Seems like the general audience takes this season as the story of Anurag and the kasauties he face in trying to be with his Pre. Last season it was Prena's kasauties so it wasn't difficult to sideline Anurag as the story was from her point of view and the main focus.
The above lines are from a post SheAish made in one of my threads. I know, trying to find logic or symbolism in an EK show. But the above lines is something which echoed my thoughts too and I had even shared with one of our members that how this time KZK is being shown as Anu's narrative. What made me think so is that inspite of all the butcherings they have tried with Anu's character, two things that has always been consistent in all the tracks are Anu was always given monologues or scenes with Anupam or Moloy with whom he could share his pain. Secondly, Anu's relation with all the characters in the show has been widely explored. Even recently, a scene was created where Anu rescues Tanvi, which was not that important for the current track that was being rushed; but according to me was included to reaffirm how Anu never mixes up or judges an individual w.r.to that person's relation to someone he likes or dislikes. He never fails to respect the identity of that particular individual. Even with Prerna, he has never failed to add Sharma in between, whenever he has addressed her with full name.
Now coming back to the main topic, I accidentally realised yesterday on how each track till now was mainly focussed in portraying different shades of Anu's love. Whether it is a coincident or EK & CVs have thought it in that way, I am not sure. If the NB track was a buildup for AnuPre realising that they are destined to be more than friends, the tracks that followed was to portray the variations in love, mainly Anu's. I tried to find out the love variations the CVs were trying to portray w.r.to Pre, but I got confused due to many things. So, for now, I will go with Anu's variations in love.
When they first confessed their love in the temple, Pre says that she is feeling afraid that they will not be together while Anu replies to her that he will fight with every problem or situation & reminds her of how they had been blessed from the beginning by MataRani assuring her that they will be together forever. What followed next is the Komo track where we saw Anu inorder to protect Pre & her loved ones including the Basus whom Pre loves immensely agrees to be a dhaal against the Komo storm while Pre was shown to rise above her fear (though with bitterness towards Anu in her heart) deciding to fight for her rights, which after learning the truth later made her more aggressive to fight for her love. And throughout the whole track through words & actions Anu's concern for Pre's security was clearly portrayed. So, in short CVs succeded in playing out the Komo track in a way that AnuPre worked as a team, while the track's underlying theme was Anu's protectiveness.
Now comes the Bajaj track. Just before this track was introduced, we have a scene where Pre turns on the radio and the lines 'Kisi ki pyar leke hum naya jahaan basaaoge' plays out. Hearing it a possessive Anu outrightly denies to Pre that he will never let it happen in their life. What followed & happened till now, we have seen. Yes.....in all the crazy things he did & words he uttered, we got to see Anu's different shades of possesiveness while Pre took up the role of Komo track Anu & did all crazy things to protect Anu. So, in this track too they were working as a team, though it was not explicit enough for the audience to feel the same. This is because of the fault of the CVs, who in their quest to satisfy both Anu & Bajaj fandoms, missed to focus on conveying Pre's emotions. Only towards the end of the track they got their senses back & started concentrating on it. If they had done it from the beginning of the track, this track too would have been interesting as Komo track.
Now that we are waiting for the next track, I am not sure whether my guess is right. Till last Thursday, whenever Anu expressed his feelings for Pre he used various forms of Chahat for the same. But in the Friday scene, when he talks to Bajaj in the hospital about his feeling for Pre, he said ' Prerna meri KHWAHISH hein; vo poora kiye bagair mein kahin nahin jaaunga.' I don't know why writers have suddenly changed chaahat to khwahish. I am not that good in understanding the exact meaning of such deep Hindi/Urdu words. But clubbing this change in expression with the latest BTS plus keeping in mind how the narrative till now was Anu-biased, mind says it is Anu who will meet an accident & probably have a memory loss while my biased & selfish heart wants it to happen with Pre so that atleast in this track my Pre will enjoy some peaceful & happy moments. How about you all? Whoever meets the accident, one thing is for sure, especially now that the channel too has interfered & Moloy who was the first to know about AnuPre's dhaga marriage is back in action. That, in this track too AnuPre will be one team. So AnuPreians, let us be hopeful for the time being & be here to cheer for our AnuPre. 😊