Latha, Lakshmi, I can understand what you guys are talking about especially regarding showing FL as wrong or flawed. But that is exactly where the directors are driving at. Recently there was an interview with Yash Patnaik( after episode 343, but before the sisters came into the picture) in which he said that with KRPKAB, they took out the story and left only reality behind. But then since it is not a documentary, they are adding minimal story and drama to show that. He also said that KRPKAB has broken a lot of rules of the tv trope and that they will continue to do so. And I think this is also one of the rules that they will break. That is where they are taking the story.
Watching yesterday's episode, I was very confused as to what the makers are trying to say. But when I read Lakshmi's post, things started to click. And lot of things kind of fell into place. The one where you talked about personal and professional space. And I like the way the makers are driving the leads to the starting point. The point where they first met in Dr. Sinha's office. In that scene, while Dev judged her professionally, she judged him personally. From then onwards to get Sonakshi to work for him, this is how they both saaw each other. When Sonakshi came to work for Dev, she came with a personal cause, while he was only concerned with the professional reason. She came to IN for Dev the son, not Dev Dixit the businessman. He didn't really care about Sonakshi as a person, but held Dr. Bose in highest regard.
Sonakshi was Dev's employee regardless of what her position was. Yet she crossed the lines from the first day she came. She took everything personally. An employee can judge his/her employer for their professions skills, manners and behavior, but not the personal life. I would like to share my personal experience. My last manager was a single parent who had her baby last year. We were close to each other and were talking about pregnancy and babies. And she was telling that she got pregnant after a songle night stand with a guy whom she met at a conference. When she found she was pregnant, she called to tell him and that guy said he doesn't want anything to do with it. She wanted a baby, so she decided to keep it and gave birth to her. She was telling me that the father doesn't want to know of even want to have anything to do with her or the baby. As an emplloyee reporting to her, I have no right to judge any of her decisions in personal life. I cannot tell her that she is wrong to keep the baby or keep in touch with that guy or send photos to him. That is her personal choice and decision. But I can tell her if she is not doing her job correctly or if she did an awesome job. But Sonakshi did exactly that. She told him that his taking away her job was personal. She made it look like he took revenge on her, when he had no such intention.
Now by Sonakshi saying that she wants to keep her personal and worklife separate, the makers are taking her to that place when she crossed her boundaries, intruded in his personal life. Every step of the way she is finding her mistakes and wrong doings and that is what is confusing her the most. She is finding it hard to believe that she could be so wrong when she always thought she was always right. In one of the early episodes, Ishwari asks her to throw away a box with old toys and things after getting distressed from seeing Khatri. Sonakshi doesn't throw it, but keeps it in the kitchen. The following day when Ishwari is regretting her actions, Sonakshi takes her to the box. At that time she says this -- maaye toh apni bacchoon ki galatiya tak sambhalke rakthi hai. Usually parents either correct their child's mistake or hide it. But don't "protect" or "safeguard" it. And that is the biggest flaw in her upbringing. The way Bijoy and Asha have brought her up is, if during day she said, no it is night, instead of telling her it is day and showing her, they closed all the doors and windows of the room, darkened it and said you are right. If she said it was day during night, then once again closed all the doors and windows of the room, added as much light as needed and said she was right. They never let her see the real picture. She lives with the misconception that she is never wrong. And when she is faced with the fact that she is infact wrong, she immidiately looks towards others to blame for it. she justifies her blame game by saying "what can I do, I didn't know that. It is not my fault that I did not have that information. I had good intentions and gave the correct script for others to follow. If they didn't do it, it is not my mistake".
With the current story line, the makers are taking away those tools where she has no choice but too introspect. She has no one left to blame. This last act of Dev, being fuelled by fear was the last line of her defence. She no longer can hide her mistakes behind others. But before she can be exposed, the makers had to take away that foil. And they did as per the spoilers and the precap. Going forward, whatever the consequences, she is the only one who will be responsible with her actions and decisions. She cannot say it was influenced by Dev or Ishwari. By claiming that she wants "independence" to take her own decisions, she has left herself truly vulnerable in a way. By also not taking responsibility of the previous mistakes, she has created a kind of vacuum around her, taken away all those people who used to support her. In a way she herself has removed her support system. My guess is she is being led to a place where she needs support, but will find herself truly alone. Just like Dev 7 years ago when she left him. She will not even have Dev's support in true sense because her ego will not let her to confess her need not only to Dev, but everyone. She will be like Dev was after the first break up where he struggled with the idea that his mother is not happy with his happiness.
I applaud the makers to take the story this way and show something unique. 😃
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