I have been watching Balika Vadhu for a week now (because I am at home and TV runs 24*7). Without a doubt, Indian television is so very entertaining and most of the times mindless. But the ongoing story of the show did manage to disturb me.
Ok, our dear Jagiya who had this gudda-gudiya like wedding with Anandi and who was so much like the best husband, best friend, is now a grown up who rides a bike, speaks fluent english, goes to town to become a doctor and OFCOURSE falls for another girl and marries her! Such a twist in the tale was actually expected, how else will the show manage a full house? The show does show a very modern perspective and it is commendable how Anandi’s in-laws have disowned their son. These days the entire focus of the show is to make Jagiya and his new wife Gauri realise the mistake they have committed, applause! But then, there was too much stressing on Gauri’s character, her mistakes, her doing this and her doing that….she has actually cried her heart out in the past all episodes. While I am not going to defend her here, my only and only issue was “why” was Jagiya spared of all the lectures and character assassinations? Was he not wrong in the first place to be doing this? Why does our society have this tendency to jump immediately at the girl? Gauri atleast married the only guy she loved, but Jagiya? How often does his love fluctuate, how many muses does he need and have? Shouldn’t we be checking him for wronging not one but two girls?
The age-old question lingers even today…Are we a male-dominated society? I am scared to answer.
