3. When and How did Arjun-Sameer animosity start?
Because Arjun seems to be harbouring a greater degree of bitterness towards Sameer.
• Roshni was Arjun's wife, Sameer's younger cousin who was killed. Sameer supported and stood by Arjun at the time.
• Radhika, Roshni's twin lost control in a weak moment with Arjun. Sameer did not blame Arjun at the time and supported their decisions initially.
• Arjun mentioned that the "conservative" family of Rathod's forced Radhika and Arjun to marry ASAP and after initial resistance, Sameer was emotionally blackmailed into giving in to the family pressure. From the looks of it, he still stood by Radhika (refer suicide attempt by Radhika).
• Arjun met Radhika alone (none including Sameer knew of it) a day before the wedding, stating he is not ready for marriage (for no fault of his) just like Radhika and he has the most priority task of hunting down Roshni's killers and has to leave. Leaving her to face everyone by herself (ofcourse since she is at fault), which she does.
• Unable to bear constant taunts and accusations, (having no trace of Arjun to prove he left for a mission) in another weak moment, she commits suicide infront of Sameer being helplessly unable to stop her.
• Arjun, on knowing of Radhika's suicide being a consequence of constant accusations, decides to never visit or reveal to the Rathod's or Sameer (his once friend and support) about having taking his revenge as a mark of punishment.
They were Roshni's parents and deserved to know the truth of her murder and justice thereon.
However, what that did was render Radhika's claims, being false since he never returned. (Radhika who kept saying about Arjun fighting to get justice for Roshni and will return).
(I am just wondering if there was a role reversal I mean Sameer in place of Arjun and Riya's parents instead of Rathod's, what would have happened.
Because, Sameer or Rathod's behaved much like any family would. When both Arjun and Radhika werent able to convince them, how on earth would Sameer have been able to. From the parent's POV, having lost one daughter to a criminal, they would definitely not want another to be a prey to societal norms especially after Sameer's bua heard it herself. The urgency would have been because they would not want the consequences to be dire and this would have been a way to let a mistake in a weak moment die a natural death. I don't think we as a society are there yet, to accept it. Invariably, the girl does suffer a lot.
Yes, it is not always that they are right but they come from a certain school of thought which is not entirely wrong. If he blames Sameer to not stand by his sister, Radhika, he himself did not better.)
Edited by Bodhianveshika - 3 years ago
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