Originally posted by: lovely_lady
Wow, great finds! Loved them!
I always said that Shakti's real beef wasn't with Pratap. It was always with Udai. Udai mistreated his son, never acknowledged him, and was constantly biased against him. But despite all these faults, Shakti loved his father. But with the love came resentment. And as Udai Singh was king, it was bad to profess that hate against him. So in came Pratap. I felt the scenes where Udai gave Pratap a ring to give to Shakti for his achievements said volumes about their relationship. Shakti lashes out at Pratap because he is the only one can. Pratap is the bridge between the both and Shakti resented that.
And regarding the mistreatment for the moms. Sajjabhai and Jaywanta's conditions are uncomparable LOL! Jaywanta is the mother of the heir and the queen of the palace. Udai Singh acknowledged her (before the whole Bhatiyani incident), respected her, played with her and her son (the hide and seek game). Whereas Sajjabhai was completely ignored. And if she ever did something, he'd show annoyance towards her. That's the way the boys were treated too. Udai lavished attention on Pratap and played with him, whereas he ignored Shakti. That would leave an imprint on anyone's psyche.
And I think the bits where you mentioned how Shakti and Sagar felt bad about betraying Pratap were great too. I think they showed how Pratap was such a great brother/ person. And we all know that Jagmal grows up with Bhatiyani so there's no hope for him to like Pratap LOL.
I feel like Udai Singh caused a lot of the messes between the brothers, but at the same time, I feel a little bad for Udai because his upbringing was less than stellar too.