Mogga:
Yesterday and today were such dramatic episodes. One just got swept up in the emotionally charged moments. Kudos to CVs.
both aais demonstrated their shock, their disappointments, their fears and their sadness so amazingly.
Savita
I have always had a mixed reaction to this woman.
you hate the package but cannot help but feel a pang of empathy or maybe even sympathy for her situation.
here is a woman, uneducated, struggling as a single mom inspite of having a living spouse, a woman who tries to be resourceful about her lack of gainful employment by putting up stalls and the sort to earn some quick cash when she can. a woman who has dealt with more disappointment and disgrace than hope her entire married life. her brusque and loud behaviour to me is actually a way of covering up her own inadequacies so that she does not have to bow down her head in society.
she wants a way out and sees the only solution as her children. her desire to see her children married to girls whose families are well placed is not so unreasonable once you understand her life and the few options she has. Is it something we can appreciate? No. but that is only because we have never faced the life she has lived. it is difficult sometimes to relate to something one has not experienced.
she learnt quickly that Archana was not the golden goose she thought her to be and she reacted as any person whose plans and hopes have been dashed. Was she wrong in harassing Archu about her dowry? Definitely. And uptil that time I had mixed emotions about her.
Then the jail fiasco, Sachin's death fiasco, Ajit -Vandu horror show. My heart went out to here. This was too high a price to pay for a little greed. The destruction of her children and the battery of her motherhood.
Savita's kinder side has been portrayed beautifully in past episodes so she cannot be written off as a negative character. her anger, her outbursts at archana are a genuine expression of her frustrations at being stuck in the ArMan rut. I feel bad for her.
Today when she told Archana that three times she left and she thought that with each time she was finally rid of her, I did feel bad again and sympathized with her. She is right in a manner of speaking. Archana is a kind hearted person but her presence or her assocation only brings strife to Savita's life and I don't mean the money I mean the unquantifiable loss. She was right Kools, she has lost it all - her older son, her younger son and her grandson - all because ArMan's realization of epic love came too little too late. Should ArMan be together? Of course because their seperation causes more strife for others than their union. But can a mother and a grandmother be allowed to express frustration for the constant upheaveal in her life? Most definitely yes.
Manav offered to marry Shravani because his numerous attempts to win back Archana had failed and he saw Archana wanting no future with him.
When Archana came back, she did not show him the error of his thinking and tell him that Shravani can still be the DIL of this house as Sachin's widow instead of your wife. In shravani's vulnerable state of mind, this solution might have been a win-win solution all around but Archu had to be a silent supporter of Manav's and Savita's folly.
Savita begged her to reconsider the divorce and ignore her folly. She and Manav did not agree. there were many many instances when ArMan could have righted the wrong and salvaged the situation. They took too long and worsened the damage.
Savita is justified in getting angry at their procrastination and constant flip flopping on issues. I felt for her today.
Manav made the right decision in moving out with Archana (now that they have decided to unite). That was the only solution to break this inevitable collision course.
ArMan need to regroup, stabilize and let fresh wounds heal before they decide to mingle with the family again. It is only fair to the families who they have shocked and overwhelmed with their constant flip flopping and philantrophy.