IP REDUX ; Imtihaan !! *Updated*

A Gloomy Monday which most of felt apprehensive after fridays debacle, yet when it came it could hv one of the best ones, yet CV's made it look a lil above average. The Acting from SI was outstanding, she briliantly bought the confusion & the dedication of Khushi for Arnav.

Also loved d confrontation, no winds blowing no bkgrnd howling noises, jus a nice terrace naturral ambience

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Tanthya,

What an apt title!! Imthihaan is what these two lovers will always have to give, imthihaan of love, imthihaan of trust and imthihaan of time. Today was just one example but there are many more to come. One day the tests will end, they will unite and that will be the day to rejoice.

**Will wait for your update**

Below is my analysis

From past few weeks we are seeing the war has been staged, the players have been set and in Tanthya's words, the "vaner sena" has been appointed. But every war, every conflict, every fight needs a trigger. The trigger is what I have been seeing in the past few episodes:

Shyam:The trigger for Shyam was his ego. No man likes to be thought of a person who lives off his wife's money and Arnav through his actions has unintentionally created situations that have resulted in hurting Shyam's ego. But this was not Arnav's intention. Arnav had given Shyam a second chance. He was not sure if Shyam was with Anjali for her money, none of Shyam's actions previously had indicated this. In fact he had come across as a person who took pride in his own earnings. Arnav wanted Shyam to change and start taking care of his wife and child, emotionally, loyally and financially. Hence he took measures that would put Shyam loyalties at test.

But the reality is way different from what Arnav envision. Shyam is with Anjali only for money and by cutting out his sources, by making Shyam realize his dependency on Anjali, Arnav has unintentionally hurt his ego thus giving rise to circumstances that will result in that attack from Shyam which will commence this war from his side. Shyam is cunning who also has a strong presence of mind but not a long vision. His plans have always been short-termed, plans that were always created to fulfill short term goals. Plus he has one very bad habit, his need to boast, his need to self-appreciate. Currently, he is hurt, he is hyper and he is planning but will he be successful in his plans or will his actions results in his downfall, a downfall that will result in an enemy that he has never faced because that enemy will realize that he has been fooled once, only time will tell.

Khushi: Emotions can be controlled but how long can they be suppressed. Khushi is one person who has been in dark since Day 1. She faced the storm, she survived the storm but she has no idea about its reason and from that day she is been struggling to find the reason. She knew there was a reason, she was witnessing the emotional up and down, Arnav was putting himself through and in turn putting herself through. She used all the means in her arsenal to find out the reason.She used anger, blackmail, irritation, silence, love but none of her tactics worked and the more she failed the more desperate she became. Desperation can make you do anything believe anything and Khushi started grasping at straws. Thus even knowing Arnav does not believe in God, she thought he believed in Kundli and wanted to kill her because of that.

She is a person who acts and thinks later and his has always been her downfall. Today, this trait of her and her active illogical imagination took her to the rooftop. She did not think for a moment how her actions will affect her family, she did not think for a moment how illogical her thinking was, she did not think for a moment about the consequences or the effects her actions will have in the long run. she was set on a course and she decided to act on it. Today she was only thinking of Arnav. Does this ring a bell? YES, she did today exactly what she did then. That time too she thought only of Arnav and Anjali, she did not think of her family or the impact it might have in future on Payal, or the impacts it will have on Anjali and Arnav themselves in the long run. She thought she was right, and that was it. She thus set up a chain of events that resulted in the destruction of her dreams and none other that person whom she was protecting in the first place.

Today again she was reacting without thinking. She was not listening to reason, she was not listening to logic, she was only thinking of Arnav not realizing how her actions were impacting him, how her actions were affecting him, how she was hurting the person for whom she was sacrificing her life. At that moment, she was thinking of no one, she though she was right in her conclusion and that was it. Thus again she set up a about a chain of events which will result in nothing but destruction of her trust, destruction of her love and again by the same person for whom she was killing herself, sacrificing her love. This was her trigger.

Arnav Singh Raizada, the person who commenced, attacked and conquered the war, the person who in one strike changed the whole game. This person who should be sitting in his high office and watching the game he set in motion all those months back but, alas, he is fighting a war within himself, a war between his intelligence and emotions or as all Reduxians say, the Mind-Heart war. He should have been the one with no worries but he is the one who has been going through the biggest emotional turmoil since his marriage and thats because his mind keeps telling him one thing and his heart another. He is not a person who believes in emotion and till date he has been able to control his emotions and hence every time, he has been able to take that step back and ensure that he does not give into the innocence that his minds knows is deceiving.

