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Posted: 2 months ago

tell me about it!! Snake and ladder! smiley37 I love the analogy! So apt!

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Wow amazing write up Vira!smiley32 People are still sticking to the show thinking RuNak will get back together one day, otherwise its so hard to watch tue crap they are showing. This is like a snake and ladder game - when we think we reached the top we fail and fall back to the bottom, and keep climbing just to be fallen again πŸ˜‚

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The Curious Case of Makers of this show!



First of all know, this isn't a love letter! But I wanted to waste some valuable time of my life to write about this because recently I have been thinking a lot and I feel we did a lot of analysis of the characters but we never really discussed or analyzed the makers of this show. We continued to fail at our analysis of the characters because we never tried to understand the makers. So, let's start at the source.


I am going to add a few things here, feel free to add more to this...


Twisted:

This is the word that comes to my mind when I think about makers. First of all, realize this, someone actually thought to write a love story between to-be Jija and Sali and sell that to the Indian public who taboos this kind of love. If this isn't a twisted thought then what is?

(This also reminds me of the Bridgeton season two love story, where also to-be groom of the younger sister falls in love with her older sister and forces himself to marry the younger sister. That was in a much older era, and this is in the newer era. An impossible love story to tell but it happens anyway... and it works, we watched it anyway and loved it!)

Wicked Genius:

The fact that we want to ship Runak is immoral itself. We should judge ourselves. We want a guy to break up and go against his family to marry the younger sister of his to-be-wife. Makers are making us want this immoral love to happen. So I think they are wicked geniuses in that sense.

Keeping a balance with morals:

We all have been complaining quite a bit about fewer Runak romance scenes between the leads. I feel this is very much intentional from the makers. We can hate them for it as we love our leads so much that we want to see them being romantic with each other. Cliche scenes I feel were intentionally avoided, because they wanted to develop a deep emotional connection to justify their relationship to us. If they gave romantic scenes that will portray the leads of the show as well ..." perverts"!

Writing Anirudh bose:

This character is really something. That is too much goodness in him for someone to hate him completely, and some traits belong to a villain in storytelling generally. For example, he wishes to take revenge on a woman he loves because she hurt him and did not follow what he wanted, he dares to ask Jhanak to stay in his life but promises to marry her sister simply because he lacks the guts to face the society and his family, lying to his fiance to visit her sister just to confirm if she is romancing with another guy or not lol ... think about this leaving your love for Anirudh aside, these traits are generally of a villain in the story and in real life we won't like a man like Anirudh to be our fiance πŸ˜† Lot of people hate this about him and I don't blame them! But most of us want him and love him!

Makers have taken a lot of liberties with this character and we will sound like idiots if we try to tell this story in plain English to someone who does not follow this show. Ask me how? I told my husband two lines and his first question was, so why is he marrying this woman?

People who wrote this guy and made us fall in love with him, do you expect them to give us a straightforward love story? Hell no!

Love for most bizarre situations:

The bizarre characters, and bizarre love story demand bizarre situations. We have seen a few, Hindu wedding reversal rasams, calling marriage fake or half, marrying people online, hitting a child with a mental condition... What a bizarre Indian family who is afraid of losing their izzat in society resort to! This won't be the end!

Love for reality and family drama:

The fact that they show so much family drama that we get fed up with it, they want to show family dynamics. They don't want to show a love story where two people meet, fall in love, and happily live ever after. No, they want to involve the family in this, showing how much impossible this love story is. How family and their opinions count as well and how they impact the love story of the two we want to witness. They certainly missed balance in between and it was quite repetitive but now they are adding more colors to the characters. What we want is a straightforward love story, they don't have any intention to show it.

Triggering the audience:

They know the formula of what triggers the audience. Does it matter to them if you are watching the show because you hate it or because you love it? The fact that I am investing so much time in writing about the show tells me they must be doing something right to attract me, the person who was far far away from toxic drama, loves sci-fi TV shows, and likes episodes with limited amount. They pitch the promos and precaps by exactly cutting them so that it triggers us and we have more curiosity to learn more. How many of us vowed to leave the show and came back still? πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

Love for extremes:

The leads of this show are two extremes. The situation is extreme. The decisions they make are always extreme. Their conversations are extreme. The love is extreme. The insults and toxicity are extreme. The hate is extreme. The extreme family with extremely poor people and rich living under the same roof.

