Khushi’s Heart Awakening 💖
A very underrated but pivotal scene in IPK would be the mandir scene in episode 81. In which Khushi witnesses ASR treat a little girl with great kindness and empathy, buying all the pigeons for her to make a wish for her parents.
I would argue this scene is pivotal in Khushi’s love for Arnav, I would even go as far as to suggest THIS is her heart awakening moment. At this point Khushi is attracted to Arnav physically, intrigued by him and impassioned, even (anger, irritation, competitiveness , curiousity etc) ; yet this is when the seed is planted in her heart for him and the emotional attachment starts to form, It’s so subtle and brilliant.
Also, how wonderful is the symbolism in this scene, the little girl is essentially a representation of Khushi’s inner child; Khushi who has experienced a similar trauma with her own parents, it must have been so healing for her to have witnessed Arnav treat the little girl with so much compassion!
Honey!💖