Sonakshi has always been a go getter, a perfectionist. And she works honestly and very hard to become the best, and makes sure she wins. For the first time, she failed in something that is beyond her control.. atleast, she thought she failed as she is unable to become a mom.
Even when she first opened up to Dev about this, all she said was.."I always worked hard and got what I wanted.. but now with this, I have failed and I will remain incomplete, as I cant become a mom". Somehow that day, I felt, she could have told "What are we going to do Dev...without a child, OUR life will become so incomplete.." As good as she is, this is one character that is the gray shade of Sonakshi - the urge to shine in everything.. At one point in life "Me" becomes "Us". The institution of marriage converts all "Me" to "Us" and "We"... That scene ended so beautifully with Dev calming her down, so I did not make a big deal about it.
In Shimla also, she said the same thing. "It was not my mistake, Dev..that I cant become a mom. Everyone blames me for that." How can Dev prove to her that no-one blames her and she doesn't have to worry about a thing... How can he prove to her that it hurts him every time she feels bad and she gets hurt? In a rush of adrenaline, he made love to her ever so passionately to express how he feels about her, to show her how much she means to him. Much awaited episode on monday lived up to its expectations. After all, from 2 actors that look so beautiful together, what else can we expect?
I wished some kidnapper kidnapped them from Shimla and put them in a dungeon far far away for the rest of their lives. Atleast they would have stayed together.😢😢
Their outfits on their return ride from Shimla warned us of the upcoming scene, and just like them, we also wanted to enjoy every minute of them together.
As they were returning back, maami was busy stirring the "5 crore" kichadi with Ishwari. And the bose family arrived just on time.. Word for word, abuse for abuse - things were getting hotter and hotter. Bijoy was shouting and Ishwari was shouting on top of it! It reminded me of the street corner fight for a pot of water in a drought-sticken city.
Well, from this point forward... its a turn of events and our 3 main characters were just pushed to a crossroads where they had to choose their partner and destination as well.
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Ishwari has been proven time and again that Dev has changed for a girl..."us ladki ke liye...??" One more time she was told by Dev himself that he gave the money to Sonakshi's brother on his own accord and that nobody asked for money and he was the one that decided not to tell anyone about this. I can easily ask Ishwari "so what if he didnt tell you..now you know.". Probably only Ishwari knows the importance of Dev not telling her about this. And every time this is proven to her, she moves one step away from her dear son.
In addition to her inner fears, GKB's constant bad influence in this matter fueled her negative thoughts. But above all, Sonakshi's perfection in everything scared her the most. Thats why when the infertility issue came up, she took it to her advantage to over power Sona! If not for the 5 Crore news, she might have been just satisfied with the power she had. But with this new disappointment, she almost went back to her earlier state of "us ladki ke liye...??"
She reached the crossroads first and made up her mind to get Sonakshi as much distant from her as she can, be it with Dev or without him. I think at that point Ishwari just used the situation instinctively (not deliberately at all) to play with the words and create a rift between Dev and Sona. Sonakshi's return of the money only aggravated Ishwari's hatred for Sona. How can a girl be this capable??
What always bothers me is that the rules she has for Sona - she never applies them on Neha.
Ishwari was one of the main reasons that it became the last night of our dear DevAkshi. She dragged them both to the crossroads that she was in, and hardly gave them a choice.
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Sonakshi, the perfectionist - did she really love Dev? I thought she did, especially since she was the one that first fell for him, even before he could realize. But we all have our doubts in this matter after this past week.
Bijoy has always proven to us, time and again that he is a person with utmost self respect and that he will get extremely angry if anyone questions it - especially Ishwari. On the day that mishap occurred, once Dev accepted the truth of he voluntarily giving money to Saurabh, Bijoy could have silently walked out.. There was no reason to extend the argument further, as Dev's words were more than enough to keep his self respect in front of Ishwari. But I understand - to be called a "thief" is not simple. Its hard to let go.. after being accused like that.
It was very uncomfortable to see Bijoy trying to intimidate Ishwari with sharp words. Knowing Bijoy, someone from the Bose family could have stopped him. Knowing Ishwari, Dev could have said something to keep her happy. Knowing Dev and Ishwari's bond, Sonakshi could have said something to ease the situation.. Well... it could have ended well... However, as fate would have it, Dev "inadvertently" slapped Bijoy. Really.. inadvertently...
