In Arjun's Defense... - Page 4

Originally posted by: Kalapi

Originally posted by: Darlyne

Dear Shyamala, excellent job on PAP!!!👏

Originally posted by: Kalapi

I did flip some pages to pull the facts out since your post contradicted my rustic memory, (although my personal view is that it is unjust to compare THE Master Storytellers with these Hindi serial Cvs, but that as I said is my very POV).

Yes, people are allowed to fall out of love and one could argue that this might have been the case with Arjun, one could also argue that he might have never been 'in love' with Ovi only thought he was, but he did definitely at some point considered Ovi as his best friend and did get engaged to her. So, the onus does fall on him to explain to her at least once, clearly and precisely that what he has said is true regarding Purvi. As a recent Arjun critic, I would then at least say, he has tried his best to put a closure to the relationship that he once shared with Ovi without leaving his past best friend 'hanging' metaphorically...

But, I do not know why, whether it is that friendship that he once shared with Ovi, that he does gets all tongue tied in front of her or it might be his guilty conscious (alas we will never know, because the Cvs lack the masterstroke of having the characters have a subconscious dialogue with themselves, at least not in PR as far as I can remember, so, what we argue tends to be speculative in nature). But what we see is that, this hot-blooded young man in his zeal to prove his love to future MIL et al, ignored or did not have the courtesy to sit down and reason with Ovi, for once in the absence of a big rowdy tamashas

Yes, if Arjun has the right to fall out of love, Ovi did in her own way loved this precious man (and had the right to love him too) and it does takes time to accept and absorb and move on. Of course, one can condemn Ovi to their heart's content, but love and even one-sided ones (most often than not) do not follow a prescribed path'if it did could we have the beautiful novel(s) you yourself referred or the most celebrated love of Meera for Lord Krishna, nor could we see honor killings, inter-caste murder or suicides after a rejection in real life. I do not have much faith in our wonderful Cvs to see what and how Ovi finally reacts when the truth sinks in (without turning her negative) but why speculate on future events that could in the near future further spice up this forum... 😊

QUOTE=sashashyam]Dear Kalapi,

I cannot thank you enough for spotting my major bloomer on the Rosaline issue and setting me right. I have not read Romeo and Juliet since my school days, but that is hardly an adequate excuse! My profound apologies to all the forum members as well versed in the Bard as you are, and I promise that in future I shall check things up in advance.

Janhvi, I had mentioned this same argument earlier in another post. Where were you, and why did you not pull me up then? 😉

This said, perhaps I can still salvage a bit of my basic argument, that young people (and even not so young people) can fall out of love with one person and into love with another without being able to help it.

In this case, Arjun was never in love with Ovi, and he never told her so either. His real fault is that he has no idea or comprehension of the depth of Ovi's reaction to his telling her that he cannot be hers any more. He takes her obsession with him to be a sort of childish crush that he thinks she will get over once she knows the truth; whence his assuring Purvi "mana loonga use' (I will make her see reason).

Well, he is in good company; the Michael Douglas character in Fatal Attraction was equally clueless.

Shyamala B.Cowsik