But today was different. Today, for him history was repeating. There was that day when his mother who was his world had committed suicide and today, there was this girl, who unknowingly had become his life, was doing the same. He had beared the hurt once but he knew he did not have strength to bear it again. That day he could not save his mother, but today he was not going to let his girl die. Thus in those few moments, he went through an emotional roller-coaster ride and in that emotional overload he disclosed secrets he would have never spoken about in his sane mind. He the person who never explains but he was so out of control that he gave explanations just to stop his girl from jumping.

He saved her but the inevitable happened. Arnav Singh Raizada became angry. Anger and Arnav are bad; Arnav, anger and out-of control emotions is the most dangerous combination. Things would have been different if Khushi would have backed off but she was in her own emotion-high and thus she did the unthinkable. She succeeded in unleashing the dam he had kept locked down for so long. She succeeded in reopening the wound that has been festering inside Arnav since that fateful day and she is going to pay for her mistake. Tomorrow she is going to get the unfiltered version of his pent-up thoughts, feelings, and emotions. She is going to hear the unadulterated truth and that is going to stagger and stun her, it will enough to kill her innocence and her trust in that love, the love which had lead her to the rooftop today. I just hope she has the strength to bear the truth, the whole truth which also includes the actual feelings of the person for who she was going to give her precious life.

Message for Khushi:

Aap unse pyaar karte hain aur hum...

Why Why Why, didn't you complete this sentence? Don't you know the person standing in front of you does not understand emotions, cannot read them and cannot recognize them. He needs everything in black and white. He needs to hear the words. Do you know, not for one second he believed that you were talking about him, he thought you were talking about his brother in law, that you loved that creep and not him. Your incomplete sentence again made him believe that your love is not for him. Again, you made things difficult for you. Again, you dug a hole for yourself. Now even if you bang your head on the wall, he is not going to believe you when you tell him the truth. Well I guess you are not at fault, you could not complete the sentence because the CV's did not give you permission, right? Don't worry there always the next time...

PS:

Today first time I felt that Sanaya outdid Barun. For some reason, I felt he did not come across with his intensity, with his panic or may be it is because he has set the standards so high that the comparison was his downfall. But, boy, am I glad he is going on a break. Hopefully, the PH use this time to convince us that Khushi does have feelings for Arnav and not turn it into an another OTT session.

Random Thoughts:

Wonder how free Arnav will feel tomorrow after he tells all. If nothing else, he will be able to sleep peacefully as he knows his wife will at least not trouble him for sometime with her OTT behavior 😉

So we start with where Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada is looking for ways to die - she wants the confirmity that she would die and when she does - she goes out to say her goodbyes. She says her good byes to Garima and Buaji and then moves on to say bye to Shashi. Arnav walks in confused looking at her when she halts and moves from Shashi and begins to say her goodbyes to Arnav. She tells him to take care of himself - not eat sweets as they make him angry and to keep Lavanya happy. Arnav gets confused and wonders what is wrong with this girl and utters his favorite 'What the' and Khushi is happy to hear that.

Look at the irony of the situation - when Lavanya left she asked Khushi to take care of Arnav and when Khushi is leaving she is asking Arnav to take care of Lavanya. If only Khushi could understand and see the love that Arnav has for her and if only Arnav could understand Khushi's love for him. If only both Arnav and Khushi could understand that they do not need any third person to take care of them - they need each other. As long as they are together - nothing can harm them. Even in this misunderstanding - their togetherness is what will save them from Shyam - the Arnav Khushi equation is their strength and when alone they are nothing.

So khushi decides to go and jump up off the terrace and she could not do it. She was scared and more than that I think she somewhere knew that Arnav would come to save her. That trust maybe missing from the above but in her - heart to heart she knows that he is her savior and her guardian angel who would not let anything to happen to her. And that is what happened.

