"Anupamaa is the face of women empowerment!'

Rajan Shahi said, "Anupamaa is the face of women's empowerment" and gave honour to Rupali Ganguly with his mother.

What a joke yaar!!

They are delusional or what? Ye kaisi self-grandiosity hai? Jitna legit critic karo, ye aur jyada "thoo thoo thoo" krne lagte hain!

Show kitna problematic hai, ye to ek taraf... Lekin agar sabhi Actor/director/producer agar Reel life ko Real manane lage to fir kya hoga?

Aise to SRK ko jawaan style me khud ko "Army personal/jailor" batana chahiye!

Women ke real life struggles ka majak banane wale chirkut log ab khud ko "empowerment ka symbol" bata rahe!

Matlab... Hame Rajan Shahi aur Rupali Ganguly se seekhna hoga ki empowerment kya hota hai? Ab inki personal life se ham kuch seekhe ya on screen life se? Sadly, dono hi kuch seekhane layak nahi.

Actors ko bas actors bane rahna chahiye. Kuch mahine pahle maine TV par Domestic Violence ke problematic depiction ko leker kuch posts kiye the. Yaha ki Sanskari aur Modern dono tarah ki women ne mujhe bully kiya aur kaha ki "these shows are for entertainment only. It should be treated as such. Don't ruin our fun, let go of your negative vibes!"

Ab in actors/producers ka kya? Jo ab ye claim kar rahe ki ye sab "Entertainment" ke liye nahi "social message" aur "empowerment" ke liye hai???

The hypocrisy is astounding... That man shot down every critic by saying his shows are just a work of fiction and they believe in positivity. Hence all these Pooja paath! (And thoo thoo thoo)

But now, as per his convenience, he is claiming he is doing something so good for us women??? What a clown!

thu hai aise face per

kisi ki nazar na lage

more than Rajan Shahi receiving the award I want to condemn the people who gave them the award…

wasnt RS cheesed off with ITA over the nominations or something? they probably had to create a category to shut him up…

Everything is right, except the word empowerment needs to be replaced with “embarrassment”

Admit it!! RG is a great example of real life empowerment. She made a grand comeback at an age when most actresses plan to retire, didn't conform to any typical norms of beauty when compared to leads of other successful TV shows and yet is going strong and successful.

Too bad her reel character didn't do any such thing.

But whom can we blame here because the "market" she caters to is of viewers who still believe that for a woman the only way to be complete is be a mother.

A show about so called empowerment and yet the only achievement the protagonist has had is to be the "victim" with a big bandwagon of fans who are super quick to find faults with ANYONE but Anupamaa. Everyone says Anupamaa has been wronged and her kids, her husband, her exhusband etc are bad but nobody comments on why she is not distancing herself from them.

Viewers with a mentality that I am hungry right now, not because I didn't lift a bite of food to my mouth but because the food didn't walk up to me and place itself in my mouth. Which is the majority of the world's human population!

And RG is keeping them happy and hence is successful. Why bother empowering women who don't actually wanna take charge of their own lives, but would rather watch this show and crib that they are unlucky to have husbands like Vanraj and MILs like Leela else they would have been rocket scientist?

Just keep them happy and mint money! One's own success should be top priority and RG is doing the absolute right thing.

Note that my answer is not to blame the actor. She doesn't owe me anything. And, frankly speaking if the makers would have shown Anupamaa make a successful dance career, not wait for a man, refuse to help Toshu or Pakhi for once, not go back to the house that keeps insulting her, improve her accent, go to therapy for her panic attacks, learn and talk about actual business terms, etc.

she would not have been relatable to the majority women of India who still think taking bold decisions only looks good in TV shows. She is currently appealing to them and looks absolutely fine.

Almost every version of this serial in other languages (starting from the original Sreemoyee) showed a better, progressive and independent version of the main character. Even though there were many cringe and dramatic sequences, there was no overacting of this level or glorification of the heroine while she did nothing to deserve it. And the audience has greatly appreciated it as shown by the glowing TRPs.

I don't know why they have spoiled the Hindi version like this.

