yea @pamk06, everyone stayed true to form.
mauli was always impulsive and so this lie wasn't some well thought or processed one. basically she understood that he had rejected her and so by extension, from her perspective that meant her child as well. so by her angle, it was probably okay to deny him paternity because he had rejected her.
this happens in many divorce cases where fathers are not given any access and it can get quite nasty when each parent fight for their rights. remember reading this blog post by this fellow who was recounting his struggles to have legal access to his son -- complicated to say the least.
while kunal was reluctant, he was willing to co-parent and then later, come back and try make a go of it again. for some viewers, his reluctance may be seen as a negative because of nandini but there are lots of reasons where people are reluctant or don't necessarily react with a happy vibe to a child's arrival.
the reasons can be financial or some in-laws problems or societal pressure to have a boy child or a lack of readiness or career etc. (used to read this indian blog site where people submit their stories and some of them can make your head spin as they are so honest). however, these reasons don't stop them from being good parents.
kunal misunderstanding the situation made narrative sense. the basis really lay in the mind games that his family played over the month. when he finds out that he had been played by a fake heart attack, he is hurt and kept saying that they shouldn't have done that. there was zero communication and any conflict cannot be resolved without all the elephants in the room being addressed.
dida and radhika as elders could have played a role to bridge the communication gap but instead they made it worse. they did not communicate with kunal directly at all. instead, it was nandini they told about the baby. why not him? so there was already frustration that his voice wasn't heard and he was being manipulated into a situation where he was uncomfortable.
he is told by dida that he needs to take care as mauli is pregnant but he sees her doing a sort of somersault. because of how dida manipulated him for a month, his immediate reaction is to question what just happened. and when he hears the doctor, it just cements in his head that yet again, his family have manipulated him. so he doesn't just reject mauli but also radhika and dida.
all of this could have been resolved if there was actual communication and discussion of issues but since this is a family that likes to pretend all is well with festivals, it was a house of cards that fell when the wind blew. real conflict resolution happens when people talk out their feelings good or bad and hear the other's perspective.
and as for nandini, she has no reason to distrust kunal. and them getting married quickly also made narrative sense. kunal almost lost nandini a few times and so this time, he is rushing ahead to make sure it won't happen again..
so all in all, it made narrative sense and acts as a good springboard for the conflicts ahead post leap.
Edited by mango_pudding1 - 6 years ago
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