LOL I do feel it's the latter too....they are building it up for drama. 😆....cuz all the signs do point towards a confrontation building up about these obvious questions regarding the devolving of Adi-Malini's relationship and why it was always a mismatch.
As they usually do, they will keep the discussions vague until that one big moment of outburst from Adi where he will clear cut say everything😆....that's how it's been for all the high points.
I don't think there is any way around addressing the timeline of how/when Adi fell in love with Imlie....even if the path ran through the period of him having married Malini....lol those difficult questions will have to be addressed. So maybe the writers are taking their time writing that grand speech since it will be a tricky subject to navigate through in terms of wording it from Adi's perspective😆.
Waise on a slightly adjacent note, I kind of love that they are showing a character with that much honesty of emotions on ITV.....most characters find a way to cover up/adjust their emotions in majboori etc....but this guy literally isn't able to evoke token emotions inside himself for someone he married/knew for so long.....I keep remembering the way he said, "humse nahin ho paa raha hai".....that he is now that honest with himself that he cannot bring himself to even put on a token facade.....bahut kam log hote hain duniya mein aise cuz most people manage to put on some level of token response simply out of a need for companionship....isse utna bhi nahin ho raha ab. And again, I'm talking about the present....not the past where he was indeed not being honest to himself or his emotions so he did manage to continue token responses that he didn't really feel for a long time. But in the here and now....the honesty of his emotions is something refreshing to watch for ITV.
+1 to the characterization.
I may not be able to compare it to too much but the fact that I have continued on till now and am on a forum (joined one for the first time) is pretty much because Aditya is a very well written character. Both Aditya and Imlie. The others are not bad at all but these two just overtake everything and everyone else.
The suffocation he is experiencing is not just because he does not love Malini anymore. It also comes from knowing he is living a lie. His other dialogue on the burden of a lie on a honest person conveyed just how afflicted he was by the situation he was in. One of his doing. And his acceptance - I do not know to what level other ITV leads accept their shortcomings and faults but I found that very novel. Going from someone who thought being able to talk for 6-7 hours means I can get married to that person to “yeh sahi nahin hai/ humein ghutan hoti hai” is not an easy or in any way an enjoyable journey. To be able to concede that one was so wrong about a very important or most important decision of his life takes a strong constitution. However scarred he might be by the time he gets to the other end, he will atleast not have to lie anymore.
And GM is pretty much the best suited for this role. I do not know if anyone else could have conveyed the nuances like this guy can. It feels as though he lives Aditya when he is onscreen.