Originally posted by: AK_2010
I think there no one single moment of falling in love for them. It happened on many instances one by one.
Starting with the day he came to know that Shaan and Astha both favor Anokhi a lot. Right from day one, she has been more than a normal student and he has crossed professional and ethical boundaries to prevent her admission. Then, it was jealousy.
When she passed the interview, it was admiration bcz as a professor he knew that she is very smart.
During the ragging track, he saw her vulnerability, strength and honesty. He felt protective as her professor and wanted to do the right thing.
I think the first time the attraction sparked was definitely the V-day dance. Until then they were like just... Strangely aware of each other.
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Agreed, also would like to add that she was always on his mind, since the day he met her! If u remember , the family kept saying that this girl says something to him and he keeps behaving like mad bull.
I remember Tej telling Shaurya : "tu usse kyu ulajhta hai itna, bolne dia kar usko, tu apni reputation dekh, you are the director and professor at SIAC, don't fall at her level" . But Shaurya never took the advice. She created havoc in his life since Day 1. He was always extra rude to her. He never was normal with her.
The attraction definitely started post V Day and car scene. Infact that whole sequence made them physcially aware of each other, but they were comfortable with each other's touch.
But the main reason why he fell for her was because she was hitting all the right chords emotionally . I remember a scene where he was staring at Anokhi from a distance, when she was talking something and was mentioning Astha. He never says it aloud, but Anokhi paints a very different picture of his mother infront of him.
It is her constant hammering that made him apologise to Astha. Otherwise, he would have just helped Shaan find her and then never see Astha's face. She just says the right things upfront with no fear.
She's not always right. But she is the only one who can call out his crap. And she does this with a certain amount of "haqq". She pushes him to a stage where he is forced to rethink his actions.
He had dated Shagun, but even when he is wrong , he was never pushed to rethink.
Hence , he got attached to her emotionally. Post riots he just felt like he needed her in his life. He would have saved any girl or any student , but she was special at that stage.
If you ask me, she broke through his walls very easily making him accept his anger issues, his flaws and also see Astha in a different light. Now a days , he isn't all "angry young man" on Astha. He's not on talking terms, but he is okay with her presence. All of this was possible because of Anokhi.
For now also , he is just super-attcahed to her emotionally. They are both physically attracted, but the emotional bonding is what pulls him towards her.