Originally posted by: MistyDawn
Yup..I can see what you'r saying and I somewhat agree. Amma on her part, can only forgive Raghav and free herself and Raghav of the baggage of blame and guilt they have been carrying for so many years. But Keerthi's resentment runs deeper in my opinion.. Coz Amma no matter how much she punishes Raghav, at the end of the day she is still a mother.. She will never be able to give bad-dua to her own son.. also, deep down she must know that what Raghav did was not intentional.. But Keerthi was so young..too young to not take things on face value.. For her Raghav is the man because of whom she lost her family and any chance at having a normal,happy childhood, a normal life so for her its that much more hard.. Keerthi and Raghav will have to sort their issue independent of Amma.. ur right because now they are grown ups but maybe things could have been different had Amma been able to let go after a point and not drag this for so long.. Keerthi was too young to process a lot of things apart from the fact that she lost her naana and lil brother.. she saw everything through Amma's eyes because Raghav wasnt there so in a way Amma is responsible for how strongly she resents Raghav.. If Amma is able to forgive Raghav that'l not only lift a huge burden off of their chests but also give Raghav the confidence and security to deal with Keerthi the right way..
@bold, and this is what Raghav told her the other day, that if she forgave him it would help bring down that wall and prevent further misunderstandings. I actually feel the key to all this is not dealing with Raghav's trauma, but Amma's. She hasn't been able to talk to anyone, and after leaving their village, she probably lost touch with all relatives, neighbors, and friends. She's just as lonely as her kids are.
A lot of Keerti's resentment of Raghav is based on Amma's bitterness and resentment so if she's able to let go of it, I think eventually Keerti will be able to as well. No matter how angry she is, I know she loves Raghav a lot and has been deprived of the affection he could have given her as a brother all these years.
I think back to the Abhi mujh mein kahin moment in Agneepath. That never came in Raghav and Keerti's lives. He never got to openly dote on her, to show her how important she is in his life. She in turn never got to just be a kid who was pampered by her elder brother, because I feel over the years she's borne the brunt of Amma's mental and physical health issues and in effect probably had to be Amma's caretaker from a young age.