@Chick - you are an absolute and complete romantic aren't you? Not purely in the sense of being romantically inclined, but in always adding a bright dimension to everything.
In my opinion, Suman never really had a fairy tale to being with. The question is, Will she have a fairy tale ending? She has had a weathered life - struck by one storm after the other. And though she received a shelter, a loving home, the love came in the form of a loan - a debt to be repaid. From the very start, her path has been fettered with stones and road blocks. If Shravan lost his mother, Suman lost both mother and father to the land of no return. Her moods, her reactions, her constant vacillating between Suman and Sumo, are all a product of storms that have ravaged her young life. So, life has not been the kindest to her, there is no fairy tale here that she is well acquainted with.
Shravan, in contrast to Suman, has had it easy. His mothers desertion notwithstanding, he went to London, had a fabulous education, does not have to work his rear off to pay of debts or set up a business, is heir to a successful law practice and has one parent, who despite his faults, will always be there for him, who he can turn to when the world plays foul. If you pay attention, Suman sadly has none of this, and yet, she is a more positive person and always ever so willing to give a person a good chance to explain their stance and ever ready to forgive.
Contrary to many assumptions, Shravan has always lived a fairy tale. And his love also belongs to a fairy tale as does his friendship. Things are black and white. He loves and expects to be loved in return. He is rich and so he expects Suman to accept his help. He rejects anything that does not fit into his neat fairytale. He is like a loan shark or Sherlock, who expects a pound of flesh for anything he gives - rather harsh? But it is true. There is no unwritten rule anywhere that love has to be reciprocated and friends should show their loyalty by yielding to/complying with demands. Suman is not responsible for his wild conjuring. His life is filled with expectations, his LOVE is filled with expectations. He has become bitter because he thinks his life, the fairy tale, has failed him.
Shravan's fairy tale fails him, and ends, EVERYTIME, something or someone does not yield. He is a spoilt rich brat who has not seen a hard life and yet thinks that he bears a huge weight upon his back, who sulks and complains about not having the right pair of shoes when the woman he professes to love is (and has been) barefoot all her life.
Yet, he does have, or had, several redeeming qualities - his consummate, unmitigated devotion and love for Sumo - the one thing - in his life that is pure, unconditional, their friendship (which is like the first snow drop on dry ground). My fairy tale ended when I stopped counting on these qualities to compel me to watch - The minute Shravan shed his old self and turned to someone new, or perhaps even before that.
Sharvan's fairy tale will end one final time (with no avenues open for resurrection), when Suman leaves him - barefoot and with the weight upon his shoulders, and a few people he can call his own on whom he can place his trust.
👏 and then some!!
This is almost exactly how I see Shravan and Suman except for the
Bold part. I am not really sure he loves Suman. He doesn't know Suman and what his blinkered eyes see and deduces, he despises. He loved Sumo, the young bratty one, the one that bullied him. Sumo matured into a fine young woman but Shravan still harbours feelings for that scanned copy of Sumo that he has been carrying around for the last 10 years. He yearns for the old Sumo when the truth is that the old sumo would never be friends with this new Shravan, she wouldn't stand for any of the verbal abuse he has been dishing out.
Ek duje ke vaaste? I think not. More like The fault in our stars, the way I see it😆
Shiv Shakti
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