Notty this is for you…
So we've dissected Armaan's modus operandi…playing the stern instructor, the guide who leaves no leaves (pun intended) unturned in his attempts to bring Ridhima crashing back to reality. We've concluded, and convincingly so, that it was not out of Armaan's own voilition that he chose this unconventional route, but Ridhima's inherent refusal to accept anything apart from the bitter truth. And as promised here's my take on the other end of the spectrum- our dear ice queen, Anjali.
If we are to accept that DMG is indeed a sequel to Sanjeevani, then the child Anjali was a loving, sweet, precocious little girl who loved her parents to death. Enter a foster child and as is the risk with every adoption, attention wanes and she is meted, perhaps, a slightly more stringent approach than is required. Chastised her entire life, Anjali creates a sphere of confidence and self approval around her that nobody can penetrate. She forces herself to be immune anything emotional lest she finds herself in shreds again.
She craves her father's approval, but notices, much to her chagrin that she is forever at the receiving end of his rebuke. But for her beloved grandmother whose unequivocal support she enjoys, Anjali has rarely been the beneficiary of the gentle affection that Ridhima enjoys. Not only is she deprived, she also notices the subtle difference in her father when it comes Ridhima, so much so that her primal instinct is to assume that she is the adopted child.
Anjali can and will only understand the language of love. Rebuke bounces off her skin, unless it is from her father, which then affects her without her seeing any logic in his reproof. All she hears is the harsh tone. The words may well be uttered in an alien tongue.
Whenever someone has tried to speak with Anjali omitting severity as one would to a little child, she has responded with ardor befitting a person of much emotional depth. Classically captured in the scene where Atul offers to take over her patients when she is anguishing over the whole adoption issue, Atul's ridiculous analogy would have elicited a reaction we are more familiar with, Anjali scoffing at him or telling him off for offering to help her. But the tenderness and care that poured forth, broke even the sturdiest of walls Anjali has built around her and she gracefully accepts his assistance.
With further attempts from Atul in his usual gentle unassuming manner, can we dare to hope for a more extensive melt down of our ice queen? Can we fervently hope that we see the softer, more vulnerable side of this emotionally castled woman? It remains to be seen what the creatives have in store for us. Maybe for now, we shouldn't place our hopes too high and just pray that she does not go the usual villainous way.
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