Serials make mockery of marriage

Originally posted by: Allbut1

You know I wasn't going to comment on this, but then I saw the Geet reference and I couldn't help myself.

I can respect your opinion about the way the marriage is being shown in the show, and you can all the right to disagree or agree with the way things are done. But was it really necessary to mention Geet in your post? Once again the two shows have absolutely NOTHING in common, and thus the way marriage is being portrayed in the two is going to be worlds apart.

Sometimes people have to get married under the circumstances they find themselves in, and most of the shows you mentioned, are or will show how a marriage of convenience can be turned into a true relationship between a husband and wife, where both love and trust are in abundant. We know that even though right now Aarti and Yash are getting married for the sake of their kids, they will ultimately face all the obstacles thrown in their way and end up falling in love with each other. It's going to be a committed relationship, where both will end up supporting each other without even knowing it.

Also, wasn't the marriage between Dev & Geet an ultimate fraud, where despite knowing that the marriage was a sham, Dev ended up consummating that relationship, only to leave her all alone and pregnant the next day? I know you'll say that it doesn't matter because Dev & Geet weren't the main couple, but in accordance to your post that was the biggest mockery of a marriage. But at the end of the day, we agree to forget that because that became the reason Maan and Geet found each other. So in the same way, all these marriages that start off as an end to the means, develop into a beautiful relationship between two people!

And these are Indian soaps, they require that drama to keep things spicy. Yash and Aarti falling in love with each other in the circumstances they are in is almost impossible, but once they are tied in marriage, the differences and barriers fall by themselves, and you're drawn to the other person whether you like it or not! I am sure these two will not only uphold every promise of a marriage, but will end up giving us a couple that will be loved and cherished by all!

Originally posted by: pensense40

Indian serials seem to make a mockery of the institution of marriage. Punar Vivah has unfortunately joined that band. (Iss pyar is another example where marriage is used as a punishment! In Afsar Bitiya Pinto is shown to agree to marry under family pressure, Bade Achhe Lage Hai showed a marraige of convenience by a brother to support a bratty sister.). Scindia's are shown to be rich and can well afford to have a well trained Nanny for Yash's daughters, who can work under the supervision of the mother and bhabi. Given that it is a joint family, looking after 2 daughters should not be an issue. But the family in all its wisdom decides to get a wife for Yash without even the courtesy of meeting the bride to be. They are thinking of bringing in an educated young women as a Nanny for their grand daughters under the magnanimous gesture of providing support to a widow with a child. The Father also remarks that by giving support to her son we will gain her gratitude and she will be pressured to behave and stay in the family.

Given that these are educated, rich people, I would have expected the channel to show case a more mature understanding of the problem at least from Yash and Aarti or Yash's brother and Bhabi.

Aarti on her part has the support of her parents in law. Ansh can easily be handled and his expectations should not be reason for an independent, bold and smart girl like Aarti to agree to a blind marriage without checking out the family and Yash.

In recent times Geet Hui Sabse Parayi is probably the only serial which showed a real marriage where the bride and groom have gone through a lot together and decide that they cannot live without each other. That is another reason why that show has so much urban educated following.

Your intention may not be wrong...but why bring in comparisons...I loved GHSP alot and now I'm loving PV.