Pallavi's speech to Raghav after "I love you" was totally demeaning to her character, full of sexist stereotypes. Shame on whoever wrote it for some generic widowed wallflower - not for the unique character of Pallavi. My sympathy to Shivangi Khedkar who dedicated months to playing an independent, fearlessly fighting woman on a show that forgot what it was supposed to be - Pallavi's story.
If Pallavi couldn't hold up her head after her first marriage, if she was too afraid to have fun ... who was it that danced in the rain, danced at Manasi's wedding functions, declared, "I can prove that I didn't have an abortion, but you can think I did if you like," and scared off Harish who was supposed to protect Kirti? Not only did that woman not need Raghav Rao, she was so full of life that Raghav Rao missed the clues that she was a widow!
How can Raghav deserve credit if Pallavi holds up her head now? Did he do her a favour by planting skimpy clothes in her shop? By accusing her of faking an abortion to blackmail him? By claiming an affair with her? By making her the wife of a drunk-and-disorderly criminal (with a sex scandal)? By going to jail for a hit-and-run? By getting her shot while on the run from the law? By his infidelity? ... Oh, right, Raghav once scolded Pallavi in public when he won Entrepreneur of the Year as Hyderabad's biggest and also youngest businessman ... (Time Magazine's Man of the Year, winner of the popular vote) ... and Pallavi shouldn't need her self-esteem when she has his ghamaṇḍa.
Pallavi says that she stayed within limits as the daughter-in-law of the Deshmukh family, scared to make mistakes, to avoid scandal. When? She hid accounts from her father as if he was mentally incompetent; she went to Raghav's house at all hours, knowing that her father disapproved; she went out alone at night to meet Seema without telling anyone; she decided to marry a criminal, which ruined her relationship with Sharada ... Pallavi always did exactly what she wanted, never confiding in those who cared about her safety, peace of mind, and reputation.
Pallavi was never weak or insecure, and she didn't need Raghav to give her courage or to introduce her to her true nature. She was already a tigress when she stood up to Jagadish Aṇṇā without falling in love with him! Raghav didn't "challenge" Pallavi so much as he abused her (vandalism, stalking, freezing, life-threatening, bruising, repeated defamation, invasion of personal space, forcible marriage ...), and after marriage he never respected her decisions.
Whether he was slinging her over his shoulder, insisting that she should accept an expensive necklace, or sneaking into his girlfriend's room, Raghav wanted Pallavi to be passive. Now that his extramarital live-in relationship is forgotten because he fell out of love with the other woman, Pallavi has become the doormat to absorb as much dirt as Raghav rubs on her.
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