Originally posted by: Bee-dz
Opti, I know im a little off track here but since we're going back in time i just have to say that somehow i never saw it as a "near rape" but as a mock rape attempt. Well, there is a difference in the two. Seeing how his intent was to torment her, put her through the same hell his sister was subjected to by her brother, instill a similar kind of fear in her, and to drill in all the hatred he felt for her, it can hardly be termed a near rape. Even after he crushed her bangles causing them to pierce her skin, he asks her whether she is in pain. All he wanted was revenge. For him, It was just payback time. He knew fully well he wasnt gonna rape her. Or even attempt to nearly rape her. Also, since you mention his "intrinsically upright nature" it is exactly the reason why he would never go that far nor stoop that low. Which is why i also dont think "Milind stopped himself". May be from Prachi's point of view it would look like he stopped himself. But from his, that was as far as he was gonna go. He was, after all, successful in his mission. I think he went just as far as he intended to, seeing how she was trembling with fear. That was what he wanted to accomplish and he did. What im saying here is I kinda disagree with your choice of words, although, you may indeed believe the same thing and see as i do.
And yeah, now that u talk about it being one year since that incident, its ironic how he's paying the price for something he didnt do just as much as he almost made prachi pay the price for something she didnt.