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Harshad Chopda : Bepannaah

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— Harshad Chopda as ADITYA HOODA supremacy —

show - bepannaah (2018)

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Bepannah Baatein

I am absolutely in love with all these recent AdiYa scenes where Aditya has heart-wrenchingly honest conversations with Zoya. He speaks so freely of his emotions regarding the whole ordeal, because he knows that she would understand. In fact, she is the only one who could actually understand how he feels, because she is the only one who knows exactly how it feels.

The script writing for these scenes are absolutely terrific, and are pulling on all the right heartstrings. And add to that HC’s commendable acting skills and it’s an absolute treat in the form of a scene that leaves my heart achingly satisfied.

To add to that, I love the stark differences we get to see these days between Aditya’s equation with Pooja and his equation with Zoya. For starters, in Pooja’s diary it was mentioned that she had this constant need to ‘take care’ of Aditya. She also further questions herself and wonders if her love towards him simply limit itself to this want of hers that obviously comes from the fact that he is her best friend, who has had a rocky childhood. This piece of information shed immense light into depicting how their relationship functioned. Pooja craved the kind of love she gave to Aditya. But he couldn’t give Pooja the passionate, and meaningful kind of love that she desperately searched for in their relationship partly because he didn’t realize that she was in search for something like that in their relationship. Then, there is Zoya.

Zoya, much like Aditya, is used to being pampered and comes from a very sheltered and privileged lifestyle. She is also extremely naïve and easily fooled – a trait that annoyed the living daylights out of Aditya and many of the audience in the initial episodes. However, regardless of Aditya’s annoyance from the very beginning, he has had this almost reflexive need to protect her, and to take care of her. Something he didn’t feel as much towards Pooja possibly because he was used to being taken care of by her, and because of the mature demeanor that Pooja carried, which made her seem like a woman who didn’t need to be taken care of.  But Zoya, from her outward demeanor to her general naivety towards reality, shows her need to be taken care of by someone else, and thus highlighting on her high dependency on others. And Aditya could tell this from their very first meeting.

This factor in their relationship was highlighted again and again with incidents where he attempts to warn her regarding Mahi’s intentions, despite him being in his “ruin Zoya’s life” phase. And then we had multiple incidents where he saves her life- with no obvious gain other than an easing of his guilt – with hospital scenes that basically painted the fact that Aditya has an uncontrollable need to take care of Zoya, and keep her away from danger.

Another interesting thing to note here is the difference between Aditya and Yash with regards to how they treat Zoya. They both try to take care of Zoya, and do so successfully in all given situation, but it’s the way they do it that differ vastly. While Yash takes care of Zoya by shielding her from the world, Aditya takes care of Zoya by exposing her to the world, allowing her to grow into her own person, and only intervening when she seems to be stuck. This was so clearly portrayed when he watched her let out her heart in the middle of the street after finding out that Yash signed the divorce papers. He watched her quietly, letting her get all her emotions out, and then proceeded to not let her know about the truth behind the ring, as he knew that it would be too much for her to handle. He lets her crash and burn first, before intervening - that too only if she needs an intervention – and help her pick up her pieces.

Another incident that highlighted this further was when she began to distance herself from the world around her after her suicide attempt. He was the only and the first person to notice this. He saw her walking towards the path of depression, and despite him claiming to have done what he did, so his “entertainment” wouldn’t be ruined, it was as clear as day that his real intention was to help Zoya get out of the vortex she was unknowingly stepping into.

But what should also be noted is that it’s not just a constant state of Aditya taking care of Zoya. No. She, too, can be seen taking care of Aditya in various situations like when he came to her house after over-dosing on the allergy syrup. She patiently listened to him pour his heart out until he fell asleep. She was also the first one to call him out when he was too pre-occupied with his internal demons and lashing out at others right after Pooja’s demise. She told him the bitter truth at a time no one else dared to, and made him realize that he wasn’t fighting against the world; he was just fighting himself. For Aditya, this was crucial to know, because at the time, just like a child would, he was misplacing his anger and repressing his emotions as a way of coping. She had continued to offer him advice, again and again, which had proven to be valuable to him in fighting his internal battles. So in hindsight, they had helped each other, without even realizing, to overcome the stress and trauma of the very adversity that brought them together in the first place.

Ironically, this balance of helping each other and taking care of each other’s needs was exactly what their respective marital affairs lacked. There was no balance between Pooja and Aditya, much like how there was no balance between Zoya and Yash.

