Today's episode ~ A Mirror to the trio - Page 4

Originally posted by: tanvismile

Priyom isn't whitewashed, he isn't ideal... but the most imp character trait is he understands Poonam and she also connects to him...

Originally posted by: chandrima02

This post is about looking from a neutral perspective, how Lakhan/Poonam and Priyom/Poonam story looks like till now. And this is my personal opinion, some may or may not agree. Please, this should not start any argument/war in the forum.

Priyom/Poonam

It's a very common reality as well as theme for fictions - "best friends turning into lovers" (or best friends unknowingly in love and the realization comes after some severe jolts). Movies/series' like "Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai", "Meri Yaar ki Shaadi", "EK Hazaaron Mein Meri Bahna Hai" (Viraat/Maanvi), "Tere Liye" (Anuraag/Taani) etc. actually depict this concept. Priyom/Poonam possible future pairing would be an addition to this long list only. In this relationship:

1. These two share quite a good level of understanding; which is one of the building blocks of any relationship.

2. They trust each other. They truly care for each other and indeed possessive about each other in their own subtle manner.

3. Priyom till now has always treated Poonam as her equal and has tried to give her the required breathing space until very recently.

4. Priyom has always been Poonam's man-friday.

In case, the creatives are indeed considering Priyom/Poonam, would they consider the following?

1. Portraying Poonam finding her vertebra and coming out of her mute mode to choose Priyom on her own free will, instead of Priyom pushing her and doing the job on behalf of her as he has always done until recently.

2. Transforming Priyom from an irresponsible and extreme Casanova to a responsible and one-woman man forever committed to Poonam; otherwise he would be the 2nd Mithilesh in the family. Instead of depicting the cliched "girl transforming boy" theme, the creatives should come up with something indigenous.

But the fact remains that it simply won't erase his colorful past anyhow. That would remain for good and Poonam needs to understand & assimilate the fact that Priyom's past can, on any day, show up with dire consequences !!!

My take is, both need to go a long way to even understand the basic concept of love. Though people do evolve with time, it's very hard, may be at times simply impossible, for any girl to trust and respect a guy (as a lover), who had a reputation of being a habituated womanizer for so long and without trust & respect love can never ever survive; at least that is what I feel.

Lakhan/Poonam

It's another very common theme - "the beauty and the beast". From the fairy tale itself to numerous series' on Indian TV, this theme is on for so many years. Few examples are - Khushi/Aasthha transforming Arnav/Shlok in "Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon" - S1 & S2, Kasturi transforming Robbie in "Kasturi", Aarohi/Arjun of "Kitni Mohabbat Hai" - S1, Jassi/Aarman of "Jassi Jaisi Koi Nehin", Sujaal/Kashish of "Kahiin To Hoga", Arjun/Purvi of "Pavitra Rista" and I can go on and on. All represent the same concept - an innocent girl redeeming an ever-angry, egoistic, arrogant guy who seldom respects girls into a "gentle"-man in true sense. Lakhan/Poonam would be another addition to this already very long list. Nothing new as far as I am concerned.

To describe their pairing, Lakhan truly desires Poonam (and sometimes indeed tries to fulfill her desires) and Poonam is truly scared of Lakhan. They have got no communication channel in between; but a mediator is indeed there for them !!

Now coming to the recent developments; I simply will never tolerate or support either physical or mental torture of any sort from anyone. I simply won't tolerate if my parents are being insulted by my would-be. I can't stand a guy who does not respect a woman. I can't stand a guy who claims that he loves me and simultaneously holds me solely responsible for every wrong being done to him by others. I would not be entirely able to defend a guy, consistently doing such deeds, by saying that he has not received proper guidance. Parents' guidance is indeed required (Bhushan Thakur definitely tries to put some senses in Lakhan's head), but everything can't be spoon-fed. Some qualities are needed to be grown and nurtured by the person himself/herself. So, in a nut shell, I really don't and can't and won't find any sort of romanticism in the stories where the guy falls for an innocent girl knowingly or unknowingly, imagining he owns her like a private property the guy tortures the girl both mentally and physically in a consistent manner, the girl silently endures all those bullshits from the guy, later the guy is metamorphosed (redeemed) to become a "gentle"man in it's true sense by the girl and the girl, simply forgetting & forgiving every insult & every torture, lives happily (?) ever after with the guy !!!!

I really hoped (against my hopes) for something new than this cliched scenario w.r.t. Lakhan and Poonam; but now it seems things are moving in that over-used direction only !!!

Both the above scenarios are quite cliched as far as I'm concerned. The problem is that if the girl does not have the qualities of a princess (I do neither consider her as a damsel in real distress, as some of the distresses are being created by her own irritating silence only !!), how can she be expected to be rescued by a real knight in shining armour !!!! She has to be happy with the faulty ones only 😉 !!! Anyways, considering all these, at least till this moment, I simply give a damn regarding which pair would be the end-game !!!