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Everything in the show was going fine at least for me till Neil's version of Flashback came up.
The story that we was introduced with was of Ragini and Neil with their kids who have been living separated for 15 years. Reasons were not told back then yet we believed that something huge must have caused both of them in taking the harsh decision in going for a divorce.
We saw how Nishi didn't like Ragini's controlling methods and was missing her dad and tried calling him to India. As fate has it, Neil comes to India for an operation and his car accidents Nishi's bike. And from there, Neil learns that Nishi is his daughter. Neil also thought that Ragini had moved on assuming Dr Aman is her husband. As Nishi's wedding preparation takes place, we saw how both Neil and Ragini slowly buried their hatred for each another and started rekindling their love.
That was a beautiful and subtle progression shown in both of them that they have not moved on from where they left. Then came the flashback that made us all cringed. Storywise it was acceptable but not the loopholes shown in the show. No father, a dadaji appeared instead and no Pam. We always believed that Pam could have played a role in making them go apart but it was the differences between Neil and Ragini itself that made them drifted apart.
We may love Ragini and Neil as a character but everyone are after all normal humans with feelings. One does not react the same all the time. Sometimes, time and situation plays a role too. Looking at it in a neural point of view, the situation which took place was acceptable after all. Neil used to flirt and while seeing Neil with his ex flame and this time pregnant too, Ragini didn't think of investigating first before deciding. Though this is not Ragini's usual behavior, the situation made her react in such way. Neil too making a promise to Roopali is not able to reveal the truth. At times when you have not done anything wrong and when a person pushes it far that you have indeed made a mistake, in anger, you may tend to let a person think what they want instead of trying to convince them. That was the case here.
So if we are to blame, we are to blame both Neil and Ragini for not understanding each another enough and for making decisions in vast. They had only thought of that that moment instead of the future. This happens in real life as well. The basic ingredient in a successful marriage is understanding and trust. When that is out, then cracks starts to surface. Though we wished that their relationship was not easy to break for a mis-understanding but such mis-understanding have broken many marriages in real life. For example, even Nishi went against all the odds to get married but she have started having mis-understanding with Jignesh. So no relationship is perfect.
I would still say that i wished there were more of Neil-Ragini's happy moments in the past shown,but the show is not ruined. It faced a setback and i do believe its on track again. Pam and Nivedita making use of the situation to play their game. Agam and Suhani planning to re-unite Neil and Ragini. Ranbir hates Ragini while Aarav wants to start a business. Nishi having her own problem adjusting with the married life. The show is still within its storyline and have not gone out of track in my opinion. Husband and wife may go separate but not parents. It was that 'parent's duty that brought them back together again and it have opened a 2nd chance for them to fix what they had broken in the past. Of course they have the ones who wants to help them and the ones that wants to break them apart.
Veer Hanuman
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