Originally posted by: aye-masakalii
I noticed him looking to Pallavi too. Right now, he's a man on a mission to get Pallavi to see him as a good person. He's a target oriented person, he has a deadline, and he's laser focused. And he knows he has given Pallavi reason enough to mistrust him, so he doesn't begrudge her for her hesitance, he understands he has a lot to make up for. He didn't realise that he has to prove his goodness to Jaya and Kirti as well, and in the last 24 hours they shattered that illusion for him. One of my favorite bits of acting by Sai yesterday was all of the confidence just instantly draining out of him when Jaya refused to believe him.
I also loved the reflective scenes written for both Raghav and Pallavi today. Raghav is floored that Pallavi took his side, despite him giving her enough and more reasons not to. Like he said, up until 3-4 days back, he's constantly just hurt her. Pallavi, I'm glad she contemplated why she is trusting his so easily. If she weren't having that internal struggle, she'd just have gone from blind-Deshmukh-trust to blind-Raghav-trust, and that would have been quite dumb on her part. Pallavi is now using both her mind and her heart, and I'm enjoying seeing that.
On Jaya, I'm really conflicted right now. For all their faults, I don't mind watching Deshmukh scenes at all, since they're consistently written characters. So is Kirti for that matter. Jaya is just all over the damn place, and I was really quite angry at her treatment of Pallavi today. She's a person, not an object.
When she felt like it. she decided Pallavi should marry Raghav, and was joyously attending the wedding. She knew what Raghav had done, how Pallavi had been shamed and thrown out, did she really think this wedding was happening consensually? Now, she has decided that Pallavi should leave. Does she ever think about what Pallavi wants? She and Vijay are identical in this regard, completely ignoring her agency. I'm glad Pallavi called her out on this, and I'm glad she's done letting others decide her life for her, be it Vijay, Raghav, or Jaya.
I'm glad Jaya is back to her old self, I hated her gushing-RaghVi-fangirl mode. Like what's up with her?? She told Raghav he should have died in her womb, then told Kirti (when called out on forcing the wedding) that she can never stop loving her son, all teary eyed and vouching for his goodness by citing the old age home, and then she again thinks of him as the devil reincarnate. I'd even understand her having an internal battle between loving her son and holding him responsible for the deaths of her husband and other son, but it's so poorly written. She's never conflicted, just on one extreme or the other.
I think, today's scene would have made more sense with Kirti. She was always against the marriage since she could see it's not happening with Pallavi's best interests or with her consent. She called Jaya out for being selfish. She's had a good relationship with Pallavi, and cares for her wellbeing far more than Raghav's, with whom her relationship has been consistently strained. Keeping their years long friendship and comfort level in mind, it would be in character, and even a lot more appropriate, for her to say, "Pallavi, enough of this madness, and you being trapped between my mother, my brother and your father's power plays. Get the hell out of this mess, I'm packing your bags. You were supposed to go to Kohlapur in a month, right? Cut your losses and go today, live a peaceful life."
And even the hesitance with sharing the past would have made more sense with her, since just yesterday, Jaya was happy to give Pallavi the details in the coffee shop, so again her flip seemed to come out of nowhere.