I haven't posted in this forum in a long time now but the recent track of Krishna trying to teach the subliminal nature of love through "samarpan" took me back to some early discussions in this forum when the show had just started.
I remember some of us wondering at that point how the writers would tackle the inevitable nature of "viraah" or "separation" for RK since that is where their story is inevitably headed. Some one mentioned that the book that this show seems inspired from referenced a Krishna who talks subconsciously to Radha even after reaching Mathura.
I lost interest in the show during the whole random marriage track even though I could tell it would be a cop out....lol if I really stretch my imagination, I can KINDA see what they were trying to do....and again, here I would credit a lot to Sumedh's acting who manages to sell the jalebi like twists of Krishna's persona from human to God and back to human over and over again.....lol
I skipped the melodrama of the shaadi and bidaai epis but I tuned in for the epi when Krishna was about to leave Barsana "forever" cuz I was curious to see if they would actually move the story in that direction.....but LOL ofcourse they managed to flip it again.....however, I don't mind this turn of events so much.
First....the core nature of RK's story in my opinion is the subliminal quality of their love.....which frankly was somewhat diluted in all the back and forth of Asur marathons, constantly frowning Radha and just general frolicking around. Some of the best early RK epis have been those that touch upon the pain of the curse, the separation from the first epi. The marriage track suddenly switched gears to showing an "indulgent" Krishna in a sense who got caught up himself in the trappings of mankind....wanting to savor the feeling of a union with Radha in human form. Again, this is where the creative liberties came in.....but then again, most of the show has been filled with creative liberties in charting this story. I can live with creative liberties if they carry some emotional heft as an arc.
It seems this version of Krishna himself grapples with human failings from time to time even as he tries to teach mankind to rise above them. He got carried away in the marriage track....first in wanting to experience marriage with Radha, then deciding to sacrifice for the sake of her parents, deciding to leave the village itself....but achieving a new clarity when Radha came to meet him just as he was leaving Barsana. As he explained to Balram then, he had been grappling with destiny....even God himself grappled in human form it seems....lol perhaps because love has so many forms, even God himself is learning even as he teaches.....haha. Jokes aside, that is what I could gather from this turn of events....Krishna thought him and Radha had to move on to fulfilling their duties after this point.....but her return made him pause and realize that they are still yet to truly reach the subliminal point of love.
Despite all the back and forth soap tropes the show throws in from time to time, Krishna has essentially maintained that his and Radha's love is beyond any labels, relationships or any restrictions....this track essentially brings focus back on that core theme. For it now speaks of what happens when love is suppressed or sacrificed in the course of life.....does it just end overnight simply because you married someone else? Love in its purest form is unbound, free, endless.....so how can it suddenly vanish when society attempts to suppress it? Radha is currently bound by these very attempts to suppress and constrict her love....she is bound by a society that tells her that her husband is her master and the reason for her existence so she is trying to channel her energies there now. I see a Radha once again struggling between her love for Krishna and the rules imposed on her by society.
Which is why this track is being labeled one of "samarpan"....of total immersion and submittance in love.....Krishna is trying to show Radha and subsequently mankind that love cannot be caged and bound by the rules of society.....it is subliminal in nature and only those who have achieved total immersion in it can understand this truth. If done right, this track can strike the right balance between emotional depth and angst.....but that would require some nuance....lol
The show really is just a series of tests for RK as the curse continues on.....her getting married to Ayan is a part of that test....everything that can technically seperate them is in place.....and if they still aren't seperated, if they still manage to achieve that subliminal level of love.....a love that is beyond body, mind, society, relationships, everything.....that is when they rise above the curse, I guess.
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