Devils Den-theme NT- Info below belongs to the den

The value of warmth is heightened by the winter freeze

Blistering summer heat amplifies the comfort of a cooling breeze

If we do not feel the pangs of hunger, there is no value in satiation

Without frustration there is no sense of satisfaction

In a world sans lies, truth would have no significance

If life were devoid of sadness, happiness would be of no consequence

If failure was not a possibility, success would not have any substance

In the absence of darkness, how would light have any importance

If there was no war, peace and serenity would have no value

Without the presence of evil, being good would not be a virtue.

~~~ Jhanvi ~~~

The first coming

Naintara Rathod (NT) is a vamp unlike any other. She has class stamped all over her. Her language, her actions, her dressing style and her way of carrying herself all reflect this and set her apart from the other vamps who have graced the small screen. By her own claim she is descended from the Rajputs themselves and is of noble birth. She also comes from money but that does not stop her from being materialistic. She always addresses everyone as "Aap" no matter whether it is friend as foe, young or old. She always wore classy sarees and now-a-days sports classy western outfits.

She never refers to her as Naintara Khurana, she always says "Naintara Rathod naam hai humara" indicating that her own identity is not defined by her husband and that she is the most important person in her own mind. NT is a manipulator who will use anyone and everyone around her be it friend or family to meet her own ends. Her needs and wants take precedence over anyone else's.

Not much is known of her life before she married Dev Singh Khurana, younger brother of the heir to the Khurana fortune, Maan Singh Khurana. The story of how Dev and NT met and married is shrouded in mystery and remains to be explored. In some ways one wonders why someone who was a go-getter like NT would marry a pathetic loser like Dev? By her own admission, NT married Dev thinking he was indeed the heir to the fortune and received a rude awakening when she realized it was not him but his brother who stood to inherit everything.  Given a choice she would have married Maan Singh Khurana  (even now I think she fancies him) but that was not to be because Maan was a man who ran as far away from women as possible. Another point to be noted is that two strong personalities in a marriage will doom the marriage even before it begins. Dev-NT marriage was perfect in that regard because she was a dominant personality and Dev was a submissive one. It was never a marriage of equals and NT always called the shots.

NT is a fascinating case because she is very much a woman but one who exhibits many masculine traits. It is this apparent contradiction that makes her all the more compelling. She is cunning and calculative and plots like a man, dissociating herself from the subject. But when it comes to execution, the feminine emotional side takes over and she goes overboard.

Let us touch on the masculine traits first. Arrogant, dominating and dictatorial, she needs to be the one in control which is why she never got along with MSK. She bossed over her mother-in-law, even going to the extent of abusing her physically. It was clear to one and all who wore the pants in this family. NT ruled over her spineless husband, making him dance to her will, to the point of getting him to commit bigamy and marry an innocent girl. NT was forced to do this after her husband gambled away his fortune and then hers too and ended up deeply in debt with some dangerous loan sharks. Worried that her life style would be affected after her brother-in-law refused to help and the loan sharks threatened to send them to prison, NT charted out a plan wherein they would go into a village, have Dev marry an innocent girl and run away with her dowry. She forced her mother-in-law and sister-in-law to cooperate with them in their scheme and went ahead with the scheme in spite of her mother-in-law's apprehensions. 

But like any blindly overambitious person her plan had a critical flaw and she overlooked an important detail. She overestimated her ability to control her husband's actions and an innocent paid a price for her overconfidence.  NT did not exactly get off scot free either and paid a price too but this was her own doing and so she gets no sympathy from me. It is common sense that if your husband is an alcoholic, you do not serve him a glass of wine and then leave him alone with the bottle. You know that once he gets a taste of the wine, your chances of keeping him from finishing the bottle are zip, zilch, zero, nada. Dev was a womanizer and NT allowed him to romance Geet to serve their purposes.  Once he was hooked on Geet's innocence and beauty, he went all the way and consummated the marriage, even slapping NT when she tried to stop him. NT did not anticipate her inability to stop her husband. In the cold light of the day, Dev came to his senses and let NT think nothing had happened. NT chose to believe him behaving as a wife who will believe what her husband tells her. NT believed him not because she trusted him but because like any other woman she wanted to believe her husband and save her marriage.

