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1Originally posted by: .Lilith.
*Spoiler Alert*Ghulaam, as a show uses in-your-face regression to display the cruelty women face in B'pur. The show, unlike a Barjatya movie or a Gul daily soap, doesn't believe in promoting sexism and misogyny under heavy layers of designer clothes, posh bungalows, richie rich hunks and blinding glamour- it is what it is (excuse my "Sherlock" reference π).Ghulaam is rustic, blatant and doesn't hide behind anything remotely glamourous. It may drag at times but it makes up for it too. And while the show shows the men as utterly cruel beasts, let's talk about the men of the ruling house in B'pur- the Chaudhary household.Yes, they are blatantly regressive. Yes, they commit acts of cowardice and cruelty. But, but, but...can I write them all off as irredeemable? I think not. πRuthless as they may be, especially with their "ladki uthaao, byaah karao" policy (not even taking into consideration that she may be carrying a life-threatening STD and can very well infect everyone around her π), but they can't be termed as "heartless".They show compassion, in bits and pieces, every now and then.They mostly act cruel when they witness defiance or rule-breaking.Take the last two episodes, for example. Manmeet surprises me almost every time. π The way he stands up for his wife is actually commendable! πHe actually punished his mother, believing that she caused his wife's injury. He laughed when his mother burnt her hand because his wife suffered the same.Jageer- no comments. This dude confuses me more than Mr Colouurful. π₯±Bheeshm Pratap- he actually cares for his wife. Yes, he may have gotten angry at her trying to be the queen bee for a day, but then, that was expected. He cares about her well-being and actually listens to her advice or suggestions.Veer- THE most colourful character of the show. π Yeh banda mere pale nahin padta. πBut, look at the way he treats Shivani- apart from the rule-breaking parts (again). He doesn't believe in all that astrological shit but he adheres to it all the same, just because he loves his mother. He never tried to force himself on Shivani, instead is using stupid, child-like tricks to get her to sleep with him! π€£Even in his anger, he wouldn't stop his "baby dawwl" jaap! πThe men in the household are anything but lusty, depraved beings! They don't participate in marital rape, nor torture their wives if they are unable to perform. If nothing, this may well serve as a redeeming factor (unless ST tries to repeat a "Madhubala" here and makes me eat my words- which I DON'T want).
Originally posted by: prem_diwani
Excellent post ... couldn't agree more ..and your analysis of analysis of the men makes me think there is some hope..
They are raw n rooted in the old school chauvnistic behaviour that is prevalent in a more sugar coated manner in current society ...
Today sarkar pulled manmeet away from rashmi and yet in the same breath threatened his wife with violence for standing in for him in his absence.But the rage on Gulgullis face was telling.
Hopefully she leads the change in the house at some point.
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