I couldn't agree with you more!! The USP of the show is being diluted so much, its almost like watching another serial right now.
From IPKKND to "Kyunki Daadi Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi"...🤢 😡 😕 Seriously, the CV's had so much left to explore in the complicated relationship between the leads. Shyam issue is still to be fully resolved, Anjali still does not really trust Arnav and Khushi's version fully, preferring to have faith in Shyam to some extent; there is still the issue of Arnav--Khushi's tangled pasts (which could have been brought out by Shyam!!)
WHY did they need to bring in this Daadi character, who is definitely casteist? There's no point saying that there are actually people like this out there! There are all sorts of loonies, losers and low lifes in the world, are you going to depict each and every one of them even if the script has no place for them?
I am assuming there could only be 3 reasons (convoluted as they are) for this foolish track:
A) Assuming Daadi's entry and hostility to Khushi makes Arnav stand by her even more and thereby he proves his devotion and faith in her. Why did they need this new character for this? As it is, Mami is howlingly hostile towards Khushi, Akaash is indifferent and sometimes rude, Anjali is ambiguous at best!! There was enough scope for Arnav to demonstrate his willingness to stand by her without this added character.
B) Assuming Daadi's intervention is what brings out the secret of Arnav--Khushi's shared pasts. As I mentioned above, this could have been done by Shyam, the existing villain on the show! Why dilute his role?
C) Assuming Daadi forces Arnav-Khushi remarriage. Doesn't this sound totally spurious seeing how she reacts to Khushi? For God's sake, she tells her to stay out of her room and says she needs to purify herself after being touched by her!! And why should anyone force the remarriage anyway? It was part of the redemption process Arnav had to do, to actually give Khushi the wedding with all rites and rituals she always dreamed of. It was something HE owed to HER; something HE had to think of doing. Getting Daadi in between lowers the value of this act.
So really, all the excuses I can think of, for this unnecessary and diversionary track, are pointless in the extreme. If there are any more, would be glad if we can have a discussion on those. 😊
Finally, a note to the director/ writer/ other creatives of the show. In 2012, you are showing an authoritative lady, who other members of her family (including her samdhan) apparently respect and fear, behaving like a total cad, with definite casteist tendencies. And NO ONE has the stomach to tell her off? I am sorry, but this the height of inept direction and screenplay!
If my Grandmom (God rest her soul, she was a Great Lady with nothing but kindness in her) had ever behaved this way, I would have told her it was inappropriate in a heartbeat. And I had the highest love and regard for her.
You know, seeing this disgusting portrayal, I was contrasting the situation with our domestic help who started working for us when I was 3 years old. She finally left owing to her advancing years, when I was 24. There wasn't a dry eye in the house on her last day at work, and that was true across generations and gender. She still drops in occasionally just to help out or say Hello.
Why not show the good side of relationships instead of focusing on caricatured weaknesses all the time? Is it because such negative saas-bahu (daadi-bahu in this case) tracks are supposed to be the nayi soch? Or are you actually too busy repeating 'Dekhna hai to Dekho' to do any real 'soch-ing' at all? 😛
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