Is shiva in love with raavi since childhood !

I keep getting these vibes from the writers as if they want to play with this idea in the future , that's why they keep confusing the audience , today when raavi said that lets start afresh shiva straight away refused by saying starting from the start would mean erasing their childhood.

I mean one could say that he didn't want to get friendzoned by his wife 🤣or it would have been totally out of character for shiva to go with the typical friendship but then if you are entering into a sort of new phase with raavi you could let go of your childhood especially if u claim to hate raavi with a passion in childhood

Anyways it may be just me who thinks like that but I have felt in some other moments too that maybe shiva had if not love but some feelings for raavi . The first time I felt like that was during the wedding rituals ( my favourite episode and how brilliant was Kanwar in those episodes ) . During those rituals I felt pain in Shiva's eyes not because he was marrying a girl against his wishes , I felt the pain was because that girl was broken and shattered and he somehow wanted to just protest her and save her !!

It may sound interesting.

But I hope this is not the case.

I don't want Shiva to be in love with Raavi since childhood

Those are all very plausible reasons! Just like you, I feel like the CVs have teased us with the idea of unrequited childhood love (or perhaps interest if not love) for quite a few episodes. Time will tell if they want to pursue this track, but based on what they've given us so far, I feel like they can drive the concept home and it would be very believable.

Here are a few of my takes on a possible unrequited love...

During Raavi and Shiva's first hug, Raavi's warmth seemed to quickly cool down Shiva's anger. He was left there startled, and I think it's because her physical proximity caused him to feel unexplained feelings. And instead of confronting those feelings, I feel as though Shiva developed the habit of pushing her away to prevent himself from feeling anything more for his Maami Ki Behen Ki Beti.

It's also interesting that he calls Raavi "Maami Ki Behen Ki Beti." He called her this name quite frequently before marriage and has transitioned into calling her chipkali a lot more after marriage. I feel the MKBKB name was used just so Shiva could constantly remind himself that Raavi was his Maami's relative. Therefore, she was someone he needed to hate. Whereas, the transition to chipkali could have been his small subconscious way of trying to accept his marriage, despite not wanting it personally.

Despite all his hate, Shiva spends a lot of time hearing Raavi out. He hears her "nonsense," he responds to her "nonsense," and he even gives ideas to fuel her "nonsense." Though it's important to hear your enemy out, I feel like Shiva's attention on her grew from all their childhood experiences. It seemed as though he was quite used to her tirades and excitement. So despite being annoyed, he stays and entertains her. Krish, meanwhile, seemed very much done with Raavi on the day she came to their house to cook and dance 😆. And Dev always seems ready to leave Raavi in the dust pre-marriage.

Even during the first meal, when Shiva observed Raavi as she was praised by Gaumbi, his proudness was completely written on his sleeve. I felt as though, on that day, for the first time, he thought of her as his wife and he felt proud of her for all her accomplishments. And I felt the reason he was able to quickly regard her as his wife is because of lingering emotions during his childhood.

Not to mention the NDE, Shiva's pain of almost losing Raavi was very, very palpable. The way he gently patted her cheek, head, held her in his arms. I felt as though his pain was related to him potentially losing someone who was akin to a best "friend" or an extremely close partner-in-crime. I don't think Shiva can imagine a life without Raavi and their nok-jhoks, and that scene just about proved it for me!

To prevent this post from becoming too long, I totally agree with your post! I think there could be some unexplained feelings that Shiva has for Raavi. But I think that's just what it is... unexplained. I don't think he ever took the time to think about those strange feelings, and I think he spent a lot of time burying down whatever he felt for her. So as much as we think Shiva has already fallen, I think he still needs more time to unlock and understand his feelings. He knows he shares a special relationship with Raavi, but he still needs to sort through whether what he feels is related to a "crush" or something more.

Originally posted by: milkcakejamun

Those are all very plausible reasons! Just like you, I feel like the CVs have teased us with the idea of unrequited childhood love (or perhaps interest if not love) for quite a few episodes. Time will tell if they want to pursue this track, but based on what they've given us so far, I feel like they can drive the concept home and it would be very believable.

Here are a few of my takes on a possible unrequited love...

During Raavi and Shiva's first hug, Raavi's warmth seemed to quickly cool down Shiva's anger. He was left there startled, and I think it's because her physical proximity caused him to feel unexplained feelings. And instead of confronting those feelings, I feel as though Shiva developed the habit of pushing her away to prevent himself from feeling anything more for his Maami Ki Behen Ki Beti.

It's also interesting that he calls Raavi "Maami Ki Behen Ki Beti." He called her this name quite frequently before marriage and has transitioned into calling her chipkali a lot more after marriage. I feel the MKBKB name was used just so Shiva could constantly remind himself that Raavi was his Maami's relative. Therefore, she was someone he needed to hate. Whereas, the transition to chipkali could have been his small subconscious way of trying to accept his marriage, despite not wanting it personally.

