A Walk to Remember - Journey of Krishna and Pratigya
"Yehi hain humari love story, yehi hain humari life story"
After two and a half years in real, six years in reel and 700 episodes next week, its time to take a walk through the journey of our beloved couple Kriya. They have been through ups and downs, happiness and sadness, love and small tiffs even hatred but our love for them still continues. They are each other's strength, each other's weakness and each other's life. One without the other is incomplete. Their glimpse gives us happiness, their rifts and tiffs makes us sad, anybody or anything between them make us angry or depressed that's how close to our heart they have become.
Love stories happen when two people have the same feeling towards each other of liking, desire and passion. But this is a love story of two people who are together for all the wrong reasons. A boy who doesn't understand the meaning of love but desires to acquire whatever he sets a liking for and a girl who is helpless and can save herself and her family by giving into his demands.
Through this post I am going to take you guys back on an emotional ride through the journey of our beloved Kriya, highlighting each aspect that was an important part of Kriya's life.
So fasten your seat belts, put your imagination in gear and race backwards with me.
On the streets of Allahabad, with the poise of a Takur he awaits on his bike ready to fulfil the challenge of a street goon; to boost his ego and his superiority. As he waits, there comes on a rickshaw the most beautiful sight he has ever laid his eyes upon. His destiny barely stopped by a street puppy. The challenge put forth by a street goon becomes a reason for his very existence.
His heart races, his eyes continue to stare as she tenderly places her feet on the ground. She looks on at the stranded puppy, her kind heart goes to its aid, and she picks it up stroking it lovingly places it ever so tenderly on the rag that was its home. All this time a pair of curious eyes continues to watch her, wondering all this time "why can't I take my eyes off her? What is it about her that draws me to her " , at the same time her eyes caught the eyes that was watching her making her conscious but at the same time striking in her something that she never understood or perhaps she never wanted to or would never want to.
The first moment in their lives, their first eye-lock, the unknown moments of unknown feelings as she goes past him, and all he knows is that "she has to and will be his."
His life changed like he never knew it would, probably the most important moment in their lives where their paths crossed and their destinies were destined to cross.
As time goes Krishna becomes obsessed with Pratigya. She is all he thinks and dreams about and as people say under any circumstance I will get what I want, and that is exactly what happened. Krishna's mother, a typical Takur wife, tries to knock some sense into Krishna, advising him that his father will never accept his alliance with a girl outside their caste. She says that he can have all the fun he wants with her just like all the other Takur men but nothing more. Krishna stops her in her tracks and corrects her making it extremely clear that Pratigya is not just a fling that he is interested in but he actually loves her and wants to marry her and be with her and he will make sure it will happen no matter what. And exactly that's what happened; he went through extreme lengths to get her even though she took it all in the wrong sense.
Battling every circumstance Krishna and Pratigya got married but for all the wrong reasons. For Krishna it was the victory of his ego that he married whom he loved after all once a takur always a takur. This was what he wanted and he misunderstood this is what Pratigya wanted as well. Pratigya had other plans. Cursing her destiny for what it was she became a bride that day but promising herself that she will never be his wife that she will never give up what she is for him that she will never give up herself to him.
Some things in life unfold at the right time and many things that happen prior to it are signs that lead to it. Their first meeting, and their marriage was two such instances. Even though Pratigya took the 7 pheras never considering this marriage to be a marriage Krishna took those 7 pheras in its pure sense making it the rock solid foundation of their relationship.
The period between the 100th and the 200th episodes was the testing times for Krishna and Pratigya. The Takur household is nothing short of a zoo where instead of humans there were more of animals in the form of humans; men who berate and their woman with the support of cultural traditions and God given right and women who live through that as they believe it is their duty to.
Living in such a household for a sasuraal Pratigya knows that her only support is Krishna. Even though she knows that she never admitted it because of the blinding hatred and anger towards him. Krishna boldly stood up to his brother from hitting her, loudly proclaiming to the world that she is his wife and anybody who hurt whether by mistake or deliberately will have to endure his wrath; the naam karan ceremony where he stood with Pratigya against changing her name, going against all that he has grown up with and has been accustomed to. He said she will not change her name no matter what because that is the name he carries in his heart, the name he has tattooed on his hand and that is the name he fell in love with. Even after all this Pratigya's feelings didn't mellow down even though she started to become diplomatic trying accepting the fact that she has to live this life now.
