And today the whole episode was special to me due to that.. when she ran to him and sought refuge in his arms and hugged him and was shaking, he held her close.. and whispered to her 'shant' as he soothed her.. and gently turned her around hiding the other people's looks from her and took her inside carefully...
he didn't glare at her for being on display.. no.. he didn't even think about it.. he only glared at the people who dared to look at his Paro in a wrong way and cause her distress...while he kept on protectively holding her..
And once inside he never berated her.. simply tried to calm her down in his gruff manner...
And then when he took her with him to meet his senior officer and his wife, the moment he realized her problem with the complicated cutlery he intervened immediately.. in a manner that protected her and didn't expose her to the scorn of anyone.. he guarded her in his own way.. before she could fumble he recognized the hurdles and took it upon himself to smooth her sail through them...
And then he just like her heard those nasty things those low class women said.. and he kept her behind to protect her from getting hurt, because he knows that verbal taunts of catty women was one area he wouldn't have been able to protect her from if he took her there.. And he being a man, didn't know how to solve it by getting her to dress differently.. of course he doesn't know.. so he did what he could and tried to keep her behind.. n nope. not by ordering her.. but gently trying to coax her so she wouldn't be hurt to be left behind in the room by him..
And finally when he knows she cannot dance, he would be keeping her feet on his shoes and carrying his petite wife with him as he twirls...together.. always...
She as always will be the emotional stability while he will always act as that protective barrier b/w her and the entire world.. nothing would penetrate him to reach her and hurt her..
he had failed once, as kaki managed to do it.. but today he being his overprotective self completely fulfilled his self appointed duty of protecting her at every second...
And in any other case, with any other woman this over protectiveness would be overbearing.. because that woman would need to establish an individuality apart from him and he will always rail against it.. this is why Paro & Rudra are simply perfect, as she is always gonna be that proverbial vine that wraps itself around the strong tree that Rudra is.. and would rather feel cherished by his overbearing protectiveness instead of feeling stifled...
Their own characterizations makes them fit perfectly with each other due to this..
One last thing
Its always a delight to see in a TV show a heroin of a different social class not being humiliated for not fitting in.. but instead the husband being that proverbial crutch to help her get through.. and welcome her to his world by holding her by his side..
CVs amazing job, by not going that nasty way.. from yesterday's innocent delight she took in the amazing new world that opened its doors to her, to today Rudra navigating virtual minefields and bringing her forward...
it was perfectly done!!
It left a very warm feeling..