No one is master of the universe, even Queens is the theme of the episode for me.
I find watching the Crown and RKC side by side is helping me understand two characters better, one fictional Satrupa and the other real, Queen Elizabeth. Both put duty above self, both protect royal houses, both sacrifice a lot of personal things, both are hard to understand and both are hard to like or dislike. They have enormous power and influence that makes them have power over individual lives and make decisions for others that come back to haunt them.
In the case of QE, the forbidding of her sister to marry a divorcee. Princess Margaret is not particularly a nice person, she is annoying and QE is a better person. But my sympathy lies with Princess Margaret because she was the one who suffered because of her sister's decision. Karma hit back not once, not twice, but three times in the next generation when three of QE kids divorced. Princess Margaret herself divorced, but her two children are still married and in strong marriages, Karma ? Both good and bad. Why ? In my view the control the queen wanted over who was considered good enough for her family blew up in her face.
Satrupa loves controlling things. Ladoo was a small child in Benaras happy with his parents, missing his sister. He need not have been brought to LM. It could be argued it was Satrupa's majburi to bring him in because Anami brought Sudha. But Satrupa had already waged war with Sudha successfully once before. She could have done it without Ladoo. She wanted control over Anami so she brought Ladoo. She does like Ladoo, she will not intentionally harm him, she will even take a bullet for him. But her primary reason is always Anami. Control over Anami, love of Anami. Nathija kya ? Now Karma is hitting.
Satrupa may lose the one person for whom she did everything. Her one living child Anami because of her actions. Anami will either live and find out what Satrupa did and she may lose her that way or Anami may die. Anami will sacrifice herself for Ladoo. She is still Panditayen and Pandit's daughter. She is first and foremost grateful to them for raising her with love, what she has with Ladoo is more precious than being LM's heir. She will die for him. That is why Daroga cannot save her. Even if he is willing to take the bullet speeding towards her or Satrupa is, as long as Ladoo is in play Anami will put him first and die for him. Satrupa should not have brought Ladoo at all. Her need for control over Anami blew up in her face.
It comes down to this. How we approach relationships. Honesty, trust, communication are all the reasons a relationship works. Control does not and never worked with a person of free will. Satrupa could not control Heera Singh, Damo, Anami, Daroga, Purushottam, Sudha or even Pujan. Each and every person will influence the outcome. So do the right thing, the hard thing each time not the selfish thing. Be very clear on the why.
I liked Daroga very much today. Not filmy at all. I like that he was not superhero saving Anami, Ladoo and beating up multiple villains single handed. He is finally subdued and it is more realistic.
I want to mention my favorite villain here. I was missing Pujan babu and here he was again. He is like achaar and papad. A good meal can be had without them, even a great meal but these two add another layer to the swaad. My experience of RKC is always better when Pujan babu makes an appearance. 😆
I also want to mention Satrupa's and Gayathri's saris. What pleasant colors. Shruti, any significance in colors ? Very good episode again.
Edited by Mangothyme - 7 years ago
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