Charmed is an American television series which follows a trio of sisters, known as The Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, who use their combined "Power of Three" to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern-day San Francisco. In one of the episodes, the sisters are infected with sins by a demon. i.e. each sister is infected by one of the deadly sins. The eldest of them is infected with "Pride". She goess on to do things which she terms as "selfless deeds", even tries to sacrifice herself to save another person who is also infected. But her sisters who have by this time have gotten rid of their sins save her and kill the demon. Only after the demon is killed, the eldest sisters sin is removed from her. After that the eldest sister asks her other sisters that she did so many selfless deeds, yet had to wait for the demon to be vanquished before she could get rid of her sin. Whereas the others could get rid of their sin by themselves. So the sisters replies "the demon said that Pride is the one sin that cannot be beat. That there is no such thing as "selfless act" in pride. Whatever one does in their prideful state is for the greater glory of themselves and not really for others. And that is why she had to wait for the demon to be vanquished by others for her to lose her pride".
The proverb is "Pride goes a long way before fall" and this is very true. Pride usually takes the person to the highest/tallest point before they fall. And when they fall, they fall real hard and bad. More than facing others, they find it hard to face themselves. Cause only when they lose their pride is when they see the mess and destruction that they have left behind. But after that they spend the rest of their lives cleaning up that mess. And they will never ever again do the same.
This is the same for Sonakshi and Bijoy. They have to reach the highest point before they can fall. And fall they definitely will. And when they fall, they will neveer rise again. We will see a completely subdued Bijoy who will never dare to question Dev again. And a Sonakshi who will be happy to be part of Dev's life. But she no longer will have any power over anyone, not even her own children. One of the blocked episode is the Shimla episode, the one before Dev and Sonakshi make up. In that episode, Dev says that it was not him that stalked, was intoxicated and ruined her engagement, but it was she and that it was her who stalked him, who became inebriated and broke his engagement. She tells him that he was wrong in saying that for which he responds that he was talking about "Mrs. Dixit", but she was Ms. bose who never made mistakes. He talks about her as 2 different people. And she ends it by saying that she didn't like the game and she was always "Mrs. Dixit". Right now she herself by choice is maintaining 2 different identities, Mrs. Dixit inside IN and Ms.Bose outside of IN. And she is also intoxicated by the power these 2 identities are giving her. But it has to reach the stage where she cannot take it anymore and falls down, just like Dev during Sonakshi Ritwick engagement party.
In season 1 after the inital breakup in hospital and initial marriage phase, it was Dev who said sorry and went behind Sonakshi to get her back. But after the leap, once Suhana called Dev as "papa", Sonakshi is the one who is shown to follow Dev and bring him back to their lives even if it forcefully. She was ready to let Suhana go to Kolkata when the later said she no longer wanted to live only with Sonakshi. That is the moment Sonakshi lost her biological advantage over Suhana. she now can be in Suhana's life as long as Dev is in the picture too. At every turn of life, whenever Sonakshi let herself carried away in her pride and pushed Dev away, Suhana made sure that Sonakshi had to bite her tongue, curb her pride and bring him back to their life. Suhana has made amply clear that she will stay in Sonakshi's life only if Dev is there too. She might have originally asked him as to how he could keep her happy when he couldn't keep his mom happy. But once she called him papa, she has never once told him that he hasn't kept her happy. But she has done the other way around multiple times. She has asked Sonakshi anytime Dev is not happy as to who could hurt her "papa". When Dev left IN during Khatri track, it was Suhana who kind of made sure that Sonakshi did not come back without Dev. In Dev's remarriage track, after his engagement is broken and he decides to go away, Suhana continuosly asks him to take her with him.She was ready to leave Sonakshi when earlier she was called "mumma ka poonch". And Sonakshi had to accept the truth regarding her failures at each of these times. And right now she may not admit to herself openly, and may not seem like it, but she doens't really have anyone for support except Dev, Ishwari and Bijoy. If she complains againsnt Dev, apart from Bijoy nobody else will believe her nor will they support her. Asha is now friends with Ishwari outside of Sonakshi. She will directly approach Ishwari and ask her for details. And once ishwari tells the truth, Asha will not support Sonakshi. Then what happens. During Dev's remarriage track, even though Bijoy maintained that he was not wrong till the last moment, had to finally content with the fact that Sonakshi did love Dev. He had to accept that truth when she herself blurts it in front of him. After that when she says she is going back to IN, even though he doesn't like it, he is not given a choice anymore. Nor he at anytime he could interfere and say that Dev or ishwari were forcing her.
