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Posted: 13 years ago
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Hey guys. Im kashish. Actually this is the first time Im posting on this forum. I was a huge fan of Prem Juneja and KDMHMD and then I watched tere liye too and now dharampatni. Now Im here because I have seen a lot of posts regarding Kastur's decision and how she was wrong and how the serial is following the Ekta Style. Now Ekta is the queen of drama and no matter how much you criticise her she knows how to connect with audience and she must be good in order to give such hit serials. Now coming back. I have seen most of Ekta's serials and trust me Dharampatni is NOT going Ekta way. In fact thats what I expected when I saw the promos in the beginning. Now I love the love after marriage concept and thats why I really like Dharampatni and its great cause its not what I expected. Its somewhat even kinda close to reality with Mohan's character. Everyone's getting confused with Mohan. Now just because he's caring and respects his wife does not mean that he loves her. no doubt he will fall in love with her eventually but right now he doesnt. Their friends and thats how you treat friends. with care and respect. Now if Kastur gets hurt or is upset, he doesnt walk out like all the other husbands that are pissed off with their wives in the other serials do and blame her for being a drama queen. Mohan gets awkward like any normal person and tries to do something. Thats what I didnt expect. People are like this in real life. Now just imagine, if you were in Mohan's place and had to get married would you go around being angry or would become friends and move on. Ofcourse you would try to work things out, atleast be friends right? well thats whats happening. And thats what I didnt expect..that Mohan would be so realistic. In the bginning we were told that Kastur would guide Mohan and that Mohan is spoilt immature and unreasonable. But its not that at all. Infact he is quite normal. The CVs however need to strengthen his character a bit though in terms of that sometimes they themselves are unsure about what they want from the character. Sometimes Mohan is completely immature and ambition by mond where he fails in business but then he is sensible by heart . they just dont link. But I like Mohan's character as it is quite different from other serials. Mohan's character has also proved that whilst being in London he still has his family values as if you notice he is quite tuned with the rest of the house
Now to what happened today. Kastur's decision. Can you imagine growing up knowing who was made for you and then loving him all your life andbeing told that he was your god and your mother in law and family like your own family. Well tahst one of the biggest factor in this decision. Saroj was very cunning and got Kastur to say that she would do anything. Now when she asked Kastur to take the blame on herself for the sake of family, how could she say no. One one hand her values, then her desire to be loved by her mother in law and then in order to keep her husband in the house. She fulfilled all her patni dharam. She took on all the promises she made. Yes Mohan does have responsibilities too and he is trying to stand up to it which is now showing. This decision wasnt in order to make Mohan fall for Kastur but was for the true meaning of the show. Its showing what and who a dharampatni is. One of the biggest responsibilities and links of a dharampatni is that they take care of her husband and his family like her own and he decision reflected that. To maintain peace and tradition, kastur took the decision not to make mohan fall for her. Secondly to keep her husband and protect their relationship is another responsibility of a dharampatni which is shown in the Sia track. I just hoped they would have put another name for her cause Sia is another name for Mata Sita who is the ultimate role model for a Dharampatni. She is known as the ideal Dharampatni and all wives pray to her. And unfortunately a girl named Sia is standing against another Dharampatni. Anyways Im glad the show is showing the real essence of a Dharampatni rather than some saas bahu drama which makes it stand out.
Also Kastur's decision, even though not at all practical, was the best she could have done and it just showed Mohan what a diamond wife he has got. It just made Kastur stand out from the crowd and lets not forget it showed the difference between Sia and Kastur. and where Sia actually stands. It has made their marrige bond even more stronger and harder to break. Thats all I have got to say and Im sorry if I have offended anyone but this is just my POV so please no bashing. Take care everyone and keep enjoying DP and if you liked my post please do like or better comment. would love to hear other's views.😃

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Posted: 13 years ago
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Welcome to the forum! Great to have you.

Just a few quick points for now. One thing that I attracted me to this serial was the way they handled two things

Mohan and MohUr (and also Kastur in some other aspects.) They are real. This is not artificial or OTT. Mohan's not a delibirate jerk. They are amazingly natural with each other, which I love.

This is also not a typical ideal arranged marriage. Because in an ideal arranged marriage, the parties would go into it thinking they're going to make the effort to get to know each other and make it work. Mohan accepted Kastur as his wife from the moment he agreed (which I love). But only in so many ways. He never really thought beyond or long term.

Whatever progress that's being made is because it's going along. This is fine in regular friendships and cases, but in marriage it shouldn't be that way. But nevertheless, this is a serial and that's how it is.

But as I said, Mohan is not deliberately a jerk to Kastur, though there have been times he's been harsh or immature. And that's what makes this coupe for me. If her were an outright jerk, I wouldn't want to watch this show.

Now coming to love--yes, I believe it's love. Because MohUr are real. And in real life, that's love, imo. It's not the serial or grand romance that's shown on television so often. But a more realistic love. He doesn't know it yet. And he will soon be madly in love with her.

I also don't think he needed Sia to get to the realisation. While he loves her, he was also falling for her even without this drama. That much is obvious from the way he flirted with her that morning he left for work.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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As for Kastur, it's the constant preaching of what a Dharampatni is supposed to be. Let me ask you this. Was there a difference between what Kastur said and what Saroj said in Thursday's episode?
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Posted: 13 years ago
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@likarsh ..Thank you soo much for commenting. and Im glad we agree on some points. Yes I do believe that they're building on a foundation of love. What did Saroj say on thursday? sorry I kinda watch it in blocks so I kinda loose the time. Preaching? Umm ok so I dont think that I like Kastur always talking about what a dharampatni is but I definately think she fulfills all the roles and responsibilities thats needed. If I were in her place, I wouldnt lie about the whole situation but I really think this could have been more dramatic and the way its going is the best way a serial could take it.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Saroj talked about the duty of the bahu of the house. It's also what Kastur talked about--the duty as the wife, and also how Saroj manipulated Kastur. I find it revolting that we see that a Dharampatni's role is to do anything for her house, all for her house.

She takes horrible treatment, and willingly puts herself out for more--because it's her duty.

The point isn't whether Kastur is fulfilling the "Dharampatni duties," the point is that those "Dharampatni duties and lessons" are what's shown in this show as truth and righteousness. This is a hindi-serial female lead, in an age where hindi-serial female leads are always the good ones and the right ones, never wrong, always right.
As was mentioned on the Is this Necessary Thread??? Kastur could've said it was her love for him doing this. No need to say it's her duty to do such a thing. Because that's regressive. Women are higher than high, while at the same time being lower the low.

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