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This update is going to be short, because it doesn't have, well, symbols as such. But I did find a few things that showed indications for Sahir/Aarzoo's future, so I thought I'd sneak it in 😆
So! Sahir and Aarzoo meet. Finally. And what a meeting it was 🤣 I think there are some real gems in that encounter that I'm going to note down for future reference (i.e. when I need to use smart talk in front of someone. Who can forget "main kohi FB ki status hoon ki mujhe like karoge" or "mujhe kisi ulti karne wali ke saath nahi baitthna"🤣)
Nature
I'm pretty sure Aarzoo was lying when she told Sahir that she never takes allopathic meds - especially when her mum's dialysis treatment is through allopathy 😆 But I find it interesting as a recurrent motif in Aarzoo characterisation...that she is constantly associated with nature, with the earth and the elements.
With rain, with fruits, with medicines that are taken from herbs and plants. It lends a certain earthiness to her character. Sahir on the other hand is often associated with fire - which is also of nature, but needs a spark from an external source to emerge. Like fire, Sahir's true self needs that special spark to come out...just as the fire needs stones to be rubbed against each other, a lighter to trigger it...and we see that spark in the way the moon ignites memories he doesn't want to deal with yet. Both earth and fire are a part of nature, but still so elementally different.
Lies
What I loved about this episode was that it focused on the flaws of both the main characters, and showed them as normal, natural human beings (yes, Sahir does certain things that can disturb us, shock us, but we still don't know entirely what brought him there and why he is the way he is). They are neither black nor white - why, these two are all shades of the rainbow! We see Sahir tensing visibly in this episode, wondering if the questioning is going to be about the factory, and while he is angry there is a sense of relief when he tells them that he isn't a terrorist. Sahir doesn't lie as much as he omits the truth: an aspect that comes from his intense dislike of looking back.
For the past few episodes, some of us feared that they'd show Aarzoo as a Ms. Always-Right, as self-righteous, as a person with no flaws. But today they showed an aspect of her that made her relatable, normal, human.
Aarzoo's need to sit on the window seat is strong. And irrational. Why wouldn't it be? First timers are going to be irrational about the things they want to experience because everything is so new and wonderful and exciting! Aarzoo's need to look out of that window is so strong that she's willing to fake nausea for it. It's a part of her character that endears her to me.
Funny thing about is that some of the awesome things aren't always as awesome as they are cracked out to be. Notice how she spends less time gazing out the window and more time trying to do gupshup with Sahir? 🤣
Secrets
The most important segment in this episode, IMO, is the scene where Aarzoo fears she will die, and spills out what she considers her deepest, darkest secrets, and then asks Sahir what his secrets are. Right question, Aarzoo darling, it's just that you picked the worst time to ask 😆
Secrets are a bit like a treasure box hidden in the deepest parts of your memory. Some of them you share, eventually, when you are ready, some of them you keep with yourself...and some of them as so dark and traumatic you lock them away in a corner of your very being, so that even you won't remember.
Aarzoo and Sahir, in this segment, remind me of a couple I read about in a surprisingly well-written Mills-and-Boon book (with a terrible, terrible title). The hero was a strong, silent kind of man who clammed up whenever he needed to have a deep conversation. It took him a long, long time to reveal how painful his childhood was and how it had an impact on his life. The girl on the other hand, spoke about anything and everything without any filter, but would never talk about how her father's absense impacted the way she viewed relationships. When he asks her why, she says: "It doesn't make me feel nice". In short, it hurts too much.
My point? Aarzoo may look like she is sharing her innermost secrets when she talks about feeding sweets to the cat, but she really isn't. IMO, these are just things she feels more comfortable talking about because remembering her father only serves to make her angry, or sad, or both, and she would rather dwell on happier things. So her "secrets" are light, frothy, inconsequential -- but they don't deal with the one thing that hurts her most.
Sahir deals with his pain by blocking it, by pushing away everything he once loved, by desensitizing. When Aarzoo asks him about his secrets, it becomes the verbal equivalent of rubbing chili powder on a wound that's still fresh.
