Khushi: Worn-out Warrior or Sympathized SankaDevi?

Hello everyone! The Monday suspense riding like a high race-horse on your minds? Skimming through the forum to relieve your thirst for this show? Don't worry; you're not the only one.

I especially love this forum because of the regular inflow of talent you witness here, the ongoing debates which give a whole new colour to your beloved show. So what's the hot topic this week?

Well, it's Khushi's character, which, although it has not been on a roller-coaster ride like Arnav's, does have varying shades to it. The debate isn't whether they reflected a new shade upon the prism of her personality, but if it's the same comedy colour that comes in package with Khushi or a murder of the survivor that had once been ingrained in her?

The Worn-out Warrior:

Khushi Kumari Gupta, despite of her delicate shoulders and innocent eyes, had always been the pawn ready to march in the battle-field, ready to fight for her own cause- ALONE. And perhaps that was why the hard-nut-to-crack ASR found himself being attracted towards her: she handled his challenges with an iron-hand and in return, she presented him with challenges. In response to his "welcome to hell", she retaliated by showing that "hell is not enough to burn out my courage, Mr Arnav Singh Raizada." But once she realized that hell might not only burn, but kill her in the process, a consequence she could not inflict on her family, she resigned. She quenched her ego, because her family was more important to her. Who can dare contradict me when I say that Khushi has always been a survivor? She stepped in the house of the same man who had taken the oath to give her misery- and she survived (she did more than just surviving, but let's not get into that) She received a stake of bitter truth through her heart as she realized her fianc( and we know how our Khushi considers marriage as a blessing, pure from the Heavens) was betraying her trust, and yet she couldn't reveal his evil- and she survived. She was forced into a sham marriage, something that shattered all the dreams she had been fostering since forever and went against her treasure of morals; forced by a man she had started to think of as her "raajkumaar" but who know was showing himself as a "shaitaan"- and she survived. Which brings us to the ultimate question: was suicide the only resort or the last resort of Khushi? After the bewildered thoughts of her husband murdering her swarmed in her mind, our Warrior decided to use her pointed sword on her own heart instead of dying from a supposed enemy's wound. But that's not a warrior, is it? And that's not our Survivor KKGSR, is she? Our survivor would have fought with ASR, fought for her life, for her survival, perhaps would even have forced him to surrender. In other words, she could have demanded Arnav to not play with her life and mess with it, gave him a good pep talk of how he can't write everyone's fate. But climbing on to a roof, leaving behind all hope, is this the Khushi who had tilted a steaming cup of tea on our steaming ASR's face? I doubt it. It's not about not acting according to her age; it's about not acting according to her personality!

The Sympathized SankaDevi:

Now the other party rises in retaliation, elevating banners of "Khushi ki Khudkhushi jaiz hai" (Khushi's suicide is acceptable!)

Khushi and immaturity go hand in hand, janam janam ka saath hai. Buaji doesn't call her Sanka Devi without reason, you know. Three, Twenty-three, or thrity-two, whatever her age, the child in her hardly withers away. It might go on a little vacation to Bali sometimes, but it returns nevertheless. After all, this is Khushi we are talking about; one who can encourage the thoughts of a business tycoon, rendering his office work insignificant just to take revenge from her through black magic, obviously can conclude the mysterious reason to her marriage as a horoscope-fiasco-fixing. And given that, her innocence shouldn't be termed as objectionable, rather it should be sympathized with. A girl, bereft of all hope of receiving answers finally proceeds to hunt them herself, when her childish brain gets the better of her (as usual) and she clings to the only conclusion her head offers her. Resting that aside, her suicide is, unexpected, yes; but over-the-top, NO. And as to a family, her loved ones she's leaving behind, the CVs have portrayed the love within her, which is crying at what she has to abandon. In other words, she has to be pitied, not berated for her doings, even if they are wrong.

So my fellows, to which party do you attribute your precious vote? Balance both of the arguments, which one has more weight ( I might not have done full justice to both the sides, so all of you, whichever side you are on, are free to defend it fully)? My perplexed brain is searching for answers which I hope the many Shakespeares around here would gladly provide.

Resting my case, all I would say is, after making us wait so long for the confrontation, we probably deserved a bit more intense of a situation leading to it. Ah well, all's well that ends well, right?

Would be looking forward to hearing from you all 😊

Alas I refuse to cast my vote...in an election I dont recognise...but I must say the campaign was written out very well...and yes thank you...I was searching for juicy material to spice my sat...and your wonderfull post has engaged my taste buds...

👏 I actually think this is probably one of the best posts I've read on the forum in a long time. You've depicted both points of views brilliantly and fairly!

It is a poor reflection on the CVS writing ability when it comes to character development that we've been left here to choose and ponder - these two sides of her should have blended together beautifully not brought another ASR/Arnav dynamic!😆

Having said that and ONLY with regards to this current suicide track - Khushi resigning to death seems completely out of character for me! Period. It's a cruel blow on exactly the scenes you've referred to before - worn-out worrier, she's a survivor. When forced into marriage, made to promise she would not leave RM, she still persevered and continue to survive, using it all to her advantage to prove a point to ASR or irk him enough that he tells her to leave. Except some OTT moments, most of her actions and decision until this track has made sense but this one not so much.

To be frank, how does it distinguish her from the run of the mill SP bahus with glycerine eyes (no offence to fans) because isn't Khushi essentially STILL behaving like a doormat - the comedy music doesn't take away from the defeatist attitude. Strip the comedy and she's behaving similar to precisely those other characters bowing to the supposed will of their husbands.

Khushi is mischievous and quirky but funnily enough the only other time I felt she was out of character as this was when she believed ASR was doing black magic on her *face palm*😆 - At least my dislikes are consistent if not her character.

Awesome post dear, and I second the comment of all the others: it is impossible to choose between the Survivor and the Sympathized...

Originally posted by: Punkin22

Thank you all for posting, enjoyed all views above me. This suicide decision by Khushi had me upset. This is not the Khushi I loved, this is very out of character for her. She never gives up no matter the odds. She would NEVER give ASR the last battle. So, I am left in confusion until reading all posts and especially Aquiline. Of course, why did I not use my brain, Khushi never intended to really commit suicide, she was just resting her brain until she could come up with a new plan to defeat ASR. What a relief, did not like track with mixing comedy and suicide. Thank you all for input. 👏👏👏

I can write volumes on khushi's character, but you wrote it even better.