Raunak.........what to say about him??? He is an enigma!!!!
Initially, I liked him, mind you even when he was lying to Robbie, making Kasturi lie to Robbie.....even then I was with him, but after that Robbie-Kasturi misunderstanding, he started going downhill for me!!!
If I was Raunak and knew Robbie since childhood, I would know the in and out of Robbie!! I would know exactly how insecure Robbie is, I would know very well that not getting his love will kill him. So what would I do in that situation? I would follow Robbie to earth's end if need be, to get hold of him and drill into his brain the truth!!!! I WILL NOT make 2 paltry attempts to try to explain the situation to Robbie!!!! And when I can't get hold of him a third time, jump into the mandap to get married to his GF!! NO SIR!!!!
That is my biggest problem with Raunak, that his character did not remain consistent with what was shown initially!! He was shown like he loved Robbie more than himslef, but when the time came to show that love, he was a complete wimp!!!! My liking for him changed to a neutral feeling towards him after this point.
Fine.....lets forget the above reason and move forward. He had Kasturi's best interest in his mind when getting married. Lets accept that for now. They get married, he is aware throughout that K still loved R. He is seeing that R is repenting like hell!! He is completely aware of what is going on and what does he do? Phir bhi jale pe manak chidhakta hai!!!!!
Once again, if I was Raunak, I would have refused to participate in all the finding the ring, carrying bride upstairs ceremonies!!! If I was even a little bit sensitive towards my friend, if I loved him even a little, then I would have realized how difficult this would be for him!!!!!!!! I would have flat-out refused to do any of that stuff. Any of those ceremonies would not have been more important to me than my best friend's pain!!!! But what does Raunak do, he does not so much as raise a whimper, goes ahead and does all the rasms as if his life depended on it.
That was the moment my neutral feelings towards him turned into dislike for his character. He did not reflect anything that he proclaimed!!
What Robbie did afterwards, was only a reaction to the above inconsistencies. What he did afterwards was perfectly normal from his point of view. In fact I say Raunak pushed Robbie to do those things with his behaviour!! And after this point Raunak could never redeem himself in my eyes.......never!!! Because he separated two people really really in love with his acts and there was no way he would have found happiness after such a heinous act!!!!
I know that all of these are the mistakes of the creatives but I just wanted to share with you all how I feel Raunak's character hit the bottom.