If BCCC didn’t find anything offensive in this, the show had more content to offer that was problematic. The very setup of the marriage bureau, is more like that of a shoe shop, whereby, the bio-profiles of women are stored in shoe boxes, and are being transmitted in the same fashion as you’d transmit shoes from entresol. Jayashree, in her dream sequence, takes Hansa to a marriage bureau and the scenes that follow are the most problematic scenes that disturbed me internally so much, that I ended up filing a complaint to Broadcasting Contents Complaint Council (BCCC). The next we know, Babuji is validating people partying after the death of their mother-in-law, and asks his children to adapt this behavior, instead of asking him to remarry. What confuses me the most is how is this supposed to be a comedy show? When offensive shows like these that cater to all age groups, trivialise issues like dowry or men dreaming about romancing women in their dreams, or worse humourise them, it creates an impression of these things being normal or merely funny.Īlso read: Your Demeaning Jokes Are Everything But Funny And Harmless And in the dream sequence, oldie’s family is very casually asking for dowry. Immediately after the prep talk, Babuji starts dreaming about romancing a woman half his age and in the second part of his dream sequence, he is imagining himself getting married to the same young woman. The show only reinforces these ideas, under the garb of humor, of course.Īlso read: What Exactly Is Happening With Ishqbaaaz And Why Is Star India Still Silent About It?
Not to forget the problematic portrayal of an idealistic wife is her cooking, taking care of children, and serving her husband. Our society has a popular narrative that whenever a man gets married, his life is spoiled because all his freedom is curtailed and there are jokes that are famously circulated on Whatsapp groups by men and women alike. They try to convince, rather force Babuji to get remarried because they want to bitch about their evil mother-in-law in their kitty parties, by using phrases like,” Aapki zindagi kharab karne wali koi to chahiye“ (we need someone to spoil your life), “ Nayi biwi saas kamini ho par biwi acchi nikle, jo suhaag raat k din daasi ki tarah aapke paer dabaye“ (New bride will be an evil mother-in-law but she may be a good wife, who would massage your feet like a servant).īabuji starts dreaming about romancing a woman half his age and in the second part of his dream sequence, he is imagining himself getting married to the same young woman.
Now, this is a great concept to start a conversation about, because a lot of stigmatisation is associated with old people getting remarried – but not for a show that’s going to create humor out of it.
Saddened by the non-participation of themselves in this conversation, they (Hansa and Jayashree) force Babuji to get re-married. The episode begins with a group of women, in a kitty party, complaining about their mothers-in-law. The authorities thought that my complaint was invalid, as they thought that sexism, misogyny and casual objectification of women is just a mindless conversation between the protagonists and nothing that belittles women or degrades them.
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