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Both families are entertaining and I am loving them. But thought it might be fun to have some discussion. They represent a little bit of the ridiculous in each other's culture for entertainment, but I don't think they are offending either community. Please respond with your take. This is just my POV:
Team Bhalla:
Caring, protective and rather unassuming family that has been hurt badly by a betrayal. Has good intentions, but bad executions. How? They love Ruhi, but are quite careless about when she goes off alone in the streets, in the park, how she sleeps, etc. Raman with his hurt heart has gone off to Mumbai leaving Ruhi behind to be taken care of by an old mom. Here, Mihir was right, she cannot be the active, attentive woman that Ruhi needs. As a doctor, Ishita has every right to be concerned with this overdose and had to act quickly to save the child. In real life, they would be reported to child-protective-services. I really don't see Ishita's attention toward Ruhi has desperation, though it is unfortunate that every woman is expected to want to be a mother in Ekta's show. But that is the story creating the romance, so we have to take it.
Mama Bhalla doesn't have much education but she does not care to learn here and there either (e.g. English). Not that English is the be all end all, however, that's how it is shown. She is a little too fond of her drinks, I guess this is for Mrs. Iyer's benefit. She fits some Punjabi stereotypes for entertainment. The children among them are pretty much vagabonds and irresponsible. They are without much education as evidenced by Romi-I-objectify-women-Bhalla and Dolly-I-create-drama-for-my-own-selfish-needs Bhalla. She actually thinks Dimple is a good pick because she dresses well. After model wannabe Shagun, we have well-dressed Dimple. Airheads picking airheads for a thinking man like Raman.
Coming back to Romi. THERE ARE TOO MANY ROMIS IN THIS WORLD AND NOT ENOUGH RAMANS!!! I KNOW TOO MANY DESI ROMIS, CANNOT NAME A SINGLE RAMAN. Okay, rant over, back to the point. The younger sister is just a spare with no lasting impression. The dad is a nice guy with no real say. He is disappointed in Raman most likely for changing into this mean character after Shagun's leave.
Their only prize is the oldest, Raman, who sucked up all the family talent and left none for the kids after him LOL 🤣. He is more like his dad but with a strong will (maybe his dad will show more will soon). Unlike his family, Raman neither loud, nor proud. He's a very polished, well-spoken man whose patience with his family's eccentricities deserves a reward. Before he was just an awkward nerd which means, once again, Bhalla family did not really raise him to face the world and its evils. They were just happy with a well-performing model student.
Mama Bhalla loves all her chicks, but has no idea how to take care of them. She firstly found Raman a girl who was not worthy of him in education or ideals. Shagun was introduced by her mom as "a wannabe model who they are just seeking to marry off to a guy who will carry her load 😆 financially," and Mama Bhalla still did not see what is wrong with the picture. She takes a little of the blame here for failing to protect her unassuming son...even though Shagun takes the cake for blame. Raman fell for beauty and learned the hard way that there's more to love. I love when that happens to men 😈 muhahahaha. They marry for looks and bam it hits them like a hot frying pan in the face that they should have cared to search within a little more 😆.
Team Iyer:
Dad worked for the government's health department (hint: educated) and therefore not loaded. Probably never took a bribe. Happy to have two daughters, no backward ideas about OH-WOE-IS-ME-NO-SONS. He is an honest, working man, now retired. He's quite nice and a typical Indian dad in many GOOD ways. 😃 Mom is well-spoken in Hindi, Tamil and English and in touch with technological advances like the internet. MODERN and TRADITIONAL in all the right ways. These hint that they are both better educated than the Bhallas, which I think is an important point to notice even though the Bhallas are way richer thanks to Raman now. They are actually a very classy family. As the saying goes, money can't guy class ⭐️
They raised one older level-headed daughter who does not get into fights with her useless mother-in-law and one dentist. Both women are well-adjusted and have calm, sharp temperaments. They are also very open-minded about their daughter being a doctor and therefore on-call at anytime - including late night.
Mother is a little like Mrs. Bennett and does really desperate things to get her married that gets very embarrassing. But she did give her daughter the freedom to chose for herself and doesn't blame her for Subbu's cowardice. Some of her antics are understandable because she is worried about Ishita being looked down upon for not being able to have children.
But she forgets that her daughter is an independent, working woman who can stand on her own two feet and there is no need to feel down just because of women like Subbu's mother. 😡 Her motherly pride is hurt and she knows Ishita is a prize and she wants to show the world for looking down on her wonderful daughter. That is understandable from a mother's POV. Played by the best actor in the show, this is a character whose ridiculous antics I find very funny. Though it real life, she could be a pain for a daughter, she is a loving mother and Ishi knows that. Otherwise, they are a quiet family who made few troubles for the neighbors other than that flooding incident.
I personally side with the Iyer family despite what Raman says. They are neither gold-diggers, nor unclassy. Raman making fun of Ishita's looks and her status went a bit for me (even though he did not know better). He will soon see that the Iyers are much more balanced than his own. Ishita actually does not actually have to settle for a divorced man with a child and a crazy family. She would actually be marrying down if she does that. Her inability to carry a child is not her fault and she doesn't need to compromise for that. Raman and Ishita only work because they have a strong attraction that will turn to love and because Ruhi is adorable.
