So I still haven't seen all the shows. But I watched today because I was curious to see if the spiky haired fellow would still be in the show today. He was so very cute yesterday. 😆
Today's episode was much better at not confusing me compared with yesterday. I don't know what I am missing, but here is what I understood where this show is:
- Anika has lost her memory. I like what you described as how she is responding to it. Someone says she is a wife, and she acts the wife. Someone says she is something else, and she acts that. So the Anika that we know and love is missing in action.
- Shivaay is missing his Anika -- desperately! I loved that he wanted to take her away from his own comfort zone just so that she can get the peace to try to recover her memory. I adored the fact that he was totally clear that he was going to be with her while she did that! 😆
- this show is STILL being a total parody of the other shows in this genre! 😆 My word, the villains are so funny! And all that poop that Anika is spewing! Every bit of the unique Anika-ness is gone and she now sounds totally like one of the inexplicable, nauseating girls from the saas-bahu shows. Today, I totally felt for Pinky! I would been thumping my head on the wall at the inane instructions that Anika was giving Shivaay, in front of his family, about what he should do with his life. Seriously, woman?? Pinky's reactions in that segment of the episode was awesome -- all of it.
What I thought was subtle and fascinating: Anika betrayed Shivaay's trust today, and he is shattered. I have always wondered what ''I-love-in-black-and-white" Shivaay would do when his trust is betrayed. Oh, I know that he blew up the last time with Anika. But then, he was still not fully decided. After finding out about Daksh, it felt like he had fully cemented a relationship with Anika -- and how! I always thought that it would be Om who would be the first person that Shivaay loves who would betray his trust. But it looks like Anika has got the privilege instead.
It was striking how, in the show today, he kept asking her to keep her faith in him. After all, she has lost her memory and he probably thought that he had to keep reassuring her to not lose her trust in him. But the fates decreed otherwise; it was she who turned the tables on him instead. Such a small breach of faith, and yet Shivaay reacts in his black-and-white way: he lets go of her hand; he can only focus on her throughout the family drama and can barely hold it together till he can pull her away into a private corner. That was all _so_ _well_ _done_.
But the standout moment was when he let go of her hand -- and Anika noticed it too! Whatever she said later about not being able to feel the relationship if she had no memory of it, for that one moment, she was definitely FEELING the loss of always having Shivaay hold her hand.
Given how much he has given himself to her, I guess it is not surprising that Shivaay has created a world where it's just him and Anika, which is private even from the eyes of his family. When he has to shout at her, he has to have the privacy of that world to do it.
But I don't like that they have done a parody of Anika.
It was distressing to watch how Anika wants words to pin down Shivaay's relationship with her. Ithought the best thing about Shivaay-Anika was how they never had to really _say_ anything to each other -- they just knew from all their actions and their behaviour.
Now they have this strange Anika, who is pushing Shivaay to speak his feelings. Okay, like, whatever. Parody-Anika is just yet another ordinary girl needing to have social approval to help define her relationship with a guy, no matter that it is deep and strong by itself. Parody-Anika apparently owns him enough to give him instructions on how to live his life but not enough to stay with him without the words. 🥱
I hope they don't ever have a parody-Shivaay. He is, and has been, such a terrific character to watch on the screen so far.
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