Despite all his hate, Shiva spends a lot of time hearing Raavi out. He hears her "nonsense," he responds to her "nonsense," and he even gives ideas to fuel her "nonsense." Though it's important to hear your enemy out, I feel like Shiva's attention on her grew from all their childhood experiences. It seemed as though he was quite used to her tirades and excitement. So despite being annoyed, he stays and entertains her. Krish, meanwhile, seemed very much done with Raavi on the day she came to their house to cook and dance 😆. And Dev always seems ready to leave Raavi in the dust pre-marriage.

Even during the first meal, when Shiva observed Raavi as she was praised by Gaumbi, his proudness was completely written on his sleeve. I felt as though, on that day, for the first time, he thought of her as his wife and he felt proud of her for all her accomplishments. And I felt the reason he was able to quickly regard her as his wife is because of lingering emotions during his childhood.

Not to mention the NDE, Shiva's pain of almost losing Raavi was very, very palpable. The way he gently patted her cheek, head, held her in his arms. I felt as though his pain was related to him potentially losing someone who was akin to a best "friend" or an extremely close partner-in-crime. I don't think Shiva can imagine a life without Raavi and their nok-jhoks, and that scene just about proved it for me!

To prevent this post from becoming too long, I totally agree with your post! I think there could be some unexplained feelings that Shiva has for Raavi. But I think that's just what it is... unexplained. I don't think he ever took the time to think about those strange feelings, and I think he spent a lot of time burying down whatever he felt for her. So as much as we think Shiva has already fallen, I think he still needs more time to unlock and understand his feelings. He knows he shares a special relationship with Raavi, but he still needs to sort through whether what he feels is related to a "crush" or something more.

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That's what I like the best about them. He's always indulgent with her nautankis, and she never stops teasing him. So then how can they be enemies?

I don't know if I'd call it love but to me they've always been sort of bffs who talk in a different language and exist in their own world😆 Plus, even though Dhara has always tried to mediate, like today, they never get deterred by her. They'll acknowledge her...but they'll go right back to bickering with each other. Their interaction always ends because they choose to finish it, and not because they were told to. That's the vibe I get from the pre-wedding scenes... I've watched them too often lol

Teri Duniya Raavi k ird -gird hi ghumti rehti hai, kabhi much aur bhi such liya kar! -Gaumbi to Shiva.

Looks like Cvs are going in that direction.

There have always been some unexplained feelings which he chose to to bury deep within his heart and never has explored them.

She has always been his 'sun'. Uski duniya usi k ird gird rahi hai hamesha he.

I can't wait to see this journey

This is an interesting discussion and I know several members have discussed this at length.

@Shiva refusing Raavis offer of strangers to friends: Maybe you're right that doing so would kind of erase all their memories and feelings from the past. The other thing I have been thinking about is how easily Raavi accepted Devs offer of friendship! We saw Shiva eyeing them during that scene and Dev asking Raavi to be his friend. Wonder if that's another reason he doesnt want to be friends with Raavi.

The replies and the character analysis in this thread are amazing , so Iam not the only one who thinks that kuch tu hai since childhood

Anyways let's see how the writers are going to take it forward

I agree with this post! I have always felt that part of his frustrations or objections even as a child has been that she wanted to be friends with Dev, and not him directly, it was always Dev Dev Dev. Later on, maybe when he did feel a lil something, he just always covered up that by reminding himself she is related to Mami and it is forbidden. Now when they are constantly with each other, some of that facade is falling off, but he does not wish to erase the childhood because he has some underlying feelings relative to that too!

Originally posted by: .Sunrise.

I keep getting these vibes from the writers as if they want to play with this idea in the future , that's why they keep confusing the audience , today when raavi said that lets start afresh shiva straight away refused by saying starting from the start would mean erasing their childhood.

I mean one could say that he didn't want to get friendzoned by his wife 🤣or it would have been totally out of character for shiva to go with the typical friendship but then if you are entering into a sort of new phase with raavi you could let go of your childhood especially if u claim to hate raavi with a passion in childhood

Anyways it may be just me who thinks like that but I have felt in some other moments too that maybe shiva had if not love but some feelings for raavi . The first time I felt like that was during the wedding rituals ( my favourite episode and how brilliant was Kanwar in those episodes ) . During those rituals I felt pain in Shiva's eyes not because he was marrying a girl against his wishes , I felt the pain was because that girl was broken and shattered and he somehow wanted to just protest her and save her !!

I don't know if anyone has pointed this out but I see longing in shiva eyes and to pin point a scene for that somebody please make a GIF of shiva's singing ye Reshmi zulfe ye sharbaati aankhen