Originally posted by: .Serendipity.
Copy pasting from what I said in another thread:
I love SaHil because IMO they are quite different from other couples on TV, in fact they are quite different from the usual 4 Lions couple. They are different in the way that the male lead is not abusive and does not always have the last word. Here, it's the opposite! No Sanam is not abusive but I believe she is the first female lead who manhandles or shall I say "woman-handle" Aahil. We have seen a few instances of her woman-handling Aahil so far. I think it was on Thursday's episode when she forcefully put his arm in his sleeve and reprimanded him to shut up and stand. There have been more instances before that but I presume everyone already knows about them. Whenever they have arguments or fights, Sanam always has the last word and he is left stunned. Now, THAT is what I enjoy watching.
I also like how Sanam has oodles of self-respect and doesn't let Aahil walk over like her like a doormat. I have seen SO many instances of this in other Indian shows and even in Gul's previous shows. When Arnav used to insult Khushi or when Asad used to hurl those nasty words about her upbringing to Zoya, Khushi and Zoya always moved on like nothing happened and that really irked me...
Sanam ALWAYS gives back and may I say she kinda overreacts at certain times like the time when Aahil threw that comment about her and Rehaan (and they had a big fight before Haya Nikaah). But even then she had the last word.
I also love Sanam because she doesn't give lengthy and boring lecture about morals, culture and religion to Aahil like the usual female leads to. Initially, she did form a judgment about Aahil about him being a womaniser but let's face it we ALL would have made the same judgment had we been in her shoes. My point is the she is not obstinate about her judgments and is shown to change her judgments and own up to her misconceptions. When Aahil paid for her Badi Ammi's hospital fees, she was shown apologising to Aahil for making an ill-judgment about him.
Now onto Aahil, what do I say? He really is an amazing flawed character. A man of contradictions. THAT is what makes him so appealing. Who wants to watch the boring old self-righteous characters who are all goody-goody? Certainly not me. I LOVED how he didn't give any aukaat lectures to Sanam at the start of the show even when she was his cook and fell for her character, NOT her looks. I loved how they emphasised this aspect when he fell in love with Sanam. At the start, when he burned her dhaba down he remarked that this girl is interesting or somehow along those lines. He was shown impressed by her bravado. Even when she shook that snake off the bed, he was mighty impressed. He was only privy to her beautiful looks AFTER marriage when she transformed into Choti Begum in that beautiful pink sharara. He may have caught a glimpse of her beauty when Tanveer had put that dupatta over her head, but other than that he has always seen her dressed in those colourful salwar suits and sporting that long braid. Contrasting this with previous male leads of 4 Lions, I think Aahil is the only male lead who's fallen for character of female lead FIRST and then noticed her stunning looks. Can I also say how I love him for not trying to change her talking, walking or dressing sense? Even post marriage, he didn't tell her to change her dress sense, it was Tanveer who did that.
I would also like to mention that I totally LOVE their scenes after marriage. They had a range of scenes from light and comic to intense and hot scenes. Personally, my favourite scenes of theirs have to be the wifey-hubby type scenes because they indicate their great comfort zone. For example that one scene where Sanam came into the room and said "Aahil" and he nonchalantly responded with "Hmm". Gul is doing a fab job with showing the husband wife dynamics with SaHil. Didn't see this being done with her previous shows so I'm impressed.
Aahil is a flawed character. He masks his golden heart with a wall of impudence. This wall is coming off layer by layer with Sanam's love. I have loved watching his journey from being a jerk to a guy who is head over heels in love and would gladly give up anything for his begum. He is not self-righteous and doesn't moral police. Coupled with that, Sanam doesn't give lectures to Aahil about his lack of culture, tehzeeb and religion as I already mentioned. She is strong and dignified.
I love both the characters equally and I have never found myself doing that for a hindi soap before.
Usually I find myself leaning towards the female character so that is another reason why I love SaHil so much.
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