I gather it is assumed that calling Michi 'Soulmates' is just one of the words that we use to make the Couple and their story Romantic. And we just throw those words at them not knowing the magnitude of those words. I beg to disagree with anyone who says Michi arent Soulmates... and We dont say it just for the heck of it... they have proven that they are.
The concept of Soulmates has both conscious, sub conscious and unconcious elements to it... I might be able to do justice to the Concsious part of that... but the other two are more important and are what defines anything that cant be defined in the context to Michi.
I agree Soulmates doesnt necessarily mean a Spouse. It could be a friend, A sibling, Parent... anybody. What really matters is that theirs souls are tuned to eachother. But everyone wants a lifepartner to be your soulmate... A few ppl get lucky, A few arent. Soulmates though def means someone made exclusively for you... there is no hard and fast rule that you realise that soulmate in the 1st instance itself and Life is all happy. It never happens that way. It is only on getting to know the other person for real... that you can start thinking on terms of Soulmates. It is a long process of realisation and it that process personal growth comes in which only makes the relationship a lot more stronger.
What really defines Soulmates is how tuned we are to the Soul of the other person. Our minds might be corrupted... a thousand things might cloud our ideals and beliefs... but the Soul remains untainted. It is about reaching out to the soul. Soul holds so many things dear to it, its values, its relationships, it priorities and a sense of conscious itself.
Look at Milind-Prachi... their Values are the same. Both of them are have been ardent believers in Love, in the power of that emotion from long before. Neev ridiculed Prachi's idea of True Love and Ayesha never valued the love that Milind held for her silently all these years. And when Neev-Ayesha realised what Love was and what they had till now... Time was ticking on them...they didnt have time to strengthen their love... one blow and all stood devasted. But that didnt happen with Michi...because when they came to love eachother... they knew the power of Love, They knew what it takes to Love... They were ready to give it their all without holding back anything. They just held their ground in the awake of so many disaters that struck them... They were tested, challenged time and again... They might have faltered for a moment, but the person held on for the both of them... And see where they have reached. Love is probbaly one value I am talking about... there are so many other things that Michi share in common.
For both Milind and Prachi... their Relationships, their Family is everything....both of them find their lives together a lot easier because of this priority of theirs. What held them together when they themselves werent in the right frame of mind to start a relationship was a Vision that they shared...Happiness and Peace for their family. That Shared Vision is what laid the foundation for the two to walk the distance that stood between them...and since that vision was so important to them, the foundation they laid was just as strong and they walked towards eachother.
They are eachother Conscious. Prachi is Milind's conscious keeper... she lets him know where he is wrong...and even if she doesnt tell him...her thoughts always guide him in the right path, stops him right in time before he commits something wrong...even if he is unconcious. Prachi was on his mind when Ayesha was taking advantage of his drunken and shattered state... With Prachi in his mind and soul... he went to sleep...Prachi's thoughts averted him from commiting an irrevocable sinπ. Prachi on the other hand has the guts to stand by what she feels is right because Milind's presence and her trust in him has made her strong to stand up for herself... if she falters... She knows Milind is there to hold her and set everything right. He might get upset wit her... but he is there...always will be there.π³
Intimacy is another factor for sure. And by that I dont mean only Romantic Intimacy. It isnt only about romatic or psychical intimacy but emotional aswell. Intimacy are secrets between a couple that only they know and are comfortable with it. How many in the Kayamath world will believe if they are told Yes, tough Mr. Milind Mishra can cry like a Baby.... No one will believe! But Prachi has seen those tears and she knows that those are for her. She has seen the always in control Milind Mishra vulnerable in front of her, be it in anger, hatred, pain or love. And Milind doesnt have a problem in shedding his inhabitations infront of her. How many can imagine the Mighty Milind Mishra has explicitly accepted his defeat a couple of times infront of his wife....but that is the truth. And Milind doesnt get egoistic in front of her. The gory pyshical violence had transpired between them, remains with in themselves. They coped with that trauma and guilt amongst themselves....and helped eachother out. Milind won Prachi's trust back and Prachi helped him deal with his guilt. Now has anyone ever experienced a hysetrical Prachi? Milind has dealt with her twice. That is intimacy in its true sense...letting you partner see your true emotions and be comfortable about it. A year later both of them stand in a similar setting and recount the time they met... and the both of them remember it in such detail as if that was the only even that happened that day and all blushing... they cared a damn about the fact that it was indeed Prachi's Sangeet... she was someone's fiance and Milind himself was emotionally commited to a different girl...that is what is intimacy. And I dont have to say about the romantic intimacy that they share... the past week proved that way beyond any doubtππ³π.
Understanding - There could be a huge debate on that front. Agreed Neev understood Prachi all the time... obviously he would have understood Prachi, because he thought for Prachi, did everything for Prachi and Prachi did everything according to himπ... so much so that he even approved of varun for her and was imparting tips to Varun to win her overπ. But all that understanding was put to test when Prachi began thinking on her own and made a set of decisions on her own. Where did the understanding go when Prachi sided Mishras over the Sukruti issue? He was plain jealous to see Ayesha as a friend in Prachi's life. And what more all 20 years of understanding went down the drain when he believed that Prachi can dump him for money. Milind on the other hand married to Prachi two days ago and having shed a few 100 crores to marry her stands infront of world and say with conviction that he doesnt know about the others...but he knows his wife can never be money minded. And that came from a man who claimed he hated her! π³π
Another explain of who understands the real Prachi... Neev thinks Prachi used to be comfortable only WITH him in a party. But ONLY Milind realised and understood that Prachi is/was NEVER comfortable in a Party. And you could see Prachi nod and make fun of the entire world inside that party not understanding that her point of view. And Milind smiled along as she narrated her experience. There was another face on the real Prachi when she was Prachi Inder Shah... she was more Inder and Neev mixed and never Prachi. And Milind has brought out the real Prachi and stands by her giving her confidence to be herself, to speak her mind and do what she thinks is right.
