Sakshi mostly does things either to save ones she loves or at instruction of others. She grew up on streets. Nobody knows what abuse or bad company she might have grown up in. Or if she burnt Rehmat on order of other boss.
She is going to mad one day. I hope Shaurya dies in her arms and she cries in agony. Loses mental balance and is taken to the same asylum where she confined Payal for years.
It is the writing and acting that might make someone feel bad. Kind of like SRK's character in Darr that got all accolades.
Sakshi was once shown very protective of Raima, slapping her husband to save her from his threats and manhandling. So yeah, in some contexts this woman appears cheated and a loser. Let us not forget that RajMa affair is ilicit too and even Shaurya has been deceiving Sakshi. Rajnath kills and cheats at drop of a hat too. Others with her are also scoundrels only. Not any better than her.
The acting and the scenes of vulnerability have given possibility to feel a tad sorry.
Otherwise this is a woman with misplaced loyalty, animal view of world, ruthless streak and her own worst enemy. She will have a brutal end and I mostly imagine different scenarios and how Simone will nail those scenes with her acting.
Mostly villains have it all. But when there are villains who basically have nothing then one wonders what the hell was he or she working for all these years.
This is not empathy or even sympathy in good faith. Just a momentary passing thought for a loser.
I want all villains, be it Shaurya, his friends, Rajnath, Sakshi or Raima to have a brutal end and get punished for each misdeed in life, not just what they did to Mitras.