I was very disappointed in her entry... thought she was way too over-the-top 🤢 But there is one theory that would make sense... maybe they put her in boarding school at a young age hoping that that would correct her spoiled demeanour (except it didn't)... and then spoiled her more during the holidays to compensate for their absence in her life during the year. That would make sense as a theory. It also fits because they seem distanced from her in some sense... like that parental relationship seems to be lacking... Irawati doesn't know how to handle her, and Alok shouts, but it doesn't help. And they all seem to treat her kinda like they're walking on eggshells around her ("Whatever will we do if she opposes the marriage!?"). It's like, jeez, people, she's just a kid... if Shiv was unhappy with the marriage or Anandi's morals were questionable or something, it'd be another matter... but here the elders have liked her and approved the match, so why should this kid's objection change anything?
Also, I perceive a similar distance between Shiv and his parents... he is obviously closer to Chhoti Maa and Daddu than to his actual mother and father. Perhaps the parents travelled a lot and didn't have much time for their kids? But Shiv is obviously still close to them and is grounded and has strong values... whereas Saanchi seems to be the opposite... she definitely cares about her family (and especially her brother... maybe they were close growing up because the parents weren't around much?), but she doesn't seem to be that close to them or to really share the values they personify :/
Actually, I might get jootis for saying this, but the whole Shekhar family seems quite disjointed to me at the moment... waiting to see how the CVs tie all the loose ends together. At the moment, they have far too many questions to answer, and they also really need to show more of Anandi and her journey and feelings than they do the Shekhar parivaar's light moments. They need to quit the comedy and OTT-ness for a bit and reveal more concrete stuff about the Shekhar family (like maybe show Chhoti Maa alone and thinking so that we get some insight into her reasons for disliking Anandi... or a conversation between Irawati and Alok that makes it clearer to us why Saanchi is the way she is). The CVs need to step up their game and make these characters more three-dimensional... if they did that and portrayed things more maturely (e.g. Saanchi could have LISTENED for TWO SECONDS instead of screeching down the phone and ruining all our eardrums... grrr 😡), the absence of the ruralness and the Jaitsar social issues wouldn't be so palpable, because we'd still be watching interesting, mature and well-thought-out material and would feel compelled to think about stuff... which to me is the essence of BV. Yesterday's episode felt like a waste of time, and almost like a different serial... even my dad was like, "They're losing the feel of this show... "
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