Their need is starkly different.
Anuj's love is more of a 26 year obsession. He fell in love with a college girl who was pretty, vivacious, danced well, was good in academics etc. and spent 26 years regretting not getting her. Once he found a chance, he married her, ready to bear whatever cost needed. Little did he know that the 19 year old girl of his fantasies is long lost and that his "need" for a real family will eventually kick in.
Just look at how he behaved when he met her again. Forgot everything, the fact that it was she who walked out, his promise to Adhya to forget her, her "baggage" that will come back with her if they get together. It was as if their 3 years of marriage never happened and he met her at the alumni party.
Deepu has lived in US for a long time, and even the Desis there don't chant Indian values, Maa ki Mamta and blah blah all the time. He had been in a failed relationship with such a woman and now sees Anupamaa as "something different" because she respects his mother, doesn't have her "baggage" currently lying around her and she isn't in her natural habit, and sacrificed herself to protect the restaurant (mainly because she will also lose a place to live and that she doesn't know how insurance works, but yeah) so he is intrigued.
Edited by NiharikaMishra - 1 years ago
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