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I MISS MY ADIYA BBIESS . I MISS BEPANNAAH. 😭❤🌸

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Bepannah Baatein

27.07.2018

One thing I’ve noticed over the past few weeks, is that Aditya never quite smiles genuinely unless he is around Zoya. As in, the only time i’ve seen him smile whole heartedly was very few to begin with, and all of those moments happened when he was around Zoya. And I don’t necessarily mean that in a romantic way, either. It’s just that with his family, and even when he is with Arjun, he seems very constrained in terms of showing how he truly feels. And sadly for him, no one in his family seems to have quite picked up on the blue cloud that he carries around with him constantly, and he puts in an effort to hide it from them too. This could be due to the fact that he is trying to compensate for having left by letting them be happy and fuss over him like this before he leaves once again. It is noticeable because pre-leap Aditya was a character that smiled openly and enjoyed life to the fullest, just like how post leap Zoya is. And to have him suddenly be portrayed, as he is now, further highlights how different he is as a person now. Zoya noted this in today’s episode, too.

But at the same time, it is realistic, because Aditya is depressed. His behaviour is typical of someone who is suffering through mild depression. He literally looks like someone who is just going with the flow of things just because. But what’s interesting here is that when he sees Zoya, his emotions suddenly starts looking more genuine, and more open. But this reaction wasn’t an instant one either, because during their initial interactions after leap, he still did have that restrain. But as he got more familiar with this “new” Zoya, you could see him slowly lower his walls around her. In a way, this could be because she reminds him of the person who he was - the positive things about his past self. Like being so full of life, and spreading that positivity to those around him. And so far, we got to see small glimpses of old Adi, only and only when he is with Zoya. Like his little sarcastic comment about Zoya’s dad hating him as a hobby, after she said the same thing about her and his mum. Or when she woke him up from sleep at 2 am. These were two conversations where I actually saw a little bit of our snarky/sarcastic Aditya make a short-lived comeback. And honestly, I really, really miss him being snarky and sarcastic! His dialogues were such a treat back then, and HC was just perfect in his delivery of them. And to be honest, I can’t wait for that Aditya to return in full form, because this new Aditya doesn’t seem to quite have the same effect on me. Today’s “annoying aunty face-off” also showed a glimpse of old Adi. 

Coming to Zoya’s progression, I thought that Zoya’s sudden development felt like a bit of whiplash. I mean don’t get me wrong, I am so glad to have Zoya not crying every two scenes, and have her actually answer back to Anjana (and those aunties) and be a total “Sherni”, but at the same time, this overly bubbly, cheerful Zoya felt a bit too much to me. This new Zoya doesn’t hold that same aura for me anymore. She has progressed, yes, but I feel like that initial essence of her that made her Zoya, is lacking. But she does seem genuinely happy and bubbly and just super cheerful, which kind of reminds me of her in the first episode, before the accident. So in that retrospect, I guess it does make sense of her to be super bubbly and cheerful, with the additional change of being braver around people.

Moving on to AdiYa relationship, after watching the first few post leap episodes, I was ready to place my bets on Zoya being the first to fall in love, but the very recent episodes have me second-guessing big time. I like that they are showing a friendship between them, and unlike with Pooja and Aditya, in this scenario, I feel that Aditya seems to be more aware of Zoya as a woman in a more intimate sense, than he was with Pooja (e.g. when she was applying medicine to his wound, and with the shower scene today).  Zoya, too, can be seen being acutely aware of it, but not as much as Aditya. And it makes sense, this was what Pooja wanted from him but never got, or in other words, this was one of the reasons why his marriage failed. And on the other hand, we see Zoya finding her best friend in Aditya, and being able to share all her problems with him, and being able to understand Aditya. This is repeatedly shown and highlighted with her saying that ‘thinking like Aditya’ has helped her solve so many problems. Even Arjun commented on this and said that she is a lot like Aditya lately. For her to be like him she needs to understand him and she clearly has done exactly that. It was lack of this kind of understanding that derives from friendship that led to the end of her marriage with Yash. So in terms of writing of the show, it feels very well rounded.

Coming back to how Aditya reacts to Zoya, I think it’s safe to say that he is beginning to be infatuated with her. He seems to be in awe of the person that Zoya has become, and I feel that even if it isn’t been shown explicitly, he has begun his journey towards Zoya. Zoya on the other hand doesn’t seem to be there yet. But what is interesting is how they have been subtly avoiding Aditya getting to know about this “Arshad” guy and that Zoya is getting set up by her Dad. They are planning something with this, for sure. So it will hopefully be used in the future as a major plot-moving tool and also in order to shift AdiYa’s relationship towards a new path.

