In our well documented obsession with the lead pair and the storm that is to rock the boat of their romance, we have unjustly ignored the very poignant depiction of the anguished father by Mohnish Behl in last evening's episode.
In a span of just about 3 minutes, this man who has assumed the role of father and fulfilled it to the best of his ability, at times at the cost of the neglect of his biological daughter, portrays a gamut of emotions, each one that touches your heart, forcing you feel his pain and despair.
Accused of an illicit relationship with the mother of his treasured daughter, the affronted upright man in him screams out his defence in the form of a bitter secret that he swore he would never reveal. The anger, born out of sheer desperation to save his spotless reputation and the love and devotion he must have had for his late wife, dissolves almost immediately into shock- that the burden of truth his heart bore for so long was finally out in the open, threatening his small family.
Realizing prompt action, to repair the damage, was the call of the hour, he shifts into a pacifying mode, assuring his daughter that the truth of her origin need not and should not change anything. Trying to assuage the pain and distress of the daughter he has loved above his own blood, the fraught father pleads and seeing as his words seem to have no effect, he adopts a different strategy. Trying to make light the entire situation, he attempts to laugh it off, seeking reassurance from his daughter that indeed nothing has changed. His lips may smile, his outstretched arms may convey a seeming normalcy, but his eyes speak the uncertainty that weighs upon his heavy heart.
And as his daughter rejects the envelop of his secure arms around her, the smile is wiped away instantly as he realizes that his little charmed world has started to crumble around him and upon him. Like a house made with a pack of cards, one tiny stimulus has caused a domino effect collapsing his entire world in front of his eyes.
A shattered soul sits alone and lets the tears roll down unnoticed, hoping and wishing he could set back the clock and undo the damage, wipe every tear off his precious daughter's face and see her radiant smile once again.
How long before this dream of the anguished father is realized? How long will he have to wait till his daughter lets blood details go by and recognizes his foster care as being more special than genetic material? How long before father and daughter share their special moments once again?
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