Excellent episode today and great acting by all.
So a day when Astha does take the step of leaving this household and leaves it to Shlok to bring her back.
It was very symbolic today with Shlok standing behind his baba but looking at how his baba's expressions were changing when Astha said that she has chosen her parents and will never leave them. Shlok did not do anything to stop her , his expressions did show that although he did not say anything he did approve of her decision, which was also obvious when Kavya was speaking too. so Shlok already paved the way for her to leave this house and will come back with her own terms as per yesterday's episode by playing the image card again.
The most symbolic was Anjali and Varad standing on one side with Shlok still pretending to be his baba's devoted follower and shadow. He really looked like his shadow and Vinayak ( Sanjay) all by himself but Sojal,her mom and Abhay on one side. So we see Vidur ( Varad) with Gandhari ( Anjali) who knows that Dhrustarastra (NA)is wrong, Dhuryodhan( Abhay) , karna(Sojal) and Sakuni ( Sojal's mom)on one side and Sri krishna falsely giving an impression to the blind Dhrutarashtra that he will support him. Vinayak as usual was Sanjay standing and watching.
So it is clear that Although Gandhari has closed her eyes for the sake of her blind husband , she still has a conscience and understands what is Dharma and Adharma and will indirectly take the side of Dharma although in front of NA she will still support Abhay.
Shlok today broke the mirror and said everything will be in open now, which basically symbolized that the dark side of Shlok is broken and hopefully we will see only the bright side or the real Shlok .So will Astha at least see the unmasked Shlok? I think he will have to do that soon to get her support and not lose her forever. One thing is for sure that Shlok does listen to varad, so they will always be together too.So Shlok under Varad's mask is going to be there for more time.
I felt that when she will come back she will possibly have connected all the dots and understan the real Shlok for when she left the house all she remembered was how much Shlok actually loved her and did everything to protect and save her.
Varad telling Astha not to go and saying he knows his younger brother well proves to us that he knows Shlok does love Astha and still is doing this for a purpose. So again a masked Shlok in front of his father.
Vinayak telling Astha not to go and both Varad and Vinayak standing together meant they are and will be together.
Aaju was the one who was really surprised or rather shocked at what happened. Is she shocked as she cannot believe Shlok would do this since she knows Shlok and his plans. I think Shlok will try to convince Astha to come back through Aaju. Avadhoot too was a little shocked. I think he too will help Shlok.
Question of sanmaan and dignity for NA , who is basically the destroyer, (shiva or Dhrutarashtra both were the destroyers) although will do everything to protect his creation for now, but will be the one to destroy it too at the end. Will we see his tandav? Is that the real dangerous game?
Kalindi was the real mom concerned and as usual she takes instant decisions , the same way Astha behaves.
Shlok will again use the reason of his baba's insult and keep his baba blindfolded to find out the truth.
Aaj ki nari only knows crying according to Shlok's double meaning dialogues, shows he probably thinks Astha might be able to fight against his family. Is this the first test of Astha before we actually see the mahabharat?
Applauses to both Avi and Shrenu for great acting.
Edited by Sg2013 - 10 years ago
