To begin with, this track sucks. No questions about it!
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I much rather preferred tracks dedicated to Tulsi trying to knock some sense into her kids from Gautam to Shobha to even Ansh in the previous season of Kyunki over this season where she’s basically been shown as a doormat so far. What makes this worse is that the villain is the daughter and the premise is so lame, not to mention that the actress doesn’t sell the “evilness” despite trying her best.
Anyway, these episodes that are best viewed in FF mode leave much to be desired but today a line by Mihir caught my attention and unintentionally made me laugh out loud because I found it absolutely hysterical and hilarious.
So, Mihir’s core issue perhaps is summed up by the fact that he is furious with Tulsi for not only being honest in the court leading to his spoiled Papa ki Pari’s disgrace but also that her statement lead to denting his “Parivaar ki izzat”.
Now, I understand that this is no laughing matter; as Indians we take a lot of pride and responsibility in maintaining the status of our families in every possible way and definitely have a very conservative and socially conscious mindset even now in lots of ways. For a lot of people, Ghar and Parivaar ki izzat is still a big deal as it should be; after all that’s our culture, legacy and what makes us who we are as a people, a society….
But… when it comes to the Viranis, Mihir seems to be under the misapprehension that Tulsi damaged his “parivaar ki izzat” because that’s water under the bridge.
The very viral and hilarious clip of Tripti from the previous season recounting how everyone in this family has been involved in multiple relationships makes the point. No Indian family that has this sort of claim to fame can claim that they are an “izzatdaar parivaar” as it is, what makes matters worse is that brothers literally have married the same woman in this family. This family has been dragged into court numerous times for multiple cases and Tulsi has served time in jail for actually killing her own son! Mihir, the paragon of virtue and assholery, seems to forget that he has actually fathered a son out of wedlock! Then went on to hide that son and his existence from everyone until that son literally exposed him himself! That’s worse than Tulsi simply being honest in court and saving innocent people from being unfairly sentenced to prison! He literally is the last person from this family who can claim affront regarding Parivaar ki izzat considering that when Karan’s sheer existence was revealed, it wouldn’t have led to his family being given some plaque of honour as it is by the society. It’s honestly a miracle that he managed to find people willing to marry his daughters to begin with even after that! So he better shut up about the so called Parivaar ki izzat supposedly dented by Tulsi.
In the real world, Tulsi or any woman would throw these facts at the face of that manchild rather than try and ask for his forgiveness.
Honestly he should just admit that he wanted her to blindly believe their daughter because that’s what he’s doing and it’s hurt his ego that she dares to be the mother who would call out her own kid in public for their wrongdoing more than anything else. Because how dare she not show some regard for his little princess, after all, he is the one who has spoiled her and Tulsi is calling out his parenting in public by calling a spade a spade and that’s hurt his butt and fragile ego.
This is more about personal ego and wanting to prove himself as a better parent for once rather than Parivaar ki izzat or even the truth about Pari or worse, genuinely believing that Pari was a victim whose own mother didn’t stand by her.
I truly hope Mihir gets a taste of his medicine and perhaps a Bahu who does to him what Pari did to her inlaws just so he knows how it feels to be on the other side of the fence and wish that the other team also has a Tulsi of their own to save his behind!
This season is meant to be limited but dear god, does it really feel like it’s stretching forever because it’s unbearable. Mihir needs a swift kick up his arse, and unfortunately everyone is buttering him up. I miss the previous season where Tulsi had people in her corner who would openly fight for her when needed, even with Mihir; but this time around those very characters have disappeared. Karan came back from the US and pulled a Houdini again with Nandini and their kids as they’re MIA again, we never even got to see their kids enjoying their first Navratri at home (really making the whole thing about kids will not know Indian culture worry of Nandini’s go down the drain), Gautam, Saahil, Damini, Ganga are not even mentioned much. Hemant is back but we don’t know where’s Pooja. Kiran, Sejal, Suhasi, Chirag, Prajakta and their kids etc are all but forgotten. Heck we don’t even know where’s Mohini, Tripti, Tanya, Mandira, Payal for that matter.
The new generation couple has no spark and the leading man of the older generation really makes you wish someone would burst a couple of crackers under his arse because man really gets on your nerve to the point that you wish he hadn’t returned from the dead at all in the previous season to begin with.
Bet those who wept buckets for this guy back then - both times - when he was presumed dead and then returned, aren’t so thrilled about him now either!
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