Originally posted by: NiharikaMishra

Admit it!! RG is a great example of real life empowerment. She made a grand comeback at an age when most actresses plan to retire, didn't conform to any typical norms of beauty when compared to leads of other successful TV shows and yet is going strong and successful.

Too bad her reel character didn't do any such thing.

But whom can we blame here because the "market" she caters to is of viewers who still believe that for a woman the only way to be complete is be a mother.

A show about so called empowerment and yet the only achievement the protagonist has had is to be the "victim" with a big bandwagon of fans who are super quick to find faults with ANYONE but Anupamaa. Everyone says Anupamaa has been wronged and her kids, her husband, her exhusband etc are bad but nobody comments on why she is not distancing herself from them.

Viewers with a mentality that I am hungry right now, not because I didn't lift a bite of food to my mouth but because the food didn't walk up to me and place itself in my mouth. Which is the majority of the world's human population!

And RG is keeping them happy and hence is successful. Why bother empowering women who don't actually wanna take charge of their own lives, but would rather watch this show and crib that they are unlucky to have husbands like Vanraj and MILs like Leela else they would have been rocket scientist?

Just keep them happy and mint money! One's own success should be top priority and RG is doing the absolute right thing.

Note that my answer is not to blame the actor. She doesn't owe me anything. And, frankly speaking if the makers would have shown Anupamaa make a successful dance career, not wait for a man, refuse to help Toshu or Pakhi for once, not go back to the house that keeps insulting her, improve her accent, go to therapy for her panic attacks, learn and talk about actual business terms, etc.

she would not have been relatable to the majority women of India who still think taking bold decisions only looks good in TV shows. She is currently appealing to them and looks absolutely fine.

This is very privileged way to look at things. But alright. For some these things are just a topic of debate or essay! So they can write anything.

That's why I also respect professional thugs. They are also working really hard to run their life. All political parties are doing good for themselves. All media channels are doing good so what they show fake news and mint money. Police does good so what they involve in corruption.

I also agree with you. (Not in sarcastic way) but there has to be some line that shouldn't be crossed. But if there is no line and all we need to live for oneself by doing anything then everyone should be allowed to do so! Keval ek do log ye fun Masti kyon kare?

Naa law/morality/samaj ka judgement sabke liye ek hai, aur na sabko aisa krne par puraskar milna hai!

And no.. RG is no example of women empowerment! She is doing good for herself and that's good enough. No need to lie/brag about things that is simply not true. There so many actors/directors/writers/cameraperson/makeup artists etc... So many people are working really hard to make ends meet without harming anyone. They're are the shiny example of women empowerment!

I'm not expecting RG or RS to do anything good for anyone. God bless them. They should live the way the want. But ye to wahi hua ki ham dono haath me laddu rakhenge! Double standards follow karenge!

Aap agar jaisa man chahe waisa kaam bina judgement ke karana chahte ho to wahi attitude dusro ke liye bhi rakho! Preach na karo! Lekin agar kuch Preach karna hai to kuch criteria apne par bhi laagu karo!

Ye Babas/Sadhvi logo wala bullshit hi hai. Mujhe aise Actors/business-person thik lagte hain jo kisi ko kuch Preach nahi karte, unapololigetically apni life/work enjoy karte hain! Aur reel aur Real ko mix nahi karte. Karna bhi nahi chahiye.

Agar ye actors entertainers hain to keval wahi rahe.. why are they pretending to be anyone else when they are not!

Matlab bina kuch kiye medal lena hai!!!

And also... I don't get ki log yaha par ek dusre ke view points/emotional reactions ko adjust karne.. tone policing karne me kitna effort karte hain!! Jitna Individual rights wo actors ko dete hain, jitna unke rights ko defend karte hain, uska 1% bhi wo apne jaise regular logo ko nahi dete.

I mean... It was obviously too much! A line was clearly crossed here. I wanted to make some points which I did. One can agree/disagree. But it shouldn't be twisted to become a testimonial!

Aise to har cheez ka tone yahi same ho jata hai ki if you have money then there is no rule applies to you. Anything you do become an example of something so great. It seems they are Sachmuch ki Devis! I wonder ki ham aise regular working women ke hard work ki kabhi tareef karte hain! Jo professions hi aise hain, jitna man chaahe hard work karo, you can never be rich!

