Originally posted by: libran90
In my honest view, Jai has zero qualities of being a mastermind in this game. I for one believe he is Hriday only, and just like I found Hriday shady, I found Jai shady too. In fact, I also believe that Adi Naagin's entire life has been orchestrated to walk the way this Jai and company want her to walk because she is their biggest weapon against the Cheels. No wonder Cheels are so wary of Nagas, not just because they are mortal enemies, but because Adi Naagin is a very powerful enemy. And this is solely for the Naagmani.
It is rather sad that being an Adi Naagin, Bani is being pushed around like this as if she is some pawn, but really she is a pawn. Bani has been systematically isolated from her own kind so that she does not learn to use her mind more than required. First, her parents are eliminated in a plane crash. Then, she is raised in a family, where she is made to feel like an orphan always and her foster father and foster sister Meera are the only ones who seem to love her. She blindly believes her sister Meera, and I get it. They have practically grown up together.
But Jai? Why Jai? What has he done to earn her trust? Tackle Veer? That is her basis for trust? Since the day of Noor's wedding, everything now seems to be a set up for both Veer, his brothers, and Bani. I am not even denying the possibility that Noor was also some Naagin who took up a fake identity to trap Bani and show Veer in a bad light and aid Jai to win her trust. Since then, all that has happened adds up perfectly. All of a sudden there are eyewitnesses to Noor's death, quite co-incidentally they turn out to be Nag and Naagin. Arnish and Nitin were cheels who reacted to what anyone would to their enemy, and Bani assumes her Naagin form to kill them. Jai begins building Bani's trust, gives her a sob story about his mom's death, similar to her mom's death. How did Jai know the flight number? This means he could be involved in the murder of her mother along with Papa Cheel. Maybe Papa Cheel did not kill the mom? Maybe Jai's family has kept her alive and trapped. You never know.
Jai gives Bani a job in his restaurant. Quite easily, Veer's father buys a floor in that restaurant. Naina seemed to be coming in their way and she is easily eliminated. Bani goes to talk to Veer for Meera, and timely Jai seems to have reached there. It is to be noted, Veer's mark on Bani triggered her memories, not Jai's touch. Both reach the temple and remember the past, which I believe only Bani truly remembers because Jai I think already did before her. He uses memories of her past to reinforce her hate for the Cheels. He plans his own death right under the noses of the Cheels and sends Bani on a rampage and makes her kill another Cheel,Twin bhai, and provokes Veer against Bani. Now with both being married, the field is free for Bani to provoke the Cheels to attack which I think Veer will always somehow manage to avert, and Veer will plan to hurt Bani as well, but not enough to kill her.
Bani is impulsive and stupid and makes silly plans to hurt Veer, but Veer's strength which many think as weakness is his obsession for her. His obsession with Bani, in the long run, is what will be her shield. The Cheels she thinks are her enemies will turn out to be her allies. This Papa Cheel is not as wretched in my opinion. In fact, he is more fearful, than greedy. This time I think, the enemies are not the straightforward ones, like Cheels. It's the ones who wear the mask of friends and family, which makes it difficult for Bani to isolate and kill. That is why this Naagin needs the vision, and sharpness of a cheel, which will help her eliminate them. Aakesh as a character was not explored too much, but one quality he had was throwing light on reality in his own unique way. Naageshwari blindly believed Hriday's words regarding her beauty, but Aakesh showed her the truth. He did not shower her with cheesy praises but praised her beauty by showing her the beauty which she could not see. I think that is what will happen in Veer and Bani's case too. Both will show the truth to each other in their own way.
Coming to Jai being a mastermind, sorry, but he lacks all qualities to be one. The mastermind could be his family, and I have my bets on Dadi dear who hyperventilates at the drop of a hat. I think the only clueless characters are the siblings - Aarohi & Gautam in this scenario.