The best post on the forum at the moment Bhanu! You've looked at the episode from a totally different angle and let us into the minds of all the players last night. And a big hug to you for sharing your pain with us. Proud to have you here amongst us! 🤗I am going to copy paste the response I posted on Ruby's thread regarding last night's episode
A big round of applause to the CVs for an episode that will probably go down as one of the best in YHM. Kudos to the writers for such a powerful episode. The powers that be in the show really go the full length for the finale of their tracks, don't they 😆 Phir bhalle the journey to that episode may be bumpy, end aisa karta hain ke hum dung reh jate hain. In addition to the script, it was full of stellar performances...from Shagun's desperation to Mihir's angst and Raman's closure, everyone did justice to their roles. After showing us an episode like Friday where Ishita was hellbent on making Sanjana Mihir's sister and it seemed we were watching a comedy show rather than YHM, we got a gem of an episode last night.
I loved everything about last night's episode from its start. But of course the highlight was the balcony scene 😳 And I also don't see any Mahanta in Raman's decision or his becoming an Ishita clone. He finally did today what he should have done years ago, accepted that Shagun and him were not meant to be and in fact that is what was best for him because he deserved better. Man proposes, God disposes. You cannot escape your destiny and yes life treats no one unjustly. Last night was Raman's acknowledgement that fate did him a favour by getting Shagun out of his life. And it is best to let bygones be bygones. Plus they've had six years to come to terms with it so no need to add further misery and lose more precious time. Loved it when he said that despite you hating someone, if you are destined to be together, you can't escape (my take was he alluded to Ishita here) and no matter how much you love someone, the tighter you want to hold them, they will slip out (Shagun, where he tried his best to not let her leave him). The dialogues given to Raman for two minutes describe the gist of what life is all about and the writers penned them down perfectly. How can you move on in life if you don't let go of your past? Raman now wants Mihir to do what he started to do post the party bench convo with Ishita. That was the night when Ishita made Raman realise that she was married to him and that meant everything attached to him is as much her responsibility as his. Ruhi was the means of that connection but his family which included Adi also came with it. Ishita also made him see how destructive his hate for Shagun really was. And that is when he started his journey of letting the past go and stay where it deserved to be. They had finally come to a stage where despite her lecturing, Raman began to understand where Ishita was coming from. Hence his insistence the next morning that she will also accompany him for the blood tests, as much as for his support as for Shagun to see that they were a unit now in the true sense. Ishita was no longer a nanny for Ruhi that he had brought home. And Ishita claiming Raman as Mera Raman last night does not mean that she is responsible for this change. Raman has always been a good, decent human being. A fact that Mr Iyer saw before he married his daughter to him and Bala saw soon after he got married to his favorite saali/sister. It was only Ishita who had to realise that her Aam was kachcha and not rotten the way she believed him to be. And last night she also witnessed what a gem she's married to and why Mihir is so devoted to his Raman Bhai.
His forgiving Shagun was not out of some Mahanta but for the simple fact that people who do not matter in your life should not be given the power to hurt you also. So just let the past be and let it go. Quite a few people did not like his reference to her as the mother of his children and that he would be upset if she was called by indecent names. Well that is a humane thing to do, koi ghair ke liye bhi woh lafz sunna nahin chahe ga, yeh tu phir bhi uss ke bachchon ki maa hai! And yes like he said, that is an undeniable fact that she is the mother of his children. Plus now is the first time that Ashok has shown some inclination towards marrying her, so the fact that she was living as his keep for the last six years and was not bothered by it is redundant. She had no choice! So now if there is a chance and her family can make it possible for her, then being a brother Mihir will have to do his bit. Blood ties are like that...despite all your differences you cannot deny the cord connection. And it's not as if she hasn't suffered for her choices. Hence the use of Bechari by Raman.
The other thing that made me happy was the fact that nobody made an issue with Raman for hiding this. In my opinion this was Mihir's secret, his prerogative. And Raman was simply honouring his friend's wishes. So was glad to see that Ishita and Iyers saw it for what it was.
