Is it Love or Attraction or Loyalty from Raghu ?

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Posted: 11 years ago
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Since this week we r hving debate on Raghu is in love or not and honestly speaking after seeing everyone's points , I m a bit confused too 😆


In this post I want to put a different POV which is not about Raghu is in love or not but about what Raghu exactly feels for Shivani ... Love or Attraction or just Loyalty 🤔


Let me just put these pics here which I got from FB (Credit to Rashda Nahid )


This is more of dream vs reality ...
Sayyara vs Abhi abhi 😛




Shivani sees the exact dance steps in her dream which actually happened in reality long back when she had a dance with Raghu ... So we cannot say Shivani is assuming Raghu loves her when all she sees in her dream is something she actually felt with Raghu in reality long back when she danced with him in real 😳

Also in the above pic , look at Raghu's expression both in real dance and dream dance and tell me , do we see any difference ?? 🤔

The way Raghu is enjoying this dance in real with Shivani and that too long back when Shivani had no feelings for him , does this give a feel that Raghu might be attracted towards his Babyji long back even before Shivani fell for him 🤔... I m not calling this love but more of attraction from Raghu's side which actually happened long back ...



Then this picture is again a reality and no dream 😳




What kind of look Raghu is giving to his baby ji when she comes to the room wearing a pink saree ... is it the look of love or attraction or just the typical loyalty look to his baby ji ?? 🤔

I felt it was again the look of instant attraction .. He was simply mesmerised with her beauty and just could not take his eyes off her 😳 ... And its these kind of looks from Raghu which is giving more and more confidence to Shivani that he definitely loves her because obviously Shivani is not dumb to not understand these kind of looks he often gives her here and there 😉😆😳



Then comes the climax ...the blanket moment ...





It all started with Raghu taking the initiative and give her the blanket which was his loyalty towards his baby ji but the moment Shivani comes close to him and wraps him in that blanket , his sense go numb for a split second which is clear in the above picture 😆😳

Here again , Raghu dint get up for quite sometime and actually allowed Shivani to really come close to him and only when he realised that she might just kiss me any moment 😆 , he instantly gets up 😆😉 ... She kept coming close to him and he kept looking at her almost lost in a trance and going all numb 😉😳 .. Again I call this instant attraction ...This is where Shivani feels he is running away from his feelings because she did notice that for quite sometime he was actually lost in her till he decides to pull himself away suddenly ...

If he was really not interested in her , he would not hv allowed to let her wrap them both in a common blanket in the first place and would hv got up instantly even before she tries to get cosy with him but the fact that he takes his own sweet time to come back to his senses and get up gives the feel to Shivani that he is runninig away deliberately 🤔



So from all these pics the conclusion which I reach is that Raghu is definitely attracted to Shivani and this attraction is not new ... this attraction happened long back...The man hidden behind that bodyguard armour is actually attracted to his baby ji 😳 ... But he is yet to reach that stage of love where one feels the desire to own his woman and he just dont want to take his attraction ahead and convert it into love but Shivani's frequent love advances is actually making his life difficult as he fears that soon he might loose that self-control 😆😛


Thats why I feel Shivani should now try to win his heart as a attractive woman and not exactly as a wife because if we see the first pic where RaShi first time did the real dance on Sayyara , then one can clearly see how Raghu feels free to b close to her when there is no forced relationship dynamics involved like marriage or society pressure or rich-poor debates ...


So Shivani can try out tricks to win him as a woman first before forcing the wife or marriage tag on their relation ... As a woman it will b easy to win a man's heart by following the age old tricks of making your man jealous or deliberately ignoring him or just dressing up beautifully and try to draw his attention towards u but act as if u r doing it for someone else and then Raghu will automatically fall for her charm 😛😳 .. Dont pressurise him to love u but make him fall for u 😃

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Posted: 11 years ago
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Wonderful post Jyoti

I think it is a combination of Attraction and Loyalty, it is not love from Raghu's standpoint yet.

Agree Raghu is attracted to her and has been since the beginning. They both have been attracted to each other. They always had a special bond and deep liking for each other. It was obvious when Raghu brought about Abhi's true nature to Shivani, she didn't believe it but she was deeply hurt that Raghu was the one that blamed Abhi... don't think she would have been so upset if it was someone else.

After Shivani realized the truth about the MU between them, that is when she started questioning why he did what did, why did it effect her. When she was talking to Meghna, she was the one that made Shivani realize that she is in love with Raghu, she even denied it and then slowly accepted.