There is never a middle ground. It leaves us begging for some normalcy in the show because we don't want to feel these extreme emotions anymore. So this is something to understand and make peace with, we have not signed up for a normal love story. But I bet that is what is making us come back! We think we will witness extreme romance as well!

Not getting influenced by audience opinion:

Some things play a part here, like budget, etc but they know what they want to show. I think they do πŸ€”... Because with so much backlash they dared to break Runak apart in the worst way possible. Took the risk of breaking audiences' hearts, knowing fewer romance scenes wouldn't earn them TRP. I want to also think of this as a good thing. I want a storyteller that tells the story they want to tell and not what people want to hear! That is what makes it an interesting story.

Leaving judgment to the audience:

Very often I see dialogues in the case of Jhanak and Anirudh that make us a question, are they for real? What the hell are they trying to say? I feel this is very intentional! Audiences have already connected with the characters, they are leaving the task of interpretation to us. It's like observing an art piece. Everyone interprets it differently. Painters simply paint it without any subtitles, leaving the interpretation to the viewers. This is why we all feel we are in a moral dilemma all the time when we want so hard to love Anirudh Bose or Jhanak Raina but they say something stupid in their head and we just go bonkers!

One track one major outcome:

No multiple wins. This is a ploy to extend the track. A recent example, Shristi deserved to be jailed for life but they only wanted Jhanak to be free from Anirush's promises and from Basus, so that will only achieve that. No matter how much we cry!


There are some other known traits of the makers of this show...

For example, love for weddings, leaving things open-ended way too often... but we all know that! I hope they slowly fill up these gaps.


I hope this gives you guys a chance to think and realize this isn't the regular makers and a regular story, so far at least! So can we expect normal things? May be now we need to learn to keep our expectations in check and always expect the unexpected.

Vira I want to add one thing: we have not shipped honewali jiju and saali. We have been shipping a married couple, and according to me, the sacred vows they took in front of God and the sacred fire are above any commitments or promises he made to Arshi. If he marries Arshi, I will never ever ship Runak.

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Posted: 2 months ago

that is a good point! noted! So the moral responsibility is less on our side. I agree. But they did think about making a morally impossible love story... so they are twisted... The fact does not change though, by relation they were related through Arshi...

But from the character's perspective, it was not a marriage they chose. It was a need of time. it is an undeniable fact though how they are related, which is through Arshi. Also, we live in a judgemental society. Such a relationship will not get respect, whether they want to accept it or not given the situation at that time.

At that time the thought of leaving Arshi must have scared Ani as he was in love with her and for Jhanak to snatch her sister's husband. Now that we know them better seems a little far-fetched... If they were to accept the marriage and move on, what's the story in that?

Our reasoning and beliefs are obviously different from what is shown in the show and that is why I call makers twisted. in a normal world such a marriage, either they will get it annulled right away or accept it. But well this is reel and on top of that itv.

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Vira I want to add one thing: we have not shipped honewali jiju and saali. We have been shipping a married couple, and according to me, the sacred vows they took in front of God and the sacred fire are above any commitments or promises he made to Arshi. If he marries Arshi, I will never ever ship Runak.

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Kya decode kiya hai makers ko hmare dill ki baat boldi apnesmiley31Bt writers bhi kuch kam nhi hai yhi writers ne kuch saal pehle ek show tha star plus ka kbhi kbhi ittefaq se usme anubhav ke character ko bigamy bnakr manan joshi ko fans ke jriye kafi backlash mila tha jbki original show me anubhav ka character gentlemen or smart scientist wala tha ....thank god woh serial off air ho gyi or me serials se khud ko detached kr liya just for my mental peace thn hiba ke liye firse yeh jhanak dekhna shuru kiya uske kuch runak reels dekh kr mene check kiya serial me kuch kuch track same anubhav-gungun wale anirudh -jhanak me dekhne mile jese anubhav ne kiya vesa ani ka character inhone isme kiya (thn meri frnd ne kaha mt dekhna yeh whi writers ka show hai jisne hamare anugun ko brbaad kiya tha)smiley44

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Originally posted by: vira76

The Curious Case of Makers of this show!



