Anu❤️❤️❤️
The more you write, the more it made sense.. you write so beautifully, please do continue to write.. you say it so eloquently and it brings "sukoon"
I am unable to see the engagement episode so writing the ending was impossible. I borrow your version completely and accept what you say..
I have one request, write more about the silent conversations and also about the khet scene... would love to read your words.
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Originally posted by: anu41982
Contd. (from my previous post)
‘Qubool hai?’…err…may be not!
‘Murtasim had something up on his sleeves when he declared that he’d marry Haya’ was what I always believed. So, after watching the finale episode couple of times, I withdrew myself completely from TB, thinking that I’d revisit last couple of episodes to reevaluate my perception, as I firmly believed that Murtasim would not give the right of being his wife to anyone, but Meerab. Even if he had activated his ‘self-destructive’ mode, as I believed at one point, it should have been his last resort – his akhri ummeed of her returning to him. So, neither Meerab knew about the wedding when she decided to return (for which I am more than glad, as it made her decision all the more about their love than anything or anyone), nor MK had any plans with Farukkh or Saba. So, where did I go wrong? TB has been always a frustratingly layered story, like there are more than one story within the narrative, which layer to be de-layered would be the viewers’ choice! So, I rewatched from ~Ep. 50, to renegotiate my perception of Murtasim’s decision. He was calculative alright, but his plan was not directed to lure his wife as I presumed earlier, but to shut Haya off once and for all.
What would have been the best punishment for Haya’s scheming? I have stated this before as well, contrary to fandoms demand, Murtasim was never shown as someone who fancies in meddling with decisions taken within the house. It is MB’s territory, and he has never interfered in her decisions, except when it was about his wife. So, even sending Haya into exile is not a decision he would have made. Haya was taken under their wings by his mother, and he regards her decisions with respect. So, it was not his place to punish Haya that way. If she to be punished, then it should be coming from his mother.
In Ep. 55, he pleads his mother not to request him to marry Haya, so, what has happened that he changed his mind within a span of a mere conversation? On the dining table, when Haya is busy playing the victim card of her one-sided love (I must say that the biggest torture of rewatching these episodes was to tolerate Haya feigning innocence!), Murtasim takes his time to sit properly, and gives the same look he gave her before the ‘Zeher lagti ho’ dialogue – chalo, let’s hear what story you have this time! He declares that he doesn’t need anything from her, but the woman had the audacity to compare her selfish ‘love’ to his wife’s love for him, she doesn’t stop there and goes ahead to put Meerab’s unfaithfulness in front of him. Then comes his question, which becomes the crux of his whole decision – Haya’s lie is blatant and elaborated, at its deliverance, he blinks, looks at her with pity – he didn’t believe her, and she lost her one last chance to earn his forgiveness! Not only the conniving woman is delusional, but his mother was also duped into believing her ‘love’ and her ‘innocence’. Why is Murtasim so fixated on knowing whether Haya was there when Meerab left? His ‘biwi’ is the queen of her will and by now he had understood that she has left on her own will. And giving the credit to a third person for what has happened between the husband and wife itself is demeaning their own relationship – no third person has any importance between them. Although he fully knew Haya’s involvement in the ‘hug’ on that night, he never acknowledged it after and never questioned or blamed Haya about that, not even a slight indication came from his side that Haya’s ‘hug’ caused all the trouble in their world. Because that was the truth, it was them and them only who were responsible in breaking or making their relationship – no Haya or no Rohail can have any influence on this alpha couple! When he first learned that Meerab was missing, he rather angrily questioned Haya first about his wife’s whereabouts. She went into their room to come back with his wife’s ring as it was waiting for her to be found, and later, he knew Haya was in their room searching for the ring. All these pointing to his awareness that Haya knew his wife was missing before he found out. His greatest culpability in his wife’s disappearance was his inability to be there for her that night – he ran away, took his time out, prolonged facing his wife as much as he could; all these lead to lessening his chances of finding her absence sooner. May be the watchman informed that he called the landline trying to inform about their Khani’s departure, which did not reach him. Whatever it was, Murtasim was aware that Haya knew when his wife left, and she selfishly did not let him know that, obstructing any possibility of him finding his wife.
