Originally posted by: I-Am-SherLOCKED
We all know that Ninad is a misogynist. How and why Virat idolized him for 26-27 odd years, nobody knows. But did you see Ashwini's reaction when Ninad was about to slap Sai? She wasn't shocked like Makhi Didi. She seemed to be reliving the pain which she underwent. Up until this point, I didn't think Ninad would be an abuser but now it seems obvious. He's obviously the sort of man who treats women like his property. If he can raise a hand on his daughter-in-law on whom he doesn't have the 'first right' so as to speak, wouldn't he have done it to his own wife who he would've thought of as his chattel?
Virat considering his Baba to be his idol and best friend is the biggest mystery to me. HOW? I was also disappointed with the way he told him off. It sounded more like Virat thought it was a one-off and that his Baba is not capable of such a thing. Why, WHY, can he not deal with these abusers little more strictly??!!
Virat most of the time wants to be positive . Even today he did his 'frustration relieve aasan', (keeping his hand on his head) and moderated his anger against the family,and today he was losing his patience quite quickly.
And Ashwini ,as many had said earlier has kept Virat away from most of the mess.But the tension is too obvious to sense.So in order to protect his mother,he might have been according to his father,idolising him.Moderating everything. So that atleast he doesn't become a cause of misery for his mother.
But maybe she was not totally successful. And probably Virat became mature at an early stage,bending himself probably rather than others. But somewhere he feels insecure of all this,you know like a scared hidden kid ,and this sense comes in front of Sai,maybe that is why he doesn't want to completely bend infront of her ,he also wants her to accept him ,just as he is ,flawed,not as a show-off or someone as perfect as her aaba. But as family.