Why the title KAA?

After the strong reactions to yesterday's episode I thought I will play the devil's advocate and make out a character sketch for the main characters of KAA

Shiv:

• A man who cares for his family.
• Loves his mother and respects his father.
• Very passionately in love with Ipshita who happens to be his childhood sweetheart.
• Unfortunately has a dosh in his kundali which would result in his first wife dying in less than a year of marriage.
• Is forced by his mother into marriage with Gauri to get rid of the kundali dosh.
• Does not want the marriage because (a) does not initially believe in the dosh and (b) cannot stand anybody in place of Ipshita. That is why he has Ipshi's picture in his bedroom to keep reminding him that he belongs to her.
• Initially tries to get rid of Gauri because he does not like her.
• Later when he realises her goodness he tries to get her back with Shashank who he thinks is her love.
• When she meets with a series of mishaps which put her life under threat he starts to believe in the kundali dosh. So admits to the plan and warns of the danger to her life if she stays with him.
• Somewhat a coward for not telling her the full truth as to why the plan was executed i.e., to unite him with his lady love Ipshi.
• Feels bad that his father will be hurt if he knows the truth because he lost his friend (Alok) because of the Plan.
• Ridden by guilt for what he is doing to Gauri.

Ipshita:

• Childhood sweetheart of Shiv. Wants to marry him and is unable because of the dosh. Maybe her mother would not allow the marriage till the dosh is removed.
• Feels sorry for Gauri since she knows what awaits her – a husband who does not love her and death within a year of marriage.
• Tries to be nice to Gauri by taking her side and advising both Shiv and Gauri what to do.
• Does not love Anupam but does not do anything to stop him pursuing her because she fears the truth about her relationship with Shiv will come out.

Nikhila:

• Loves her son dearly and wants his happiness even if it means taking away the life of another's daughter.
• Values her friendship with Ipshi's mom.
• Plans Shiv's wedding with Gauri to get rid of the dosh. Knows that the marriage cannot happen in the normal way because kundali's would be matched and the dosh will come to light.
• So allows her husband to fix Shashank's marriage with Gauri. Stages a sting operation (the blame for which is put on Shiv) to blacken Gauri's reputation and bribes Shashank to leave Gauri on the wedding day sighting the excuse that he does not trust her.
• Steps in and suggests that Shiv marry Gauri since he is responsible for ruining her life which is acceptable to Mahen.
• Thinks everything can be justified because it is for her son

Mahen:

• Is very close to Alok and his family. Thinks of Gauri as his daughter.
• Does not know about Shiv's kundali dosh.
• Is upset with Shiv for ruining Gauri's life so he tries to make amends by getting him married to Gauri.
• Upset when he comes to know the truth and is currently punishing Nikhila by giving her the cold shoulder.
• Laments the loss of his friendship with Alok.

Gauri:

• The one whose life is tossed about by everybody – Shashank, Shiv, Nikhila etc for no fault of hers.
• Did not want to marry Shiv because she thought she loved Shashank but was forced to marry him thanks to Anupam.
• Was abused by Shiv but bore it for the sake of her father.
• Fell in love with her husband during their honeymoon when they stared at the face of death. Was prepared to divorce him so that he can stay out of jail.
• Now loves Shiv so completely that she willingly goes back to live with him even if it means that she may die early.
• Deeply affected by her father's rejection of her once he came to know of her decision to stick by Shiv.
• Still in the dark regarding Shiv's relationship with Ipshita.

From the above it is clear that Gauri is good (pure diamond) and Mahen is good (so far). The rest are shades of grey, not entirely bad. Each seem to be doing what they think is best for somebody they love. The serial I feel is appropriately titled Karam apna apna because each seem to driven by some karam to act the way they do. The biggest loser as of now is Gauri because she has given so much of her love and does not appear to get anything other than the prospect of death. Quite a gloomy story as of now. Hope they redeem it somehow.

Sorry for the long post

Nice post 👏 .

but unfortunately, the good always suffer 😭

great post n i agree!! poor gauri 😭 😭 😭 !!

