With all due respect this post doesn't appear neutral in my opinion
The main main of the show was to depict how if love turns to obsession can destroy lives and is harmful for everyone
Makers wanted to showcase the difference between selfless love and obsessed love
But that is where the problem lies...makers haven't been able to showcase this difference properly
Makers wanted to show how Maya on one end wanted to kill Arjun while on the other Saanjh wanted to save him and even was ready to sacrifice her life.
Saanjh loves Arjun and has supported him all her life..she even will try to sacrifice her life to save Arjun
But makers should have made Saanjh's character more strong and independent in my opinion...if she was better written then perhaps the intended message could have been put across in a more impactful way
Her constant dependence on Arjun when she keeps clinging to him makes her look clingy...i do think she should have given more space to Arjun after he got married and she should have tried to save herself from Samay on her own rather than leaving it upto Arjun to come and save her...rather than a damsel in distress she should have been shown fighting for herself.
Makers again did a goof up when they showed Arjun and Saanjh being ok with Samay...samay was a murderer and so is Maya and both deserve punishment...saanjh and Arjun could have used Samay and not befriend him
These small things would have made her character more likeable.
But at the same time I do consider that these characters have made simple human mistakes
Saanjh applied holi colour before Maya, Saanjh going to meet Arjun in a restaurant could have been avoided by Saanjh
Arjun could have avoided meeting her as well
But this is a fact that Maya was aware about their friendship since the start and even tried to put down Saanjh many times and Saanjh did support Maya against Vandana and even arranged honeymoon tickets for her and Arjun.
I do think that these mistakes could have been avoided but this doesn't give a right to Maya as well to go on a killing spree and commit end number of crimes.
At the end of the day all these characters have suffered at Maya's hands.
If Vandana didn't accept her initially although all her fears did come true...she paid with her life
Saanjh lost her father
Ayaan went to jail and nearly died , lost his mom
Jhanvi was paralysed
Arjun was sentenced to death and lost his mom
If we look at the mistakes of these characters then we should also look at the good which they did
Saanjh did support Maya infront of Vandana
Ayaan did support Maya infront of His mother and got slapped too
Vandana did went to Maya's house with the gifts
Jhanvi was not a good mom but she did stood up for her daughter on the day of her wedding when she went to Ashwin
Arjun did support Maya
All these characters are flawed and not perfect...no one is perfect in real life too..these characters are as real as they can get...they have committed mistakes and in my opinion have suffered way more than they deserve.
I always say that the magnitude and level of crime and punishment had to be kept in mind
A abuses B so B slaps A and in return A stabs B to death
Now justifying Maya's actions is same as justifying A stabbing B to death in my opinion
These characters committed mistakes while Maya went ahead can committed heinous crimes and there is no justification for that at least not in my opinion
As far as SaaJun is concerned I always wanted them to stay friends till the very end
But makers perhaps want to show how Arjun after going through hell and during this time when Saanjh was by his side perhaps realised his love for her. It is understandable if he falls in love now
But I would have preferred if Saanjh says no as of now and these two spend time with their respective families and be there for each other as friends, try to focus on their career and then maybe later can think about marriage.
I would have preferred if SaaJun had remained best friends but if they happen I don't have a huge problem with it but I do hope romance doesn't become the focus...thrill should be there and pace should not be comprised
At the end of the day makers have shown what they had promised
Story of a woman whose love turns to obsession and it destroys everything...excess of anything is harmful even love and that is precisely what has happened.
This was never supposed to be a love story or a redemption story but I do wish writers would have made Saanjh stronger so that she was more likeable and more worthy of rooting for...sometimes she did come across as borderlining obsessed although her love was never destructive and she never harmed anyone.
So, yup m happy that makers so far have not bowed down to any fan pressure and have shown what they intended to show..a dark thriller.
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