Being slapped by son-in-law is not simple.
I undertood Sonakshi's position and her need to follow her dad and her family.. to be with them in the need of the hour. I also understood that she did not want to come back to Ishwari niwas for some time. But I failed to understand why she refused to talk to Dev. She could have shouted at him. Even forced him to find a home separately for her and Dev. Asked Dev to come and apologize to her dad. She did not feel the need to do any of this. One more time, she took it up on her to be a perfect daughter.
It was extremely sad to see Dev call Sonakshi to ask her what he should do now.. to bring the situation under control.. He continued to think Sonakshi and he are in one team. At this point I really started to wonder if Sonakshi felt anything at all for Dev...I am not saying she doesn't love him. However, "She" is more important to her than "Him" or even "Them"... Just like how Ishwari is obsessed with being "Dev's mother and know all about Dev", Sonakshi is also obsessed with being "the best and smartest". She could not come back and face Ishwari without finishing the mission she has taken in hand.
In a world where women are looked down upon by men and even other women, its not wrong to possess that quality of "fire". Its rather important to always be strong to make sure that no one takes you for granted. And Sonakshi is truly an inspiration for women in that angle. But there are times, when losing by itself is winning. Its not that I am trivializing the matter of her father's self respect and integrity. I am just saying that there was no reason to put the responsibility on her shoulders alone, keeping Dev completely away from it.. I am sure she is intelligent enough to know that Dev did not purposely slap Bijoy and smart enough to understand that there was some percentage of mistake on Bijoy's side as well that day.
When she came to the crossroads this week, she was blinded completely by her ego and her urge to be the winner. She could hardly feel any love for Dev, even though, not long ago she expressed her love to him and promised to stay with him always.
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This is my favorite part. I had to handhold him and get him to the crossroads where his two most important women are standing. I am talking about Dev. And thats precisely his problem that he needs guidance...Its hard for him to take decisions, not because he cant take. He is after all a very successful businessman. He cant take decisions, because he does not want his decision to hurt the women in his life. He is man that follows only his heart. He does not understand any negative manipulations, when it comes to his family. If he manipulates, its ultimately only for the happiness of his family. This is my favorite part, not because I am Shaheer's fan. But because I just adore this character Dev, who puts his wife's happiness and his mother's happiness above all. There are not many men in this world like him.
His love for Sonakshi is something we have spoken time and again about. There is nothing new to say about it. Except that he was never able to love her enough in a way that she could stand with him even in storms, and guide him out of it. Its not that Dev did not make mistakes at all. He constantly makes mistakes..to an extent that the count of his "I am Sorry" would be more than "I love you". Especially in matters of his mother, Sonakshi knows very well that he will become completely insane. It happened before and it happened now. Probably she thought it will happen always and so, she did not want to stay.
Dev was also never able to impress Bijoy Bose. Whatever he did was just not enough, because he had once hurt his daughter very badly. Even though he slapped Bijoy by mistake - a mistake is a mistake and any amount of Sorry will not make the pain go away. However, I feel Dev should have gone right away to the Bose house and stayed there and pleaded for apology until he was forgiven. For why he did not do that, I will only blame Sonakshi. He tried and depended on her to guide him...And he waited for her hands, but she never came. And when she finally came, it was not his Sonakshi. It was Sonakshi Bose who was full of grudge and full of rage.
5 Crores is a huge money. As a business man, he knows the impact of interest and the monthly repayment and he wanted to just safeguard her and the Bose family genuinely. Like I said, he never manipulates. And he always respected Sonakshi for what she was. But that day, with the war of words, he did use some statements degrading Sonakshi's inability to understand the enormity of 5 Crores. But the intention was not to belittle her. And she just have to trust him on this, which she failed to do.
Dev trusted his mother a lot. He never imagined her to manipulate him. But she did. And he did not even realize it. When he came to the crossroads that night, he did not even know that his mother was capable of getting his signature on the prenup without his own knowledge.
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Vicky and Maami just played their cards. That is all they did. They just capitalized on the vulnerability of the three pillars of Ishwari nivas. Mainly they just tried to get Dev and Ishwari against Sonakshi.
Ishwari was already convinced that Dev and Sona should separate. She did not need any alcohol for that! But even under the influence of alcohol, Dev did not turn against Sonakshi at all. Atleast not until he found out that she has given up on him.
