Originally posted by: pamk06
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Tanthya,
Fantastic post, Tanthya!!! I liked the episode but I hated hated hated the execution of certain parts in this episode. The same message could have been delivered in a different and better way. Well, saying that, I agree with you, today's episode was completely and totally about Khushi Kumari Gupta-Singh Raizada.
Below is my analysis:
Most of us from some days have been stating that they are thrashing Khushi's character, that we are not able to see her sweet caring nature, that she is a child etc, etc. Some points, I totally agree like her "Suhana la la la" song but after today, I don't think that CV's have totally compromised her sweet, sympathetic, caring nature. Firstly, this is because of the two scenes that CV's showed us today.
First one was her interaction with Bubbly. This is KKG, who immediately wants to become friends, get acquainted, even if the person is little rude to her like Bubbly was, but she did not let it faze her, she responded with a smart remark winning the child in the process.
Second one was when the office employee, an outsider asked her for jalebis. She was immediately the sweet, giving, caring girl who always wants to spread happiness either through words or through her food.
Also, her behavior, her caring nature, has not changed with any of the other family members, its been consistent with Nani, Anjali, Payal, Aakash and even Shyam. It has only changed towards her husband, towards Arnav and the question is why? I want to try to answer this question today but before that I want to address her behavior towards Shyam.
We all feel that she should be thinking more about him than Arnav and today I disagree. Shyam has behaved incorrectly with her, YES , and she has to ensure that she stays away from him or take measures to protect herself from him, YES, but in her eyes, Shyam is not her culprit. He was once , but he was also Anjali's culprit and her duty that day was to let Anjali know the truth. She knew that Anjali should be the person to vent out the punishment to Shyam, as he was more Anjali's culprit than Khushi. She had come that day with the intention to tell Anjali the truth, but she failed in her duty. She did not tell Anjali and nor did she tell Arnav, and that was her "First Mistake". If you remember, she was going to tell Arnav on the day of the marriage but Anjali's pregnancy stopped her. That was her "Second Mistake".
After that, Shyam took a back seat in her life because Arnav Singh Raizada, the man of her dreams changed from her knight in shining armor to the devil in the black suit. But the day she realizes the truth, finds out the facts, confirms that the change in her man was brought about by Shyam and his lies, she will not spare Shyam, she will tear him apart, she will eat him alive and I am eagerly waiting for that day. But today, she is not aware of the truth. Today, in her eyes, Arnav is more her culprit than Shyam and hence Arnav is her priority. Arnav, the man she was almost in love with, who had promised her the world, has stripped her of her dignity, of her self-respect, of her values and most importantly had alienated her from his family. The family has accepted her but somewhere it still nags her that she was responsible for the disrespect that came to her family because of her hasty marriage. No one knows "why" and the only person who can answer this question is Arnav Singh Raizada. Hence, she is now trying to find the answers by hook or by crook.
She knows Arnav will never give her the answers in a straight way and she has to get the answers from him in another way. So she is using that one offense, one weapon that even Arnav can't protect himself from, his anger. Remember "Gusse mein Arnav Singh Raizada ka dimaag kaam nahi karta, band pad jaata hain" She is using this, she wants to take him to that height of anger where he blurts out the truth,tells her about the "chot" she has given him, shows her the light of how a person can change so drastically from one moment to next.
But in her pursuit of her goal, without realizing, she is crossing those very boundaries which make her different from her nemesis, from Arnav. She is doing the exact same thing that Arnav has done, she is stripping him of his dignity, of his values and in a way, his self-respect.
For him emotions are not important, but image and status are very important. I don't know how many of you remember that promo, it was the first or second one. In that Arnav said, "Mat bulo, hamare kapade humein banate hain"
Today, Khushi took his clothes away, which is his "pehchan", his image in the same way he took her values which was her "pehchan", her image on the day of their marriage. Today, she almost stripped him of his dignity in the place which is his kingdom, his second home in the same way he stripped her dignity in the house of God, which was her kingdom, her mother's house. He alienated her from her family, she reduced his status to those people who he considers minions. (they still call her "bhabi" means he became their brother) Now, who is the bigger sinner? Both have committed almost the same sins at different levels and the reasons for those sins are also almost valid. He did for his sister, the most important thing in his life, she is doing it to find the truth, her identity, the most important thing in her life.
The question then comes, is what Khushi doing necessary, can't she find the truth in different way but I think this was necessary, not the way it was shown or executed but this had to be done and now I would be speculating and below is my POV:
For Khushi to understand the magnitude of the "chot" she has given Arnav, she has to first understand the magnitude of love that Arnav has for her. To understand that love, she has to let go of all that anger, hurt, disgust that is festering inside of her, behind her happy smile. This can only happen when she crosses that boundary, the line which distinquishes pranks from harmful actions. The day she crosses that boundary, the day her actions hurt him either physically or emotionally, she will get a jolt, she will wake up. That jolt will make her realize that she is doing the exact same things that he has done, that she has been no different than him. That jolt will be her mirror which will reflect her actions and his reactions. This reflection will fill her with self disgust for her actions and confusion for his reactions. She will not understand why she did what she did and she will not understand why Arnav tolerated each and every action of hers with silence, with no retaliation or retribution especially when she knows his tolerance level is nil and he loves challenges.
She will ask him "Why", she will question him "Why" and she will question herself "Why". She will never get the answer from him but she might get the answer from an unexpected source and the answer to that "why" might prove to be the string that will connect the dots. The answer to the Why" will take her to the terrace where Arnav found out the truth, the "why" will help her understand the reason behind the marriage and the "why " will make her realize that it was not Shyam, it was not Arnav but it was she herself and her two mistakes that are responsible for her current circumstances.
Then, as Doods said yesterday and Tanthya has always wished , Khushi Kumari Gupta-Singh Raizada will repent. She will repent for her actions, will repent for her mistakes, will repent for the chances she lost, will repent for the love she lost and will repent for that man's vast love which she could not see nor understand.
I loved this picture for its significance and its symbolism. She was bend towards him and he was looking up towards her. There will be one day when Khushi will bow towards his great love because his love for her will be as pure, as elite, as important as her DM. For Arnav, sky is the limit and he is always climbing, always looking up and one day Khushi's love will be his limit, he will wish for it, he will always want it, he will always look towards it and when time comes, he will climb towards it and achieve it.
PS: Mami dialogue's are A-mazing: "Childhood sweater"😆