RangRasiya Paro Is The Yin To Rudras Yang

• Analysis & Symbolism

Hello, Namaste, Aadab and Satsriyakal to all the wonderful readers & RangRasiya fans out there.

Wow what an amazing week!!! It definitely has been a long since RangRasiya gave such amazing back to back episodes. Right from Paro addressing the media to Rudra accusing Paro of trying to his father to Rudra finding out his mom ran away to be with Tejawat to Paro taking care of a drunk and broken Rudra to entering Rudra's haveli in disguise the week had it all.

But today the highlight of this analysis and symbolism post will be the 62nd (Tuesday) & 63rd (Wednesday) episode of RangRasiya. Does that ring a bell? Yes, the episode is the one where Paro finally sees Rudra in his most broken, most vulnerable state and in all glory. The episode also marks the start of Paro's journey to complete Rudra thus completing herself. Rudra being drunken could not help but show this side of his and for the very first time Paro gets a whiff of how broken and bruised her savoir is. That everything he says and everything he does, all the bitterness comes from the trauma that he suffered years back but the wound of which is still fresh inside him.

If the fact that Rudra's mother Mala had run away, leaving him and his handicapped father behind years back wasn't enough, Rudra comes to know who the man is that his mother eloped with and it happens to be none other than Tejawat a traitor of the country. Just look at the beauty of how the whole thing turned out to be. Coming face to face with the truth that his mother left him to be with a man like Tejawat- there wouldn't be a bigger blow for Rudra than this. This is the first piece of information that Rudra comes to know about his mother in years and even if he claims to hate her, the effect she has on him even today is huge.

Rudra may have never loved anybody else in this world like he loved his mother which is why her betrayal broke him completely. To find comfort from the pain he was going through, he takes the aid of Alchohol but little did he know that God had other plans for him, that the one to reduce his pain, to mend his broken heart, to teach him to trust again was going to be that girl for whose safety he fought the world-Parvati.

Do you guys remember, a few days back spamdomain wrote an article on RangRasiya where quite a popular phrase aka "The tables have turned" was used? Well after seeing this particular episode one can't help but say that the tables have literally turned and how. What made the events of this new phase interesting was that wasn't some random turning instead every action, dialogues and moments had something crucial to offer.

"Jallad changes to Rakshak" - When Paro and Rudra was admitted in the hospital after the whole Fake Baarat drama, Paro requests or rather pleads to Singh Sir (Rudra's superior officer) to keep Rudra away from her...her exact words being "Ek aur vinthi hai aapse, uss jhallad ko maare se dhoor rakhna". Even after Aman tells Paro how Rudra saved her from the fake doctor or after the innumerable times Rudra puts himself before Paro to keep her safe/protected his actions and words did not have the desired impact on her but today when the truth regarding Tejawat is before her she trusts nobody but Rudra. Rudra might be accusing Paro of trying to harm his father; he may despise her more than ever but that does not stop her from voicing it out fearlessly that she wanted to stay with Rudra; when the latter requests Singh Sir to make arrangements for Paro to be under the protection of another officer shocking him. Or when Singh Sir asks her if she was sure that she wanted to stay with Rudra when she says "Bhale hi aap maari suraksha ke liye apni poori sena kyun na khadi kar de, lekin sirf Rudra ke sath mare ko aisa lagega jaise koi maara kuch nahi bigaad sakta" followed by her affirming that "Rudra jhallad nahi, maara rakshak hai, hamesha tha aur hamesha rahenge".

The sound of glass shattering is what made Paro get up from where she was sitting and go to Rudra's Cabin. On reaching she finds nothing but an empty bottle of alcohol, some glass shards and files strewn about on the table; but then she catches a glimpse of him. He was in a great deal of pain and it was tearing him apart. Paro had never seen Rudra this miserable and she couldn't help but feel for him, feel his agony, his pain and ease him for that pain. The epic glass sequence returns yet again this time closing the loop indicating that a full circle has been made, but in a slightly different manner. Even when the scene happened earlier in the show it was Rudra who supported himself on the glass, crying bitterly only to be joined by Paro from the other side unknown to fact that somebody else was in pain too. The scene was symbolic of how the duo found solace in each other. But when Rudra saw Paro before him, crying her heart out, he moves away from the glass because at that point he believed that Paro knowing the truth about a traitor like Tejawat and not co-operating made her equally wrong. But here we see Paro move forward to the glass and join her hand with Rudra's voluntarily (both on either sides of the glass) like telling him that she was with him, even if he couldn't see it.

