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Today's episode was so happy and hilarious, especially with regards to
the majority of Aarti and Yash moments that sort of took over the
episode. Prashant's truth looms in the background, as does Paridhi's
problems but for a few episodes at least, we have something so rare on
Indian fiction TV and that is a genuine friendship between the leads.
Heartfelt camaraderie and comfort without the the sexual tension having
to be a part of it and I love that. Of course love is about zooming
heart beats and passionate embraces, but it is also about laughter and
little things that make your loved one feel so happy in that moment: the
latter is what I see between Yash and Aarti at this point.
Whatever more intense feelings they have for each other are shelved at the moment in order to do everything they can to make sure this baby is born and Aarti's health is not compromised. I kind of love how Yash starts doing everything in a formulaic way but it gets its own character as he does it, simply because of Aarti's reactions and his enjoyment of them. It really does remind me of Aarti in Mumbai, because she too was doing everything in a formulaic way at the outset of every occasion, but ended up getting involved in it in totally unexpected ways...and I think it was these unexpected moments that really made her fall in love with Yash, so much so that she couldn't have that cool control over her feelings any more. I see the same thing happening with Yash here. He may be starting to do a lot of things out of duty, because of what the doctor said, but he doesn't always anticipate the way Aarti's reactions, her little expressions, her smiles and her laughter are going to affect him, and it is in these moments that his feelings will become more and more clear to him.
The true beauty of the storytelling lies in that, just as Aarti had a test of her faith and love after they came back from Mumbai, Yash will have his when he finds out about the truth regarding Prashant. Yash trusted Aarti to support him in his endeavour to keep Arpita alive, and felt betrayed when they slept together and he thought she had orchestrated it. Now Aarti trusts Yash completely to support her through anything and she might feel betrayed if he reacts in a very negative way to the Prashant truth being revealed. In both cases, it is not as though the person feeling betrayed did nothing wrong, but they trusted nonetheless that their partner would stop that from happening. Aarti now trusts that Yash will always shield her from feeling abandoned and will probably feel even more strongly after the surprise we saw in today's segments. She might even feel confident enough to tell him about Prashant herself, and if he has an unfavourable reaction, Aarti just might hold that against him, not be obviously angry (because she is really incapable of that), but do her passive aggressive thing on him and "go away for his happiness."
Of course, into all this play the promises they have made to each other and the other members of the family, which is why they showed Aarti leaving even before this truth came out, to preclude her from doing the same thing again. Even if Aarti wants to leave Yash for re-evoking feelings of abandonment, once he learns the divorce truth, she will not be able to because of the promise she made to Palak, Payal and SP. I have a feeling that they are going to push the truth revelation until Gayatri is back on shoot, though so we probably have at least two weeks to go for that to happen.
Basically, all this prediction and extrapolation is pointing back to what today's episode means. Yash is on a mission to keep Aarti happy and stress free. So far he thinks this is going to be quite easy, all it takes is some bhel puri, a few (hundred) balloons, a romantic song and some moments of laughter and fun. But his real test is still coming, one that will show us how he really feels about Aarti, beneath all this obligatory fluff. When it comes down to it, will he support her when she is at her worst, possibly pushing him away and refusing to see reason? Because that is probably the state knowing Prashant's truth is going to reduce her to. Of course, ultimately the answer will be yes, but I can't wait to see how they arrive at it!
Whatever more intense feelings they have for each other are shelved at the moment in order to do everything they can to make sure this baby is born and Aarti's health is not compromised. I kind of love how Yash starts doing everything in a formulaic way but it gets its own character as he does it, simply because of Aarti's reactions and his enjoyment of them. It really does remind me of Aarti in Mumbai, because she too was doing everything in a formulaic way at the outset of every occasion, but ended up getting involved in it in totally unexpected ways...and I think it was these unexpected moments that really made her fall in love with Yash, so much so that she couldn't have that cool control over her feelings any more. I see the same thing happening with Yash here. He may be starting to do a lot of things out of duty, because of what the doctor said, but he doesn't always anticipate the way Aarti's reactions, her little expressions, her smiles and her laughter are going to affect him, and it is in these moments that his feelings will become more and more clear to him.
The true beauty of the storytelling lies in that, just as Aarti had a test of her faith and love after they came back from Mumbai, Yash will have his when he finds out about the truth regarding Prashant. Yash trusted Aarti to support him in his endeavour to keep Arpita alive, and felt betrayed when they slept together and he thought she had orchestrated it. Now Aarti trusts Yash completely to support her through anything and she might feel betrayed if he reacts in a very negative way to the Prashant truth being revealed. In both cases, it is not as though the person feeling betrayed did nothing wrong, but they trusted nonetheless that their partner would stop that from happening. Aarti now trusts that Yash will always shield her from feeling abandoned and will probably feel even more strongly after the surprise we saw in today's segments. She might even feel confident enough to tell him about Prashant herself, and if he has an unfavourable reaction, Aarti just might hold that against him, not be obviously angry (because she is really incapable of that), but do her passive aggressive thing on him and "go away for his happiness."
Of course, into all this play the promises they have made to each other and the other members of the family, which is why they showed Aarti leaving even before this truth came out, to preclude her from doing the same thing again. Even if Aarti wants to leave Yash for re-evoking feelings of abandonment, once he learns the divorce truth, she will not be able to because of the promise she made to Palak, Payal and SP. I have a feeling that they are going to push the truth revelation until Gayatri is back on shoot, though so we probably have at least two weeks to go for that to happen.
Basically, all this prediction and extrapolation is pointing back to what today's episode means. Yash is on a mission to keep Aarti happy and stress free. So far he thinks this is going to be quite easy, all it takes is some bhel puri, a few (hundred) balloons, a romantic song and some moments of laughter and fun. But his real test is still coming, one that will show us how he really feels about Aarti, beneath all this obligatory fluff. When it comes down to it, will he support her when she is at her worst, possibly pushing him away and refusing to see reason? Because that is probably the state knowing Prashant's truth is going to reduce her to. Of course, ultimately the answer will be yes, but I can't wait to see how they arrive at it!
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