Nisha you've created a wonderful perfectly imperfect character of II. It's very rare that I'm impressed with female characters maybe because they are of the same gender we tend to be harsh on them. Most characters in Hollywood and Bollywood movies, American and Indian sitcoms and dramas force us to become a certain kind, to behave in a certain manner, to smile, to laugh, eat in a way that people especially men find endearing. They put a lot of pressure on us...I'm not gullible enough to be influenced so easily but they reflect the majority thought pattern, which is sad. These characters set a standard. In digressing from the miss goody two shoes Nisha has given us relief. While II has many endearing and attractive qualities like her good looks, wit, her voice, intellect and love for family which are seemingly perfect and ideal qualities, quintessence of an Indian soap lady on the surface, she has also equally distinct vices and improprieties in herself which remind us of ourselves and of women around ourselves. In the packaging of a beautiful, cultured Iyer girl Nisha has debunked the general notion that is presented in mainstream art & literature.
I wouldn't have written this if II would've kept a patthar on her heart and had gone to Ranjan instead of going to Vandu.
Every girl, especially someone who's been married for a month loves her parents and siblings more than her husband's siblings. I can empathise with II only until she cares more for Vandu and her baby than Samar's wife and kids.
I would like II even more if she bitches about Manny to Vandu and her girlfriends like I would've done and I'm sure many girls in their 20s would do. We wouldn't want to poison our sister in laws or push them off a cliff...but bitching about them is our birthright as women.
I was happy when she shouted at Sam when she was worried about Akka. Normal people do get irritated and angry. Sometimes sweetness overdose gets on our nerves too.
I completely concur with Tara's views on Ranjan. I support Ranjan. We can't be critical about everything a person things. He's not Babuji (Aloknath) but Ranjan Bhalla. He doesn't have a happy family with four sons one daughter daughter in laws grandkids...a family that lives together eats together and prays together. He has the right to pity himself. Anybody would think like that. I don't blame him at all.
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