Aarohi vs Akshara - why one has more substance than the other! - Page 6

@lovereading14, @indira1211.. Amazing analysis between the two of you of aarohi's character.. I am really glad that there is someone in this wide wide viewership of the current track who is intelligently analyzing characters and forming balanced opinions and not just being led by the writers who like you said don't follow logic most of the time. They just want to show drama that increases trps with no thought to realism, beauty or finesse in the development of the plot. Many people who are watching the current story have probably not watched the previous 9-10 months when sirat's story was developing. It is true that sirat was never fully accepted in the goenka house. Manish hated her and her family and only very much later, just sometime before her death was able to even speak to her decently. Surekha and manish between them gave her hell ( and the viewers weren't any better, hating sirat as an usurper and calling kartik a fraud and dhokebaaz and licentious man because he dared to love another woman after his wife's death.)🤔The only person who wholeheartedly accepted her was swarna and then dadi. Dadi mostly because she wanted to see her kittu living his life again and not just existing half-dead in grief. Sirat never really stood up to them. Even though she was initially a fiesty young woman who had learnt early on to fight for her rights and that is the spunk that we see in aarohi, after her marriage she had become a much softer person and was so excessively grateful for being part of a whole and loving family and so happy to have gained kartik's love that she just quietly accepted whatever crap manish dished out. Also, because she herself was so ashamed of her mother and stepdad that she took what they said as nothing more than the truth. So she kept her family background a secret from her daughters. We see, after the 8 year leap that the family in consensus had decided not to reveal to akshara that sirat was not her biological mother. This was done because sirat and naira were doppelgangers and it would have been very confusing for a young child. They had even removed the garland from around naira's portrait. It was a family decision but you see viewers blaming sirat for hiding her mother's identity from akshu. Just when sirat decides to reveal this truth to akshu the sisters find it out accidentally from Sheela's talk with sirat. This leads to another scene where manish again says 'uska khoon ganda hai!' 😵
Now aarohi was witness to all this drama and the undercurrents of disapproval of her mother and possibly preference for akshara by the elder members of the household. And she was also secretly poisoned by her evil nani against akshara. Sheela does that with sirat too at the time of her marriage and sirat gets pretty affected by it before kartik sits her down and talks her out of such misunderstandings. This kind of resolution that could have been brought by kartik and sirat in the developing bitterness between the sisters was cut short by their sudden death which was obviously written into the plot in order to bring in the hatred. Afterwards there wouldn't have been any check to manish's extolling of naira and her khandan and degrading of Sirat's background. These kinds of things make lasting impressions on young children's minds as you pointed out. It is true that aarohi has an abrasive personality which she probably inherits from her grand mother but she need not be a wicked person as the writers are trying to make her. The makers could have, with better taste shown a love and hate kind of relationship between the step sisters that eventually clears instead of this out and out hatred. The drama could have been shown in how each comes to understand the other's pain because while aarohi actively misunderstands akshu's motives, akshu also doesn't really see where aarohi's bitterness is coming from. She just keeps trying to tell aarohi that she loves her instead of removing the block in her mind that prevents her from accepting akshu's love. Ofcourse it isn't akshu's fault , they are both of them quite traumatized. The rest of the family isn't helping either. I would have expected kairav to be the guiding hand in resolving aarohi's insecurities because he is the most mature and sensible of them all as he has been from childhood but the makers again seem to be on the road to sidelining a beautiful character. They could also in the course of it show some progressive thinking and demonstrate through the story how nurturing is more important than birth and blood and prove Manish goenka wrong. But no. They will just go and destroy what could have really been an original story by catering to the viewers demand to obliterate sirat and her daughter from the yrkkh legacy.

Originally posted by: lovereading14

She is not weak because of her panic attacks... i never said that in fact kudos for displaying mental trauma as a very real thing. She is weak because she doesn't have backbone, she is weak because she can't give it back to her sister and she is weak because she can't stand up for herself. Her trauma is more visible and the conventional form trauma takes, this why there is more sympathy for her. Aarohi is hurting too but you are unable to see beyond Akshara and so are the Goenkas.

Yaar i think this argument is going in circles. You can't tell she doesn't have a backbone based on how she doesn't stand up to Aarohi. you can't forget the scene where she spoke up to Mahima. She can't do the same to Aarohi because maybe she is being the patient elder sister and I am sure waiting for the day when her patience will be worn out.

