Conflicts decide the course of love stories
Meatier the conflicts, greater the arc of the journey. But all love stories end at some point….at the point of the resolution of the conflict in the love story..
How well the screenplay writer is able to translate the vision of the writer forms the basis of a good story telling!! How well they convey the intrinsic conflict, lay out the characteristics of the protagonists, the catalysts and make them reach their final progression in characterisation.
jhanak storyline gives the impression of having a good conflict that can be explored…but not sure if the ph has any great ability to play that out…..there is a bit of harakiri every now and then 😂😂
However, if we pay attention to the characterisations for the two leads….. they are actually behaving as is their nature. (More or less!!) ( though there is harakiri every now then) 😂
Now a bit of Ani as I read him….
Ani is not very confrontational unless it involves Jhanak’s dire state else he always chooses the middle path. In a way, this could also be due to the non committal nature of his relationship with Jhanak… yeh rishta kya kehlata hain? ( I haven’t much of any idea of any childhood trauma in his case so won’t comment on that)
He chooses the path of least resistance to achieve his goals except when it involves Jhanak’s safety. Sometimes charm, sometimes lies, sometimes manipulations sometimes suave persuasion, sometimes provocation!!
Initially, it may have been due to his own ambivalent feelings but later the circumstances and Jhanak’s laying of boundaries in the relationship made him “go with the flow”. Now “going with the flow” is no longer satisfactory course of action for him so his current shenanigans 😀 🤦🏻♀️
Until a few days ago he was almost reconciled to a life without her though he was very shattered by the prospect. It was her refusal of the Rahul alliance that gave him renewed hope….not so much about her love for him but that Jhanak acquiesced to his request to come back to Kolkata. He has harboured the hope that she has a soft corner for her Sirjee..
He considers it his bounden duty to be there for her as she soars high; he said something to this effect in delirium too recently but hasn’t the foggiest how he will enable this considering their complicated relationship status
Everything he has done since Kashmir is based on that hope and her “promise”. I don’t think he is aware of Jhanak’s love for him; if he knew she loved him….our next question should be what stops him from breaking it off with Arshi as he doesn’t appear to be bound by any moral duty to Arshi? In fact, Arshi has been an afterthought for him so his insistence on a relationship is a defence mechanism at best. He knows that his relationship has no future without Jhanak owning up to it but I don’t think he has cottoned to the significance of Jhanak not wanting to be saddled with the “home breaker” tag. and why Jhanak fends off any talk of getting together.
Also if Ani knew about Jhanak’s love, his actions would appear suspect…🤔
He was content to keep her close and promise to keep her didi happy if that meant she will stay with him.
While this may seem strange but Ani hasn’t fully explored what keeping her with him while being married to Arshi has meant. For him, until Jhanak owns up to the relationship, this is a pipe dream.
Yet this hasn’t meant he has been able to accept her indifference either…. which is why he is behaving so poorly. His inner voice has started to make him feel the duress. Yet, he vacillates between PDA and this submission to his fate…
The way I would read Ani’s future arc is about him understanding Jhanak and how the circumstances of her upbringing have played an important role in her insecurities, imperfections. His additional arc could be being more true to his own self at all times; their imperfections hopefully converging into a memorable journey.
can the PH take the viewers to that journey without too much unnecessary drama….. that is hard to tell
many writers lose their way after leading the viewers up the garden path 😀😀
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