More thoughts ... after a long weekend 😛
Ever since the leap, the makers have emphasized again and again that Rudra is not over Paro, that he loves only her and he is not ready even after seven years to give anyone else a place in his life ... not even for Dhruv's sake.
If the show had enough time to run, the new story could have a chance ... Myrah being a different person with the same face. it would make for a lot of emotional conflict ... first Rudra accepting that this is not Paro ... getting over his guilt about Paro's death by saving Myrah ... but that would only free him of his guilt, leaving him ready to face life in a happier frame of mind without Paro ... happy with her memories alone. Not ready to love again.
And Myrah would fall for Rudra for the man she sees, passionate, single minded in his devotion to his dead wife ... she might want to try to win him over, but would she ever be sure that he loved her, and not Paro's reflection that he saw in her?
So regardless of the time frame, Myrah and Rudra's love story would not work at so many levels. But if the show had enough time, the love story they could show, would be Rudra showing Myrah what true love is all about ... doing for her what Paro did for him ... and in the process, maybe she wins his love .. not as Paro but as Myrah.
Or better still, she learns what true love is all about, and finds that in her fiance ... this is the PaRud fan in me speaking ... I would much rather see Myrah fall in love with another guy, facilitated by Rudra, rather than watch Rudra fall in love with her. 😕
In Lamhe, Anil Kapoor loved Sridevi, but as far as I know she never loved him back ... so their love story was incomplete. Here, Parud love story was very much complete.
So more and more I feel the cvs are going towards the climax of Myrah = Paro ... for one, they don't have the time to do another love story from scratch, which is what Myrah- Rudra +/- third angle would be ... and for the second, they are repeatedly emphasizing Rudra's love for Paro and that he is only attracted to Myrah because he sees Paro in her.
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