In my heart of hearts I don't think it will happen either. But I live in hope ;)
If it doesn't than at least I can rewrite it to satisfy myself. I'll pretend those horrid last 16 or so episodes didn't happen and replace it with my version of events :)
Now to right another wrong. The Suhaagraat that never happened! Come on now people, I think these two have waited long enough already!
Can I just ask? What is the deal with interrupted wedding nights in these serials?? I appreciate that in the real world not every body gets down to business on the first night. But it never seems to happen in these shows until sometimes months, even years later! I understand it's just a way to stretch the story but frankly that trick has been milked for everything it's worth. Move on from it creatives! There's always some nonsensical reason why the suhaagraat ends up on an indefinite hiatus.
In AdYa's case it was Rajveer and nani and that infamous msg to Zoya's phone, and every time subsequently they were the kebab mein haddi. Zoya saying to herself she had to keep away from Adi so that she can sort out this problem first just didn't cut it for me.
At any rate, now that I've got things back on track ( ;) ) the needful needs to happen. It needs to happen around now before any other person or situation turns up to become the haddi in their kebab, and because the viewers have waited long enough too!
For once I would also like to see the female lead initiating intimacy. It would be one for the now 'confident girl power fist pumping' Zoya to make the move. Besides she's kept Adi waiting long enough, so it's only fair and right that she herself rights this wrong lol. If anyone deserves to be kissed like a man after all that it's Aditya Hooda. Bechara! He's parched from constantly saying kiss kiss kiss to the girl!
I don't know how or where, or any other particulars ( I leave that to the creatives) but it needs to happen now folks! Adi wants four kids. They have a lot of work to do! Lol
On to the next wrong that needs to be righted!
I truly believe killing off Sakshi just because she came to know about Anjana's involvement in Yash and Pooja's death was somewhat excessive and unnecessary.
So to rectify that matter I would like to see it rewritten in the following way perhaps.
Anjana comes across as being somewhat mentally unstable. I could never accept that she was out and out evil. I think it would make more sense and leave scope for redemption if she were to be portrayed as someone suffering from a mental health condition such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. It means that we don't have to rewrite her completely but can understand what has already happened within a mental disorder framework. She comes across as very needy. She needs the people in her life to be around her always. She's very possessive of Adi. I feel that might be because Adi was witness at a young age to Harsh's infidelity and temporary desertion of his family. I'd like to think Anjana simply wanted to protect her son's at all cost and ensure that they didn't abandon her like Harsh did once. I know her focus was on Adi for the purpose of the show, but I imagine that she would have been just the same if something happened with Arjun.
With that in mind I think we need to show that Anjana was going through a period of psychosis caused by her mental disorder which itself was exacerbated by the discovery of Pooja's affair, her death and subsequent impact it had on Adi, and her own guilt at having a hand in it. I think all these combined tipped her over the edge. As per a psychosis episode we see that she hasn't killed Sakshi at all but rather suffered hallucinations and delusions so severe that to her it was all very real.
Psychosis means that she has lost touch with reality. As such it's perfectly reasonable to show that she was hallucinating about conversations with Sakshi after she had supposedly left for America. Perhaps they can have a major blowout on that day and Sakshi leaves. But Anjana who is already mentally unstable is still seething with anger. Her anger and hatred towards Sakshi is somewhat irrational anyway. So to show that anger spilling over and resulting in her going through psychosis would be a somewhat realistic scenario.
Anjana really believes that Sakshi knows she had something to do with Pooja's death and wants to reveal the truth. She firmly believes in her head that Sakshi has been conspiring to take Adi away from her. This delusion is a symptom of her psychosis. It's so firmly lodged in her mind that nothing anyone says to her makes any difference. We've already seen her accuse Sakshi of such, and she doesn't listen to reason when this is refuted.
It can be shown that although Sakshi does actually leave for America, Anjana due to her fragile state of mind (compounded by Adi leaving for which she blames Sakshi) starts hallucinating that she has stopped Sakshi leaving. That she has her tied up in her basement and is torturing her. This is not happening for real. Anjana imagines it so. But to her it is very real. People who go through psychosis can hear, see, feel and even taste things that seem very real to them but in reality aren't happening at all.
Thus the entire track was basically from the point of view of Anjana's psychosis. Her hallucinations and delusions. Taking Sakshi to hospital, threatening the doctor, seeing Sakshi at her anniversary party, throwing her off the cliff etc, that was all a product of Anjana's psychosis.
With that in mind I see the following unfolding perhaps.
