Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2: EDT # 5 - Page 121

Originally posted by: The_Best

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Originally posted by: MJ_1009

LOL, this is so hysterical hahah..waise, hemant looked funny begging tulsi to stay back and fighting with kiranacting is so bland..

Let’s see. I got a news for you. Trps will be increasing 🤞

Originally posted by: The_Best

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What are these people even?! Poor Amar

Originally posted by: EkPaheli

OMG

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What are these people even?! Poor Amar

I have foll observations

1) Noyona is classmate but Mihir was acting too close to her like girl friend from starting. At 58 you are not 25 year old to talk so freely and if her finger hurts put marham put in our mouth and chew etc. Mihir should have known how to behave at 60 years with other women He was acting like 25 year old just out of college unmarried adult with noyona from starting that made her take advantage and think he loves her

2) When Noyona tried to sleep with Mihir in USA and hemant warned him why did he run to find Noyona near river. Send your security or your sons or brother Hemant or Kiran to serach Noyona

3) Ppl say Mihir drank full bottle so was not in his senses when he had a night with Noyona after saving her from river. But you must remember there was rain and he jumped in cold water that alll never allows you to get too intoxicated. Cold water on head and body reduces effect of hot drinks. And if Mihir was so drunk how he gave cpr to Noyona and carried her to tent. A drunk man cannot do all that, that means he was not exactly that drunk that noyona take advantage. He could have walked off the tent leaving Noyona but he stayed back and Noyona was professing her love etc he understood it.

4) People say Mihir drank first time so could not know what Noyona wanted. But usually in diwali too you drink bhaang which intoxicates so i do not believe drinking hot drinks made him so intoxicated that he led Noyona take advantage of him. Mihir was angry wth Tulsi because she opposed pari wedding and saved ajay so thats why he removed that anger by being close to Noyona

5) If Mihir was taken advantage by noyona he would not be guilty he would be angry and tell hemant and kiran if not tulsi what happened at night with Noyona

Originally posted by: EkPaheli

They wanted drama and for there to be some follow up to the Mandira situation.

Hiten could have easily played Mihir Tulsi’s younger son born as Shobha’s twin or maybe younger than her by a year… but that would have not lead to much drama and besides they could have simply cast another actor as Karan. But Ekta knew she needed someone capable to portray such a complex character with multiple shades, so she picked Hiten.

Karan virani was best part of show

even tulsi got over shadoed by his story and charcater many times

First time they showed a step son whose loyal to step mother it was a reoutionary topic those times

Mostly step son is shown as hating step mom step siblings etc but in karan virani case it was different he loved tulsi more than gautam and ansh her own kids

Also if karan virani is shown as tulsi son that karan-nandini-ansh triangle would not have so much depth

Originally posted by: myviewprem

Karan virani was best part of show

even tulsi got over shadoed by his story and charcater many times

First time they showed a step son whose loyal to step mother it was a reoutionary topic those times

Mostly step son is shown as hating step mom step siblings etc but in karan virani case it was different he loved tulsi more than gautam and ansh her own kids

Also if karan virani is shown as tulsi son that karan-nandini-ansh triangle would not have so much depth

I don’t think he ever overshadowed Tulsi. They complimented each other.

His love and loyalty for Tulsi made sense because his father and family accepted him because of her. Once he found out what his mom was truly like, that admiration, love, respect and loyalty just increased manifold.

His own mom used him; toyed with him and played him for a fool. Her love was a lie.

Tulsi is the one parent who accepted him with all her heart and then ensured he was never treated any differently from her other kids ever.

The stepson loving stepmom thing works here because before we didn’t have any woman accepting the illegitimate child of her husband’s either. Not an adult one.

i hope Karan comes back before leap. OG Karan would have bashed Mihir left right.. I want to see his reaction to this Noyna kaand.

I’m posting on the forum after a month or so, as I haven’t followed Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi consistently during this period and have only caught up with the last two or three episodes. Even from this limited engagement, the Mihir–Noyona track is profoundly exasperating. Mihir’s recurring infidelity underscores an inescapable reality: a man who betrays trust and is repeatedly absolved internalizes not remorse, but entitlement. The narrative is not evolving , it is merely reiterating itself.

What renders this betrayal even more indefensible is the fact that Mihir is a grandfather, approaching his sixties. Infidelity is morally reprehensible at any age, but at this stage of life it reflects not momentary weakness, but a deeply entrenched erosion of character. There is no plausible moral framework under which such conduct can be justified.

What the makers repeatedly fail to acknowledge and should have is the pattern of emotional betrayal in Mihir’s actions. In the Mandira track, Mihir physically cheated first, and after that betrayal, he continued to emotionally cheat on Tulsi, further deepening the damage. In the Noyona track, the sequence is reversed but the outcome is the same. Mihir began with emotional infidelity, emotionally distancing himself from Tulsi and investing in another woman, and only then crossed the line into physical betrayal.

