Originally posted by: PSharada
Love - the path of it is and never was easy. Ishq ki raahein itni aasaan kaha hain - so goes the title track for this show. When I look back at the journey of 200+ episodes I see the marvelous growth of 2 scarred individuals who did not have in their heart to hope for love because each was scarred by their past.
I am sure they had stopped thinking of love and life. Both were so engrossed in their miseries ki time hi kahan tha?
Raghav - had circumstances not been that bad he would have had his family with him. He is a giver, he loves taking care of people who are his family and he would die a thousand deaths if he could protect them. The same Raghav unintentionally became the instrument of death for his beloved father and younger brother. I can't fathom the guilt this guy carried in his heart for the past 10 years. Yet he rose like a warrior from the fires of Hell to be The RAGHAV RAO, one who has a tough exterior yet his heart beats for love and family. Like Raghav repeatedly says - he hates loneliness and he wants people around him. Pallavi sees his vulnerable side when he cries his heart out saying he doesn't want to be alone. Yet this person was condemned to stay alone for 10 long years. Yes he got his own loyal people who love to take care of him like Farhad, Rama, Harish and others but is it sufficient? He always wanted his mother to be there with him, wanted to dote on his loving sister. Take away everything from Raghav, he will survive and he will bounce back higher than before but take away love from Raghav and he will wither and die. That is what love is for Raghav.
10 yrs of abandonment scarred his soul. A child stuck in a closed room for hours carries the trauma through his/her life. The incident is forgotten but the psychological trauma stays. This is why he holds on to his family, his love tight. He can't bear to loose them. Farhad, Rama and Harish can only provide for him... be there for a purpose but not love him... can't pull him out of his darkness. Can't see his tears... can't reach his vulnerable self. So he fiercely guards his territories to protect those he loves.
Pallavi - one who was condemned a widow and a manhoos for no fault of hers struggled to make her family happy and bent backwards to help them get through the society. She became the daughter of the house working hard to keep her parents-in-law happy. When you see Pallavi in the first episode trying so hard to erase the red sindoor from the saree - you can see the pain in the young widow's eyes. She might have had a million dreams but everything got squashed because her husband went out in the night never to return. Yet Pallavi has the strength of Phoenix - She rises from ashes and becomes the light for the people around her.
In a house filled with people, Pallavi was alone in her struggles. No one knew the battles she was fighting. No one saw the pain behind her smiles. I sometimes feel, she was accepted as a daughter because she took the place of their son. Had it not been the case, had she been dependent on them... she would have been ousted long back.
And when these two get together you can see the happiness they bought for each other. Pallavi was the light in Raghav's life - He is happy and is slowly becoming the old Raghav only because of the love from Pallavi. When Pallavi was shot Raghav says - Please don't leave me, Without you by my side I will again keep on making mistakes. That is what Pallavi is to Raghav - one who guides him and supports him. Raghav is finally becoming the person he could have been only due to constant support and encouragement from Pallavi. Take away Pallavi from Raghav's life and Raghav will crumble like anything - a fact that everyone from Amma to Sunny know.
There was a paradigm shift in their personalities. The don mellowed down and to the tunes of his saree ka dukaan. He may survive without air, but he can't function without her. thats the fact of his life.
Pallavi - she can't breathe without Raghav. She will live but it would be a life devoid of happiness. Sure she is having blind faith on her husband which will lead to heart breaks but her heart beats for Raghav. When Raghav gives her the pain only Raghav has the power to soothe it and assure her and Raghav will walk the fires of hell to get his Pallavi to forgive him.
The extent to which Pallavi trusts Raghav is beyond one's level of comprehension. She will break for him and only he holds this power on her. If he breaks her, she's gonna nurture the pain too. Its only him, who could heal her.
This track is not for faint hearted because there is going to be lot of heart break and angst and especially for Raghav since he is stuck in a big problem. But he has to walk the path - to get his love to make her his forever, to soothe her and to assure her of her rightful place next to him for all his life. I can't abandon them during the heart break because I truly believe after this hurdle their love will be stronger than ever. It will help Raghav shed his fear and insecurities and it will make Pallavi realize why she needs Raghav in her life.
Yes, this time, Raghav will have to make the effort to rise above the darkness because if he drowns, she goes down with him. She will be vulnerable, he'll have to walk this path of fire to her.
Love is a strange feeling - It empowers you yet weakens you, It liberates you yet keeps you chained, It makes you happy yet makes you feeling scared. Like Raghav says Jo pyaar ko jaan le, yeh pyaar uski jaan le. Yup time to pay back your pound of flesh Raghav and win your love. Same for Pallavi - Time to pay back the tears to finally get the rainbow you deserve in your life dear.
Loved this ❤️