Introduction
Director - Pawan Kumar Marut, Pawan Sahu & Deelip Kumar
Genre – Drama, Fantasy
Language – Hindi
No. of seasons- 1
Total episodes- 2,285
Main Cast
Shoaib Ibrahim / Dheeraj Dhoopar / Mazher Sayed as Prem Bhardwaj
Avika Gor as Roli Dwivedi Bhardwaj
Manish Raisinghan as Siddhant Bhardwaj
Jayati Bhatia as Nirmala Devi "Mataji" Bhardwaj
About the Director
Pawan Kumar Marut, Pawan Sahu and Deelip Kumar are Producers and Directors from India. So far, they have worked in the Bollywood entertainment industry and their artwork has been released in Hindi language TV shows.
About the show
Sasural Simar Ka is one of the most popular Indian television soap operas that aired from 25 April 2011 to 2 March 2018 on Colors TV. It was produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms and the plot revolves around two sisters, Simar and Roli who get married under the same roof.
This typical Indian household show talks about the ‘ideal’ bahus which sets various expectations in the Indian families and this often leads to a comparison between the reel and the real.
It is the second most longest-running Indian television series on Colors TV after Balika Vadhu. Owning to such a huge number, viewers can imagine the gender stereotypes which would have reached many Indian families putting restrictions on their daughters-in-law because the show has been problematic and controversial since the very beginning because Simar wanted to be a dancer but her conservative parents totally dismissed her dream and get her married which also happens which a lot of unnecessary drama on the day of marriage, Simar goes to a dancing competition and Roli is forced to marry Prem without any objection and in the name of ‘sisterhood’.
“Aapko iss tarah yaha.. bulane.. ke liye.. mai maafi chahti
Hu.. Darasal vo…”
-Simar
In this dialogue, Simar took countless breaks to ‘convince’ Prem that she wanted to fulfil her desire of dancing. She is shown to make no eye contact with her husband and is cut in between by him and ultimately starts crying as she does every five minutes of the episode.
This provides the message that how women can’t even pursue their passion with their zeal and are vulnerable creatures because they can be easily subdued.
Now, if any educated woman wishes to voice her opinion in front of her mother-in-law whose mind has been engrossed with these wicked ideas, she would be shames of ‘speaking too much,’ ‘going out for work,’ ‘going outside and earning’ and ‘wearing western clothes’ when the stereotype of wearing only Suits and Sarees is well flourished in this show.
This extremely ridiculous idea of linking ‘ladoos’ with ‘jobs’ is completely senseless. Actually, Simar’s wish of being an independent woman doesn’t depend on ‘ladoos’ or ‘the taste’ but on the ‘patriarchy’ providing a message to thousands of households to keep women always in their fists.
Both the sisters wake up early and spend their entire day making ‘gol rotis’ in the kitchen. Few say that it is based on the sisters' love and how they can tackle hundreds of situations just to protect their families but what are they even getting in return, Ladoos which will decide their career?
This show defies logic. It takes at least five minutes for a character to move from one room to another or to walk out of a car or to finally speak up.
It doesn’t even promote the idea of a happy family because of these stereotypes and a nonessential ‘antagonist’ who just thinks of mixing ‘namak’ in the ‘kheer’ to defame these ideal bahus of a reputed, rich and so-called ‘educated upper-class’ family.
The Bottom Line
It’s eventually a game of TRP and what happens in Indian society. Women usually watch these shows after completing the household chores and finally when they are ‘free’ and with this mindset comes patriarchal views and misogynistic ideas in the name of ‘entertainment’.
It can’t even be imagined how many families have destroyed the liberty of their daughters or bahus just to make them ‘sanskari’ enough to stay quiet around the four walls of the kitchen.
Such shows should be completely banned, thinking of the huge disastrous impact that they can make on Indian families.
My ratings for the series - 1 on 5
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Written by- Aishwarya Neeraj
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