Thread by @special_master_

just read psychoanalytic criticism for my course & now my brain can’t help but see all the Freudian symbolism in #TereBin

that’s why so much focus on chemistry (making it sexual)

can’t believe I am saying this but the writer definitely put some effort here

Meerab running after the lambs

yk what lambs represent here = our sweet & innocent virginal heroine

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here’s our hero Murtasim being the “embodiment of sexuality/masculinity” (as Aamna said 😜) with a very very obvious PHALLIC symbol in his hand - his gun

& this super duper obvious shot of Murtasim having his gun (representing masculine power) & Meerab both with him

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another super duper obvious (too on the nose in fact) scene

Murtasim literally making Meerab wet 😭

whoever wrote Murtasim/Meerab scenes sure knew what he/she was doing 😜

their scenes are purposely wrote & shot to give them a sexual tone 🤷‍♀️🔥

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Murtasim playing with his “gun” (a phallic symbol) while flirting with Meerab

also that “I am not so lucky”

“keh bhi nahi sakta aur seh bhi nahi sakta”

I mean COME ON! so so obvious

ps - that 2nd cap ain’t no coincidence 😜

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making this a full fledged thread about Freudian symbolism in #TereBin

& there’s LOTS more

will keep adding everything here

my friend @Pratima752 adding her thoughts as well ❤️

wrt to the tweet below

it became more obvious when right after all this 👇 Murtasim literally took Meerab to bed

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more additions from @Pratima752

here’s Meerab holding the “pen” & not being able to handle it & getting “tired” of it

lol she holds the pen throughout in her scene with Murtasim, only drops it when he leaves & is visibly frustrated 😜

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*written 😭

yes! my dear @Kanxul you are right 👍

acc to uncle Freud, “Fish” is a phallic symbol & it represents “fertility” as well

also that you are now ready to start your own family (lol Murtasim is quite eager to that tbh 😜)

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sis this was so obvious tbh, I am not surprised Aamna noticed it too

let’s just say it was Murtasim’s liberation of his sexual repression 😜

that last cap shows his “release” 🤭

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when Murtasim gives Meerab that book

this entire monologue was basically Murtasim “teaching” Meerab “the ways of the world” 😜

“I can show u the world..

I can open your eyes …

A whole new world”

don’t tell me y’all didn’t understand this song from Aladdin 😂

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clarifying more on Murtasim’s monologue

he uses Adam & Hawa (Adam & Eve) to explain how the relationship b/w man-woman is supposed to be

they “sinned” btw (sexual connotations)

me who read Paradise Lost line by line for class was so happy for this reference

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so our heroine after taking “lessons” from her man, starts reading that book (the one she was refusing before)

she even got “interested” in all the “teachings” & admired herself

long story short, it was a metaphor for Murtasim basically sexually awakening Meerab 😜

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using Adam & Hawa reference was also to imply procreation bcoz they are called the father & mother of humanity

this whole conversation had sexual connotations written all over it (too obvious at that) 😜

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adding a mythological touch to all this for @bitterheart26 ❤️

all these Mills & Boons stories are based on the “Hades & Persephone”myth

Hades is the King of the underworld

he kidnaps & marries naive virginal Persephone, takes her to the underworld & makes her his queen

so our “Hades” ie Murtasim is introduced as the true “king” of whatever he rules over (😜) amidst violence contrasting with our innocent childlike “Persephone” ie Meerab is seen living happily (read ignorantly) in her loving home

Meerab is daddy’s little PRINCESS, her father treats her like a child but now it’s time for her to “mature” 😉

this is basically her journey to become Murtasim’s QUEEN

“Khan ki Khani” is what they are calling it in the show 😜

since acc to mythology (& psychology), a heroine’s journey goes from being a naive virginal princess to marrying a powerful king (who teaches her the ways of the world 😜) & give birth to a child (ie become a mother)

pretty sure Meerab will go through the same

Meerab trying to use the “stick” (another phallic symbol) on some random dude but Murtasim stops her & takes her back with him 😜

lol @bitterheart26 this show is making it too obvious even with dialogues

saas going “Abhi se thak gayi? Abhi toh bohot manzilein baaki h” during their wedding night 😜

crazy lover going “hum bhi kunware, humare woh bhi kunware” after she realises they didn’t do the deed 😂

uncle Freud has a lot to say about their back & forth action too 😭

btw kudos to the director here for using these walking shots in two different situations - one for fear & other for desire but our mind perceives both in the same way 👌

that gun though😜

reason why Stockholm syndrome is a thing, but this not relevant for this thread

just a psychological fact 😜

my friend @Pratima752 explaining what Freud’s theory is

for anyone who would like to know what this thread was about

Kidnapping track from Uncle Freud’s POV 😜

here’s our Eve (Meerab) tempting her Adam (Murtasim) with the forbidden fruit (apple)

he is definitely tempted btw 😜

ps - blame @nov_aaheli for noticing Meerab serving Murtasim omelette & sausages in breakfast 😭😂

pretty sure they will use this DANCE sequence as the final consummation of their love

Dance imagery is the most obvious way of showing censorship dodging symbolism for sex onscreen

there’s literally a whole movie about this concept - Dirty Dancing (1987)

yes! in addition, all those lion, tiger pictures in the background imply the hunter-prey dynamic also (again sexual connotations here as well)

Murtasim being the “sher” & Meerab his prey, with him “chasing” her 😜

the most obvious innuendo of this show is finally here 😜

first he gets her wet, then she gets him down to her & after this, showing her literally splashing water on his face would be too much for desi audience (probably why they deleted it)

acc to uncle Freud, water represents the unconscious where all the repressed feelings lay hidden

so here it’s their repressed desire for each other is implied, which they obviously don’t want to acknowledge consciously