So, as expected, SwaRon were in for a face-to-face talk tonight...except that there was something very not face-to-face about it. It was more about aversion than disclosure...and that holds true on both sides, for me. Swayam averted his gaze as much as he could...he knew every word of hers was spot on. She is why he's leaving, he hasn't closed that chapter, he can't stand the idea of her being with Shivam...it's ALL true. But whatever he said became weak attempts to assert the contrary. What nonsense, why would he leave because of her?
But the biggest aversion of all lay in Sharon. And the best part is, that it was a calculated aversion that worked in her favour in every way possible. I will not show him I care, I'll show him the Diva I'm so good at playing, I'll provoke him into speaking up, provoke him into staying. She was queen of her domain tonight...nasty, mean, arrogant...but all of it rang differently this time. Her face kept losing it's Diva-mask everytime she paused to search out Swayam's reaction to her words...Sharon Raiprakash is a deliberate 'image', but tonight's Sharon Raiprakash was, interestingly, intended to help the real Sharon hidden beneath the layers! She's doing no one any favours, even if she makes it look that way. And you could read that on her face every single time she dropped the Diva-mask with this hopeful, anticipating expression...he has to stay. He has to.
Sneha Kapoor...I've always thought she's the best actress in the bunch, no offense meant to anyone, and today just showed me why. Sharon stole the show tonight...I saw glimpses of all the different sides to her we've seen so far, in a nutshell. Smug, vulnerable because he might refuse and still leave, hopeful, determined, deliberately mean...and I saw it all pass across that face of hers so effortlessly that it's just...wow, really. Touchwood. 👏
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