Rishbala: A commitment soaked in wounds .
After you are done seeing the episode, one thing seems certain , at least by current storyline. Maddy will never leave Rishabh until he tells her that she is free to go. She is an honest and committed woman and if the return of those 40 lacs is an entire life with Rishabh , she will keep her promise and her side of the deal. She will consider herself sold to him for 40 lacs and she will keep her part of the deal. I keep seeing posts that say that she should fight back Rishabh, stand up to him bravely , take revenge from him. But will she? Rishabh made an offer , a proposition , clearly told her that he is a villain and her life with him will be a lifetime of hell . She considered the pros and cons , sacrificed herself for her loved ones and signed the pact. A proposition ' an acceptance ' a signed deal ' both the parties get what they want . So, what fight back and what revenge on a man who is delivering what he promised? Rishabh has not betrayed her , fooled her, backstabbed her or trapped her . He made an offer and she could not and did not refuse it.
Anyway, coming to the episode today ' Powerful. Dramatic. Emotionally violent. Sealing of two destinies forever. Lights. Camera.Action. And thus , begins a tale of passion, hatred , love, violence and toxic emotions between a wounded superstar and a fragile girl next door. The set was so beautiful as it came to life with lights . The lamps, the pillars, the drapes ' Wow. The art department did a kickass job and the lighting added an aura of something larger than life to it.
Rishabh was on an another trip altogether ' something wounded , passionate , still bleeding inside him is desperately calling for help. Maddy doesn't know, Rishabh doesn't know that what nerve has Maddy touched inside him, but now , he is an electron out of its orbit. He was drunk- badly drunk , perhaps totally sloshed but whatever he told Maddy , whatever hatred, anger and intensity came through because his emotions were in senses. All the hurt and pain that Maddy had mysteriously unleashed inside him came to the fore as a fiendish yet disturbed declaration of victory ' the way he sees her stand in that spotlight ' helpless, vulnerable, defeated , rounds her up like a predator and asks her where is her pride? Her arrogance ? Those blazing red hot angry eyes? Humiliating her will lessen his hurt but its only in his head ' its not going to happen.
Maddy , on the other hand understands her situation and she has bowed not because she is weak or a sissy. She has surrendered because she has accepted Rishabh's proposal and she will keep her part of the deal. She is numbed by her own decision and she is still fathoming what is happening with her and how she has surrendered to Rishabh's ownership. She looks like such an adorable pleading child when she requests Rishabh that he should let her go to the hospital and she will come back in two hours. Of course, Rishabh doesn't trust anyone as such and nor is he in his mind at the moment but someday, he will know that this woman is a woman of her word. She would have come back to him in exactly two hours. Maddy's patience , her perseverance and her ability to deal with him and his sanakpanaa is going to surprise him beautifully someday.
A marriage of passion , emotional mockery , open wounds and a cold business arrangement has bound them together tighter they can think. On the surface , it seems like a mockery and humiliation of sanctity of marriage ' the whole filmy set up , the taunting and ridiculing dhol with Bittu G dancing , the same people who witnessed Rishabh getting beaten up being brought to witness his marriage to his arch enemy , Maddy being paraded around like a doll in bridal clothes , the setting up of the agni-kund by a sloshed Rishabh. A lost and numbed Maddy being tied in Holy matrimony with a dazed and crazed Rishabh by a confused and appalled priest.
This whole spectacle is disturbing and a mirror of how damaged Rishabh is inside and how much damage he can cause Maddy. Yet, the relationship which springs out if it will not be a mockery in the long run. This crazyball of a man will perhaps finally hit the brakes that he needs. And this beautiful woman , no matter what tests Rishabh and others put her through , she will build him back , brick by brick, maybe crumbling herself in the long run.
The precap is another teaser ' Its Rishabh who makes all the promises ' the promise to take care of her and her family , to guard her, to be her soulmate and partner in the good, the bad, the ugly. And for him the marriage is complete in 4 pheras . The way he jerks off Maddy's hand after that shows that he has no expectations from Maddy as a wife who would even give a fig about whether he dies or lives. But , by some twist or the other, he will keep all the promises that he has made
It may not make sense at the moment, but looking at how the story is being built up ( kudos Saurabh Tewari) and the intensity between Rishabh and Maddy , it doesn't seem like they will ever separate .
Anyway, we had a cute moment in this high drama episode . Rishabh brought Maddy to the agni-kund and sat down. A numbed Maddy didn't even move, so Rishabh got up, gently pushed her down and then, went back to take his seat. It was so adorable and emotionally wrought at the same time.
Love and luck always to everyone.❤️
God bless everyone.🤗