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Hi All
Me again with a serious post... another child-based post. Not Adi, but Ruhi this time...
I was holding my tongue on the OLVs to see how this Ruhi scene played out. After watching it today, I couldnt help write this in another post. Some of you may have read it already.
In a nutshell, I think that scene was just wrong. Some things I felt:
1) It portrayed all the adults in the family as mute spectators who don't know right from wrong. Which is what the CVs have been showing us anyway. But it makes a mockery of the dynamics between adults-children in a family. Will Ruhi ever whole-heartedly respect anyone in that family any more? Or will she grow up to be someone who thinks she is always right because the elders in her family don't know the difference between right and wrong? (bold parts her words not mine).
2) Today, they finally established the future of Ruhi's relationship with her biological mother. I agree Shagun deserves to have no place in Ruhi's life or heart. But I don't agree with the fact that a 6-year old child expresses 'disgust' for her mother in the way Ruhi did today. For all she knows, Shagun may have left Raman because they genuinely fell out of love. FOr all she knows her mother & father separated because her grand-parents harassed her mother... You think I am being absurd ? No, I am not being any more absurd than the fact that a 6-year old has the emotional intelligence to gauge that her mother betrayed her father. No matter how perceptive and smart Ruhi is, I didnt expect her to say these things about her mother. Even during the custody case, and when the judge came to their house, Ruhi was VERY cautious around Shagun. That was less than a year ago. She displayed the confused/innocent/hurt child very appropriately. And suddenly today, they made a 6-year old not just smart and perceptive, but judgemental.
3) In their sudden urge to establish Ruhi as the rockstar, CVs also showed something strange. I don't know if it was intentional, symbolic or plain carelessness. Why did Ruhi separate Raman-Adi's hands? I understand she was to separate Shagun and Raman. But she jerked off Raman & Adi's joined hands too. WHY ? Which makes me wonder, if Ruhi doesnt even consider Adi to be a part of her life any more? I know how wrong Adi is, but Ruhi doesnt necessarily have the full knowledge of what he is doing to hurt Ishita. She was mad about Shagun taking Ishita's place, but what about Adi? Doesnt she think he belongs with her dad ?
4) I think the CVs deliberately kept Ruhi away from the anniversary party, so they could facilitate this whole track and then today's 'explosive' scene. Which makes me wonder, if Adi had just replied to Ruhi saying, "what's the big deal? Your Ishima allowed mom-dad to celebrate their wedding anniversary a few days ago. She also gave mom the place in our family pics." what would Ruhi's reaction be? I am not comparing the mistakes of Ishita versus Raman, but I am making a point that Ruhi came out very judgemental today, without knowing all the facts. That is what happens when you make kids think they are emotionally more intelligent than their age.
Last but not the least... This whole scene could have had the same effect (story-wise), if Ruhi just came there and asked her dad "Papa, why are you doing this Puja with Shagun-mamma. Why are you not doing the puja with Ishima? Because you guys have done the Pongal/Diwali puja together"... THAT would have been a virtual slap on the faces of all adults anyway. But no, CVs no more care about story & social responsibility. They care about drama. and they got drama 😕
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PS: This post is about CVs using a child in story meant for adults, and making a child do and say things way older than her age. So, please keep your replies about that only. And yes, I know that this is a drama and all, but there are some things that need a lot more than a pinch of salt to digest.
PPS: I have mentioned this in multiple posts before, so I didn't include Adi in this post, but yes, they are going way overboard with Adi's evil-genius personality too.
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