First of all know, this isn't a love letter! But I wanted to waste some valuable time of my life to write about this because recently I have been thinking a lot and I feel we did a lot of analysis of the characters but we never really discussed or analyzed the makers of this show. We continued to fail at our analysis of the characters because we never tried to understand the makers. So, let's start at the source.


I am going to add a few things here, feel free to add more to this...


Twisted:

This is the word that comes to my mind when I think about makers. First of all, realize this, someone actually thought to write a love story between to-be Jija and Sali and sell that to the Indian public who taboos this kind of love. If this isn't a twisted thought then what is?

(This also reminds me of the Bridgeton season two love story, where also to-be groom of the younger sister falls in love with her older sister and forces himself to marry the younger sister. That was in a much older era, and this is in the newer era. An impossible love story to tell but it happens anyway... and it works, we watched it anyway and loved it!)

Wicked Genius:

The fact that we want to ship Runak is immoral itself. We should judge ourselves. We want a guy to break up and go against his family to marry the younger sister of his to-be-wife. Makers are making us want this immoral love to happen. So I think they are wicked geniuses in that sense.

Keeping a balance with morals:

We all have been complaining quite a bit about fewer Runak romance scenes between the leads. I feel this is very much intentional from the makers. We can hate them for it as we love our leads so much that we want to see them being romantic with each other. Cliche scenes I feel were intentionally avoided, because they wanted to develop a deep emotional connection to justify their relationship to us. If they gave romantic scenes that will portray the leads of the show as well ..." perverts"!

Writing Anirudh bose:

This character is really something. That is too much goodness in him for someone to hate him completely, and some traits belong to a villain in storytelling generally. For example, he wishes to take revenge on a woman he loves because she hurt him and did not follow what he wanted, he dares to ask Jhanak to stay in his life but promises to marry her sister simply because he lacks the guts to face the society and his family, lying to his fiance to visit her sister just to confirm if she is romancing with another guy or not lol ... think about this leaving your love for Anirudh aside, these traits are generally of a villain in the story and in real life we won't like a man like Anirudh to be our fiance πŸ˜† Lot of people hate this about him and I don't blame them! But most of us want him and love him!

Makers have taken a lot of liberties with this character and we will sound like idiots if we try to tell this story in plain English to someone who does not follow this show. Ask me how? I told my husband two lines and his first question was, so why is he marrying this woman?

People who wrote this guy and made us fall in love with him, do you expect them to give us a straightforward love story? Hell no!

Love for most bizarre situations:

The bizarre characters, and bizarre love story demand bizarre situations. We have seen a few, Hindu wedding reversal rasams, calling marriage fake or half, marrying people online, hitting a child with a mental condition... What a bizarre Indian family who is afraid of losing their izzat in society resort to! This won't be the end!

Love for reality and family drama:

The fact that they show so much family drama that we get fed up with it, they want to show family dynamics. They don't want to show a love story where two people meet, fall in love, and happily live ever after. No, they want to involve the family in this, showing how much impossible this love story is. How family and their opinions count as well and how they impact the love story of the two we want to witness. They certainly missed balance in between and it was quite repetitive but now they are adding more colors to the characters. What we want is a straightforward love story, they don't have any intention to show it.

