Originally posted by: InduG64
@ Gosh Borna, it might sound like you scratch my back and I scratch yours, but I love reading my thoughts woven in your sentences. There's such clarity. I am glad yours and my times entwine in this thread. It has been a pleasure interacting with you. I am not a night person, so my time in the thread will always start after the first 15+ pages😊
<<The problem with both of our dear protagonists is their devotion to a person who has left them...>>
They both are loyal to a fault. They feel they are maligning their former partner's memory by giving so much as a thought to the present one. So when Arpita's mother says to Yash, "You'll forget Arpita in due course," he gives a start and his eyes pain some more. It's like, "Why is she saying that ? Am I giving out this impression? Can't they see how much I still love Arpita? Do my actions give wrong signals to others?" So he tries to justify. Aarti can't bring herself to tell Ansh that he has a papa now and still holds onto the now-redundant wedding card----till her mother comes to her rescue.
They are both in a uniquely abusive relationship with their ex-spouses, wherein they themselves are the judge, the jury, as well as the victims.
@Indu: Haha, perhaps it does seem like that, but I really feel the same way about your comments, Indu! 😆 But hey, we're just carrying out an engaging and thought-provoking conversation...If I find a comment of interest that could be expanded upon, I can't help replying! And then I end up writing an essay, LOL.
Seriously though, there are so many people in this forum who articulate themselves so beautifully that it's difficult not to respond - and you're one of them...It's been great talking to you so far! Here's to many more analytical conversations in the future! *steals a glass and some of Prateek's shagun to "fake-drink"* Looking forward to them!
See, this entire loyalty issue is extremely interesting! When I watch all these Hindi films and shows, and even old Bengali films, love is portrayed in such a way that it seems like an eternal bond between two people...Most often, first love is what is depicted...And the lovers vow to love each other for eternity...Sometimes when a loved one dies or ends up marrying another person, the one who is left alone usually remains alone...Yash and Aarti are two such people who probably intended to remain alone like that. If we didn't know that they were the lead pair, would we be rooting for them as we are now? (That's a rather pointless question: I'd still say yes, probably) Maybe a better question to pose would be: Is it a crime to "move on"? That's naturally how many people would feel at first: as though they're being unfaithful to their first spouse or love. That's what we're seeing here with both Yash and Aarti although they express this feeling in different ways.
The desperation with which Yash speaks out against any hint of him moving on and extracting himself from the tight web of memories he has constructed always unsettles me a little. In the interaction with Arpita's mother, that desperation made me feel scared and sad for him at the same time...How is he ever going to let go? That was my initial thought. Maybe this is going to end up being analogous to trying to hold water or sand in your hands: the harder you try to hold on, the faster it seems to slip away.
Aarti, on the other hand, seems so numb at this point. If I said that Yash seems like a living corpse all the time, Aarti is also walking through these marriage rituals like a lifeless being. It's like all her energy has been drained due to the emotional strain ever since the news of the rishta reached her...It hurts to see her like this, honestly.
Gosh, we have two people who appear to be so different in temper and demeanor, but at the core, they're quite similar in certain respects. I have to applaud the entire PV team yet again, especially the director and Gurmeet and Kratika for bringing out all of these emotions in their portrayals of Yash and Aarti.
They're indeed victims and inflictors of that pain as well, even though it's all a subconscious process. The way you've described it is too good...
