great views and great discussions everyone ... 👏👏 added few points here
@prejudiced : regarding speaking of future, "that they cannot be more than friends " ... I felt it was more of an "assurance" not just to the family members but it was for his own self... kind of imposing the control on his feelings .. that repetitive "dost.. dost.. dost" emphasizes .. that he was telling himself ...that they cannot be more than friends ... even though he loves her, he wouldn't like to go through all that pain again...and underplaying his expectations .. though he is successful and confident now.. there is still that fear of rejection from her as he always kept her on a higher pedestal..be it 10 years back or now.
@Sam That's very true about him having low self esteem which was 10 years back , more so when it comes to Sumo and their relation .. with others he doesn't have this low self esteem ... his confidence overpowers every other person but not Sumo as he still looks up to her, with those twinkling teenager eyes .
Ghanna, awww that bit...I soo agree,.. when Sumo said "kya hum dost hain ?? " I could see a chota bachcha ...demanding from his friend "kal hi toh tumne kaha tha" how can you break the promise already...kind of look and true he is genuinely insecure to lose her as a friend .. again as sam mentioned , how beautiful would it be to see Sumo help him cope of with his self esteem when it comes to her.. for that.. Sumo has to come down 2 steps and Shravan has to come up 2 steps !!
@Sam ,.. friends of childhood, turning lovers when they are grown up.. me too never connected with those .. but this friendzoning is a masterstroke from creatives.. you see no diff in "emotions or feelings " between young ShraMan and Adult ShraMan .. they are still the same..
His vulnerabilities and insecurity to lose a friend was shown when he said "kal hi toh kaha tha " he is just being happy she is in his life as a friend and more than that he is more content that he is her friend !! Had he confessed his love and that is not what Sumo wanted.. he would lose his genuine pure platonic friendship with her .. because once love comes into pic, the comfort will be replaced by awkwardness .. he is being cautious and being low profile !!
and as per precap ... I can see, preetha's logic will make Sumo trail on wrong path .. she said if he does what he says it's love... if he doesn't it's friendship .. but Shravan would do anything she asks him just out of friendship and which will be misinterpreted by Sumo and Preetha .