The hands you take and the hands you leave Part 63-Updated page 149 - Page 86

Originally posted by: Athene

@ Manasi (I hope that's your name): I don't think Narottam ever had any brotherly feelings for Vatsalya. For him Vatsalya was a competitor, the heir of LM, and a brat who rubbed it in Narottam's face that he was the heir even though he was the second born child. At the same time though I feel that Anami will manage to evoke those emotions in Narottam as she has managed to touch his heart. Narottam has come out of his shell and stood up to Adhiraj to save Anami, stood up to Sudha when she mentioned that Anami has to die, and even cried (in reality) to what Anami made up about Vatsalya's diary. Not only that, but Satrupa, in her bid to get Narottam on their side, has also touched Narottam.

Narottam is basically a child starved for love and care. He's not a mean killing machine like Sudha thinks he is. He hates Lal Mahal and the family only because they've always hated and demeaned him. But show him some real care and love in your usual way and he'll realize that not everyone is as bad as Sudha made them out to be. That's why he's gotten confused when it comes to Satrupa. Because Satrupa hasn't suddenly become all lovey dovey. She still maintains a distance, but she stopped his beating, cared about him enough to bring him a blanket, and noticed his small habits and hobbies, in her usual way. That's really all Narottam needs to see. That these people stay in their character, but become more familial with him. Satrupa has hit it on the mark. Narottam is an easy sway because despite all his hatred, all he needs is love and care.

@ Mangothyme: I still feel that Narottam doesn't have Vatsalya or even know where he is. There was a scene between him and Anami where he told Anami clearly that if he had known Vatsalya was going to die then he would have done something to save him and I think he even said he suspected Pujan. Anami (at that time) was perceptive enough to read through lies and she was able to tell that Narottam wasn't lying. Not only that, but in a further scene Narottam reported this to Sudha in an innocent manner. It suggested to me that Narottam has no idea where Vatsalya is and believes Vatsalya is dead.

On the other hand you raise a good point about Purushottam. He might have hidden Vatsalya away. I felt a bit in the present that he doesn't trust Sudha, but I brushed it off thinking it was just because of bad audio or video. But I went back and watched it again to be sure and I felt that again. It was a weird sensation, but it happened as Sudha said that you have to talk to Narottam and Anami has to die. Purushottam almost seemed like he was ready to roll his eyes at that as if saying "another murder, seriously woman". Purushottam is smart. In fact clever. There's no way you are declared dead and remain hidden for so many years if you aren't clever. Even now, Adhiraj is just grasping at straws. Dheeru is unsure if the video is actually Purushottam or not (though I do suspect that's an act because Dheeru is a lot smarter than he appears). Whatever it may be, Purushottam is not one who will go down with others. He'll go down because of his own mistakes. Somewhere I feel he also suspects that Sudha's intricate planning will get her caught so he may not have killed Vatsalya as an insurance policy for himself.

But then I go back to my original point about Satrupa. Vatsalya was Satrupa's world. Would she really perform his final rites and be so broken without seeing Vatsalya's dead body? Vatsalya was killed in an accident. There was no explosion. The car didn't go down a ravine. Nothing. The body should have been found and handed over to the family. And if the body was handed over to the family, then why weren't we shown in? Alternatively, if the car did explode later or get pushed down a ravine, then why weren't we shown that as a cliffhanger? And if Satrupa hasn't seen Vatsalya's dead body, then how did she accept that he was dead? Why didn't she try to find his dead body? Somewhere I feel that Vatsalya is dead and if he isn't then Satrupa knows about it.

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

@Mangothyme the LM bahu is what protects Vikram and LMs reeti, neeti, parampara. That bahu has to go. Every step mother has to take over. Satrupa warms up with Ladoo, infact everyone warms with that child. Slowly but surely he will bring out the mother in her. He will bring out Satrupa the woman, who has to let go of the burden of carrying the reeti, neeti and parampara of LM at the cost of her conscience. She has to allow those deal making paramparas to die so that something new, something good can happen both to LM and RS.