Triggering the audience:

They know the formula of what triggers the audience. Does it matter to them if you are watching the show because you hate it or because you love it? The fact that I am investing so much time in writing about the show tells me they must be doing something right to attract me, the person who was far far away from toxic drama, loves sci-fi TV shows, and likes episodes with limited amount. They pitch the promos and precaps by exactly cutting them so that it triggers us and we have more curiosity to learn more. How many of us vowed to leave the show and came back still? πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

Love for extremes:

The leads of this show are two extremes. The situation is extreme. The decisions they make are always extreme. Their conversations are extreme. The love is extreme. The insults and toxicity are extreme. The hate is extreme. The extreme family with extremely poor people and rich living under the same roof.

There is never a middle ground. It leaves us begging for some normalcy in the show because we don't want to feel these extreme emotions anymore. So this is something to understand and make peace with, we have not signed up for a normal love story. But I bet that is what is making us come back! We think we will witness extreme romance as well!

Not getting influenced by audience opinion:

Some things play a part here, like budget, etc but they know what they want to show. I think they do πŸ€”... Because with so much backlash they dared to break Runak apart in the worst way possible. Took the risk of breaking audiences' hearts, knowing fewer romance scenes wouldn't earn them TRP. I want to also think of this as a good thing. I want a storyteller that tells the story they want to tell and not what people want to hear! That is what makes it an interesting story.

Leaving judgment to the audience:

Very often I see dialogues in the case of Jhanak and Anirudh that make us a question, are they for real? What the hell are they trying to say? I feel this is very intentional! Audiences have already connected with the characters, they are leaving the task of interpretation to us. It's like observing an art piece. Everyone interprets it differently. Painters simply paint it without any subtitles, leaving the interpretation to the viewers. This is why we all feel we are in a moral dilemma all the time when we want so hard to love Anirudh Bose or Jhanak Raina but they say something stupid in their head and we just go bonkers!

One track one major outcome:

No multiple wins. This is a ploy to extend the track. A recent example, Shristi deserved to be jailed for life but they only wanted Jhanak to be free from Anirush's promises and from Basus, so that will only achieve that. No matter how much we cry!


There are some other known traits of the makers of this show...

For example, love for weddings, leaving things open-ended way too often... but we all know that! I hope they slowly fill up these gaps.


I hope this gives you guys a chance to think and realize this isn't the regular makers and a regular story, so far at least! So can we expect normal things? May be now we need to learn to keep our expectations in check and always expect the unexpected.

Behen

You have my salute and respect for this write upπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Originally posted by: Rajal9

Kya decode kiya hai makers ko hmare dill ki baat boldi apnesmiley31Bt writers bhi kuch kam nhi hai yhi writers ne kuch saal pehle ek show tha star plus ka kbhi kbhi ittefaq se usme anubhav ke character ko bigamy bnakr manan joshi ko fans ke jriye kafi backlash mila tha jbki original show me anubhav ka character gentlemen or smart scientist wala tha ....thank god woh serial off air ho gyi or me serials se khud ko detached kr liya just for my mental peace thn hiba ke liye firse yeh jhanak dekhna shuru kiya uske kuch runak reels dekh kr mene check kiya serial me kuch kuch track same anubhav-gungun wale anirudh -jhanak me dekhne mile jese anubhav ne kiya vesa ani ka character inhone isme kiya (thn meri frnd ne kaha mt dekhna yeh whi writers ka show hai jisne hamare anugun ko brbaad kiya tha)smiley44

Behen bich me bolne ke liye maaf kar Dena!.smiley31

But ye jo creativity thi wo ghum makers ki banayi Hui thi na ki Leena ji ki ... She has written postive show which has reamde in hindi known as distar kabhi kabhi isfataq seysmiley35

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I really hope they dont take bigamy route. Ani’s character isn’t like that. So far they have been careful to save his face. Ye show ke baare me I don’t know the one you are talking , but itv makers love to take it far to trigger the audience is what I have noticed. Like morals , ethics they don’t care about that as long as it fetches them TRP. It truly sucks !

