Birthday Special: Anushka Sharma and the conflict of her characters

Anushka Sharma turns 34 Her career is on the brink of turning 14 In the last 14 years Anushka Sharma has mostly played characters that have battled conflicts that seem impossible to resolve and something miraculous happensRab Ne Bana Di Jodi 2008 Raj vs SuriSuri and Raj both are being essayed by the same man but for Taani they are two different people both emotionally and physically Shersquos ready to elope with Raj completely forgetting about her husband She reluctantly indulges in infidelity Surirsquos plans of becoming a drastically opposite personality to win the love of his wife backfires and how And then as the title suggests God intervenes and she finally senses she should be with Suri and something miraculous happens again She finally comes to know they both were the same all along Wish Vijay Anand was listeningBand Baaja Baaraat 2010 Pyaar vs VyapaarThis was Sharmarsquos ticket to fame and fortune She was a Delhi ki Kuddi who makes it clear never fall in love with someone you do business with Bittu Ranveer Singh in a sensational debut readily agrees The girl is the one who breaks the rules after a night of drinks and debauchery All hell breaks loose The boy pays the price for her sins The couple reunites in the end ultimately thanks to an emotional monologue by Bittu the boss Hope Pulkit Samrat is listeningJab Tak Hai Jaan 2012 Love vs SexA documentary filmmaker falls in love with a brooding soldier haunted by the demons of a passionate romance gone kaput She makes it clear love is not for her She has aspirations of having sex with different men with different accents But in a film directed by Yash Chopra love is bound to happen and it does The girl is already heartbroken as she knows the Twain shall never meet She remains single throughout in the fond memories of the man she was truly in love with This was Choprarsquos swan song Hope hersquos listeningAe Dil Hai Mushkil 2016 Pyaar vs DostiPyaar Dosti Hai this was Karan Joharrsquos declaration in 1998 when he made his directorial debut Cut to 2016 a refusing to grow up man falls head over heels with his BFF Alizeh She of course friend zones him even before he could know what that means The relentless pursuits take him to her wedding a different relationship and ultimately musical success The heart still yearns for her After a point she feels guilty of not being able to reciprocate the emotion And then passes away due to a terminal illness The man is left alone only with her memories Johar said this is his favourite movie out of all the films he has directed He too has experienced one sided love Hope hersquos listeningSanju 2018 Truth vs DuttThroughout 2018 Rajkumar Hirani was called out for whitewashing Sanjay Duttrsquos controversial and chaotic life by making a film that seemed too one sided in its stand In between truth and Dutt stood the character of Anushka Sharma who patiently listens to what the man went through from 1981 to 2013 She breaks into tears in between twice over Of course shersquos swayed by the power of his story We all were But how much was it was actually true Hope Rajkumar Hirani is listening