Why I Believe Omkara Is The Weakest Link - Page 2

Originally posted by: yellomellow

I'm confused but is this track supposed to shows us how he turned into the "truth above everything" type of person or was he always like that?

I'm not sure if he is weak or strong, but I'm enjoying the multi-layers of his character. This track isn't at all what I expected. Completely agree with you that he handled the whole situation the wrong way. He should have never let her drive, he have should told the truth, and asked for help. Again, agree with you it does take a strong person to ask for help. In the flashback, she fell off the bridge and if they had told someone earlier maybe there could have been a rescue team searching for her. That was a lapse of judgement. His whole thought-process was completely wrong, but his actions are very real. It's an unfortunate fact, but there are people who do forsake their judgement and conscience for loved ones.I think he has strength within him because weak people complain or take others opinions into account. The way he completely took control of the situation (even it was the wrong way) shows his strength. How he thinks he is protecting her is wrong, but he is still protecting her.

The ACP is targeting them because he knows they are involved. He is playing on Om's humanity right now and it's working because he empathizes so easily with others. This is a personal belief, but I don't think people who can empathize or are perceptive about other's pain are weak. However, the way he is dealing with the situation now (and then) shows he does have weak and destructive tendencies.

His breakdown and descent into darkest might be due to the fact he feels extreme guilt and shame. Guilt is a strong emotion, but shame has an even greater effect on someone's mental state. We feel guilty about our actions, but the actions are separate from us. We feel shame about who we are and it's more personal because it's about something in us, our basic nature that we are disappointed about.This is reflected in his withdrawing from his family and in particular his brothers. His in-ward turning behavior and crutch on drugs show his mental state right now.

I do agree with you about his escapist mentality. Avoiding the truth,turning to drugs, and avoiding his brothers isn't constructive behavior. However, I noticed the issue with him is that picks and chooses what he fights for. He gave up in this situation and made the wrong decision (and continues with his bad decision), but the way he deals with his father shows he is a fighter. The fact he became an artist ignoring his father's wishes and demands shows he has the ability to fight for his dreams, the way he confronts Shivaay about his ideology (it's on-going battle them and he never backs down) and the way he defends his mother's honor.

This is all fictional, but I have always seen drug addiction as a illness, not a weakness. Maybe this track is supposed have him overcome his past and embrace his strength. What happened in the past can't be undone, but he can accept the truth and make amends for his past actions. Personally, to me someone who realizes and genuinelymakes amends for the mistakes/sins is a strong person. It's never too late to do the right thing and maybe that's the lesson both him and his sister will learn soon.

You spoke my mind completely... You see what I see ... I see someone who is more realistic. someone who is dealing with the world as best as he can...right or wrong he is not perfect and even if he thought he was perfect ... Life has shown him that, that is impossible... We are all human...

I agree Om is the weakest link but differ with your explanation. I have always seen Om as the weakest Oberoi brother, because he is an idealistic and very emotional person, which is a deadly mix of strong/rigid and weak. The idealistic in Om makes him strong or may I say rigid that he won't agree or bow down to anyone who is of opposite views, is determined to stick to the principles at the cost of self. The intense emotional in Om makes him very easy to be manipulated or bring his spirit down which leads to escapism. Then Ishaana and now ACP have understood it very easily, because a con artist and police officers have similar pshycology to trap their target.
Let's recall how Ishaana got his attention successfully, she went infront of him as a helpless woman goinh through a lot of pain after trying many ways of catching his attention. Fast forward to yesterday's episode, what did ACP do? Sent a pic of innocent child claiming it as the child of the woman whom Om or Prinku has supposedly killed and ACP was successful in breaking down Om completely. ACP himself admits that expecting Om to blurt out the truth upon enquiry was a wrong move, because the rigid side of aim is hell bent on protecting his sister, so ACP is getting to Om's weakness, emotions and seems like he is succeeding there.
Yeah, I agree with you on Om coming across as an hypocrite with regards to his firm claims of siding with the truth over family. I am on fence regarding this aspect. Idealistic people can claim a lot of things ideally and the idealistic people are the most emotional, that's why when the reality stucks them and brings them into a situation where it's ideals vs emotions, these people struggle to take a stand unlike the practical people. If it was only Om who did the accident then without any second thought he would go to police and explain or even let him be jailed but here the conflict is between his emotions for a sister and his ideals. This conflict is what led him to escapism, i.e. drugs.
In day before yesterday's epi we see Om saying that after the car hit when he came out to see the woman she was nowhere to be seen, he searched a lot but couldn't find her, so it makes it clear that Om or Prinku aren't sure what exactly have they done. And considering Prinku drove, this situation is a toughest to take a firm decision for a man like Om, the unsure homicide, the duty/care/love to stand by a frightened sister, the ideals, the emotions, the confusion, the guilt of not being able to stand up for his ideals, the guilt of not being able to stand up for sister, all these dilemmas can easily push a man like Om to the edge, who is an emotional idealistic. By this past revelations Om will get exposed to reality, will learn to accept that its not possible to be 100% truthfull when you are emotionally attached to people. Om is a very complex and layered character, I don't know whether the format Indian daily soaps has a room for exploring such character without going for dramaticization.
On a different more, I would like to see a lawyer as Om's love interest.

