Why didn't they show Anandi's rape?

Today's scene of sexual assault was not only disturbing but immensely violent as well for the standards of Indian television. However, what keeps me wondering is that why did the CVs not show Anandi being raped? In a situation like this in reality, the kidnapped girl would have been raped. The scene too was very similar to an archetypal rape scene---there were prolonged shots of struggle, close up shots of the feet of both the abuser and the abused ( a very common symbol for rape) and a post-molestation break down scene of Anandi which again resonates with other post rape scenes. Yet the audience was shown that Anandi was stopped just short of being raped, she is molested. Now I can think of two possible reasons why they didn't show Anandi's rape:

1. The CVs were sensitive and decided showing a rape scene would be too much violence for the Indian TV screen. So not showing the rape scene actually brings out the sensitive side of the CVs to not make the story too bleak and dark

2. The rape of the main female protagonist would have been unacceptable for the general Indian audience. The rape of Anandi would have tarnished her "purity" and would have made her less acceptable among the viewers. So Anandi experiences a near-rape but not a complete rape and thus she still keeps her ""purity" intact. A raped Anandi, like a lot other raped women in our society, would have been seen as someone "impure" and not worthy of playing the main protagonist.

I personally think it is the second reason. Though I feel greatly relieved that Anandi was not raped, when I come to think of how her rape would have probably diminished her acceptability, it makes me shudder to think about the general mentality of the larger audience about rape.

What do you guys think?

Oh God !! I am glad she was not raped she has been through enough problems.I dont want anymore negativity.The scene was kind of disturbing specially her crying scence it was heartwrenching

Yeah right, Cvs know these r sensitive issues. They cant show anandi being raped coz it would take the story in another way completely.

And yes viewers cant accept it easily. More than acceptability of viewers, it would be very much tragic which is they cant show in case of a lead character. Though it is a reality but they cant show it. The way the didn't show kid anandi(13 year) getting pregnant at the tender age which a big and harsh reality in case of a child bride! Viewers would have not accepted it at all.

There r some issues they cant show in TV. Whether it is violent or not.

But I am very surprised the way anandi's molest scenes were shot. I cant explain how I felt at that time, specially in the ad break. But one thing it is relatively bold compare to asha's molestation scenes. The close up shots and anandi's crying were heart wrenching!!😭

Personally I never felt very much restless about j to come and rescue anandi ASAP. I never felt much but yesterday I was on the edge of my seat like..jagiya...just come'.fast..otherwise it would be very late. So cvs r creating the situations to create impact in viewers mind that j is a hero, if he wouldn't come, anandi will be dead!!

And honestly I really really felt at that time. Though I still cant connect to J's redeem track and still dislike him like hell but I have to appreciate him😳...though i dont want to!!.

they want to show she had eloped of her own wish, they want her to be all ok, so that she has no proof that she was kidnapped and if raped, they know she will use medical report to prove as she is considered the smart one in the village. so that is why heth singh warned no one to touch her. and as for sexual voilence i think it was done pretty decently enuff, there have been worse situations. Also i was impressed with the way she reacted, she actually managed to kick and hit, love it when they show anandi willing to stand up for herself and how she instead of moaning runs away the next day, am glad she is showing presence of mind and not the victim approach

I'll agree with you ... it has to be the second reason ... having the "heroine" as a rape survivor takes a lot of courage and very few, hardly any serial ever goes there ...

... You are right, in a kidnapping its almost next to impossible that the woman would come out of it without being raped ... Having shown the actual rape, the story would have taken a completely different turn... and required the kind of bravery and sensitivity that CVs don't have...

Now of course it will all be about Anandi having to prove to every tom,dick and harry of the village that she is still pure ... No one will ever turn around and say that even if she had been assaulted, how was it her fault ??? ... Why punish and humiliate the victim ?

Now i'm sure that they are going to show people talking crap about her, people not coming to her classes any more, she not being allowed to teach in school etc etc etc ...

Despite everything, i am glad that they did not show an actual rape ... There is way too much violence against women on TV ... It somehow surprises me that we as women watch all these shows where women are slapped, assaulted, abused, humiliated at every turn ... too much of violence ... i'm glad they didn't show it ... but what they did show was also too graphic ... there was no need for it

this was a wreckning scene to hype curosity but indeed pratyusha has emersae in her acting day by day i was happy she wasn't and still she escaped her own not saved by jagya that she is a brave girl really it was her inner strenght she is back good but too much pain for anandi too very 😳

yaa i believe audiences would have stopped watching

the character Nandini from kyunki was raped by her husband who was a completely black character. but i think scenes were not shown...like K soaps...BG music and camera works did the job unlike BV where actually Anandi's molest scenes were shown clearly.