As I read all of your guys' posts about the likely upcoming suicide track and what that results out of, a question keeps crossing my mind. Are we headed in the direction of the complete character assassination of Virat?
Based on what I understand, Sai takes this drastic step in response to the unwavering toxicity of CM and on top of that, apparently Virat once against questions her character as a result of instigation by Pakhi?? To be very honest, Sai attempting suicide under these circumstances would not be surprising or out of character to me at all. She is a young girl who is being harassed literally every single day by her husband's family members. Compound that with abuse from the husband she is falling in love with too? That is enough to break anyone... no matter how strong they are. While I hope that this track is scrapped, it would make sense to me from Sai's perspective.
Now, for the part that truly scares me. I have had issues with Virat's flip-floppy nature already. To me, two of the most powerful scenes in the entire show came after Virat abuses Sai when she is on her way to Pulkit's house. The first one being when both of them are in tears and he so sincerely and whole-heartedly apologizes to the woman he is in love with. You can see the pain in his eyes for the pain he has caused Sai. He vows to never let that happen again, with his hand on her head. The second, when he grabs her hand in their room after the pooja, only to immediately let it go, still traumatized at how he could have dared to hurt his love so much. These show such great character development, but the makers ruined that development by making Virat kick Sai out of the house, once again not trusting her fully like he claims to do. However, even then, we see the repent when he comes back home, unable to bring her back home. The pain in his eyes is so clear. Once again, he vows never to do it again.
So, then, my question becomes... how many times is someone going to repeat the same mistake? If Virat wasn't so clearly in love with Sai, then I would say ok. It makes sense. But, currently, the makers have shown that even though Sai is still coming to terms with her feelings, Virat is completely madly in love. Yes, he is not completely secure in the relationship, but that type of thing takes time. There should not be such great character assassination in the meantime. The last few scenes we have seen in the episodes between the pair truly show such great and magical character, but also relationship development. Despite the fallacies in Virat's character, this show continues to be one of the most real and natural shows on Indian television.
Showing Virat once against insulting Sai to the point that she this time commits suicide will be complete destruction and I'm not sure if his character will be able to bounce back from that. Yes, there are bound to be misunderstandings between any couple. And yes, this is TV, so they will be exaggerated. So, bring on the misunderstandings and separations. But, don't make them a result of this type of repeated abuse on Virat's end. Neil is such a talented actor, and his expressions are enough to show Virat's love for Sai. The makers don't have to copy every single aspect of the original show. At the end of the day, they are the creatives for this new version, so they have full control. From what I have seen from the originals (with a large language barrier), Virat and Sai were not shown to be this in love at the point the suicide track came. All I ask is that the progression of the characters and their relationship not be destroyed. Virat stood up for Sai against his entire family when they had just gotten married. There was no love in the picture. Only duty. Now, Virat gets scared even thinking that Sai has so much a back pain. This man's entire life is slowly by surely becoming Sai. It would make no sense for he himself to put her under such abuse yet again, that too with the instigation of Pakhi, whom he knows leaves no chance to insult and harm Sai.
All in all, this track must be scrapped!!!!!