A lot of viewers lost that picture of "perfect father" for Bijoy after the leap, especially during Dev's remarriage track. They disliked him immensly for his insensitivity. Same is true for Sonakshi too. Members lost connect with her when she tried to justify herself after Vickky's manipulations were revealed and also when she doesns't show any reaction after Dev tells how much he loves her on the national television. Same is with Saurabh too when he was shown to burst out in anger against Bijoy and also when he was ready to walk out on the Boses when Dev is revealed as the thief whole stole Ronita's jewelry. Since then the "perfection" image of the Boses has been shaken. But now it will be broken. This is the excerpt from DD's blog regarding KRPKAB --
Coming to the show, what works for me in the show (as a fan) are how Devrat and Sonakshi are as characters. They are riddled with flaws and that's what makes them interesting. They are real and incorrigible and unpredictable. They falter repeatedly and don't emerge as better as a consequence. They are stubborn, and they hold on to what they think it's right. The truths for them are relative, even convenient. They see things from their vantage point. And that's how people are. They seldom change after a certain age. What's also refreshing to see is the arrogance in their love. They know for a fact that no one, absolutely no one, can love as they once loved each other, that despite how it ended, no one has felt the love they have. It's the kind of arrogant, rude, superior love that lays waste the feelings of other people. It's the kind where their falling in love is a favour to the world, something that gives them a legitimate reason to play truant with others and excuses them of all responsibility. It allows them to be moody, unreasonable and irrational. They allow themselves to be vindictive without reproach, hurt without guilt. They love deeply and passionately but that doesn't make them kind, and that's a welcome change. They seldom feel embarrassed about the things they do. They move on, brush them under the carpet like it didn't happen, and that's how most of us behave. When they fight, they pick the points that are most convenient to them, ignoring instances and arguments that don't suit their side. They are throbbing with love, anger, jealousy and disappointment and they wear it on their sleeves.
Here is the link to DD's article -- https://durjoydatta.blog/2017/05/14/why-kuchh-rang-pyaar-ke-aise-bhi-is-the-best-tv-love-story-i-will-ever-write/
@Nitu -- It is true that Sonakshi is shown to make mistakes and not acknowledge them. But it is also true that those mistakes that she makes, makes her extremely guilty too. Just like Ishwari. Alcohol is not the only thing that can make a person intoxicated, power can also go into someone's head. And that will be Sonakshi's downfall. The more power she has tasted, the harder that fall is. In the movie "Aitraaz", Akshay Kumar tells Priyanka that she will reach her goal, to be on the top, but when she stands there and looks around her, she will not find anyone whom she can call "apna". Right now Sonakshi is exactly in the same place as Priyanka. She will have to go to the top and find herself all alone. She might have everyone around her, but will find no one who will support her or even ask her if she is doing ok. That is when it will hit her as to what she has done. Everything will come rushing back, all her mistakes, her blunders, the mess that she has created, everything. We will see Sonakshi begging dev to take her back or if they want to show a tragedy, then show that Sonakshi loses Dev forever, but will spend the rest of her life resenting her actions. In the naya rang track you mentioned, Ishwari was shown to help Dev come out of his abandonment issues, but he was not shown to apologize for his actions, neither to Ishwari nor to Sonakshi. Also it was shown that as much as Dev decided to let go, Sonakshi was shown to "compromise", something that she has never done. She was shown to wear the dress that Dev asked her to wear and even plan a date. Even her dialogue for me is a forewarning since it was also in the promo. When someone hides their true feelings like Sonakshi, they become ticking time bombs, which explode when they least expect it in ways they don't imagine. We will see Sonakshi behaving even more irrationally than we have seen and that is when she will no longer be able to hide her true self. From the begining of the series onakshi was shown as somebody who always "won". But in the end, she will be shown questioning the same. Even the last dialogue in the current promo which said "will their rishta be able to withstand this naya rang" is a for me a forewarning.
Latha, Your husband is absolutely right, especially the last paragraph and I think that is the message to the viewers. That one should not enter the institution of marriage lightly. That it is not like buying a dress or car that you use for sometime and then say that they didn't like it so they now want to return it. They are telling the that falling in love and married life are not as shown in movies or fairy tales. That it is a lot more complex than that. The movies or fairy tales may show a romantisized version of everything where the boy and girl fall in love, get married and live happily ever after. Hindus prefer Grihastaasrama to Sanyaasa: One famous couplet in Kannada says: "Eesa beku, iddu jayisa beku we need the grace of God, for that Sainthood is not the only solution; better to live with the world and lead a successful life serving family and society. It is about "karma yoga". The rituals and the Vedic incantations that go with marriage are extremely significant, designed as they are to ensure the happy, prosperous and harmonious living of the couple. But with the current fast life, most of the meanings of the hindu marriage ritual is lost. With this series, the makers are saying that our ancestors who wrote those rituals and mantras and everything, the upanishads, the different trypes of marriages, the sapthapadi everything are not meaningless. They are advising the newer generation to think before they act, to take their time to think through and not to let things like anger, ego and pride ruining lives. That a marriage is about companionship and not competition, it is not about one upmanship. That we should treat others the way we would like to be treated. The makers are showing how lives can be ruined with miscommunication, with not being honest with one's feelings.
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