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I have been reading a lot of posts lately about how Shaurya is becoming increasingly mean and that his character needs to be toned down. Instead of replying to the various threads on the forum, I thought I'd share my two cents here.
P.S. Just wanted to add that the more he lashes out at her, the more he is affected by her. Keep that in mind and it will make his rudeness more bearable to watch.
Shaurya in my opinion is not acting out of character at all. Here's a man who has worked hard to carve a name for himself. Who has seen people cheat, wheedle, beg and steal their way to money and fame. He's heard the excuses, seen the backstabbing and witnessed the ugly things desperation and drive make people do. He's seen it all. More bad than good. He's jaded, wary, cautious and highly judgmental. With valid reasons to be.
Remember the amount of drama that unfolded during just one small town housewives cooking contest. The hidden footage, the credit stealing, the fake contestant etc. Now remember he has judged two seasons of a reality TV show, various small cooking events and runs his own restaurant chain. Thus he has seen all of it on a larger national level.
So his disdain for the people in general and middle-class in particular is reasonable and justified for someone of his background. Is it wrong? Definitely. But he's basing it on his own personal observations and majority of what he's seen happen around him. For crying out loud, even his chef fake-swore on his mother to keep his job. Why should he think anyone is any different?
Add to all this, his constant interactions with Mehek. She gets under his skin. Already. She's pinged on his radar and try as he might, he just can't ignore it, ignore her. She forced him out of character the instant he found himself walking back to give her that energy bar. He slipped up, wasn't the man he usually is in the media glare, the man he prides himself for becoming. Then there was the dhabba incident and then the restaurant one - both interactions that left him feeling disoriented.
So when he lashes out at her, it's in an attempt to write her off. But the irony is, what he really wants to feel towards her is indifference, however what he does have towards her instead are these memories that rub him the wrong way and the fact that he just can't forget them and move on like he want to. It also doesn't help that his friend/partner seems to be more on her team than his.
It is also this - living in the limelight surrounded by people who would do anything to get his attention, or five minutes of fame - that's driven him to wear his general distaste for people as an armour around him. To shield himself, to protect who he really is. Something he only truly shows to his online friend MS. Because she wants nothing from him, she can't get anything from him, she can't con him into anything. He won't be deceived, tricked or fooled. If you notice, it is mostly Mehek who reaches out to him and confides in him. He's mostly less communicative. Another one of his defense mechanisms, which is slowly coming undone the more he speaks to her.
Now it would surely be interesting to know which side of him comes out when he realises Mehek Sharma is MS and how he chooses to deal with it.
Until then, let's keep hoping for more MahRya scenes.
Thanks for reading my long rant. I just binge-watched a week's worth of episodes and needed to get it all out. :)
P.S. Just wanted to add that the more he lashes out at her, the more he is affected by her. Keep that in mind and it will make his rudeness more bearable to watch.
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