The conventional belief on the IF is that JW has wronged Bani and that Bani should at least take some revenge against him b4 forgiving him and accepting him back. Now I can understand that Bani who does not know anything about what transpired feels angry with JW and wants to avenge herself on him. In fact if she was to destroy him, I would never hold it against her. What I find difficult to understand is how some people on the Forum who have all the facts with them think that "JW is guilty and largely responsible for the current mess" that "Bani should act pricey and give him a hard time" and that "some revenge against JW is justified".
The argument is:
- Charge# 1: JW is largely responsible for the current mess. He did little to save Bani from trouble. That he allowed Pia to blackmail him. That he snatched away her kids cruelly without explaining anything to her. Thanks to him, Bani has to spend five years in exile.
- Charge #2: He has done nothing to punish Pia, Jigs and Karuna in spite of knowing that they were responsible for framing her and "killing her"
Let us examine how valid these arguments are:
Background
Let's briefly recapitulate the flow of events.
- Mar 7: ACP Rajeev Mathur (RM) informs JW that Sahil's death may have been murder, not accident. JW asks him to take a hike, does not inform Bani. Bad? Maybe, but then Bani was preggie. The same day also RM informs Bani, who also asks him to take a hike.
- Mar 8: RM finds out that Sahil was poisoned, discusses this with TS.
- Mar 13: TS informs Bani and asks her not to discuss with JW. Bani of courses complies readily thus concealing from the head of the Walia household that a member of the family has been bumped off. And decides that henceforth she is going to snoop about with TS as her confidante. So what makes her select a brain dead lawyer who would have lost all three cases for the Walias had someone or the other not bailed him out. The simple fact that Bani does not trust someone unless he has backstabbed JW in the past- Pooch in PR raaz, TS in the Sahil raaz.
- Mar 14: RM searches WM in presence of TS/Bani. Find posion in Ranveer's room. However, neither of them bother to inform JW, why because of the khandaan's izzat. As to how the khandaan's izzat is saved by JW not knowing the truth, don't ask me. Rano-Ranveer marriage is just over. Ranveer is arrested.
- Mar 15: RM interrogates Ranveer and frees him. TS,Bani and Ranveer are back at WM, Bani conceals the fact of Ranveer's arrest.
- Mar 19: TS/Bani go about snooping and discussing Sahil murder case
- Mar 20: Shootout at party.
- Mar 21: TB do some more snooping, florist, Laxmi buying medicines etc. TS informs Bani that the assassination attempt was at her, not JW.
- Mar 22: JW goes to London completely oblivious of the fact that Sahil has been assassinated. BT are veiwing Sahil's video where he says that someone is trying to kill him.
- Mar 23: Camera malfunctions. Instead of handing it over to the police as evidence our jasoos duo decide to get it repaired on their own. Had they handed it over to police no doubt the police would have used it as evidence against Bani. OTOH Bani could have claimed that by handing over the tapes without manipulating it shows her good faith and innocence. No?
- Mar 27: St. Bani brings Pia back to WM.
- Mar 28-29: Pia is snooping on TB.
- Mar 29: Video shop is burnt. We now know that it was burnt by Pia, who got her hands on the VCD. Would it be fair to say that Pia would never have found about the VCD had she not been brought back into WM and got a chance to snoop on TB.
- Apr 3: JW protests Pia's presence in WM. Bani tells him that St. Kdbhoot and her repto rapist sister are more important than her marriage. TS tries to warn off Bani and is thrown out. TS does give JW some clue that Sahil was inded murdered and that there is a conspiracy against Bani. But isn't this too late and how much can he rely on the evidence of a certified lunatic.
- Apr 4: Bani is snooping, someone steals her bracelet, which is later placed in Jannat Apartment thus framing Bani. Bani of course does not bother to inform the police or JW or the insurance office. Would it be fair to see that Bani should have reported the theft of a rather expensive bracelet immediately and that would have proved in court that someone was trying to frame her.
- Apr 5: Bani goes to Jannat Aptt, sees Karuna there. Someone steals her plate to frame her.
- Apr 6: Bani finally fills up JW with all the details of the Sahil murder case.
- Apr 9: JB are back at WM. Pia gives JW MS to put back around her neck. RM matches Bani's fingerprint. Bani sees burkha wali chases him to Jannat and finds that it is JW. Now we know that Pia had blackmailed him to doing it.
- Apr 10: BW arrested, Adi informs us that no lawyer would fight her case.
- Apr 11: BW confined to Jail after Munna testifies that she is mental. Wrong on JW's part but he was being blackmailed and had he told the truth wouldn't Bani be put to jail for 14 years.
- Apr 12: JW takes away her kids, Bani is sent to MA. Agreed it was very bad on JW's part but had he not taken the kid away they would have been put in MA. Would it have done the kids any good?
- Apr 13: JW tries to kill Pia but she says that she has arranged for VCD to be sent to police. Rano tries to tell Pia the truth but the three witches bully her off.
