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This might be long, please bare with me. 😆
Two women vying for the same man, one completely in love with him, the other completely obsessed with him.
Two women, one praying to God to grant her his love, the other praying to God to grant her him.
Two women, quite different in their own ways set out to reach their respective goals, for one it's love in return of love, for the other it's surrender in return of passion/obsession.
Two women, one desiring to be a part of him, the other desiring to be the whole of him.
Two women, one willing to share him with his loved one's, the other coveting to own him. Two women, one wishes to be a part of his existence, the other wishes she's becomes the only reason for his existence.
Two women, one who would build a world for him, the other who would destroy a world for him.
Two women, one who would die and live for him, the other who would both die and kill for him.
Two women, one whose love isn't beyhadh (because hadh se zyada kuch bhi acha nahi hota, pyaar bhi nahi), the other whose love for him is beyhadh.
The basic and yet the most significant difference between Maya and Saanjh is, Saanjh is flawed and Maya is damaged. There's a huge difference between being flawed and being damaged. Flaws can be worked upon, damage remains damage. A person can reflect and introspect on what his flaws are and rectify the mistakes he might have committed due to his flawed nature. But damage requires healing, damage cannot think on it's own and can act upon itself, it needs to be set right. I do not say Saanjh is an ideal woman, I never did, I never will. Saanjh isn't obsessed with Arjun, hers is an unrequited love and why wouldn't she want her love to be requited? She is flawed in the sense that she loves a man with whom there's no possible future, at least currently. She's flawed in the sense that she's willing to put all that she has at stake including her own self-respect and all logicality/rationality behind in her pursuit of being Arjun's loved one.
I also never said Maya is an ideal woman, never did, never will. I do not say Maya is not a human, that she does not have a heart, that she does not feel. However, Maya's traumatic past has shaped her into a person today who does not recognize the magnitude and enormity of her actions, who cannot see that fine line that distinguishes the good and the bad, who does not understand the concept of limits, who believes that power and control is what makes a relationship work, who does not believe in the concept of partnership and equal halves, who does not know that complete surrender is not true love. Saanjh would do anything that she believes is right to win Arjun's love. Maya too would anything to win Arjun's love. Full stop. That's it, there are no if's and no but's as Maya's sense of right and wrong is screwed up. She's been made to believe everything she believes in today.
For instance, if I was locked up in a dark room for prolonged periods of time, say, years. And I was told how the sun has died and there's no light outside, I wouldn't ever try to break out because what's the use, anyway? I might as well be in this dark room and stay in this darkness forever because there's no light outside. You only believe that there is light at the end of a long dark tunnel' when you know there's light waiting for you. But what if you don't see it, what if you never believed it, what if you told there wasn't ever any? That's Maya belief system. Her principles, her set of beliefs, her morals, her ideals, her thought process, everything stems from what she was made to believe for those crucial years of the life that shapes up an individual.
Personally, I do not believe Maya loves Arjun. No, sorry, she doesn't. At least, not presently. In her own words Arjun is that new 'mahaul' and that environment to her which she desires to be in now, that change which she wants to make to her life, that beautiful and pricey doll in the showroom that she wants at any cost. I wouldn't want Maya to get Arjun's love in 'charity'. I'd want her to get love when she truly deserves it, whether it is of Arjun's or someone else is inconsequential to me. In Vandana's words and something she said point on, Maya has the courage to break Arjun and Saanjh's friendship, that she possesses all those deadly weapons and wields that power using which she can suck Arjun into oblivion, into her world of full of illusions, into a world where she rules. Basically, her idea of a relationship (whether romantic or platonic) or her definition of love is dictatorship and not democracy.
Whereas Saanjh's definition is the complete opposite of Maya's; equals and partners, mutual respect for each other and their families, complete acceptance and submission. So, it all boils down to submission vs surrender. You might ask me what's the difference between the two, they almost sound and mean the same? What distinguishes the two in this context (as in strictly the relationships, not the religious or spiritual context) is, submission is when you give in (meaning you're readily and consciously giving in), surrender is when you give up (meaning you're forced to give up). Would you do rather give in your everything to someone out of love for him/her or would you gather give up your everything out of love to him/her? Giving in is when you stop resisting or fighting something, example when you realize you love someone and you decide to accept the truth instead of denying it. Giving up is when you have no choice but to accept defeat. Should love be a case of win-win situation or a win-lose situation? Make your pick! 😳
Ironical it's Maya's voice over who says, 'hadd se zyada kuch bhi nahi hota, pyaar bhi nahi' when she's going to be the one's whose going to cross all limits. Somewhere down the line, I can picture Maya saying this very dialogue in the show and that will be the time when Maya would have been freed from her demons and she'll transform into a free soul. 😃
PS Lets give a shout out to Beyhadh's make-up, wardrobe and styling department because Jen is looking absolutely gorgeous in every episode! *heart eyes* ❤️
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