OMG...I am puzzled...I don't know what to expect...This doesn't look like. Rebecca at all! Was that a rumor?
Although there is one thing I am not puzzled about...I don't hate Saahir...I don't hate what he is feeling...This should have offended me...morally...but it doesn't...why? Have I lost all my moral fiber? I actually feel sorry for the guy...I feel sympathetic to him...
I don't know how was the relationship between him and Zeenat any more...they showed FBs of happy times...was that it? Is that all? A happy couple...when unfortunately the wife met with an accident and is now in coma...and the guy was giving up hope...unknowingly getting drawn to someone else...? Or was there more to it? More than met the eye...of not only the viewers but Sahir too...! Wasn't that the premise of Rebecca? A seemingly happy marraige...where the wife dies...the secrets come out only much later...
Whatever it was...for now...I feel for Sahir...he has been shown to be a character...who tries to do the right thing, does everything to do right by people he loves...listens to them, respects their wishes...assumes responsibility and even says sorry ...without hesitation...if he thinks he made a mistake...
He has a wife who has been comatose for last 7 years. He has gone and sat with her every Thursday...waiting for her to wake up...he hasn't given up on her...He doesn't eye ...any girl...He covers the errors committed by Zaki...he forgives Arzoo for many mistakes she has made...and as luck ( or Alviras plan) would have it...he finds himself close to this young and attractive and loveable girl...and his heart slips for a moment...He punishes himself...for even thinking so etching immoral...and then the hospital scene happens...where she seeks refuse in his arms...and he responds without thinking...
I feel sorry for him because his morality is telling him that it is wrong for him to even think about another girl ...while his wife is still alive...but his heart craves affection of a living being...not an invalid...
The scene where he is day dreaming about Arzoo taking care of him...feeding him...his disappointment when none of that happens...and she offers him burnt toast...showed how vulnerable he is...He wants to eat other things...he doesn't want burnt toast anymore...He get frustrated ...goes in denial again and seeks refuse in Farq nahi Padta...

The swimming pool scene when Arzoo finds him ...and he screams at her to GO AWAY...but his body language says otherwise...was done beautifully...showing the conflict he is going through...The embarrassment in relaizing how his words were saying something and his arms...working to the opposite effect...

When he approaches Arzoo wanting to comfort her...only to get the message that his life is about to take yet another turn...

I feel bad for him...really bad...I don't know what the right answer is...now that his wife is showing signs of recovery...Things have gotten even more complicated...so far...we have had love hate relationship with guys with mommy issues...but now we have one with wifey issues...why can't the good guys come without baggage in desi soaps...you ask? I guess if things were easy the story would get over in a week...
Credit for all the beautiful collages is to Shweta!
Edited by -Sush- - 11 years ago