What do you think?
Team Bhalla:
Caring, protective and rather unassuming family that has been hurt badly by a betrayal. Has good intentions, but bad executions. How? They love Ruhi, but are quite careless about when she goes off alone in the streets, in the park, how she sleeps, etc. Raman with his hurt heart has gone off to Mumbai leaving Ruhi behind to be taken care of by an old mom. Here, Mihir was right, she cannot be the active, attentive woman that Ruhi needs. As a doctor, Ishita has every right to be concerned with this overdose and had to act quickly to save the child. In real life, they would be reported to child-protective-services. I really don't see Ishita's attention toward Ruhi has desperation, though it is unfortunate that every woman is expected to want to be a mother in Ekta's show. But that is the story creating the romance, so we have to take it.
Mama Bhalla doesn't have much education but she does not care to learn here and there either (e.g. English). Not that English is the be all end all, however, that's how it is shown. She is a little too fond of her drinks, I guess this is for Mrs. Iyer's benefit. She fits some Punjabi stereotypes for entertainment. The children among them are pretty much vagabonds and irresponsible. They are without much education as evidenced by Romi-I-objectify-women-Bhalla and Dolly-I-create-drama-for-my-own-selfish-needs Bhalla. She actually thinks Dimple is a good pick because she dresses well. After model wannabe Shagun, we have well-dressed Dimple. Airheads picking airheads for a thinking man like Raman.
Coming back to Romi. THERE ARE TOO MANY ROMIS IN THIS WORLD AND NOT ENOUGH RAMANS!!! I KNOW TOO MANY DESI ROMIS, CANNOT NAME A SINGLE RAMAN. Okay, rant over, back to the point. The younger sister is just a spare with no lasting impression. The dad is a nice guy with no real say. He is disappointed in Raman most likely for changing into this mean character after Shagun's leave.
Their only prize is the oldest, Raman, who sucked up all the family talent and left none for the kids after him LOL 🤣. He is more like his dad but with a strong will (maybe his dad will show more will soon). Unlike his family, Raman neither loud, nor proud. He's a very polished, well-spoken man whose patience with his family's eccentricities deserves a reward. Before he was just an awkward nerd which means, once again, Bhalla family did not really raise him to face the world and its evils. They were just happy with a well-performing model student.
Mama Bhalla loves all her chicks, but has no idea how to take care of them. She firstly found Raman a girl who was not worthy of him in education or ideals. Shagun was introduced by her mom as "a wannabe model who they are just seeking to marry off to a guy who will carry her load 😆 financially," and Mama Bhalla still did not see what is wrong with the picture. She takes a little of the blame here for failing to protect her unassuming son...even though Shagun takes the cake for blame. Raman fell for beauty and learned the hard way that there's more to love. I love when that happens to men 😈 muhahahaha. They marry for looks and bam it hits them like a hot frying pan in the face that they should have cared to search within a little more 😆.
Team Iyer:
Dad worked for the government's health department (hint: educated) and therefore not loaded. Probably never took a bribe. Happy to have two daughters, no backward ideas about OH-WOE-IS-ME-NO-SONS. He is an honest, working man, now retired. He's quite nice and a typical Indian dad in many GOOD ways. 😃 Mom is well-spoken in Hindi, Tamil and English and in touch with technological advances like the internet. MODERN and TRADITIONAL in all the right ways. These hint that they are both better educated than the Bhallas, which I think is an important point to notice even though the Bhallas are way richer thanks to Raman now. They are actually a very classy family. As the saying goes, money can't guy class ⭐️
They raised one older level-headed daughter who does not get into fights with her useless mother-in-law and one dentist. Both women are well-adjusted and have calm, sharp temperaments. They are also very open-minded about their daughter being a doctor and therefore on-call at anytime - including late night.
Mother is a little like Mrs. Bennett and does really desperate things to get her married that gets very embarrassing. But she did give her daughter the freedom to chose for herself and doesn't blame her for Subbu's cowardice. Some of her antics are understandable because she is worried about Ishita being looked down upon for not being able to have children.
But she forgets that her daughter is an independent, working woman who can stand on her own two feet and there is no need to feel down just because of women like Subbu's mother. 😡 Her motherly pride is hurt and she knows Ishita is a prize and she wants to show the world for looking down on her wonderful daughter. That is understandable from a mother's POV. Played by the best actor in the show, this is a character whose ridiculous antics I find very funny. Though it real life, she could be a pain for a daughter, she is a loving mother and Ishi knows that. Otherwise, they are a quiet family who made few troubles for the neighbors other than that flooding incident.
I personally side with the Iyer family despite what Raman says. They are neither gold-diggers, nor unclassy. Raman making fun of Ishita's looks and her status went a bit for me (even though he did not know better). He will soon see that the Iyers are much more balanced than his own. Ishita actually does not actually have to settle for a divorced man with a child and a crazy family. She would actually be marrying down if she does that. Her inability to carry a child is not her fault and she doesn't need to compromise for that. Raman and Ishita only work because they have a strong attraction that will turn to love and because Ruhi is adorable.
What do you think?
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