Why 'Beyhadh' is Not a Love Story!

Originally posted by: pomegranate

I agree something is seriously wrong with maya and it is impossible to lead a normal life with her. Love is not enough to cure her, but it is needed. a combination of medication, doctors, self acceptance and support may help. I don't care if arjun and her don't end up together, but i do want maya to become a better person, and not so mentally disturbed. maybe it is too far fetched, but I hope she can come out of this dark hole and walk towards a better way of living in the end.

Originally posted by: MrDarcyfan

Yes, even I don't want to see Maya in an asylum or any such thing. I want her to overcome her past and come out stronger. With or without Arjun.

Actually, even if she and Arjun end together, it is not totally bad. But it has to be because finally, she is able to move on from the past and stop controlling everything and everyone. But it is also acceptable if Arjun and Maya part ways and Arjun is alone at the end, and Saanjh married to someone else. It will give this story a more realistic feel and conclusion.

Maya as she is right now, cannot have a healthy relationship with anyone. It's a fact. I don't want the cliched ending like PTKK. (the movie) or even Gone Girl, where the man is trapped and unable to escape. I want something good to happen to ALL three of them at the end. Maybe not together, but as individuals, they all reach a good place. That would actually be a different ending.

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

@Darcy dear a beautiful post. I agree to all your points. I am watching it basically to see the journey of all the 3 people. Maya, Saanjh and Arjun. It is not about whether Arya will end together, or Saajun will be together. It is about how anything beyond limit is destructive to self and others.

At this point Maya controls, controls beyond limit. She has controlled her mother. But has that control helped. No because Jhanvi is a mess herself. Also control doesnt give you upper hand, because control is run through fear. People will do things behind your back in case of extreme control and when you know it, it will be too late. Jhanvi has done many such things for which Maya had to risk her life.

Now Saanjh her obsession with Arjun is also not healthy. She needs to have a life. Her obsession for a man who doesnt reciprocate her feelings has a bad effect on her family. Her father is deeply sad and angry too. So is her brother. But Saanjh even now is not looking at his reality and if the new promo where she applies haldi to the mirror is true then this girl too needs some serious self check.

Arjun well for him he takes advantage of everyone and expects everyone to be in his beck and call. I would say this guy has no real respect for a woman

So all 3 of them has to undertake the journey to define their limits, know the results of going beyond limit and in the end let the re discovery help all 3 of them to have a better life closing the past.

Gone girl I have also read the story. I dont want Beyhadh to be that. It was so dark.

Originally posted by: sindu_gurti

Oh exactly you said the storyline very clearly and this would be very practical too...I am not for anyone's love in behadh,I am for the thriller...👏

Originally posted by: MrDarcyfan

"Hadh se zayada kuch bhi accha nahi...pyaar bhi nahi!"

The above line is what got me interested in watching Beyhadh.

I have commented on many topics on this forum, and for the past week or two I have been too busy to come on I.F. But finally got some time and caught up to Beyhadh this week, I really wanted to make this post. My very first on Beyhadh forum.

I know many people like Arjun and Maya together. (Frankly, I think they look good too). But I am not a person who is watching this show for their love story. I was always aware that this story was less about love and more about obsession! I read in an interview that this story and Maya's character are loosely based on Hollywood thriller "Gone Girl". In that story, the female protagonist is a dangerously unhinged woman. A master manipulator. But in the end, the man is so totally trapped that even knowing what she is really like, he is unable to escape. It was one engaging thriller, and it chilled me to the bone. A complex psychological drama. So if Maya is anything like Amy Dunne, then this story was never meant to be about Love. It's about "Control!"

In my view, Hate is not the antithesis of love, Control is. When one seeks to control another, there cannot be pure love in that equation. Love has no conditions, and it does not travel on one person's agenda or insecurities. The issue with Maya is that she grew up in a terrible situation. She had an abusive and controlling Father, a weak Mother. She spent most of her life escaping her father and mothering and protecting her Mother. There was NO one to protect her. My full sympathy is with Maya and her plight growing up. I cried when she and her Mother cried reminiscing their past and how they lived with an abusive Ashwin. Does she deserve love? Yes, she does. But does that make her methods of gaining love correct? No!

She is insecure and it is totally understanable that she is. Because of this, when she loves something or someone, she seeks to have a "hold" over it. She controls her Mother because she knows her Mother is her own worst enemy. (So in some ways I get it). But her control is due to her Beyhadh love for her Mother. She wants to keep her from Ashwin, even if it means keeping her locked up. But sometimes, we can't save people from themselves.

In the case of Arjun, she has fallen in love with him. But because she is the way she is, she cannot stand ANY competition for her love. She cannot stand anyone whom she thinks will be equally important to Arjun. While acting as if she is totally fine with Saanjh and even Arjun's family, she will seek to slowly extricate all of them from his life. The simple reason being she needs to be the only person in his life. She needs to control where he invests his love, emotions and time. A normal woman with a regular upbringing would not behave like Maya. I don't blame her for who she is, but who she is can never have a healthy long-term relationship with a man or with anyone. The reason being, where there is control and insecurity, love finds it hard to survive. Many marriages and relationships have failed for this reason. One person's insecurities and need to always be No 1, eventually drives the other person away. The person who is being controlled eventually gets fed up of it. No matter how much you love someone, once you start to feel like your whole life is being driven by one person, you will feel trapped. THEN you will try to break free.

I think Beydadh is that story. Arjun will love Maya, but his love will NEVER be enough. Eventually, he will want out, as he gets tired and fed up of always reassuring her and dealing with her insecurities. But Maya wont want to let him go. This is when she will seek to ruin him. "Uss se pyaar karo, jisse control kar saku. Jab pyaar aap ko control karne lage, tab uss pyaar ko barbaad karo!"

THIS is what Maya will do eventually. It's a pity. Because Arjun's love could have been what could have saved Maya, had she got the right help she needed to overcome her childhood trauma and insecurities. Just like we think it's a cliche that a man with a dark past and bad attitude will be "saved" by the heroine's love, the SAME applies here too. The Hero's love alone can't save the Heroine. You cannot cure a mental illness with love. It helps, but its not a cure. Maya has a problem. It can only be solved or cured if she gets help. Arjun will just be another victim of the issues she has, which to date has never been solved. Ashwin and Jhanvi are terrible parents and they deserve to be put in jail because they ruined her life. Unfortunately, Maya will ruin Arjun's life because that is all she knows to do. Arjun has NO idea what he is getting himself into. Eventually, when he does, it will be very late and this is when Saanjh and her lawyer skills will have to contribute to try and extricate him from his mess. I sincerely hope she does not marry Arjun. She should get someone who values her.

I want this show to NOT be a cliche but have a logical conclusion. I don't think Arjun-Maya or Arjun-Saanjh are end-game. If this show is a thriller, then no one should end up together. This is MY take. I would love to hear everyone else's thoughts on this! Thanks!