Beyhadh 17th August 2017 Written Episode Update: Saanjh Proves Maya Guilty in Court

Okay. I’ve calmed down.. I suppose. So you say jaanvi is not at fault. Well that’s your opinion. And just like you are, I’m entitled to my opinion too. Let it be.
And I have to agree, Maya is wrong in many aspects. But then so are the others. It doesn’t hurt you know, to admit that others have also erred. I love Maya and really want her redemption. But that doesn’t hold me back just like the other Maya lovers, from agreeing that she’s done wrong. We never say Maya is a saint and every fault lies with others. But we do say others are also at fault. There’s a difference. Whatever happened, along with Maya the others are also responsible.

And yes Maya tried to make others believe that arjun tortured her. But we never saw Maya actually thinking about arjun hurting her or physically abusing her. No, not really. What we’ve seen was Maya trying to manipulate them into thinking that arjun was hurting her; convince those people that arjun was an abusive husband. But with ashwin we were actually shown Maya reliving her past; ashwin torturing her when she was a little girl. Those times she was not trying to convince someone that her father was a bad person. From the earlier episodes itself she’s shown reminiscing his cruelties in the privateness of her own room or so. And there were no audience at those times which totally negates the possibility of Maya just putting on a show to fool someone.

And why do you feel like ashwin was not doing it for just fun? He was doing it for some sort of sadistic pleasure. He was always gleefully looking at her whenever she collapses from a panic attack. And do you really believe that a man, who was terrorising his daughter and blackmailing his wife for money, and who tried to kill them both not once, but on multiple occasions was actually an innocent who got trapped by Maya?!

And don’t forget that jaanvi would’ve been the murderer of ashwin had everything gone according to her plan. She was the one who decided ashwin had done enough damage and that he should be killed soon. If she hadn’t let herself be fooled by his words as usual, she’d have finished him off then. But at last she didn’t kill him and when she knew it was Maya behind the murder she suddenly wanted to avenge ashwin! I mean, what the hell was that supposed to mean? Now she’s all like ashwin was a saint and Maya terribly wronged by killing such an innocent and loving father and loving husband!

And about the murder of Mansi. Yes this is the first actual cruel thing she has done. Killing an innocent girl who had nothing to do with Maya. She killed her entirely out of selfish reasons and Maya is WRONG here. But Maya being wrong won’t automatically make all the others right or excuse them of their mistakes. Nobody is perfect in this show.

Gawd! You’re entirely missing the point. I don’t understand why Maya being wrong makes others right. Yes yes Maya has done her fair share of mistakes. But how’ll that excuse others from theirs? Okay. Maybe I worded that last sentence incorrectly. Lemme rephrase it. Killing Mansi is the first time Maya acted entirely out of selfish motives and the cruelest thing she has ever done. Yes Maya is an extreme character thanks to her tragic childhood. She was like that from a small age. And it’s not like she actually got good upbringing or anything. She practically had no idea about how to handle relationships. But despite that she tried to blend into her new family. Tried her maximum. Those first days of marriage shows her struggles. And she’d have continued like that if it weren’t for her MIL. vandana was constantly trying to separate the newly wedded couple. Finally when Maya separated vandana and arjun, it was not to spite her but it was resulted from the fear that vandana will succeed in her mission.

And oh you cannot call ayaan “innocent”. You just can’t. If he wanted to rescue his goddamn brother, he could’ve simply went for the door and just opened it with his strength in case it was locked. But no! Our little hero wanted to play hide and seek with his bhabhi and couldn’t stop himself even when her dress was torn. Under no circumstances ayaan is right. He literally molested Maya, she made it into look like a rape attempt. Again, Maya was not the one to tear the dress.

And if she just wanted to kill off everyone whom she considered as an obstacle, saanjh would’ve been the one to die first. I’ve said before, I’ll say again. Until this recent episode with Samay, Maya never did anything serious to harm saanjh intentionally.
And it was not just a simple case of saas-bahu drama or fight going on with vandana and Maya. It was much more serious. She never even tried to give a chance to Maya. From the moment she stepped into the house she was blaming Maya for each and every silly thing. Remember her foot got injured while stepping into the house for the first time after marriage due to the broken glass piece. I seriously don’t get how’s that Maya’s mistake. The glass piece was in vandana’s house, she didn’t clean it well. Maya, like every normal human being when stepped into it broke her skin and started to bleed. But again she somehow wanted to make it Maya’s fault. But if she was just being bad to her Maya would’ve endured all this silently. But vandana was not satisfied with just taunting and generally making her life hell. She wanted to separate them and she voiced her intentions and clearly too. So yes if there’s one thing Maya wouldn’t allow its losing arjun. But even then she didn’t do anything to physically harm vandana as a retaliation for making her suffer. She just separated her and arjun.
But she killed vandana not because she was mean to her but because she firmly believed vandana was responsible for the stillbirth. In her eyes she was avenging her baby.