And of course, with the expected revelation of Anjana having kidnapped Sakshi and being an unhealthily obsessed mother to Aditya, it made me doubt if she had anything to do with the Yash-Pooja accident. I mean she did say, “Tumhari beti bhi neh toh Adi par cheat kiya tha na? Kya hua uska anjaam, yaad hai?” If this doesn’t scream possible suspect, I don’t know what does! And keeping in mind that she did say something to Harsh during the AdiYa trial, which he told her to keep quiet about, and was not further explored, my suspicion of her being possibly involved increased even more.

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Bepannah Baatein

12.06.2018

From Zoya’s character arc so far, two things that really stood up to me are how she, as a character, makes a clear distinction between being naïve and stupid, while also showing a distinction between being vulnerable and weak. The lock-up scenes, and the scene where she got rid of the tiger are my biggest evidence here. I personally thought her repeated dialogue to Aditya in today’s episode about how she may look stupid, but is actually not, was a very valid point. Bear with me here, because I know a lot of people seem to think that how could someone who was so easily fooled by someone like Mahi call herself not stupid. But that’s the whole point here. To be fooled by someone you need to trust that person. And Zoya is someone who easily trusts people, because she is pure at heart and thus always looks at the good in people. And as we could see from her reaction to Yash’s affair initially, when Zoya trusts someone, she trusts them blindly with no conditions. But this is not called being stupid; this is called being naïve. What’s the difference? The difference is that if she were stupid, she would’ve agreed with no hesitation when Aditya was coming up with the plan of fake marriage. But she didn’t, because she knew the consequences of what he was about to do, and the risks it held. The only reason she gave in was because, at that time, she was utterly helpless and had no way out. More importantly, if she were stupid, she would’ve never agreed to run away with Aditya when Rajveer was on their tail. It was a calculative step taken by Zoya, and as she confessed today, she didn’t decide to join hands with Aditya because he forced her to; instead, it was a decision she made at the time, because she felt like it was the right thing to do. So no, she may have been naïve at times, but never stupid.

Coming to the point of her being vulnerable but not weak, I fully agreed with Aditya when he said the same. He is right. Zoya is not weak. There have been many instances where we were shown Zoya breakdown. But not once has Zoya lost her faith and will to keep going. And ironically, my strongest piece of evidence for this comes from when she slit her wrist. As she fell to the ground, and heard Aditya’s voice in her head saying he will keep fighting, she suddenly didn’t want to die anymore. You could see her regret her actions in an instant. Despite slowly starting to lose her consciousness, she attempted to get up to unlock the door so Aditya could save her. Then, when she regained consciousness at the hospital, the first thing she said to Aditya was ‘thank you’. Because she didn’t want to die, and was glad that she was alive. It was only moment of weakness she showed. Had she been as weak as everyone assumes, she wouldn’t have felt glad that her attempt at suicide didn’t succeed, and would’ve even attempted again. Not just that, but it also takes courage to leave behind your family and go with the man you love, and had she been weak, she would’ve never been able to take such a step. It takes courage to come to a new, unknown city and try to survive there all on your own, and once again, had she been weak, she would’ve never held on for so long in Mumbai. And lastly, as Aditya reminded her today, had she been weak she would’ve never been able to fend off that tiger the way she did.

But yes, Zoya is vulnerable.She is vulnerable because she easily trusts people, and always believes in doing what’s right. She is vulnerable because she is naïve, and because she hasn’t seen how cruel life could be. This blends so well into AdiYa equation because Aditya understands this, and his personality complements this. This is where the difference between Yash and Aditya lies with regards to how they treat Zoya.

The crux of the AdiYa relationship is to complement, and not to complete. Aditya and Zoya are not here to be two perfect halves that make a whole. They are here to be two wholes that complement each other, which is why they need to rediscover themselves, before they could even think of being with each other, and that’s exactly what the writers and the producers are focusing on. 

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Bepannah Baatein

First of all, to anyone who gave up on Bepannah within the first two weeks - you should definitely give it another try!

I love the fact that Aditya and Zoya are slowly but steadily discovering themselves and that we get to see their progress. I was specially impressed by Aditya’s character today when he pleaded with Rajveer to let him stay by Zoya until she regains consciousness- the key word here being ‘pleaded’.

