Originally posted by: aekiel
Shruti feels that Saanjh's main aim is to separate ArYa and have Arjun for herself- that's where most of her judgements on the character seem to come from, and where we appear to differ.
She mentioned in a previous thread that she judged Saanjh and Vandana as Gods, essentially people who cannot make mistakes and can't be afforded the chance to do one, even inadvertently.
My $0.02 on that.
Saanjh accepted ArYa, albeit with a heavy heart (perfectly human, I'd say), for Arjun's sake.
She supported ArYa and even went against Vandana in the initial episodes after ArYa's marriage, and even went so far as to decorate the house and arrange honeymoon tickets out of her own money.
Maya has orchestrated plenty of situations to create misunderstandings between Saanjh and Arjun- the e-mail fiasco, the whole bit about promotions, knowing that Saanjh's level-headedness and Arjun's duffergiri would easily clash. I've not seen Saanjh create a single misunderstanding deliberately between ArYa. Even in the brinjal episode, where Saanjh understands that Maya loves Arjun, she immediately goes to Arjun and conveys the message, rather than hide it and plan a way to get Arjun for herself before Maya catches him.
Till the day Maya orchestrates the Bhaang fiasco, Saanjh is relatively pro-Maya and turns on her only when she knows what Maya's done, and realises what Vandana had been saying about her all along was true.
Maya then plays the miscarriage card (one I believe to be fake), and gets Arjun to banish Saanjh from their lives.
Maya then plants Samay in Saanjh's life, despite having Arjun all to herself for three years.
Saanjh's ethics are pretty sound- she could have had a moment of weakness when Arjun leant in for a kiss at the bar, but she realises that he is Maya's, and stops herself perfectly in time.
Finally, should ArYa separate- Saanjh will not force Arjun to marry her. Should Arjun say no, she will respect his wishes. Saanjh's aim is Arjun's happiness, even if it comes at the cost of her own.
My replies in blue- can't get the quote thingy to function properly on this forum at times.
I don't know exactly how Shruthi di judges Saanjh. But I can tell u abt my views on her.. i see her subconsciously drawn towards arjun even now. I don't say that she has any mal-intentions but one cannot deny the fact that Saanjh has her own shortcomings. Maya uses these in her favor hence she wins. If Saanjh was completely flawless, Maya wouldn't have anything to manipulate n use against her.
I mostly like Saanjh barring the Holi track. And courtroom track. Reason is that her mother told that she should leave ArYa n let them live their life. Saanjh understood this and tried her best to stay away from Arjun. Yet she tried to be "overly good" and "selfless" by helping Arjun in planning a surprise for Maya. The restaurant scene was mostly Arjun's fault for me as Saanjh stopped him. Like Maya stoppedrunning the car over VM. But Holi fiasco shows that she didn't bother that her friend is married but wanted to keep his relationship just the way it was earlier, like putting colors on him before anyone else does, also ignoring that Maya tried to save her from burning (that was the only moment when I felt that Maya was genuinely caring)
I too believe Maya's miscarriage was fake. But for Saanjh she was pregnant. She in a way misbehaved with a pregnant woman. It was an accident no doubt, but if Maya was pregnant, then? Saanjh too holds herself guilty for that, that's what makes her actually different from Maya.
In short Her feelings for Arjun might be very pure. But there needs to be a limit towards friendship when the person is married is my take.
Courtroom track she was on the right side, but her overconfidence made her lose. She went for theory not for proofs. Right now she wants Ayan to be free but her dumbness and self righteous behavior by announcing her victory to Maya (I do feel she has a personal grudge against Maya and it's kind of normal to have that after what has happened in the present track) in a way led to her losing her priceless possession, her dad. Very tragic but yes it's true.
If it was some other case, some other criminal n not Maya, she wouldn't have got this emotional. She would have behaved in a better manner n got her client out of jail.
Just like I said Maya is hypocrit when she doesn't see the darkness in her and blames others. I will say Saanjh also is unable to see her own shortcomings hence she's a hypocritical white character.
Bold- that's right! I don't think SaaJun will be the end game as Saanjh won't marry Arjun for nursing him or his baby when Maya dies or is jailed, and I guess that's what Shruthi di said when she says Saanjh is not Vandana.
I know Saanjh /Aneri has been subjected to heavy bashing by members in this forum/Twitter n unnecessary nitpicking of the character. Hence her fans/nutral members are unable to differentiate btw critical analysis of her character n unnecessary nitpicking.
Edited by aditi97 - 8 years ago
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