Bold - for this to hold true even while withholding information from the viewers, the narrative has to stay true to character traits even while enigmatic.
This hasnโt been supported by the events unfolding..
You mentioned that Aniโs actions atm are seeming to come from duressโฆ.ok fair enough - accepted( I havenโt seen it so I will accept your perspective and I know Krushal has the capacity to deliver this thin line very well) but unfortunately, there is vagueness in the Ani-Arshi dynamic post fire incident.
There has been nothing particularly in Arshiโs demeanour to suggest that she is volatile.. except for a small scene when she stopped the SR.. After that she was Chandni not Arshi. Additionally, Shristi who keeps feeding into Arshi plays no role in that phase to advise Arshi to become physically close to AniโฆMy point being how dumb is the villain otherwise but somehow Leena is expecting me to believe yet they have the power to hold Ani to ransom somehow. Give me the straw to clutch at that Arshi is capable of destroying Jhanak coz if itโs anyone else it doesnโt matter to Ani. And ofc it needs to be a credible one.
The problem is Leena is juggling too many hats so tripping big time. Leena knows that no motivation is strong enough to keep Ani from acknowledging his progeny so they have created a scenario where Ani doesnโt remember the incident but no one can buy that because they didnโt build those scenes to age well.
So what remains for me to conclude that1) Ani is now deeply committed to Arshi so he wanted her to recover and so he asked Jhanak to lose for no other reason other than Arshiโs sole well-being ( chalo yeh bhi maan liya post fire incident) having reconciled to Jhanak going away
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2) Ani is deeply committed to Arshi but has a meltdown when he sees Jhanak with Adi.
I can go onโฆ. But you see where this is going..
So Priya if I might explain how I understand based on what has been shown so far :
Ani is under duress about something ( chalo maan lete hain) and reconciled to a loveless life with Arshi to help her recover her mojo and when he meets Jhanak, he is taken aback but recovers enough to request her to lose to his wife ( but one whom he isnโt married to)
Then , faced with Jhanak and Adi, he loses it but after the tongue lashing he is fully reconciled to going back and leading a life with Arshi ( loveless or not I donโt know) Then Jhanak drops the baby bomb and he is livid as he doesnโt remember anything. Now he wants to save his relationship with Arshi whose status is unknown ( married, unmarried, under duress,loveless or lustful kuch pata nahin)
But ek cheez pata hainโฆ
Ani babu can think up the most bizarre motives wrt Jhanak
Could she have tried to kill Arshi coz whatever
Could she have had decided to have a baby with Adi and then pass it off as mine to take revenge on me for asking her to lose to Arshi?
Only Ani/Leena can think thus ๐๐๐
Yes I was taken aback by todayโs monologue of Ani๐ I m scared of all 3 - Aniโs monologues about Jhanak, Arshiโs vocal histrionics and inconsistent intelligence.. and above all Jhanakโs selfless actions - each character striving to out perform themselves in the next scenario!
Only Leena mam can do it and keep us hooked to such story telling๐
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