- Apr 16: A nurse smuggles a mobile to Bani and she is singing a lullaby to the kids. Maasi who cud have told her the truth keeps mum. Hardly she has started singing that Pia and Jigs are there to warn the nurse.
- Apr 17: Bani escapes and sets off on her exile. You cannot blame her for doing that but how is JW responsible for her going into exile.
- Apr 18: JW prevents the marriage but Pia gets rights to stay at WM by showing him the paper where bani has given adoption rights for the kids. Bani goes away with AD.
Inferences
From the above can we draw the following inferences:
- By concealing the facts about Sahil's death, she did not exactly do anything to help JW find the real assassin. JW found about Sahil's death too late to do something serious about it.
- By bringing up Pia into WM did Bani not make it possible for Pia to get her hand on JW's neck and make it difficult for him to mount a good defence. In fact most of the evidence that was used to frame Bani were collected AFTER Pia was back in WM which suggests that it was Pia who helped frame Bani.
- Did not Bani's jasoosi and refusal to co-operate/share evidence with the police as a good citizen get her into trouble in the first place.
- The trio were marking Bani at Jail/MA very closely and had JW's message been intercepted, Bani would have been in big trouble.
Examining the Charges again:
#1:
- If JW is guilty for not doing anything to protect Bani, isn't Bani even more guilty for behaving in an irresponsible manner by keeping things from JW and police and believing in a rank idiot and certified backstabber like TS?
- If JW allowed himself to be blackmailed by Pia, is Bani not even more guilty of getting the great Pia (who had twice been kicked out by JW himself) back into WM in the first place where she could blackmail JW and Bani?
- If JW did not inform Bani isn't it because he never got the time (bani may have in MA for only 2-3 days), his first priority was to head off the Pia marriage? Besides, he had to order a nice sherwani for himself for the wedding, na?đ Is there any evidence that once he had got the 6 months breathing space, he would never have explained anything to Bani. But Bani ran away b4 he cud explain anything (not that I blame her for it)
#2:
- Agreed that JW did not deal harshly with the trio. Maybe once Bani was dead, he simply gave up on the fight. Maybe it was just that his only priority was to live for his kids. But isn't it equally true that Bani hamstrung him by signing the adoption papers while in MA. Agreed that JW could have fought the legal battle with the trio but would it not have subjected the kids to the risk of a slow and prolonged legal battle. So if JW is guilty, isn't Bani equally so?
- Besides, if JW is guilty of not punishing the trio isn't Bani even more guilty? While JW just allowed the witches to remain in WM (and remember Jigs and Karuna actually have a right on that house), Bani actually brought her hubby's repto rapist back into WM from where she belonged -in the gutters.
- And if JW tolerated the witches it was because he was being blackmailed first by the VCD which cud have destroyed Bani's life and then by the adoption paper which cud have harmed the kids. Who was blackmailing Bani into keeping Pia at WM? Of course veteran Dixitologists like Mahim and Ash would argue that Bani was being blackmailed by a far more dangerous entity than Pia- St. Kdbhoot.
- So if Bani's supporters now accuse JW of not punishing her tormentors, would it not been a case of the supporters of a pot calling the kettle black?
Now of course, Bani's kartoots have gotten her into trouble into big time which is OK as she has the right to screw up her own life. But why has she screwed up the lives of innocent bystanders:
- A strapping young lad like my poor Munna has had to live like a vidhwa at the tender age of 45. And I am sure thanks to Rano and St. Billo's watchful eyes, he has not been able to get any support from his elder saali, either.đ
- Poor Krishna and Atharva (the kids who fondly call you guys buas/pishima/phuphijaanđ) have all grown up without a Mom.
Of course I am not suggesting that JW or Bani are responsible for the current mess. That honour goes to the Mr. X who framed her in the first place (either Sahil or some unknown person, my vote goes to Adbhoot) followed by his agents- the three witches. But if some residual blame has to be attached to our beloved jodi, the lion's share of that part must go to Amma, not Buddha. While Buddha may have been at worst passive when confronted with trouble and that too because he was being blackmailed, Amma actually invited trouble in the first place.
Conclusion
In IMHO the following:
- If JW is guilty of nothing that Bani hasn't done herself, so why r many of those who know all the facts calling for revenge against him?
- JW should tell Bani the truth at the first possible moment. But he should not apologise (too much) as he has nothing much to apologise about it. And he should stop feeling guilty about himself.
- If Bani does not know the truth it would be OK if she wreaks vengeance on him. But the moment she knows the truth (even if it happens b4 her revenge is over) she should humbly and unconditionally tender an apology for her assinine activities to JW and more importantly to Krishna and Atharva.
- And pakro her kaan and swear to stay off BJBB actitivities in the future.
- Of course JW and the kids should be magnanimous enuff to pardon her given how much she has suffered in the past.
- Finally of course join hands to get even with Adbhoot and the three witches.
Rgds,
Priyanka