Originally posted by: AK_2010
Hello lovely people!!
After such a dhamakedar episode, I was dying to pen down my love for Shaurya and Anokhi as individuals and as a couple. This is an appreciation post for my babies who are both heartbroken and devastated.
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The start of the episode was heart wrenching and complete destruction of Anokhi's expectations from a birthday surprise. Itni safai se jhut bolne ke liye DeviGun ke muh mei keede padenge 👍🏼
She waited.
She looked at him and waited for him to speak up against these lies.
Anokhi knew that Shaurya loves her, she did not distrust him but hoped that he would deny all this because today was clearly supposed to be their day. Her birthday was suppose to be special for both of them. Right until the moment she walked out, she waited for him to say SOMETHING for THEM.
This is something I absolutely adored about the episode! The fact that her disappointment was clear, it was not that she thought he betrayed her like before. These two never commit the same mistakes. So she didn't doubt his love this time around but she doubted his ability to fight for their love. She already knew that his family didn't like her and she already knew of the difficulties they would encounter if they were to go ahead. Her love for him made her forget those realities but his silence reminded her of all of them.
They were shattered.
Just look at the tears pooling in his eyes already! Shaurya knew they were rapidly going downhill. He knew that she was going away not just physically, but also emotionally.
Her birthday was not just about saying "I Love You, Anokhi."
It was about starting that new life she breathed into his being.
When she left the venue like that, he knew things were ruined. He could not speak up in front of the crowd. Maybe because it would have humiliated his Badi Maa- the woman who raised him or maybe because he could not grasp the entire situation himself. I am looking forward to see what made him stop.
But he was definitely not confused about anything.
The fact that he wanted to go after her immediately but was pulled back by Shagun. The whole time he had been trying to talk to Badi Ma in private but she steamrolled over him. And I think it was a mix of the shock of the moment, the disappointment he felt with BM but also his inability to go against her publicly that forced him to be silent. Which is interesting to me because he was equally indebted to Tej and yet did not hesitate to take him on publicly during the rustication track. So his silence was uncharacteristic of him and even him letting Shagun hold his arm in that manner was unlike him.
Let's talk.
"Sab ke samne... Itna bada faisla le liya aapne."
This pretty much says a lot about the reason he kept quiet.
He was quiet for whatever reasons he had, but does not mean he had nothing to say! In fact he had a lot to say.
"Kya mera haqq nahi banta?"
"Yeh decision bhi mera haqq hai, Badi Maa."
Kudos to SAAKK for giving us a strong and determined ML who knows what is right and what is wrong. Shaurya is aware of his mistakes and he is also aware of the mistakes made by others around him. This was not his anger speaking at all. These were the questions inside his head and he was not hesitant to ask. He knew he has been wronged.
This was truly my favorite thing!! I was so proud of Shaurya for refusing to be manipulated by her and for recognizing that she was the one who was wrong. For knowing that he has rights as well! For knowing that he does not have to be a puppet in order to be considered a filial son. The mentality that one must listen to everything their bade say merely because they raised you is flawed and I appreciate that we have a ML that does not bend to the will of Devi so easily.
The Burden.
"Ek baar mujhse pucha nahi! Meri permission nahi li! Mera consent nahi liya, kuch nahi liya! Bas..."
This had anger and frustration. And he had full intention to go off on Devi Sabherwal regardless of what her intention of this sudden engagement was.
"Tab bhi nahi pucha tha jab tumhari Maa ek chaar saal ke bacche ko chod kar gayi, aur maine tumhe apni god mei le liya tha"
Devi Sabherwal played her ace against Shaurya by reminding him of her "ehsaan" but today even that did not earn her any brownie points.
It did mellow him down a little though! He was again reminded of the burden she took in her arms after his mother left him and it burdened his shoulders with modesty that he should not forget the great deeds of Mrs. Devi Sabherwal.
