SC 18th century instead of 21st

I think SC set in 18th century as per novel would have made this serial more popular.

Originally posted by: Marybarton

It is set in today's time with traditional practices in mind. I don't think it is very unrealistic for today's day and age. There are many people who have these views and not everything they value is necessarily bad.

I am not Hindu but I do get why someone who sees the cow as a god can be very hurt by the killing of one. Especially rurally where it is needed for this family.

I think Bhansali wanted to make Saraswati Chandra relatable to this century. This way he can make the story more modern as well. A love story can be taken from any era and still fit into a more modern world because love itself will remain pure (at least in theory!) I like that it's set in a more modern era. This gives me more hope that the ending will be happy.

But I agree that a Harvard return making pots is far-fetching. But then again, that's what's unique about the show right? The fact that Kumud and Saras are so different from normal people. That's really what makes their love story worth telling.

Originally posted by: myviewprem

I can understand Gau hatya track but am not fine with such punishment in today's age for a harvard returned person. Think realistic which educated harvard returned multi milloniare will agree to undergo such punishment. Making pots to buy a cow which costs 25K today looks unrealistic. Some social work would have been better with a fine of the cows value. Why that poor family should go hungry till Saras learns to make pots. Hence i think such punishment would be believable for 18th century not 21st century.

I do believe that in villages even today all life is respected and cow is holy. And that punishment would have been fine if Saras was an villager who knew how to make pots etc.

Yeah, what really bothers me is that all the villagers claim that Saras has all these bad sins and yet nobody is willing to help a woman out who has lost her only source of income? What kind of a person does that make them? Won't God punish them for ignoring the plight of a helpless woman in their village?

It's hard for me to understand that ALL of this is for ONE cow. And at the end of the day, it was really an accident.

Originally posted by: .Anamika.

I think Bhansali wanted to make Saraswati Chandra relatable to this century. This way he can make the story more modern as well. A love story can be taken from any era and still fit into a more modern world because love itself will remain pure (at least in theory!) I like that it's set in a more modern era. This gives me more hope that the ending will be happy.

But I agree that a Harvard return making pots is far-fetching. But then again, that's what's unique about the show right? The fact that Kumud and Saras are so different from normal people. That's really what makes their love story worth telling.

Originally posted by: myviewprem

I can understand Gau hatya track but am not fine with such punishment in today's age for a harvard returned person. Think realistic which educated harvard returned multi milloniare will agree to undergo such punishment. Making pots to buy a cow which costs 25K today looks unrealistic. Some social work would have been better with a fine of the cows value. Why that poor family should go hungry till Saras learns to make pots. Hence i think such punishment would be believable for 18th century not 21st century.

I do believe that in villages even today all life is respected and cow is holy. And that punishment would have been fine if Saras was an villager who knew how to make pots etc.