Originally posted by: milkcakejamun
Should be studying for my exam, but instead I am here 😆 (apologies if I don't reply, most likely am studying for my upcoming exam on Monday/Tuesday)... but wow are the characters completely different from the OG version. It's safe to say this isn't a Pandian Store remake, but instead a Pandian Store spin-off.
For anyone who thinks Raavi and Shiva have a healthy relationship with each other filled with nok-jhoks, I beg to differ. In the initial episodes, when Shiva and Raavi fought, I could see the mutual respect they had for each other underneath the frothy iciness. The moments where Shiva catches the matka, where Raavi punches Shiva's chest when he saves her (instead of slapping Dev for being the cause of her misery), where Shiva still protects her even though she mistakes him for abandoning her, where Raavi forgives him instantly in a moment when he confesses he never abandoned her... all those moments, that's what a healthy relationship is.
I briefly went on Twitter, and because I can't properly convey my thoughts in the character limit, here's a run down of how I feel. Yes, I agree, Shiva and Raavi are right in their own respective manner regarding this kaand. Raavi just wants to be back with Shiva (and no, she is not "forcing" herself, she's just being her pre-marriage Raavi self of wanting to "seduce" her husband in her own dobi, but cute, manner) and Shiva is unable to trust her after everything that happened. However, the character reactions are so far removed from what we initially saw... almost makes me wonder whether Raavi and Shiva were married, or whether they were just two acquaintances sharing a room...
Hear me out, Raavi and Shiva from the initial days would not act like this. In a marriage, you would expect two individuals to grow and mature. But somehow, I feel like both of them, instead of growing, regressed a whole ton (it's like they are in the negative zone of their relationship), and it's because the writers clearly don't know how to balance ShiVi's relationship with "Dhara-Ma."
The hospital scene should have ended with Shiva blowing up with anger, and Raavi merely touching his arm to calm him down... would have showed how Raavi is the only one to make Shiva see reason when he is at his worst. It would also establish how Raavi could help him with her anger issues, and pave the path for conversation between them where she helps him feel loved and important.
Raavi's attempts at seduction should've shown Shiva slowly melting away at her charm, but keeping up a wall because he still could remember how she sent him to jail, "colluded" with Moti-ben, etc. (I personally liked all the dreams 😆 and wish they did more with it. Perhaps Shiva rolling his eyes when Raavi kisses him, muttering how it's just a stupid dream as he wipes his cheek, but to his horror realizes that it's reality, while Raavi is super pleased to be able to kiss Shiva so she leans forward to whisper/threaten him with more kisses if he doesn't come to their room to sleep).
Anyway, I digress, this whole snake kaand could've been a great segway for the entire family to be against Raavi for putting them in danger, and Shiva pausing and saying, "Hold up, yeah it was pretty stupid, but this dobi girl doesn't know otherwise. Let's all forgive her," he turns to glare at her, "and send her back home (so she doesn't get the chance to kiss me!)" while Raavi is happy and relieved to see Shiva supporting her, but not willing to let go of her nautanki, latches on to Shiva to dramatically ask him to teach her how to not be dobi (further planting herself in the house).
Idk, I feel like at this point, Dhara should have 0 interference in their lives. Shiva and Raavi are adults. They should be able to make their own decisions, and they should largely be able to solve their own problems. Dhara's crap about Raavi forcing her feelings onto Shiva is probably the biggest LOL/roll my eyes moment in the entire show, and the hypocrisy this family has to send Raavi out for a snake, yet not Dhara for kidnapping someone's baby is so ludicrous... hope my thoughts made sense but what we're seeing is not Shiva or Raavi nowadays...
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