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Plenty has been said about Rudra's character till now. He has constantly been under fire for his manhandling, his cruelty, his anger management issues. Agreed that the cvs were on a quest to find a ruthless character and also can't deny that Ashish himself said that making people hate Rudra is going to be their aim.
In spite of all and sundry, for me Rudra has not shaped up as an out and out negative character, yet. I can empathize with him, sympathize with him, but hate him?? A clear NO!!
All I see is a loner, a man who doesn't trust people in general, and women in particular. A fearless guy who defies set norms, who can't abide senseless rules when faced with fatal injustice. A warrior who abhors anyone laying claim on him in any which way. He would preferably die a painful death than let any one even get close to the strong wall he has build around himself. And looking at his past, and the treatment meted out to him, his defensiveness and mistrust make total sense.
About his manhandling Paro issue, just a note of realism. If we live in the real world and are aware of what is going on around us, with women, irrespective of inside or outside the four walls of a jail, we would know that Rudra is a decent guy. The way men abuse women, physically, emotionally and mentally, especially when they are helpless and vulnerable, is a bitter universal truth. In another light, if we know how the armed forces or even the cops deal with criminals, irrespective of their gender, especially those who are responsible for arms dealing and spreading terrorism, we would have no reason to point fingers.
For the real uniformed men out there, the wrong and the wrong doer matters, not the gender or the sex of the offender. In reality, the treatment meted out to such, is way out of human imagination. Yes, they are a ruthless bunch, but then, it is their job to be ruthless, after all they are the protectors. They deal with the worst of the society day in and day out. So judging them by our normal standards is totally unfair and inadequate. A surgeon has to cut, snap, stitch and let the patient bleed, in order to save his life. So, is his work that of a butcher?? He is manhandling her, pushing and shoving and pulling!! That is nothing!! They are actually toning it down, just step in a police station in a small town, listen to the way they talk and behave...and no further discussion will be necessary. If anything, Rudra is restraining himself and his staff. For him, Paro is a part of the conspiracy, nothing more, nothing less. Now if Paro was a male, like Kesari, the treatment meted out would have been quite different.
And if we are already aware that this whole incident killed several brave men, who laid down their lives, so their homeland and its citizens (ppl like us), are protected, then, why the blame game? 17 years this has been going on, any count of how many innocents have lost their lives? How many soldiers and their families destroyed cause of one man's misplaced and lethal greed? We can digest that, but can't digest the armed forces tough attitude towards such vermin??
Yes, Paro breaks my heart. Every time I see her, my eyes feel moist. Her plight is worse than hopeless, worse than a caged animal. But, is Rudra to be blamed? A series of happenings that placed Paro where she is today, and Rudra where he is. As I see it, the man is only doing his job. As professionally, as distantly, as efficiently, as he can. And for a job well done, a man cannot be crucified. Rudra at this stage doesn't have any personal agenda with Paro, she is just a means to an end, just a witness that he needs, to get justice done. She is as dispensable as a pawn in a chess game. There are no shades or colors of personality in the picture yet. For once, just once,we have a male lead whose actions are justified and valid, otherwise as far the trend of negativity against women goes...nothing I do or say will make a difference...
Rudra, according to some, might be guilty of heartlessness, but in reality, men like him can't afford to wear their heart on their sleeves!
