And another show I absolutely love is "Sex Education ". I wish we had an Indian version of it. Would help a lot of heteronormative idiots like us understand the gender dysphoria and identity issues others face and not be assholes and check our privileges. Especially in a country and society that doesn't open up about sex and gender at all. 😊
But instead we get 13 years and still running YRKKH 😁
I only watched the Kaira season and just bits of the Naitik/Alshara episodes but at one point YRKKH tried to convey some social messages around consent and female empowerment. Problem is they gave those tracks like lollipops and then went back to their usual regressive shit. It makes me a little mad how they made Aarohi smart and ambitious and then a complete lying immature creep. There are so many ways to have gotten the same storyline by making her flawed but still a worthwhile character. She and Akshara could still have a complicated relationship without her being a despo psycho. She even says to Akshara in your place I would do the same. Develop that struggle between her ambition and her conscience - right now, she is Cinderella’s wicked stepsister.
And this marriage of convenience thing is so unrealistic - marriage is all about physical, mental and emotional intimacy. Aarohi should also clarify those aspects with Abhi - what’s his plan? Loving her aside, will he live in one room with her, have sex with her, children with her, joint finances with her, share problems with her or even speak to her?? Right now he is proposing a wedding, not a marriage.
Even Kartik was neutral towards Vecika and called her his friend, which is why she had hopes. Abhi straight up despises Aarohi and she is so clueless she thinks she has a chance. Aarohi is a doctor, why show her being this delusional and ignorant about the realities of marriage?