After the SBS news, my heart feels a bit heavy! I know its only a serial but still ...there are so many questions.
I understand the current track is important for story development since despite the lovely eyelock and gestures, there has to be more for Arnav and Khushi's relationship to develop. We are pretty sure that it will develop or is that an illusion the CV's have created for our benefit?!
Questions I have been pondering and maybe it will be nice to share different views:
1. why did arnav agree to marry La?
Did he actually say yes or didnt he?
What is his motive? Is it just to test khushi's reaction or it goes deeper where he is unable to name the emotions he is feeling and therefore misinterpreting it as something not significant. Alternatively, he is able to identify that he is in love with her but fears that he could get hurt as people that he loves always leaves and hence dooms the relationship in the first place? or it is a control thing, to retain control so that he runs from the storm khushi unleashes in him to stay with la where there is absolutely nothing?
2. Why does khushi agree to marry shyam?
Khushi has so far stayed away from agreeing to marry Shyam because she is actually listening to her female instinct. She senses something is not right but is unable to put a finger to it despite thinking that shyam is a nice guy. Over the last few episodes, she has started to acknowledge that she is in love with Arnav and that is probably why her heart cannot say yes to Shyam's proprosal. Despite all emotional blackmailing from Buaji and gestures from Shyam, she has stayed true to that feeling. why? does she feel that somehow arnav feels the same? and possibly like a little girl who believes her prince charming will come, holds on to that vision that maybe just maybe arnav will be hers.
But now with Arnav-La's upcoming marriage announcement, will she doubt her feelings and think that actually she is being silly, since he cannot feel that way for her. And since she loves him, she will want only the best for him and will think that her social standing etc makes her not the best fit but la is. Consciously, she will then choose to bury her feelings, and agree to marry Shyam because she has lost hope in the vision of Arnav-Khushi being together.
Indirectly being the rightful dutiful daughter whilst also being the rightful dutiful lover (in a poetic sense): making the ultimate sacrifice for both her parents and her love?!
3. Change in la's characterisation. La is now portrayed as someone good now. I actually do like her and hope CV's will handle her future storyline appropriately.
?? is this change temporary or permanent. I hope it is permanent since it feels quite genuine with no ulterior motive. the way she accepted her saree was exchanged with khushi. the way she respects her friendship with khushi.
??? is she meant to be the saviour of Arnav and Khushi's relationship?? to play cupid to bring them together when so many would be against it. ?? maybe she will do so as she also has truly loved ASR but more so her motive could be that for once, she understood genuine friendship with khushi and now realises that maybe her role is more as a friend to bring them together. I also think that La is actually sitting in an interesting position: she has also notices sudden changes in Arnav and Khushi and maybe with her upcoming marriage announcement and seeing the reaction of Arnav, she might start realising that something just is not right and start digging, and then realising that actually it was never her in his heart but Khushi and how could she now bring them together just like how khushi made her acceptable to nani.
?? or will she stand there to create a bigger wedge between the two.
4. Anjali!!! Now she has been portrayed as very sweet and caring all the time. But actually she is quite dumb and blind. she does not see that actually something is not right with her husband's behaviour. she does not question the motive or any excuse.
likewise she does not see that her chotay whom she knows everything about actually is not in love with La but actually with Khushi.
How can one be so blind and out of touch with one's instinct?! she may not know her slippery husband but the boy she brought up - how could she get it wrong with arnav?!
anyways, she is the one that somehow has played a pivotal role in bringing this marriage announcement. she made the assumption that chotay is in love with La and then she told Nani. Nani has since seen a change in La and approves of her and will think this is what her grandson wants but actually no one steps back to see is this really what he wants.
everyone is driven by their own reasons and motives. likewise no one sees shyam for what he truly is either.
Yesterday's episode was brilliant but i felt of most importance was anjali's reaction.
Anjali's portrayal yesterday with Shyam being poorly (self-inflicted) made me sit up and watch. She's generally a nice person but actually she was not that nice when her husband was hurt. ?
So what does this all mean?!
in the past, we have always felt that somehow arnav will come to know the truth about shyam-khushi and misjudge khushi's innocence and marry her to keep his sister happy and to punish khushi yet having her indirectly since he wont be able to tolerate anyone else having her.
Now yesterday;s episode also made me think of another possibility.
-we all know that arnav will do anything for his sister's happiness. pure blindness runs in the Raizada's family.
-Anjali's completely devoted to Shyam: pathological dependence on him
- shyam's psychopathically obsessed with khushi and wants her at all cost.
- khushi and arnav have feelings for each other but not as intense as the above (not yet anyway).
So one possibility is that somehow all the symbolism of the past have suggested that arnav and khushi are meant to be together and more so of late, that somehow la will step aside to let khushi take her position as future Mrs Raizada.
what is in the process, khushi and arnav start acknowledging their feelings for each other and then khushi stops her marriage (possibly with the aid of shashi slowly recovering) and la-arnav relationship also ends (naturally). Shyam will be utmost disappointed. Arnav may confide in Anjali on how he feels about khushi. Anjali will discuss it with Shyam and Shyam will now realise the reason why khushi called off the marriage and therefore plan his revenge. he will convince Anjali that khushi is not good for arnav and point out her bad points etc. He might say just look how cheap she is that she hardly knows me but shows a sense of familiarity etc, gold digger etc. (he can go to any extent). Anjali will then agree and then tell Arnav she does not agree of this jodi, shocking Arnav. shyam might find something in khushi's past that convinces anjali further. anjali might make the ultimatum that it is either me or khushi : thereby making arnav choose and since he will always want his sister to be happy, he will then choose anjali and not khushi, making the ultimate sacrifice. and no marriages after all!
sorry for the long post! just wanted to share how i felt.
please do comment and thanks for reading!
Edited by hkhb17 - 12 years ago
