Originally posted by: Angels11
We are discussing bt why the audience hate Nandini more than Kunal. The topic is not who is more responsible for this mess. Kunal & Nandini are BOTH, EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE for the adultery. Kunal lusted after his wife's friend. Nandini slept with her BFF's friend. Its not bt whose crime is bigger. The discussion is y audience r hating Nandini more & find her more repulsive. I am trying 2 explain the hate part of it. I hold Kunal equally responsible for the affair but I hate Nandini. There is a difference between the 2. Hope I made sense!
of course, you made. We are on the same page there.
I got confused with the main post due to last paragraphs about guilt and your previous reply to my post..my bad :)
okay, so coming back to the reasons/gender part
while I agree with your post of establishing the story and Mauli-Kunal happy life and not building Nandini character.
on the guilt part, there were some instances, hope there will be more..Kunal has taken a straight path towards that while Nandini may take a parabolic one..at least hope so.
Also, what would have happened if it had been exactly reversed, meaning her showing guilt first..I doubt if the hate would have been lessened..may be the reaction could have been ab guilt dikhake kya fayda..but since this is speculation based on extrapolation, so I have to add 'not so sure' word with it.
but some more points I feel are
1) because it is being perceived as - Mauli/Kunal is a couple and Nandini is new entry in their life (although vice-versa is also true meaning they make entry in her life). So she is the third person who is disturbing their love life.
2) While you and me are on the same page considering both equally responsible in this, some may not think it that way.
Nandini being the friend helped by Mauli, some may consider more responsibility laid on her shoulders in terms of conscience and morality.
3) Not sure what would have been the reaction if roles would have been changed and third person had been of male gender. But, based on some reactions, may be he would have been considered just as jerk and that is all. so possibly could be due to combination of third person view + women gender
4) I mentioned in another post, Makers could not handle the more layered human emotions in the build up of the grey/black/brown whichever colored characters they are + the rushed sequences. The clarity of thoughts, reasons behind steps and intentions behind actions are missing in the showcase. moreover logical flaws were introduced instead of focusing on human flaws.
Apart from these reasons, there could be additional major or minor ones as well like viewers expectations from actress/actors to always play a morally good character, fan-wars etc.