To begin with, let me just thank you for making such an endearing post ..really touched my heart, so much that I felt I should pen down my thoughts even though I am not half as good as you are with words! I started watching this show only a month back and fell in love with the characer of ASR..this has got nothing to do with how good Barun Sobti looks..just clarifying incase people say Im drooling over a hot guy for nothing..No its the character of Arnav Singh Raizada that has really drawn me to this show. from day 1 we got flashes of the humane side of his otherwise ruthless character whenever he was with his di..he was arrogant, airheaded, rude, obnoxious but for his di he has always been much more than a lil brother..sometimes its hard to tell who is elder of the two ..I was so touched by his lil gestures that showed so much love, affection and protectiveness for her..the slighest hint of something that could possibly cause her pain and he would get alarmed..that was the side of his character that only few people could stir till Khushi walked into his life and changed his whole world... From day one, they had clashes, misunderstandings, fights and what not..but even in that I noticed how everytime he hurt her, he felt apologetic..something he had never felt before for anyone other than di..I loved the contradictions in his thoughts and actions when he was struggling to comprehend the feelings he was slowly but surely developing for Khushi..Especially the diwali night, when he was mesmerised by her lush and radiant beauty and almost kissed her on the poolside..But as soon as he realised that he prolly stepped out of his character, he put his facade on and announced his engagement to Lavanya..Khushi was devastated and he understood but dint respond ..why would he? He was ASR back then! But when the same thing struck him..when Khushi announced her engagement ,he couldn't handle it.. as if some1 took away his reason for existence..loved the track that followed .Both aware of each others feelings yet helpless..then payal akash wedding saw some beautiful moments between the two..Arnav was still ASR, in control of everything, knows exactly what he wants and how to get it..even Khushi couldnt resist his bold advances, proximity and passionate gazes despite of making many futile attempts to escape from the situations..But as fate would have it, the day he decided to propose her for marriage, he saw Khushi, the woman he loved and wanted , in some1 else's arms..his own brother in law..his whole world came crashing down...he was impulsive ..true..wrong in not asking her for an explanaition ..true !!! But I dont think his decision to marry Khushi was wrong..even though it was based on a wrong assumption..Coz I look at it from an angle where he actually saved Khushi from Shyam by announcing to the world that she's not alone and no1 can dare make advances at her..that she is now HIS wife..other than obviously saving his sister's wedding in the only way he could think of at that point after hearing she was pregnant.. He was mad with anger and revenge ..hated Khushi from his head but from his heart could he ever hate her? NO! Still remember the flash of anger on his face when Garima hit Khushi..Still remember how he was restless the whole night thinking that she might be cold and uncomfortable outside..I actually think that was the best part of ArShi relationship I saw..he tried so hard to hate her but never really succeeded.. My heart went out to him the day he lied to Khushi about the fainting incident..how he made everything seem like cheap trick by him to fool her just so that she dsnt feel guilty..i still remember how he was so worried for her when her parents turned her away from their house for the pagphere rasam..he did everything that one would expect of a dutiful son in law to Khushi's family despite of having a farce marriage..But once the truth was out, that was when all his emotions surfaced out so beautifully..all the transformation that was happening all this while became so evident..he did everything in his power to win her back and get her back to his house..It was such a pleasure to see the romantic lover boy side of ASR's character ..maybe we can start calling him Arnav from this point onwards..he became the quintissential lover every woman would want in her life...agreeing to perform all rituals, walking up the stairs of the temple for her, dancing for her, standing upto dadi to protect her from her wrath, forgetting and forgiving everything related to past to embrace life with Khushi on his side..I have said this before that I think ASR has more than redeemed himself..he dsnt need to change at all now..about the birthday celebration..yes I too felt bad for him coz we know this is not the ASR people think he is..this is Khushi's Arnav ...eventhough he mite have wanted to celebrate it quietly with her but I know he'l be happy as long she is happy..and it'l all come down to him thinking fine if this is what makes her happy, so be it..but if you ask me honestly I would want Khushi to realise what he really wants I know she's not naive like they are making her out to be..she understood he wanted to make love to her in the farmhouse..now she cant understand that all he wants is a simple wish on his birthday? lets see how things turn out tomorrow..thanks again for this wonderful post..I realise I went overboard .my apologies :)
Edited by vaishali-AR - 12 years ago
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