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I recently thought about the characters in Vivaah whom I hope they strengthen in the near future. And there is one person --Mr. Kohli. Good person, good father, good husband. Quiet, underappreciated, overruled.
While he does not know the truth, because everyone under the sun has kept the painful truth from him and/or lied, he has gone through the emotional rollercoaster that everybody else has been on: Yuv/Tanya marriage, Trish's heart-break, betrayal, and a wife who will suffer insults to her family's honor so that her materialistic dreams for her daughters can come true--they can have happiness and security. Why? Because money can do anything; it can buy everything.
As some of you may know, I have some venom saved up for Kul. Why? Because she played with her daughters, regardless of the situation. And what's worse is that she sees nothing of the pain around her nor does she recognize that what she did may not have been best. And only last week, she talked with Tanya about having kids with Yuv. It's like she doesn't see what the real relationship is at present.
Moreover, Kul chose one daughter's happiness at the expense of another. Now you may say that Rajdeep loved Trishna and would make her happy. That's what Kul hung her hat on. But, what if he had not? What if he turned out differently? Mr. Kohli has no designs for his daughters--no grand plans. He may not like everything they do, but he accepts them for who they are and what they want.
So it is with particular disdain that I look at Mr. Kohli being forced into the background by his know-it-all strategist wife. Insulted by her. Reminded of his "inability" to care for her as he should have. How SHE would make sure they had a good life. He generally remains quiet, in part out of disgust at the words being spoken. I cannot believe that in this show he has not been more vocal over time--against his wife playing puppet theatre with their daughters and with his daughters. It's as if he's quietly resigned to his situation.
I want Mr. Mouse to roar like a lion. This has nothing to do with power struggles between men and women in an Indian context. It's just that he is soooo soft (which is a good thing too) and he does not always stand up for what he believes is right. I actually think that to some degree, he has been emasculated over time, even though he was mild to begin with.
I'd love for him to set the record straight and help his daughters move on.
What do you think?
While he does not know the truth, because everyone under the sun has kept the painful truth from him and/or lied, he has gone through the emotional rollercoaster that everybody else has been on: Yuv/Tanya marriage, Trish's heart-break, betrayal, and a wife who will suffer insults to her family's honor so that her materialistic dreams for her daughters can come true--they can have happiness and security. Why? Because money can do anything; it can buy everything.
As some of you may know, I have some venom saved up for Kul. Why? Because she played with her daughters, regardless of the situation. And what's worse is that she sees nothing of the pain around her nor does she recognize that what she did may not have been best. And only last week, she talked with Tanya about having kids with Yuv. It's like she doesn't see what the real relationship is at present.
Moreover, Kul chose one daughter's happiness at the expense of another. Now you may say that Rajdeep loved Trishna and would make her happy. That's what Kul hung her hat on. But, what if he had not? What if he turned out differently? Mr. Kohli has no designs for his daughters--no grand plans. He may not like everything they do, but he accepts them for who they are and what they want.
So it is with particular disdain that I look at Mr. Kohli being forced into the background by his know-it-all strategist wife. Insulted by her. Reminded of his "inability" to care for her as he should have. How SHE would make sure they had a good life. He generally remains quiet, in part out of disgust at the words being spoken. I cannot believe that in this show he has not been more vocal over time--against his wife playing puppet theatre with their daughters and with his daughters. It's as if he's quietly resigned to his situation.
I want Mr. Mouse to roar like a lion. This has nothing to do with power struggles between men and women in an Indian context. It's just that he is soooo soft (which is a good thing too) and he does not always stand up for what he believes is right. I actually think that to some degree, he has been emasculated over time, even though he was mild to begin with.
I'd love for him to set the record straight and help his daughters move on.
What do you think?
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