Originally posted by: Swetha-Sai
Your welcome 🙂
Btw.. do tell me was it necessary to show parallels between Ansh and Parth? Marital rape scenes and cliff killing scenes.. we were constantly shown FBs of the past..
Why did N had to kill her son P? She could have called K there. She could have tried to convince P to leave V and go to US. She could have called police there and that would have ensured that P is jailed for his crime. Even T would have supported her.
I think they wanted to show that just because a woman is a victim of sexual assault doesn’t mean necessarily that her son will respect women. He didn’t respect his own mother at the end after all. Parth was shown as a good son and boy by all accounts until recently, so this flip is something that would baffle Nandini too because she never would’ve believed her son was capable of being so vile and cruel had she not seen it herself.
I think the point here being made is that men like Ansh are a product of their upbringing but even parents who raise their kids well like KN need to teach their sons that physical intimacy in a relationship is not to be taken for granted or considered a given. Parth would’ve learned about the birds and the bees from his father or both his parents when he got old enough but was he taught how consent matters even in a loving relationship? Did KN talk about that with their son or did they assume he would never do something so vile simply because they believed that they raised him right. Parents are not necessarily grooming their kids to be monsters like Aditya Gujral did with Ansh, but even good parenting is also about discussing difficult issues and making sure your kids understand the same.
Did Parth have these ideas before? Was it someone’s company or what he consumed as content that shaped his thoughts? Was it watching his family where he found out that multiple women threw themselves at his grandpa, his parents had a complicated relationship history too. What was it.
I think the broader idea is that we must teach our sons how consent matters even in a relationship. Parents should be extra vigilant now considering how vulgar content is so readily accessible and available to influence and corrupt young minds too.
And I think it’s a subtle critique of the gentle parenting technique being applied now. I know that parents have beaten and traumatised their kids for generations and this isn’t a healthy cycle but it’s also important to remember that this gentle parenting isn’t necessarily full proof too. Would it be better to have to slap your son once or twice rather than pull the trigger on him? I believe everyone will know what the answer should be.
Nandini had to kill her son because she had refused to see him as the monster Tulsi was telling her he was capable of being. Remember her anger and refusal to look at Vaishnavi just the day before? Nandini heard what she wanted to hear, saw what she wanted to see and therefore she missed the opportunity to save her son from his fate. She was so angry at Tulsi and so sure of her own upbringing she refused to see what was in front of her and dismissed Tulsi repeatedly.
Karan wasn’t there and Nandini had no time to talk Parth out of his mania. She had seen him confess to one murder already and he was willing to commit another. She did what she did because it was what was done for her in her life at a moment where another woman had chosen her over her own son.
It was done for the poetic justice because Tulsi was accused repeatedly by Nandini these days that her guilt was the only reason why she was doing what she was. Nandini had her reasons and they were valid but I think it was also because she didn’t completely understand what exactly Tulsi did for her until she pulled the trigger on Parth herself. Nandini had perhaps never understood how and why Tulsi could love Ansh despite everything even though she knew better than anyone else what he was like, but now Nandini is in those shoes herself and understands how they pinch. How Tulsi could simultaneously kill her son to protect a girl unrelated to her by blood for nothing more than justice, humanity and the shared womanhood even as she continues to love him even after all these years and shall do so until her last breath. She ended the monster who deserved it but where does the mother in her go and how does she kill the love she has for her child, the very child she brought into this world who was a part of her and who is her flesh and blood, a piece of her heart that unfortunately resembles the monster she had to slay? Where does she go to discard that love which is one of the most precious and profound experiences of her life as a woman and a mother?
Nandini ironically repeated Tulsi’s history in FF mode because she couldn’t see herself in Vaishnavi while she had the chance. Tulsi had faith in her blood when she doubted Nandini and overlooked Ansh’s actions and Nandini repeated history by trusting her upbringing and son just as blindly.
Regarding calling cops, Nandini was alone and saw Parth had totally lost his mind. He refused to listen to her and his rant about not wanting to go to jail told her he was beyond the grasp of logic and reasoning. Had she tried calling cops, even if she had successfully managed to call them it would have taken time for them to show up and Vaishnavi would’ve been dead by then. Had Parth attacked her too physically as he heard her calling the cops, it’s possible she would’ve been grievously injured and rendered unconscious or something; again compromising Vaishnavi’s safety. There was no time to waste and Parth might have been shot in the leg or shoulder but Nandini perhaps felt it wouldn’t be enough. Parth might survive and try to hurt Vaishnavi to save himself as he confessed to her he had killed Rio and she knew too much. Ansh hadn’t stopped even though she divorced him and she had no desire to see Vaishnavi suffering from the same fate.
Also the show wanted to flip the script and make Tulsi the witness and Nandini the executioner this time. Tulsi couldn’t save Nandini but she did save Vaishnavi from Parth until she inadvertently sent her back to him again via Rio and Nandini had to finish the job because as I said, it was life coming a full circle and history repeating itself. Nandini couldn’t save herself but she couldn’t have been able to live with herself had she failed to save Vaishnavi. Today Nandini knows what Tulsi sacrificed and what it felt like, but she also knows what Vaishnavi had been through and what that feels like too. She now knows both sides of this coin - to be the victim and to be the mother of a monster. To be violated and terrorised by a monster and to slay someone who happens to be a monster, one that you can’t help but love.
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