dress accepting a bet that Pallavi will recognize him in any get up and lo behold he lost! Che... Yeh Pallavi bhi na 🥺

Originally posted by: Ruhi.007

We found Sulo's new attraction towards Swapnil hilarious 😂. It would not be funny if the genders were reversed without the same context and I read somewhere what if sanki or kaka gaze at Keerthi - that would be gross.

I replied something similar in the EDT. For humour to work the context and situation is important. It is not about ML being objectified, at least not here. If we can get a female character who is as larger than life and tedha as raghav it would be funny if kaka ogles at such a character. Say a bholi punjaban (she is a don from a movie fukrey) or from itv land say a Shivangi (naagin character played by mouni roy) had a sort of tashan equation with kaka. And we know the nagin or the don are so out of league of kaka, same way raghav is out of league for sulo. The people being gazed can finish the people with a click of a gun etc. the power disparity between the parties is so vast it is funny.

The humour in mhrw is derived from the situation here not because a man is being objectified - how will that be even funny.

Thanks for the revert and tag Ruhi. And here I would reply on behalf of both Ren and I. The example citing of Sanki and Keerti was just to emphasize the same fact that things like these are not funny... no matter when you are dealing with a man or a woman. This is where prejudices rise from and gives rise to sexist jokes and behaviour. Anything that leads to making the other person uncomfortable must be avoided. And we could clearly read, Raghav was embarassed/weirded.

Humour has to be contextual too. Not at the expense of someone. Normalizing everything is not always ok. I know as a matter of fact, people draw in their shell if this happens regularly.

Having said that. It didn't go well with Ren and I and so we decided to voice it out. But to each its own. Lets agree to disagree.