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.
Not in only serials but marraige in real also happen in different circumstances and that is what different situations are that serials shows... yeah they are littlte dramatize.
Some have love marraige , some love cum arrange, some complete arrange, some forced with family pressure marraige etc etc.
And you cannot really say which is correct way of marraige as each people or serial have their own situation to live or show.
Geet was entierly different show than PV. I love Geet like anything that I have am revising it trice now but that does not make PV my less favorite. I am loving the show... they are showing one situation of marraige. It does not say that parents are doing it right or wrong but it is happening.
Doesn't in life also people make right and wrong descision.
I have seen couple who have dramatic love marraige but now they live life which looks completely like arrange marrage were wife does not voice her word against her husband.
And an arrange marraige were you se could not say that its arrange marraige.
Please do not compare two entierly different situations.
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