Arshi: Tumne bharosa toda hai, dubara bharosa karne waqt to lage ga na
Ani: Aisa kiya kya hai mai ne
Audience: Ani hum sab jante hai, pre-birthday kaise celebrate kya tha, Kashmir mein kya huwa tha. Tumhari nazarein kise follow karti hai humein sab pata hai.
On a serious note, we may all want Runak, we may all dislike/hate Arshi but by def this is classic gas lighting.
Here me out. From Arshi POV.
I am happily engaged, ready to go for pre-wedding honeymoon with fam blessings, ie we are completely committed! Now my to-be-husband (TBH) meets a young very attractive girl, a good dancer from my fam and sees the signs of pull towards her in my TBH. I notice when he is extra friendly after the dance competition in Kashmir, where J and i win (but after a face-off I do win). I help her to get to the stage but she is actually my competitor and my fiancรฉ is showing extra interest in her. She is me, but maybe even better than me. Both my career and personal life is at risk.
I thought what happened in Kashmir stays in Kashmir, but he brings her to Kolkata and my mother is very upset abt J being a bad girl and she is going to ruin our lives. How am I to react?
Many times I feel Ani is not mine anymore and when I try to talk to him, he sweet talks me. My gut feels that even though he says all right things his eyes speak a different language. I want to break off this engagement but most of my fam and my mom are asking me to continue and fight for my love and not allow J to win. Ani himself is not sure. Maybe J is just a distraction and as Ani said he will always come back to me. I am his wife-to-be, it is my duty to protect him from distractions. I asked J directly if she loves Ani and if Ani loves her, but her response confused me more, I couldn't understand her Himalaya parvat connection.
Yes, sometimes I feel happy when J is put on the spot, (she agreed to reversal rasam, remarrying with uncle groom). I wasn't part of the groom swap but mom says Tejas will be good for J. Why are Ani-J upset about it? Very confusing.
J shows that she is happy that i am getting married and Ani has never broken our engagement. He is willingly participating in all the ceremonies. I feel I being cheated but every proof I see I am being talked out of it. His fam and my mother pulls me back into it. sab kahte hai woh ladki chali jaye bas, aur sab theek ho jayega. I am so frustrated.
J is gone and now I am injured. Even tho he is attentive to me, it doesn't feel right. I give him a way out, but he is ready for SR.
Either Jhanak directly tried to hurt/injure me or not, but Ani's attention to J is why mother might have tried to hurt J ( I know my mother). Root cause is Ani!
Everything was perfect until Kashmir, but Ani is not the same but he asks Aisa kiya kya maine?
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My POV:
Most people find Arshi dumb etc., but I find her caught in the storm called Runak and does not know how to react. I find her lost, with a mother like narcissist Shrishti who wouldn't. I find her frustrated and angry. Her hurt is reasonable where she wants to be married to the man who says he loves her (mom wants me to win, BH wants me as Lakshmi). But still not convinced.... Classic case of some one who is gaslit.
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