Originally posted by: ShipIsSailing
Okay...this is going to be long. Let me go grab a cup of lemon tea 🍵 🤣
Firstly, I would like to say that there is no analysis that can be derived from the story of this show. There is no character development and no sense of how the characters behave in one particular episode and how they do in another. Perhaps there was some sense in the beginning, but there certainly hasn't been any for quite a while now. The characters behave however they must to move the story forward and they follow no particular arcs. Perhaps, Sai will suddenly become a manipulative and cunning villain in the next week and Pakhi might become the perfect savior, and we won't have any explanation or excuse for why they went through such a sudden change. Because there is no explanation. The writer had a dream, and he was bored, so he went with it. Also, the makers know that trp is fueled with drama, so they will go to whatever extent to show anything that will bring the drama, and in turn bring the trp. And it seems to be working perfectly for them.I feel this could be because the original story was done in 750 episodes and the makers want to milk a top story and have no clue where to go from here , I went and read the synopsis of the Bengali version and there were no kids in it. Story ends with Pakhi reuniting Sai and Virat and getting married to someone else. However since they are extending their story , I’m not complaining and willing to give them a chance to add more flavours and layers to the original. However yes, the characters have taken a toll post the leap and the characters have all gone haywire especially Virat- who has been butchered beyond recognition with mostly dialogues - because I sometimes go back and see old scenes and realise the base character hasn’t really changed but his behaviour and actions surely have …
However, since we are watching the show, and since we are interested in the story, we might try and analyze the behaviors and actions, and mindset of these characters. And since I am a deeply masochistic person, I will do so happily. Masochistic 😂😂😂😂 I agree … I’m guilty of this as well .. sometimes I always wonder do I to feel this for a show then I’m like chaddo.. now I’m addicted I’ll just go with the flow ..
Pakhi loves Vinu the same way she loves (loved?) Virat. Perhaps she believes it to be love, but it is, like you said, an obsession. The thing that makes it certain that her feelings for both her husband and her son are far from love, is her hysterical behavior whenever she feels like she is losing them. She wouldn't give a damn about their feelings, their happiness, and their health, unless and until she sees someone else taking care of them. That's when her fear kicks in. She panics because she knows that in reality, her love for them isn't pure enough to actually bind them to her. Moreover, she cannot imagine them actually loving someone else. Perhaps it is because she is a spoiled only child, but she wants to be the only one they love, the only one they care about. Great observation ! She has always been a spoilt brat who has always had her way. Her initial character graph was very well etched out of a girl who got stuck in a loop because she couldn’t accept she couldn’t get what she wanted and she was trying everything in her capacity to get it without openly admitting it outside. I really liked those episodes at the start where she didn’t want her character to be tarnished in front of her family - while she kept pecking on Virat for the promise he made and she continues to do so even now !
Let's see with Virat. Pakhi didn't love Virat enough to wait for him before getting married. She thought that he was ignoring her and so, to teach him a lesson she decided to get married. And then when her misunderstandings cleared, she didn't break the marriage, she didn't leave him and asked him to move on. Rather, she made him promise that she will be the only person in his life. What kind of person does that? This showed that she didn't care about Virat. She was basically ready to make him suffer for the rest of his life, watching her be with his own brother. She didn't care. For her, it wasn't about being with Virat or loving Virat. For her, it was just that if she can't have Virat, no one else can either. She also made sure she hovered around him to remind him of the promise but when he turned around and said things have changed she wasn’t ready to even accept it - whichever way she was always trying to hold him accountable for the words he had uttered in emotion- so yes she didn’t love him she loved the idea of holding him accountable for the promise he made and never kept as that was the only way she could exercise control over him .. she still does it .. any other self respecting woman would have left after all this but she hung on because she wanted Virat for her own selfish existence more than seeing what made him happy .
The same thing is with Vinu. She didn't care enough about him when it was just him and her, because she had no fear that someone else can show him more love and make a place in his heart. But the moment Sai re-entered their lives, the moment Sai started bonding with him, Pakhi started to lose it.
Pakhi's love for Vinu actually has nothing to do with Virat at all. She isn't as obsessed with Virat now as she was back then. Why? Because she already had him, and by the time she got him, he was so broken, that now she has lost interest. She didn't think of him as something to be desired now. He was desirable only till he was forbidden, only till he was her husband's brother, and only till he was someone else's husband. Now, he is her own, and now, there is someone else with whom she can play this 'only mine' game. Now, there is someone else for whose affection she can fight, and that is Vinu. So she married Virat only because it was her way to get close to him using Vinu and was okay with their very mechanical relationship until Sai reappeared when she realised there is a potential threat ? But the initial episodes post leap showed her making peace with him living with Sai’s memories as she showed off as the mature and understanding wife but her presence brought out her original character again ..
There is no mother's love involved. All there is, is the mindset that this person, whoever they might be, will love and stay with only me. And that is that.
Am I making Pakhi sound sicker? Yes, I am. Is she truly that sick? Yes, she is. She is someone who cares solely for herself. She might show and act like she loves the people around her, but in reality, the only people she shows care towards are the ones who will help her. She is selfish and manipulative. And the worst part is, she herself truly and genuinely believes that she is good, that she is doing no wrong, and that is what makes her not just a bad person, but a dangerous one. No no … her character is sick ! And makes you cringe… I really want Virat to see her for who she is and give it back to her , she never got it from him right from the start and I find that very very unfair .. Virat has been so mean to Sai so many times but always soft on Pakhi, and that’s very annoying .. hope the upcoming sequences will see a change