I read your post earlier today after watching the episode, but didn't get a chance to reply since I was on my phone. But now that I have the chance, I have to tell you that I absolutely LOVE reading your posts, seriously your analysis is so flawless, I just feel myself nodding to everything you have written.
The writing and direction so far has been completely mind blowing, our leads and all the supporting cast is absolutely perfect in their role, and the story is moving at the most perfect pace. I really can't stop raving about what a perfect 5 episodes this show has delivered to us this week. Like Gagan said, I was emotionally attached to the show even before it aired through the promos and segments, and my biggest fear was that when the actual episodes air they won't live up to the hype. But all the concerns were blown away from the very first minute of the first episode, and today I am desperately wishing that somehow Saturday becomes a Monday because this weekend seems like too long of a wait for a new episode. I have never fallen in love this hard with a show before, but PV has made such a strong case of perfection it's hard not to be obsessed.
The P.S. part of your post voiced some of the most overlooked and thoughtful insight that I haven't read here. "Anyone can fall in love with Aarti's radiance and her beautiful beautiful self , but how many have it in them to love her wounds and her 'ugly' reality as well? Will Yash's Mom love Aarti when she finds out Aarti's divorce truth? Will that truth eclipse the person that she is?"
I absolutely love how you brought up the wounds that have been inflicted of Aarti, the side of her that nobody is willing to see, let alone accept. Yash garners a lot of sympathy because of the fact that he is a widower and is left to fend for his 2 daughters on his own. The society accepts him just the way he is and have no problem with the idea of his second marriage, in fact they encourage it. But when it comes to Aarti, she has a thousand different stereotypes and prejudices stacked against her. Just because she is divorced it is automatically assumed that the fault must lie within her, that's why her husband left her. No one is willing to hear her side of the story, no one cares to see just how much hurt she bottled under her bright exterior. Just the idea of getting married to someone like her is repulsive to some people, which is truly disgusting. She has suffered and gone through so much in her young life, and yet everyone holds her accountable for the losses in her life.
And I think this is really one of the main points they're going to be dealing with this while building the Yash/Aarti storyline. Ultimately they have to show how this relationship between Yash/Aarti is the real deal, fate, destiny, whatever, and for that to be accomplished, we will get to see Yash accept and love Aarti for who she really is, the good, the bad and the ugly. And along the way I am sure her new MIL will learn to accept her as well, despite all the baggage and stigma, she will find the love and acceptance the society has deprived her for so long!
All in all a brilliant post! Hopefully I'll get to read a lot more of them next week :)
