Hi all,
Enjoyed reading all the comments on the bell ringing - problem solving.
First we need to understand these are teenagers. With my experience with 2 teens I can tell you this is how they are, at least mine are. They will drag an issue with days of sulking and cribbing and suddenly one day they'll laugh and say Oh ma I was being so silly ! That's it... here I would be giving philosophical mini lectures and in the end I don't know if anything went into their head but problem is solved.
Similarly I don't know if Sameer had any realization per se but for now he agrees to Naina's explanation of love vs fear and those positive answers to his earlier examples of why he is manhoos. One day when he reminisces these days he will see that his examples were such silly ones. They may revisit this when N's birthday comes up and how she is always cursed for her mother's death.
Finally, the bell ringing did not get him to realize anything. It was Sameer's way of conveying to Naina that yes I understand that I was being a jerk. Please accept my apology. Her ringing back signifies her accceptance of his apology and him.
The understanding came when she was missing and he was desperately running around looking for her.
You know why we ring the bell at the temple entrance right ? It is to inform the deity of the devotee's arrival and the sound is considered auspicious. I think that is what they tried to convey here.
Edited by appukrish - 7 years ago