Regarding Goneka's can't see Aarohi's pain. I am sure they saw it that's why when Akshu left the house they let her go no house let's their daughter go out just like that. They don't even speak to her in any harsh way but she openly insults Akshu for everything even when it is not her fault. Its like her trying to scold and insult Akshu to make herself feel and look better.

I don't know if you remember this scene when Sirat explained about Naira to Akshu and Arohi. Akshu accepted it without any tauntrum or didn't question her how can she take her mother's place even she wished only for happiness when the shooting star came but what did Aarohi do she wished that she was the one who is going to be her parent's favorite daughter and that she is not going to share her mom with anyone.

Another point to be noted is that sirat did in fact love akshu a lot and because she was meek and aarohi outspoken sirat mostly spoke up for akshu and scolded aarohi which could have an adverse effect on the child. Also everyone keeps playing up the fact that akshu left home because of aarohi and the family kept quite. But that doesn't mean they would have been supportive of aarohi. They could also have been resentful. And knowing akshu she wouldn't have said that she was leaving because of aarohi. She probably cooked up some story of going to train with some guru. So the fact of the family keeping quiet doesn't prove that they are more supportive of aarohi than akshu.

I came to know of this soap during kartik - naira period because of a relative raving over mohsin khan. I used to listen to the story and was not much impressed. After sirat's entry following naira's death somehow I happened to watch a few episodes and it intrigued me that rather than bringing about some memory loss or rebirth kind of story in the general tradition of indian dramas they were actually going to pursue the story with a totally new character. And as it progressed I really was hooked. Now, since then I have watched the old kaira story as well and read up on all the comments, posts and discussions on yrkkh S1with naitik-akshara and S2 of kaira. While most of these are just glorified praises of kaira and shivin here I found some intelligent analyses of the drama and healthy criticisms, especially of naira's mahanta and character-centricity. So its really surprising that even those who are not naira bhakts hate sirat's character so much. I find the famous kaira romance very bland and nothing more than a pre-teen romantic fantasy. But the kartik-sirat track seemed a more realistic and interesting story. Isn't this concept of a man who has suffered such a tragedy of losing his beloved wife, then forced to interact with someone who he is initially very uncomfortable with but later begins to genuinely like and forms a friendship with that grows into love a much nicer story? Mohsin's portrayal of the more mature and subdued kartik was so good and the subtlety and nuance he brought to the developing romance with sirat was really amazing. Even shivangi improved in this track I think. She too did a good job of portraying sirat and the different kind of romance. Why is this story so unappreciated? People seem to object to the brash and quarrelsome attitude of sirat but then that is who she was. That was how her deprived childhood had shaped her to be, she was constantly called upon to defend her existence. But she grows to be a decent and compassionate human being despite which is what should be appreciated about her. And that is what kartik admires in her too. I think all the unhappy kaira and naira fans are just so frustrated with the fact that this character, who they were hoping would turn out to be naira with memory loss and they will once again be able to witness the great kaira milan, is actually a totally different person, that they just don't want to see below the surface.

Ofcourse there were parts that were not properly written and developed and were rushed. And so many plot holes too in the story timeline. Like the entire story would have developed over a year and more but without proper pointers in the show it came across as if kartik fell in love with another woman within months of his wife's death. How can that be? It took 2 to 3 months atleast for them to come to the decision of the marriage of convenience then atleast 6 months with Ranveer starting from when he comes back to when his illness starts and the 3 months after that till his death. Then there was the six month leap. But because these details were not properly dealt with kartik became some shallow and fake person apparently.

I really think that was a unique and original story that the makers started but because of the virulent backlash, now they have just gone back to showing an old, worn-out, tiresome but tried and tested story of the good and evil sister falling for the same man. What bothers me even more is that the viewers are so biased in their hatred for sirat that even from time of her birth they bashed Aarohi and kartik for fathering her and are now very much satisfied that she is going to be the evil one and Naira's daughter will be mahaan like her. I mean what is this regressive thinking? But apparently this is what the public wants and rightly gauging them the makers have given them what they wanted after their unsuccessful attempt to interest them in a different kind of story.

Originally posted by: stupidsoaps

We'll have to wait and see for how long they'll play in aarohi's grey shade before making her a complete vamp...

