Originally posted by: AreYaar
Thank you! :)
Yes, Abhinav was a good man but his function in the story never really rose above a supporting role as far as I could see. He provided support to Akshara at a low point in her life, saw her through some tough times but there was never anything more than that to his character. Giving the same speeches about simplicity, achhai, pahaadon mein yeh woh for 7 months is not really a character arc. He was mostly a static character used to block Abhimanyu's rightful access to his son. Akshara put him up as a shield to keep Abhimanyu away and that was the push and pull of the last 7 months.
Makers ofcourse dragged out the plot by an extra 3-4 months so it lost coherence along the way but if you look at the big picture, it remained this only that Abhinav may be a good man but his only function in the story was to block Abhimanyu's rights as a father in this leap and prevent any resolution of festering wounds. Every single situation was stopped by discussions around Abhinav's feelings, Abhinav's happy family etc. etc....these are not character arcs, these are just blockers to keep the main leads apart.
Honestly feel Nav would have been better served if his character was removed after Abhir's surgery track or even after the Kasauli wedding track....they had better momentum at that point in terms of where Abhira were story-wise too....but they chose to stagnate and rinse/repeat again with another month of this custody track. Oh well, better late than never😆
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