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First of all, a big thanks for making it sane after reading this story 😆.
Jokes apart. Thank you Nishaji. I am seriously awestruck to have such a beautiful deconstruction of the characters and the story. 🤗
So I am done reading two of the threads and what I absolutely love so far about this story other than Bujji(Haaye😳) of course is the uncomplicated simplicity of the story.
Each and ever character is somebody who you could easily find and actually like in real life. Be it the adorable and loving Maan.Such a wonderful character he is.And his sweet character is one of the main reasons I love Geet's flawed character. I think they both balance each other out.I am surprised to see you are one of the few who can see these characters in real life. I had many people pointing out that the Maan in KOL has to be a special piece because he was still in love with such a flawed character.She is confused and with her upbringing who can blame her. She pretends to be a porcupine when under all those prickles, she is just a kitten waiting to be loved. Her insecurities are part of her makeup that make her so interesting to read. i don't think I would have enjoyed the story if not for the imbalance in her.She brings in the needed conflict that makes a story interesting and keeps the reader engaged.One of the main reason I had Maan react the way he does because he is a man in love. A man (or even a woman) in love cannot come to hate the same person he fell in love with. Like they say, the opposite of love is apathy. Hate is just love gone bad. And trust me when I say it is really hard to develop the feeling of apathy towards anyone who made a huge difference in your life. It is really hard to hate someone you fell in love with. No matter how many times you have cursed the person for their flaws and other things that went wrong, there are always those moments when you crave to have one glimpse of that person. It is the same case here with Maan.I love Anu with the slightly sadistic streak in her. She made me laugh every time and she came up with all the awesome plans that got our protagonists closer. The best thing that I liked about her is that she was not only Maan's friend, she accepted Geet in her fold too. Would definitely love to have an Anu on my side anyday. 😃Anu is someone who can't keep anything in her belly. Her emotions are always in the extremes as well as her loyalties.Arjun was another adorable guy. The best part I liked about him is his absolute loyalty to Maan. Everybody needs somebody who believe in them unconditionally.I think is best side came out when he hung out with Anu though. I thought maybe we would get to see more of these two😉
Arjun idolizes Maan. I had Arjun's character in mind since long and I am grateful for having introduced him in this story. 😃One of my utmost favorite favorite characters was of course RamCharan😳I was having a tough time between choosing him or Maan for Geet. I swear I loved them both. You kept him true to character though. He is an artist and you showed that through the shayari he quoted to the dialogue bombs he threw at Geet, which would definitely have any girl swooning😳I like to believe it is the evident perfection of this man that made Geet realize that Maan was the one for her. When you have this amazing specimen besides you, but your heart does not beat an iota for him, but on the other hand craves for somebody else, you know you are in serious trouble.Ooh you like Ram Charan too?! 😲 Same Pinch!! The man is my favorite after watching Magadheera. 😳 And I wanted someone as perfect as Maan and here he was... my Cherry 😳. Not only Geet but Maan needed someone to push him to get his girl. Although there were times when I wanted to Geet run away with Charan 😆I loved the whole marriage arc with all the fun characters including the fathers of the groom and bride, Pradeep and Shekhar. They reminded of the budhes fom Shaukeen movie😆Oh really? Never seen than movie though. Those scenes were the result of watching way too many Krishna Vamshi (Sooraj Barjatya of the South). I am a sucker for those large family fun type movies. Murari starring Mahesh Babu and Sonali Bendre is my absolute favorite. 😃The villain scenes would put any Mahesh Babu movies to shame. Bahut maza aaya😆Hehe well it is the result of his movies 😉But what got to me after reading the whole thing was the last arc. That definitely delivered a emotional punch to my gut. I felt that in the years you had taken to write the story you have grown tremendously as a writer. Coz the raw emotions that you showed both Maan and Geet both going through just reach out and grab you by the throat.I think I can attest to the fact that my writing has definitely changed. I don't know if it has matured but definitely I see a change. There are times when I wonder if it was really me writing. I don't think I would want to change anything that I have written previously. If there are times that make me cringe today reading the old scenes, I live with it. It was me and it's part of my identity.The angst, the misery the pain of the betrayal that Maan felt waas emoted so beautifully. However what I loved seeing is Geet's self-realization.Between a husband that you are beginning to love and a mother that has been your shield and your protector all your life I am glad she chose her mother.Right or wrong no matter what her methods were, she needed to understand the love between her and Maan is as big and as important as her love and her promise to her mother.Her logic was perhaps flawed, but then she was brought up in a household where a man's might was always right. Her self-esteem would not have been the highest and thus I think she came up with the idea that she was not the best choice for Maan.One of the main reason I had began writing this is because I wanted to show Geet's journey throughout the story. It was Geet's story. Every character except her is unchanging. It's not that the others haven't evolved. It's just that I wanted to mark a clear territory showing Geet's character growth. I had originally planned to write this as an OS as mark of my brush with police mama while I was driving 😆 But Kritika had insisted I write something more and thus began the journey of Geet. I am really glad I chose to write it.A famous lyricist from the south cinema said, "endralum aval thaai", meaning be it whatever, at the end of the day she is your mother. Each women is molded differently but what makes them the same is that at some point in life they become a mother. And when I say a mother, it certainly doesn't mean by physically giving birth to a child.For me no matter how bad of a woman she is, she is a mother and one must respect her for being a mother. And that's the main reason I had Geet choose her mother over the man she loved. Here of course Geet was blinded by her loyalties towards her mother so didn't realize there was a way around loving her mother and her man.I know my thoughts are completely jumbled here, but that is exactly how I felt after I finished reading the final update, an emotional mess.But one thing I will say Madhu, you absolutely nailed the angst. It was beautifully portrayed.Hope in this lamba comment at least something made sense. I just rambled n whatever I felt as I was reading the story🤢Now waiting for the HEA they both deserve😳What's HEA? 😕You know I hate sad endings so yup they will defo be back with a bang 😉
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