Aditya has been tagged with the term “man-child” (rightfully so) since the initial episodes, and there would’ve been no way that same Aditya from those episodes would put aside his ego to submissively plead in front of someone like Rajveer. But this Aditya - the Aditya that is slowly changing as he learns and re-discovers himself- did. His actions, in that scene, truly surprised me. And while his motives can be questioned - Was he doing this out of pure concern for Zoya? To buy more time for himself? Or was it a mix of both? - it was an extremely mature/clever way to handle the situation in either of the cases.

But of course, in the next scene, we are shown Aditya making another one of his infamous and impulsive decisions to run away, which sounds exactly like something our good ol’ Adi would do. This contrast between the scenes effectively showed that while he is slowly coming out of his “man-child” attitude and facing life, he is still not fully there, and in fact has only just begun his journey and has a long way to go.  

Overall, I am genuinely excited to watch his character arc, because a lot of potential can be seen there, and so far the writers of Bepannah are yet to disappoint me with their characters. It’s one of the very few tellywood shows whose characters are well written, with their own purpose to help the plot move forward in some way or another.  

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Bepannah Baatein

11.06.2018

You know it’s a good show when you don’t need to constantly see the two main leads being shown together to actually enjoy an episode! I absolutely loved all the family scenes we got these two episodes, and I am definitely here for the Harshvardhan- Wasim team up! I am all strapped up to see these rich/influential fathers go to extreme lengths to protect their children! 

The way Adi said “Pa” had me clutching my heart, because so many emotions dripped from his voice when he said that! HC’s acting in that scene was definitely praise worthy! His voice modulation was the perfect mix of vulnerability and pleading, when he asked his father to save not just him but Zoya as well. The Aditya that stood next to Harshvardhan today was not the son who had been calling his father by his name for the past god-knows how many years, because he cheated on his wife and family. The Aditya that stood before him today was his son – his Cheeku– whom he had lost to circumstances long ago. 

I think it was very significant how both Harsh and Anjana only used the nickname ‘Cheeku’ to address Aditya when they finally reconnected with him as parent and son, because before that, they either called him Aditya or Adi. This  really highlighted the difference between Aditya before and after his father’s scandal unfolded, and despite not knowing much about how Aditya was as a child, these simple instances help us, as an audience, to create a certain image of how he must have been as a child. Yes, he still acts like a child sometimes, showing us how playful and happy he must have been, but if you look at it from a more psychoanalytical perspective, you can see that his childhood was ruined because of Harshvardhan’s scandal. And when you look at his character with this information in mind, his stubbornness to not let the inner child in him die down, can easily be seen as his way of holding onto the broken pieces of his childhood. That hurt, lost and confused 16-year-old Aditya who was forced to see a bitter side of life, still resides in this grown Aditya. And he still holds a grudge against his parents for that pain and hurt he went through. He may have moved on from that past, but he hasn’t let go of that past, giving us our typical man-child Aditya Hooda. 

This also allows Pooja to fit seamlessly into his life. She was his best friend, and the one person who supported him throughout it all. It could’ve been this that brought them together in the first place, and because of this, she was an unknowing and subconscious reminder to Adi of how his father had failed him. Which is why Pooja could never be the bridge that connected Adi back to his family. Zoya, on the other hand, held no connection to Aditya’s past, and thus holds a possibility at being the bridge that could help that 16-year-old Aditya find solace, and finally be free of his haunting past, allowing Zoya to fit seamlessly into the character arc of Aditya. It was further highlighted when Arjun’s thoughts about how Zoya had reconciled the father and son were shown, because in order for Aditya to truly show progress and development as a character, it’s extremely important for him be free of his past. This, I feel, complements the crux of the show, which is about how Zoya and Aditya re-discover themselves with the help of each other, after an unfortunate event brings them together. 

To Aditya, Zoya was a puzzle piece that came along despite the whole picture being completed. But after Pooja’s death, along with the news of her affair, when Adi’s “supposedly” complete puzzle was in shattered pieces, it was Zoya’s puzzle piece that helped him gain sight of how he could build a new puzzle with what he has left. She had given him reasons to move on, again and again, since the unfortunate incident. And in the future, hopefully, she will help him realize that the perfect puzzle of his past that he grieves over now was actually an imperfect, ill-fitting illusion that was bound to break at some point.

On another note, what’s ironic is that Aditya constantly compared his love story with Pooja to that of Rahul & Anjali from KKHH, without even realizing that in that story, Rahul’s first marriage was with Tina, who died. Pooja, therefore, shows more resemblance to Tina than Anjali in this case.