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rajat & paridhi as jodha akbar <3

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REEL VS REAL

15 YEARS LATER

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Armaan & Abhira ● Ep1306

Source: YRKKH/StarPlus

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KSG and Deepika at YRF studios for Fighter

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Picture for a second that you are one (1) Dr. Dayal Thakur. Unmarried, in your mid to late 40s. A successful surgeon about to depart for America in a short period time. One day your car crashes into a girl while she was being chased by violent assailants. She would have almost certainly died if it weren't for your medical expertise and her frighteningly strong will to survive. Now this girl you rescued, she is out for blood. She wants to kill a man. She wants to topple an empire. She wants to take down the most powerful family in all of Kolkata. You listen to her horrific, unjust backstory and decide, 'Fuck it, this is my child now'. You take your newly adopted daughter, whom you grow to love very much with all of your heart as if you had always been her father, to America where she spends the next two years coming up with an insane plan to take down the Goenka corporate empire. She also convinces herself that she is Just Like the goddess Durga and that it's her divine mission in life to destroy the evil-doers who killed her family. Not only do you go along with her ploy, you actively encourage her in her pursuit for vengeance. On the days when she feels like she can't go on you assure her that she is Just Like the goddess Durga and that this is her divine mission in life which she can't back down from. You use your position as a most outstanding surgeon, who is about found a mega cancer research institute, to allow her whatever resources she needs to enact her schemes and willingly participate as a chess piece in her grand plot. Also you take care of her when she injures herself during various espionages and buy her little gifts when she is feeling down and she constantly fusses over your health and bakes you little goodies that you can safely eat with your high blood sugar and the two of you are the world's most content little family.

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JAILER (2023) HD Wallpapers

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Rant time!!!!!!!!!

Can anyone explain to me why the cheating trope is so popular in current Indian/desi television? WHAT is the freaking appeal of it for mass audiences that practically every tv show sooner or later launches into this storyline IRRESPECTIVE of what their original show plot was???

And the thing about a cheating storyline is, when it is treated with nuance and respect, it can actually be very compelling. Like, on a personal, totally subjective level, I am NOT a fan of this trope. But, I will get into a love triangle, give it a fair chance, if I see a storyline with three fully fleshed out characters with distinct motivations related to their psychology, their personality, their desires. The angst of falling in love with another person while in a committed relationship, if explored without letting people off the hook for immoral actions, can actually be a very interesting. Duty/responsibility vs love/lust. What does it take to make an angel fall. Etc.

But nuance? Who is she? Certainly nowhere to be found in these shows. They have the most basic, fucked up version of the cheating trope, cheating used for drama, cheating to generate emotional torture situations, cheating the way a 15 yr old would understand it. When handled carelessly, its so easy to slip into either a victim-blaming or other-woman shaming narrative with the cheating trope. And, OF COURSE THE MAN (USUALLY THE CHEATER) ALWAAAYS GETS OFF SCOT FREE WITH THE CLEANEST CHARACTER CERTIFICATE BC BOOHOO HIS MANLY HORMONES BOOHOO DIDN’T MEAAAANNNNN TOOOO BOOHOO HE STILL LOVES HER.

THAT is the crux of the issue: these shows want to have their cake and eat it too. They want an other woman we instantly hate, but they don’t want us to hate the man who betrays his wife for her. They want to show an epic, pure, for-the-ages love, the romance novel tropey love, where two star crossed lovers fight through a sea of problems and even with their own damn selves to find their way together. And then they insert the cheating/betrayal as simply another melodramatic obstacle that doesn’t, in any way, dint the character of the cheater or cast a negative light on their OH SO GREAT love story. 

We as the audience are expected to continue rooting with all our heart for the couple to get back and stay together. We’re supposed to cheer the virtuous wife on as she “fights” to get “her man” back. Or, hate her for anything she does in anger as a response to the cheating. We’re supposed to despise the other woman for being an immoral villain, practically criminal at times, for “stealing the man”, but never hate the man for being stolen lol. 

We’re supposed to ALWAYS sympathize with the cheating man, even while he is cheating with the heroine’s sister/best friend/bully/attempted murderer/all of the above; even as he dumps/or is dumped by the heroine, and even as he is “stuck” in the secondary relationship while “loyally” pining for the heroine. He is never the one to hate, even for a second!

To which I say: FUCK YOU AND NO.

/end rant

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Everyone please watch these clips from the new daily Hindi soap Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal, an unsanctioned remake of the vampire diaries where they are clearly blood drinking vampires but Ekta is using the word for werewolf 😭😂😂😂

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Happy Birthday KSG

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Episode 6

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Tara Sehgal ● Chand Jalne Laga Ep.15.

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Durga Thakur in the pilot episode of Ek Hasina Thi

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Ali Baba needs to go off air for a bit. cutting episodes around Ali and Mariam is so ridiculous. they are literally the main characters. i love Simsim but she makes no sense without a hero.

removing the part where Simsim hurts Mariam makes sense, it's all too soon, the situation is too tragic. but for gods sake, don't be so scared to show Tunisha. i'm tuning in because i want to cherish her work, whatever little i have left to see. please show it, and let me celebrate her beyond the sweet little tribute episode.

and erasing Sheezan from the promos and important scenes which are the crux of the plot, while still continuing to air the show? its so stupid and insensitive. if the channel doesn't want to show him, go off air. if you don't have the right footage of him (which i dont believe), take a break. stop treating him like a criminal before any judgement has been passed.

this compulsive need of tellywood to keep going, despite the inhumanity of the situation is so vile. just pause. it's fine. things are not going to get any worse than they already are.