Originally posted by: EkPaheli
I’m not sure if I should say this but Hrithik as a character still fails to incite any sympathy within me even after that precap.
Maybe I am too jaded, idk.
I understand he’s under pressure, his wife treats him horribly and the verbal abuse has stripped away what little confidence he had. His self esteem is zero, his mental health is zero…
I understand all of that…
Yet I find it hard to sympathise with him. I don’t know why he married Mittali but his rant today against Tulsi made me think he’s still too immature, pathetic and worse of all, wants to be babied. He’s holding his mother’s absence as the reason why his life fell apart as if her presence was assured as a constant forever.
I understand how an abusive partner, even a mentally, emotionally, verbally and psychologically abusive partner can do a number on a person; and yes Mittali qualifies as an abusive wife in this regard, she’s inflicting mental cruelty on her husband, she’s a terrible mother… but that still doesn’t change the fact that Hrithik wants to hold his mom accountable for his miseries as if she orchestrated these circumstances personally to ruin his life.
I understand that the makers are trying to go for the hurt child angle here, show that the child is affected when parents have a problem in their marriage and how their split inevitably affects their children, particularly the most sensitive children the hardest, this still falls short and doesn’t seem to inspire the kind of reaction they are seeking, at least from my POV as a viewer of this show.
For one, Hrithik while perhaps the most sensitive child of TuHir was no child when things went wrong and they fell apart. He was an adult and he had to grasp that his mother was so terribly wronged, for a second time. Daksha’s scene ensured that there was no ambiguity regarding the matter, Hrithik was present and had to have heard how Mihir has cheated on Tulsi again, for a second time.
Just like one doesn’t necessarily have to burn their skin with acid to know that it’s dangerous and can inflict pain and injuries so severe that you might wish for death to stop feeling it, one doesn’t need to be married and cheated on twice by their own spouse to get what Tulsi must have felt back then.
Heck, Hrithik couldn’t handle Munni’s lies and their relationship, if it could be even called that was merely online and involved nothing beyond chatting with each other. Yet here he’s having these lofty expectations from his mother? He’s angry at her for choosing her sanity, dignity and self respect for which she needed space? Really?!! Is he serious?!
To me, Hrithik appears as someone who’s found a scapegoat in his mum to blame for the mess that his life has become rather than a child lost and hurting for his mother.
Tulsi’s departure from the home can’t be blamed for Hrithik’s lack of confidence in navigating his own life, for the decisions that led his life here. Today he can say his mom leaving was the reason why everything went wrong because she’s back. But what if she couldn’t be back?
Parents, including mothers aren’t immortal, even if we wish they could be. Tulsi could have been dead, been in an accident that left her in a coma or as a vegetable, she could have been paralysed, age could have caused her to lose her cognitive abilities, some sudden stroke could have caused her to be bedridden … point is, parents are not responsible to look after us all our lives. They might wish they could and they would if they have the opportunity to do so for as long as their bodies permit them and life allows them but they are also limited by their physical abilities that slow with age and of course their own mortality.
Hrithik wasn’t so young as to be unable to grasp these hard realities. He’s not even now.
Initially I saw him fail as a son when I saw he had married Mittali despite everything and today I saw him failing as a father.
He blames his mother for leaving; when she merely chose to walk away so as to not suffocate and die while she stayed back in SN after knowing what Mihir did; but his mother still left with her head held high and with the assurance that she won’t kill herself, even though even she briefly almost was suicidal but she didn’t actively take the step to kill herself which Hrithik did today.
Ironically, Hrithik was doing the same thing he accused his mother of and taking it to an extreme; had he succeeded he would’ve hurt his daughter in a far worse manner than Tulsi ever hurt him.
Even though she walked away, she didn’t leave in a manner that wouldn’t even allow Hrithik the opportunity to hope to get her back again someday. What he did could have ensured a door closing permanent for his own daughter who wouldn’t have even had a good mother to care for her in his absence, something he already knows.
It tells you something when Pari is far more aware than Hrithik and willing to take accountability for her life, decisions and their outcomes than her brother who was supposed to be the more responsible one of the two at least.
Aisa laggrha hai arjun k gandiv se bahot saare baan nikle hai ek k baad ek😂😃🙏.
I admire your deep analysis.
Why Hrithik is mad at Tulsi?. We would often do the same. We take out our frustration due to failure onto our favourite parent that's mostly be always a mother.
Hrithik is talking only from his perspective, and for his scattered failed life. He was constantly asked by everyone in the family to prove as a man(in the absence of Tulsi), except Mihir. Noina says tumne ye kyun nhi kiya, tum jaante ho na isski serious, tum samjh nhi rhe ho, to top it Hrithik is everyone's favourite scapegoat here including Pari, Noina, Mithali n ba.... d😜 Rann. So verbally day in and day out his efficiency was questioned, while he was always abused verbally, downgraded in the family, he was proved as good for nothing man.Business is not completely under Hrithik if I understood Mihir says it's Noina who handles it. Every failure to be attributed to Noina and Mihir as a father and elder of the family could have handled things correctly. Tulsi was constantly guiding Mihir in the past, what to teach his kids when they joined business. She was pressurizing mihir to give them enough responsibility and monitor them, which he left to Noina. Noina, as said,she is just bothered about Mihir alone, rest all are not related to her, including her niece.
He is emotionally drained out,wanted to vent out his failure, frustration and sorrows, he must be guilty of the fact that he could not be successful and have his mother by his side when the world is questioning his abilities, he found his nest in Tulsi again, he shouted at her, blamed her for his current life and failures. He believes in Tulsi's support and advise more than himself, some people always need validation, guidance and support from others. He is frustrated bcoz, he found Munni success, it's a big slap on his face and a abusive wife, failed marriage,his incompetence literally triggered him to suicide.
However, i do not sympathize his suicidal act, neither he attributing his incompetency to Tulsi. while he married Mithali, it was his decision or decision imposed by Mihir/Noina or Mithali, which he accepted. I want Mihir to take action and say now, Mithali n Hrithik should be separated.
I strongly agree on the points you raised, when Tulsi was shattered, she herself was not in a state to understand whether to live a life or die. And parents cannot be always with us, definitely we treat them immortal, aren't we? We never ever think, they will also leave one day🙄🙄.
Hrithik must be guilty of not being their for his mom too, which he will express eventually.
Hrithik's cowardness is definitely bcoz of no support from his family. He is failed as a father too, before pulling this suicidal act, he never once thought about his daughter, he very well knew he was the only responsible parent here. God forbid, if he died, then he will still be called a coward, irresponsible, incompetent father for his daughter as well. He was called so by everyone else, noe gis daughter will have the same feeling once grown, Mithali will instill the same in Garima's mind. 😡🙄.
To be frank we take our parents for granted most of the times, especially mom. We think she should always be our protector, guide, punch bag etc. Issiliye shayad maa ko bhoomi se compare kiya jaata hai, usske garbh me har wo paap, har wo kharab cheez ko bhi chupaya jaa sakta hai, Kshamaya Dharitri.
We hardly listen, understand or think of mom's state, but we always expect her to listen to us, be their for us. 😭😭. Maa to bhi aisi hi hai, wo usske har dukh ko chupalegi, side me rakhegi and apne bachhe ki dukh ko nhi dekh sakti, she has the ability to endure all her pain, but cannot tolerate her child's pain.
I'm not defending Hrithik in anyway.
Pari rightly said to accept and learn to stand for their mistakes and failures, blame themselves, instead of parent. He is emotionally tortured by everyone, so he has failed.
Edited by bpatil3 - 5 days ago
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