when Passion Meets Aggression

A tragedy he got to see in his life turned him bitter

It covered his soft inner being and made him harsh

It made him a brute from a wonderful human being

His sensitivity was masked and hidden from the world

He developed a persona from the world that hid his inner being that

Is still as soft and sensitive as a 14 year-old

There was a child hidden in the man that never grew up, never healed from the scars of yesterday

And he became inhuman then

He hid himself to the world

He barked orders to servants

He did not care for anyone

No one's opinion mattered

He was a law unto himself

He became cruel to the innocent

He shut himself in a castle where no light penetrated...

And then one day he met his match

He met a person who defined everything he hated:

Goodness, love, innocence, selflessness, warmth, lively

He met a person who stood up for her values no matter what happened

He met a person who loved him even when he was a brute

Who challenged him at every step, got hurt but never bent

Who suffered all his tortures without holding grudges

Who never stopped trying to make him see the beauty of this world

And that is when his defences started crumbling,

His mask came off,

The boy within him resurfaces,

The inner goodness ignited,

The world started to smile again

Love took hold of his heart

And then he became the real Nandini's Manik Malhothra

One thing the show makers have really got bang on is the evolution of THE MANIK MALHOTHRA FROM MONSTER MANIK as a personality.. the many many layers of his character and the many shades of a complex, sexy, fascinating creature. And of course, all of it played to perfection by

ONE AND ONLY PARTH SAMTHAAN