Raj, the imperfect hero! - Page 2

Originally posted by: Angie12

Vishaka, I am not anybody's fan at the moment. I am just finding characters these 4 characters interesting. They are not giving much reasoning for Raj's transformation in last 10 years, so hard to understand his actions.

But based on last 2-3 episodes, I am finding Raj a very different "hero" character in the limited history of soaps I have watched so far. He is such a flawed character that he should get a reward in having this kind of convoluted thinking. At least this is my interpretation based on what has been shown so far. It may change based on what they show in future about Raj and his actions.

There are other shows where the male lead may be tied to a woman he doesn't love. Even then he is courteous to her on levels and protects her. Then he is nice to the rest of his family and heroine/side character's family etc. The only person a typical hero torments is the girl he loves (female lead).

But here Raj is exceptional. Let me write why I am now finding him fascinating as he is such a self-centered character and destructive one too. He is happy wallowing in his misery for 10 years. In some sense, he and Sarita are quite well matched as both want others to suffer (Gaurav and Divya) as they have suffered for 10 years. They don't want Gaurav/Divya to be happy unless they are happy.

1. He doesn't care for anybody or anything. It seems that he cares more for plants than any human being. So even though nobody in his family blame him, he is aloof from them too. He does have some awareness of Sarita in the sense that he takes care of her physical discomfort. So he switches off the fan, but ignores the mental abuse she gets from his family. He does not drop her at the bus stand, but makes sure that his assistant is there to take Sarita to the bus stand and make sure that she is on the bus. Of course, it may be possible that he wants to make sure that she is leaving his city. Well, that makes him unique because all heroes take care of everybody.

2. I was wondering about his reasoning for letting Sarita sleep on the floor or feeling betrayed that Divya did not come back to him when she returned to Bhopal. Now it seems that his ostrich like behavior (ignoring Sarita to such an extent for 10 years) makes it easy for him to pretend that he is not married. So in his mind, he is still free. That's why he doesn't give his bed to Sarita as that bed is meant for Divya. He is being faithful to Divya in every way. Since Sarita doesn't exist, Divya can come back to him and they can play house.

3. If he could speak in favor of Sarita once in 10 years, why has he been silent about her treatment before that. Well, it seems that he wanted Sarita to walk out of his life. So in his convoluted thinking, he had married her and hence cannot ask her to leave him. So wondering if he wanted her to be so fed up with all the abuse and indifference that she leaves him. He seems to be aware of Sarita's misery. So it seems that he wanted her to leave him. That way he is free of her and can have Divya in his life when she comes back. That's why he didn't even blink when Sarita told him of her decision to leave him for ever.

4. Now like a hero, will he be nasty to Divya. Or will he be worshiping her once she comes back in his life. Well, that remains to be seen.

So it is kind of interesting to watch such a character. He may not be a likeable person at the moment, but is a complex person for sure.

Aside: He and Divya do have a great chemistry. It is good to see these flashbacks, but I am interested in seeing more of a meaningful back-story along with past romantic scenes. The story is too fast paced and Divya/Raj needs to be explained more properly. Actually, Sarita also needs to be explained more properly. I don't want to see repetitive scenes of abuse. Instead I want to understand why Sarita has stayed like this for 10 years or why she married him.

Originally posted by: sunram

Still his character is not yet fully been told so far he does appear imperfect and emotionally we feel he stonewalled himself but work wise he does seem very hardworking😉

Originally posted by: Vishakha_Sakhi

Even after so many months, we still haven't got an insight into Raj's character. His inner thoughts and feelings are still a mystery to me. All I see is a very angry young man!

But there has definitely been character growth...