After yesterday episode I felt I need to make a post on the four men of Zoya's life. How they treated/treating her.
First and foremost Wasim. The overbearing father. A father who has a huge ego. The way he opened his suitcase yesterday I was like. Did he just dreamt of marrying off his two daughters. No proper education, no proper identity or no proper voices for his daughters both of whom seem to be very capable. Hydrabad ka necklace, Rajasthan ka lehenga. It kind of shows the reason Zoya rebelled. Her voice was never heard in that house. Remember Aditya tells she cries if someone speaks to her loudly. That's how she has been raised. To be completely feminine, feeble. But there is an inner strength, inner rebellion about this girl who would have always craved for her identity. Now I understand why he hates Aditya. Aditya challenges this very notion of this man. By giving an independant voice to his daughter, by making her a successful entrepreneur, supporting her in creating her identity in a way Adi challenges him, his beliefs. So he harps on the negative aspects of this boy.
Second Yash. Well I guess what Yash utilized was this insecurity of Zoya in her house. He married a pretty face, never realizing what this pretty face is capable of. Kept her pampered, sheltered. Never allowed her to venture on her own, same as her father. Then felt overburdened and went into another woman's arms. Only to scar her and take her belief away from the word love. When she was stranded with the burden of what all her husband had done, she was alone not even her father was there to support her. Her in laws were hostile because Yash never supported her to mend her relation with them. Yash took decisions on behalf of both of them. He never discussed it with her. He even signed the divorce papers without her being even aware that such papers were created. Zoya went from Wasim to get her own voice, but even Yash stifled her voice and made her a doll.
Third is Arshad, the guy who claims he is not imposing a relation on her. But he is doing exactly that. Cornering her nicely, talking to her smootly, he has decided she is his because her father had approved of him. So she will have to agree. And of course this man gets all blessing from Wasim for making his daughter agree to the alliance, doesnt matter it is the wee hours of the night. Of course he can take her. When it comes to Arshad for Wasim times have changed, when it comes to Aditya he is the same old rigid man.
Fourth and last Aditya Hooda. A man who told he hates her, told she is the symbol of his pain but push a bit further couldnt see her in pain for a second. With all the other three men her life was in red carpet no problems, but with Aditya Hooda her life was more on thorns than on roses. He made the princess walk on the rough patches. But when she bleed he was there to carry her. He made her face the bitter truth, but when she faltered he was there to rescue her. He allowed her to make independant decisions. But when those decisions failed despite the sarcasm he was there with her. He allowed her to decide their relation, their boundary. But created more and more challenges for her which she surmounted. She was hesitant to do a party in hooda house. He made her do it and infact it turned out successful. She got new clients. He pushes her to be the best. That's why he is her best friend. The one who gives her the voice. Now love has blinded this man. He is also becoming like other men in Zoya's life. If he decides to sacrifice his love without telling her, that is going to pain her more when she gets that letter. Because once again choice is taken away from her. She had the right to say or no to Arshad or Aditya. It is not Aditya, Wasim and Arshad deciding Arshad is good for her. It has to be her decision. Now I understand why Zoya felt Yaash in Aditya when he comes to rescue her in rooftop. There is this aspect of Yash in Aditya. But is Aditya Yash. Has he denied her the choice. Or by stepping back he has allowed her to take the decision as what he needs to speak he has already spoken. Though not in words, but in many symbols. He will bring it to her choice. No matter what others say, he will make Zoya choose. He will make her voice heard in his own way. With each track Zoya will understand it. Aditya may not be in front of her always, but he is always with her.
Seven Vows sneak preview Part 4- Suman Rajput the girl who wanted to fly. She dreamt of creating an identity for herself. In a deeply patriarchal society where the dreams of a girl ended in marriage, she wanted the pen instead of mehendi in her hands. She dreamt of those cozy office spaces instead of a wedding lehenga. But destiny had other plans for her. Even before first proper step has been taken towards realising those dreams, her wings are clipped brutally and she is placed in a cage. A cage from where it seems no escape and that is the truth of her life. Seven Vows traces the journey of Suman who tries to find her dream again, who wants to fly again.