Ab bali chadne ka waqt aa gaya hai! And Maya has set the stage for the first attack on the Roy family. But before that lets recap on some of the highlights of tonight.
Rishi is tricked - Well I know, that there are many MayRa fans in this forum - but tonight's episode was all about MayRi (don't recall what their couple name is). So there are some points to highlight:
Rishi's need for Mrityunjay's name - Rishi takes pride in his dad. He aspires to be him one day. And so he cannot think of anything, outside his identity, just as Rishi. Whether telling Maya who he is or whether giving her a bracelet which is bought from his father's money.
Rishi loves himself - Rishi is not the kind to give his life for the attention of a girl. He is the kind to play tricks to attract girls, and girls fall for it. Maya is not any other girl. Rishi who runs away at the sound of a fire alarm will slit his wrist...never.🤔
Rishi is egoistic - Yes, like any other young and hot-blooded boy with a lot of money, he cannot handle being ignored, being pushed around, or being rejected. So that's when his father's negative traits surface within him as well, as we have seen in the past episodes
Maya always knew what Rishi is - a kid. She utilized his naivety and immaturity to her advantage. First, she turned the table on him by genuinely slitting her wrist and exposing his fake video to gain her attention. 2nd, she accused him of being a rich, bratty boy playing games - which he is - and his love to be just an infatuation - which it is. This egged Rishi to do the most stupid thing he could do - he said I love you, without realizing what weight those three words carry. After exposing and accusing him, Maya insults him further by not accepting his gift - which quite rightly she pointed out, belonged to his dad - and she wanted something from him - which he could call his own.
So he makes a ring out of a chocolate wrapper and wants to present it to her, and Maya garam lohe par hathora maar deti hai. And Rishi is pushed to propose Maya by her phone trickery to marriage. And, we now have Rishi in a fix. He is too young to get married, he does not understand the implications of what he did and Maya confuses him further by convincing him not to reveal their relation to his family, till their marriage is fixed and they should spend 10-15 days to get to know each other - with a solemn swear to never leave her and her name to be the last word he utters before he dies - oh, the boy is doomed. And Rishi's fate is sealed (reiterated again when Rudra tells him, that love only leads to death). I think they may take the Baazigar route - but we can never be too sure with CVs - because Maya does not come across as someone who kills for pleasure.
Mrityunjay manipulates Antara - Well, tonight we witnessed how Mrityunjay actually gets work done in his household using Antara. Playing on the weakness of her addiction and her love for him, he forces her to make Rudra attend his success party. Well, Mrityunjay is the kind of man who derives pleasure by torturing people utilizing their weaknesses, making them beg before him so that it appeases his toxic masculinity and displays the power he has on people - by making them bow before him. I guess this is how he used Antara 10 years back to manipulate Maya as well - and now he is doing the same to manipulate his son, Rudra. Why? because they are people who refuse to break or bow before him - so he utilizes their weakness against them - in Maya's case was a need for support and help and in Rudra's case, his mother. Well, with Maya's attack target being Antara - it kind of directly attacks Mrityunjay's control over his sons - because Antara was the safe passage for him to keep his sons under his thumb, without letting them know or feel that they are indeed being controlled. If Antara becomes unwell or hospitalized, or maybe sent to rehab, his power on his sons begin to wane - which risks them melting away like ice under Maya's influence - which he is not willing to risk. This further explains why Maya chose to target Antara - she is the water that Mrityunjay sometimes needs to pull the leash on his sons. Without her, well Rudra is free to go anywhere he wants and Rishi, well we can already see him slipping away from Mrityunjay's control.
Rudra, Ananya & Rishi - Oh, they give me S1 feels of Arjun- Saanjh - Arjun's brother (forgot name). Firstly, i love it when RuAn give all the browala feels- like they were giving - watching CID😆...and Rudra again hallucinating about Maya😉. But then RIshi comes in detailing out his 'shaadi' woes which Ananya is very excited to endorse and Rudra is dead against (we know why?). And Tom and Jerry bicker over the same- while Rishi is boxed into a corner by his new GF - Maya. Oh, how his expressions give off the - Chala Rishi kaidi banne wala feels. Bechara. Bura phasa Mrityunjay ka 'bachcha' (pun entirely intended).
Well, that's my rambling for tonight. Do share yours
Arjun