So, it is a given that Haya should be shown her position, his mother should be the one who could make the decision of casting out Haya from the family and she should be convinced about Haya’s misdeeds to make that decision. Further, the best way to defeat Haya in her own game is to bring her closest possible to the finish line and disclose that no one was even considering her for the trophy – leave her stranded! So, Murtasim goes through the engagement – his eyes conveying that as if he is enduring an excruciating pain, he reluctantly gives away his wife’s ring (this was my ‘sour’ point for the longest during the last 10 days, but I had made my peace with it – It was necessary that the ring was given to her for it to be snatched away later!), does not let her put the ring on his finger, and walks out from there. ‘Till the time I don’t see her face, may I not die’ – the wish came from Anwar’s mouth, but Murtasim’s silence and teary eyes were the ones that screamed those words. Later in the night, during his conversation with Bakthu, he repeats ‘ishq’ three times – in reverence, as a vow, as a pledge that triumphs all his mortal bonds. He refuses to give away his wife’s jewelleries, claiming those to be her ‘amaanat’. The wedding should be simple, should only have the engagement attendees, no grandeur to be granted – take it or leave it. All the while, Murtasim lets Haya to float within her delusional contentment. During Saba’s arrival, Haya’s interference is intolerable, if looks could kill, she would have been dead on the spot, but he lets her blabber, only once shushing her. At the end of this scene, he slightly nods his head as to convince himself that his Meerab will come to him, regardless of how long it will take, he can still keep his hopes alive.
It was not shown how he would have stopped the marriage, but if I was to believe that Murtasim would have gone ahead with the marriage, I would need to unsee all the above. And doubt everything Murtasim had said, the character that was painstakingly developed through 50+ episodes would have meant nothing then. So, I don’t know how, but he was going to stop the marriage proceedings in the middle, and I am going to trust the MK we know! So, there was no possibility of getting a ‘Qubool hai’ from him for anyone, but for his beloved Meerab! So, ‘hows’ do not matter. As if the universe is conspiring for him, unknown to him, his wife walks in – halting everything. Cut to the confrontation scene, the same question is repeated, this time Infront of Meerab and MB. Her reply is animated and emotionless – a practiced lie delivered mechanically. MK does not believe her, but he needs the truth from the horse’s mouth to put an end to the whole façade. The ring she ardently desired, and the power she tirelessly sought; none of which were truly hers to begin with, were ruthlessly snatched away, so that their rightful owner is reinstated. Simply like that Haya got her comeuppance – she almost had everything, but she got nothing in the end. Left alone as a bride with no one of her own, her eyes devoid of tears - not even her tears giving her company in her defeat!
Their happily ever after….