Too me the taxi ride after the picnic when Raghu to himself was saying if anything would have happened shows that now he slowly opening up his heart. So maybe like Meghna helped Shivani admit her feelings maybe someone will do the same for Raghu, and I'm thinking it just might be Latha.
He values her opinion very much and may really listen deep down to what she has to say.

I too want Shivani to make Raghu realize his feeling for her as a woman and not with using the "wife" status all the time, because she is just pushing him away IMO. Like the TUG-OF-WAR game they played at the picinic don't use this type of gimmick to get Raghu, one time Sumi wins, then Shivani. She is not even trying to expose Sumi, she is just letting her play her games and fortunately something happens that SUmi's plans eventually fail. She needs to stop thinking that this is a true marriage, because When they got married the commitment factor was not in play, they did it to protect Shivani and the understanding was it was fake. That's why Raghu doesn't consider her is wife. So she needs to understand that and not use the "wife' tag as her right to him..he doesn't feel that way. As a woman she needs to make him realize that what he feels for her is more than Duty

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Posted: 11 years ago
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Beautifully expressed and very nice pics. Attraction, loyalty and liking - Raghu has all these feelings for Shivani. But its love too and a very different kind of love I feel. This love is not accompanied by a desire to own. Its not a head over heels kind of love. Its a selfless kind of love in which the thing that matters most in the world is that one person's happiness.
i have a feeling that even when Raghu realises his love he will still try to hide it and still not want to make shivani his own.
Because he will think she cannot b happy with him in the long run.
I think this is the case becoz when raghu had brought ice cream for shivani , he had said, he always wants to see her happy. If she is sad then he feels that something is notcorrect.something he is doing wrong. And he is unable to explain it he said. These are very deep feelings.
What can one call this ? I am not sure.
if some has seen the movie rab ne bana di jodi, when tani tells suri she can never love him. The only thing suri wants is to
get back her smile , remove all her sorrows and make her life beautiful again and he was ready to do watever it takes for that minus any expectations at his end I think this is sumwhat similar.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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My ques why raghu is nt maintaining any dist. frm Shi?? Practically if any1 loves you madly bt u dun bt u are aware frm his/her love den its natural u will maintain dist. wid him/her bt here case is totally diff Rag says he dun love shi n aware wid shi love then also he is comfortable wid her in every senese on other hand he promised sumi dat he will marry her n makeup his mind dat she will be his future partner den also he is maintaining dist. frm sumi :/
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I was long convinced that he is in love, but after the volley of posts, n finally reading yours I m not sure either. I think maybe love is too strong a word for his feelings right now. But I do feel attraction is too mild a term... mayb I'll call it a liking towards her. He likes her, very much. N more than a servant should like their mistress.

I always felt that he had a crush on Shivani, right from the beginning. Don't know why, but the way he spoke to her, or even about her gave me that vibe..

His feelings towards her r way past the loyalty stage. The pics you posted are proof enough for that. The way he looked at her when she came in, that was clearly raw attraction written all over his face..

N wen she wrapped him in that blanket of hers, it is not shock that's reflecting on his face...his face is so serene, as if he is content being lost in her eyes..

But his loyalty towards maliksa will not let him even think about his babyji as his wife, or lover, or even a crush for that matter. N forcing him to accept her love isn't gonna do the trick.

He doesn't have to admit it to her, but once he realises that he has some strong feelings towards babyji, that will b a turning point. He will definitely try to fight his feelings, but m sure he is gonna fail miserably. Shivani should focus on getting there...

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Posted: 11 years ago
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Superb post jyoti 😃

i feel its attraction plus loyalty plus love ... but mostly love... in raghu's own words that 'i-don't-know' feeling


raghu was forever attracted to shivani ... we saw instances from the start ...one eg: his mesmerized gaze when she was coming down the stairs for her engagement ... he admired her as someone so pure, serene, beautiful but un attainable , from a distance ...but his feelings were pure... with no trace of lust or desire ... then circumstances forced them to be together n we saw that he enjoys her company, smiles , laughs even jokes when he is with her ... n he talks a lot when he is with her but usually he is sort of reserved guy ...the instance : just after their marriage when he readies the bed in his room for her , he keeps talking n shivani asks him in surprise that she didn't know he talks this much ...to which he blushes ... the tough, silent bodyguard actually blushes ...

