Zindagi tere gham ne hume, rishtey naye samjhaye,
Mile jo hume, dhoop mein mile, chaoon ke thande saaye….
Nothing could more describe Life than these two lines from one of my all time favourite songs from the Movie, Masoom. It talks about, how we end up finding some of our best relationships when we are going through our worst phase….
Jai found his soulmate when he was going through his roughest patch in Life and Bani found her soulmate when she was going through her Lows! No wonder, as Jai as always says, that his relationship with Bani is "Dard ka Rishta"…and relationships forged under anguish & pain are ever enduring!
I want to focus on the conversation between Jai and Pia which has to be one of the most sensitively handles scenes of KS till date:
Pia questions Jai, "Agar aap kal toote hue nahin hote, toh kya aap ko mera sahaara nahin chahiye hota?" Translated, "If you were not a broken man yesterday, wouldn't you have come to me for support?"
Jai answers Pia, "Hum dono ke beech jo bhi hua, isliye hua kyunki hum dono akele te,
unlogo ke saath nahi te jinke saat hum rehna chahthe hain." Translated, "Whatever happened between us happened because we both were alone, we were not with the people whom we wanted to be with."
Jai has always been very straight, exact & completely unequivocal in his communication with everyone (Save Bani at times) and his conversation with Pia in yesterday's episode will remain to be one of the best in KS till date! Jai felt terrible for Pia, he felt concerned for her and he felt guilty for the state she was in because of him, but at the same time, he was so very CLEAR on where he stands….Not only with his feelings as regards to Pia, but also in his feelings for Bani! Strangely, both Jai and Bani have expressed what they feel for one another to other people with such clarity but never to one another! Be it Aditya or Massi and now Pia, Jai has always put across his feelings for Bani to them in a manner which not only conveyed Deep Love, but also immense respect, almost bordering on worship! The very fact that Jai tells Pia, that he was with Pia, not only because he was alone, but also because, he couldn't be with the person whom he wanted to be with, sent shock waves throughout Pia's whole self! This is perhaps for the first time that Pia realizes what Jai feels for Bani and with what intensity he feels for her!
Also, we might criticize Jai for a lot many things, but one has to give credit where it is due! Not once did Jai lable any accusation on Pia, or say that she was the one who forced herself upon him (Which she did and he knows that). Nor does he say that whatever happened was only her mistake. What makes Jai honorable in not the fact that he is blemishless or faultless, but the fact that he makes his shares of mistakes like any other human being but does not run away from them or put the blame on anyone else…He stands to face them and sort them out instead! Jai might be a a lot of unflattering things, but he is surely not an escapist or a coward.
I think the best dialogue that Jai says is that, Bani is a part of "Him" just the way Pushkar is a part of "Pia" and that he cannot turn away from Bani, come what……Look at his expression when he says in an exasperated manner, "Pia, jo tum chahti ho, woh nahin ho sakta, hum dono shaadi shuda hai…." Good to see that Jai still holds his Marriage in high regards, even though Bani gave him several reasons to take his belief away from the Institution!
When Pia tells Jai that he had himself told her one day, that the people who give you tears are not important, but the ones who wipe them off are important and one day, she had given tears to Jai and Bani had given her shoulder to Jai and today, Bani gave tears to Jai and it was Pia who gave comfort to Jai…..Indicating to Jai, that if he could make Bani a part of his Life, then why shouldn't he do the same to Pia, since the condition for both the sisters is the same! No wonder, Jai looks so thunderstruck!
Now girls, your Q&A session begins, be good and answer them as well as you do everyday:
Do you think Jai was clear enough in expressing what he wanted to with Pia, without offending her sense of dignity? Or do you think, he should have been more curt & brusque with her and ordered her to stay away from Bani and his Life?
Do you find Jai Walia to be a "Sensitive" Man, one who might be rude and offhand in his outward behaviour but is innately very considerate and caring of other people's thoughts and feelings?Do you feel his conversation with Pia showed him as someone very decent and honorable man who might make mistakes but does not shrink from facing them thereafter?
Why do you think Jai told Pia to forget about having any relationship forged between them? Is it because as Jai himself says that he is Married and so is she and whether they love their spouses or not, they have to continue with their respective marriages? Or is it because, he really feels nothing for Pia and even without Bani in his life, he wouldn't have thought of having any future with her? Or is it because, Marriage or no Marriage, Jai only loves Bani and cannot think of a life with anyone else apart from her?
Do you think that the Conversation with Pia lightened Jai's burden and that is why he was so relaxed with Bani during their Beach-date? Or do you still feel he is reeling under immense guilt and wants to confess to Bani before he leads her on anymore?
Hypothetical Question : "What you don't know shall never hurt you." Do you think Jai should follow the dictum and keep quiet about his misadventure with Pia in front of Bani and go ahead with his married life and forget all about what happened? Or do you think that "Honesty is indeed the best policy" and that if Jai doesn't confess to his guilt, he would never be able to live happily with Bani?
Do you think that Pia is genuinely in love with Jai this time and what she shared with Pushkar was nothing more than a mistake of youth? Or do you think that once again, what Pia is undergoing is nothing more than a Desire and the fact that she can't have the man she wants is making her go so heart-broken and shattered and not the fact that she loved and lost him?
Jai's surprise, followed by his amusement and then his complete surrender to Bani in the Beach Scene. What do you make out of this? Is Jai just amused by the change of personality that his wife has undergone or is he really happy about the fact that the woman whom he loves feels the same intensity for him and expresses them openly?
Would be awaiting your answers…..
Cheers,
MT
PS: Wish you all a very Happy Karva Chauth!