I also think, that somewhere, V needs this blow. I obviously don't want the portrait to suffer irreparable damage, but V needs to take a step back and it might help him cope better. Shakshi doesn't live on in that portrait, she lives in their memories and her kids. Maybe this will make him see that.
True.. U wrote my head... V needs this blow to come out of Sakshi and her world and see the reality that what is he doing.... By this he will get to know....... He needs to move on