Originally posted by: PSharada
I am confused - Did Raghav and Esha do the deed? My reading was Raghav thinks he might have crossed the line thinking it was Pallavi but he was so knocked out when he slept - in all possibility he might have slept off and Esha took advantage of him. Someone clear this confusion for me please.
Sharada my gut feeling says they didn't. At most it's possible he went in for a kiss thinking it was Pallavi. Given how intoxicated and unconscious he was, it is not 'technically' possible for him to do it iykwim. This is typical ITV tactic to keep the viewers in the dark, so they can have this "did they or didn't they" suspense. Any standard plot usually has these elements:
exposition (Raghav's ex being mentioned, RaghVi talking about it, Esha being introduced)
rising action (Esha's feelings revealed, Raghav and Esha getting stuck, the hotel night mishap, Raghav keeping it a secret and more buildup)
climax (Pallavi coming to know via Raghav or any other means, Esha's fate, RaghVi's fate)
falling action+ resolution (Raghav getting a full closure and also learning his lesson, some type of reflection from Pallavi and/or Raghav, Esha's exit, preparing the story to transition to the next track)
If Raghav-Esha have already done it then the climax won't be as impactful for the audience because they already saw it happening (in a sense), it will only surprise Pallavi. Any plot is usually introduced so it can actually surprise the audience as much as (if not more) the characters in the plot.