Aniket wagerah Ka toh pata Nahi par I really want Samrat back. He's the one who's genuinely wronged in this entire mess. If the CVs actually expended any energy on originality they could explore this character so well. If this show were done realistically both Virat and Samrat would get very little time at home. Both of them would get transferred too frequently and the show would have to deal with the separation that comes with being Military-wives.
Assuming that Samrat is actually MIA and not willfully avoiding home like KD, then he'd be medically unfit to rejoin his regiment for a while. Psych assess and all that.
This could be the time where Samrat and Sai find true friends in the family. They would do each other so much good too. Sai could bring back the levity that Samrat might have lost during his stint and they will be blast together. Sai is the most sorted person in the deal wali marriage. But, she needs friends beyond Virat in the family. Virat clearly is not detached enough to an objectively good friend to her and the rest have parental love towards her.
Samrat could be the one to lead her to objectively sound decisions regarding the marriage and vice versa. I can totally see Samrat crushing over someone and excitedly confiding in Sai. The makers are clearly making Machiavelli to be a beyond-redemption caricature. Sai and Samrat deserve better
If Sai falls in love with Virat, Samrat's insight will only help her. If not, even then Samrat would be her rock and vice-versa.
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