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Sid bends over to kiss Riddhima , even though he has no intention to. He has it hammered into his head and heart that everytime he takes one step towards Riddhima, she will take six steps back. That is exactly what happened , Riddhima drew away and Sid just looked at her ....
Now, you get it? This is the reason we cannot be one - and no , it is not about me making any physical advances towards you and you not reciprocating them, Riddhima... physical affection is a manifestation of what you feel emotionally for a person and there you go , my dear wife. There is no attachment , no feeling from your side and no , it will not spring out like saplings when the season comes. We are real human-beings with real feelings and feelings are not going to mature like fixed deposits .... they are either there or else they are not.. attend and learn now....
Riddhima , still trapped and strapped in her ' I GOTTA MAKE THIS MARRIAGE WORK 'coz it is my life project' mode tells Sid to give her sometime....Main sab theel kar doongi, Siddhanth , aap mujhe samajhne ki koshish kijiye....
Sid , now driven to edge of his emotional cliffhangers and edges of psycho-emotional instability tells her , No. You cannot make anything alright, Riddhima... you are functioning.... Not living. When I brought you into this house as my wedded bride , my wife , my life partner , i had no idea that i was bringing a puppet to my home who has no feelings , no action , no reactions.... and i refuse to live with a puppet. I have failed and I admit it. I cannot live on this suffocation with a woman who doesn't have a single heartbeat for me , forget even thinking of loving me......release me , Riddhima. And release yourself.... I want my happy , normal life back... I want to go back to my life......End this marriage and just get out of my life....
Tears well up in Riddhima's eyes when Sid tells her about putting an end to their marriage..... those tears have risen from Sid's rejection of her , his rejection of her as a woman and as a wife , her own rejection of her right to live , love and laugh again. Sid prepares to go and once again Riddhima says the wrong reason instead of listening to her heart and knowing why those tears are swimming in her eyes....
Don't do that to me, Siddhanth! What am i going to tell my Dad?
If at all Riddhima would have said something with feeling , Sid's reaction would have been softer if nnot kinder. What am i going to tell my Dad? For heaven's sake, it is your marriage , not your 6th grade report card that you have to show your Dad.
Sid lashes back at her. Why are you asking me that ? Your Dad, you deal with it. I am not a solution meter that my sole and whole purpose is to do editing of your life's graph report.... i am not a saint and i don't want to be one. I am a nobody in your life and i have accepted that fact and am gearing up to live with that .....your heart , your soul , your thoughts are not my neighbours and i know that. Let it be. Put an end to this misery and go your way ... I will go my way....
Riddhima wants to try again - after a life so wrought of pain , suffering and grief , Sid and his life are the only anchor she could hold on to and say that I have a life , I have a reason to live, I have a purpose ..... but Sid is slipping out of her pretty fingers.... not because her efforts are not strong enough.... it is just that her grip is not genuine enough.
But Sid wants no more of this puppet show and he jerks away Riddhima . Riddhima trips and hurts her head and Sid's expressions change from bitter and hateful to the caring Sid ones.... but he knows the divide that he wants to create between himself and Riddhima and he takes his concerned steps back and leaves the frame.... Riddhima touches the wound on her forehead and tears struggle to find a way out of those beautiful eyes......
Sid , the shock and disgust at his behaviour towards Riddhima which was unintentional physical abuse knows no peace and rest. Yes, he has lost touch with himself because at the given moment he is only driven by raw emotions which has no sense , no sensibility - only mauled sensitivity. The visual of Sid yanking Riddhima's arm and causing her hurt plagues him - did i just do that to her? I actually raised my hand at her..... at Riddhima! I wish this life ends, i so don't wanna live it.....
Sid , breaks a bottle and wounds his hand - the hand that he raised at Riddhima. I cannot apologize to you or show any warmth because you don't need them and i know you will never value them. But be assured that you don't suffer alone , we walk on thorns together .... at least , let's bleed together...
Riddhima , still crumpled where Sid left her looks at her reflection in water.... the wound that Sid gave her , the mangalsutra that he tied around her neck and bound her to himself for life and more..... is it that easy to break, Sid? Am i such an unworthy woman that you refuse to give me another chance? You rejected me the day you met me - rejected my identity , my beauty , my womanhood - labeled me unworthy of any and every man on this earth.... but then, you changed , Sid. You accepted me when nobody else did - you believed in me when nobody else did..... where have i lost you? Don't reject me again.... i know i have failed you , failed myself , but i can walk through this if you are with me. ..... and she hears, Sid break the bottle.. she feels a pinch and almost moves to rush over and see what happened but she remembers ..... Sid rejected me. He has shut doors on me.
So, you have a rejected Sid and you have a rejected Riddzie. Has pain ever been so ironical? Not to me. Neither in literature , nor in cinema , yet. Real life of course is much much stranger, ppz.
Next morning , a broken , drunk and devastated Sid , having slept at the small bar surrounded by alcohol wakes up with a sensation ... he wakes up and sees Riddhima bandaging his hand - dutiful wife , always prim and proper. Sid doesn't scream his lungs out or jerk away his hand like a violent lion.... he tries to pull his hand away like a little stubborn boy but Riddzie doesn't let him.....Sid lets her hold and bandage his hand but says nothing. Riddhima calmly tells him that he is right - we cannot go on living like this - inflicting pain on each-other- perhaps we should separate....
Sid looks up at her luminous sad face with surprise but he doesn't show it..... he says - OKAY.... and that 'Theek hai;' punches Riddhima in the gut.... she looks taken aback as tears once again find way. You can see that she was expecting Sid to say something that would make her see hope, make her see light .... but no.... Sid has rejected her because he believes that Riddz has rejected him......If Sid would have said even a single word that indicated a reconciliation , the girl would have melted like peanut butter but Sid did not......he just said i will speak to Dr. Shashank .... Riddhima , still fighting her tears turns away and requests Sid that she won't be there when he speaks to her Dad.... i am over, Sid. And i can handle this no more..... and the girl slips into oblivion so that Sid doesn't see those tears....
Sid , in control of his emotions , looks long after his wife has gone inside ..... You are beyond my understanding Riddhima just as i am beyond yours.... you inflict wounds and you heal them.....but not anymore... am going to heal both of us.....I will do it......
Tomorrow, i have no idea what Sid has in his head when he takes away Riddhima to a 'honeymoon' but i hope the endless suffering stops.....Riddhima is crumbling and Sid is collapsing - all because of each-other and yet the fools believe that the other one has rejected them..... sigh! heart , soul and human-beings......
P.S - Isn't it strange ? Sid told Riddhima to go and tell her Dad about the marriage crumble on her own and next morning , he himself said that he will speak to her Dad. You will never stop caring, Sid.... and Riddhima will never stop crying until you stop those tears. Don't reject her.
Love and luck always,🤗
God bless everyone!
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