Originally posted by: vira76
RUNAK - The Fated Couple
Today, I want to take my time to write about Runak which we all love. The reason why we all were attracted to this show and the reason why we all are still clinging to the show like with the tiniest hope that we can find. For giving us this hope, makers ko jitani galiya de utani kam hai!
This is a story of two people who meet through a common person they are related to. They meet, talk, laugh, and connect. They feel an instant connection between them. It's like when you meet some people you feel like you know them, it was a feeling like that for them. When we meet such people, we get curious about them, we want to become friends with them and know more about them. It was an unexplained connection between them.
They were going to part ways after that short encounter but fate had something else planned for them. They get married in bizarre circumstances. While they were in the mandap, one was constantly thinking about the fiance he was about to marry, and the other one was lost in the thought of her mother's demise.
How can they throw away their whole life, all their aspirations, and dreams just because of one unfortunate night? So they decide to ignore and forget that night like it never happened.
The righteous woman decided to remove the sindoor like it was nothing, holding back the tears in her eyes...
The compassionate man decided to take her home and help her after finding out about her mother's past, her past...
I like to believe when you get married, it changes something in you. It is the impact of the rituals and the promises we make in front of the god. That is why we see these two reminiscing that day so often. It was a night that changed something in them, even if it was a forced change, it was a change.
In Runak's journey, fate has been the major player. They both tried to understand very hard why they kept thinking about that night. Why does it hurt to deny the marriage that happened?
Like we say "Jodiya upar wala banata hai"... In the case of Runak, I like to believe that is the case. They must have been meant to be together. Two souls that were always connected for ages, from their past lives may be, but meeting just now... and that is why it is so hard for them to deny the connection that they feel for each other.
From the start Jhanak and Anirudh knew, their relationship was impossible, it wasn't morally right nor did they want to accept it. If they were to accept the relationship, they would end up hurting all the relations they hold dear to them.
But fate had different plans for them. No matter how much they resisted, fate kept bringing them together. Fate kept reminding them about the night they wanted to ignore...
I sometimes wonder, why they decided to ignore the marriage and not break it legally in the first place. It was a marriage they did not accept. Breaking it would have been the easiest thing to do. Maybe because they wanted to always treasure that night in their hearts. Maybe because they never wanted to erase the memory of it.
Runak never really had a thought of accepting the marriage. They never thought of that as a possibility. Once the marriage was exposed, it was rejected by Anirudh's family members like anything. It was called fake by the society. It was made fun of by their loved ones. It was broken by Anirudh's father and people celebrated when they both signed the annulment papers.
A marriage that was so precious to them was cruelly crushed by people!
Jhanak was humiliated by Anirudh's family and was called several names... For a woman, this was a tough fate to accept. Imagine being legally married but not accepted but rather insulted for it! If Jhanak accepted this marriage, she would not get respect from anyone. This marriage would have become the reason for her pain and suffering!
For Anirudh, he understood he was committed to a woman, the families were already involved. The woman he once loved, is already considered the daughter-in-law of the house even without the marriage. Accepting Jhanak will mean sentencing her to the wrath of his family who consider money and respect in society their everything.
Both surely wished for this marriage to be accepted by others. They desired for the other person to accept the marriage first. Because it seemed like an impossible dream to them and they never dared to speak or ask the other person about it. This was always just a wish and their heart's desire that they knew would never come true!
Until the day came when the weaker one between the two, broke down with the fear of losing her forever. He expressed what was deep in his heart. She had rejected him cruelly even before he confessed. He knew she was already someone he could never have but god had gifted him that one night with her as a mercy and in the weakness of the moment he spoke the truth. He spoke the truth to himself and to her after a long time first time that night. It was a confession with rejection in mind. It was a confession with no expectations to receive the love back. How hard it must have been to say those words knowing you won't be loved back!
That night something new entered in the woman's heart too. She had closed her heart forever to protect herself from ever getting hurt. But the pure feelings she was faced with even she could not ignore. She started to wish, desire ... something she had given up long ago.
But the reality hits both of them the next morning when the woman is faced with the fact that the man who confessed to her is her sister's to-be husband and the man knows he can never have her as she does not want him.
The dirty games we saw both of these play during the marriage were a testament to how much they were hurting inside. The feeling of hurt like you feel numb to the pain.
Both chose different ways to express these according to their own nature. When you are hurting so much, when you feel like your happiness is seeping away forever, that feeling makes you do crazy things. Things like testing the one you love intentionally by either participating in the marriage function, helping organize it, or faking love for someone else and acting to be happy in front of everyone! These were the last attempts of dying hearts. They were agonizing in the pain and these were their desperate final attempts to make other one feel something, even if the only thing left for them to give is pain....
This is the story we know so far. Two people connected by fate, trying hard to fight against their destinies in their own way. Trying to do the right thing for the people they care about and most importantly doing what they think other person wants. Anirudh submits to the fate that Jhanak wants for him and Jhanak not coming in the way of the fate she thinks will make him happy.
Now that Jhanak has left after experiencing hurt by Anirudh, fate will decide to make them meet again in Mumbai through a talent show completion. Fate is the most important factor in Runak's relationship. We feel hopeless sometimes because they never desire to be with each other. It's always fate that brings them together. I hope their journey so far makes you see at least the reason behind it.
I am not sure what's in the store for us, heck I don't know if they will end up together or not. But what I do know is that it is going to be a bumpy ride to witness fate bringing two people together who want to fight against it with all their might. No wonder we feel anxious all the time with these two because we all are also hanging on god's plan for them and no one can know what god's plan is. But so far fate has not failed us, let's hope it will not fail us in the future as well! β€οΈ
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