Originally posted by: Rajal9

Kya decode kiya hai makers ko hmare dill ki baat boldi apnesmiley31Bt writers bhi kuch kam nhi hai yhi writers ne kuch saal pehle ek show tha star plus ka kbhi kbhi ittefaq se usme anubhav ke character ko bigamy bnakr manan joshi ko fans ke jriye kafi backlash mila tha jbki original show me anubhav ka character gentlemen or smart scientist wala tha ....thank god woh serial off air ho gyi or me serials se khud ko detached kr liya just for my mental peace thn hiba ke liye firse yeh jhanak dekhna shuru kiya uske kuch runak reels dekh kr mene check kiya serial me kuch kuch track same anubhav-gungun wale anirudh -jhanak me dekhne mile jese anubhav ne kiya vesa ani ka character inhone isme kiya (thn meri frnd ne kaha mt dekhna yeh whi writers ka show hai jisne hamare anugun ko brbaad kiya tha)smiley44

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Dhanyawad!

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Behen

You have my salute and respect for this write upπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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RUNAK - The Fated Couple


Today, I want to take my time to write about Runak which we all love. The reason why we all were attracted to this show and the reason why we all are still clinging to the show like with the tiniest hope that we can find. For giving us this hope, makers ko jitani galiya de utani kam hai!


This is a story of two people who meet through a common person they are related to. They meet, talk, laugh, and connect. They feel an instant connection between them. It's like when you meet some people you feel like you know them, it was a feeling like that for them. When we meet such people, we get curious about them, we want to become friends with them and know more about them. It was an unexplained connection between them.


They were going to part ways after that short encounter but fate had something else planned for them. They get married in bizarre circumstances. While they were in the mandap, one was constantly thinking about the fiance he was about to marry, and the other one was lost in the thought of her mother's demise.


How can they throw away their whole life, all their aspirations, and dreams just because of one unfortunate night? So they decide to ignore and forget that night like it never happened.


The righteous woman decided to remove the sindoor like it was nothing, holding back the tears in her eyes...

The compassionate man decided to take her home and help her after finding out about her mother's past, her past...


I like to believe when you get married, it changes something in you. It is the impact of the rituals and the promises we make in front of the god. That is why we see these two reminiscing that day so often. It was a night that changed something in them, even if it was a forced change, it was a change.


In Runak's journey, fate has been the major player. They both tried to understand very hard why they kept thinking about that night. Why does it hurt to deny the marriage that happened?


Like we say "Jodiya upar wala banata hai"... In the case of Runak, I like to believe that is the case. They must have been meant to be together. Two souls that were always connected for ages, from their past lives may be, but meeting just now... and that is why it is so hard for them to deny the connection that they feel for each other.


From the start Jhanak and Anirudh knew, their relationship was impossible, it wasn't morally right nor did they want to accept it. If they were to accept the relationship, they would end up hurting all the relations they hold dear to them.


But fate had different plans for them. No matter how much they resisted, fate kept bringing them together. Fate kept reminding them about the night they wanted to ignore...


I sometimes wonder, why they decided to ignore the marriage and not break it legally in the first place. It was a marriage they did not accept. Breaking it would have been the easiest thing to do. Maybe because they wanted to always treasure that night in their hearts. Maybe because they never wanted to erase the memory of it.


Runak never really had a thought of accepting the marriage. They never thought of that as a possibility. Once the marriage was exposed, it was rejected by Anirudh's family members like anything. It was called fake by the society. It was made fun of by their loved ones. It was broken by Anirudh's father and people celebrated when they both signed the annulment papers.

A marriage that was so precious to them was cruelly crushed by people!


Jhanak was humiliated by Anirudh's family and was called several names... For a woman, this was a tough fate to accept. Imagine being legally married but not accepted but rather insulted for it! If Jhanak accepted this marriage, she would not get respect from anyone. This marriage would have become the reason for her pain and suffering!


For Anirudh, he understood he was committed to a woman, the families were already involved. The woman he once loved, is already considered the daughter-in-law of the house even without the marriage. Accepting Jhanak will mean sentencing her to the wrath of his family who consider money and respect in society their everything.


Both surely wished for this marriage to be accepted by others. They desired for the other person to accept the marriage first. Because it seemed like an impossible dream to them and they never dared to speak or ask the other person about it. This was always just a wish and their heart's desire that they knew would never come true!