Both patterns point to the same conclusion: emotional and physical cheating is not incidental in Mihir’s case. It is habitual. Yet the narrative consistently treats emotional infidelity as a minor lapse, when in reality it is a conscious breach of trust. The makers should have held Mihir accountable not just for physical cheating, but equally for emotional betrayal, instead of repeatedly sanitizing his actions and shifting the burden of adjustment onto Tulsi.

Tulsi’s decision to walk away now is indisputably correct. However, the more uncomfortable truth is that she should have walked away the very first time, when Mihir cheated with Mandira. That moment should have constituted a definitive rupture. By choosing forgiveness then, the narrative tacitly legitimized betrayal under the veneer of marital endurance and the repercussions are unfolding yet again.

With regard to Kiran’s stance: based on the last two or three episodes I watched, I do agree with Kiran that Tulsi and Mihir should have separated when Mihir cheated with Mandira, as such a decision might have afforded both of them a far less corrosive emotional trajectory. What remains perplexing, however, is his pronounced insistence on separation now. This confusion may stem from my incomplete viewing, as I have not followed the episodes over the past month in their entirety.

At this juncture, one principle must remain unequivocal: Tulsi must never return. Any reconciliation at this point would not signify forgiveness or growth, but a capitulation that would reduce her suffering to a cyclical inevitability rather than a resolved boundary.

Where the show truly deserves appreciation is in its dialogue writing which incisively articulates the invisible unpaid work of housewives - the emotional, psychological, and moral capital they invest in sustaining families while often possessing neither property nor financial autonomy. These dialogues retain a striking contemporary relevance and lend gravitas to Tulsi’s predicament.

I also genuinely missed seeing Karan’s reaction to this entire situation.. He has historically exhibited an uncompromising moral clarity where Tulsi is concerned. He didn't spare his own biological mother and he had openly confronted and bashed Mihir in the past as well. Witnessing his reaction in the current context would have added both narrative weight and ethical coherence. This would have been powerful and deeply satisfying

Sahil’s reaction felt misaligned, though it is understandable. He appeared to have walked into an emotionally volatile situation and was likely overwhelmed.

I loved Daksha chachi and her dialogues. Her unfiltered condemnation of Mihir’s repeated betrayal was forthright, unflinching and this was necessary. Her dialogues cut through the performative morality of the household to articulate an uncomfortable but necessary truth.

Finally, Smriti Irani’s performance remains the moral anchor of the narrative. She imbues Tulsi with restrained authority and stoic dignity, ensuring Tulsi never appears weak. Her eyes held a hollow stillness born of her partner’s betrayal, yet they screamed of the depth of pain she had endured. She portrayed the emotions of a woman who was betrayed again and again by her partner after multiple sacrifices. Tulsi is the soul and emotional spine of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi; without Smriti being Tulsi, I feel the show would lose its meaning.

Revisiting Kyunki today dismantles its nostalgic sheen and exposes a sobering conclusion: what was once celebrated as the ‘ideal marriage’ was, in effect, predicated on a woman’s silence, her endurance mistaken for virtue, her suffering romanticized as sacrifice. Tulsi’s strength was repeatedly measured by how much pain she could absorb without protest, while betrayal was softened, excused, or redirected as destiny. By today’s thinking, such a framework is no longer defensible. Tulsi should never return to a man who has emotionally and physically betrayed her repeatedly because forgiveness without accountability is not morality, it is erasure.

If the makers attempt by any means to force a Tulsi - Mihir reunion, and use their usual “Ram Ram Jai Raja Ram” background score to whitewash Mihir’s actions, the show will rightfully be called out and bashed. That trope may have worked years ago, but today it will feel tone deaf, manipulative, and deeply regressive.

Using devotional music and moral symbolism to sanctify a serial cheater is not storytelling it is emotional coercion. It reduces betrayal to a temporary lapse and once again burdens Tulsi with the responsibility of forgiveness, adjustment, and moral high ground.

Instead, the far more honest and powerful narrative would be to show Tulsi choosing self-respect and finality, exactly as she insists in yesterday’s episode. Even if that means walking alone. Solitude with dignity is infinitely stronger than togetherness built on repeated disrespect , humiliation and betrayal.

Frankly, the makers owe it to the character and to the times we live in to stop glorifying endurance and start acknowledging accountability. If any character deserves to “suffer” narratively, it is Mihir - to sit with the consequences of his choices, to confront isolation, regret, and loss. Not redemption handed on a platter, not reunion arcs wrapped in moral packaging but consequences.

Let Tulsi move on, evolve, and reclaim herself. And let Mihir live with the weight of what he destroyed.