Hello, Jalebi, In the episode where Lavenya comes to the temple in a white sari and does the catwalk, what do you think the look on Arnav’s face means? Also, when he sees Khushi in her orange sari, what do you suppose the difference in his thoughts were? Yes, he is aware of Khushi but his face doesn’t show it like with Lavenya.
Hey Anon,
Tbh I think the shots say enough but I'm clarifying cause I don't compare La and Khushi and they're far more similar than different - Arnav has a type.
With La, Arnav is aware that his girlfriend is a very beautiful woman and that she appeals to what he finds attractive and today she's just extra gorgeous with that stunning white saree.
The fact La did it for him and his family - and looks damn pretty in doing so - has an impact on Arnav. He can't get his eyes off her - he only does when Anjali is visibly disturbed and Di is, of course, his first priority.
Now when it comes to Khushi, Arnav knows she's a young woman who has a pretty face and he's probably marked off any draw he felt towards her as an outlier or a result of him making wrong decisions or just weird circumstances.
Today is different.
Today he's kinda seeing Khushi on a clean slate. There's no work, nothing between them. The curiosity that could've been a draw, any forced proximity or seeing her in something that would appeal to him - all of that is done with.
And he's drawn to her. He's... hesitant and troubled by the fact that Khushi appeals to him.
There's something more that happens to him when he sees her. A little bit of the world stopping. And to be honest, he himself doesn't know what's quite going on. There isn't much active thinking going on here.
No one is comparing Khushi to Lavanya. Not even Arnav. But this is the first time when the show properly starts focusing on Arnav's infidelity (as he's in a committed relationship with La). And on Khushi wanting Arnav. It's a very slight shift but it's an important shift. There's a certain distress Khushi feels knowing he broke the fast, or is breaking La's. Some of the gazes Arnav now has on Khushi aren't accidental. I like to call this the strike to the match that burns on Diwali.
Khushi is still an unknown to Arnav. Lavanya is not. It's not Lavanya's fault that she doesn't stop his world, it's something even Arnav didn't anticipate.
Yeh sab bas... ho gaya.
I think IPKKND is kinda right on how irrational attraction is. Half of the time I have no idea who I'm attracted to and why but it's always magnetic.
Best,
Jalebi :)