I for one like to respect every profession with the same lens giving same importance to everyone.

Originally posted by: NiharikaMishra

Admit it!! RG is a great example of real life empowerment. She made a grand comeback at an age when most actresses plan to retire, didn't conform to any typical norms of beauty when compared to leads of other successful TV shows and yet is going strong and successful.

Too bad her reel character didn't do any such thing.

But whom can we blame here because the "market" she caters to is of viewers who still believe that for a woman the only way to be complete is be a mother.

A show about so called empowerment and yet the only achievement the protagonist has had is to be the "victim" with a big bandwagon of fans who are super quick to find faults with ANYONE but Anupamaa. Everyone says Anupamaa has been wronged and her kids, her husband, her exhusband etc are bad but nobody comments on why she is not distancing herself from them.

Viewers with a mentality that I am hungry right now, not because I didn't lift a bite of food to my mouth but because the food didn't walk up to me and place itself in my mouth. Which is the majority of the world's human population!

And RG is keeping them happy and hence is successful. Why bother empowering women who don't actually wanna take charge of their own lives, but would rather watch this show and crib that they are unlucky to have husbands like Vanraj and MILs like Leela else they would have been rocket scientist?

Just keep them happy and mint money! One's own success should be top priority and RG is doing the absolute right thing.

Note that my answer is not to blame the actor. She doesn't owe me anything. And, frankly speaking if the makers would have shown Anupamaa make a successful dance career, not wait for a man, refuse to help Toshu or Pakhi for once, not go back to the house that keeps insulting her, improve her accent, go to therapy for her panic attacks, learn and talk about actual business terms, etc.

she would not have been relatable to the majority women of India who still think taking bold decisions only looks good in TV shows. She is currently appealing to them and looks absolutely fine.

How is a powerful connected person who is a product of nepotism an example of empowerment? She also got roles handed to her on a plate based on the connections she had and the family she belongs to, just like Anupama did.

The 7 years break she took was by choice, she was privileged enough to not need work and rich enough to make that decision. She could have got any role she wanted in that period, she didn't want to work. Then when she cameback she got this role on a platter based on connections, so I wouldn't call it a "comeback".

And she is now using her clout to spread regressive messages and using her ego to meddle in scripts (eg as soon as Maya became popular and her dance was praised she took a 180 turn and became evil, as soon as Anuj got popularity he was seperated from Anupama and his scenes became lesser), she also goes and spreads wrong messages about the show.

There are many celebrities Indians can look up to, self made ones, ones who are progressive. RG is definitely not one of them and I definitely won't want Indian youth to follow her.

Originally posted by: Harish111

How is a powerful connected person who is a product of nepotism an example of empowerment? She also got roles handed to her on a plate based on the connections she had and the family she belongs to, just like Anupama did.

The 7 years break she took was by choice, she was privileged enough to not need work and rich enough to make that decision. She could have got any role she wanted in that period, she didn't want to work. Then when she cameback she got this role on a platter based on connections.

And she is now using her clout to spread regressive messages and using her ego to meddle in scripts (eg as soon as Maya became popular and her dance was praised she took a 180 turn and became evil, as soon as Anuj got popularity he was seperated from Anupama and his scenes became lesser), she also goes and spreads wrong messages about the show.

There are many celebrities Indians can look up to, self made ones, ones who are progressive. RG is definitely not one of them and I definitely won't want Indian youth to follow her.

I don't know ki celebrities ke aise kaun se Individual rights khatre me pad jate hain ki aise aam log unko defend karne lagte hain??? Wahi aam log jinka existence celebrities acknowledge nahi karte jab tak wo khud majburi me na ho!! I don't hate them. But I don't like them either. Wo bhi professional hain, aur ham bhi!

Koi bully kare to/harass kare to bolna banta bhi hai although they don't need someone else's protect. They are empowered enough. But ek simple question/observation tak se evade kar dena unko? India me rich aur famous hona hi do sole criteria hai God/Goddess status tak pahunchne ka... Jaha everyone will admire you no matter what!

