Whattay wonderful episode and a half!!⭐️⭐️ Starting from the second half of yesterday's and all of today's, it was beautiful, layered writing, good direction, and fabulous acting by both Sanaya and Ashish⭐️ How happy was Paro that Rudr thanked her, thought enough of her to enquire about her safe return! And the next moment she remembers that very soon these memories are all that she will have to remember him by...that she has promised her Bholenaath to leave Rudr forever! Heartbreaking scene! But setting her own grief aside, she goes and encourages him to work on getting his hand back in working order...tells him not to lose hope! How ironic was her asking him, her heart in her eyes...
"ghusse mein nahin, jor se pakadiye taaki mein bhaag na jaaon...aur jor se pakadiye Major Saab..kyunki aap mujhe jaane nahin dena chaahte...aaj nahin...kabhi nahin"
Rudr is defenceless in the face of such purity of emotion, such utterly simple selflessness! His overwrought why's ,,,"kyun Paro kyun" prompt her to recite a litany of universal truths..."pathar ki moorat kyun...diye mein aag kyun...duniya gol kyun...sooraj purab se kyun..."
And he breaks down to confess the pain of his life...the betrayal that has come to define him...and his inability to break free, because he has found his mother again after all these years of waiting for her...but not as he secretly hoped her to be...held forcibly away from her son by some grand villain on whom he could blame her betrayal...rather as a happily married wife of his nemesis, Thakur Tejawat..
Paro and Rudr have both suffered immensely tragic experiences in their childhood, yet both have turned out so different. Paro thinks some of herself, but most of others. She finds happiness in making other people happy, by caring for others. This outward thinking is her coping mechanism to deal with her pain. It makes her strong and resilient.
Rudr has always stood with his back to the sun. He is still the sullen, self-centered, twelve year old boy who is at war with the world. It is not that he not capable of love or of caring...he clearly loves his father, and Paro...just that he is very wary of that emotion. And somewhere deep down feels that he is not worthy of such finer feelings...because not only did his mother leave him, but before leaving she knowingly/unknowingly implied that it was his fault that she left.
It has been a while since the writers brought all these truths to the centerstage in such a compelling manner. I loved it😃
About Rudr's breakdown I will only say this...there were some instances in the past episodes where his crying appeared excessive and inordinately frequent...today was not one of them. *shakes head* 😃