Honestly I think he was broken that yet again, she chose this moment to bring this up. He is slowly seeing through what she is doing which I think he always has. He has always seen through her games of trying to push this ehsaan on him and guilt trip him into doing her bidding. But he has always been compliant with it because of the gratitude and because it never directly harmed him. Their interests have generally always been aligned but this time they are on different sides. And he is hurt that she is trying to emotionally blackmail him even in this moment. I think he is being forced to reckon with the true faces of his BM slowly.
The one who is suffering.
"Don't make it about yourself!
Yeh aapke baare mei nahi hai, Yeh mere baare mei hai!
Meri Zindagi hai!"
This was the best line of the entire episode! And I dare you to disagree 😈
He cried for two reasons:
1. Anokhi was heart broken and so was he.
2. Badi Maa had again tried to manipulate him by trying to strong arm him.
Until today, I always thought that Shaurya will never openly talk about Devi's emotional blackmail every time she wanted him to do something on her command. Even when I believed that he will fight for Anokhi and their love, I thought it would be in a certain manner and keeping Rishto ki Maryada in mind (which btw would mostly come from the burden of Ehsaan).
But, Shaurya proved me wrong!
You are so right Akshu! Even I thought he was going to be beholden to her because of her promise and his gratitude and he wouldn't be able to take such a strong stand. But Shaury Sabherwal stands out from the rest. The way he declared that this was his life and threw her words back at her. I felt like in that moment, he recognized the way she was trying to play him by claiming to be his mother. Yet for Devi she wants all the rights of being a mother without giving him any of the rights of being a son. Otherwise, he wouldn't hesitate to ask anything of her, he wouldn't be so proper and careful around her. He would be open and free. I think we saw him in this moment deciding that if she wants all the haq that comes with being his mother then he will claim the haq of being her son and express his disappointment and his disagreement with her.
The True Love.
"Shaurya, she loves you!"
Devi Sabherwal knew what she was doing all these years. She consciously made sure Shaurya knew that he was unloved and he gets left behind. She tried to coax him that this is his chance at true love. And she played that trick right where it was needed but alas, he didn't care that there was a certain Shagun Kapoor who loves him.
The one he loves and the one who loves him back is all he needs, rest can just go wherever the hell they want. This is beginning of the end for Devi, guys!! Lekin yeh aurat itni jaldi sudhregi nahi
The Selfish.
"I don't love her! Mai kisi aur se pyaar karta hu!"
He is extremely selfish about Anokhi and he has no intention on compromising with situations when it comes to her. Shaurya does not care about who is trying to chain him down from chasing her.
This is the first person he wants ONLY for himself, and he is ready to fight tooth and nail for her, not caring who he has to fight against. These feelings are new but very intense, real, raw... And he is not afraid of them.
He knows what happened in the party was a big hit to their budding relationship.
I think sooner rather than later, Devi is going to drop Shagun and accept Anokhi only because she can't afford to lose Shaurya. She will find a way to continue to turn him against Aastha but she will need to accept Anokhi. Her face reflected all her gratest fears when he was walking away from her. If he has been fed the lie that he is unloved and abandoned, Devi harbors the same fear that he will walk away from her and choose Aastha. In this moment Anokhi is merely a placeholder for Aastha in Devi's mind. If he can leave her for Anokhi, tomorrow he will leave her for Aastha. And I cannot wait for that day!! BUT SHAURYA SAYING I LOVE SOMEONE ELSE 👏 this boy is not hiding it, he made that mistake in front of the others and he won't again. He is so clear in telling everyone that tries to convince him otherwise that he loves Anokhi. The clarity and surety he has in his feelings for her is so refreshing. In an ITV world where MUs often break couples up for years, Shaurya Sabherwal is a breath of fresh air!!
The silent heartbreak.
Anokhi is acting like its not really painful, but its actually breaking her part from the inside.
Anokhi has handled this situation like a mature person, seeing reasons that Sabherwals and Shagun showed her. Anokhi is heartbroken not because she feels cheated, but because she was hoping he would stand for them. The fear, the insecurities and the dilemma is real! Shaurya and Anokhi are in the same boat, and if they fight... They have to fight for them. Not just for her.
THEIR LOVE.