Until the day came when the weaker one between the two, broke down with the fear of losing her forever. He expressed what was deep in his heart. She had rejected him cruelly even before he confessed. He knew she was already someone he could never have but god had gifted him that one night with her as a mercy and in the weakness of the moment he spoke the truth. He spoke the truth to himself and to her after a long time first time that night. It was a confession with rejection in mind. It was a confession with no expectations to receive the love back. How hard it must have been to say those words knowing you won't be loved back!


That night something new entered in the woman's heart too. She had closed her heart forever to protect herself from ever getting hurt. But the pure feelings she was faced with even she could not ignore. She started to wish, desire ... something she had given up long ago.


But the reality hits both of them the next morning when the woman is faced with the fact that the man who confessed to her is her sister's to-be husband and the man knows he can never have her as she does not want him.


The dirty games we saw both of these play during the marriage were a testament to how much they were hurting inside. The feeling of hurt like you feel numb to the pain.

Both chose different ways to express these according to their own nature. When you are hurting so much, when you feel like your happiness is seeping away forever, that feeling makes you do crazy things. Things like testing the one you love intentionally by either participating in the marriage function, helping organize it, or faking love for someone else and acting to be happy in front of everyone! These were the last attempts of dying hearts. They were agonizing in the pain and these were their desperate final attempts to make other one feel something, even if the only thing left for them to give is pain....


This is the story we know so far. Two people connected by fate, trying hard to fight against their destinies in their own way. Trying to do the right thing for the people they care about and most importantly doing what they think other person wants. Anirudh submits to the fate that Jhanak wants for him and Jhanak not coming in the way of the fate she thinks will make him happy.


Now that Jhanak has left after experiencing hurt by Anirudh, fate will decide to make them meet again in Mumbai through a talent show completion. Fate is the most important factor in Runak's relationship. We feel hopeless sometimes because they never desire to be with each other. It's always fate that brings them together. I hope their journey so far makes you see at least the reason behind it.


I am not sure what's in the store for us, heck I don't know if they will end up together or not. But what I do know is that it is going to be a bumpy ride to witness fate bringing two people together who want to fight against it with all their might. No wonder we feel anxious all the time with these two because we all are also hanging on god's plan for them and no one can know what god's plan is. But so far fate has not failed us, let's hope it will not fail us in the future as well! ❀️

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Originally posted by: vira76

RUNAK - The Fated Couple


Today, I want to take my time to write about Runak which we all love. The reason why we all were attracted to this show and the reason why we all are still clinging to the show like with the tiniest hope that we can find. For giving us this hope, makers ko jitani galiya de utani kam hai!


This is a story of two people who meet through a common person they are related to. They meet, talk, laugh, and connect. They feel an instant connection between them. It's like when you meet some people you feel like you know them, it was a feeling like that for them. When we meet such people, we get curious about them, we want to become friends with them and know more about them. It was an unexplained connection between them.


They were going to part ways after that short encounter but fate had something else planned for them. They get married in bizarre circumstances. While they were in the mandap, one was constantly thinking about the fiance he was about to marry, and the other one was lost in the thought of her mother's demise.


How can they throw away their whole life, all their aspirations, and dreams just because of one unfortunate night? So they decide to ignore and forget that night like it never happened.


The righteous woman decided to remove the sindoor like it was nothing, holding back the tears in her eyes...

The compassionate man decided to take her home and help her after finding out about her mother's past, her past...


I like to believe when you get married, it changes something in you. It is the impact of the rituals and the promises we make in front of the god. That is why we see these two reminiscing that day so often. It was a night that changed something in them, even if it was a forced change, it was a change.


In Runak's journey, fate has been the major player. They both tried to understand very hard why they kept thinking about that night. Why does it hurt to deny the marriage that happened?


Like we say "Jodiya upar wala banata hai"... In the case of Runak, I like to believe that is the case. They must have been meant to be together. Two souls that were always connected for ages, from their past lives may be, but meeting just now... and that is why it is so hard for them to deny the connection that they feel for each other.


