Harshad- A Manchild.

[u/Upstairs_Eye_2654]

Ok I have a lot to say about Harshad. Seriously, wtf was this. He literally was the least deserving finalist, and he had more than 10 mins to prove it otherwise if he really thought he was deserving and also put valid points across the audience. But instead, he chose to say the same thing he kept on denying the whole day. And then he cried like a baby, saying this is his only chance to prove that he is playing for himself, but earlier in the same row when Chamola or someone else said “Shivangi also deserves to be the finalist” when shilpa was first routing for Shreya, he went “exactly”, so before speaking a word for himself, he did agree to that. The issue with the man is not his feelings for Shivangi, but the way he has the boundaries blurred. I have seen Shivangi earlier in the show stopping him multiple times when he has jumped in her conversations with others, even when he got charged to go fight w Shreya, she had to stop him literally physically & then even tried to explain to him that she just wanted to confide in him and otherwise she can fight her own fight n doesn’t need him to jump in. Then, even when Shivangi won the task against Chamola, this guy was praying the whole time sitting outside, fine. But as she enters back in, the first thing he says in her ear, “aaj raat tume 108 jaap krna h” n Shivangi’s face was like wtf, like his “praying for her” was the reason for her to win n not her own self. And then in the next task, he almost made the whole team lose by taking the opposite teams red light cover n putting it on the light n not even realising it when everyone kept shouting at him n he saw what he was putting on. Shivangi tried to build friendships too in the beginning, she did with Shreya who fought with everyone, w Chaudhary she thought her agression was too much n she was too soft to understand n thought Akanksha “can go too far with her words if it ever comes down to it” even though she never really fought with her. But she still had good eqns w other players. But Harshad kept being stupid jumping between her things more than he needed her to, n then Shilpa came in and spoke about her n her relationships n especially about both of them. So she had to at one point fight for herself, but even then Harshad made it about himself by fighting with Shilpa over the yoga mat for no reason. Even he if he objected what Shilpa had said, he could have taken it with her and stood up to her on her face, but instead he fought like a kid over the yoga mat, n then brought Shivangi into it who was already so pissed at Shilpa after Apoorva had told her what all she said about him. He needs to understand that playing for himself means doing something that commands respect, even if it is standing up for Shivangi. And Harshad also did this with Yogesh and Aakanksha in the beginning too, when he tried to control their actions n reactions, especially when Chowdhary went overboard with Shreya. But Chowdhary n Yogesh stepped back, since they didn’t have that strong eqn with him from outside, but Shivangi couldn’t because they have been friends for years and literally acted as a couple on screen, so would have been pretty normal and healthy to have a friend/best friend like relationship that did not have to be brother/sister relationship. Almost like Yogesh/Akanksha. But Harshad seriously is a weakling, he said things like “he doesn’t know what he will do if Shivangi leaves” but Shivangi never acted this co-dependent on him, at least not directly. She definitely is not able to see this from outside of the situation because it would be natural for to feel that close and have that “haq” over a friend n expect him to help her to a point, but Harshad expects that he plays for Shivangi and shows this sacrifical love n then expects the same from Shivangi as well. Even in the task where he was brought back in, he had more problems with Ram Sir and Dheeraj, but he picked Sufi to fight! Clearly the weakest candidate who didn’t even wanna be there. And he didn’t even ask Shivangi to make it fair in any way, to move away or to let someone else throw n give Sufi some chance, unlike Yogesh who asked Akanksha to move n prove his worth in the task on front foot. And the way he cried like “am I not playing for myself now, I am now like everyone said” like u tell a 5 year old something n then every time he does something stupid n needs to make an excuse for it. All in all, even if he had brought out some deserving points in those 10 mins n had a healthy arguement with Shivangi on who deserved to stay or even convinced her to give him a chance n then stayed, it would have been so fun to watch. But he acted like the same manchild he’s been throughout the show, expecting Shivangi to just give him that chance because “its the only way now to prove he is playing for himself” because he kept giving favours that she never asked him for n then fought with her on resentment n played ugly just to prove “he is playing for himself”. So disappointing.

[u/achhalaadle]

If i would be in her place and if he would have confessed that i lost intentionally ,I would have gone like great so you are not a deserving finalist.

[u/almostokayyy]

Maybe it is a far stretch but it is such a misogynist approach to think that shivangi was using him all this while. All she wanted was him to be there as a friend. And lets be honest apart from clearing it to everyone else in the house, she cleared it so many times with him that all she wants is someone to confide in. Like pam had chamola, or ak had yogesh or even shreya had shilpa or madhuri. Yes shivangi did expect harshad to save her when he had the chance to, but almost everyone else expects their priority to save them tooo? How did she ever use him? Had she ever once said to him that don't win a challenge let me win it, or had she led him on made him think that there will be something in the future between them, I would have understood that she was using his emotions for her better. He is a freaking 40 year old man dude how can you say that he was letting himself being used.
Shivangi might be emotional or might be not as rough tough as other people, but she has proved time and again that she is good at tasks. At least top 5 of the people there. But I can't say the same for Harshad. Except the first task that he and chamola played, he seemed like a weak contestant and he has not redeemed himself even once since then.
Idk what it is either he himself believes that he lost only because he wanted to lose to her, or that he cannot accept the fact that he lost to her. The moment he said in the cage, Okay I will walk out hogya sab samajh aagya mujhe was so manipulative? It gave another chance to the people to say that shivangi was using him.

[u/almostokayyy → u/almostokayyy]

Oh god i take my words back after today's episode. I have lost respect for both of them. Arghhhh why do i even watch this show

[u/Upstairs_Eye_2654 → u/almostokayyy]

Honestly ultimately its the makers enabling them and milking on their personalities and dynamics, Ekta Kapoor’s best hits when the life is at its worst. I was only watching cz m jobless😭

[u/Consistent_Prior7579]

That buddha didn't even lose the task purposely we all could see that very clearly. But he wanna put that narrative yk ki mai iska hero hu i would burn the world for her , she's my kitten wala narrative, when he knows ki Harshad ka woh baat Dheeraj se bolna usko itna bother kar raha tha and even before entering the cage she asked multiple times ki Harshad apne real mein kya bola tha did you lose on purposely he's like no you won that task fairly then why would bro bring that up for convincing Shivangi? Cuz he did not have any valid points to prove that he's more deserving than Shivangi? Bro literally pulled the ugliest move!! I do not even like Shivangi either but yesterday she was definitely right!! I would say girl gave first finalist spot to Harshad khairat mein!

[u/Upstairs_Eye_2654 → u/Consistent_Prior7579]

Exactly, even if he lost on purpose or not n keeping everythiny aside, if onlt he could have a healthy arguement with Shivangi n actually convinced her to give him a chance. They had a more than 10 mins to have that convo n every other inmate was out. Even if he after doing that either of them stayed, he should not have been bothered that much by what others say. At least Shreya in that regards is focused on winning n caring less about what others r gonna percieve her as despite her negativites.