Originally posted by: sanfan
Let me attempt a response altho this is posed to Soup...but I hope u and Soup will not mind my butting in...
Shravan...it would appear that he has blocked off those feelings...but to understand his actions, we would have to revisit a few past episodes...
Just before the Khosla track, Shravan and Sumo were at loggerheads so much so that Shravan did not stay on despite her request. However, things changed (blame it on Varma if you wish😉 but he did come back) From then on Shravan got to see a different Sumo and his misgivings vanished The track ended with the Mujhse Dosti karoge highpoint...Dosti...Shravan, in my view, in the process of exorcising his past demons (unrequited love) has let that part be submerged almost into his subconscious. He is holding on to that part he holds very dear...Sumo as he has always seen her...An important part of the letter was "I just want to be with you always" Well..that was a young Shravan but a mature Shravan knows that the next best thing is a restoration of status-quo with Sumo...wanting to keep it simple and uncomplicated.
Yet, when threatened, he reverts to his subconscious response. Varma, Khosla and Guglu 😆 are examples. Today if he is faced with a suitor for Sumo, his submerged feelings will emerge..
As for not noticing Sumo's changed feelings, again this is a result of their past association. Sumo and Shravan have not really sat down to analyse their rift or for that matter their reconciliation. The Khosla track in a way glossed it over for them so they have not really examined their feelings with respect to each other. How have we accepted Sumo's feelings for Shravan easily...Simply becos we have been privy to her thought process, she was excited about Shravan's return, upset at his bad behaviour, happy with his changed countenance...she has lived through the moments of waiting for Shravan for these 10 years and with no other baggage unlike Shravan. So, relatively, it has been easy for us to accept Sumo's "mujhe Shravan pasand hain" rather easily.
But has Shravan been privy to any of these thots...not really...He sees his old friend Sumo...the childish Sumo, the dominating Sumo,the petulant Sumo, the crazy Sumo, the funny Sumo, the resourceful Sumo and yes of course a new sensitive Sumo that he had a glimpse of but how does he interpret it as love for him. Her antics today can be easily taken as a love for a friend...they were pretty close once so why should he take it otherwise?
So, as I see it...the story is on course... As for the letter...I am not sure how to view it. It is a relic of their past but not sure how the writers use it. As a mask for Shravan or a realisation for Sumo that things have changed...could go either way😆
I would say the writers have a challenge here on how to make the transition from friends to lovers...its a beautiful state really..I am excited without any pre-conceived notions.