Originally posted by: pamk06
IMO, The question was never about the child. The question was always about Mauli vs Nandini. He wanted to choose nandini and the child but Nandini wanted him to choose Mauli and the child so he went back to Mauli because Nandini was and would never be ready for that option(co-parenting). So when he found out that there was no child which he was 75% sure but when Mauli confirmed, the choice was clear for him. Mauli lied because she wanted him to choose Mauli and the child but when she realized that Kunal has chosen only the child and not her, she did not want him back. I liked all her reasons for not wanting Kunal back but not for not telling him about the child. Here she has taken the decision to not tell the father about the child so in future, there is a chance kunal will be in clear with respect to the child as he was absent because he did not know the child existed. Also, not the child but Mauli will consider that as the reason enough for him to be introduced to the child as her father and she herself will defend Kunal in front of the familyis that he had come back but because she said there is no child he went back. That is Mauli always righteous. It will also depend on how they introduced Kunal, as a negative or positive lead.
Not seen today's episode so cannot comment but for me in future if there is any relationship between them, it should be only be because he is the fathere if the child. Nothing more nothing less and definitely no romance but ITV thrives on romance so they will bring that factor in.
It isn't even so much that it was Mauli vs Nandini. Kunal had chosen. He wanted Nandini only. The question wasn't even about a child. He wanted a child, just not with Mauli. He only mentioned that co-parenting option because he couldn't bear the thought of leaving Nandini even for his own child. I mean if you think about it, he said that Mauli would be a good mother, but he wanted to give the child all the love and he knew Nandini would be a loving mother (or something like that). Basically he was saying that he really wanted a child with Nandini and now if he had to go back because of a child, he would rather take it away from Mauli and give it to Nandini.
I agree though that Mauli should never have lied to him. She should have told him the truth. He already suspected that she was lying, so her telling the truth wouldn't make any difference. He had made up his mind. He was going back to Nandini either before or after the child. If it was before, then he would have convinced himself and Nandini that Mauli wasn't pregnant and she was just lying about being pregnant no matter how much Mauli said she was pregnant. And if it was after, it would be after a custody battle for the child (or maybe because it's Indian TV Mauli would just tyag the baby for Kunal's happiness).
I don't think there should even be a father-daughter relationship going forward. I'm thinking fully from Mishti's perspective here. Based on the rumours, Ishaan has been in Mauli and Mishti's life for the past 3 years. That means since Mishti was about 2, she has only known Ishaan to be her father. Ishaan and Mauli have been her parents and should remain her parents for her, at least until she's old enough to understand what really happened. Right now if she is introduced to Kunal and told that Kunal is her father, her whole world could become a big confusing mess. It could even psychologically break her because as a 5-year-old, she wouldn't really understand divorce, love, and separation. It would give her anxiety attacks.
Not only that, but on Indian TV, they would make this Mishti's decision in a way. If Mauli and Kunal end up together, it would be because Mishti wanted it. How does a 5-year-old really decide this though? She's only seen Ishaan as her father. Just because she's told that Kunal is actually her father, how does she just go about accepting that and pretending Ishaan was never around? It's not easy to do so.
I'm just thinking about a movie, Kuch Naa Kaho. In that, when Adi met Raj, he developed a relationship with Raj that become father-son. So even when his real father, Sanjeev, returned, Adi couldn't accept that. It was only when Raj told him to do so, he grudgingly agreed, but even then it was obvious he would never be able to see Sanjeev as his father. And in that movie Adi was 7 or 8. Even a 7 or 8 year-old didn't understand why Raj wasn't his father. So how can we or even the CVs expect to make us believe that a 5-year-old will?