Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour
Sonali's rivalry with Gattu is fun to watch, and a lot of the credit goes to Asma Badar's acting. I don't think Sonali hates Lallā; she just wants to prove that she's better at business, but she doesn't want Gattu to be harmed or miserable or banished.
Yes, Sonali provoked Gattu to fight a kustī champion, but not to break his bones, just his pride, right? And the one time she went past "nājāyaza" and called him "pāpa," I didn't see disgust for him, just a stab calculated to make him lose his temper and slip up.
What I feel is missing so far is Sonali's relationship with Dhanaraj, her full brother. Alaka grieves for her son, and Annapurna says that "that poor girl gobbled up" Dhanaraj, but what does Sonali feel? Jugnu was fond of Dhanaraj, but he has spent the past several years working in Sonali's business and home, so what is the Sonali-Jugnu relationship?
I think Sonali believes Amrit's pretexts for taking her money because she wants to believe that he respects her, maybe even loves her. When she can't deny his betrayal, I hope she has the self-esteem to put him in his place, just as she tries to put Lallā in his place.
I don't know where some viewers get the idea that Sonali was raised to excuse cheating men and only blame the woman- "Imlie ne hamari grahasti barbaad kar di" Lol how come Imlie was responsible for ruining your marriage when her freeloader pervert husband was lusting over kachi umar ke ladkiyan??? . Alaka vents all the time about how her husband wronged her, even telling Annapurna that she didn't raise a good man. Alaka has outright told Sonali not to give Amrit too much freedom.
Even Chintamani, who doesn't want Sunita to know that he visited a bar, vituperated Gattu as the son of an adulterous father, not as the son of a cheap woman. Beizzat wohi hota hai jiski izzat hoti hai aur izzat Chaudhary surname ka hai, so uske mom ko beizzat karte toh kuch haasil nahi hota whereas Chaudhary ko beizzat karne se unki social status pe affect hoga jispe unko proud hai.Chintamani and Sunita didn't blame Imlie^3 or Noyonika; they sneered at Chaudhary men for not being satisfied with one woman. They don't have any reason to blame Noyonika or Imlie because Neither Imlie Nor Noyonika pushed/grabbed his collar/threaten/hurl abuse at Chintamani. It was Gattu jisne collar pakda jiske wajah se Chintamani ne usko beizzat kiya.
It's Gattu who excuses his father's infidelity, saying that Alaka didn't give him love and respect, so he had to go looking outside.
When Gattu was playing the piano like his father, Alaka stood there with a sad expression that made me wonder, did her husband ever play the piano for her?