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Buttons, Blood, and Blooms
Symbolism in Recent Episodes of PV
Symbolism in Recent Episodes of PV
Recently, PV has told the tale of three buttons. One button came loose from Akash's kurta, and was left behind at the bus terminal hotel room. It symbolized a secret spilled, something unraveling, something that could no longer be held together. Although the button clue is yet to be decoded, Akash has revealed himself to be a rather sloppy kidnapper. Right from his carelessness with dropping the car keys and with the placing the threat CD in plain view of Yash, thereby risking being discovered, Akash, symbolized by the dropped button, almost keeps revealing too much. It is as though he cannot hold his act together. With the missing button, it would appear, the finesse and discretion that his job requires has also gone missing.
The second button caught the marriage chain of Arati on the laundry line, tugging at her heartstrings either portending the imminent separation, or perhaps suggesting that the delicate marriage will survive the traumatic chain of events.
The third button is metaphoric in the sense of Yash's and Arati's buttons being pushed to the maximum. It signifies a testing time for them, urging them to tap into the strength of their union so that their connection, despite the divorce, will not unravel in the face of the kidnapper's demands.The question of course remains, who is it that is in control? Who is pressing the buttons? Is SP a mere pawn, blackmailed to push the buttons, while his own "uss raat" buttons from the past are being pressed, threatening to drag his name into the dust.
This show has been heavily emphasizing/questioning connections blood-lines versus love. Two fathers fight for their sons --SP is all about the significance of khoon, one's own blood, and is angry that Yash did not choose him over his wife, who slighted the patriarch with her deceit. There is Yash fighting day and night for Ansh --to whom he is not related by blood-- to be returned, even going to the extent of suspecting his own father of having a hand in the child's disappearance. Then there is the entry of Akash, the offspring shunned, although related by blood. Today, we saw the blood dripping from Akash's foot, tracing its way from where SP stood, and going nearly to the front door. Akash's wound of being an illegitimate and unloved child, burst open triggered by SP's briefcase. The briefcase is symbolic of SP's name in society. It holds his secrets, his insecurities and defense mechanisms. Saving his "briefcase," his portfolio of name and fame, he sacrificed his own child, his own blood. Today the trail of blood stood as a mute witness of Akash's identity. It is interesting that Akash obliterated the bloodline even before it was seen, perhaps signifying that the time for openly revealing his hurt and pain has not yet arrived.
The magic blooms, discovered in the garden by Arati, is a ray of hope in an otherwise dreary day, signifying the whereabouts of her child. The blooms also symbolize that Ansh is alive and relatively in good condition. Will the tiny flowers lead to the lost child? Will they help reunite parents, children, brother, and sisters almost as quickly as they bloomed?
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