Let us talk about her feminine side. In her own twisted way she loves Dev and craves her husband's love. Like any woman she is possessive of her husband and wants to be the sole woman is his life. This added to the fact that Dev is a womanizer has left her deeply insecure. In some part of her mind she was being a good wife when she made the audacious plan to save him from the loan sharks and pay off his debts. Though she knew it was a means to an end, she was hurt to see him romancing another woman. Dev wooed her back after he spent the night with Geet and let her think that he had created a smokescreen. Husband and wife conspired to leave Geet at the airport and run away with her jewels and money. They used the money to clear their debts and then life went back to normal until NT received a call from Geet saying she was pregnant.

The wife in NT could not bear the dual blow of finding out her husband had cheated on her and that another woman was now carrying her husband's child. She flew to India without her husband's knowledge and confronted the girl and told her to abort the child. She figured that the village girl would follow her dictates to avoid societal humiliation. She let the girl believe that Dev knew about the pregnancy and this is what he wanted. She then proceeded to call the girl's brother and let him know of the pregnancy as insurance, figuring that would take care of the problem. She then returned to her sasural and attempted to butter up her husband' grandmother to wiggle her way into the family's good books again and be the only woman is Dev's life.

But it seems fate has a cruel sense of humor when it comes to Naintara. Unbeknown to her the land that they tricked Geet into parting with was bought by NT's own brother-in-law Maan.  Fate also placed Maan in the right place at the right time so that he became instrumental in saving Geet's life when her brother attempted to kill her.  Maan and Geet parted ways soon after but soon by another twist of fate, Geet ended up working as Maan's secretary and became close to Maan. Dev followed NT to India and was reunited with her. He knew she was mad at him and commenced efforts to woo her. But then Dev saw Geet in Delhi he commenced a search of Geet, without telling NT. On the other hand, NT also saw Geet and hired a detective to find her. Soon she started suspecting her husband was still in touch with Geet and asked the detective to follow her husband instead hoping that he would lead her to Geet. In her zeal, she ended up destroying a surprise party that Dev organized for her thinking he organized it for Geet 🤣 🤣

. To make matters worse her husband suddenly developed a conscience and decided to confess all to his brother. NT discovered Geet worked as Maan's secretary and decided to steal her file but was caught by Adi. When Adi told Maan about this, Maan called NT in and delivered a threat to stay away from Geet else he would make her pay. He would collect with interest for every tear that Geet shed. NT got spooked and ran away to Canada. This was not a flight following an admission of defeat but rather a strategic retreat to regroup and reemerge stronger.

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While NT was gone, things took a turn she did not expect in her wildest dreams. The one man that she feared ' her brother-in-law, Maan, fell deeply in love with Geet and accepted her in spite of her pregnancy. However, Dev screwed things up by telling Geet he was related to Maan on the eve of the engagement and Geet ran away. Maan left for some quiet time and so when Geet came to her senses and came back, she was greeted by NT who came back hearing about the engagement. NT poisoned daadima's mind against Geet and did not allow her back into the house. In her absence, Dev had become close to his college friend, Meera and NT left no stone unturned to insult the poor girl. Geet confronted Dev and NT in front of her office mates and everyone came to know of her tale. While Maan lay injured, NT went to KC and attempted to take over the business after telling daadi she would hold fort. But in spite of all of NT's attempts to stop her, Geet met Maan and in due time told him about everything. Maan handed over NT and Dev to the cops.

This time NT manipulated daadima by accusing her of always favoring Maan and daadima fell into the trap requesting Maan to bail out Dev so that she could talk to him. This created a major misunderstanding between Maaneet but NT was in prison and unable to take advantage of it. But she falsified documents and bailed herself and her useless husband out. Once out she came to KC to try and harm Geet, but Maan and Geet had made up by then and Maan started protecting Geet. NT had used the power of attorney Dev gave her to transfer his shares into her name and used this to become part of the office management and infiltrate the security to get close to Geet. She took Sasha into her confidence. She also convinced one of her friends to help her hurt Geet by telling her only parts of the story. The friend, Sweety, entered the office and tried keeping Maaneet apart by constantly being with Geet, but Maan still found ways for them to spend time together. Sweety had no idea that NT was using her and would try to kill Geet. She thought NT was a sweet friend who needed help.

