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When Raghav and Sia were in their early phase - back when we didn't know he was Ammaji's son and all that - I didn't find them that interesting. Sure, their interactions were cute and amusing to watch, but there was barely any depth. At that point it was just a regular boy-meets-girl story. They met when he rescued her from Ammaji's goons, became friends, she started to admire his antics and the way he defended her to the villagers. She eventually fell in love and a day later he proposed. She said yes. Not a very unique concept, was it?
However, then the big twist took place, changing the entire equation between Raghav and Sia. Two seconds after their marriage she found out he was Ammaji's son and was wooing her all along only to seek revenge on his mother's behalf. He watched with a smirk as Ammaji and the villagers constantly dragged her name through the mud and humiliated her over and over again. Suddenly, they were no longer the picture perfect couple. Hell, they were no longer even a couple, forget a picture perfect one! She was the naukrani of the house, living with the rest of the maids. He was his mother's biggest ally, her favourite son, helping her carry out the most evil of tasks. Each time they interacted, their conversations showed nothing but their pure dislike of one another. At this point I hoped these two would never get together again, even in the future. After everything that he put her through, there was no way they could lead a normal, happy life pretending like nothing ever happened.
Eventually, Raghav began to change. His transformation didn't come overnight. He was shown fighting with himself, trying to support his mother but somewhere his conscience kept nagging him. He was not only pitted against his feelings about the haveli's incidents, but also the way he felt about Sia. Although it started off as a plan from her side, whenever she'd deliberately be nice to him or whenever he saw her being vulnerable, he would feel bad. This change track is what made me see them as a couple again. Their interactions were subtle and meaningful. They didn't get any stereotypical soap moments where he caught after after she tripped, or where they shared a five minute eye-lock just because she helped nurse a cut he got. There was more to these interactions. They talked, they shared their feelings (although Sia rarely ever did that ... she just wanted to make him change his mind about Ammaji). He confided in her and she was the only one whom he expressed his conflicted thoughts to. He didn't let anyone else know what he was going through. She was an exception. She understood him, advised him and knew where he was coming from. Unlike the other residents of his mother's haveli, she didn't attempt to judge him or talked him down for talking against his mother or brothers. Somehow, these two connected more now than they ever did during their phony relationship before Raghav's truth was out.
That's what I like about them. They have depth, they have a proper story and they aren't shoved down our throats during every episode. Their progress has been slow and believable so far. I hope they'll eventually team up to help change the regressive customs and ideas that Ammaji has imposed on the villagers.
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