SC_Wellwisher ji, although I really found your point of view interesting, I have to say I disagree 😳
I've seen a lot of eavesdropping in Hindi serials, but for some reason, Saras popping up doesn't surprise me nor disgust me like it does usually when I see it on screen... And when I tried to put two and two together, this is what I came up with:
1) in the jheel where his mum committed suicide, Saras promised he'd do everything he could to get Prammy and Kummy together... He's only fulfilling his promise by keeping an eye out on everyone... because after all, Kumu-Prammy are smack in the middle of the family... Whatever's happening in their relationship after coming back from the Desai house has affected the entire family.
2) He told Buddhidhan himself about how much this family means to his "orphaned" self, which is why he's doing all he can to help. By the looks of it, he does seem like an, as someone mentioned, "self-appointed bodyguard," which is annoyingly noble and self-sacrificing, but because Saras/Navin is so important to the family's wellbeing now, it seems fit that he's poking his nose everywhere.
3) All in all, I think Saras/Navin's behaviour serves a literary purpose. Perhaps he's a motif... A symbol of "guardian angel" or "protection." And his peeping in the rasoyi vs his peeping in SB Devi and BD's conversation today proved that, I think. Because on one hand, he had eavesdropped into a conversation that tackled the core grief of the family... And on the other hand, he peeped in a conversation of absolute gossip and fun... two contrasting moods, both with him looking into each scene and reminiscing... I guess he really does serve the purpose of a protector 😆
I also looked into the colour orange's symbolism. From what I know, orange as a colour symbolizes creativity and new ideas. I'm not surprised he wore the colour of new ideas while giving BD a new, creative idea himself. My musing could be clearly coincidential, but I'm inclined to go with it's not, because they're still dropping a lot of literary hints here and there in the show 😃
As for the shiny mirror wala orange joda... my guess is Orange is used for the same purpose, but I don't know why he looks like Sallu Bhai (must be SLB's choice...) But, yes, he does look like a ladoo 🤣
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