NT used her friend Sweety to get Geet into a store room where she made a first attempt on Geet's life by getting a chandelier to crash down but Maan saved Geet. NT made another attempt to push Geet from the 2^nd floor (1^st floor in Indian terminology) after she got Sasha to take Maan away and manipulated Sweety into sending Geet upstairs. When she realizezd people were watching and could see her maniacal glee, NT pretended like she was trying to save her but let her go. Maan saved Geet and when NT insulted Geet, Maan ended up filling Geet's maang and accepting her as his wife. He also told NT in no uncertain terms that Geet was now his wife and any attack on her would be considered an attack on him. The whole turn of events left NT stunned.

After the duo left everyone turned to NT with accusing stares and NT tried to use the situation to her advantage. One thing became very clear as she tried to justify herself - she believed she was a victim and had done nothing wrong. As a result of that she felt no guilt and had nothign to repent for. For the first time NT tried to explain herself, not because she cared what the office staff thought but because she wanted her friend to believe her - someone whose opinion mattered to her was judging her and this warranted a defense of her actions. Notice everyone takes on Geet but no one dares say anything to NT because of the touch-me-not attitude she has around her. Unfortunately for NT, her friend had seen her true colors and called her on it. NT broke down and cried for the first time revealing the pain that she carried deep within herself ' the pain of being barren and unable to have a child and how she hated Geet because she was carrying her husband's child. Sweety told NT that she was disgusted with her and was ashamed to call her a friend. NT turned to Sasha and hoped she would understand her, but everyone was shocked and appalled by her actions and left her alone.

Desperate and alone, NT concocted a new plan. She pretended to commit suicide in Dev's presence and then blackmailed him saying that if he did not come back to her she would tell the police that the Khurana family forced her to take this step. Dev agreed to go back but then NT made another grave miscalculation. Giddy with the triumph of having gotten her husband back, she taunted Meera about her relationship with a much married Dev. But that backfired big time, when Dev found out about this he decided to divorce NT. Desperate NT called daadi hoping she would intervene and talk sense into Dev, instead Daadi refused to help and Maan warned her to stay away from the family. Fortunately for NT her brother Arjun landed in India. So now NT has a new pawn to use against the Khuranas. Arjun is not Maan-Geet's wedding planner and is planning to disrupt the wedding. On the side he is also planning on making NE fall in love with him and use him. But Arjun already is developing a soft corner for Geet and for NE and telling NT that these people are not as bad. So the story remains poised at an interesting crossroad.

Finally to sum up the characteristics of NT in one word - she is a psychopath.

See reference below (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy)

Researcher Robert Hare, whose Hare Psychopathy Checklist is widely used, describes psychopaths as "intraspecies predators".^[17] Also R.I. Simon uses the word predator to describe psychopaths.^[18] Elsewhere Hare and others write that psychopaths "use charisma, manipulation, intimidation, sexual intercourse and violence"^{[19][20][21][verification needed]} to control others and to satisfy their own needs. Hare states that: "Lacking in conscience and empathy, they take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without guilt or remorse".^[22] He previously stated that: "What is missing, in other words, are the very qualities that allow a human being to live in social harmony".^[23]

According to Hare, many psychopaths are superficially charming, and can excellently mimic normal human emotion;^[9] some psychopaths can blend in, undetected, in a variety of surroundings, including corporate environments.^[24]

Future of current track involving NT

What is Arjun's plan? Arjun told NT that it was their plan? So is this NT's plan and Arjun is just executing it.

Will NT lose again when Arjun realizes that all the garbage she fed him was fake? Will Arjun switch sides and turn against his sister? What will be NT's reaction.

What will be NT's reaction when she realizes that all the men in her life ' her husband, her brother-in-law (whom she coveted) and her own brother favor Geet over her.

Future of the character

Why did Maan hate women and what did NT have to do with it if anything at all?

She could come back to lay claim to Dev's child that Geet is carrying.

She could bring back Sameera to disrupt Maaneet's life.

She maybe the one who bailed Brij out and so she may bring him back again to create more trouble

She can charm a new man with her wiles and set him up as a business rival to Maan.

No reference to NT will be complete without a standing ovation to the brilliant actress who breathed life into the character - Karishma Randhwa ⭐️. Karishma we salute your talent in bringing to life this complex character and playing her in a way that we love her. She is our most beloved vamp. A standing ovation to you. 👏

DISCLAIMER

Star Player is testing whether they could go live at the same time or within the half-an-hour of airtime, but are NOT