One of the main moments in Kriya's relationship is the almost marital rape during their honeymoon. Forgetting all that she said during their first suhaag raat, he tries again to get close to her, innocently thinking that things would be different now. This time she really tests his patience and the takur in him awakens. He tries to force himself on her even after hearing the worst things from his beloved's mouth. The love in him, the respect for her in him stops him from what he tries to do and he walks out and vents in the rain. Disregarding everything that he feels for her and not giving up the little of his takur pride that he has left he vows never to touch her again and that it will not be him but will be her that will want him and that day he will not give a hoot to what she wants.
The fake pregnancy track brought down everything that Pratigya believed upon. Krishna didn't like the fact that Pratigya had to work in the household and that everybody was using her. He went along with the lies so that his household will accept her and also prove that he can father a child. Pratigya not knowing his intentions came out of it on the day of the pooja. All hell broke loose and he slapped her, realising what he did after it all happened and she walked out, but he could not live one minute without her. Every corner, every way he turns she is there, her presence is felt. He tries to convince her to come home first in a proper manner and when that didn't work by force. They were not allowed back in the haveli and so they make Krishna's adda their home. The first trust speech in adda, where Krishna genuinely reveals why he married her and what she is to him showed her what he really is but was still scared to accept. She knew in her heart or more so a realisation hit her that he is not as bad as she thought he is and somewhere there is a genuine honesty in his love and it's all not a show.
The crucial point during this time in their journey is that rainy night where she learns that Krishna is not the cause of her misery, that he was just a pawn used for revenge that his takur status was taken advantage of. She goes back to him with a heavy guilt trodden heart yet not accepting anything to him. She tries to rid some of her guilt by extending a friendly hand of friendship to him, convincing him that it is the first step to any relationship. Krishna ecstatic about this new development misunderstands for love but only to be dejected again yet accepts it all with love promising himself that it is only a matter of time till she accepts his love unaware of the storm brewing would hit and break all bonds of their relationship.
Finally the truth that questioned their very relationship, which questioned Krishna's undying love for Pratigya is revealed. Pratigya has fallen from the high pedestal that Krishna has put her upon and comes to a point where he doubts her integrity. Even though he walks out of the court room with a heavy heart mixed with emotions of sadness, shock, hatred, anger and even love, he decides that the most just punishment is to kill her or rather kill himself. He returns to the haveli only to be seen his most purest form of love blackened, yet he does not give up on her. He stands up for her in front of all his family and without looking into her eyes wipes the black off her face knowing in his heart she can never do what he thinks she could have done. He proclaims that she is his wife and he knows what needs to be done only to mentally breakdown infront of her, shutting away from her and walking away out from her life.
Pratigya finally concerns herself about him and goes in search of him; finding him completely shattered. Even then he proves that he cannot see her suffer, unconsciously runs to her as if his own life is in danger and saves her from getting killed by a snake bite on the contrary getting poisoned himself. At this point Pratigya becomes Krishna's wife, saving him from the mouth of dead and bringing him back to. The point in their journey where Pratigya's destiny depended on Krishna's, where she willingly accepted the fact that she is in love with him and cannot live without him. After returning from the dead the only person his eyes searches for is HER. She is the only person he wants next to her and he holds onto her as if his whole life depends on her being there.
Pratigya has fallen in love with him and completely accepts his cold behaviour to her. He hurts her in various ways but never let gave any chance for the outside world to see her in any wrong way. He gives it straight to his family that not for one minute he doubts her or her integrity and to her she is the as pure as Ganga and he trusts her just like he trusts his own mother, but back in their world his attitude is cold and shrewd only to be questioned by Pratigya of why he is looking out for her and if he doesn't believe her then who will. She knows that the only way he will believe she is still pure in all forms is to give herself up to him and this time she is doing it with a full heart that loves him. She adorns herself for him and gives herself up for him only to be mistaken that she is doing all this to hide her grave mistake. Having had enough of the hurt she decides that it is best for both of them to walk out of this relationship that there is nothing left of their marriage.
In all the anger all he knew was she is there. Krishna needs her presence around him in all circumstance. He knows that once she crosses the threshold of the haveli she is gone forever and he will not be able to live with that. He stops her and warns her never to even think of walking out from the haveli and from his life.
