As for Sameer...yes he was a prankster but he def wasn't someone who took life less seriously. The guy had to joke around to hide his inner pains...of loosing a father. That pain in him was evident in the beginning when he looks up at the sky to constantly speak to his father. People sometimes do that...pretend to not take things seriously because when they do their inner torments don't let them live as a normal human being. He didn't go to Italy and wait for Nandini there like you said. He tried to contact her thru letters to tell her that even tho he left he can't be without her and asked her to come with him...but it was her servant who hid those letters from her and without any news of Sameer...she married Vanraj. Then not knowing that she married someone else he still lived in his misery even back in Italy. The pain he was in came through when he was telling him mom about Nandini. You know what remained with me...when he said that tears were rolling down Nandini's frozen face as he was leaving and at that time he just wanted to kill her father. I was too much engulfed in Sameer's pain to notice what Nandini was going through.
I loved Vanraj's character too. He is the kind guy any girl (no matter how vain) would want as a husband. I was not at all angry that Nandini went back to Vanraj. She should have. That was the thing to do. But i just wasn't convinced by the climax, the dialogs, the execution were not convincing enough that Nandini was going back for love. Besides that i just wanted to kill Nandini...for she gave hopes to a guy who had no hope of getting her back at all then took it all back to crush his heart a second time. If i go by what you are saying she was having second thought long before she went to meet Sameer at his house and told his mom who she is. Knowing that she is confused herself...she should have taken the time to sort through her intentions. And when Sameer was telling her to go back to Vanraj..he said "don't look at me like that...you'll fall in love again" And then when she left...he looks up and cribs about his fate...and just asks for one thing...."can i get a hug"...i just wanted to jump into the screen and hug him (Sameer not Sallu).
I can understand that you guys here are all big fan of Vanraj and Nandini and i won't say anything more. But that at the end of the movie my heart was happy for Vanraj and crying for Sameer. The crying part was a little (maybe a lot) stronger than the happy part and therefore, my avoidance of the movie so far. I can't even look at a poster of that movie without feeling a pinch in my heart. And i don't need to watch it again to put myself through that. I remember the dialogs very clearly after what like 8-9 yrs. And i watched it only once...so you can imagine what impact that movie made on me. I was seriously depressed for months.
As for Milind being like Vanraj.......NO WAY!!!!! I don't see any similarity in HDDS and Kayamath. Prachi had moved on in life when she married Milind. She was not stuck in a rut like Nandini. It was Milsi who was still not over his love. Milind is a great guy and so is Vanraj. They are both awesome characters and thats all the similarities they have. They are two different personas and that is the fact. I love Vanraj and I love Milind. But they are not similar in character at all. They both love their wife but that does not warrant a similarity in character or personalities. Vanraj was struck by Nandini's beauty when he first met her and loved her after they married. Milsi cared two hoots about Prachi's beauty and loves her now because she is a beautiful person. He loves her character. Prachi started the marriage saying "i will be a dutiful wife" cause at that time she wasn't in love with her husband. But she fell for him when she realized that beyond the rough, animal like exterior is a guy with the most softest heart that has the potential to hold immense love for her. She respects and fell in love with his character. Thats what i want for Michi. Their love to be true for each other's characters and not out of a sense that "he is my husband" and "she is my wife" therefore we should love each other. I know you are going to say that Vanraj and Nandu were not like that...but i really don't have the energy to argue anymore. 😕
JC
PS. if anyone wants to yell at me some more about this topic😆 plz feel free to IM me and lets not take up space on our precious ED thread to talk about HDDS.😃 Luv you all. Even those who don't agree with anything i said.😆