SaiRat - as audience and as Sai and Virat

Hi all,

I have been wanting to write this post for a long long time. Like many of you, I started to watch this show for Sairat, the promo pulled me towards the show and I was looking forward to watch Sairat's journey.

Some like Virat and some Sai. We all analyse their feelings, their behavior, their actions and so many other things.

I have tried to be as much neutral as possible while trying to understand a character. Have tried to look at every situation, good or bad from both the angles. I support when they are right and express my disappontment when they go wrong.

They are a couple and many couples face this or even worst. What I don't understand is that when we all knew that it is a journey of Sairat, time and again, there are questions as to whether they deserve each other or not. Some feel Sai doesn't deserve Virat and some feel Virat doesn't deserve Sai. This puts off almost many people's mood in the forum. Creates an imbalance in the forum.

I understand we get disappointed and we might say that, but telling it repeatedly, I am not sure what is the purpose of it especially when we know we are going to watch this couple's journey. Whatever they have or been facing is just the beginning, they have a long way to go.

How does the imbalance affect the forum members??

We all are not just watching their journey, but enjoying many of their scenes together and discussing about it gives a lot of happiness to us. If we cannot and do not keep the bitter feelings aside for any character, we would not be able to look forward for upcoming good scenes.

Some create posts to ask what would you like to see after separation,

some create posts as what romantic moments do you want the couple to share,

some create posts as what song do you think they can play during the separation,

some create posts trying to predict a particular scene based on the other versions

some create posts adding humour to the most horrible/sad episode

some creat posts to observe things in an episode.

These posts are made to distract us bring some fun and entertainment for the audience, when there is negative track in the show due to which audience are upset. Such posts makes our day entertaining.

Such posts would never get inputs if he have hard feelings for a character and if we keep questioning if we should ship the couple or not. Because almost all of these posts revolve around this same couple.

And not just these, many people write fan fictions, write OS and I have recently heard that there are not many who writes stories these days, myself included. The track already is quite disappointing even though it was an expected one. I am not saying we should all act happy when we are upset with a track or a character, but somewhere hold on to it and expect or hope for good things in the future.

I will stay back now, but in future, if I am unhappy, and if I cannot tolerate anything, I will quit. It makes no sense to watch, when we are already having many things to deal with in real life and when we are all coming here for entertainment from our busy lives. We come here for entertainment, so I usually take it if I can, if I can't would just leave.

Though I might miss a few members, I really respect their decision to quit watching the show. They take it because they find it too negative or because it doesn't match with the morals that they support, and they don't think it is right for them to watch. Some also quit because they want to leave with good memories of Sairat and don't want to witness the bitterness in them. Some feel the characters are no more what they showed them to be.

All we can do is only that, take it only as much as we can. At the end of the day, it is just a show anyway. But the interaction that we have with each other is much more valuable and memorable.

We all just do not watch the show, and where else do things revolve around SaiRat :

We also read other forum members FF or OS

We interact with them in a thread where BTS is shared, where news are shared, interviews are shared.

We interact with them in threads that talks about offscreen activities.

We interact them when one tries to put forward the collective views of the FD, the forum members.

We interact in many fun posts that are created.

About SaiRat

They are a couple who have feelings for each other and who want each other. We can have varying views about them as individuals, we can keep telling that they don't deserve each other, but the story is already in place and I have been under an impression that we all wanted to watch this story.

We can say how a character can or must improve, what they should or should not have done, but I am getting lost when everyone keep analysing on their worthiness for one another.

What is funny is, there used to be a time when many were worried if they would change the storyline, if they makers were looking at reconsidering who the couple should be due to a few factors, as we all know. And many were saying that they won't watch if they don't give Sairat.

And now, we have it and we still have issues. Please do think about it. We can expect that a character be introduced to make Sai or Virat jealous, not a character who is going to break them apart or not think they never deserved each other in first place.