So! Sahir and Aarzoo meet. Finally. And what a meeting it was 🤣 I think there are some real gems in that encounter that I'm going to note down for future reference (i.e. when I need to use smart talk in front of someone. Who can forget "main kohi FB ki status hoon ki mujhe like karoge" or "mujhe kisi ulti karne wali ke saath nahi baitthna"🤣)
Nature
I'm pretty sure Aarzoo was lying when she told Sahir that she never takes allopathic meds - especially when her mum's dialysis treatment is through allopathy 😆 But I find it interesting as a recurrent motif in Aarzoo characterisation...that she is constantly associated with nature, with the earth and the elements.
Look at the way she's savouring that imli!
With rain, with fruits, with medicines that are taken from herbs and plants. It lends a certain earthiness to her character. Sahir on the other hand is often associated with fire - which is also of nature, but needs a spark from an external source to emerge. Like fire, Sahir's true self needs that special spark to come out...just as the fire needs stones to be rubbed against each other, a lighter to trigger it...and we see that spark in the way the moon ignites memories he doesn't want to deal with yet. Both earth and fire are a part of nature, but still so elementally different.
Lies
What I loved about this episode was that it focused on the flaws of both the main characters, and showed them as normal, natural human beings (yes, Sahir does certain things that can disturb us, shock us, but we still don't know entirely what brought him there and why he is the way he is). They are neither black nor white - why, these two are all shades of the rainbow! We see Sahir tensing visibly in this episode, wondering if the questioning is going to be about the factory, and while he is angry there is a sense of relief when he tells them that he isn't a terrorist. Sahir doesn't lie as much as he omits the truth: an aspect that comes from his intense dislike of looking back.
Who, me?
For the past few episodes, some of us feared that they'd show Aarzoo as a Ms. Always-Right, as self-righteous, as a person with no flaws. But today they showed an aspect of her that made her relatable, normal, human.
Ulti ki dukaan xD
Aarzoo's need to sit on the window seat is strong. And irrational. Why wouldn't it be? First timers are going to be irrational about the things they want to experience because everything is so new and wonderful and exciting! Aarzoo's need to look out of that window is so strong that she's willing to fake nausea for it. It's a part of her character that endears her to me.
Funny thing about is that some of the awesome things aren't always as awesome as they are cracked out to be. Notice how she spends less time gazing out the window and more time trying to do gupshup with Sahir? 🤣
Secrets
The most important segment in this episode, IMO, is the scene where Aarzoo fears she will die, and spills out what she considers her deepest, darkest secrets, and then asks Sahir what his secrets are. Right question, Aarzoo darling, it's just that you picked the worst time to ask 😆
Secrets are a bit like a treasure box hidden in the deepest parts of your memory. Some of them you share, eventually, when you are ready, some of them you keep with yourself...and some of them as so dark and traumatic you lock them away in a corner of your very being, so that even you won't remember.
Aarzoo and Sahir, in this segment, remind me of a couple I read about in a surprisingly well-written Mills-and-Boon book (with a terrible, terrible title). The hero was a strong, silent kind of man who clammed up whenever he needed to have a deep conversation. It took him a long, long time to reveal how painful his childhood was and how it had an impact on his life. The girl on the other hand, spoke about anything and everything without any filter, but would never talk about how her father's absense impacted the way she viewed relationships. When he asks her why, she says: "It doesn't make me feel nice". In short, it hurts too much.
My point? Aarzoo may look like she is sharing her innermost secrets when she talks about feeding sweets to the cat, but she really isn't. IMO, these are just things she feels more comfortable talking about because remembering her father only serves to make her angry, or sad, or both, and she would rather dwell on happier things. So her "secrets" are light, frothy, inconsequential -- but they don't deal with the one thing that hurts her most.
Sahir deals with his pain by blocking it, by pushing away everything he once loved, by desensitizing. When Aarzoo asks him about his secrets, it becomes the verbal equivalent of rubbing chili powder on a wound that's still fresh.
That look says it all
He doesn't respond, because he can't. Sahir buries his secrets so he won't need to deal with them. Sahir buries himself in work, in destruction, in a tasteless bitter life. It keeps him safe.
So what does he do instead? He deflects the question of secrets. By pointing out a lie.
"So you lied about having air-sickness, didn't you?"
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Till the next episode!
So what does he do instead? He deflects the question of secrets. By pointing out a lie.
"So you lied about having air-sickness, didn't you?"
--
Till the next episode!
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