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Ishwari handed him the presigned Prenup just like that, of which he had no idea and asked him to choose between Sonakshi and the rest of his family. Sonakshi came to him with utmost belief that he has manipulated her and tricked her, a trait that a True Lover alias Dev will never have. Technically he was drunk. But it seemed that only he was in his senses. Everyone else was out of their senses!!!
In my opinion, Dev just made it very easy for Sonakshi that night by giving her the passport to her favorite destination of "Being the Best"! He said the right things that will irk her. To the extent that she will hate him and leave him and quench her thirst of becoming the best. And he must have also thought that Sonakshi deserved a better mother-in-law.
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We don't know yet, what will happen to the love he has for his mom. But my gut feeling is that he will probably just ignore her existence. Or hate her so much that he will strive hard to become the "worst son" ever!!
As for maami and Vicky - I personally don't want to see Dev getting defeated in business by this team. Dev is much smarter than this hopeless duo. Hopeless is what we thought..but they turned around to be the perfect villain!! So, who knows what they will do to Ishwari Communications.
I hope that the rest of the Dixit cast along with Elena and Saurabh will support Dev and be his well wishers.
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This week, I must stop and applaud the makers for keeping us in the dark for most part and making us restless day after day 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 It was just a roller coaster ride.
I cant say enough to appreciate the cast of this show. Every person in this show has lived the character that they played. And its an awesome feeling to catch a show like this on TV. Our day is just not over without this show.
This show has truly touched so many people. The amount of writeup floating in the social media is a proof of that. The cast and crew can be very proud of their product. ❤️
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End of Season 1.
Even when she first opened up to Dev about this, all she said was.."I always worked hard and got what I wanted.. but now with this, I have failed and I will remain incomplete, as I cant become a mom". Somehow that day, I felt, she could have told "What are we going to do Dev...without a child, OUR life will become so incomplete.." As good as she is, this is one character that is the gray shade of Sonakshi - the urge to shine in everything.. At one point in life "Me" becomes "Us". The institution of marriage converts all "Me" to "Us" and "We"... That scene ended so beautifully with Dev calming her down, so I did not make a big deal about it.
In Shimla also, she said the same thing. "It was not my mistake, Dev..that I cant become a mom. Everyone blames me for that." How can Dev prove to her that no-one blames her and she doesn't have to worry about a thing... How can he prove to her that it hurts him every time she feels bad and she gets hurt? In a rush of adrenaline, he made love to her ever so passionately to express how he feels about her, to show her how much she means to him. Much awaited episode on monday lived up to its expectations. After all, from 2 actors that look so beautiful together, what else can we expect?
I wished some kidnapper kidnapped them from Shimla and put them in a dungeon far far away for the rest of their lives. Atleast they would have stayed together.😢😢
Their outfits on their return ride from Shimla warned us of the upcoming scene, and just like them, we also wanted to enjoy every minute of them together.
As they were returning back, maami was busy stirring the "5 crore" kichadi with Ishwari. And the bose family arrived just on time.. Word for word, abuse for abuse - things were getting hotter and hotter. Bijoy was shouting and Ishwari was shouting on top of it! It reminded me of the street corner fight for a pot of water in a drought-sticken city.
Well, from this point forward... its a turn of events and our 3 main characters were just pushed to a crossroads where they had to choose their partner and destination as well.
--------
Ishwari has been proven time and again that Dev has changed for a girl..."us ladki ke liye...??" One more time she was told by Dev himself that he gave the money to Sonakshi's brother on his own accord and that nobody asked for money and he was the one that decided not to tell anyone about this. I can easily ask Ishwari "so what if he didnt tell you..now you know.". Probably only Ishwari knows the importance of Dev not telling her about this. And every time this is proven to her, she moves one step away from her dear son.
In addition to her inner fears, GKB's constant bad influence in this matter fueled her negative thoughts. But above all, Sonakshi's perfection in everything scared her the most. Thats why when the infertility issue came up, she took it to her advantage to over power Sona! If not for the 5 Crore news, she might have been just satisfied with the power she had. But with this new disappointment, she almost went back to her earlier state of "us ladki ke liye...??"
