Ok I just watched the episode online
Normally I donโt watch it online but after the forum going very ballistic I thought let me just watch itโฆ
I am going to state an unpopular or controversial opinion perhaps
There wasnโt anything much in the episode that pointed to anything drastic or earthshaking. I noted two specific changes one in Ani and other in JhanakโฆFor me otherwise it was mostly a BAU episode.
Ani was expected to feel uncomfortable with apparent J and AK closenessโฆ should he have not becos he is now with Arshi? But that was so earlier tooโฆ.. He is still very much connected to Jhanak so itโs not really impossible to see why he is affected.. the moral angle of it was always there but it was a consideration from Jhanakโs side largely not Aniโs. I have never seen Ani feeling the brunt of that angle coz if it were so, he would have understood Jhanakโs positions in a better manner.
The only subtle change I noted in Aniโฆ and understandably soโฆis his toned down self.. with respect to Jhanak. This is very much in keeping with the arc that I expected his character to be at this stageโฆ as he doesnโt know where he stands with her but he subconsciously feels that their relationship is still where it was and therefore he acts as if nothing has changed ( even asking her why didnโt you tell me after you reached Mumbai) but obviously it has as Jhanakโs responses are icy. I expected the execution to be a bit more sharp to indicate this but since Jhanak and Ani have had similar conversations in the past, perhaps the writers wanted to convey the anger of Jhanak more than indifference . He said to her you donโt know why I did what I did!! But he longer feels confident to be able to confide in or persuade her either through anger or underhand ways ( as in the past to get his point across) or rationally ( their relationship was never at that stage) as that emotional footing with Jhanak is lost. So loss of emotional footing with Jhank is the change I felt with Ani
Everyone is focused on Jhanak and her changed behaviour but I see only one changeโฆShe has said some of these things in the past as well. Ani and Jhanak have often been rude to eoโฆ and this situation is ripe therefore the barbs hit home wellโฆOfc she is not in BH so her demeanour will be more confident but Jhanakโs taunting Ani and viewers getting excited either way makes no impact at the moment on me as I see it simply as Jhanak voicing her anger at Sirjeeโฆ her position puts her in the saddle as itโs she who walked away from the problem and itโs Ani who is still in the midst of it. I donโt attribute these to any growth in her character due to these exchanges as they are in some ways still at status -quo. but with one changeโฆ which I explain below..
In the past jhanak used to keep asking Ani why was he trying to hold her back in BH maybe to genuinely seek answers to why Ani was so involved with her but when their relationship got a bit serious, she used all modes ( persuasive, threatening, cajoling) to try to keep the issue from escalating as she was wary of what it would lead to. Post Kashmir, and now Mumbai she has dropped her guard as that dynamic has undergone a perceptible change. She has accepted that Ani has made a choice and therefore harbours no hope from the relationship but the anger is still there and understandably so. For Ani fans getting upset with Jhanakโs tongue lashingโฆ itโs not the time for score keeping. Unless they speak about the elephant in the room Arshi how will they start focusing on themselves? Jhanak will get closer on whatโs troubling Ani sooner than later
Not the ideal state for any relationship but again they have had a different beginning so I can relate to why there is so much angst. Letโs not kid ourselvesโฆ this was an infidelity issue from somewhere in the middle of this journey( whatever the form of infidelity). About who was more culpable and lessโฆ for me itโs Ani as he was the one in the committed relationship not Jhanak so itโs he who will have to face the brunt of this problem.
If we think there is something to be salvaged from this for Runak, encourage the lovers and live their journey. Else just let it go!!
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