Knots and tangles

7th June episode

The mature part of MJHT just got more gripping.
Mayank does barsi of Nupur, and Nupur bids a final farewell. AB will get to act a lot more here, which is good, as the lovelorn look never suited him, and his role was becoming that of a joru ka ghulam. Here he gets back some character and goes back to the initial focused determined Mayank. Am sure he will be happy with the shift. Here he's channeled his grief and his own share of guilt into his work. And into blaming Samrat - which is typical in a way - Mayank never did like owning up to his mistakes.

Gunjan - re-entry, and what a lovely one! She has grown a lot in the intervening three years - she's obviously not spent them in crying, but in making her way forward. Lost the nerdy 'plain Jane' look, and now looks exactly what she is - a beautiful young girl of today. Always thought she was a very strong character and the CV's are finally showcasing that strength. Yet she is deeply missing both her sister and Samrat, and again - in just one scene, without any dialogues, but with the help of flashabcks, her dilemma is shown so clearly. And this is going to be a major one for her - her sister, whom she loved so dearly, who was more than a sister, was a mother-figure - how does she forget her and move on? And equally, can she forget Samrat, her soulmate, the only man (for he's definitely a man now) she has ever loved and by the looks of it, CAN ever love? But he's responsible for her sister's death, even if by accident, not by design ... how do they move on from there?
I would hate to be in Gunjan's shoes.

Samrat - in a way, the worst off of the three. He's lost the love of his life, a girl who was his friend and the wife of the guy who had become his close friend, and he feels responsible for the death of the girl who linked them all together. How can he live with his guilt? And how can he ever get over it?
He's grown too - probably the most of the three. Mayank and Gunjan were always shown to be strong characters, while Samrat was always shown to be vulnerable on the inside. Here that vulnerability has been still kept beautifully intact, but he has channelled his grief and guilt into growing up, into making his life purposeful and constructive, something he never even thought about earlier, and into giving back to the college which has given him so much, and yet, has taken everything away from him.

Sam's mom - the fourth angle of this quadrangle. A fascinating entry - a very real person, strong, determined, purposeful and practical yet with a softness to her which we have only seen glimpses of as yet. A real woman of today - I can see Gunjan growing to be a lot like her, except that Gunjan is still far more emotional. Though of course, as we saw in the Gunjan scene, that part is already changing.

Of the newbies - Ash and now Nirbhay are somewhat interesting. Rohan and Ria are cardboard cutouts so far.