When Paro sees Rudra bleeding she rushes to tend to his wounds but not only does she tend to his physical wound, she also helps Rudra by calming and stopping him from further getting sucked into the emotional vortex that he was in. When Paro comes forward to help, Rudra asks her to go away which is followed by him losing his balance and falls in her arms but once when in the embrace of her arms you can see how peaceful, how quite he becomes.

There is no hurry to shoo her off instead he listens to her, gets his wound attended and nods that it felt better when she asks "Ab thoda teek hua". Once again we see a loop closure when Paro ties the duppata over Rudra' injured right hand, just like Rudra tied his handkerchief on Paro right hand when she got injured while trying to look for help in the haveli.

Once the wound is taken care of, Rudra mumbles that he wants food but when Paro gets up to get food he stops her, he holds her hand like a small child and pleads to her to not leave him alone. The key word here is "ALONE" and that one line showed the gravity of his loneliness. It's true that his father was still there, that he had officers who looked up to him, Laila etc but still it was empty, the void was waiting to be filled. Yes; Rudra was drowned in alcohol and did not know what he was saying, because no matter what or how much he craved for it, if he were in his senses he would never ask Paro or anybody for that matter to never leave him. The scene showed how the child inside him was unleashed, the one who was gravely affected by the absence of his mother, an incident he couldn't overcome till date and one which makes him crave for that warmth, care and love that he has been missing out on all these years.

Here we see Paro giving him what he wanted, what he yearned for. What was even more interesting was Paro's dialogue to Rudra "Rudra main aapko chod kar kahin nahi jaa rahi, main bas khana lekar waapis aajaoongi". This is what Rudra has been wanting to hear that he wouldn't be left alone and even if did then the assurance of coming back to him". Remember Rudra's letters to his mom? He always looked for something that he could hold on to, a sign, an assurance anything that would sustain his hope that his wait was not futile but there was nothing he could hold on to, but here Paro assures him that she would not leave him and even if she did she would return back to him.

And you can see the impact of her return in the scene as well. When Paro comes back with food, and prepares to feed Rudra, he gives a faint smile and says "Laut kar aa gayi" even if he was neck deep down in alcohol he acknowledged her come back and it gave him happiness too.

After tending to his wounds, we see Paro feeding Rudra which is again a loop closure from the time when Rudra fed Paro. While Rudra had a selfish motive behind it, Paro does it quite selflessly. Technically one cannot blame Rudra because circumstances made him the way he is plus for Rudra there is nothing more important than his duty because he trained himself that way. The scene where Rudra drifts off to sleep in Paro's lap was the perfect example of him finding solace in her. He sleeps peacefully until the talons of a nightmare clutches onto him. Once again we see a beautiful loop being closed when Paro pacifies a restless Rudra by caressing his forehead and saying "Shaant" which calms him and helps him get a peaceful sleep. Remember the hospital scene when Paro was restless after seeing the recurring nightmare? There too we saw Rudra giving her similar kind of comfort in his arms by telling her to be "Shaant".

In one of the earlier RangRasiya Analysis and Symbolism we mentioned how Rudra and Paro was each others shield. That if he was destined to protect her, she too was destined to do the same. After the glass sequence we mentioned how the two were each others reflection. After these episodes one can say that not only are they each others shield and reflection of one another but they are the halves of one another who are incomplete without the other.

Rudra and Parvati are names of Shiv and Shakti who are incomplete without each other. Shakti and Shiv get their identity from each other. It is said that Energy (Shakti) alone can produce nothing; consciousness (Shiv) bestows upon it content, form and direction. Which we can see today, look at how changed Paro is, Rudra did that to her. His presence in her life is what gave Paro's life a new direction a new meaning. Now it's Paro's turn; Parvati or Shakti is otherwise also known as Prakriti (English translation: Nature) the provider, the one who offers nourishment, warmth and security which is what Paro's role will be in Rudra's life.

Hang on...the ride is about to get more and more interesting!!!

Author: Vijitha Rajan