Hi. I am Suvika. Writer by profession, been a part of KTLK, Humsafars and KRPKAB forums and a silent reader in this one. Until now. Yesterday’s episode and the promos got me thinking about this one.
What will break Meety?
Before we get into that, let’s see WHY I think she needs to break. And by “Break” I don’t mean she will cry buckets or drink phenyl (couldn’t resist that one). I mean - her giving up and walking out of AH (Temporary of course)
Her self-confidence is the lowest. Courtesy of her dadi, she believes she is manhoos / unlucky. Bhai ko khagayi. That was the reason Meetwa’s - tumse achha life partner koi ho hi nahi sakta - affected her so much. It meant more to her than any I love yous he could have come up with. She doesn't believe that anyone can love her. She doesn't expect it also. She only does her duty. She was ready to jump into the physical aspect of the relationship not for love but because that’s what’s expected of her. What an ideal wife should do. Pati ko rijhana hai.
So at some point, she WILL have to break. If she doesn’t then there is no difference between Meet - Badlegi duniya ki reet and any other TV show where the FL is portrayed as “mahaan” / “aadarsh beti / bahu / …”.
Meety, by nature, is a strong girl. Tougher than most. But it doesn’t mean she doesn’t / can’t get hurt. She does. Like she said during HM -
Tere ko kya lagta hain, mere pati ke edidh-gedidh uska past ghoomta rehta hain, tanne lagata hain ki yeh mere liye yo aasaan hain?
Circumstances and her father taught her the art of pushing everything that hurts to the back of her mind and not let it interfere with what needs to be done. In other words, “Mushkil mein bhaag lene wali… and not bhaagne wali.” So far we have seen her dust off her dadi’s constant taunts, Babita’s - get out of my son’s life, Masoom’s insults and manipulations, Manushi’s shadow in her HM and last but not the least, Meetwa’s Manushi jaap. Agreed that it has gone down now but there is no way for Meety to know if that’s because she came right out and told him that it hurts her or because he is genuinely letting Manushi out of his heart. Even if she believes his - mujhe koi faraq nahi padta, I am sure she takes it with more than a pinch of salt. Because the bottom line is that she did come into AH as Manushi’s proxy. It is difficult for any woman to forget that fact especially when there is a chance that her husband still has feelings for her sister. Yet, she is facing everything that’s being thrown at her with courage, smile and a refreshingly practical approach that is rarely seen in the TV shows.
But then again, for every person, there has to be a breaking point. What would be Meety’s?
Meetwa getting visibly affected by Manushi’s presence in his house?
Babita softening her attitude towards Manushi? (Before you question the possibility of this one…yes, it’s definitely possible. That was the whole point of Sunaina track, if you ask me. To show the viewers how illogical, insensitive and transactional Babita can be when it comes to aspects concerning her sons. Sunaina wedding is the platform on which Babita - Manushi team-up can be built-on.)
Babita - Masoom - Manushi team-up? As in watching the three of them get along or maybe seeing them together and realizing she is the odd man out, so to speak?
The earring that Meetwa still has with him somewhere? I mean, seeing that combined with one of the above could act as a trigger.
Or would you all prefer she not break, stay on like this and take whatever might be dished out?