Well written ...
The contrast and similarities between both has been shown quite well so far .. they made sure that we get a glimpse of their past together in one episode itself ... And yes Gayatri has still not given up hope or at least thats what she projects in front of her mother that she is still hopeful of her bright future whereas it seems Ranaji has lost all hopes on life , no wonder he tells his mother about how he is waiting for death but it never embraces him ... Gayatri will definitely teach him to live life once again and she might even inspire Ranaji in a way because even Gayatri has a sad past , yet she has not given up hope ... Mentally I feel Gayatri is more stronger than Ranaji in this case ...
Its good to see Ranaji's mother is not a negative character but is concerned for her son's happiness .. keeping aside all their Royalty show off , she is still a mother who feels sad seeing her son in pain ...
About Ranaji's past , I still hv doubts if his wife died or left him .. I guess his past will remain a suspense for sometime till he gets married to Gayatri .. so till then we can just speculate about the mystry women ...