Originally posted by: tptwi
I am struggling to understand what exactly you mean by this, Asmi. When has Virat been ready to give Sai up? Their relationship has suffered tumult after tumult, and yet they are still together. I attribute this to Sai forgiving him for his kaands, but each time, he has fought extremely hard to keep her with him. He has begged for forgiveness, done everything he could in his power to make her stay. Every time she has tried to leave the house, he has stopped her....
The reason he will retreat now is entirely different, as he feels as though he has no place in her life left... before, there were doubts about their relationship as husband and wife, but now he feels as though she does not want him even as someone who takes care of her as a zimidari. And even so, he won't let go of her. He will still be there for her whenever she needs him. Will wait to comment on this further as the track plays out...
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Pasting this take I wrote in another post about him wanting to leave today
While I agree that Virat could have attempted to convince Samrat in many ways, I don't think any of them would have worked. Samrat is too angry with him right now. I felt for Virat as he was trying to leave with Sai. Putting side the fact that he did not want Sai to be insulted (which I saw as his main motive), I saw him as an entirely helpless man. Samrat is one of the two most important people in his life, and he was refusing to even recognize Virat. Virat had been waiting an entire year for this moment. Under such pain of rejection, a person can act in one of two ways. Either they can shut down or they can try to convince the other out of desperation. Virat acted in the first way. Once he saw that Samrat was at least willing to accept his identity, he tried being more forceful, but Samrat was not having it. I think he knew that Sai would be able to get through to him, which is why he was standing there and smiling in awe of her.
If Sai had not stayed back and convinced Samrat, I can almost guarantee that this would not have been the end of it. Virat would have come back and tried to find a way to stop him.
Also, I don't think Virat "leaving" Pakhi can be added into this discussion, because he never loved her.