Dont have time to go through all tags today, will try to respond if i can... but here are my two cents.
I have not watched everything just the Ani parts in some clips on SM... he was not acting, he was shocked and dumbfounded. The accusation is pretty big, and given he does not remember (I am pretty sure he has forgotten everything after he woke up the second time from the SR dream, meaning confession as well) he is thinking Jhanak is trying to pin something on him, which is not guilty of. Hope they show him thinking about the night and the parts he remembers.
Leena has turned his character 180 degrees around long back.. since the fire incident. He has become stone-hearted because he could not figure out Jhanak's behavior after he told her how he feels suffocated in the relationship, he is gulam .. the parts that he remembers are parts where he expresses he is feeling like dying because of how suffocated he feels, and he needs Jhanak in his life in any capacity if she stays in Kashmir he will always live in fear... and then she hugs her and tells him just get better ... and then he dreams of SR and falls asleep.. this is all he remembers. He thought he had a heartfelt conversation with someone, he shared the pain of his heart and there was someone who understood him, but all turned to dust when Jhanak pushed him away and asked him "do you want me to be your second woman? why would you keep me in a different house?" that is why he said don't insult yourself and me, but now we know why Jhanak said those things but Ani still did not get that. She used harsh words that even at that time we felt would do unthinkable damage to Ani. He tried to approach her again twice but she rejected him ever so harshly each time. We now know the reason but since Ani did not know and still does not know, he just thought of this cruelty after all that he shared with her. I know many people are saying that he should assume responsibility for a "hug" lol ... friends give a hug to each other. So putting myself in Ani's place and think from his POV for a second, given he does not remember what happened, Jhanak's cruel rejection and cruel gaze, her meeting with Adi and their becoming close friends in a few days but he failed to become someone in her life after all that happened, he is feeling jealous, and now betrayed by her. This is Ani we are talking about and he is an extremely impulsive man... and a kid when it comes to emotional intelligence. Because Jhanak hurt him, he is forgetting everything she did for him and his family so far and is solely just mad at her for her behavior in Mumbai. He asked her in a hotel room, why do you talk to me like this? He cannot stand Jhanak talking to him so rudely when he tries to approach her every time. So that is his POV from his character's perspective...
Now as far as the future goes, I don't want to think... because Leena can take this as far as she can. The immediate next thought is Ani will compare this situation with Jhanak's mom and think that might have been a lie as well and he will feel Brij Bhushan was also tricked like this. Shristi, arshi, and the rest of the gang are there to further instigate him. I don't think we have seen the worst of Ani Bose yet. Runak I wanted to see is already gone... you can curse ani, Jhanak, or both if you want, but remember if your dream was also to see Runak, cursing them is of no use, and trying to overthink this situation is of no use.... Bringing Runak together is the end goal of the story, so the hatred has just begun. If you cannot take the toxicity like me, stop watching and thinking about this crappy track too much and do something else with your lives, watch it again when Ani realizes his mistakes and band bajao of the evil gang! Until then Leena is going to keep doing this and throw more and more toxicity at us as this show is not made for online viewers but for iTV audiences. They will change the narrative drastically like this to introduce the "shock" factor!
Is there a chance Ani is again acting? Somehow after seeing the scene for myself; I cannot believe Ani said all this. How can Leena a reasonable intelligent woman make such a big 180 in her characterization. I know she is toxic, but this is over the top; and does not make sense. And Ani after a long pause; did look at Arshi before he responded. If he has not believed J would he have taken such a long time to respond.
All this does not make sense. Why is he stoping Arshi from leaving. Could there be any other reason than the obvious that makes Ani do this? Could he be protecting J from his toxic fam?
Story wise this just does not fit in with the narrative for me. Everything is just too convenient. Story will only have impact if he is teh wind beneath her wings, maybe even at an extreme level?
I don't know whether to appreciate Leena's prior writing that makes me unable to believe this bad of Ani or detest the man she has made him to be now.
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