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I wont write about the slap...because as I was mentioning in my post yesterday, I am not worried about ASR...for if anyone truly has understood ASR, then that person should know that ASR is the "dil" in this serial At least on the serial telecast on my television screen...it is shown multiple times that ASR repents, realises and corrects...more importantly he does not shy away from facing his ugly side.
It is a dil as real as you and me...it loves, it hates, it encourages, it is filled with jealousy, it hurts, it supports, it punishes, it throbs with pain...it is alive with its warmth...and it does have a dark side...
But more than anything...anyone who seen the ASR I have seen ...will know that ASR has, is and will always support the people closest to him...
and on top of the line is Khushi...and then slightly behind is Anjali...yes that equation changed every single time he has helped Khushi...every single time his heart beats for her...which I think is every singlyeminute second
So today I will write about redemption...for it is poetic justice isnt it that it is should be written about todayš...even though I never wanted Arnav Singh Raizada to be redeemed.
Redemption...a beautiful word that mankind uses when it internalises its guilt, repents for it and through its own actions, unburdens itself...
Redemption...something that no other human can ever give us or demand from us for it is in the recesses of our heart and soul
But Today I want ASR to get a redemption ...yes ...After all...how can I let him off so easily...
He is the worst part of this serial ...the demon within me...the mirror that reflects all the wrongs a human is capable of ...because he is a human...when I look at him I see myself in all my frailties
So I now want him to be so defeated, punished and hurt that he is never able to look through my screen and claim he is even human enough...I want him to be slapped too with redemption...I want him to be punised for being a mere mortal...because how the hell can he make mistakes and still stand up for what is right...I want him to be redeemed
But wait...
4 Lions...there is a small list of To-dos to be achieved before ASR can be redeemed and Barun Sobti can show us how hurt wrenches a soul through his spectacular eyes and voice... by a rendition of one of the best calibrated and nuanced acts on contemporary Indian television
Go and redeem ASR...yes ASR should be redeemed...but he should not be the only one who is redeemed...AND ...he should not be the first one who should be redeemed
So 4 Lions, please go and do the following small list
a) First go and redeem that person who shot/ hurt a set of parents on their daughters wedding day, and scarred a teenaged child for life
b) Go and redeem that person who thrust the responsibilty of an adult sister, in the frail hands of a 12-13 year old
c) Go and redeem that sister...who reversed the role of a 'care giver to a child' to a 'care receiver'
d) Go and redeem that person, who threw a bunch of siblings on the roadside
e) Go and redeem every single person who would have made use of the vulnerability of that pair of siblings
f) Go and redeem every single person who maded ASR be the monster that he is
g) Go and redeem the sister whose brother's only concern all throughout was that the situation diffuses and that she and her unborn baby are ok...because poignantly why should an unborn baby suffer the crimes of its parents...and because saving a womb ...is sometimes more important than saving honor...you can fight and get the honor back...you can't fight and get back a dead foetus
g) Go and redeem that sister who even once did not think that the sister in law she is shouting at and dismissing ,is the life of her younger brother!!...even though the younger brother tolerated the worst for the love of his sisters and her life!!
h) Go and redeem the brother he grew up with, who did not even bother to find out which exact location his brother was stuck for an unexplanable number of days...who watched a volley of allegations, but did not care to look at the bruised body of an elder brother...or imagined what that brother would have gone through
i) Go and redeem that set of elders, who are more worried about functions and pride...but not if their son who provided them with the reason for that pride lives or merely survives
j) Go and redeem that set of family ...who entertained him...but did not trust him enough to tell him the worst secret impacting his sister's life
k) Go and redeem that person who never felt short of teaching ASR one single lesson on love...never mind that today...yet again...it is the same ASR who has taught everyone in that room that love is what you feel in your soul...not in your stomach
l) Go and redeem that person who never felt short of teaching ASR one single lesson on humanity...never mind that today...yet again...that is the same ASR who has taught everyone in that room the basic values of humanity...respect the truth, love your family, support them for there is a family to provide for not just passionate love... and honor your woman
After that
After that...4 Lions
Go and redeem Arnav Singh Raizada...nee Arnav Malik...š
[Edit: Since I was asked, and to avoid any confusion, let me give the context of my post...My view is not about ASR not needing to realise where he went wrong...its just that I have presented it in a different way
My simple point is that all of us have the same frailties...and make mistakes...which makes us all human...so please lets see ASR in the same context...
And all of us have a moral compass which we must choose...each of them in this serial has a cross to carry...some more than others...ASR at least shows some signs of acknowledging that there is a cross to carry...the others may reflect on theirs too.
Redemption cannot be demanded...you have to seek it internally by referring to your moral compass]
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