She reached the crossroads first and made up her mind to get Sonakshi as much distant from her as she can, be it with Dev or without him. I think at that point Ishwari just used the situation instinctively (not deliberately at all) to play with the words and create a rift between Dev and Sona. Sonakshi's return of the money only aggravated Ishwari's hatred for Sona. How can a girl be this capable??
What always bothers me is that the rules she has for Sona - she never applies them on Neha.
Ishwari was one of the main reasons that it became the last night of our dear DevAkshi. She dragged them both to the crossroads that she was in, and hardly gave them a choice.
---------
Sonakshi, the perfectionist - did she really love Dev? I thought she did, especially since she was the one that first fell for him, even before he could realize. But we all have our doubts in this matter after this past week.
Bijoy has always proven to us, time and again that he is a person with utmost self respect and that he will get extremely angry if anyone questions it - especially Ishwari. On the day that mishap occurred, once Dev accepted the truth of he voluntarily giving money to Saurabh, Bijoy could have silently walked out.. There was no reason to extend the argument further, as Dev's words were more than enough to keep his self respect in front of Ishwari. But I understand - to be called a "thief" is not simple. Its hard to let go.. after being accused like that.
It was very uncomfortable to see Bijoy trying to intimidate Ishwari with sharp words. Knowing Bijoy, someone from the Bose family could have stopped him. Knowing Ishwari, Dev could have said something to keep her happy. Knowing Dev and Ishwari's bond, Sonakshi could have said something to ease the situation.. Well... it could have ended well... However, as fate would have it, Dev "inadvertently" slapped Bijoy. Really.. inadvertently...
Being slapped by son-in-law is not simple.
I undertood Sonakshi's position and her need to follow her dad and her family.. to be with them in the need of the hour. I also understood that she did not want to come back to Ishwari niwas for some time. But I failed to understand why she refused to talk to Dev. She could have shouted at him. Even forced him to find a home separately for her and Dev. Asked Dev to come and apologize to her dad. She did not feel the need to do any of this. One more time, she took it up on her to be a perfect daughter.
It was extremely sad to see Dev call Sonakshi to ask her what he should do now.. to bring the situation under control.. He continued to think Sonakshi and he are in one team. At this point I really started to wonder if Sonakshi felt anything at all for Dev...I am not saying she doesn't love him. However, "She" is more important to her than "Him" or even "Them"... Just like how Ishwari is obsessed with being "Dev's mother and know all about Dev", Sonakshi is also obsessed with being "the best and smartest". She could not come back and face Ishwari without finishing the mission she has taken in hand.
In a world where women are looked down upon by men and even other women, its not wrong to possess that quality of "fire". Its rather important to always be strong to make sure that no one takes you for granted. And Sonakshi is truly an inspiration for women in that angle. But there are times, when losing by itself is winning. Its not that I am trivializing the matter of her father's self respect and integrity. I am just saying that there was no reason to put the responsibility on her shoulders alone, keeping Dev completely away from it.. I am sure she is intelligent enough to know that Dev did not purposely slap Bijoy and smart enough to understand that there was some percentage of mistake on Bijoy's side as well that day.
When she came to the crossroads this week, she was blinded completely by her ego and her urge to be the winner. She could hardly feel any love for Dev, even though, not long ago she expressed her love to him and promised to stay with him always.
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This is my favorite part. I had to handhold him and get him to the crossroads where his two most important women are standing. I am talking about Dev. And thats precisely his problem that he needs guidance...Its hard for him to take decisions, not because he cant take. He is after all a very successful businessman. He cant take decisions, because he does not want his decision to hurt the women in his life. He is man that follows only his heart. He does not understand any negative manipulations, when it comes to his family. If he manipulates, its ultimately only for the happiness of his family. This is my favorite part, not because I am Shaheer's fan. But because I just adore this character Dev, who puts his wife's happiness and his mother's happiness above all. There are not many men in this world like him.
His love for Sonakshi is something we have spoken time and again about. There is nothing new to say about it. Except that he was never able to love her enough in a way that she could stand with him even in storms, and guide him out of it. Its not that Dev did not make mistakes at all. He constantly makes mistakes..to an extent that the count of his "I am Sorry" would be more than "I love you". Especially in matters of his mother, Sonakshi knows very well that he will become completely insane. It happened before and it happened now. Probably she thought it will happen always and so, she did not want to stay.