As human beings we all crave peace of mind and serenity even if the person is someone like MSK. No matter how much of a non-believer a person is, he is compelled to think of a higher power in his hour of need. Plus there is something so calming about all places of worship be it a temple, a mosque, a church, a gurudwara, a jewish templ...e or any other place of worship. If you are disturbed and around one of these, you will go in.

MSK went to the golden temple because he was in the vicinity and he needed peace.

MSK went to the mosque not on his own accord but because daadi requested him to go get halwa for her.

He went to the temple for Geet and he did this voluntarily. So that is where this is different.

I think we need to recognize that the CVs are trying to show the change in Maan after he met Geet and that he puts Geet above his so-called atheist beliefs.

After a long time there is an episode which has managed to successfully generate good interest and curiosity factor among the audience even without Maaneet romance👍🏼..Today's episode reminded me of early HP days when we got to witness such nail biting drama😛...Story is picking in a very good manner and even if spoilers r posted on FB,one still wonders whether MC happens or not...so the curiosity factor still remains intact😊

• Divine Intervention to which MSK kneels down today just for his ladylove Geet's safety😳;I loved that Baba's scene of giving taaveez to MSK and the way MSK himself admits that he is ready to change his ways and become religious if it provides safety to his Geet's life😳;And this divine intervention in the episode guarantees that Miscarrage cannot come tomorrow or else they would hv never shown MSK going to the temple and joining his hands there😃...
• Brij's different ways of killing Geet was providing a nail-biting suspense which is good from trps POV👍🏼;But I wonder from where he got so much knowledge to try out so many different techniques like a thorough professional killer or a well-trained terrorist🤓🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣;Anyways it was interesting to watch if I don't apply too much logic😎..Can CVs do us a small favour plss and make Annie start the microwave tomorrow😳😳...
• MSK's concern for Geet looked good and realistic😳...So now we have taveez connection from both sides😛;First I had issues over how can MSK talk about not believing in God earlier and believing it now when earlier too he had visited the golden temple and Dargah 😕 but on second watch I realised that MSK's POV is different here😳;MSK was always spiritual and gave respect to the Almighty but he never believed in its existence😊;He went to golden temple after he was restless because of Geet..he went there to find some peace😳..he went to the dargah because Dadi insisted...and when u go to such places,u  do show your respect to the place by praying over there whether u believe in it or not..thats our culture and tradition that we follow😊...but today MSK finally becomes religious from heart and himself takes a decision to visit the temple and offer his prayers to God just for his Geet😳;Today for the first time he believed that his prayers will b answered by God which earlier he never believed...today for the first time he believes in religious stuffs like taaveez which earlier he never believed...so today in the true sense he believes in the existence of God and goes to the temple not because someone insisted or not just to find peace but to offer prayers believing that God will fulfill his wish...this belief in God is developed today in MSK's heart😊...Having said that I still wish CVs had given us some dialogues from MSK like how earlier too he visited temples and dargahs to find peace but today he truely believes in God's existence thanks to her😳...Anyways what touched me the most here was the fact that such a stubborn man like MSK was ready to change even his beliefs because of Geet👍🏼...
• Last scene was interesting even though there were technical bloopers like how so much of smoke can come out  and glass pane for the loo😆 but from a general viewers POV,its interesting and make u curious for the next episode to see whether Geet's baby is safe or not🤔...My serial experience says nothing can happen to the baby or else they would not hv shown MSK praying in front of God with that taaveez😳;Tomorrow I guess he will put that taveez on her hand to make sure nothing ever happens to her😳...
• DD's purple choodidaar was good👍🏼...

• Maan-Geet taveez scene could hv been shorter and dialogues could hv been better in that scene🤔;Once again Geet was given dialogues which showed she is still worshipping MSK like a god..would hv preferred some simple dialogues there😊
• GC should grow his hair soon now😆😆...
• Nikunj still can't act😆

To me, the baby represents Geet's plight, perseverance and Maaneet love story. Geet stood up against her family and fought against the world to protect this child. She moved to Delhi, she met Maan, she learned to stand up for herself because of this child. Geet is the strong woman that she is today because of this baby. She chose to keep this baby, and fight for her life, when it would have been easier to give up. As for Maan, he risked his life to save this child, though unknowingly at first. Ever since he learned of her existence, he has taken on the responsibilities of a father.  The single tear he shed at the first glimpse of the child sums up all his feelings about this baby. Maan chose to love this child and chose to stick around, when another, would have simply walked away. In the end that's what matters, love. Love trumps everything; certainly, biology.