Finally I was able to catch up on the last two episodes and how beautifully they gave an insight to all three characters.
Well, Aditya's anger is legendary, is no surprise to anyone but he is also a person who does not keep anything inside him. He will let the other person know what is making him angry, not in a explicit way but its always there. If the person address his grievances in a logical way, its calms him down. In all his fights with Imlie, she has always first listened to his grievances and then given him an explanation or an insight or made him look at things in a different way, which reluctantly though, has calmed him down. Hence, their fights are always done and dusted with in that moment itself.
With Malini, he did the same thing. In his rant, he told her about all his grievances, insecurity, his fear that she might force him to separate from his family but Malini did not get it. She did not address any of it and she was stuck only on the car issue. If she could have connected the dots and just told him that she does not need anything, only him, things would have been resolved there and then and they would be back to being a normal couple. But, Malini who cannot handle confrontations, went to resolve the immediate problem instead of the elephant in the room. With her mother too, when it became too much, she just burst out crying. This whole incident really brought out the fact that, she at the core is not at all an emotionally strong person. She cannot handle confrontations, sadness, panic nor anything that has the potential of destroying the happy bubble around her. This very character trait of hers is going to be big hurdle in the future for Aditya and Imlie, because as they showed, on the other side, that as soon as, Aditya was heaped with a ton of guilt, he forgot all his anger, fear, insecurity, and was only focused on making amends. Basically, what I am saying is that, that the guilt for Aditya is always going to overshadow everything and we are going to witness this time and again in near future especially when his hearts starts opening up to Imlie.
But swapping everything under the carpet is not a solution to any relationship problem. It is going to raise its ugly head soon and how soon will depend on AC. It also showed that not only Malini does not know her man, she does not even know her mother. In her innocence or should I say blindness, she went and gave her mother such a big weapon i.e. an insight to Aditya's insecurity and if she thinks, her mother is not going to use it against Aditya, she is just very naïve. Methinks she should just buckle herself for another similar fight.
Well, the best part of me was the line that Aditya's brother said ki "Tere gusse ko woh akele sambhal nahi payegi". Little does he know that there is one person who had many times handled his anger without flinching and has time and again managed to calmed it down. We see that in the very next scene with the poem and what a beautiful poem it was but for me it was a glimpse of Imlie's subconscious mind. It was a picture of all her feelings, her inner thoughts, her misgivings and her view on her husband. Till date, they have just showed her going with the flow, suppressing her feelings and soothing everyone including her husband's ruffled feathers. I think that’s because, somewhere she holds herself responsible for this marriage. Yes, they both were victims but it was Imlie who first gave the consent to this marriage. Aditya was Ok dying but Imlie's consent sealed their fate and he has made her aware of this fact. I feel this is the guilt she has been carrying and hence she has tolerated his taunts and his attitude towards this marriage but still every girl dreams about a Prince Charming and Aditya has been anything but the epitome of perfection. The poem was the insight of what kind of her husband she wished for and what she has got. Instead of a man who brings flowers and gifts she has got a man who is always angry and blames her for every mistake even though she is innocent. The hug was her subconscious wish and also showed how simple Imlie is. She does not need stars, moon, flowers or gift, only a simple sorry and his acceptance. Very Very beautifully done.👏
Also, I do not think these are her active thoughts, but because that poem and the dream was so instinctively done without any forethought, it brought out the fact that these are her subconscious thoughts and feelings about her husband. One thing, though that was again reiterated was that, that though Imlie is not in love with him, she has accepted Aditya as her husband for life. This is her upbringing and nobody can take his place in spite of his behavior and circumstances, at least at this moment.
I will end it with this that even though Imlie, using her own special method and has succeeded in doing the patch up and it was reluctantly accepted by Malini, in the long run, if this continues it might give rise to a feeling of initial resentment in Aditya and a feeling of insecurity/hatred in Malini as they both will slowly realize that his soulmate and the person who understand him the most is not who they thought it was.
PS: Thank you for you comment on the comparison, it was so very much needed. Though the base of the story is same, it is still a different story, almost like we have Cindrella but then there are so many different unique versions of the same story and each can be enjoyed independently. I think we should just let the CVs tell their own story about Imlie because it might very well turned out to be the best version of all the similar stories currently there.
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