Dev was also never able to impress Bijoy Bose. Whatever he did was just not enough, because he had once hurt his daughter very badly. Even though he slapped Bijoy by mistake - a mistake is a mistake and any amount of Sorry will not make the pain go away. However, I feel Dev should have gone right away to the Bose house and stayed there and pleaded for apology until he was forgiven. For why he did not do that, I will only blame Sonakshi. He tried and depended on her to guide him...And he waited for her hands, but she never came. And when she finally came, it was not his Sonakshi. It was Sonakshi Bose who was full of grudge and full of rage.
5 Crores is a huge money. As a business man, he knows the impact of interest and the monthly repayment and he wanted to just safeguard her and the Bose family genuinely. Like I said, he never manipulates. And he always respected Sonakshi for what she was. But that day, with the war of words, he did use some statements degrading Sonakshi's inability to understand the enormity of 5 Crores. But the intention was not to belittle her. And she just have to trust him on this, which she failed to do.
Dev trusted his mother a lot. He never imagined her to manipulate him. But she did. And he did not even realize it. When he came to the crossroads that night, he did not even know that his mother was capable of getting his signature on the prenup without his own knowledge.
------
Vicky and Maami just played their cards. That is all they did. They just capitalized on the vulnerability of the three pillars of Ishwari nivas. Mainly they just tried to get Dev and Ishwari against Sonakshi.
Ishwari was already convinced that Dev and Sona should separate. She did not need any alcohol for that! But even under the influence of alcohol, Dev did not turn against Sonakshi at all. Atleast not until he found out that she has given up on him.
------
Ishwari handed him the presigned Prenup just like that, of which he had no idea and asked him to choose between Sonakshi and the rest of his family. Sonakshi came to him with utmost belief that he has manipulated her and tricked her, a trait that a True Lover alias Dev will never have. Technically he was drunk. But it seemed that only he was in his senses. Everyone else was out of their senses!!!
In my opinion, Dev just made it very easy for Sonakshi that night by giving her the passport to her favorite destination of "Being the Best"! He said the right things that will irk her. To the extent that she will hate him and leave him and quench her thirst of becoming the best. And he must have also thought that Sonakshi deserved a better mother-in-law.
------
We don't know yet, what will happen to the love he has for his mom. But my gut feeling is that he will probably just ignore her existence. Or hate her so much that he will strive hard to become the "worst son" ever!!
As for maami and Vicky - I personally don't want to see Dev getting defeated in business by this team. Dev is much smarter than this hopeless duo. Hopeless is what we thought..but they turned around to be the perfect villain!! So, who knows what they will do to Ishwari Communications.
I hope that the rest of the Dixit cast along with Elena and Saurabh will support Dev and be his well wishers.
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This week, I must stop and applaud the makers for keeping us in the dark for most part and making us restless day after day 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 It was just a roller coaster ride.
I cant say enough to appreciate the cast of this show. Every person in this show has lived the character that they played. And its an awesome feeling to catch a show like this on TV. Our day is just not over without this show.
This show has truly touched so many people. The amount of writeup floating in the social media is a proof of that. The cast and crew can be very proud of their product. ❤️
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The new promo is Awesome! 7 years later, there is a tiny Ms.Sonakshi, just like how Dev wanted it. Ms.Bose seems to have become Ms.Abhodro - I mean she was quite serious. Mr.Abhodro has become a cool dude. The rear view mirror of Dev's stylish bike said something to us.. Did you hear that?--------
End of Season 1.
Ur write up is absolutely perfect fr me!! ur write up jst reflects my feelings and opinion on d show and d episode !! I'm left wid no words after reading dis!! Hats off to u and ur write up
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words, @Nikhila 😊
ReplyDeleteExcellent write up...Very aptly described every character. This is the only that cud urge me to be connected on social media...Else I'm not a social media person. Don't know if this msg reaches Mr. Shaheer Sheikh...If it does then would like to say..Shaheer your acting in this show is just perfect...In fact all the characters have justified their role...No words to describe them. Through this write up wud still like to highlight that a past of ishwari still needs to be unfolded. Anyways all the best and good luck for the upcoming episodes.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, as always team Dev, I'm team Sonakshi but still a regular reader of your opinions...once again good job done
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading @Fouzia and @Ks and taking the time to compliment :) Really appreciate it!
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