I go back and forth everyday liking and disliking characters in this serial. But what I love uniformly is the high quality of acting. There are no lengthy dialogs, no screaming, no OTT acting. Much of the acting is done through body language. It is especially a treat to watch Narayani Shastri and Sangeetha Ghosh confronting each other. They do not need to speak a word, their body language especially their eyes conveys so much.
Two things I am reminded of today. One, when the whole RS business was going on, Vikram made a statement as to it would be curious who would make what alliances. LM people make alliances to suit their needs, and who they trust. Vikram is angry at Satrupa for bringing Anami in but still he trusts her enough to carry out her plan. He certainly does not like Gayathri's softness towards Anami but still he trusts that she knows Anami and what she is doing. What is clear is he does not trust Baldev. The three of them will have moments of distrust with each other, may not like what each other do at times, but the fundamental alliance holds true. Same with Pujan, Kamini and Avdoot. But in the Pujan family case we know what the alliance reason is, greed and love of family. But what holds Gayathri, Vikram and Satrupa together ? Why do their trust their bahu after almost 20 years of what happened and not their beta ? They do not trust their son, period. What happened that fundamentally caused them to distrust Baldev ? Vikram did say he needed Baldev , but obviously not enough to trust.
Second, when Vikram asked Anami and Avdoot to choose between family and society, Anami and her baashan about society flew in the face of her decision today. Avdoot would have thrown Sudha out to the street, but Anami did not. She did arrangements to take care of her but she did throw her out of LM, out of a place where she can do no direct harm. What is clear is Anami will not intentionally hurt, she will try to minimize the impact of her decision, but her first priority is those she considers family. What LM wasis don't know is they are not what she considers family. Satrupa will have to take a direct hit, stand in front of someone Anami loves for her to change her opinion about Satrupa.
Tomorrow's precap is intriguing. Love vs Duty. This Baldev story reminds me of the British royal family. I'll talk more about it tomorrow. But a very good episode.