at the first part of her stay there he was more in servant/bodyguard mode ... all family even ... always trying to keep her happy, comfortable ... n then the first indication that it was not just loyalty came in the form of that coin he buys as gift for her , but never gives her ... which servant would buy a gift for their malkin, without her ordering for it n not give her but secure it with him? ... it was not loyalty ... more than attraction ... ... as raghu himself says afterwards when shivani asks him why does he feel the need to keep her happy , feel sad when she does , ...'I don't know...' ... he don't know why he bought a gift for her n didn't give it to her ... in fact he don't know his feelings ...

n then came the first instance when we saw his domineering side ... he piratically ordered n grabbed her hand in the middle of the road to go back with him to his house ... the dynamics of their relation started changing from there when he refused to listen to his mailkin for the first time...


n then the almost slap incident ... the servant forgot that its his mailkin on whom he was raising his hand ... the loyalty wavered infront of love for his mother ... he didn't budge a bit n didn't even acknowledge his responsibility n word to daaju that he will take care of her with his life, no matter what n silently stood when shivani left the house... it took his mother's reminder that he is just a servant n about his duty that he suddenly remembered that he is a mere servant n he has duties to fulfill ...


n then came the whole MU phase ... it was not just loyalty which made him bear every insult n still stay at haveli ... its his promise to his mother , coupled with loyalty n that 'i-don't-know' factor which made him stay there ...

if shivani hadn't confessed her love to him, i doubt if he had left the haveli like that ... he may have given her the property back n may be divorce too but not in that rushed way ... n we saw he was shocked ... it was 'sin' for him to think of 'babiji' like that ... he was a 'servant' ... he 'can't' love his 'maliksa's grand daughter'... he don't think he is 'laayak' of her ... he 'can't' give her all the 'luxuries' in life ... these were his words from time to time ... never , ever did he say to her in face that he 'doesn't love' her ... never ... even yesterday he refused to say it... n he had no answer n just turned his back on her when she asked him to look in her eyes n tell that he doesn't love her ... if he has no feelings other than loyalty for her , he would have accepted her challenge n put an end to everything ... but he didn't ... bec he couldn't ...

raghu thinks that shivani can only be happy with a rich guy ... who could give her love plus 'comforts n richness' ... n that's why he is looking for a good, but 'rich' guy ...

he loves her ... in a pure way ... in wanting to see her happy ... live happy ...every moment ... his prejudiced mind is not letting him accept the fact ...that it could be love ... one of his major concern is that there is a difference between sky n earth ... he knows it n that's why his mind is preventing him from enjoying the horizon ...he wants her to be happy ... n his prejudiced mind is asking him questions as to whether he could give her all the luxury n comforts she enjoyed ? ... this plus the 'sin' factor is preventing him from realising the 'i-don't-know' feeling inside him... a loyal servant need not feel like his life is slipping away when his malkin is in danger ... he may feel that he is failing in his duty , but he would never feel his life slipping away ... which raghu felt ... his eyes told that he felt it when shivani asked it in the taxi ...

Edited by dhakarn - 11 years ago
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Great post Jyoti..and super comments.👍🏼
Thanks a lot for making my day. I thought it is another boring weekend. But not any more.😃

I am not good in English , so I can't explain my POV. But I'll try to put some notes. Hope you'll understand me:😳

1) Shivani has to remain as Raghu's wife. She has to stay at his house. Out of site out of heart. So Shivani has to make it sure she never let Raghu alone. He is a straight person whom can easily be fooled by Sumi. So forcing him to accept Shivani as a wife is the only way Shivani can protect him, and make him feel how important she is in his life.

2) Raghu loves Shivani I have no doubt. Poiu and Dhanya explain it beautifully. Raghu took care of Shivani, pampered her, gifted her, cooked for her, accepted her insults, never blamed her for putting his life in a risk, sacrificed his own happiness for her, feels her pain Did many things which no servant or bodyguard can do for his master. If all Indian servants act that way , they have to be thrown out of their master's house , coz they are dangerous for the cute ladies.😆

3) How to make Raghu realize his own feeings. It may come with Karan's entry. Btw did you see his pic in Raghu's house in Fb thread? . This is my last hope. If Raghu still don't want to admit his love for Shivani even to us. She has to move on in her life and marry Karan.😈
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Some grt replies by all 👏.. keep them coming 😃

let me reply to all individually now 😆😳
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: rekrn

Wonderful post Jyoti

I think it is a combination of Attraction and Loyalty, it is not love from Raghu's standpoint yet.

