One of the things that I learned after watching KRPKAB was that as viewers we have insight into the bigger picture. But the characters in the story have a very narrow tunnel of vision. We as viewers know that Meenu is against this marriage, but do the people involved know the truth. Not really. Kunal has no idea of how much her mom is against Mishti. Nor he knows of all her acts to break his relationship with Mishti. He thinks that his mom supports this marriage.
And this tunnel vision is pretty much the case for all the characters. Kunal was never a romantic guy, nor was he interested in marriage. It started with Abir and Nanu deciding that, that’s what will help him become happy. He agrees for the process only because he agrees to Kuhu’s advice of letting go of the past. And Abir saying that him marrying will make Meenu happy.
Another most important thing is how Kunal is treated by family and how he sees himself. He has been told be the best in everything. He is considered as an example to society. He is what any girl and her family would want in a groom. He is considered as the “most eligible bachelor” of Rajkot. When Mishti asked for courtship, he took it on his ego. For him it is like “don’t you know that I am a good guy. And I will take care of you once we are married. So all this courtship is nothing more than a waste of time and nonsense drama for me. I don’t believe in romantic movies”. But he is also someone torn between Meenu and Abir. He feels both of them are right. He wants to make both of them happy. In this process he is not stopping to think if either of the ideas (Meenu’s and Abir’s) is truly making him happy. He is going around following the advice of either Meenu or Abir.
I like the way the makers are showing the story. Of how attentive or oblivious we are to our surroundings. Like Ketki asking Abir as to what she should wear. She was so focused on her dress choice that she didn’t pay any attention to Abir in distress. My guess is after the fire fiasco, we will see twists in the story where we we see at least a few of the truths coming out.