It's a great observation but I still believe Suraj did love Imli.
I believe Suraj loved Imli from the start because there were moments before the marriage when he was struck by her and cared for her but there was always his alter ego that prevented him from realizing it.
He realized late when Imli started caring too much for Vivaan and especially when Vivaan was continually be called the father of the child on Suraj's face. If it was not love, he would never have thought of Imli's happiness and helped Chakor in bringing Imvaan together.
But I also do believe that changes happened because of Chakor as well. She is so selfless and thinks of everyone. She may have been harsh with him but her love was just snatched away from her and he was no less.
Still, she forgave him despite all he did with her. I am not speaking about the swap. After the swap, he was horrible with her by making her a bonded wife which is something she despised and making her do things that she could not, making her drop in her parent's eyes and all that.
She came to save his life because she believed in the good man in him so yes, maybe he was turned by her goodness and he does not realize.
Anyway, my point is he was changed by both Imli and Chakor. If he had not realized his feelings for Imli and tried to be good in order to get her, I am sure he would never have had the change of heart. Infatuation is not something that lasts long. It comes and you are crazy about a person, but then at one point you stop caring. With Imli, he still cares because he loved her so I do not think we can categorize his feelings as infatuation. Chakor had to keep telling him but there were some instances when she did nothing and he still seem to care for her. Like when he was being beaten to death and the three of them come to save him. He took the bullet for her.
When she was accompanying Chakor to her sangeet or some function, he could not stop staring at her. He came at night to see her but did not meet her.
Edited by meimo12 - 8 years ago