As Zoya already mentioned to Roshnaq, Anjana is struggling to come to terms with Harsh's death. At times she is beside herself with grief and at other times she says things like 'why has Harsh not come back from the office yet?'
The family are understandably worried about her. They assume she's just in denial at times until they hear her talking to Harsh on the phone. They are bewildered by this. They consult the doctor who confirms their suspicion that she might just be in denial and is imagining Harsh being here when he isn't.
But Anjana's hallucinations and delusions get worse. At the times when she's aware Harsh is dead she starts saying things like 'God has punished me for my sins by taking Harsh from me'. She keeps repeating such things and displaying really erratic behaviour and tries to self harm. Arjun remembers how she kept saying something similar when Adi left home with Zoya and mentions it to them. They wonder what can make Anjana think she is being punished? Anjana then starts to think Zoya has cursed her because of how Anjana treated her in the past and her involvement in Yash's death. She's almost childlike in her behaviour at times. She asks Zoya to forgive her and take back her curse and free her from her trauma. Zoya reassures her that she has most definitely not cursed Anjana and that she will do everything she can to make her better.
Anjana spends most of her time in bed heavily sedated to control her behaviour and to stop her from trying to harm herself again. The doctor thinks she should be admitted to hospital but the family want to keep her at home as they feel being away from the safety and comfort of home might make things more difficult. Zoya offers to tend to her with the help of a nurse and a doctor on call whenever they might need him or her.
Anjana seems to have given up on life and has become very withdrawn. She still talks about her sins and how she is being punished. Slowly she begins to warm to Zoya and relies on her for everything. Zoya manages to get her out of bed and participating a bit more with family life. She sits to eat with them instead of in bed. She goes out to the garden and sits with them. She's still withdrawn, and still quietly mumbling about being punished for her sins. Zoya asks her about it but Anjana doesn't answer her.
She starts to hallucinate again and imagines Sakshi around the house. She starts to see her at random times and gets spooked. The family is very worried by this new development. She keeps saying 'you can't be here. It's impossible'. The others assure her that's right. How can Sakshi be in the house when she's in America.
But Anjana continues to imagine Sakshi and starts to imagine Sakshi is here to take revenge. She starts to get really scared and her behaviour becomes even more erratic. She keeps screaming that Sakshi can't possibly be here. Adi tries to pacify her repeating that she's right as Sakshi is in America. This dialogue happens a few times until one day Anjana screams 'No, you don't understand. It's impossible for her to be here because I killed her'
The whole family are shocked by this revelation. But they assume its just Anjana's fragile state of mind causing her to imagine things. But Anjana is insistent that she has indeed killed Sakshi and she is here to take revenge.
She becomes very aggressive and tries to harm herself again. Adi consults with the doctor who suspects there might be deeper underlying issues than just the trauma of Harsh's death. He suggests Anjana might benefit from being referred to a psychiatrist who would be better able to determine the causes of her current behaviour.
This is carried out and after a number of sessions with a psychiatrist he diagnoses her as suffering from schizophrenia (or bipolar take your pick. They can both cause psychosis in people) He says Anjana appears to firmly believe she has killed Sakshi. He asks Adi if there's any reason to why she might say this. Adi mentions that her relationship with Sakshi wasn't great. But he doesn't understand why Anjana thinks she killed her. The doctor suggests contacting Sakshi and proving to Anjana that she is alive and well.
Adi calls Sakshi from his mobile and is bewildered to hear the ringing coming from his own room. He goes towards the ringing and finds the phone in his bedside drawer. He see's his name on the screen and is shocked to find Sakshi's phone in his hand. He has a flashback to when he and Zoya found the phone. He doesn't understand what is happening. He wonders to himself how the phone came to be here when he clearly remembers the last conversation he had with Sakshi when he called her to invite her to his parents anniversary party?
Adi, Arjun and Zoya can't make sense of anything. Adi doesn't want to believe his mother is capable of killing but he has to admit that something is not quite right here. Things just don't add up. He tells Anjana that he called Sakshi so that Anjana could see Sakshi was alive. She asks him quizzically if he spoke to Sakshi? He replies he did not. He doesn't mention anything about the phone. But Anjana says 'you won't get through to Sakshi. She's dead'.
Adi tries a different tack and asks her how she killed Sakshi? Anjana relates the incident to him mentioning that she saw Adi, Zoya and Arshad near the cliff top. Adi has a flashback of that night and again of Zoya finding the phone. Anjana herself mentions the phone and says 'I dropped it there and when I went to get it back you and Zoya were there too looking for her earring. You both found the phone. I tried to steal it back from you but couldn't'.