For being Soulmates...one HAS to relate to eachother at a very Human basis and NOT on the basis of the name of relationship you share. And Michi related to eachother on a Human Basis. Milind-Prachi didnt fall for eachother because they were eachother's spouse... they fell for the person that they were deep inside. Both Milind-Prachi are the silent & aloof kinds... Milind fell for the genuine person that Prachi was... And Prachi fell in love with Milind once she saw the actual person behind the devil he was portraying himself to be. Michi reached out to eachother beyond the appreance they made obvious to the world. Before anything... they have appreciated eachother as Human Being and respected one and another, Then as spouse a sense of commitment came in and now they are Lovers. What gave this couple an advantage is that the relationship they share doesnt have to be credited to anyone else... They met, got to know and related to eachother as Milind and Prachi....two individuals...and what will hold them together for eternity now is the fact that now their Heart, Mind, Body and Soul are ONE with eachother... the life they are leading is ONE. The fact that they are made their relationship(and not arranged) will always hold them accountable to eachother, unlike Neev-Prachi's whose relationship was based on family friendship passed on to the next generation. They owe their relationship to Inder-Prannay and those two men always had a say on this relationship.
Soulmates cant be single nor can they exist alone. Both of them have to exist and exist for eachother... It has to be mutual. Otherwise it defeats the entire concept of Soulmates. Even if one wants to sell the fact that Neev is Prachi's soulmate... Where is Prachi?Where is the Mate? Let alone being aware of his priorities, his emotions... the girl isnt even aware of his presence! It is only when her husband is dragging Neev in between them she seems to acknowledge Neev not for any other purpose but to say and say out loud that the Guy has no place in her life... It is only Milind for her. May be Neev can love Prachi more than anyone else can(which i will contest anydayπ) and love for life... but he cant be her soulmate because she is not there in his life anymore and he has no place in hers.
Do you think the kids that Prachi-Neev were they would have understood a concept like Soulmates? Chalo once they grew up and were mature enough... they understood. But there is a sea change in the Prachi Inder Shah and Prachi Milind Mishra. Prachi has grown as a person, her outlook to life itself has changed, her emotions have changed, her priorities tooo and she has responsibilties to shoulder in the wake of new relationships and priorities... her requirements from Life and a life partner have changed. And Milind fits into that...not only because he is capable of standing by her as a companion but also because He himself has contributed to that requirement. Milind fits the bill of being her life partner because Prachi wants him and no one but him. Now you can go ahead and call her selfish. She still wouldnt care... She wants Milind... just like the way Milind cant do without her.
All of us have seen Milind, Prachi, Neev, Ayesha go through heartbreaks....and these hearbreaks were due to a relationship that span 20 years... relationship they thought they couldnt live without. See how Milind and Prachi handled their 1st break up. They didnt show anyone their tears... they didnt shatter... they held themselves together, bore the pain silently and got down to business. Then they stepped into eachother's life and in no time their pain had healed... the pain that was the only remainder and reminder of their past had healed....and so their past faded away with that pain and peace in the form of the present and hope for the future took over. Then look at what state Milind-Prachi landed up in at the mere thought of going away from eachother(so much so for a farce relationship) Milind completely broke down to an extent that he didnt know what he was doing... And Prachi hit the road not caring for the night or the lashing rains... all she did was wail in pain and for the 1st time qustion destiny on why it was taking someone she loved away from her. And all this because they were apart for compelete 24 hours...Both of them were lost and moving around like a lump of flesh...their life had left with their partner. And just a glimpse of eachother was all that took for the life that deserted them to come rushing back into their nerves. That is the extent of dependancy they have on eachother... they depend on eachother for their Life, for basic existence, for one moment of relieved breathe. They have lost everything to eachother... If they have to survive, then they need the other person... now the world wants to call them selfish... go ahead... they wont care...because for them it is a question of Life itself.
What sets Milind-Prachi apart is that, they might have had a fairytale story... They met, they didnt have intensions of falling in love esp fresh from a heartbreak...but they couldnt help falling in love and in such a short span of time they have become inseparable. But no one can deny their story has been anything but smooth. They have faced all kinds of adversaries... Physical, Mental, Emotional Trauma and have over come it. Faced life threatening situations... yet they cared about nothing else apart from the safety of the other and in the wake of such life threatening situation... they found the real meaning of their relationship. Milind almost drowned in the floods and Prachi was stuck in a fire accident that was triggered off by a woman who was jealous of Prachi getting close to Milind. Yet they survived it all. There was a constant personal growth in them which invariably was directed towards eachother and that brought them closer, and they went on to strengthen their relationship...and they simply evolved into a deep and unshakable bond...which stands unparalleled by any relationship that they have shared till now... There is no other way of describing the relationship these two share apart from calling them SOULMATES.
Blame Prachi's selfishness or stoneheartedness or Neev's ill fate or Milind's blessed fate... the TRUTH is that Michi's 3 months have wiped out the last 20 years in terms of importance to them. Now if you really think those 20 years were valuable and special... then a relationship which overpowered them must be a far far more special, valuable and BLESSED! If not 80 times more powerful(taking into account the time span) It is surely strong enough to hold its effect for Michi's life time now....and this relationship will be remain Unconquered for eternity! π³
Ok... that should be all that I have to say for now. Do let me know ur take on what your idea of Soulmates are. Views contrary are always welcome...
Bye for now...shall catch up with you all later and now I better run and make up for the time I lost typing this.