Originally posted by: indi52
episode 186
a little note
the episode made me think a lot... it was funny how things piled up on one another and a certain picture of the so called "truth" emerged which the viewer knew was not true at all, yet in the mental and emotional state asr was in he just couldn't sense the lie in it.
right through teh rest of ipk, we all expected that at some point there'd be a huge reveal of shyam's lying... but that never happened. instead a feeling spoke its truth and the man said, i don't care, i believe in khushi... no matter what.
no doubt, in the beginning the writers had envisaged the usual revelation, otherwise they wouldn't have wasted time showing nk filming everything, especially shyam, at awkward telling moments.
but by dumping that route, i felt something more interesting got conveyed.. at least to me. this whole thing of what is "truth" and also how does an emotion sense truth.
long back in communications class we'd studied the famous japanese auteur akira kurosawa's "rashomon". the story was his take in a way on what is truth, is there an absolute truth, or does it always get coloured by the narrator's self interest, he/she a fllter through which truth passes and gets altered.
i can't say i studied the film deeply, but that whole thing of four people narrating the facts visible according to their own needs and personalities was most interesting. kurosawa never did that easy thing of ending on a version that was supposedly the actual truth. it was left to us to surmise. even the one most likely to be truthful played a little mischief, but the ending had a sign of hope, which was kind of nice.
watching shyam creating a truth out of asr's misconception that khushi was part of the deception was really interesting. it was engineered cleverly... no loopholes really. by the end of the spinning of yarn, asr was completely convinced khushi loved shyam and was athreat to his sister.
perhaps in this perception of truth was his personal filter. the one of insecurity, of suspicion, sown at a tender age by a philandering father and the tragedy that brought. he was indeed too easy to convince. that worked for shyam.
later too, when khushi presented her version, i thought she was not being as honest as she should. she had the filter of mahanta... i didn't tell you about all these terrible things that shyam did, only to save your sister. really? was that a good enough reason, i thought... what would have come undone if you had told asr that his sister was married to a cheat? wasn't it only right to do so? and where was the astuteness or decency even in letting a loving honest woman remain married to a lout?
then therew as asr's "chhap gaya hai dimaag mein."
in teh end teh truth was whatever it was, but two people's love made its way through the minefield of deceit and found each other. only to say, it needs nothing else.
i wonder, if khushi actually been in love with shyam at some point, what would have happened to thsi story... ok ok, do not kill me, but i do wonder a lot about love and what it can or cannot do.
the other major thing from the episode that sticks in teh mind is the unreal response of khsuhi.
started in 185, thsi strange response to a lascivious, clearly out of line, abhorrent lech who has dared to touch her.
her first "chhoriye humey," so calm... post that and pre that ;lots of talk about all sorts of things, why? shouldn't she have started running away from the terrace much earlier? i would. and what she said after many things... tehfact that had he been unmarried also she wouldn't have given a damn... shouldn't that ahve been said before?
why all that about, the man who couldn't love a devi like anhjali ji, how would he l;ove someone.
one good thing, she finally realised, anjali needed to be told...again, no pondering the issue, no understanding that keeping quiet teh first tiem was not correct.
and after all that, she doesn't feel the need to rush to a place of comfort... amma or asr. instead she is walking around looking lost, being "good" and hiding her troubles with jiji...
only thinks of asr when payal mentions kash and needing him. even then, no frantic urgency.
she has just been embraced and harrassed by a creep. he has said unspeakable things to her. he even hinted he wouldn't want to hurt her twice (she never asked what was the first time). yet she is just a little perturbed, not going bananas.
i know how i'd react if that happened.
the problem is i guess khushi was written by a man/bunch of men, who never quite understood women... certainly not khushi. and khushi was never conceived as a character on her own... always vis a vis asr. she was manipulated at will to reveal asr's inner self... rarely was she given equal status. she served a purpose. that's all.
story of our lives in a world that is intrinsically patriarchal. a really interesting woman cannot be conceived, created and nurtured here.
of course, the acting by barun was superb once again.
main dekh chika hoon... main sun chuka hoon. a shattered, man, trying to bring order back. then the devil goes into his terrible dance... khushi ji hamari... whatever.
i'll be back to chat about it a bit and alos put in some edits. see ya.😳
Indi🤗
I am so happy and actually waiting for you to see and feel the same what I was before reaching to 187,honestly and I so agreed with @viv
to make myself calm .There will be and are loop holes in this story
and we can focus on those which make sense.
Khushi's unnatural act in these two epis 185 and 186 is unbearable for some reason and as you said it was written by a MAN who never can reach to the emotions of a woman.
But here is my question,TV and media has so much to deliver to grasp these emotions ,especially if you see Hollywood some serious outstanding movies ,even though written by a man but research of a character through many lenses brings some brilliant pieces and these are professional ppl not just simple writers then how come they slip through these .They did excellent or not or it was just BARUN who pulled off ASR character all the way very end...Khushi was ruined ...I don't know purposely or what but it really hurt me while I was watching.
You will be surprised I am stuck on this and can't move on as I always see through different angle, so was trying to understand why, or may be there is a reason for that, or whatever but i didn't get anything.
Thnx Indi for sharing this, making me feel better😊
Edited by ArshiHamesha - 11 years ago
& NO ANDA plz 😳
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