Adi realises that it looks more and more like Anjana is guilty. But he still can't believe she would murder someone. Anjana is terrified. She cries that either Sakshi will kill her and take her away from her family or the police will. Adi, Zoya and Arjun reassure her that no one will take her away from them. Anjana is beside herself. Zoya holds her and soothes her telling her she won't let anything happen to her. Her family will not let anything happen to her.
Away from Anjana the three of them wonder what is going on? Nothing makes any sense. Adi says If Anjana really did throw Sakshi off a cliff surely a body would have been found? Arjun says if no-one has a reason to go looking for a body than there's no body to find. Adi thinks if it really happened and there's been no news of a body being found then perhaps it's still there?
We next see them at the clifftop. There are some men with them. We come to know that Adi has hired them to climb down the cliff face and see if there's a body at the bottom. The men ask him why? He tells them they don't need to know the reason. They just need to do the job he's paid them to do. The men set about complying.
The 3 of them wait apprehensivly at the top. Presently one of the guy calls up and says he's found a body. They are shocked and worried. The guy is pulled up by his friend at the top via a rope and when he reaches the top he is pulling something up behind him.
They prepare for the worst. But it turns out to be a stuffed mannequin with Sakshi's face on it. The guy says that's the only body down there. Adi, Zoya and Arjun are shocked and confused but relieved. They wonder why there is a mannequin with Sakshi's face on it? Adi says that means Anjana didnt kill Sakshi. She didn't throw her off the cliff. Otherwise they would have found her. But now the question is if Sakshi is not lying dead at the bottom of the cliff then where is she?
Once back home Arjun and Adi discuss how Sakshi's phone came to be in Anjana's possession? Anjana believes she took it from Sakshi before killing her. But Sakshi's body wasn't where Anjana said it should be. That means Sakshi was never here at the time. So where did Anjana get the phone from? They can't make sense of the whole mannequin thing either. It has Sakshi's face on it. Who created that mannequin and why, and how did it come to be at the bottom of the cliff?
Arjun wonders how they were able to talk to her via videocall? It seems questions just produce more questions not answers. He wonders how they can try and contact Sakshi? Zoya says she has an idea. What if they use the same trick they used to bring Adi back?
Adi doesn't think it will work. She didn't come for his parents anniversary, or even for Adi himself. Zoya says she's confident that she will come back and it will be for Adi too. Adi asks her why she's so sure. Zoya responds that Sakshi loves Adi like a son. She will come if she thinks something has happened to him.
Thus they put out a fake news story about Adi meeting with an accident when his speeding car careered off a cliff. For added impetus they mention that he was not in the right state of mind at the time due to the sudden death of his father. They sit and wait. Adi mentions the business of the mannequin to the doctor. The doctor wonders if Anjana herself pushed it off the cliff? The doctor suggests that if they can prove to Anjana that Sakshi is alive and well she might come out of her psychotic episode.
The trick works and Sakshi returns fearing the worst about Adi.
I'll leave it to the creatives as to how things progress from this point on. But there are certain things I would like to see.
Anjana upon seeing the real Sakshi still believes she's come back from the dead. They all try to convince her that Sakshi isn't dead. Anjana didn't kill her. She was going through a psychotic phase. The doctor tells them Anjana's schizophrenia (bipolar?) Was compounded by her guilt over Pooja's death and its subsequent affect on Adi. It exacerbated her anger and jealousy towards Sakshi which in turn induced a psychotic episode. She suffered hallucinations and delusions whereby she truly believed she had killed Sakshi. He thinks Anjana herself created the mannequin and used it to vent her anger. When she thought she was torturing Sakshi, she was in actual fact torturing the mannequin and when she thought she had pushed her off the cliff it was also the mannequin which in her delusional state of mind was as real to her as a living breathing person.
Anjana thinks she's going mad. She doesn't know what to believe. She tells Adi 'do you remember the day I was taking clothes to the orphanage? It wasn't clothes. It was Sakshi in the suitcase. I was taking her to hospital'. She tells them to go to the basement where they'll find evidence of her wrongdoing. Indeed they do find a chair with rope around it as well as voice recorders and modulators. The doctor says these are just props that were part of the psychotic episode she was experiencing. She must have used Sakshi's phone and the voice modulator to talk to Adi and Arjun as Sakshi herself.
