I am SO happy to say I felt the PV-wala feeling full force again today after a serious dip lack of connection in the last two episodes and when I feel it, I say it, no holds barred! 😃
This is our show, where there are no heroes or villains, only people trying to work out their lives based on their experiences and their perspectives. Yash and Aarti, like I have said many times before, are sort of drunk on their happiness and the success of their marriage. They want SP to have the same experience that they did, finding happiness again in a new life partner and all their efforts are very noble on one level. A viewer who has been watching from the beginning cannot help but be touched by their sentiments about how painful it is to be lonely even among loved ones and how wonderful it was to find a second chance in each other, thanks to these very family members. As an aside I was too happy to have the Aarti I know back in full form, flirting, teasing and with excellent presence of mind. I loved the way she handled Ishita because their different approaches are what make Aarti and Yash the best team.
On the other end of the spectrum, I also see where they are going terribly wrong, though they can't seem to see it. All the talk about taking the blame and shame on themselves and not letting it affect their family sounds exactly like what they promised when Akash came into the house... a promise they could not fulfill. The fact that Akash defended Vedika today only puts Yash's dealing with him after the pub incident in more negative light. Akash really did not know what was going on and if he was so defensive of Vedika, it is highly likely he would have been the same way for Aarti. To this day he does not know that his friends tried to rape her, which is why he believes them when they say she did nautanki. From what he knows of her, he must assume she marched into the pub and started lecturing his friends, after which Yash beat them up and then beat him up, just for drinking. In short, on the one hand, Yash and Aarti were not able to handle Akash by themselves and neither can they handle the repercussions of the PV they are so ambitious about. The solution to an incomplete project is not to forget about it and start a new one!
Yash can claim that he will take all the badnaami from society but if you stop and think about that for a second, what does it really mean? How can he actually shield SP from the things people will say about him? Yash may have taken full responsibility for Akash, but that didn't stop Gayatri from feeling like she had a responsibility to her child as well and putting herself through a world of pain and conflict, eventually leading to her death. How can Yash promise that he won't let any harm come to his family when they have just suffered such a huge loss? I am not saying Yash is insincere, but rather I can see why it would be hard for the rest of the family to see things through his idealistic lens, having just lost Gayatri, something that nobody could protect her from. They all know that more than anything else, his status in society is important to SP. How can they believe that he would want to sacrifice that, purely based on what Yash says about his loneliness? If SP himself does the PV, how can Yash take the responsibility and the blame for it?
Nobody is doubting Yash and Aarti's intentions here, but rather their lack of thought about how this whole thing is going to play out. I am glad they showed both Pankaj and Bua voicing the more pragmatic and logistical side of things. What society thinks may be secondary to personal happiness for Yash, but has he really considered that that is not the case for SP? How can Yash's badnaami be separate from badnaami of SP himself? So yes, it is easy to make these statements and I don't doubt their sincerity but there is a distinct lack of weighing the pros and cons and actually taking into consideration the priorities of the people involved. Radha left SM sobbing that she couldn't stand any more slander in her life... do they really know what they are putting her through either? You don't get people to change or see that you are right by forcing your views down their throat... that only makes them resist more and makes them "against" you when they don't want to be, nor do you want them to be.
A more gradual approach was needed by Aarti and Yash here, but the most comforting thing is that this finally reminds me of PV's usual pattern. This is forcing Ansh to go to school when he was begging and screaming not to, the false promise for Palak's birthday party, the premature intimacy in Mumbai and the OTT confession with all the picture frames in the hotel... bound to end in disaster of catatonic proportions. I so look forward to the impending explosion suggested by the precap, because after that we will get to see a more sensitive, aware and self-conscious Aarti and Yash in action, rather than them being impulsive, idealistic and naive.
Better dust off my pom-poms for SP tomorrow. 😉
PS: I LOVE the Ishita- Aarti-Yash interactions, where Ishita always thinks she is being really clever and all her anticipation always just collapses in this really sad way. I am also glad that they are giving Akash a window to bond with the family, even though it is a really convoluted one. We saw today that his grudges are really against SP and Yash, not any of the others. The family's relationship with Yash can never break, though they may be on opposite sides of the fence, but it was important for Akash to get this opportunity to interact with them, without Yash in the picture. Now that he is not drunk and they are working for a common cause, I feel it may actually be productive. 😊
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