Shaurya did not address her insecurities sensitively on the date night, and today just piled some more on the existing heap.
Anokhi was not wrong when she refused to listen. She is deeply hurt, humiliated and devastated but she did not shed a tear. She held her composure and tried her best to deal with the situation wisely. The only person she responded to was Shaurya's voice outside the room. Her words had no accusation or mistrust. Instead, she was trying to tell him to see the facts.
No relationship involves only one single person. If it is focused on only one person all the time, the relationship is most likely to fall apart quickly. So, efforts have to be made by both Shaurya and Anokhi. She is not vengeful that Shaurya was silent but very understanding that its a difficult situation and he could not stand up for them.
I think her breakdown was so well done. She was shown to be in total shock and not want to see him at all and then when she came to the hotel room, she was just seething. That moment was one where she was feeling all her emotions. The disappointment, the hurt, the insult, the anger. The man that said he would make her birthday special, the one who said he would make their date special. He keeps failing to say no to people who impose themselves. She doesn't know the reasons for his silence but she sees the consequences. In the end she is the one that ends up hurt. So she was totally right in her hurt with him and in not wanting to talk to him in that moment. Anokhi opened her heart up, she gave him a chance and he let her down.
One was out there venting disappointment,
The other chose to cry on the inside in silence.
Its true that words can be hurtful,
But silence can be damaging as well.
Shaurya was silent at the party, Anokhi was in lobby.
Another thing I love is that even in that small moment when she was expressing her disappointment with him, they were yet again lost in each other. The world around them disappeared for a second but unlike Anokhi who was directing her comments only at him, Shaurya was the one that brought Ahir and Babli into it. Anokhi is always centering their conversations around them and he is always the one that brings people in. Ironic that in some ways, it is the people on his side that are actually the biggest roadblocks for them. And he will have to realize that soon.
Yes, Anokhi is really broken and all those beautiful dreams she was weaving have uncoiled today. But Shaurya too has lost his entire world that he was building bit by bit, hoping that she will walk into that world and complete it for him.
There are two sides of a coin, Shaurya and Anokhi are both right on their own sides and they need more clarity of the situation before they start cleaning the mess around them. Anokhi and Shaurya are really opposite poles who are attracted towards each other. They can try to resist it, but their nature are will bring them together.
Right now, the disappointment of the ruined day and pain is greater than "how do we fix this?"
THIS WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL POST!!! I'm so sorry for being so late to responding BUT LITERALLY I FELT EVERY EMOTION YOU WROTE AND AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE SENTIMENT!
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A big cheers to the entire team, writers and specially KV and Debattma for delivering this power pack episode because I was in tears and my heart felt as broken as ShaKhi's did. Tum log ke liye bhi accha yahi hoga ki you leave some nice comments behind kyu ki you have no idea how many times I had to watch the episode to take screen shots 😭
There was no dhoom-tanana and OTT drama. Just simple and raw heartbreak without the dramatics. And I really want to know WTF was in that jewelry box
As usual, KV ki eyes had all my attention but today even Deba did a outstanding job with that calm and practical outburst without the typical cheat-beating breakup drama (Oh, Thank GOD!!!)
Guys, very honestly, we are blessed to have leads like Debattma Saha and Karanvir Sharma who pumped life to such dynamic story and such intense feelings for two absolutely well defined, magnificent characters that it seems so so so real and relatable!
I soooo agree with this, they were so subtle and the heartbreak was so realistic.
The episode, the acting, the expressions and the entire feel was so marvelous that I am feeling blessed to write an entire post on it!!
I LOVE THESE BABIES!!!
And if I don't post this, it would be an insult to the whole episode:
BM: Shagun is the perfect life partner, Shaurya.
*Shaurya:
THE BEST MOMENT!! KV probably misses doing action scenes since the riots and so he's like let me just add my own action scenes whether the moment asks for it or not 🤣🤣
This guy can make me laugh even in emotionally stressful episodes 🤣
Tagging my behenas! Don't disappoint me, okay? I want to read you comments after spending a day writing this 😈
Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon
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