Did I say words fail me? Bear with me today, but I could not stop the words from flowing.
Well, we got a clairvoyant MSK, who aw the photograph and put two and two together. And, surprise, he came up with four, not five. Well, the clairvoyant MSK has a clairvoyant wife. One look at the photograph and she knew that he knew.
Yet another change, Grandma was willing to shoulder the blame for what happened. She was willing to go after an angry MSK and let him know that she was the reason Geet did not disclose the truth to him.
In a refreshing change, Geet decided to heed Grandma's earlier advice, about not seeking a third person's interference in their lives. She told Grandma that he was angry with her, and she would face the consequences. She stopped Grandma and went to search for him in the room.
In tones reminiscent of the
wood chi after the pregnancy disclosure, Geet hears some sound coming from the courtyard. She looked down at her MSK who is venting out his anger. I will forego a discussion on the scenes used in the flashback.
Geet allowed him to do continue venting out his anger, in hope that his anger would finally be exhausted. But, the moment he takes the fire rod in his hands, she broke her self-imposed restraint and rushes down, lest he harm himself.
Down, at close range, she saw that his anger appeared to be consuming him. Finally, he let go of the fire rod. And, she saw this as a cue to begin.
And, what followed was sheer brilliance.
On the part of Geet, we saw a clear admission of all that had happened. An admission that she had to seek Dev's help, an admission that they needed blood and it was only Dev's blood that matched.
A seemingly calm MSK asked her as to why she did not disclose this to him earlier. We didn't expect that, did we?
In response, Geet revealed that Dev had placed a condition that she would not reveal the truth to him. She told him that she wanted to tell him the truth, despite Dev's condition. Here, in one go, she indicated that, for her,
vishwas and
bharosa -- the founding elements of their relationship -- hold far greater importance than her own word of honour. She revealed that she did not do this immediately, at Grandma's advice who advised her to wait until he was well. And, then, she disclosed that circumstances conspired against her. She admitted that she did not have the courage to tell him the truth, in light of the events that had transpired.
And, then the hateful lines from MSK: "You knew you were wrong. Why did you do something which you would not have the courage to disclose?"
In response, Geet told him that, for her, at that moment, only one thing was important. Her goal then was to save his life. She had no option.
And, then, we got the manifestation of MSK, the MSK who does not like to be beholden to anyone, the MSK who does not like to seek assistance from anyone, the basis of which was laid down in what I call the fountain episode. He told Geet that she should have allowed him to die. He questioned her as to why she sought help from Dev. He told her that death was better than such life for him.
Well, did MSK say that he preferred death to a life beholden to Dev? Well then, his Geet was not one to refuse him the favour. Today, she was to kill the myth of MSK and bring to life the man she knew as Maan. Today, she was to burn MSK; and from the ashes would rise the Maan she knew.
In a passionate outburst, Geet tore to shreds MSK's reputation as the one who could do no wrong, the one who could say no wrong.
She served him a volley of questions / observations:
- Did he even consider what would happen to her, to their child, if he were to die (In a lighter vein, did she know that MSK had not changed his will)?
- He only thought of himself and his anger. Earlier, it was her happiness that mattered the most to MSK.
- Did he consider how difficult it was for her?
- It made no difference to him. Aap ko koi farak nahin padta. His anger and hatred took paramount importance in his life. He gave it precedence over Geet, Geet's love and their child. Contrast this to the earlier promo and episode, where MSK tried to get Geet to admit her feelings for him and tells her to admit that he makes no difference to her. Is it her turn to get MSK to admit "Farak padta hai, Geet."
- What did she do wrong? She only asked Dev for blood to save her husband's life.
- He was angry because she sought help from Dev. Did he wonder about what she would have undergone? Did he wonder how she would have faced Dev? Did he wonder how she would have spread her hands in supplication before Dev? Ahh, now that got MSK's attention like no other.
In a concluding flourish, Geet stumped him by telling him that he would not understand, he was not the Maan she knew. For, the Maan she knew was selfish, but his selfishness would be served by seeing his Geet happy. His selfishness was not served or fuelled by anger or hatred. Maan's selfishness would not have his hatred and anger taking predominance over his love for Geet.
Geet walked off, and a tear slip[ed out of the eyes of an already remorseful Maan, who had begun to realise the error of his ways. Was this the requiem of the MSK who was driven by hatred and anger?
There's a song titled "Song of Ruth" sung at Christian weddings. The lyrics go as follows:
Wherever you go, I shall go.
Wherever you live, so shall I live.
If Geet followed Maan earlier, he now followed her.
And, finally, we got some long-awaited self-introspection by Maan. In the past, we have been denied this. But, today, we get it in all its splendour
He overheard Geet's talk with their baby; he overheard her concerns about his anger and his hatred. He admitted to himself that he had placed his hatred for Dev over Geet's love. He admitted that he was not the same Maan; he had changed, hatred had changed him.
We then have a further self-introspection of Maan with Geet's words echoing in his ears.
Enter Grandma. Maan admitted his mistake to his Grandma. Surprisingly, Grandma too spared him no quarter. She told him bluntly that he had pained Geet. Well, I like this version of Grandma.
The CVs sure know how to close a loop. For, we today, we got the deification of Geet. Maan said that his Geet could not make any mistake.
In response to Grandma's observation that it was good that he realised his mistake, Maan acknowledged that his realisation had come late. Well, it was indeed late because he had already tilted the scales in the balance of hatred. In so doing, he had upset his relationship with Geet.
In the end, Grandma prompted him to apologise to Geet.
Well, Maan needs no prompting. At the same time, he knows that a mere apology would not be enough. Words alone would not right the balance of the scale of his relationship with Geet. Maan knows that he has to change himself. He knows that he has to prove that he has changed himself. He has to prove to Geet that hate and anger do not devour him.
And, this is where Dev gets the key to enter the Khurana Mansion.
A brilliant episode. So, to the entire team, a standing ovation.👏👏👏
Edited by hegdemedha - 14 years ago
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