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I am mortified! As my name would suggest, I am MrDarcyfan. I am one of the biggest fans of Jane Austen, and to me Mr Darcy is the ultimate romantic hero.
His main feature was pride, and Lizzy was prejudice. Therefore I think Ranvi and Gunjan don't fit that description.
Darcy was in essentials a good guy, but he was very proud and arrogant. He had an attitude problem. Neither of which Ranvi has. Yes Darcy loved his sister and says that he practically brought her up after the death of his parents. She is 10+ years younger than him, so he always thought of her as his kid. THAT part is consistent with Ranvi. But the rest??
Ranvi saved Gunajn's honour. Just like Darcy contributed to saving Lydia's. Lizzy's mother like Bansuri is a pain in the neck. Father is ineffective. So those parts match.
But to have my all time favourite fictional couple, the incomparable Darcy and Lizzy compared to Ranvi and Gunjan is disappointing to say the least. Especially Gunjan. She is nothing like Elizabeth. Yes Lizzy was prejudiced against Darcy. But she was not blinded by her own selfishness like Gunajn! Gunajan misunderstood childhood friends. Lizzy didn't know Darcy from a bar of soap, so what she saw was what she accepted as his character. Or more like what he SHOWED. There was a lot more to him than the pride and arrogance.
That is why I loved IPKKND. In that, ASR was like Darcy. He was arrogant and proud, but underneath he had a good heart. Khushi was like Lizzy. She could be impulsive and short sighted. So she was prejudiced about ASR for a long time and misunderstood some of the things he did. So once again pride being ASR and prejudice being Khushi. (ASR also had a sister he loved too much to complete the package).
I think in the story Veera, Baldev and Veera resemble the pride and prejudice formula better. Baldev is pride. (He is very arrogant) and Veera is prejudice. She always thinks the worst of Baldev. But there is more to him than that. Also, Veera spent many years away from home, so as adults VEEBA had not really interacted much. So in a sense, this was her first time seeing Baldev up close in many years. She always jumped on what he does wrong and conveniently dose not appear to see what he does right!!
So sorry in this case RR, but I don't think either Ranvi or Gunjan are worthy to occupy the hallowed shoes of my Darcy and Lizzy!! :)
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