Originally posted by: SheAish
I think you understand Rehan's character well. But the issues that you have used to explain his character are inaccurate as shown in Q2..
1. Rehan is nowhere NEAR as DAMAGED as Ahil is. Yes Rehan is an orphan and didn't believe that anybody loved him. BUT that in itself does not damage someone to an extent that they become weak in character that you would stand by when someones life is getting completely destroyed right in front of your eyes.
We as humans when left to develop on our own without cunning influences would naturally progress to be a NORMAL good person even without love, which Rehan is portrayed as.
Ahil on the other hand is ALSO an orphan and although Tanveer was there in his life WITH HIM for a very SHORT period, she made him greatly suffer at his fathers hands and then made him believe SHE is going to SUFFER in jail for HIS crimes. Yes he believes Tanveer loved him. BUT actually TANVEER made sure that he feels he is indebted to him TOTALLY and that he OWES HIS WHOLE Life to HER which a normal mother would never do even if she did take up her kids crimes on her shoulders. So THAT LOVE was actually MORE DAMAGING than believing no one loves you at all.
To TOP it off Ahil was specifically BROUGHT UP by Khala and Khalu to be pretty much like an animal who takes what ever he wants when he wants but was never shown affection in any way. The fact that he turned out to be actually much better than he was brought up to be behavior wise is credit to his good natured self only.
Irrespective of all this, he still stands up for the weak and does not let injustice rule in front of him. Shows respect to elders and only takes what is given with consent but not otherwise.
He was only shown to act OTHERWISE with Sanam ONLY specially with regards to her dhaba and even then he paid for it. He DID wrong but his behavior with regards to Sanam is a completely different story.
2. The other point I would like to raise is that what most of us has a problem with Rehan is that we all understand he is a weak character so may not be able to HANDLE consequences of exposing Tanveer, BUT he has NOT even STOOD up to her even VERBALLY like he has done when it came to marriage with Sanam. His mother is not just doing something bad in the EVERYDAY SENSE OF BAD. She is planning to COMPLETELY DESTROY Ahil financially and emotionally.
One should AT LEAST VERBALLY STAND UP in SUCH cases even if this is being done to a STRANGER by your parent or relative let alone to some one you grew up with together.
THIS is where Rehan differs from the typical good but weak guy he is otherwise shown to be.
Now the reason that Rehan's character is being so much appreciated
despite this is because he is a NORMAL guy. I have seen people describe him as
realistic,
someone they can relate to. etc. That is true because problematic and socially damaged people like AHIL are not easily relatable because they are not the "NORM" but the "ABNORMAL" people. Having said this p
eople like AHIL are AS REAL as Rehan, both of these kinds of people exist in all societies but generally and for the majority we
CAN"T UNDERSTAND characters like Ahil.
I know that even those who are showing all this appreciation for Rehan ALSO DOES LIKE AHIL but if push came to shove Rehan will get their vote because as in their own words Rehan is RELATBLE for most people in REAL LIFE.
And the fact that Shehezad is cute factors in as well. Just as they like Ahil because he is easy on the eye too, even though they would find it really hard to LIKE HIM as a character in real life. And ofcourse KVBs FABULOUS acting GREATLY contributes why rehan shippers still likes Ahil.
Those of us who are pointing out that Rehan is UNWORTHY of all this adoration like me are saying that the fact his actions or rather inactions as regards to his moms intentions towards Ahil is not JUST a character weakness to be shoved under the carpet like that. BUT it actually shows BAD Character on his part where as Ahil with all that working AGAINST HIM is actually a GOOD Character and the BETTER one from these two.
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I need to say few things first as you seem to see me as a Rehan adorer or going for Shehzad's good looks( please excuse me if I have taken you wrong).
I never said Rehan is more damaged or less damaged than Ahil. About Ahil I could write one more long essay or longer than what I wrote about Rehan, since the topic was about Rehan, I didn't go in detail about Ahil.
I said I never disliked Rehan, I don't adore him either, but definitely understand where he is coming from.
And it's not just because of KV's acting or looks I like Ahil but again I understand where Ahil is coming from.
Ahil is damaged and had a tough life, he lived/lives with the guilt of the murder of his father which was relieved to a level by saving Sanam. Tanveer has ruined his mind and soul beyond repair but neither he nor Rehan knows it.
Ahil has lived his life with the hope that someone( Tanveer) loved him immensely at the same time he has lived like a orphan in reality.
The difference between Ahil and Rehan is that the way they have reacted to the circumstances they have gone through, Ahil turned out to be tougher and brave whereas Rehan turned out to be softer and weaker. Ahil believed himself to be not worthy of anyone's love though deep inside he craved for love and care, he convinced himself that he is a bad boy. Rehan believed himself to be unlucky to not to get anyone's love, he convinced himself that his fate is this way.
It's the way how to different people react to the almost similar situation, if Rehan would have reacted in a total negative way and had become a sadist then I would say he is bad.
About verbally confronting Tanveer, he has done it by refusing to take anything right from the day he was told by Tanveer that she wants to make him own everything. He expects her to understand, because Rehan is brought up that way, always made to shut his mouth whenever he wanted to say something. So he doesn't know the aggressive way of confronting, it takes a lot to change one's habit with which they are grown up. You can expect, Ahil, Asad to do such things.
Also Ahil was brougt up by Tanveer till she went to jail and later guided by her constantly over the phone, so it had made him rough and tough, though he is a soft guy inside. Asad was brought up by a wonderful woman like Dilshad.
But Rehan has never grown up under anyone's guidance, love or care, so these have made him a compromising personality from childhood, who would compromise with the situation by accepting it as their fate. But Ahil is among those who wants to write his own fate, that's why he is stronger and a equally strong person like Sanam could affect his life so much.
Rehan's tougher side came out to certain extent only when he fell in love with Sanam, he thought of taking a decision in life, confronted people, confronted his ammi, even lashed out at Ahil which he never did before. Love brings out the hidden or subsided traits of human, it happened with Ahil he turned from tougher to softer, Rehan turned from softer to a bit aggressive.
If I am not wrong Rehan doesn't know that his evil mother wants to kick out Ahil once gaining property, because it's never shown him hearing that, billi always speaks it in her monologues. He knows that her love for Ahil is fake and he feels for Ahil, we see him getting flashbacks when billi shows extra concern for Ahil. So it could be that he thinks even if Tanveer gets the property in his name and if he refuses then nothing can be done. He thinks his unhappiness, his walking away will make his ammi understand that he doesn't need all that she wants to give him. It needs a lot of courage to tell someone the truth and see them shattered, broken which Rehan doesn't have. Also what if Ahil doesn't believe him and makes him shut his mouth as he has does usually.
That's why I want CVs to give monologues to Rehan, because now his characterization not in depth and has many possibilities open.
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