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I would like to take this opportunity to wish Gurmeet Choudhary, our wonderful Yashji, a
🥳HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🥳
He has brought so many shades to the beautiful character of Yash and we fall in love with the character a little more with every new shade!
I wish this humble, hard working, gorgeous, and super-duper talented man the most wonderful celebration and an even more successful year to come!
May all his noble dreams come true!
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So, so, so BEAUTIFUL! 👏
Even though the Aarti-Yash scenes were a class apart on their own, what I loved most about the episode conceptually, were Gayatri and Vidhi's reactions. SP and Pankaj's argument was that human beings make mistakes, but what about women who do not come into marriage with the idea that their husbands are human beings? What about women who are taught that their husbands are gods and can do nothing wrong? How can you demand to be treated like a god and then expect pardon for your mistakes because you are human? Wonderful treatment of this hypocrisy, and I love how Vidhi found her voice when the path that she is following so unquestioningly was shown to be more treacherous than she had ever imagined. Perhaps this will help her understand Aarti's situation with Prashant better: that it was the man's fault and nothing to do with Aarti. She cold shouldered Aarti for being a "divorcee," because she didn't understand how Aarti could be one of no fault of her own. Now she is seeing Gayatri, the perfect wife and matriarch face the same situation and might perhaps realise that no matter how faithfully you follow karyeshu daasi.. etc., your husband is still just a human being and he can still make mistakes that shake up your entire existence. That is what Vidhi failed to understand about Aarti and Prashant and that is what she will hopefully come to understand.
To be honest, I don't think Aarti actually believes everything she said. This is one instance where I am not going to chock her painting an ideal picture to her unfailing optimism. She knows how bad the situation is and can be, but to my mind, she was saying what Yash needed to hear at that moment. It reminded me of the way she used to comfort Ansh when they first came to Scindia house, assuring him that everyone loved him, even when she knew it wasn't true. Even though her words may be wishful thinking, it is words like this that pick people up when they are at their lowest and give them the strength to face unpleasant situations without getting bogged down. Her words were comforting on one level, as they washed over a numb and distraught Yash, but they were also aspirational on another, because Yash is a strong man and once he gets over the initial shock, these are the words that are going to stick with him, because they so closely echo his own beliefs. Even if things aren't perfect the way Aarti described right away, this image is going to be in the back of Yash's mind and this is what he will aspire to and work for, as he has always done: a home where blood relations and relations of the heart are treated with no difference.
Aarti was doing nothing more than voicing Yash's own beliefs --- his strongest ones that have just been drowned out at the moment by the shock. Essentially, she is giving him a life raft when he feels like he is drowning. He feels like he is losing everything and she is reminding him that through all this, he still has his principles, the same ones he has had all his life and that they never have to change. And according to these very principles, none of his relationships have to change either. She is giving him back his identity just as he feels it is slipping away. The question of "WHO AM I?" tortures Yash and with this speech, she is giving him the answer: these are your beliefs and this is your family.
It all comes down to the fact that more than anything, Yash and Aarti are a unit now. Aarti does not reprimand him for his immoral decision to hide the truth, she merely does what he would have done had he not been so embroiled himself in this situation. She acts on behalf of his conscience, which has been silenced by fear and pain, and she does what is right... for herself, for him and mostly for the kids. Yash is not the kind of person who would be able to look his kids in the eye and teach them about truth if he himself were wound up in such a huge lie. As a continuation from yesterday's episode, she helps him remain the excellent father that he is by keeping his belief in himself intact, and for that, more than anything else. I loved today's episode!
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