Back in their room Krishna reveals to her why he has been what he has been all through those days. He admits to her that those days were some of the darkest days of his life where he suffered more than anybody ever had to yearning for her love and her love only in his life and nothing else. This is the crucial turning point of their journey Pratigya finally admits to him that she loves him, loves him more than anything and together they decide to embark on their life together, rather than Krishna and Pratigya with different meanings to their marriage.
Finally after months of hatred and revenge Krishna and Pratigya become Kriya. As the night engulf them and the stars in the sky look down on them they become one. Admitting all their feelings for each other, they readily give up each other to each other accepting the fact that they belong to each other.
Kriya have become one now and face all challenges together and one such incident was where Pratigya went against her mother in law and brother in law. Even though Krishna bailed his mother and brother from jail, he showed the world that he will not accept anything against Pratigya proving by drinking the water in which his mother's feet was washed when she challenged Pratigya to drink it.
During this time Pratigya had to go through one of the worst times of her life when her own sister went against her and married her brother in law and walked into the haveli. With the help of Krishna she saved her sister out of that wed-lock and safely sent her back home
Pratigya slowly brings realisation into Krishna that she wants him to work and provide for her himself.
As their relationship matures expectations increase. The ever so practical Pratigya doesn't want her husband just loitering around but to do something worthwhile. She slowly starts pestering him to look for some kind of job. His takur shaan doesn't let him and initially he brushes it off, then he fights it off with more force but when he sees tears in her eyes he agrees and tries to look for a job. Being uneducated and the fact he could not be bothered made him revert to lies thus questioning the trust in their relationship.
Pratigya eventually comes to know the truth which strains their relationship. An unexpected twist in the tale, where Pratigya gets shot snaps Krishna back to reality. All he wants is her and her lying her on the hospital bed with no life in her, scares him. He promises her that he will do anything for her and all he wants is her. His love brings her back into life and he decides to start his own business with Pratigya being his strength with another storm brewing on the horizon.
When a child detaches from the mother and shows more love to something else or someone else her maternal being is hurt. Her very existence can be questioned and a blinding jealousy fills her. Krishna's mother, who has been jealous of Pratigya from the day she entered the haveli finally manages to bring separation between the inseparable Kriya. Krishna who never doubted Pratigya, starts to doubt her and finally splits. She leaves the haveli unable to tolerate the fact that Krishna does not trust her. Krishna and Pratigya cannot handle the pain of separation and they both endure and suffer in different ways, finally as always truth winning. He tries to bring back Pratigya but she does not easily forgive him for what he did to her. Even though she held her ground, his bitter tears melted her. He brought her back home with full respect as Takur Krishna Singh's wife and as the Takur family's daughter in law.
Kriya's reunion shows that no matter what ever happens they will face it together. They are meant to be one in all and nothing can stir their relationship.
Kriya's Mumbai trip changed the whole perspective of their relationship. Through Pratigya's friends Krishna was gravely faced with some of the harsh truths of their marriage. Although this time, many things were different. They both loved each other more than anything. Krishna felt sad that he spoiled her life and was mentally disturbed only to be reminded by Pratigya that he is the most important person in her life and despite who he is and what he is she has not loved anybody more.
During the time of Pratigya's mother's death Krishna was truly her pillar of strength and finally when she decides to take upon the responsibility of her brother in law's child, Krishna stands by her, even though he knew he was giving up his hopes on a future of his own with their baby.
5 years on'
Krishna is the successful owner of a restaurant and Pratigya his ever supporting wife and loving mother to his brother's child.
Kriya decides to have a family of their own but fate was against them. Although it was Krishna with the problem Pratigya takes it all on herself because she doesn't want his status to be questioned and ridiculed. Krishna stands with her through all the pain she endures, trying to make her happy, all the while not knowing the truth. He keeps on assuring her that they both are only needed for each other. Eventually Krishna comes to know of the truth, and emotionally blackmails her into accepting that he is the one with the problem. He admires her for what she did for him and assures her that until he breathes his last there is only one girl in his life, and that is Pratigya. They renew their vows this time whole heartedly taking all the 7 pheras in its purest form.
Together they drive Menaka and her evil mother out and get back their haveli, bring back Kesar with all respect, Krishna supports Pratigya in completing her law degree and Pratigya stands for him throughout the murder of her brother and the story of their journey goes on.
As 700 episodes draws upon us the journey of Kriya has been one of many ups and downs but truly a couple that still mesmerises us. We extend heartfelt thanks to Arhaan and Pooja for giving us Kriya and for letting us be part of their journey.
And the story goes on'...
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