From the start Jhanak and Anirudh knew, their relationship was impossible, it wasn't morally right nor did they want to accept it. If they were to accept the relationship, they would end up hurting all the relations they hold dear to them.


But fate had different plans for them. No matter how much they resisted, fate kept bringing them together. Fate kept reminding them about the night they wanted to ignore...


I sometimes wonder, why they decided to ignore the marriage and not break it legally in the first place. It was a marriage they did not accept. Breaking it would have been the easiest thing to do. Maybe because they wanted to always treasure that night in their hearts. Maybe because they never wanted to erase the memory of it.


Runak never really had a thought of accepting the marriage. They never thought of that as a possibility. Once the marriage was exposed, it was rejected by Anirudh's family members like anything. It was called fake by the society. It was made fun of by their loved ones. It was broken by Anirudh's father and people celebrated when they both signed the annulment papers.

A marriage that was so precious to them was cruelly crushed by people!


Jhanak was humiliated by Anirudh's family and was called several names... For a woman, this was a tough fate to accept. Imagine being legally married but not accepted but rather insulted for it! If Jhanak accepted this marriage, she would not get respect from anyone. This marriage would have become the reason for her pain and suffering!


For Anirudh, he understood he was committed to a woman, the families were already involved. The woman he once loved, is already considered the daughter-in-law of the house even without the marriage. Accepting Jhanak will mean sentencing her to the wrath of his family who consider money and respect in society their everything.


Both surely wished for this marriage to be accepted by others. They desired for the other person to accept the marriage first. Because it seemed like an impossible dream to them and they never dared to speak or ask the other person about it. This was always just a wish and their heart's desire that they knew would never come true!


Until the day came when the weaker one between the two, broke down with the fear of losing her forever. He expressed what was deep in his heart. She had rejected him cruelly even before he confessed. He knew she was already someone he could never have but god had gifted him that one night with her as a mercy and in the weakness of the moment he spoke the truth. He spoke the truth to himself and to her after a long time first time that night. It was a confession with rejection in mind. It was a confession with no expectations to receive the love back. How hard it must have been to say those words knowing you won't be loved back!


That night something new entered in the woman's heart too. She had closed her heart forever to protect herself from ever getting hurt. But the pure feelings she was faced with even she could not ignore. She started to wish, desire ... something she had given up long ago.


But the reality hits both of them the next morning when the woman is faced with the fact that the man who confessed to her is her sister's to-be husband and the man knows he can never have her as she does not want him.


The dirty games we saw both of these play during the marriage were a testament to how much they were hurting inside. The feeling of hurt like you feel numb to the pain.

Both chose different ways to express these according to their own nature. When you are hurting so much, when you feel like your happiness is seeping away forever, that feeling makes you do crazy things. Things like testing the one you love intentionally by either participating in the marriage function, helping organize it, or faking love for someone else and acting to be happy in front of everyone! These were the last attempts of dying hearts. They were agonizing in the pain and these were their desperate final attempts to make other one feel something, even if the only thing left for them to give is pain....


This is the story we know so far. Two people connected by fate, trying hard to fight against their destinies in their own way. Trying to do the right thing for the people they care about and most importantly doing what they think other person wants. Anirudh submits to the fate that Jhanak wants for him and Jhanak not coming in the way of the fate she thinks will make him happy.


Now that Jhanak has left after experiencing hurt by Anirudh, fate will decide to make them meet again in Mumbai through a talent show completion. Fate is the most important factor in Runak's relationship. We feel hopeless sometimes because they never desire to be with each other. It's always fate that brings them together. I hope their journey so far makes you see at least the reason behind it.


I am not sure what's in the store for us, heck I don't know if they will end up together or not. But what I do know is that it is going to be a bumpy ride to witness fate bringing two people together who want to fight against it with all their might. No wonder we feel anxious all the time with these two because we all are also hanging on god's plan for them and no one can know what god's plan is. But so far fate has not failed us, let's hope it will not fail us in the future as well! ❀️

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