So after getting a sign from bua that confirms his thought that Khushi is mad he gets busy in his work. However the concentration is not there - because he finds something amiss. He looks around and does not find what he is looking for and then he looks for it again and he realizes that Khushi's "stars" are missing. This is the importance and love he has for Khushi - stars an important part of both their lives and he knows it is gone. He has become used to her and her ways of living that even minute change in her style of living catches his attention asap.

His eye catches the salman khan poster and he sees her craziness yet again and he cannot but help himself mutter that she will make him mad and she has. He is about to go when he sees the letter and the stars in the potli on the table and instantly opens it to read. The letter talks about their parents and how they have become into stars and how even if he does not believe it his parents too are stars. She further goes on to explain that she herself will turn into a beautiful star and shine the brightest in the sky and he could see her and remember.

In Arnav Khushi's life 'stars' denote the 'death' of their loved ones - their parents. One of those very precious moments that they shared with each other and will always remain a part of them and their cherished moments spent together. This is where their understanding of each other began and that is why all forgotten and forgive Khushi leaves the stars to him. Then about her saying that she is going to be the brightest star in the sky - she will won't she!? She is Khushi - who hides her pain and anguish and brings happiness and brightness into everyone's life. When everybody has given up she shines the brightest and brings light into everyone's lives. More so - I may have said it many times - Khushi brought brightness into Arnav's life - she taught him to love and she will be the only one who will bring him into light when he will be taken into the clutches of darkness because of his guilt and regret.

So Arnav reads the letter - and he understands the meaning behind it - and immediately rushes off to find 'his' mad girl before she does something stupid - again.

So drama queen Khushi is contemplating on her jumping strategies when she sees that if she jumps she will jumpn on Arnav and she answers his phone call telling him the same. Arnav who was scared by seeing the letter - becomes even more scared when he sees her on the edge of the parapet of the terrace and his heart skips a beat. For Arnav - three women who means the lot to him and are deeply etched in his heart - the fear of loosing any of the three sends shivers down his spine - one his mother who he has lost but who still is an important part of his existence - second Anjali - his lifeline - his sister who he cannot imagine his life without and third - Khushi - someone who he wants to hate with deepness his heart but all he feels in love, hurt and pain. And when he sees her about to give her life up - he rushes to save her - the girl whose importance is growing in his life.

He reaches there and asks her to stop while she tells him about her doubts and her fears and her concern and her belief of this marriage. This is the Khushi I like and can we please stick to her now!? Anyways she let's her heart out about the misunderstanding that she has and how she knows that he loves another while her heart beats for him as he is left astonished.

This is what we want writers. We want emotions. Layman viewers are not going to sit and try and understand Khushi like we do here - and it is that layman viewer that gives you the TRP's. Stick to the feelings and emotions and you will have what you want. Anyways coming to the scene - this is where you feel that Khushi has started accepting her feelings for Arnav - she has started confessing to herself that Arnav is special - that he has become a part of her life and it hurts her to see him hurt her like this - and NO she has not reached the stage where she can explicitly name it as 'Love' - for that she still has to go through the fear of losing him and the day she goes through that fear - she will give the name to her feelings. She Loves him and there is no doubt about that - and today that was shown to us - when she decides to sacrifice herself for his supposed happiness . If only she could understand she was hurting him with her words - just like Arnav had hurt her with them.

Again we see Arnav's guilt seep in when he realizes that Khushi hurts to find the reason behind the marriage and there is something in her heart that wants to come out. He stares at her in astonishment as both of them remember each special moment that they had shared before the turmoil came in their lives. They both are aware of each other's feelings yet what stops them is the fear of expressing it and getting hurt in return. Today Khushi expressed her fear that Arnav may not love her something that Arnav is yet to express to even himself that he is scared Khushi might love shyam.

Nevertheless as Khushi keeps going to the edge - Arnav starts getting paranoid and before she takes the plunge he saves her. Does this show he will save her when she starts falling in a trap laid out by shyam and just at the nick of the moment save her and bring her back to himself!? Only time will tell.

So he pulls her back and holds on to her scared of losing her but when she begins to fidget he let's her go. This is what will happen - he will try to hold on to her after he realizes his mistake and when he will realize that she is suffocated and needs the space - he will let her go.

I found the flashbacks part of it very nice. But I would touch on it tomorrow because I am sure we are going to see it tomorrow and a better understanding would happen for me and for everyone when the whole thing is shown together - so this is for tomorrow...