Originally posted by: rumi_dee
I completely understand your frustrations as a viewer. I still give the story a chance because of the conditions at hand:
A) covid and lockdown forced them to change the storyline quite a bit
B) the trp game of course made them change the storyline to pander to the audience who are more aligned with seeing saas-bahu drama.🤪
And as much as it is Anokhi’s story, it is also that of Shaurya’s struggle to come to terms with his past and his internalized views on relationships. I also liked that they didn’t change Shaurya’s character too much. He still had traces of patriarchy , he was still a misogynist after the marriage. What I absolutely didn’t like was the loose ends they left, Bebo-Kitty/ Bebo-anmol/ Alok/ Raja / Mr.Bhalla/Shagun / TejVi went coolly unpunished. Basically every wrong doing was either forgotten or let go. Yash went missing and so did Makkhan 🤔😁
I’m relatively new to ITV and this was my first show in years, so you can take my opinion with a pinch of salt. But despite my frustrations on how the tracks progressed, I made peace with what they showed, especially after watching some of the other typical ITV fare. 🤪🤷♀️
Also, I feel many here were sympathetic to the characters, cast, crew and the story, that many compromises in the storyline were accepted. I’m not sure if you followed the show along as they filmed ,or watched it much later when the show was ending or had already ended. Because that would definitely alter ones connection with the story and the characters. 😀
My take away from the show is not that it is perfect in any way, but that it touched on points that required some much needed discussion. Women’s Education, career, Misogyny, Patriarchy, Parampara, Marriage Rituals, Surname change, Egos, Sexual Harassment, Respect and much more. I don’t find all of these issues being shown in too many shows in a realistic way.
I agree that they didn’t have to rush thru and show all of the issues, it sometimes became too much of a lecture and many people lost interest post marriage track.🙃
Now if we take budget/ lockdown/ covid/ Trp out of the picture and have everybody in the cast present with the initial set of story writers , of course the story would’ve been great. They knew well ahead that they would’ve to shut shop and so hastily introduced the blackmail/ shaadi plot in hopes of gathering any trp they could gain. My 2 cents is that instead of a season 2 , with continuing the story, a reboot right from Holi Episodes would do better justice to the plot. 😀
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