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I don't have much time to write a take today, but I thought I would offer some words on a possibility that has been brewing in my head for SP's characterisation. I know he seems like the villain right now, and I wouldn't dream of denying that after what he did with the DNA test, but just judging by his past behaviour, as we have seen it over the course of the show, I really wonder if Radha wasn't someone special to him...
When we first met SP, he was a cold, calculative and cunning man. He realised the possible social capital involved in being "progressive" and bringing a widow into the house as his daughter in law. He wanted just a few things from this woman, for her to be eternally grateful to the family for having accepted her, for her to be completely docile and obedient and for her to seduce his grieving, vulnerable son into physical intercourse so she could provide him with a legal heir. And he held the same attitude towards most of the women in his life, especially Gayatri, whose self esteem he steamrollered, and his own sister, for whom he even refused to consider a future other than the lonely life she leads now.
Aarti's reaction to Ansh being kidnapped caught SP entirely off guard. He had not been expecting a woman who was willing to fight the circumstances for justice... and what is more, he was startled by the seeming power she had over his son, to make him rebel against his father. Much like he is now, he couldn't see past the end of his own ego, see that his son was going against him because he was wrong, not because of anything Aarti did. Even when he gave her that 3 month condition, he was doing it for the sake of his family image, not for Yash's happiness.
Somewhere along the way though, Aarti changed him. She showed him that she was string-willed yes, but dedicated every fiber of that will to the family, she was independent, but that made her capable of dealing with Yash and Palak's grief in a way that nobody had been able to yet, she had a mind of her own, but the one concern was always how to make the family more comfortable. With a woman like Aarti around, SP became a better version of himself. She never preached to him about respect for women or how regressive he was but made him respect all woman by being a strong representative and pushing him into a corner where he didn't have a choice but to respect her. SP was so close to and so proud of Aarti... her gender or status as his bahu not withstanding. She was the shining star of the Scindias, someone whose word could make him support Paridhi's trial, treat his wife with affection and regard or speak up against his sister's caustic words.
And then he learned the truth. The DIL that he fought for, whom he assured everyone had his full trust, shattered it by revealing the lie she had been telling all along. Not only had she lied, she had also tricked him somehow, got the better of him by being something he didn't want and winning a degree of trust that he had given nobody, as far as we saw in the show. The way he lashed out at this double attack on his heart and his ego was frightening. Not only did he alienate Yash and Aarti from the rest of the family, he was cruel to the kids, refusing to pick Ansh up from school when he had a sprained ankle, and supported Prashant, someone who clearly had nefarious intentions in the custody battle. We wondered at his complete turn around and now I am left wondering again.
It is uncanny to see the similarities between Radha and Aarti. Both of them were strong young women coming from meager means who were determined to make their mark in the world. Is it possible that SP was once changed, or to put it more subtly, that his kinder, humbler, more respectful side came out when he met a woman who could earn his respect? And what would rejection from such a woman do to SP? I imagine he would react in the same way he did when Aarti's truth came out... retreat into his hard shell of status-conscious pride, because, what else does he have to cling to? He refuses to acknowledge emotional dependence on another person and had nobody to talk to about his feelings, if he has to maintain this godly status he wants to above all his family members. I know that what he did was despicable and I am not trying to argue against that, but is it possible, seeing his character from a slightly different angle, that it was his heart break and his inability to share it with anyone that turned him so hard and bitter? Perhaps he clings to money and status because if he didn't have it, everyone could see what a broken, incomplete man he is.
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