Originally posted by: Minionite
Dec 6th - Humiliation Through the Sons
I'm at home today so got to the episode earlier today.
Brotherly fun - What fun. Rudra's teasing was hilarious, but Rishi upped it with his drama queen acting. That was the best until Rudra decided to make Rishi his girlfriend. I've got to say, I'm going to hate when Maya breaks these brothers apart. Such sweet love and she's going to drive a wedge between them. But before this fun, I wonder who Rudra was remembering. Was it Maya or someone else who broke his heart? Is that why he keeps his distance from Ananya and Maya?
Maya's and Rudra's flashback - Both seemed to have the same flashback. That can't be a coincidence. While Rudra's flashback didn't really show a face, we caught a brief glimpse of a face in Maya's flashback and it didn't appear to be MJ or Rudra.
The ajeeb family - Which isn't, but with the taunts flying back and forth in the guise of comedy, this family is truly weird. Rather than separate, they decide to live together and make each other's lives miserable. But it's like Antara said during the party - what will society think? That's the problem with being a public family. If you separate, people notice and then start talking. Isn't that why Antara is still with MJ despite whatever he must have done to anger Rudra? Isn't that why Rishi is always trying to keep Rudra and MJ together even in personal family moments?
The fish humiliation - This humiliation wasn't for Rudra, but for MJ. For Rudra, it was just another challenge to prove himself to Maya, MJ, and more than that to himself. To Maya because he turns around each challenge and makes it about Maya. Look at the way he turned around the 3 days and instead of making it about his 3 days, he makes it about Maya's 3 days. To MJ because MJ wants to control his son's lives and Rudra will never go to his own father. And finally to himself because these 3 days will change him and he needs to be able to realize how strong and intelligent he is. This is possibly the most important of the three because right now Rudra feels he can take on anything and everything, but these 3 days will lead him to his breaking point and, at the same time, make him stronger. They will also bring Maya and Rudra closer.
Rudra's style of selling the fish was quite clever and foreshadowing. The fishie tried to trap the fish and kill him, but fell into her own trap and fell in love. Then the fishie got into danger and the fish tried to save her, but both died. Foreshadowing for what will happen between Maya (fishie) and Rudra (fish). Nonetheless, a comic story. It even stopped Maya in her tracks for a few seconds.
Now let's move over to MJ. MJ wants to know more about this investor/author, but I'm so glad that Ananya chose friendship over him. That's why he tried to find out a different way, but a bit too late as the humiliation happened because Rudra wasn't just introduced as himself, but with MJ's name attached to him. And what Rudra took in stride, MJ took as severe humiliation to the point where him and Rudra had a battle over it. While MJ reminded him that his name is attached to Rudra, Rudra wants to move on over that name. But is that really possible? Until and unless Rudra overtakes his father, it won't be easy to become your own person.
The dirt that Maya splashed on Rudra just annoyed him, but it was the philosophical dirt that Maya has begun to splash on MJ. It was only a small move, hence the dirt blobs were few. As Maya continues, the dirt will cover Rudra and humiliate MJ even more. This was Maya's first win. But MJ is not one to back down so easily. He's clever and he knows that someone is making Rudra do all this. This for MJ is more important. Someone is manipulating Rudra and humiliating MJ in turn. He wants to control Rudra, but he also wants to quash the person who dared to think that they could control Rudra and destroy MJ through Rudra.
Rishi, the financial downfall of MJ - While, on one hand, Rudra will bring the overall downfall of MJ from his ego to his arrogance to his controlling behaviour, Rishi will be the financial downfall of MJ. He's already started. A 5 lakh bracelet for a girl he barely knows? Rishi reminds me Yuvraj from Rakht Sambandh. Yuvraj was willing to give anything and everything to have Sandhya (in her disguise) in his life so that he would appear normal to the world. It was only when he gave half his property that he realized who Sandhya really was - too late for all that property to come back. Rishi will be the same way. He will give away everything in a bid to get Maya and he will even go against MJ to do that. He's already started lying to MJ for Maya, what will be next?
But MJ won't let it go so easily. He will find out about Maya somehow or the other. The question is has Maya planned for this? If not, how will this affect her plan? And how soon will MJ find out about Maya?
Precap - I don't usually comment on precaps as a rule because they are often misleading, but it appears that Monday Rudra's challenge will be to beat Maya to the top of this building for his challenge. Maya's fall is preplanned as well. Maybe to test what type of person Rudra is. And he runs to save Maya despite hating her. Tells you what type of person he is. He can hate someone, but not enough to want them dead. Anyways, more on the episode on Monday.
Other Notes:
- The fake bookshelves - I understand that they want to make both Maya and MJ appear well-read and match their personalities. But yesterday and today, one thing that was offputting was the fake bookshelves. It was quite clear that the books behind MJ and earlier behind Maya are fake - so perfectly in line, all colour coded, and no depth in the bookshelves. If you want to make them appear well-read, then the bookshelves need to appear more realistic.