If we start to think they never deserved each other in first place, we are in a wrong show, and this is not the time they should be feeling because, whatever they feel doesn't matter when the couple themselves have moved past their own dislike or past and actually want to live with each other.

I do understand and respect people who think they are toxic couple and shouldn't be living with each other. I would agree, if it was real life, no one would encourage them to do certain things.

But even in real life, people would be asked to give a chance to each other, they would give a chance to each other if they feel like, looking at their good deeds and many other factors. Those who still cannot live with each other, has fallen out of love, finds it worthless to spend life together, will split ways.

What I see in SaiRat after 10 years especially because we know the storyline is :

SaiRat are together, looking back at their good memories, getting reminded of their past behavior and regretting, and supporting each other when one is regretting.

Do you know what they would be talking

I am sorry, I didn't mean to insult you.

I am sorry, I shouldn't have married you setting up conditions.

I am sorry, I shouldn't have misunderstood your feelings.

I am sorry, I shouldn't havs misunderstood your intentions.

I am sorry, I shouldn't have taken such a big step as ousting you from the house even if I was mad at you.

I am sorry, I shouldn't have hid the truth from you and gone behind your back and got your sister married.

Don't worry what others say, what matters the most is that you understand me, I understand you and we both have forgiven each other. This is our life, doesn't matter what Kaku thinks of you or a neighbour or people from work. We know where we stand in our life now and what we did to make this happen.

And on and on and on

I am sorry, i am sorry, I love you, i need you, cant live without you, stay with me forever, let's stay with each other forever, try to understand each other better day by day, learn from the mistakes from our past and try to never do them again, make our future beautiful.

Finally

Let's not let our past affect our future because those doesnt matter, what matters is that we both need each other, and we both love each other.

This is how I see SaiRat or any couple facing issues if they are able to move past their indifferences and try to sort things amongst them.

The reason I say I might quit the show is because of the storyline they might adopt could be unbearable for me to watch. I might skip such track and again be back to where the couple are working on their journey together.

So let's continue to analyse characters, share our views and understandings, have fun, hope for a good script in the future, look forward to their journey, hope for past of many people to be revealed, look forward to Sairat scenes and most importantly watch out, how the story is going to unfold.

If you are interested.

Only if you are interested.

Exactly my point also, creating unnecessary tension because of the fictional characters and that too when the show is a remake one. We all know what is going to happen next.

I dont know about others but yes we all are going through some tough times during this pandemic.

But even in real life, people would be asked to give a chance to each other, they would give a chance to each other if they feel like, looking at their good deeds and many other factors. Those who still cannot live with each other, has fallen out of love, finds it worthless to spend life together, will split ways.

@bold my colleague went through similar condition everyone said to split but she has given one last chance to the man she once loved and married. Now after 3 years ,several attempt from both side they are again reconciling their relation.

But I will still say right now according to me Virat is at fault and Sai shouldn't forgive him.

sorry for the long comment

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Agree with you !!

For me SAIRAT was, is and will be end game and that's the only reason I am watching the show. I intend to skip horrible storylines and watch only the tracks I am interested in.

I started Tamil version after I saw few episode in Hindi and wanted to know the future track. Dialgoues in Tamil are hilarious and I found Saranya to be sassy, but if I am.being honest, I stopped after Sai refuses to come back with him and Vikram goes back to bash everyone else for his mistake and Sathya coming on to him as if it was a surprise for him and then decides to leave on a mission instead of redeeming himself and wooing Saranya back. I was not as invested in them, so I haven't even tried seeing any episode after that, though I have read the episode summary and have an idea of storyline.

KD unfortunately other than Emon, I couldn't relate to any actor and I didn't enjoy watching any episode.

But unlike these versions, I really enjoy Sai and Virat. Their journey is going to be incredible and like you said once all said and done, they will be together after their difficult journey. If it was all roses and no thorns, then they wouldn't make a 8pm show. Yes, I chose to be deliberately blind to some of the ugliness to continue watching the show.

