The Bepannaah Foursome- What went wrong?

Aditya and Pooja: best friends since childhood, turned lovers, turned life-partners. Adi was with the same "person throughout. She was equally important to him in the role of a friend, a lover and a wife- at the highest level of importance. Pooja was an idealistic and over-the-top type of a person. Camping under the stars, poetry, shayari- all the insanely overrated romantic things- she wanted. Adi was not interested in all of this. He did not want to partake, but he did not interfere in Pooja's likes and dislikes, never dissuading her from attending her functions and he thought she UNDERSTOOD. According to Pooja, Adi's behaviour was what a friend' would do. She wanted him to control her, be possessive about her, exert his authority' as a man.

Now, there is nothing wrong with the type of man Pooja wanted in her life, and Adi might be that person in relationship with Zoya, because of the very plain and simple reason that Zoya is the slightly nave personality of the four. She's the lamb, who needs to be taken care of a little more. Adi grew up with Pooja. she was a mature, sensible, strong woman who could hold her own. He probably knew her strength more than she herself knew. I read somewhere that males and females look for inherently different things from there relationship. For a girl, she has her circles- acquaintances (casual meetings/friendships), Close friends (maybe a little closer to her in life), Best friends (the one she shares everything with) and partner (who she shares things with, but might edit or manipulate what to say) Now take the example of Yash, Pooja and Aditya. If Adi was her best friend, why did she not tell him about Yash? They met at a mushayara na? casual one-time meeting? Why did she not come back and be like, "arre Adi, pata hai ky hua? I met someone..." I find it absolutely impossible to believe that he would have a problem with her interacting with someone. If he was that possessive and jealous types, she wouldn't have the whole "main usko dikhti hoon, lekin dikhayi nahi deti.

Chalo maybe she forgot, but when she met him again? Okay when they were at the Birthday Party she tried but it was unsuccessful. But they were friends by that time na? why didn't she mention Yash to Adi? If it was before marriage or when they were just friends, she would have told her best friend about Yash. So, what changed after the marriage? For Adi, he married his best friend, who was now connected to him on an even deeper level. They were already so compatible, so aware of each other, there was no adjusting phase. No new things to learn about one another, no surprises. Adi knew and was accepting of this. Lekin Pooja wanted fireworks. She wanted Adi to suddenly sprout a new head, whip out a new personality and give her a chance to know the 101^st thing of a man who had 100 things on his list. It was not Adi, or even Zoya who were in fantasy worlds, it was Yash and Pooja who were delusional. They went into their marriages with a lot of expectations, which they did NOT communicate to their partners, leading to the two being frustrated with their marriages, while their partners were thinking everything was perfect. Rather, they go out into their "Dosti and Pyaar lookout, find each other, and just because they share similar taste and their partners share similar distastes, they assume that oh my god, I'm with the wrong person, this is my soulmate.'

Even through Pooja's point of view, in her diary, she depicted Yash as the one making advances, and suggesting' their togetherness. Like it was all his idea. Now, Yash is not innocent, and it is psychological for one to present themselves in a white light which is what Pooja did. She tried to portray that she tried to resist, but Adi's behaviour pushed her over the edge and for once she chose her own happiness. But please, I'm a woman who has had male interaction, platonic and suggestive. Unless a man is dumb, overconfident of himself, or better than Shahrukh Khan, he will not chase a woman until he gets some signs that she is interested. He was shown (in Pooja's point of view) to be extremely sure that Zoya and Adi were wrong partners for them, that they were in love with each other, and they should get together. In essence, even Pooja was blaming her one-true-love Yash, by showing that he was the one who always suggested the divorce, remarriage with each other, and moving on in life. And here, I would like to congratulate the makers, creatives and writers for writing this absolutely brilliant, subtle aspect, making it as realistic as it could possibly get! Kudos to you guys at Cinevistaa for not just the brilliant plotline, but the beautiful execution!!

