Two things I disagree with (and bear with me if I misquote - I tried to read through all the comments in 2 minutes ...)
1) Sid goof'd up - I don't think he did. He loves his wife, to death. He's very simple minded, and the circumstances that they got married under were none-to-romantic and not your usual arranged married type either. Also, he seems to keep striking out by trying to please his wife, like the restaurant date, etc. So he asked for some advice - for all intents and purposes - lets assume he's dating a girl, and it's his first or second date, and now it's her bday and he wants to make it special - so he asked for help. Now I haven't seen the whole epi, just the last 2 minutes, and a few seconds here and there, so I'm assuming he asked Sh. for help? And she prolly provided ideas she got from reading her 'Armaan diaries'? So again, I don't think there was any blunder on Sid's part.
2) the dialog you quoted - about Armaan ne pyar karna sikhaya and Sid ne matlab sikhaya one - see that's one I disagree with completely. I know, I know, she said it, she meant it, her life, and all that good stuff. But I don't speak from the ARian in me, but as a 'this is drama and they'll say anything tomove the story along' in me. In those days, they were trying for fillers: fillers till they figured out which route to go; fillers till the signed the contract with SA; fillers till they figured out which group crying for satisfaction was bigger and mightier (SR, AR, KaSH, KaJen, JeRan, etc.). So, they basically wanted to say that she's NOW learning a diff meaning of love, life, and commitment. Of providing support w/o the presence of love or WANTING to provide it, but doing it because your honor, your personality demands it.
If this was a beautifully written book, I would have expected her to say something that didn't put the word 'love' in the picture of SR just yet, atleast not on Ridzi's part. Remember, at that time, she was NOT in love with him just yet. SO I personally don't think the whole 'love ka matlab' part was appropriate there - I think Armaan DID teach her the love ka matlab by being maha patient with her (seems liek a trend, all guys have to do that with her :)). We saw that in the KaSh days, the KaSu days (he even says it then, that he's been very patient with her on again off again demeanor) and the KaJen days up until she broke off the engagement. And yet he stood by her, by her family, took her unnecessary blame games and patiently stayed by her side. In my book THAT is the matlab of love.
But Sid, he did smoething completely different. Firstly, I think he taught her that while they hated each other initially, he STILL stood by her, took care of her, saved her life, and then followed her to GOd knows where to find an Armaan that he didn't even know. And all because he had honor, integrity and self respect, AND respect for her. Then he up and offered to marry her - the girl who he hated, who hated him, who she insulted in front of the entire staff and blamed for molesting her, etc. THAT MAN, stood up for her, and agreed to basically sacrifice his WHOLE LIFE for her (yes, it would be sacrifice, coz he didn't love her then, she didn't love him then, and she was MADLY in love with A at that time). SO, I think ANYONE woudl be bowled over by such a show of honor, integrity, respect, and discipline. And of course, when her haze of craziness shattered, she DID notice and WAS impressed. And that lead to her education of responsibilty - the responsibility that Sid showed, his sense of right and wrong, of dependability, and yes, ultimately LOVE.
Ok - I'll stop typing now - I'm just jabbering, but do you get what I mean? I personally, was loving that scene till she said that. I was loving Sid's expressions, and his reactions, and when she said that, I was like 'aahhhhh man, what a cliche'. I would have rather she said something along the lines of there being so much more to love than life, and Sid's taught her that, or something like how she loved, and lost, with Armaan, but Sid taught her to love the game (i.e life) and not the players (i.e, Armaan).
I dunno, I'm no script writer, but I thought it was a cliche put in a very poignant scene ... sorry :( But I know you doh't mind disagreements :)
As for the question of who she loves and who she doesn't - I think it might be safe to say that NOW - she loves Armaan, still, yeah - but she's not IN LOVE WITH HIM anymore. And she has the utmost faith, respect and trust for Sid, and is well on her way of being IN LOVE with Sid ...
The ARian in me breathes a heavy sigh ... the drama watcher in me ... rubs hand in anticipation of what the turn of events will bring :)
Edited by lilmzsunshine - 14 years ago
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