Ok I just watched the episode online
Normally I don’t watch it online but after the forum going very ballistic I thought let me just watch it…
I am going to state an unpopular or controversial opinion perhaps
There wasn’t anything much in the episode that pointed to anything drastic or earthshaking. I noted two specific changes one in Ani and other in Jhanak…For me otherwise it was mostly a BAU episode.
Ani was expected to feel uncomfortable with apparent J and AK closeness… should he have not becos he is now with Arshi? But that was so earlier too….. He is still very much connected to Jhanak so it’s not really impossible to see why he is affected.. the moral angle of it was always there but it was a consideration from Jhanak’s side largely not Ani’s. I have never seen Ani feeling the brunt of that angle coz if it were so, he would have understood Jhanak’s positions in a better manner.
The only subtle change I noted in Ani… and understandably so…is his toned down self.. with respect to Jhanak. This is very much in keeping with the arc that I expected his character to be at this stage… as he doesn’t know where he stands with her but he subconsciously feels that their relationship is still where it was and therefore he acts as if nothing has changed ( even asking her why didn’t you tell me after you reached Mumbai) but obviously it has as Jhanak’s responses are icy. I expected the execution to be a bit more sharp to indicate this but since Jhanak and Ani have had similar conversations in the past, perhaps the writers wanted to convey the anger of Jhanak more than indifference . He said to her you don’t know why I did what I did!! But he longer feels confident to be able to confide in or persuade her either through anger or underhand ways ( as in the past to get his point across) or rationally ( their relationship was never at that stage) as that emotional footing with Jhanak is lost. So loss of emotional footing with Jhank is the change I felt with Ani
Everyone is focused on Jhanak and her changed behaviour but I see only one change…She has said some of these things in the past as well. Ani and Jhanak have often been rude to eo… and this situation is ripe therefore the barbs hit home well…Ofc she is not in BH so her demeanour will be more confident but Jhanak’s taunting Ani and viewers getting excited either way makes no impact at the moment on me as I see it simply as Jhanak voicing her anger at Sirjee… her position puts her in the saddle as it’s she who walked away from the problem and it’s Ani who is still in the midst of it. I don’t attribute these to any growth in her character due to these exchanges as they are in some ways still at status -quo. but with one change… which I explain below..
In the past jhanak used to keep asking Ani why was he trying to hold her back in BH maybe to genuinely seek answers to why Ani was so involved with her but when their relationship got a bit serious, she used all modes ( persuasive, threatening, cajoling) to try to keep the issue from escalating as she was wary of what it would lead to. Post Kashmir, and now Mumbai she has dropped her guard as that dynamic has undergone a perceptible change. She has accepted that Ani has made a choice and therefore harbours no hope from the relationship but the anger is still there and understandably so. For Ani fans getting upset with Jhanak’s tongue lashing… it’s not the time for score keeping. Unless they speak about the elephant in the room Arshi how will they start focusing on themselves? Jhanak will get closer on what’s troubling Ani sooner than later
Not the ideal state for any relationship but again they have had a different beginning so I can relate to why there is so much angst. Let’s not kid ourselves… this was an infidelity issue from somewhere in the middle of this journey( whatever the form of infidelity). About who was more culpable and less… for me it’s Ani as he was the one in the committed relationship not Jhanak so it’s he who will have to face the brunt of this problem.
If we think there is something to be salvaged from this for Runak, encourage the lovers and live their journey. Else just let it go!!
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