I am hoping this is the worst track and things improve after now, otherwise like you said, I will stop at a point and maybe check it after few years to see how it ended without being too vested in the show.

I started watching after reading the KD synopsis. Never watched any other version because I feel Neil and Ayesha bring different dynamics to the characters. In fact I actually wanted to reply to Neil's post saying the same thing. We watch for the freshness that this team brings.

I will be very honest. When I read a few interviews earlier, and saw the off screen dynamics, I actually wished that they would stick to the original because I felt they might try some other tricks. I am sure all of you would understand where this is coming from.

The original clearly indicates Sairat as the endgame.

Yes I might get tired of the negativity. It normally happens after a year of any show. Maybe I will stop, maybe I will continue. For a year I think they have good tracks lined up.

Also its important to remember that its just a tv show. Itv mein illogical plots honge. We can rant but ultimately we have to accept it and laugh about it. sometimes we need to set aside logic and just focus on the emotions. Ultimately Sairat are endgame. We know that. That helps because no matter what Sairat will eventually be together. ♥️

I personally get very annoyed by the posts that are constantly putting down Sai or Virat. I dont know why theres a new trend of bashing Sai and Virat instead of pp, bk, etc. So my new policy is to try to completely ignore the forum members who i find provocative. I have identified certain forum members whose views and posts i do not agree with and their way of putting forth their opinions only increases my BP toh agar they have created any post i simply ignore it. Ignorance is bliss. Its working well so far.

And re-reading Sairat OS/FFs and watching old Sairat scenes helps remind me why i love Sairat.

One thing i do hope is that due to audience pressure and Sairat popularity the makers are forced to introduce some new tracks with Sairat instead of blindly copying KD. If not anything else, star plus will pressurize them to create tracks around festivals like they did for holi. So atleast that will lead to some fresh tracks. And the kidnapping track even though silly was exciting coz we didn't know what to expect. Coz it was fully new. This past week was exhausting coz Sairat were at loggerheads but the few moments of angst/sairat eye locks n pp's beizzati by shivani/aai/maushi/virat/Sai made it watchable! Ab toh next week when virat learns truth toh he will he even more pissed at pp/bk and we will see his guilt and i look forward to seeing how he blasts his family and the hospital track will be good too. Coz that week we will get lots of Sairat scenes and then there maybe a harini track too...so it'll be new. Coz in KD there was no harini, it was Sunny. And in KD post the track of devi's child there was holi but here holi has been celebrated so they will be forced to celebrate something else....so there are some "new" things to look forward to.

Plus the set itself will be new so the look of the show will change.

So i am eager to watch more of Sairat ! ♥️

@laksh- please write your OS/FFs.

For me Sairat is the endgame. I started watching the show only after the GC track started and my shipping of them has never wavered ever since then.

As for passing judgement about should they or should they not not continue their relationship, it is totally upto the couple whether they care so much about each other to overlook their differences and mistakes.

We, as an audience, can only be a passive spectator of their life decisions. This is not much different from how these things transpire in reality

Loved the post.

I think we are the third persons watching the story of Sai and Virat.

We are entitled to our opinions only to express and analyse but the journey belongs to them but not to us.

I don’t know why I felt so shattered on seeing Virat’s face when Sai is leaving. He could not look at her. She waited and then walked with suppressed pain in her eyes.

But Virat just stood motionless ..I felt he was unable to see his beloved move away from him..Neil is exceptional in the scene. Hats off to him !

I consider the bangle breaking scene till Sai’s departure as one of the best scenes of our Ghum.

Very well directed and enacted to make it heart tugging.

I am eagerly waiting to feel Sairat rule our hearts from tomorrow with the separation track.

Thanks Laksh for the post. It is a delight to read your thoughts since you always present a balanced and neutral perspective. Most important it won’t look forced.