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Note, I am talking about Jannat. Not Sanam, not the fact that the Sanam within her stop her, hold her back, overpower the drugs, what not.
I have not bothered the past two weeks because I have not been watching. I was fed up after Aahil-Shaad bromance, --See SheAish's post two weeks ago. That Friday was the last episode for me, the precap was enough. I have caught one or two scenes here and there, but that's it.
I didn't bother watching segments either. I finally watched bits of today's episode, mainly to see the seduction act for myself. So I am making this topic.
Jannat did nothing wrong. She is a woman and just because she's more forward than Sanam (though really I think Sanam is more inately and more strongly bold and forward), that doesn't make her actions any less classy if you look at just the situation as it is from her POV. Why Sanam is any better because she has shows shyness and backs away, I don't know. In my opinion Jannat is no less of a woman or anything just because she takes an initiative and tries to take charge and we see it in a song sequence.
What is a problem with this whole scenario is that the two men are playing with her and not bothering to tell her anything. All because of some bizarre 'health issue.' Insecurity issue can no longer be given as an excuse, since Aahil has already seen the video as well as the fact that Sanam/Jannat gave her agreement to marry Aahil (which has its own holes, but ignoring that). It's clearly the lame health excuse.
I have criticized Jannat for her hypocritical, self-righteous bhashans and blaming Aahil the times she pins it all on him and blames him. I do not consider her strong for running away from her feelings and just throwing herself into the marriage without bothering to ask more questions and wonder and try to talk out the issues with her 'husband.' The writers never had the guts to make the woman take any actual choice in this whole situation. It's still in the vein of--wannabe sati-savitri. Jannat is neither here nor there, where the writers and CVs have no guts to show a woman have any choice but all of this with some twisted sense of propriety.
As Jannat, she is wrong in not confiding in her husband as she knows it, and probably using him perhaps. But it is also realistic and human to do what she's doing and what she did in terms of trying to throw everything and do everything to try to fix the relationship without rocking the boat with the truth.
Further more, in her drugged state, she probably doesn't even remember Aahil right now (which SaHil shippers would object to but that is not the point here), so her reacting the way she did to Shaad, there is nothing wrong with her actions as Jannat. Drugged state or no drugged state, her seduction imo was in no way cheap or lacking class.
What is lacking class is the way this story has no respect for the woman to give her any sense of choice in the matter. (And yeah, I know SJ apparently claims Jannat has a choice. 🤪) A woman is shown with as some kind of puppet between these two men who are taking all kinds of decisions for her, without her having any kind of say, and no consultation.
Probably my last topic and post here for some time.
Just wanted to air this out.
Peace.
Pati Patni Aur Panga
Jaane Anjaane Hum Mile
Tum Se Tum Tak
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
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