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How do you define a man who failed to bury his past behind and is haunted by the demons of the same every waking hour?
How do you define a man who has seen hell and yet hopes with a fragile string in his heart that heaven will grace him soon?
How do you define a man who has seen and survive uttered hate and still believes in the power of love?
How do you define a man who had fallen apart only to stand back because others needed him?
Maybe no definition of ours can suffice the magnificent puzzle that is Omkara Singh Oberoi. He is the calm after a massive storm. He is the healing after a severe hurt. He is the relief after terrorizing agony and he is the smile after cries of pain. The more that I see him, the harder I fall for him. He has a magnetic charm to him and I am drawn like someone possessed.
The bitter winds of past blew yet again; bringing with them the ordeals long forgotten. So Omkara had fallen to the pits of darkness once: allowing hallucinations and momentary gains to take the better of him. He had briquetted his grief for substance abuse to soak it in, only to fail and fail miserably. Had Shivaay not acted taking charge of his life he probably would have been a tail lost in oblivion.
Even knowing the truth of his past and the shady secrets of the same, you can't hate him. All you can do is pray that his heart finds the solace he so greedily waits for. He hails from a family that hardly cares about him. A father who is ever hungry for power and position must have never had time to love him. A mother who still is obsessed with her own grief to take a proper note of him. Brothers who were perfect outwardly taking charge of their own lives...it must have left Om in a state of perpetual loathing for himself and the easiest escape must have been the darker cretins of the underground.
You can see he regrets his stand. Or maybe he regrets that he survived that ordeal when he should have succumbed. He seems to be living on with a survivor's guilt that is breaking him into a million fragments slowly and most painfully. He was pained when Pinki made a brutal attack on his past. He maybe was penitent that he lives to see this day. When Svetlana made a covert attack he was agitated for the previous negatives were again hounding at his door. When he heard the split would take place he fell apart as his life would now be empty and hollow and this is the last thing he wants after having gone through a void of similar nature in past.
Omkara is a soldier who has given up on victory yet fights along his brethren only because he doesn't want them to fail the way he did. I now see why Om has taken refuge to the lifeless idols he so creates with passion. Those hard cold sculptures don't judge him or put the weight of their expectations on him. They don't want him to excel or fail, they are ambivalent to his state and that what makes him calm down in a deeper level. Yes, his brothers Shivaay and Rudra ease out his pain, but there are a few windows that cannot be opened by all. Hiding behind those Om still grieves at the odd mix of fate that he has been gifted. You can see he craves for a family that is bound together by love and not obligation. While his brothers and Dadi provide him with the much needed warmth, he is left to whither in snow colds Alps for most part of his existence. The reason why he is aloof is because of the constant nagging fear that he might turn toxic for ones around him. The reason why he hates lies is because he has lived with them for so long and the reason why he cries is because tears are all that he has to offer. His heart, his soul, his mind all lay battered beyond recognition and he doesn't hope for them to stitch back. That people is Omkara. The man shining after the darkest of clouds covered his light.
Kunal was phenomenal last night. He owned the episode. I can't believe he is the same guy whom I struggled to like in The Buddy Project. His eyes speak volumes! The pain, the fear, the anxiety were all visible in a scene that lasted for a few seconds in the total run of the episode. He is an actor par excellence and no amount of praise will actually suffice his intensity of Omkara. The guy is simply flawless. And here is special shout out to the makers who wrote this character down. It is once in a blue moon that such characters, who resonate within your heart, make an appearance on TV. After a horde of supposed' heroes we have one who is raggedly ours and there cannot be enough thank yous' for the same. He is the first man after Dutta and Arjun to make a home in my heart.
Shivaay, well I have to admit that I grudgingly respecting this guy now. He might be rude, blasphemous, insensitive and maniacal but he can love and love with all he has. He took charge of Om and pulled him out of his pit of self-pity. He hasn't allowed Rudra to go astray and has been standing firmly as a rock protecting his loved ones. He might be wretched because he was forced to be so but he has locked away the mammoth piece of his heart in the love of his brothers and that is enough to prevent him from turning into a cold-hard-math.
Last night was again a solid proof of the fact that this guy is bred with power-and-money-can-buy-everything'. That will be his undoing for you can't have it all with naam-paisa-power'. He provoked Anika and now expects her to mellow down. You could see that there was a ghost of frown that crossed his face when Anika pointed out he called her brother a handicapped. But that moment crawled away so fast that his ever present anger took its place yet again. His teal eyes had been shooting fire and that promised vengeance. And that's it. That was all we had.
I do not like the way they are dealing with Shivaay. One step forward and four steps back. And for heaven's sake utilize Nakul's brilliance as a performer. The can act so why not allow him to? I am very disappointed with the way they are taking Shivaay for granted. He has a lot of potential but that doesn't seem to be alarming the writers.
And yes Jhanvi spoke what we wanted to hear. "Shivaay is like a son to me."
I have never heard Rudra or Om making any felicitous remark towards Pinki, but Shivaay did address her as Badi Ma. Maybe he had tried to pull her out of the nightmarish torture she had been braving but failed to reach his goal. Maybe Jhanvi adores him for the same. She is a modern day adaptation of the melancholic Mughal Princess Man Bai. One who had loved all but received none in return. Only solace is that Om stands by her and loves her without conditions unlike her husbands who willingly went into the arms of another woman. It was nice to see Jhnavi take a stand for herself, she did slap Pinki hard putting across that she will not take anything invective about her son. And her styling is to die for. I love the way she wears tunics over a saree. New #FashionGoal.
Pinki has shitty brain and shittier mouth. This woman can love no one, not even her own son in front of money. She is practically selling out Shivaay to secure her position in the house. No wonder
Shivaay is unable to love her as a son should. I wish Jhanvi had hit her with her pauua' and broken her nose!
Tia and her mom are way too same in irritating the hell out of you, so I don't want to talk about them.
Svetlana made her second entry and made it blatant that she would enter the house as the rightful owner of the same. Her direct threats to Om is just strengthening my belief that this time round it is Lakshman who will be exiled and not Ram. Svetlana seemingly has a personal score to settle with Om. Is it that her advances were refused by Om in the past? God why is everyone hell bent on destroying the poor guy? Okay and is it just me or Svetlana's music has a sexy feel to it??
And another vamp makes her entry. She has a burn scar on her right arm and that makes me think is the villainous gang somehow related to the fire in the factory that Dadi talked about after the Maha Aarti? This woman is undoubtedly related to this faceless Ashok. Now question is who is she? Ashok's friend, sister, wife or mistress? Or is she is jilted lover who was denied love at the hands of Tej or Shakti?? Too many questions with little answers.
The precap was boring. A Devdas kind of drama. -_-
I know I am late but hey my mom has taken ill and I had to cook for my family. Please don't pass out due to the shock of the same for no one died after eating the same.
Anupamaa
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