Yes I agree in this case .. I feel even if its love but its not the typical ishq wala love yet but more of respect wala love


Agree Raghu is attracted to her and has been since the beginning. They both have been attracted to each other. They always had a special bond and deep liking for each other. It was obvious when Raghu brought about Abhi's true nature to Shivani, she didn't believe it but she was deeply hurt that Raghu was the one that blamed Abhi... don't think she would have been so upset if it was someone else.

Yess whenever Raghu did something , we hv seen Shivani feels affected the most and whenever Shivani asked Raghu to do something wrong (for example joker act) , Raghu felt deeply hurt .. so there is that underlying connection and emotional attachment between both 😳

After Shivani realized the truth about the MU between them, that is when she started questioning why he did what did, why did it effect her. When she was talking to Meghna, she was the one that made Shivani realize that she is in love with Raghu, she even denied it and then slowly accepted.

Yeah and I remember Meghna even told her Raghu is in love with u after joker act ... so somewhere Meghna too did put in her head that he loves her ... and when a third person can feel it matlab there is definitely something between both that is special 😳

Too me the taxi ride after the picnic when Raghu to himself was saying if anything would have happened shows that now he slowly opening up his heart. So maybe like Meghna helped Shivani admit her feelings maybe someone will do the same for Raghu, and I'm thinking it just might be Latha.
He values her opinion very much and may really listen deep down to what she has to say.

Yes Raghu needs a friend or some guide in his life who can make him see things beyond his duty and promises ... Bela did but because she is younger to Raghu , so it dint hv much effect .. he needs advice from someone who is either his buddy , that is same age grp or someone who is elderly like his mother mayb 🤔

I too want Shivani to make Raghu realize his feeling for her as a woman and not with using the "wife" status all the time, because she is just pushing him away IMO. Like the TUG-OF-WAR game they played at the picinic don't use this type of gimmick to get Raghu, one time Sumi wins, then Shivani. She is not even trying to expose Sumi, she is just letting her play her games and fortunately something happens that SUmi's plans eventually fail. She needs to stop thinking that this is a true marriage, because When they got married the commitment factor was not in play, they did it to protect Shivani and the understanding was it was fake. That's why Raghu doesn't consider her is wife. So she needs to understand that and not use the "wife' tag as her right to him..he doesn't feel that way. As a woman she needs to make him realize that what he feels for her is more than Duty

I guess exposing Sumi is never her priority mayb because she feels If Raghu accepts his feelings , then Sumi automatically will b out of picture ... thats where Shivani got to make attempts to make sure Raghu accepts his ffeelings instead of running away from it and the only way she can do this is by trying to win him as a woman first and not a wife ... let him fall for her naturally without any marital or other pressures ... 😳

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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: poiu123

Beautifully expressed and very nice pics. Attraction, loyalty and liking - Raghu has all these feelings for Shivani. But its love too and a very different kind of love I feel. This love is not accompanied by a desire to own. Its not a head over heels kind of love. Its a selfless kind of love in which the thing that matters most in the world is that one person's happiness.
i have a feeling that even when Raghu realises his love he will still try to hide it and still not want to make shivani his own.
Because he will think she cannot b happy with him in the long run.
I think this is the case becoz when raghu had brought ice cream for shivani , he had said, he always wants to see her happy. If she is sad then he feels that something is notcorrect.something he is doing wrong. And he is unable to explain it he said. These are very deep feelings.
What can one call this ? I am not sure.
if some has seen the movie rab ne bana di jodi, when tani tells suri she can never love him. The only thing suri wants is to
get back her smile , remove all her sorrows and make her life beautiful again and he was ready to do watever it takes for that minus any expectations at his end I think this is sumwhat similar.



Basically the love Raghu feels is something he probably feels for his mother too ... u know that special someone for whom he can even give his life ...

What Raghu does not feel yet is the ishq wala love that a man feels for his woman where the man desires her physically too ...😳

Right now Raghu feels that attraction for Shivani here and there but he is yet to desire her physically as well because he just pulls him back the moment he feels he might loose control and then his bodyguard mode takes over ...

this journey from the attraction/like/respect wala love phase to ishq wala love is what Raghu got to make in coming days ... he is yet to reach to that ishq wala love phase I feel 😳

I agree about that movie rab ne bana di jodi ..When SRK's character realised that his wife does not really desire her as a husband , he decides to pull himself away because a husband-wife relation just cannot work on respect forever .. and so he gets a makeover and comes to her as a different person to make her fall for him ... he sheds his husband image and becomes that macho man and try to win her over ... Shivani needs to do something similar 😳

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