The whole pregnancy fiasco? Pooja had decided prior to telling him that there was no relationship left for them to work on. She decided this ALONE not in a partnership, something that she was a part of with Aditya. she decided that the relationship is dead on her own and that was it. The end. Adi blames himself now for not being a considerate and mature partner. I'm not saying Adi is faultless, because no, I do believe that Adi sometimes was inconsiderate towards her (ref: the birthday party). Lekin the idea that the demise of Pooja and Adi's relationship started from Adi not wanting a child? That is false. That even Sakshi doesn't know. Sakshi only knows one half of the story, Pooja's side. And that's what she worked with. I don't dislike Sakshi, but she was not very mature about this. For heaven's sake Pooja SAID the words "haan main Mazaak kar rhi thi? Which person will think that she was actually preggers after that? At that point, Pooja wanted a reason to be out of the marriage, or to blame the end of the relationship on Adi, and she got that. So that she could get out without being blamed. The pity-party of "arre the husband was cruel, didn't want a kid so she had to abort. Its good that she left him. Yash is such a nice man. God bless Yash and Pooja Win-Win situation for Pooja. Adi se chutkaara and Yash se shaadi without any blame on her or Yash. Well played Pooja.

Yash and Zoya: Yash Arora, a man who had the highest expectations, of the world, of his life, of his business, and of his wife. He expected the world to fall at his feet, agreeing to everything that he asked for, wished for, or wanted. And he did not see any harm in taking the tedha way out. Tell me one thing, he was supposed to be a mature guy right? Sensible, calm, composed, think-before-you-act? Why did he elope with Zoya then? Zoya was a princess, used to having whatever she wanted, and she did not see the harm in eloping when Abbu refused to get her married to her love'. He was a middle-class, izzatdaar, responsible aadmi? I'm sure if he had had the guts to go and talk to Waseem, and if he even loved her for a percentage of what he claimed, Waseem would have recognised that love and agreed. Waseem Siddiqui is a man whose priority is his daughters' happiness. He will never let ego or other insignificant things like religion get in the way. If he did, Zoya would not have had access to her home after she eloped. He would have disowned her. But he didn't. Yash expected his life to automatically settle. Maybe Zoya will develop the ability to read minds, and realise that Yash needs a "friend", she will tie a friendship band on his wrist and say "mujhse dosti karoge?, maybe she would be like Yash don't buy me gifts and let's go to your home in Mumbai- all without him batting an eye-lash. His mom would welcome her bahu-the one she refused to talk to- with open arms, a pot of rice and grahpravesh ki thaali. Ah happy days. Then, it did not happen. He did not want to "break Zoya's heart, and so did not tell her that he had asked HER FATHER for 5 Crores. What a Man <3. Get me married to him. And Zoya and Yash had a love marriage, that too they eloped together? She was a princess, he wanted to maintain her standards, he couldn't afford to. It was all about him. His self-respect depended on the fact that he paid Zoya's bill when he stepped out. Zoya didn't ask him to buy her 1001 gifts every day. That was all on Yash. Not on Zoya. And again! WHY DIDN'T HE TELL HER? She was his wife, his partner, not his 5-year-old daughter who wouldn't understand if he tried. He DID not try. Rather, he blamed it on "didn't want to upset her and "she won't understand and sought comfort in another woman's arms.

Again: Zoya was nave, maybe she should have tried to mend relationships, maybe she should have tried to understand Yash, yes fine. I agree, to a certain extent. But how was she supposed to know? Did Yash say anything? No. did he seem upset? No. did he try to mend the relationship between his mom and Zoya? No. so as far as Zoya knew, Yash had accepted the situation they were in, and was okay with it. So she didn't push it. No woman would. If he had expressed, she would have instantly packed up and moved to Mumbai. She was tied to, and attached to Yash. No one else. Yes she loved her hometown, but would she choose the town over Yash? No. that wasn't even a question. He did not try and she did not know. That is all that Zoya's fault was in all of this. That she fell for a man who did not want to put in an effort.

The crux was, that Yash and Pooja wanted it all- pyaar and dosti. But they did not want to ask for it from their partners, nor communicate to their partners about their wishes. Rather, they got bored of the "life and this was a BIG bahaana for them to get rid of their partners. Yash and Pooja wanted a lot from their relationships and their lives, and they wanted their partners to understand their wishes without saying them out loud. Zoya and Aditya only wanted Yash and Pooja and they were content. A relationship requires effort. And neither Yash nor Pooja was ready to put it in.