So you couldn’t say Maya, without giving a chance to clear the simple misunderstandings killed her MIL because she was mean to her, and also trapped her innocent devar who just happened to be trying to save his bhai, and who did nothing to trouble her. Because that’s not what happened.

Oh dear! I’ve said before. I never justified Maya and said what she did was right. I just say what situations led her to do it. Not using that situations or circumstances to defend her. When I feel like people are only concentrating on her mistakes without thinking about what might’ve made her to commit the same, I just try to put forth my views in her perspective. So no. I’ll never advise to follow your example about breaking in your neighbour’s house to get back at them.

What Maya did was extreme. But again she was always like that. Remember the time when she simply went into the ocean to wash off the cake on her face which was smeared by arjun and him commenting about her being weird and strange. That time also she could’ve simply washed it in the office itself. But she chose the extreme. Why, because she’s not normal. And this extremeness was extended to her all other activities like dealing with other aspects of life.
So just like she wouldn’t opt to drown in the ocean to wash her face if she were normal, she wouldn’t have taken all the other extreme steps too. But still doesn’t make her right. If drowning in the ocean holds the threat of killing herself, which is a crime in itself, killing others are also crime be it in self defense, revenge or anything else.
So again I was simply trying to understand what led Maya into doing this and explaining the circumstances which led to it.

It was never my intention to say whatever Maya done was the only thing which could’ve been done at that situation.
Still that doesn’t make ayaan innocent. I’ve said that before. And I’ll say so any day. See if Maya were a man there’s a difference. If ayaan beat the hell out of Maya nobody would say anything. A lot of heroes have already used this cliche dialogue of how they’re gonna spare a person despite their cruel acts only because they’re female. Any self respecting man will do the same. They wouldn’t pick on those who are weaker than them. And Maya definitely was weaker and not fit or in a condition to physically deal with ayaan.

And yes Maya did hide the key in her dress. So what. He had the strength to go after her and tear her dress but was strangely not strong enough to break the door or something. If she had thrown the key away though the window, would he still go outside and search for it? What, is he such a gentleman who wouldn’t think twice about tearing a girl’s dress but will never open a door without a key? Afraid of causing damage to bhabhi’s house by destroying the door and causing a bad impression? Wow ayaan, how chivalrous of you!
Even if Maya hide that key in her dress but ayaan chose to open the door by breaking it, how would Maya be able to trap him? There’ll be no cctv visuals showing him chasing her and tearing her dress. In a way he was digging his own grave. Even if the dress tore accidentally he could’ve stopped right there. Because whatever happened Maya was still a woman and his bhabhi. But he didn’t stop there and still gone after her. But of course, if Maya was a man the story would be different. But as it is, I believe no-one should touch a woman’s body no matter however cruel or evil the woman is, without her consent. And ayaan just did that. Sorry to break it to you, that’s still molesting.
But this is not to say what Maya did was right. False rape cases are a serious issue in our country. Women often frame unsuspecting men in cases. And it’ll adversely affect the real rape victims too. So I resent beyhadh showing a classic example of framing the rape as it may be a bad influence for the society. It may give ideas for women waiting for a perfect revenge and brings the additional danger of looking down upon actual victims.

But like I said earlier, Maya being wrong doesn’t mean ayaan is right and vice versa.ayaan had every options to avoid this situation. But since he opted to attack Maya instead of going straight for the door, things were easy for Maya to frame him. Both are at fault.

And we’ve already established that Maya is extreme. But what about your so-called normal characters. Have they did the right thing to do, the normal things? Tried to discuss matters maturely? Did vandana ask arjun to get Maya medical help because she thought Maya is mental? What about saanjh,ayaan.. you expect an abnormal Maya to do the normal thing and behave but cut slack for other normal characters. Well talk about double standards! To her credit Maya at least TRIED to do the right thing. She tried to change herself.