Ye hamare hi kharab value system hai. There is something so wrong about it!

I mean... The OG issue in the post was about women empowerment! Par log women empowerment ko Individual empowerment me exchange kar dete hain. Ek woman ka empowerment baaki sab par kaise bhaari pad jata hai??

So... In that sense they are only proving my point. If the show is about women empowerment then it should welcome regular women's opinions and their takes on it. They don't need to shut people if the intention is to tell a story of an ordinary woman! Usme kya scandalising hai??

Ab ordinary woman ki story, women empowerment tak par "special" log kabja kaise kar le rahe? Jisko jo life nahi hai, wo use preach kar de raha aur dusre usko defend kar rhe! Har cheez ko fan mail bana de rahe!

That's why these people are so damn egoistic!

Even in capitalist America (jiska foundation hi rich ko richer banane ke liye hai), no celebrity can evade this level of hypocrisy! US people don't want to see their celebrities resort to these kind of stuff. They become meme material.

There, audience decide so many things. And that's the purpose of entertainment industry. You can't mock the very people you claim to entertain! Yaa fir aap koi NGO chala rahe hain to us level par aapko feedback sunna padega.

Even if we don't hold power... Then atleast talking about it makes some of us feel better. But people don't want others to even write about these things if they don't approve of it.

Originally posted by: nivi26

I don't know ki celebrities ke aise kaun se Individual rights khatre me pad jate hain ki aise aam log unko defend karne lagte hain??? Wahi aam log jinka existence celebrities acknowledge nahi karte jab tak wo khud majburi me na ho!! I don't hate them. But I don't like them either. Wo bhi professional hain, aur ham bhi!

Koi bully kare to/harass kare to bolna banta bhi hai although they don't need someone else's protect. They are empowered enough. But ek simple question/observation tak se evade kar dena unko? India me rich aur famous hona hi do sole criteria hai God/Goddess status tak pahunchne ka... Jaha everyone will admire you no matter what!

Ye hamare hi kharab value system hai. There is something so wrong about it!

I mean... The OG issue in the post was about women empowerment! Par log women empowerment ko Individual empowerment me exchange kar dete hain. Ek woman ka empowerment baaki sab par kaise bhaari pad jata hai??

So... In that sense they are only proving my point. If the show is about women empowerment then it should welcome regular women's opinions and their takes on it. They don't need to shut people if the intention is to tell a story of an ordinary woman! Usme kya scandalising hai??

Ab ordinary woman ki story, women empowerment tak par "special" log kabja kaise kar le rahe? Jisko jo life nahi hai, wo use preach kar de raha aur dusre usko defend kar rhe! Har cheez ko fan mail bana de rahe!

That's why these people are so damn egoistic!

Even in capitalist America (jiska foundation hi rich ko richer banane ke liye hai), no celebrity can evade this level of hypocrisy! US people don't want to see their celebrities resort to these kind of stuff. They become meme material.

There, audience decide so many things. And that's the purpose of entertainment industry. You can't mock the very people you claim to entertain! Yaa fir aap koi NGO chala rahe hain to us level par aapko feedback sunna padega.

Even if we don't hold power... Then atleast talking about it makes some of us feel better. But people don't want others to even write about these things if they don't approve of it.

People weirdly get attached to celebrities and consider them members of their families and treat them like respectable elders in India. In western countries the attraction is usually more lustful where young attractive celebrities are chased and stalked. In India celebrities are treated as Gods and people take outrage if they are criticized, be it Amitabh, Sachin , SRK, the cult and fan clubs are unbearable.

Here I admire western countries where they always mock celebrities and politicians and rich people in their media while they try to protect the poor, handicapped, minorities and lgbt.

India is a weird weird country where powerful celebrities, politicians, rich people and even Gods who don't need protection are the ones people get outraged over, imagine how dumb one needs to be defend a super rich celebrity or a powerful politician and get outraged on their behalf? Do these people really need protection? They have all the money and power and fame.

Meanwhile Indian shows and movies still mock little people, handicapped people, fat people, black people, transgenders etc. These are the people who really need protection as their lives are already miserable. India is a country without heart even though people pretend we are a very kind and hospitable country.