Like aarohi said in last episode.. When akshu was awarded first.. Inspite of aarohi coming first.. It triggered insecurity in her.. They was akshu was counting all the problems naira has solved for goenkas.. I'm guessing there was quite an amount of naira jap that went on in the house through their growing up years which fuelled these insecurities in her..

At the end of the day we will be in a phase where she does something irrational that how much ever we try to empathise with aarohi we can't justify it..

I feel pranali's performance affects our opinions to an extent.. Right now even if they want to show her as a strong person and ambitious.. It is not coming across that way... Lets see how story progresses and I wish the actor uses her full potential to convince us that she's not a Doormat FL

Originally posted by: hari15

Yaar i think this argument is going in circles. You can't tell she doesn't have a backbone based on how she doesn't stand up to Aarohi. you can't forget the scene where she spoke up to Mahima. She can't do the same to Aarohi because maybe she is being the patient elder sister and I am sure waiting for the day when her patience will be worn out.

Regarding Goneka's can't see Aarohi's pain. I am sure they saw it that's why when Akshu left the house they let her go no house let's their daughter go out just like that. They don't even speak to her in any harsh way but she openly insults Akshu for everything even when it is not her fault. Its like her trying to scold and insult Akshu to make herself feel and look better.

I don't know if you remember this scene when Sirat explained about Naira to Akshu and Arohi. Akshu accepted it without any tauntrum or didn't question her how can she take her mother's place even she wished only for happiness when the shooting star came but what did Aarohi do she wished that she was the one who is going to be her parent's favorite daughter and that she is not going to share her mom with anyone.

It is indeed going in circles 😆 It has been a good discussion though, I don't mind the diff opinions!

I acknowledge your points, I truly do. Like I said I tried to bring an alternative view point seeing the buckets of empathy for Akshara (the typical FL) and an ignorance towards aarohi (the soon to be vamp). In my opinion the scope aarohi's character has is lacking in Akshara and judging both the girls on their mothers is, for the lack of a better word, childish (not you but most viewers are).

The actress too has made her character so compelling and is currently out shining the FL. I was hoping this story won't take the typical route, but it is *sigh*.

like @indira has said aarohi and abhimanyu also had scope, so much untapped potential.

Originally posted by: Indira1211

I hope they don’t mAke Arohi a vamp because she’s a Goenka..she’s karthik…our heros daughter..and her character has so much potential…she’s the first smart professional woman in that Goenka household …so I hope eventually the sisters reconcile and they give Arohi a love story…like how they got keerti and naksh together 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes! Plus the actress is so good!

Originally posted by: Indira1211

I hope they don’t mAke Arohi a vamp because she’s a Goenka..she’s karthik…our heros daughter..and her character has so much potential…she’s the first smart professional woman in that Goenka household …so I hope eventually the sisters reconcile and they give Arohi a love story…like how they got keerti and naksh together 🤷🏻‍♀️

this i would like to see too. Arohi character is different from all maybe that's why many are baised with her. If the makers go with the original script of the remake show then it will take us years to see her changing i just saw few episodes hope the makers don't show it in the same way.

Originally posted by: lovereading14

It is indeed going in circles 😆 It has been a good discussion though, I don't mind the diff opinions!

I acknowledge your points, I truly do. Like I said I tried to bring an alternative view point seeing the buckets of empathy for Akshara (the typical FL) and an ignorance towards aarohi (the soon to be vamp). In my opinion the scope aarohi's character has is lacking in Akshara and judging both the girls on their mothers is, for the lack of a better word, childish (not you but most viewers are).

The actress too has made her character so compelling and is currently out shining the FL. I was hoping this story won't take the typical route, but it is *sigh*.

like @indira has said aarohi and abhimanyu also had scope, so much untapped potential.

She is indeed out shining Akshu. wherever I see Aarohi i see a lost and insecure child. Infact all three characters are lost and insecure in their own aspects. Aarohi though fights with Akshu she do interact not much but like a 0.0001%. Specially scene like where Manish talked about their marriage. The thing is we won't get such episodes a lot anymore. Abimanyu is going to be a last blow for Aarohi for the makers to show her as a complete vampire. If their parent's where their maybe everything would be different they would have have guided them but no. The girls need some really good guidence. Hope makers can really show something like that.

Originally posted by: hari15

this i would like to see too. Arohi character is different from all maybe that's why many are baised with her. If the makers go with the original script of the remake show then it will take us years to see her changing i just saw few episodes hope the makers don't show it in the same way.