Harshad the bad guy or the catalyst? - Page 2

Originally posted by: shelly_08

This show gives a lot of scope for psychoanalysis- and Harshad's and Manik's character are two of the MOST interesting characters of this show.

Although Manik's actions makes it a bit easy for me to read him, I'm too curious about Harshad right now. The whole 'Band of brothers' history, his 'secret', his past including Mukti...*sigh*.

Harshad Saxena is mystery through and through.

Originally posted by: BoxedIn

Ooh good post!

Far from being a 'villain', Harshad, to me, has always been this agent of chaos who is going to be the reason the Fab-5 will step out of that self-centred cocoon of theirs and grow. His is the back-story which intrigues me the most, not the random meteor-starfish-flower sci-fi shit that they keep hinting at in the Dhruv-Rishabh story.

This guy grew up with the Fab-5, or at least MAnik and Dhruv. He knows them. He is the one who, when he's in his element, reads Manik the best. I'm dying to know the hows and the whens and the whats of the Band of Brothers. What happened between him and Mukti? Harshad's obsession with revenge has somehow always seemed to stem from a sense of being wronged- it's like he wants to break them up, isolate them, because that's what they did to him. Was it all a terrible misunderstanding? Or was it some selfless act of Manik's gone wrong? (You never know with the Baba and his idiocy, *sigh*). Does he know about Dhruv and his attacks? And I still think Harshad went soft with Cabir. He could have simply released that video without telling anyone about it, and watched the collapse happen. Instead he told Cabir: love or Fab5, choose. Didn't Mukti face the same choice with him once? & isn't Manik in the somewhat same dilemma now? Intriguing.

I always got the impression that Harshad does not enjoy the pain of others like the Fab5 did in their bullying days. On different occasions he has shown himself to be sensitive, helpful and conscientious towards others. But this veneer of civilisation simply drops when it comes to the Fab5. Now that level of hate can only arise when you believe yourself to be in the right. So, the question remains, just what had happened back then, dammit? I want to know so bad. I don't know if Harshad is going to self-destruct in this single-minded quest for revenge, but I do think he's perfectly aware of his goals and NH3, his music, even his sister, everything of his own is now only a means to this end. Which is...worrying. I quite like the guy.

I think without meaning to he has played a catalyst, causing a chain of events to take place.

One of the main themes about this show is the choices the characters make, not their inherent goodness or badness. Harshad's choices in the beginning were ultimately proved for the good. He is not a bad guy or a villain. He is human, thus insufferably flawed. It does not excuse his behavior, but it places it in a context of his intentions. Most of the characters on KY2 are shades of gray, except maybe Nandini. But, I'd say Harshad is a deep charcoal burning bright and red with vengeance. I think a most revealing exchange about his character is the memories of "band of brothers". It shows that there is probably a wound there that has been festering long enough to undo him in order to capitulate revenge on Fab5. He is mean, often cruel, brash, and manipulative, but he is also desperate. What I've seen of him lately it has called desperation for some kind of retribution. Even though every attempt of his has foiled lately, I am that much more wary of him. I am wary because when you push a man into a corner, he either retaliates or cowers. Harshad isn't one to cower. He is a desperate, heartsick man, who has a serious attraction to darkness, he wants to shatter the very existence of Fab5, his staunch enemy. He wishes to emerge as a winner at any cost because it will help him reprieve some of the resentment and fury he harbors within.

His past relation with Mukti, his considerable efforts to help Navya/Nandini, and his silenced notorious past-- the tangle of conflicting emotions tells me he is more complex and more guarded than any character on KY2. There is much more to Harshad than just his discourteous veneer.

Originally posted by: InvisibleSmile

I think without meaning to he has played a catalyst, causing a chain of events to take place.

One of the main themes about this show is the choices the characters make, not their inherent goodness or badness. Harshad's choices in the beginning were ultimately proved for the good. He is not a bad guy or a villain. He is human, thus insufferably flawed. It does not excuse his behavior, but it places it in a context of his intentions. Most of the characters on KY2 are shades of gray, except maybe Nandini. But, I'd say Harshad is a deep charcoal burning bright and red with vengeance. I think a most revealing exchange about his character is the memories of "band of brothers". It shows that there is probably a wound there that has been festering long enough to undo him in order to capitulate revenge on Fab5. He is mean, often cruel, brash, and manipulative, but he is also desperate. What I've seen of him lately it has called desperation for some kind of retribution. Even though every attempt of his has foiled lately, I am that much more wary of him. I am wary because when you push a man into a corner, he either retaliates or cowers. Harshad isn't one to cower. He is a desperate, heartsick man, who has a serious attraction to darkness, he wants to shatter the very existence of Fab5, his staunch enemy. He wishes to emerge as a winner at any cost because it will help him reprieve some of the resentment and fury he harbors within.

His past relation with Mukti, his considerable efforts to help Navya/Nandini, and his silenced notorious past-- the tangle of conflicting emotions tells me he is more complex and more guarded than any character on KY2. There is much more to Harshad than just his discourteous veneer.