When Murtasim walks into their room, he is greeted with his wife and daughter fully taken over his bed – his wife on his side and his daughter on his wife’s side. He looks at them with a bit of awe and disbelief, despite the tiresome events of the day, his heart finally at peace. He is ready to retire for the day and sits on his ‘designated’ bed. Meerab’s eyes follow his husband – a shell of the man she previously knew, then to her side of the bed to note the missing pillow on her side and back onto his regular bed – realization dawns, she slowly walks and stops in front of him. Everything is kept as when she left, he had imagined her presence in her absence (how would he have let another woman to take over their room, when he himself was unable to do so?), he confirms. Nothing has changed, except him, he tells her; he gets less angry now, he says with a watery smile. During her time away, Meerab has changed as well, but her change was inevitable and natural, having their child has changed her positively, whereas the grief has changed him. He seems almost defeated and desolated, the wife is not happy with the change, her heart heavy knowing that it is possibly her absence that has made him not so him. So, she questions him. He contemplates, how could he explain it to her, he pleads her to sit next to him, his voice breaking in between, evidence of his extreme emotional vulnerability. He needed to have her next to him – as if to convince himself of her presence, as against his better judgment, he still believes that she would leave, disappear into thin air, not even giving him the chance to find her. It was her who ousted him from his bed on their wedding night and assigned the couch as his bed. They have only sat on a couch next to each other during their wedding festivities, never together after that. His ‘please’ reaches her ears, an aching plea, as a dying man’s wish. She hesitantly walks and sits beside him, her eyes anxiously watching her husband, wanting to take away the agony that churns within him and not knowing how to, she patiently waits him to lay his heart bear. Tum ho tho sab hain, tum se sab hain (Most of the loopholes that were left unresolved are forgiven, just for this dialogue!) – he was a lone lion ruling his kingdom, he had everything and everyone under his reign, but there was no one for him till she waltzed into his life. If she is not with him, nothing else mattered. Everything he has, hold no meaning without her presence in his life. He is nothing without her. He kneels in front of his beloved and apologizes – for what? For everything and anything that needed to be apologized, he is sorry for any mistake of his, his wife can pick – her choice and bows his head holding both her hands within his. He can be anything she wanted him to be, just if she is with him. Loving her is the most exquisite form of self-destruction, he knew, a journey that he willingly undertook. He pleads her not to leave him again. He confesses his love, she already knew, but he needed her to know again. She cries with him and for him. She wills her husband to be the best version of him, to see those carefree smiles of him. Once he requested her to take care of them for that he knew she is the stronger one among them. He is her protector, but she is his keeper. She is going to agree to his request of not leaving him on ‘one’ condition – which turns out to be a list of conditions. Murtasim’s looks at her dumbfounded, his expression almost comical – another condition, he walked into this willingly, didn’t he? He promised her anything, so he nods eagerly, ready to accept anything that she demands. It was only after agreeing to her second condition that his eyes regain their shine, realizing his Meerab is pulling his leg. He vows with her – her last condition, Murtasim pe hamesha Meerab ki marzi challengi – in her mischievous Meerab style, she was claiming her right of being his better half, she will be the one who has the say on him, till the eternity. They both laugh together, a hearty laugh marking their journey together. But all said and done, he needs to hear in words that she would not leave him again, he has harbored that fear for too long and he has seen it becoming a reality, so he needed the assurance. She gives him that, she will not be able to leave him anymore – this is as close as a love confession for Meerab, she has accepted that he completes her as much as she of him. They are incomplete without each other, she has sweetly surrendered into this reality, so she reassures him that she won’t be able to leave him, not anymore. It is as good as she confesses her love for him, and anyways when did the man need words of love from his wife, he always knew she loves him, just her acceptance was missing. Her coming back to him willingly is all the acceptance he needed. Should there be an apology from her too like everybody wanted? No, the husband never needed one, his Meerab never apologizes, and he does not want any from her, he always understood her unsaid, so whom are we to demand one? She looks at him with eyes full of love, while he is admiring their baby girl making those adorable faces. She wipes his tears, a first for her, stars in their eyes, their happy moment continues with their sweet observer – they will have their happily ever after!
Cut to the time leap, Meerab walks in as a lawyer her husband right behind her, reminiscent of how they walked in after their midnight Karachchi trip in Ep. 06. Unlike that time, she is beaming, and his eyes are full of pride, she turns to connect her eyes with him, together they have become the best versions of each other. His mother cups her face and kisses his daughter-in-law’s forehead, pride evident in her eyes. Meerab reaches to squeeze her mother-in-law’s hand briefly and walks towards their room while her husband and his mother look at her proudly. Meerab had dreamt of achieving something for her and after trials and tribulations, Meerab Murtasim Khan has accomplished all that and much more.
Their journey together has just begun… ❤️
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