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For some reason, the site was not letting me post last night. Anyway, there was plenty of drama in the Niwas which was to be expected. I am seeing an originally staunch SS slowly change his behavior towards Abhimanyu and I am glad of it. Because it's radical for any man so set in his ways to start accepting the fruits of his actions in the past. The way Shakti hung his head down in front of everyone I felt like, he is only ashamed of what he did to his brother's wife not because he tried to bring down an innocent human being. If Abhimanyu didn't see him and get his jeep trapped, he would surely have sped away as if nothing happened. Only the saintly Pratigya could have come home and then denied that anything occurred at all. Trying to keep the peace. We all know that if someone tried to kill Samar, or anyone close to Shakti then he would leave no stone unturned in finding that person and making him pay. But here, the guy beats a houseguest, a man invited by his father to stay with them, and then he goes against his father's wishes by trying to kill him. When SS slapped his older son, I was proud of him. Because Shakti has never tried and never will try to resolve an issue through nonviolent measures. And the slap was nothing compared to the behavior he has forced upon people in his life. Not only did he get a tight slap, but he got it in front of the entire Niwas including Abhimanyu and his mother. And the pitiful way Shakti reacted was predictable. He thinks he is of a higher caste than Abhimanyu and therefore above judgment. I was annoyed at how Ghanti Lal took sides with Shakti and even lectured SS about it. Honestly, the only person of reason in that house is Pratigya, and perhaps SS. At least SS bothered to find out the real reason why Pratigya got injured and did something about it. And why should he blame Abhimanyu? Abhimanyu did not strike at Shakti and force him to defend himself. A woman got hurt, someone who is a DIL of that family, because of him. Shakti could have apologized to Pratigya and made amends but all he can do is make cheap excuses for his behavior. Even Krishna is blaming Abhimanyu, when he knows the guy took his wife to the hospital and got her emergency treatment. Um, ok. But if Pratigya herself does not blame him, why is he? Shakti got Pratigya sent to her room, then he ran her over and made her unconscious and both times it was his fault. Someone please get the guy a bucket of cold water, he needs one for his overworked brain.
SS talking to Shakti and understanding his side of the story was moving, because we can see a man in conflict. I don't agree with Shakti being humiliated, he had it coming, but it is not a shock that he would try to make SS feel guilty for his behavior. I wonder, why doesn't he feel guilty about hitting a family member and trying to escape, but he thinks his father should feel guilty about a little slap? Seems like the guy has higher standards of morality for others than he does himself.
Not really important, but Kesar cutting off the water supply was a cheap move that I really didn't appreciate. Who does she think she is, queen of the haveli? She forced Shankuntala out of the kitchen, now she has to make sure the woman can't perform any domestic chores at all. Kesar has a little son, where does she get the time to do all this?
For someone who is illiterate like the rest of his family, SS is starting to surpass them in his way of thinking. He didn't just go up to them and threaten them as he did originally. He didn't act like nothing is his sons' fault. The man is trying to be diplomatic. Shakuntala has been basically a kept woman, and continues to be a kept woman until and unless SS acknowledges her and Abhimanyu's real identity in the presence of everyone. However, once he does this it won't end there and he knows this too. So, trying to keep everyone happy in that haveli is going to be a problem.
I liked the scene where Abhimanyu is helping his son with the washing, it showed that even as a grown man he has samskar and that doing chores doesn't bother him in the least, especially when it means giving his tired mom a rest. Pratigya showed some class by trying to negotiate with them and thanking him for saving her life. Of course, Krishna walking in on them was inevitable, it is the guy's house after all and I am glad BOTH men are going in to the match confident he will win otherwise it will be a boring one.
At the end, when SS tries to buy off Abhimanyu with the haveli in Chilbili I knew he would turn it down. I wondered why Piasiya was downstairs, and who she is going to inform that SS and the stranger met in secret. SS is now a desperate man, and Abhimanyu is equally desperate. SS wants to keep his legitimate sons happy and not risk losing the family's respect. Abhimanyu wants to gain the respect he never really had as a child or even as a man. Abhimanyu did them a favor by not filing a case against Shakti and sending him to jail, and SS and Pratigya are the only two people in that house who remotely care.
As for the match, I find it hilarious that Krishna has forgotten his beloved restaurant, and avoiding sitting next to his wife, and carrying a picture of Hanuman with him for luck. The man has totally rearranged his life for a stranger, just to regain control in the haveli. Thanks to the match, I guess we won't be hearing the hey hey hey song for a while.
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