My 2 cents
Imlie story had been pathbreaking had they showed how Imlie breaks free from this forced marriage , how she challenges the scenerios she was pushed into. But accepting Forced marriage as sita maiya ka ashirwaad and sacrificing your identity is definitely nothing novel.
Imlie would have pathbreaking if instead of making Malini villan they should have showed her journey bcz she was wronged . Not only her lover of 7 years but also a girl who she took under her wing betrayed her. But they indeed took easiest route to make adi anf imlie palatable to audience and made conviently made her negative. Bcz then istead of imlie people would be rooting for malini
Viz Silsila where a story presented as eternal love as kunal nandini received so much hate and it ended up becoming journey of Mauli.
Imlie would have been pathbreaking , if Adi being self-rightous journalist as he claims to be had first and foremost annuled his marraige bcz that was the right ,practical and realisitic thing to do. And no listening to 18 years old her views doesnt cut it. Being a journalist you know how marriage is viewed in villages . The best thing to do was helping 18 years old girl overcome them.
The path which imlie team took before with pati parneshwar and all that is seen in every other show. And was highly problmatic and replusive as a woman.
What Imlie is showing now should have been shown way before. Her moving on in life, falling in love with a person who loves her for her. And i dont feel that if you are attracted to.someone it is wrong bcz.it is nothing to.be ashamed of.
And i would like if they actually break taboo by showing Imlie realising that its ok to be attracted to some one .