Originally posted by: Sg2013
Since everybody had HAS here. I have some HAS thoughts too,
Was NA like Shlok in his younger days, somebody who wanted to go against traditions ?
A little background here . There are mainly 3 major sects of maharashtrian brahmins - deshastha - eg : both -Agnihotri and Deshpande ( jyoti's husband) , koknastha - eg Godbole , anjali's parents and Karhade - Kirloskar - Astha. Marriage between these 3 sects was not common previously especially in arranged marriages. So did NA marry Anjali against his parents wishes and wanted to bring change In his family. NA's parents were orthodox and probably his mother made Anjali do all these rituals and she could not go against them and Anjali's parents complained to the police for torture of their daughter and NA had to go to jail, although it was not his fault but a misunderstanding that it was not him but his parents( may be mother) who troubled Anjali.
NA then started taking revenge from Anjali by now really making her follow all the traditions and becoming very orthodox. So he makes Anjali do all this since she did not go against his parents's may be mother's wishes and stand for him. So NA taunts her that you could not be a good wife .Chachu always taunts Anjali too that she could not go against anybody. Over the years NA then made Anjali exactly like his mother as a punishment for not standing up for him. . Does Chachu taunt Anjali because of this too? Since he too saw Anjali was not strong to bring the change.
NA asked for Astha's hand for Shlok although he knew Astha was Kirloskar. Was it purposely to show Anjali that Shlok and Astha can go against the traditions? NA had told Shlok he would support Shlok in all his decisions which we have seen him do. Shlok and Astha's horoscopes were not matching, but NA was ok with it since most likely when he married Anjali their horoscopes were not matching or he did not care about them ? NA told the pundit not to tell that to anyone since he knew Anjali would then stop the marriage on that pretext.
NA did see that Astha could speak against Shlok the very first time he met Astha but still wanted her as DIL.A man who is so narrow minded a male chauvenist would not want somebody like Astha to be DIL? So why did he chose her ? So that she would now go against the traditions and fight them , something he wanted Anjali to do but failed. May be Anjali has now become exactly like her MIL.
NA accepted Kavya as his granddaughter and proudly said so. NA actually started educational institutions which later became his business . NA asked for Astha as DIL. When she had said nothe other girl's last name was Pradhan , not most likely not brahmin but kayashta . So have they shown the narrow minded ness of the prevalent caste system and the sects and subsects too? Was Swati not a brahmin? Was that the reason Anjali did not want her? NA basically punishes Anjali who then punishes Astha . Is NA taking revenge on Anjali by making her do all these rituals for his own insult by her parents like Shlok who was taking revenge on Astha because of his father's insult ?
Sorry for this HAS but it has been bothering me for a long time now that why did the story writer chose 3 last names which are prototypes of the 3 different sects of maharashtrian brahmins. Jyoti was married into same sect as Agnihotri . Did Varad like somebody who was different but had to chose Sojal who belonged to the same sect or is Sojal like the pradhans as her mother knew the Pradhan. Was NA hoping Sojal too to change the codes of Anjali but she failed him too and so now wants Astha to do so.? NA does not like Abhay as much as Anjali .
These are just HAS thoughts and I may be completely off track here.
I understand these sects and differences because I grew up in maharashtra...but present day not many people think about these..I knows many brahmin marathi friends married to marathas.
I do think you have a good point in thinking...
But since the story is made for national audience..I do not think differences between diff marathi brahmin sects or breaking that code is the moot point here...that is very very difficult to explain to non-marathi audience...
I think the name Agnihotri was chosen because it represents sacrifice in fire...sacrifice of personal happiness. And Agnihotri and Kirloskar might have been chosen for the Jamadgani-Renuka-Parashuram aspect that we saw before.
If really NA wanted change or wanted change in his family...he would have been looking for a working daughter in law, maybe another business owner's daughter. Common he has an empire...he can choose many rich girls...but he chooses Astha because she is middle class...padi rahegi...LOSS OF HIS CONTROL OVER HIS HOUSEHOLD IS HIS PROBLEM.
True Astha fought initial meeting, but NA saw she apologized at her father's insistence.
What better way to control the heir and son than find a meek wife for him and have the DIL and her parents be puppets.
No I think NA is a real Creep...and there is some past that links him to Kalindi's past..her past marriage. Kalindi's previous Sasubai has been referred many times over...maybe she will make an appearance soon.
I also have a doubt that Shlok is really AVdhoot's son...( in know people will throw eggs on me for this🤢, but I really feel so...) because in many scenes where Avdhoot says mein Baap hoon ya baap ka dil or pitaah...he does not say beti ka baap hun.
I do feel Avdhoot is very mila hua in Shlok's plans..and Shlok and Avdhoot are together going to bring NA down.
As usual I could be wrong!! But I truly do not think NA married ANjali to being change..if so he would not have beaten her on AShlok wedding day..that horrible scene...and there wouldnt be the stick in thier room.
If NA wanted change, he would have brought change atleast for Jyothi's sake..who he knows is not happy.
First scene NA asked for AStha so that he can have a hold on AVdhoot for business reasons...
Edited by bluejalpari - 10 years ago
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