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That is the path of evil. Of deviance.
Once a person is on that path he or she cannot go back.
Many help each other along the way or become accomplices. Veneer of good is maintained for show off while deviant deeds go on in background.
To hide ONE crime of Shaurya, Sakshi and Rajnath have gone on to commit so many more crimes. To hide ONE crime of his, Rajnath has had to make a compromise with Sakshi. For one moment of assuaging their ego this trio goes ahead to kill, maim or rape. Bribing, threatening, forgery etc are just minor offenses for them.
One night of fun has earned Karan a lifetime of fear and subserviance to those with whom he committed the crime and on whom he relied to cover up that crime.
Now no one can move back.
Karan wants to avoid them. His father wants to avoid Goenkas too. But they had to relent and agree to Rajnath's diktat thanks to past crimes committed and covered up together.
Rajnath wants to avoid Sakshi and get rid of her but cannot because of crimes committed in past and later together. One tape gagged him.
Threatening, manipulating, intimidating becomes a way of survival then. As Rajnath is counter blackmailing Minister Basu and was thinking of bumping off Sakshi. Whereas Sakshi shot Raima and is manipulating Rajnath.
Fake connection becames a way of life. Shaurya can't stop manipulating even on wheelchair. He never listened to his mom earlier when she slapped him for rape case and fake degree. But went ahead to assist her plan when he found what she was doing to target Dev.
Partners in crime feed off each other like parasites like the pandit, Ganguly, Mathur, lawyer etc in the show. They enjoyed so called power for years till their lies were exposed.
These are intricate networks of lies and deception that build these invincible power blocs.
They sustain each other nearly forever lest there is in fighting and lies come out in open.
No wonder in real life also corrupt and criminal leaders keep getting elected back to power again.
This is power of the damned. An illusion. These so called powerful people can't even sleep at night. They keep playing others and keep getting played themselves. They cannot back off even when they want to.
They might have a decent end if they hand themselves over to police and court of law. But that decency also leads to jail only. And entails loss of veneer of "status". Or their accomplices get them ruined for exposing them.
EHT has potential to make a powerful comment on status of society and the unholy nexus in upper echelons of power.
Durga, Dev and others who were innocent can highlight how the good are dying or rotting in jails while the evil ones are enjoying in soirees, getting listed in so called power lists.
A monologue of each character's regret can highlight how their desperation, lack of self control and greed made them animals. Before they die, they must speak on passions and illusions they chased and lived all their lives.
Man likes to live in illusions I guess. Hence will do anything to convince himself of having power. Strangely, inducing fear is a better boost for people like Goenka trio than inducing respect and love in others. Others hate this trio and want to dissociate from them. They themselves hate each other and want to dissociate from each other. What power is this?
Yet it looks like power to them as long as their passions and desires get satisfied.
This is evil for you. A self sustaining downward spiral that feeds off humans' ego and illusions. There is no looking back from this.
They say kaash acha waaris hota or cry at the mess. Only to return to crime themselves.
What is needed is for an outsider to come and distract them with another illusion and lead then to their destruction ala Pied Piper of Hamlyn who rid the town of all rats.
This trio and their allies are being led. By Durga in a way. She will have trouble though. It is a given as rats also followed the Pied Piper. Durga has to lead patiently and know when to move away and let the rats fall off the cliff. She has to keep calm and play on her flute, keep walking.
For people like Goenkas, Mathur, Pandit, Karan, Mr Basu, Raima etc there is no backing off from the destructive path they have taken. They will destroy and get destroyed.
"Good" people may suffer. But at least they are not trapped or bound and can choose their paths. They don't have to threaten each other and they don't have to lose sleep at night.
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Aami Daakini
