It was only in 2022 (Thanks to my friend taking me to Rupali ji's visit for her event in my hometown) I came to know that there was a show by the name "Anupama" was being telecast on Star Plus at 10.00 PM and Rupali ji was playing the titular character in the show. The 1st episode of this show was aired on 13th July 2020.
The main aim of this show was to narrate the story of how a simple house wife who apart from cooking in kitchen has never stepped out to explore the outside world can become something without the support of any man. In simple terms Women Empowerment. Fans were naturally thrilled at such a concept. But when the episodes started to roll out 1 by 1, even the hard core fans were disappointed with the show.
This show had become the most toxic show due to the following reasons.
01. The Shah family is a disgustingly filthy family which treats women like slaves, an unpaid maid. TrashRaj is the epitome of this behaviour. He feels that Anupama is not upto his standards, never missed any opportunity to humiliate her. Baa who is TrashRaj's mother fully supports her son in his humiliation of Anupama.
02. Hasmukh who is the head of the family even though he knows whatever happening is not good choses to be like Dritharashtra, neither reprimanding his wife nor his son over his vile behaviour towards Anupama.
03. TrashRaj's elder son Toshu and his daughter Pakhi who idolize their toxic father do not treat their mother Anupama as a simple woman (Forgot about treating her as a woman, they do not treat her as a human being). Toshu and Pakhi also have left no stone unturned in the character assassination of Anupama.
04. This show glorifies EMA and having infidelity as anger issues. Vanraj had cheated Kavya and offered a stupid reason that Anupama was not well educated and he had issues with Anupama's English. If he had wanted a well educated girl as his wife, why did he not invest in Anupama's education? No woman likes to become like Bechari but at the end of day Vanraj has made her 1. If Vanraj had issues over Anupama's English why did he not arrange for online English tuitions for her? Anupama was blindly worshipping her toxic husband for the last 25 years and Vanraj takes advantage of her blind trust and cheats her. Toshu follows the foot steps of his toxic father and cheats Kinjal with his infidelity.
05. Any woman who had divorced her husband will not stay with her ex husband and his current wife under the same roof. Anupama was seen visiting the Shah house regularly even after she had divorced Vanraj. The concept of divorce was the biggest joke in this show thanks to Anupama's stupid dialogue "Kagaz ke tukdo par..........." (Request some 1 to complete this whole dialogue).
06. Women who are career oriented and working like Rakhi ji have been demonized in this show. Rakhi ji was the most sensible, practical, well educated, modern, rich and successful business women are demonized but people who always want to play victim card and become bechari like Anupama are glorified.
07. I should have mentioned this as the 1st point. Anupama's biggest mistake was not to fight with her mother for completing her education and getting a good job in her own chosen field. If the titular character itself has so many flaws, then how can we expect Women Empowerment?
08. Kinjal is the most toxic daughter in this show. She had stood muted to the humiliation of Rakhi ji by the SH members and especially by Anupama during the Loan Tamasha. Kinjal did not stand up for her mother Rakhi ji when Anupama announced that Kinjal will not visit her mother's home any more. If Rakhi ji is a drama queen, then all the members of the Shah family are jokers and Rakhi ji was spot on when she said that Shah family is a Phatichar Bikhari family. I loved the way Rakhi ji has taunted Anupama over her education.
09. The male lead Anuj has as many flaws as the female lead. Anuj had failed to prevent Malvika from walking into Vanraj's trap and his manipulative tactics to snatch the Kapadia Empire from Anuj thanks to his blind love for Anupama. The makers had shown Anuj as a lover boy and as a husband material to Anupama. Anuj should not have married Anupama and the makers could have shown a more mature friendship between Anuj and Anupama with Anuj funding Anupama's education and also funding Anupama's English classes. After Anupama had completed her education, Anuj himself could have offered a job to her in his company.
10. After marrying Anupama, Anuj gives everything to her on a platter makes her the signing authority of Kapadia Empire even handing over his business to her without taking her educational qualification into consideration. Even though Anuj gives every thing to Anupama on a platter, she visits the Shah house almost every day to get insulted and abused. Anupama did not think about her career, her dreams and what she wants to be, she was always more interested in solving the never ending problems of Shah family. 1 fine day Anuj loses all his patience and lashes out at Anupama for "Taking her married life for granted" attitude. Anupama instead of accepting her shortcomings gracefully and promising to work on her negatives, tears her family pic and more shockingly decides to break her wedding with Anuj.
Feel free to add any points that I have missed out.
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