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God, I cannot believe that I am analyzing this so much. Talk about the amount of time I have. But no, it is the weekend. I do have time. 😆
I know we have all had opinions about who is right, who is wrong, what should have happened, what should happen etc. But my thoughts on this were so long that I had to make a fresh post 😳. So, here goes -
1. Suhasini's inherent need to win
The easiest thing for us to do as an audience is to like a few characters and dislike a few of them. What are we making this decision based on? It is based on our individual moral compass'. And most of us have branded Suhasini as a "cheap woman".
A lot of things in our lives get derived from our surroundings. We learn a lot from people, particularly our value system, the concept of society, caring about people, how to treat people etc. Let us look at Suhasini for a minute without any preconceived notions about her. Suhasini is from a business family. From the looks of it, a successful one too. We don't know much about her mother and the maternal influence, but her father seems to have had a great influence in her life... what, if he could convince them to live in his house instead of Manohar's... She has been the only woman in her house for a long time. She may have been everyone's center of attention. She has had a say in everything that happens in the house, because she is from a rich family, she has been taught to win, she has been taught to be practical, she has probably been taught that if you don't win, you are a looser... and she has lived with an upper hold on her family for the major part of her life. She is used to this lifestyle, this is normal to her. She brought home a girl for her elder son who is again under her control. Then Simmi happened. That shattered her... because she realized that she did not have as much control as she thought she did. And now, Swadheenta is happening. Suhasini is no fool. Atleast with Simmi, she knows she has some control because she is uneducated, impulsive and not so bright. Swadheenta, Suhasini knows she is a true threat to everything that has been normal to her for 50 years of her life. And she does not like the change. What are the first qualities you would look at in Swadheenta - she is smart, she is bright, she is professional... Suhasini has only seen these sides of Swa. In other words, a reflection of herself. She doesn't know Swa's moral values, her loving side. So, why is Suhasini completely wrong in assuming that Swa wants more out of this marriage than just love? If Suhasini was in Swa's position, she wouldn;t be marrying Adarsh for love. She is an opportunist. And she thinks Swa is like her. So, she may be doing all this for 2 reasons -
a. 2 Suhasini's cannot live in the same house without conflict. Suhasini cannot continue to be powerful if Swa gets married to Adarsh. She knows that.
b. Maybe she truly wants Adarsh to see that Swa is also an opportunist and does not really love him... maybe she really thinks she is saving her son.
2. Ahuja's need to demean Swadheenta
He is uneducated. He probably has used all means available to him to get to where he has reached today. He is probably a good man, but also a little defensive of his background and his ways. He likes to believe that he is an equal to all the rich men and women, but finds himself lacking in some areas. He tries to overcompensate to make sure people don't see his vulnerabilities.
Suhasini has studied him like a book and hit the nail correctly. She asked him to be watchful of Ramakrishnan. As subtle as she was, that was the first instigation. When Ahuja met Ramakrishnan, he was already on the defensive, because he knew this was a short-tempered man. It was almost like he was waiting to show to him that Ramakrishnan cannot insult him because he is the senior samdhi, and that he was rich etc. Ramakrishnan doesn't care. He called him a crook to his face, and that was a slap to Ahuja. It exposed his vulnerable side, and he couldn't deal with it. He had to get back at Ramakrishnan to show his superiority.
3. Simmi's blind love for her father
Her moral values are questionable as it is. Because she has learnt things from her father. Is she a bad person? No. But her value system has been imbibed by her father whose own morals are weak. The only 2 things she has in her life are Abhay and her dad. She is possessive of the both of them, and fiercely protective too. She cannot see her father being insulted. She feels like she has to protect him and stand for him always
4. Ramakrishnan's naive, unsuspecting behavior and his short temperedness
He is a short tempered man. Period! Yes, he is as artist and is greatly proud of his art form. But any form of art is a tapasya. It needs patience, dedication, time, will and so many such positive characteristics. It is one thing to feel insulted and humiliated. But totally another thing to physically hurt someone. He was wrong in that aspect. He should not have hit Ahuja. I don't think he hit Ahuja because he insulted him as an artist. he hit Ahuja because his pride and ego were hurt. And that is not a good justification. More often than not, such people realize their mistake the minute their temper gets back to normal. I am sure appa will realize it too.
What I hope will happen here after
Ahuja was acting under the influence of alcohol. When his nasha comes down, he will realize that he may have gone over board too.
Appa reacted with pure instinct. when his temper gets back to normal, he will also realize that he should not have hit Ahuja. Maybe maamu and amma will also make him realize it.
For Swadheenta, it is a question of right and wrong. She knows that Ahuja was wrong, and her appa's reaction (although incorrect) was a reaction to certain actions. She cannot let him apologize because she does not think he is wrong. She is willing to do it to resolve the issue, but she cannot accept that her appa was wrong
Adarsh knows that principally, appa was also in the wrong. Yes, Ahuja initiated it, but there was no need for a physical reaction. So, he thinks that appa should apologize.
2 results again
a. No matter what anyone else wants, I think appa and Ahuja will both apologize to each other on their own... irrespective of what the others want. Because on their own, they are 2 good people.
b. This will certainly result in a difference of opinion between SwaDarsh. What should win?Right of principle? Like their earlier promise, they will need to find a half way path, because both of them are correct, and both of them are wrong too.