Originally posted by: yellomellow

I'm confused but is this track supposed to shows us how he turned into the "truth above everything" type of person or was he always like that?

I'm not sure if he is weak or strong, but I'm enjoying the multi-layers of his character. This track isn't at all what I expected. Completely agree with you that he handled the whole situation the wrong way. He should have never let her drive, he have should told the truth, and asked for help. Again, agree with you it does take a strong person to ask for help. In the flashback, she fell off the bridge and if they had told someone earlier maybe there could have been a rescue team searching for her. That was a lapse of judgement. His whole thought-process was completely wrong, but his actions are very real. It's an unfortunate fact, but there are people who do forsake their judgement and conscience for loved ones.I think he has strength within him because weak people complain or take others opinions into account. The way he completely took control of the situation (even it was the wrong way) shows his strength. How he thinks he is protecting her is wrong, but he is still protecting her.

The ACP is targeting them because he knows they are involved. He is playing on Om's humanity right now and it's working because he empathizes so easily with others. This is a personal belief, but I don't think people who can empathize or are perceptive about other's pain are weak. However, the way he is dealing with the situation now (and then) shows he does have weak and destructive tendencies.

His breakdown and descent into darkest might be due to the fact he feels extreme guilt and shame. Guilt is a strong emotion, but shame has an even greater effect on someone's mental state. We feel guilty about our actions, but the actions are separate from us. We feel shame about who we are and it's more personal because it's about something in us, our basic nature that we are disappointed about.This is reflected in his withdrawing from his family and in particular his brothers. His in-ward turning behavior and crutch on drugs show his mental state right now.

I do agree with you about his escapist mentality. Avoiding the truth,turning to drugs, and avoiding his brothers isn't constructive behavior. However, I noticed the issue with him is that picks and chooses what he fights for. He gave up in this situation and made the wrong decision (and continues with his bad decision), but the way he deals with his father shows he is a fighter. The fact he became an artist ignoring his father's wishes and demands shows he has the ability to fight for his dreams, the way he confronts Shivaay about his ideology (it's on-going battle them and he never backs down) and the way he defends his mother's honor.

This is all fictional, but I have always seen drug addiction as a illness, not a weakness. Maybe this track is supposed have him overcome his past and embrace his strength. What happened in the past can't be undone, but he can accept the truth and make amends for his past actions. Personally, to me someone who realizes and genuinely makes amends for the mistakes/sins is a strong person. It's never too late to do the right thing and maybe that's the lesson both him and his sister will learn soon.

Originally posted by: -PhoenixD-

This is his PAST...n as gul said this accident ,his guilt n regret is d reason what he is nw!he knws what happns when u chose ur family over truth,he knws whst happns when u lie n thats why he hate lies n thats why he will chose truth over his family!
As for Ishana she is a nobody who looted him n his brother of 50lac,played mind game with him n his gf n almost broke them n again giving bashans n he was right there in whatevr he said her!!
ACP meant he is emotionally weak !

Om could murder someone in cold blood and mutilate their body and you would say they deserved it. You'd probably give Om an award if you could.
Omkara is a spineless, hypocritical coward plain and simple. He is not idealistic. He is stupid. He put his sister in a world of danger just by giving into her childish demand to drive. At least no one lost their life because of Ishaana. These are the occasions where I wish that she was still part of the show so that she could laugh in his face when his truth is revealed.

It wasn't just Om's fault. Even Prinku is equally responsible. It doesn't matter who 'let' her drive. She is an adult and the decision to get behind the wheel was hers. And in the eyes of the law too, she'll be the only one seen as the culprit. But I agree that Om cannot be absolved of the guilt from a moral point of view; being an elder brother, he should have been more responsible. And I guess this is where Om's conflict comes from. Going clean with the crime, standing for the truth would mean only Prinku gets punished whereas according to him, it was his fault and he should be the one to get punished.

And that momentary decision to flee from the scene after the accident has completely changed both Om's and Prinku's lives with Om getting into drugs and Prinku's anxiety issues. The reason they were so affected is because of the guilt. They are inherently good people, who did a wrong and couldn't bear living with the guilt. The feeling of guilt per se isn't a weakness; it's a good thing actually. But the way these two dealt with that guilt was wrong and it ended up affecting themselves. And the only thing that'll free them is if they come clean and this is something the two of them will have to come to recognise on their own.

I don't blame him or prinku for the accident, but the way they dealt with situation is wrong. Why didn't they ever bother going to the police? why hide when it was an accident? why not go to Shivaay? They're rich af, they could've used all their resources to find the missing girl and get her help. You're right about him being a hypocrite though..he has been lying about this the whole time (truth by omission) and has the audacity to get into peoples' faces about 'jhoot jhoot hota hai'