Originally posted by: Reva_IF
Frankly, I understand where abhi and Akshu are coming from and neither is wrong when we see them individually.
Abhi’s trauma, his upbringing, akshu’s initial rejections of his love for arohi, akshu leaving him for 1 year for no fault of his has made him insecure. even though the ak’s sacrifice was made for him, it’s difficult for him to agree with that kind of sacrificial love- even during confession he had told ak that, “tumhara yeh mahaan wala drama nahi chahiye.” So I can see that his character is still the same- he doesn’t agree with sacrificial love.. He has known his akshu and her noble intentions always, but right now he can’t understand her actions. If he understood her actions, he would know how much that girl loves and values him. He is practical and selfish in love, which is not wrong IMO
Akshu’s love is giving. She sees giving as the highest form of love/devotion to someone. She gave up everything for her abhi but she can’t understand why abhi is in pain and not understanding her love. She knows abhi. She knows that he has anger issues. Abhi has told her in past that he becomes blind/can’t think properly in his tandav. She knows his anger but can’t understand the reason for his anger. If she would understand his anger then she would see why he doing what he is doing.. what has caused him to take this unbelievably foolish, drastic step. Her love is emotional and selfless, and again- it is not wrong IMO.
So all in all, the core characteristics of both leads haven’t changed much in this leap. But what’s changed is the essence of Abhira. 😒 Abhira have always felt each other’s pain, they have never aired their dirty laundry in public, they have always held on to each other and never thought of giving up, especially akshara. She has always been the mature, calm one- she is the one who always finds the good in the bad, always finds silver lining, always tries to hold on to her relations, however wrong or right they may be. Abhi is the impulsive, angry one- but even in his anger, he has never blamed akshara for anything, he has always supported her intention even when he didn’t agree with her actions. But here, we see Abhira not feeling each other’s pain, fighting in public, abhi misunderstanding akshu’s intentions, and Akshu (of all the people) just letting go of abhi without fighting hard enough or looking beyond the face value.
individually, both are wrong (akshu should not have up and left abhi in dark for 1 year and abhi should have understood her love/her intent and not reacted in anger) and both are right (abhi’s insecurities/anger are justified considering he is still in the dark wrt his family’s kaand and Akshu has the right to choose herself and her self respect). But their actions together as a unit, as Abhira- lets just say l am very disappointed with both of them.
Anupamaa
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