Hi! This is my first post so please bear with me if I make any mistake.
So I'm revisiting all the older episodes and I'm on episode 2 right now. There's a scene that struck me very hard and I wanted to share my feelings about it.
Anokhi complains to Rama about the discrimination that women have to face in their own households while Rama explains how this has been going on for a long time and will continue in the future as well. At the end of their discussion Anokhi says -
"Yeh toh sach hai ki mere par nikal aaye hai. Aur mai isse kaat ke phekne bhi nahi wali. Lekin agar papaji meri shaadi ke liye zabardasti karenge na.... Toh mai toh udd jaungi... Par toh uddne ke liye hi hote hai na mamma???"
I legit teared up at this scene. Everything about this scene was painfully beautiful. Anokhi's expression which was a mix of exhaustion and determination. Exhaustion because she knows she'll never get the support from her own family, that she deserves. Determination because she'll have to fight alone, come what may. Rama's expression which is a blend of guilt, pain and fear. The music in that scene. The foreshadowing.
This is why I got so invested in the story and in Anokhi especially. I understand why a lot of people don't want to watch the older episodes because they are so gut wrenchingly sad but if I had started watching midway then I wouldn't have been so attached to all the characters, to Anokhi and I would have given up on the story sooner. But Anokhi is a part of me now, I felt her pain and struggle and I want to see her become an independent woman with a successful career who'll go back to Kapurthala only to rescue her mother from a life full of sacrifices and humiliation.
"Agar wapas aaungi na, toh sirf aur sirf tujhe apne saath le jaane vaaste... Jis din apne paairon par mazbuti se jam jaungi na mamma... USS DIN"
Anokhi don't forget your promise.
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Anupamaa
