She is not being whitewashed .., believe me .. I have seen enough tv shows ..the very fact that they are all pandering to her and sheâs behaving obstinately is done so that viewers feel no sympathy towards her ..
A character gets sympathy from trp public when sheâd thrown out of the house ⌠people behave cruelly with her ..like what they did with Sai and Devyani..
over here the viewers are made to see sheâs a selfish brat who does not care for her husband but her in laws are keeping her well inspite if it ..Infact Kaku is looking cleaner in front of pakhi
I try hard to look at it that way too....
Sometimes I feel yes..lot of times I'm sceptical...
Mainly the way she is being shown...if you look at Karishma/Sonali, we can say she is a mischevious person adding ghee to fire....no sympathetic background music or anything...
But with Pakhi, there is focus on her ....and background music...and cast members have given explanation that she is a grey character and victim of circumstances.... unrequited love etc. Obviously this is what they have been briefed about her character.
Another problem is that in none of the shows you are referring to - the vamp gets her just desserts right? Here too, she will get the good guy and live happily ever after.
I didn't get Pakhi-Bhavani bonding either....from the audience perspective...it's birds of same feather flock together.....but from writers POV probably that they genuinely care about each other?