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This post is not meant to provoke/bash any actor or character of the show. Please refrain from discussing any other character [liked/disliked] in this thread with the exception of those that are in relation to Viraj Dobriyal. This analysis reflects my subjective musings. Do not spread any sort of negativity or bashing/provoking here. Thank you.
Now, the reason I've made this brief analysis in relation to VD is because I've been musing about something for quite a while now, and usually writing it down and sharing it just helps me gain a clearer understanding of things. In this case, what I've been wondering is this:
Does Viraj Dobriyal love Jhanvi or is he in love with the idea of her?
Let me elaborate.
We know that Viraj saw Jhanvi and wanted her. He never knew her, not really. Before he could even begin to know her, he started to shape her, mould her into the picture perfect woman that he had in his mind. He became obsessed with the idea of how he wanted her to be and did everything in his power to alter her, leaving only the bits and pieces that he found endearing and indulgent -- such as her stuttering, her timidness, her desire to obey without protesting.
The thing is that, as a viewer, I observed these things and the thought popped into my head that he didn't love her. He didn't even care for who she was, her past, etc. Not until Sanju -- which was inconvenient as he was a man from her past. What he did love and care for was the idea of her. The idea that he attempted to manifest by shaping her himself -- peeling away things that he didn't like, adding things that he liked. All within his power, all within his control and pleasure.
During the Geeta track and Priya track and even now -- I find that obsession with the idea of his Jhanvi, his perfect wife, the one he shaped, is what dominates his desire to find her and own her again. She is his creation and he cannot stand that anyone else touches her. This leads us further to his God complex. Because I somehow find that his need to control and create is connected to him believing that he is a God. You must lack severe fear in a God to claim that you are one and even challenge God.
Something else is that Viraj is like a Machiavellian groupie. He believes that a prince, or in his case, a man, should be feared more than loved as that is what essentially keeps your subjects from disobeying you/betraying you. To the point, he treated Jhanvi like a subject, making sure that she feared him more than she could ever love him [though I don't think that Jhanvi ever loved him -- she didn't get the chance to as the horrors started on their wedding night -- however, I do believe that she sympathized with him at one point and went as far to as believing that she was the one in the wrong about him].
What I wonder is whether Viraj can ever really love anyone but himself? Because as I see it, the world revolves around him alone -- what he wants is all that matters and he's willing to use any means, anything, to gain for himself. Doesn't matter if what he wants is a thing or a person. There can be a sharp distinction between love and desire [not in the physical sense alone]. Love is a selfless thing and thus must result in selfless actions... desire is a selfish thing and thus result in selfish actions if not overpowered by sense.
I don't know if I'm right or wrong, but I'm not convinced that Viraj loves Jhanvi. However, I am definitely convinced that he's in love with the idea of his Jhanvi.
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