Also, just wanted to say it yesterday too but restrained myself. May be I am worried about the words I put may not convey the depth or actual meaning but I will try.
What Virat feels or expects from Sai, no one else feels. Samrat and others dont share what Virat shares with Sai. Husband and wife dynamics are completely different from other relationships. So seeing their relationship from the lens of Samrat, pulkit and Mohit is futile. Virat can be a good son, good brother, a good police officer and a good citizen too, but he is also a husband where he is faltering. So lets not judge him too harshly for failing as a husband. He has failed few times as a 'husband' doesn't mean he is a monster. If we keep that in mind, I think a lot of hatred for the character can be reduced.
Just my 2 cents.
He's faltered in every department be it for his mother, sister, brothers not just husband. What's harsh judgement? He deserves all the hate that comes his way even more infact he gets mollycoddled by a portion of fans & blame is put on others of his own misdeeds. The only reason because he's the so-called ML of the show who's a black spot in the name of male leads of ITV history. Forget everything he's an embarrassment even in his own profession. He's not even a good human being, forget husband or anything. He's always been supportive of the evil people in the show over the good ones. Those who defend his filthy behaviour mostly see from the lens of shipper or fan of the actor. They'll do everything to protect him just for a goddamn ship. His behaviour isn't a mistake it's abuse, toxicity & crimes It's internalized, didn't happen only once in the heat of the moment. He did everything in his senses. Few times? Or its the other way around. He's supported Sai the number of times can be counted very easily with our fingers. Except for education, the day after manhandling lunch drama he's always wronged her. He's a selfish, ungrateful, narcissistic, self-absorbed jerk who is full of himself & only cares about his feelings, emotions haa he's suceeded definitely only in setting bff/devar/ex-lover goals. He's always chosen his ex over his so-called love throughout the show, he'll be doing it during Shruti track too. Virat does the bare minimum for Sai (if you consider throwing grand b'day party, marriage anniversary celebration, gifts, diamond ring, ruby pendant etc. as support then it's okay lol) yet his expectations from her is sky high. The fact that Sai has developed far better bond & connection with all his siblings speaks volumes of what kind of human Sai is & what a trashy person Virat is. Sai sides with the good, victimized people in the show & vice versa whereas Virat sides with the evil almost all the time and vice versa. I don't get why is the romantic interest of a lead is organically always considered the lead? Why it always has to be a pair? The ML & FL not necessarily have gotta be paired romantically? They can have any other bond or equation. It should be normalised.
In the recent track what he did is no less than of a monster. After locking up a his own legally wedded teenage wife, he had no concern, consideration, remorse or guilt, didn't even go to check her even after 10 mins, the dialogue he's said that he'll bring Sai down only when she's needed to sit on Pooja shows he sees & treats her as an object, possession. A good human being will never do that anyone let alone the love of his life. After that he told others to play music, proudly flaunted infront of the entire family for doing this as he's done some great deed & said he did to punish and teach her a lesson? Even today he not only justified himself but refused to give keys when Samrat asked him to give keys. Virat's not even worth called a human being forget male lead. Also his respect for his mentor KJ who's his father-in-law is also a hogwash. He only talks respectfully & uses his name to leave his false good impression or to guilt trip, emotionally blackmail/manipulate Sai by using his name otherwise he's always showed his "exasperated" expression everytime KJ was demeaned by his "ghar ke dil ke bade acche gharwale" the same man who gave up & sacrificed his life, took the bullet for that vile person, Virat Chavan and his daughter's life has turned into a mess, upside down, facing tortures everyday only because of that man. A bottom tier trash.
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