I don't want to do all the creatives work for them lol, so I won't go into any detail here about how things progress. Suffice to say Anjana finally accepts that she is suffering from a mental disorder. She is scared about what this means for her. She's afraid of having another episode and potentially harming someone else, perhaps her family or even herself. The doctor suggests a course of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anjana alongside mild anti-psychotic medication to relieve some of her symptoms. He believes that this can improve her condition. (In the real world both these treatments are effective in treating patients with psychosis whether on their own or combined, depending on the severity of the case)
I think Anjana needs closure over a number of issues. Firstly her involvement in pooja's death should remain accidental just as we were told during the Rajveer saga. We are told by Sakshi that she did indeed leave the house but didn't go to America as she had planned. Instead she went to....(I'll leave that to the creatives to decide where else in India she went off to)
She had accidentally left her phone at Adi's house which is how Anjana came to find it and used it to pretend she was Sakshi talking to Adi and Arjun. Anjana should apologise to Sakshi for having treated her so badly. She should apologise to her for blaming her for Pooja's betrayal of Adi. She was so caught up in her own selfish love and concern for her son that she couldn't see that Sakshi had lost her child too. No matter what Pooja might have done, she was still Sakshi's daughter and Sakshi had lost her. She asks for forgiveness which off course Sakshi duly does.
I don't really wish to see Sakshi staying with Adi. I always found that an odd arrangement anyway. I think she needs to go back to wherever her new home is. She needs to go and live her own life. She doesn't need to be around for Adi anymore.
Anjana would like to make a fresh start in life. She wants to right some of her own wrongs. To that end she asks Zoya for forgiveness for her past behaviour with her. She accepts that she was prejudiced against Zoya. She didn't want to see Zoya's goodness. It was easier to tell herself Zoya was bad and that she was the wrong girl for Adi in order to justify her wanting to hold onto her son. She wants to start again with a clean state. So she confesses to AdYa that she was orchestrator of the matki incident on Janmashtami. She admits to telling Arshad about Adi's feelings hoping it would break AdYa apart. She apologises again for all the times she had been rude and harsh with Zoya.
AdYa also want to make amends and so they relate to Anjana and Arjun everything that had happened since their wedding night and the fact that Zoya was only pretending to be against the family in order to gain Rajveers trust and bring his truth out into the open. Zoya reminds them of all the times she appeared to be disobedient and disrespectful like the muh dikayi day and the barsi day. She tells them she had been threatened by Rajveer and nani to behave like this otherwise they would harm the family.
Anjana is remorseful. She laments that had she not kept Rajveer a secret from Harsh then none of this would have happened and Harsh would still be here.
Zoya feels sorrow that Harsh died without knowing the truth about the real reason for her awful behaviour towards the family. She regrets that she was never able to tell him that she was still his daughter. She goes towards a large photo of Harsh hanging on the wall and touches his feet. She asks him for forgiveness and says 'I hurt you a lot and I can't ever undo it'
Adi feels bad for Zoya. He knows how bad she is feeling because his Zoya can never knowingly hurt someone. She was helpless at the time. But he knows she still feels bad.
Anjana tells Zoya Harsh would have been proud of both her and Adi and the sacrifice they were making for the family.
While we're at it let's have Arjun apologise for being such a traitorous piece of #@$! Who ditched his brother, was quick to prounce him guilty and lit his fathers funeral pyre holding his enemies hand!! Grrr. Some lawyer he turned out to be. Bah!
I'd like to see the following too. Zoya on the phone to someone saying 'I know it's in the past. But I didn't want you to be under the wrong impression' just as Adi walks in. When she finishes he asks her who she's talking to? She replies Arshad. Adi is a bit surprised. Zoya tells him that she wanted to clear the misunderstanding over the matki incident.
Adi asks her why? It's all forgotten about and in the past. Zoya tells him that it was important to her. She can't tolerate the fact that someone has a bad impression of Adi. Especially when Adi wasn't responsible for what happened and had in fact intended to confess that day about the fake phone call on the day of the riot. Good intentions should be valued even if their result is a poor one.
Adi pulls Zoya closer to himself and says 'have I told you how much I love you?' Zoya smiles and replies 'not since this morning'. Adi says 'oh well in that case let me correct that oversight right now. I love you so much'. He kisses her on the forehead and is about to turn and leave when Zoya holds him back and says very suggestively 'I'm not a 5 year old child. If you're going to kiss me, then kiss me like I should be kissed'. Adi looks at her with absolute adoration and moves in to execute her wish. The scene cuts to a view of the back of his head tilted towards Zoya ;)
Edited by Rakhie_08 - 5 years ago
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