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The Dori Scene...and its significance, its impact, its beauty, all was mostly lost on us cause we all were worried about what was to follow...
Although the scene was lost in a maelstorm of practicalities and realities, a re watch proved to be surprisingly beautiful.
What struck me first was the return of the original Rudra. The man who knew his limits, her boundaries and was ultra careful not to encroach on her honor. The respect, the reticence, the hesitancy, the distance was all back.
The man who was blamed for being an abuser, encroaching on her personal space, touching her inappropriately...well the man was nowhere to be found.
He glances casually and when Paro quickly turns her back, he notices her bare back and her open dori, also the blouse that was slipping down her shoulders. His first reflex, embarrassment, and he quickly turns his head away, not even giving it a glance. And with that movement, he reminded me of the hesitant yet tender man who took care of Paro's hurting foot that eventful night. The man who was reluctant to lift the sleeping Paro's ghaghra even an inch to tend to her foot. His nervousness, his hesitancy was back. In essence the real Rudra was back.
This subtly highlighted the fact that whatever transpired between Paro and Rudra during the break Paro campaign was all an act. His bordering on sexual harassment actions were all psychological warfare. Not the actions of the real Major Rudra Pratap Ranawat. Today, when all the fog has been cleared, the man is back to what he was.
Again when he approaches her to tie her Dori, his body language nowhere shows a bit of lust or attraction. Its all reluctance and hesitance. And even when he pulls the offending garment up her shoulder and ties the strings, he doesn't even spare a glance. Not even a sneak peek. His head is averted at an angle. The task done, he quickly turns around and marches out, as if all the hounds of hell are on his heels. He seemed more embarrassed than Paro herself đ!! ( Both of them were super cute in this scene, extremely shy, awkward, and skitterish đł, both adorable due to their bashfulnessđ. Paro is so so innocent, blushing like a rose and he is so so embarrassed. He is like a shy school boy with his first crush around Paro and we end up wondering is this the same guy who has been bedding a woman for eight years now??)
And this again reminded me of why we all fell in love with him in the first place. Time and again people have pointed out that he is flawed, his behavior affected by his bitter past, but cant deny the fact that he remains the man who rescued an unknown girl from the clutches of leches the first time he met her. A man who took a bullet for her, protected her. And in spite of Aman being suspicious, send the two girls honorably back to their homes. The same guy who covered a wet Paro up in a dupatta mindful of her wet state. He might hate beautiful women, and might be rude in his speech and demeanor, gruff towards the fairer sex, but he does know how to respect women, and his basic intrinsic decency remains. Whatever he might be, a molester, a man taking advantage of a woman, or a lech he never was and never will be. Yes, he will bruise her wrists or push and pull and touch her shoulders in moments of extremities, but that's where the bad ass Rudra halts (and I am not saying this is not bad or acceptable...that is a different story altogether) He might ill treat Paro for reasons best known to us but his behavior towards Gauri, his Bhabhi Sa and Sunehri is the way he normally behaves with women. ( And the way he behaves with Maithili is so respectful and with Sunehri now gentle). Neither KCM nor Laila are the real yardsticks, as both women bring out the extremes in him and so does Paro.
So, with this scene the cvs bring Rudra back, and highlight his real character again, and the man who intimidated and threatened Paro with his proximity, trying to over whelm and break her at every opportunity is gone. This is the real Rudra Pratap Ranawat.
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