I am certain that RK always loved Madhu, but his ego got better of him.
He claimed that he started faking love after the accident. So let's evaluate for ourselves that what can be deemed as faking..
- the night he got back home and he saw her crying, he wanted to console her but stopped himself. Albeit, he went ahead narrating his dad's story to stop her from crying.
- got her Ganesha statue in the room, and his father's pic
- invited her family for Puja (can be faking)
- actually had a fight with Madhu regarding the Sari
- hid from Madhu that Malik is the killer.
- made her eat in his style and then dropped her at chawl as she was crying (can be faking)
- , imagining her under the influence of medicine, and then saw Madhu dancing instead of Dipali
- saved Malik from the clutches of law without rubbing this on to Madhu.
- had compete intentions to hide this from Madhu but she slipped out of the house while he was asleep
- went to the PS and saved Malik (I don't think that was faking)
- supported Madhu in front of his family (can't be faking as he never liked anyone else raising a finger at her);
- when she hugged him, didnt hug her back all mushy mushy but was quite restrained. (Don't know if this qualifies as faking)
- told her about his past (he didnt make it up, but later sad that it was a part of his plan.)
By this time Madhu had fallen for him, which means she fell for the real person and not the false Rishab as most people have been claiming that the man she fell for did not exist. In true sense she did fall for the Real RK, she witnessed after the studio incident.
- looking out for her so that no one hurts her, taking her to the studio (again no one else can hurt her)
- hushing Bittuji because he didnt want to disturb her sleep
- yelling at her because she fasted, warned her tat he won't come home that night
- the inner turmoil shown when no one was around
- went for the ritual (after what transpired earlier, couldn't be faking)
- took care of her, caressed her when she was sleeping
- yelled at her again for cooking, when she is not well
- the RK style KC (could be faking but was later taken in the moment)
- dreaming about her when Dipali entered.
- sensed her being alone when at the farmhouse
- confessed his love (faking as he claims it to be but then why did he go looking for her, saying her name)
- then confession at the farmhouse (faking but yelled out when she was about to step on broken glass)
- was mean to the actress when Madhu failed the test, went back to drinking (may be he was upset that she was not truly into him)
- 7 phere proposal (faking as he wanted to keep the distance)
- made her mom reconcile with Malik
- accepted his mom's presence at the 5 year celebration party for her sake (not faking for sure)
- invited Padmini n Malik (may be faking to get into their good books)
- proposed Malik n Padmini wedding (faking but why??)
- they reconcile and then head massage scene (can be faking)
- got slapped by her mom, when trying to convince them for the wedding
- saved Madhu from Balraj risking his life (that's when he realized that he had fallen for her real bad, again in situations like these only rage, love, fear dominate.. Revenge, jealousy take a back seat)
- arranged a lawyer to save Padmini
- apologized to Madhu (faking, as he went ahead with the revenge)
- picnic track (could be faking, but was scared for Madhu for a moment when the car halted all of a sudden)
- the unwedding disaster, where he made so many contemptuous statement that had me have him till the don bhai emerged from the water like a dolphin.
So we see, that despite him claiming otherwise he fell for her in reality and realized it. But he cant let the woman who slapped a superstar, an uncrowned king, in his kingdom to get away with it and instead be a queen of his house and rule his life. So his ego decided to go for the kill and get his revenge, even if it broke his heart into pieces. He didnt know that Madhu will show up at work. It was tough for him to stay in her vicinity so the 3 day challenge and he left no stone unturned to make her quit. But we saw a hint of his real feelings time and again during the challenge.
I am not justifying what he did, but the way an egomaniac like him thinks! And both of them fell in love. He realized it but couldnt accept it till he felt threatened by a 3rd person. she fell for the real RK, not the fake one.
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Edited by cardio21 - 12 years ago