Aaah, long post , and detailed. 😊

I disagree on the aspect that Gauri is a loser. She is no loser.
For me she is a woman , who has had the courage to do what she believed was right and accepted her true feelings , heard the voice of her heart. A woman who cannot understand her own feelings can never understand another .. and Gauri has been able to understand the pain of Shiv for she has understood her own so well....She has stuck by her choices.... had the courage to stand by them, to follow them through....

What is perceived as death and a fearful end is not what she sees, and I relate to it, since what we do not know can never scare one... She sees it as being with the Man she loves and for the sake of her love for him...

She is no loser, for she is even after all that has transpired , able to look at herself in the eye in the mirror and even at Shiv , for it is Shiv who is unable to meet the eye that of his own and hers ...

My thoughts... 😊

I did not mean Gauri as a loser in a derogatory sense. All I wanted to highlight was as of now she is one to have been hurt the most. As to her sticking by Shiv, we will have to see whether she will still want to if she knows the full truth. Yes, her love is pure. She stood by what she believed in. Was willing to die if it meant spending time with the one you love. But her belief is based on what she knows. If she knows that Shiv loves Ipshi then she will leave him for either of two reasons.
1. Because she feels betrayed by the one she loves. He could have mentioned that the portrait girl was Ipshi.
2. Because she would not want to come between him and Ipshi. She loves him too much to see him caught between guilt (for marrying her) and passion (for Ipshi). So she will allow him his happiness which she believes is with Ipshi.

Either way it would be difficult to remain and put up a brave front when you know your husband is in love with someone else ( who lives under the same roof) and can never love you. Ateast now she thinks he does not love anybody but the portrait girl.

Originally posted by: friskysam

Nice post 👏 .

but unfortunately, the good always suffer 😭

So true..The good always suffer.That's the bad thing about it.

Nice post!👏👏👏Shows the entire personality of the character.

i agree with sareeta on gauri not bein a loser, but for the rest 👏 👏

Originally posted by: optimist

I did not mean Gauri as a loser in a derogatory sense. - Oh I never ssaw it that sense at all! No worries😊All I wanted to highlight was as of now she is one to have been hurt the most. As to her sticking by Shiv, we will have to see whether she will still want to if she knows the full truth. Yes, her love is pure. She stood by what she believed in. Was willing to die if it meant spending time with the one you love. But her belief is based on what she knows. -Belief is based on what she knows, yep agree , of her ownself and of Him , but more what we know about ourselved and our faith.... She knows she loves him and that is the truth for her... he has told her that he does not love her... and cliched as it may sound she wantst to see him happy with another man... So for me , I see Gauri as having believed her own faith in Karma and fate...😊 If she knows that Shiv loves Ipshi then she will leave him for either of two reasons.
1. Because she feels betrayed by the one she loves. He could have mentioned that the portrait girl was Ipshi. - Dosent matter even if he did, coz he has told her that he dosent love her and what bigger truth can there...be ... Shiv is wallowing in guilt that he has not told her , but he also knows, it wont make a difference to Gauri, I believe what is the clincher here is the fact that he was so cruel as to sacrifice a life... Gauri will anyway stand by him if she knows it is Ippy ! Thatz what she wants , his happiness....

Gawd.. Women , I tell you.... 😆 Ok, I know I am one too and scares meto think, I can think this way... 😉
2. Because she would not want to come between him and Ipshi. She loves him too much to see him caught between guilt (for marrying her) and passion (for Ipshi). So she will allow him his happiness which she believes is with Ipshi. - Yep

Either way it would be difficult to remain and put up a brave front when you know your husband is in love with someone else ( who lives under the same roof) and can never love you. Ateast now she thinks he does not love anybody but the portrait girl. - Unless Ekta Ji decides to make the portrait girl Ipshita😊

My thoughts😊...

The portrait girl is IPSHI. There is no doubt about that is there? Especially after yesterday's episode.

nice post.poor gauri
only coz of stupid ipshita and shiv.
and the portrait girl is ipshita ofcourse.