Is Kunal a trophy?

I have noticed that there are numerous posts looking for flaws in Mauli and Nandini but none talks about Kunal, isn't he the root of this problem? Mauli is Nandini's friend so Nandini's responsibility in this EMA is not as grave as Kunal's responsibilities, Nandini is not responsible for Kunal's marriage.

So the question is, as audience do we consider Kunal some sort of trophy for which Mauli and Nandini are competing and the best one will get it?

Why would anyone blame Nandini for dancing in rain or wearing clothes she loves? And why do we blame Nandini for Kunal being a pervert? Or why do we blame Mauli for not paying attention or for trusting him too much? The guilt lies with Kunal, no? how is it even remotely romantic that a married was turned on by a woman drenched in water while his wife was standing right there with him, don't we love saying that the show is very realistic, so not saying this doesn't happen in real life but just a fact that in real life these men are not called righteous or hero.

In the show you can say Kunal is grey, I am not mature so I am not able to understand feelings of grey people but from what I understand there are two types of grey
characters
1 a Villain who is not all bad, he has feelings
2 a hero who f**ks up but is not a bad person



Most amazing characterization of various characters was done in a series of novel called Harry Potter..

There was Severus Snape, he was a good guy in wrong group at the end his goodness overcame the evil in him.. That was Grey right?
Then there was Voldemort, evil right? But it wasn't his fault that he didn't have feelings, it was his mother's fault, a villain who's not all bad and has reason to be who he is..
Then there was Dumbledore, who was ruled by lust for his partner and greed for the deadly hollows... A good guy who f**ked up but still a good guy

Here Rajdeep is completely black because he is so heartless that he didn't have feelings for his own baby and the show's main protagonist Kunal is supposed to be exactly opposite of Rajdeep for Nandini to love him... So let's see things from perspective of a wife

Rajdeep cheated on his wife.. Yes
Kunal is cheating on his wife.. Yes
Rajdeep misbehaved with Nandini.. Yes
Kunal has started misbehaving with Mauli... Yes

So how are these two any good for lives of Mauli and Nandini? Is fidelity too much to expect? Doesn't it take a lot more than a rain dance for a man to consider his wife as Purana farz?

All this was the old hoopla so let's come back to the question, do we consider Kunal a trophy for both women and to protect our trophy are we crucifying two women in the show because it's easier to blame women than men and afterall we are part of this patriarchal society?

There can be one more reason, the same reason why no posts are made on Rajdeep, because we have established that Rajdeep is a jerk and there's no need to discuss him and in the same way we have established that Kunal is wrong so there is no reason to discus him.. Now we have to establish who's the hero of this show so we are constantly trying to demean both women? Because for me Mauli is hero and for a large section Nandini is the hero.

What do you think?

Nice post. The first thing that comes to my mind is Is he even worthy of considering as a trophy?
He's not a hero, for sure. If there's a hero it's the women in this story. Since I have a natural bias towards the legal wife, I'd also say its Mauli for me.
If Nandini throws Kunal away and walks off she'll be a hero too. But K is definitely not. He's a cheapo who doesn't deserve either of the women.

Kunal is a very weak character, I don't like him one bit.

Kunal is a man who has made a mockery of marriage and the feelings of the woman he seemed irrevocably in love with not a month back... I don't understand his feelings, the way his mind works and the entire farz thing... He comes across as an extremely superficial man... how is Mauli his responsibility or his duty??... he wasnt married to her with his own people at gunpoint and neither is Mauli dependent on him atleast not financially...yes shr is dependent on him emotionally but i dont see him trying to make any honest effort to even try to be sincere to her...

Originally posted by: Luv_PaRiAnSh

Nice post. The first thing that comes to my mind is Is he even worthy of considering as a trophy?
He's not a hero, for sure. If there's a hero it's the women in this story. Since I have a natural bias towards the legal wife, I'd also say its Mauli for me.
If Nandini throws Kunal away and walks off she'll be a hero too. But K is definitely not. He's a cheapo who doesn't deserve either of the women.

He isn't worth a tear, though Mauli will fill the barrels with it considering the love of writer with tears

Originally posted by: intruderfast

Kunal is a very weak character, I don't like him one bit.

Being a man myself, I cannot relate to him at all.

I mean it's becoming a war between Team Mauli and Team Nandini. The crux of the problem is Kunal.

U know what ending I would love most- Both Mauli Nandini dumping Kunal and leaving him alone to suffer.

Nandu and Mauli both deserve better. Girls shldnt settle for anything less.

You know if not that I would not mind Mauli kicking Kunal where it hurts the most so he can start thinking from his head and the place I am talking about is not his heart

Kunal is disgusting
The weakest character among three
Just irresponsible , lusting on wife's friend

He is not worthy to be a "trophy"
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Originally posted by: amortentia15

I agree with your post... you echoed everything that I have thought about the characters...

Kunal is a man who has made a mockery of marriage and the feelings of the woman he seemed irrevocably in love with not a month back... I don't understand his feelings, the way his mind works and the entire farz thing... He comes across as an extremely superficial man... how is Mauli his responsibility or his duty??... he wasnt married to her with his own people at gunpoint and neither is Mauli dependent on him atleast not financially...yes shr is dependent on him emotionally but i dont see him trying to make any honest effort to even try to be sincere to her...

Also if his feelings were shown to have developed over time i could still have tried to understand his POV...but a man who can fall in love with another woman watching her dance in the rain and can lash out at his wife without rhyme or reason and treat her as trash all of a sudden he can fall for another girl in no time...

As for Nandini she should not be blamed for that dance...its totally unfair to condemn her for something as innocuous as dancing in the rain... Though she cannot be absolved of her faults in the name of juzzbaat or feelings her blame in this is a lot less than Kunal's because ultimately it is kunaal, his wife and his marriage...

As for Mauli yes she is my hero and if her character arc is not changed to justify the whole juzzbaat balderdash then she will continue to remain the hero in the show... She is an honest pure soul who deserves better people in her life...

Writers botched the job when it comes to his character, he's not good enough to be a husband, there should be a reason why two women love him, I see none

Originally posted by: DracarysTrio

He isn't worth a tear, though Mauli will fill the barrels with it considering the love of writer with tears

Can't understand kunal at all.what he is thinking why. His feelings looks more a attraction than love .and how he fall out of love of mauli I still can't get