18th Sept Monday
Anami returns to Laal Mahal, determined to seek justice for her brother, and even more consumed with hatred for her birth mother for separating her from her twin brother. So consumed is she with the hatred, that she never stops to think for a moment, whether the hatred is wholly justified, and whether the reason she assumes she was separated from her brother, is truly accurate.
When Anami was accusing Satrupa, I saw guilt mixed with sorrow in Satrupa's eyes. More than ever I want to know the full reason behind Satrupa sending her daughter away rather than her son, despite Guruji advising her to send her first born child. I do feel bad for Anami ... very, very bad ... as she struggles to come to terms with the tragedy which has only just sunk in ... but Anami has a long road to go to reach maturity.
Anami said ... I too have a right to go into Vatsalya's room ... he was my brother! The first time she has acknowledged a relationship with any inhabitant of the Laal Mahal ... even though a deceased one. In life Vatsalya tried to bridge the gap between the residents of Laal Mahal, especially between his parents ... but he was a dreamer, an idealist, a poet ... he never had the strength. Anami, his fire brand sister does. She has the strength to make or break relations. What will she choose?
Episode ends with Adhiraj spewing fire at Anaami ... furious at being hoodwinked (or so he thinks) by her.
Quick updates for Tues-Thurs before I watch Friday's episode :
19th Sept Tuesday
Adhiraj furious with Anaami for fooling him ... and refuses to believe that Anaami is really Satrupa and Baldev's daughter ... she has managed to fool him somehow.
(side note ... The actor has improved a lot in his acting and dialogue delivery)
Gayatri is very happy with her new granddaughter ... the first girl in the family in seven generations. And she has no interest in Vikram Singh's grumpiness.
Vikram still thinks this is all Satrupa's manipulation.
Adhiraj returns home, still hopping mad with Anaami. And has a fight with his father ... you were a coward and ran away ... dad says, I told you not to get involved in Laal Mahal, this is a Kurukshetra.
Dad ruminates on the past ... so Baldev got him arrested? And Baldev seemed quite cozy with Pujan at the time.
Hum yeh ladai chhod dete hain lekin yeh ladai humein nahin chodti.
Adhiraj crashes his jeep in anger ... still sulking. This guy is a CBI officer?! His bias is clouding his judgement big time.
Dadi gets ready for a ritual to welcome Anaami. And manages to win her over with Khaike Paan Benarasvala ... interesting to see Anju Mahendru in a new avatar!
Dadiji wants Anaami to bring about a change in the thinking of the Laal Mahal. She is far more progressive than her husband for sure. And more farseeing too.
Adhiraj now drunk! Did he fall for Anaami that hard?
Also, I think with the change in time slot coming up, the makers are slowing down the story for the moment, and bringing in a few light moments. Hope they don't make this a story about angry young man and chirpy young girl, that's all. Fortunately, the girl is not middle class! Ila has improved in her acting too, she is not playing such an airhead now.
Dadji gets ready for the vidhi for the new granddaughter ... much to the annoyance of the male members of the family ... and Pujan and family, of course. None of them are ready to wash her feet.
20th Sept Wednesday
Vidhi of washing Anaami's feet goes ahead ... after some emotional blackmail by Dadiji of Baldev ... (Pujan drops his head on Kamini's shoulder out of sheer frustration ... lol ... here she goes again!) some stern talking to Pujan, who of course, can't afford to let his mask of good behaviour fall ..
Satrupa washes her daughter's feet ... tells her ... you can say and do what you like, it won't make a difference, you are still my daughter and our future. So you have to learn the ways of the house.
Anaami of course isn't impressed ... what does her matlabi maataji know about relationships? Satrupa is keeping the feud going, stoking Anaami's anger against her all the time ... her expressions when Anaami is not watching her, are far more fond and maternal ... when she speaks directly to Anaami, her mask of curtness in firmly in place. For some reason, she doesn't want to break Anaami's impression that she abandoned her girl child.
Also she sees that Anaami is not enamoured of Pujan and family ... and is quite happy with that.
Vikram Singh refuses to take part in the vidhi, refuses to accept Anaami ... and is rather rude to Gayatri about it.
One comic scene with Pujan, Kamini and Avdhoot ... they are becoming resident comic relief. Again Pujan repeats ... from Royal Steel to Laal Mahal ... that's the way he will go this time. Kamini is fed up of his plans.
Narottam- Anaami ... he gives her his mother's kangans. After all, he's her brother.
Narottam is very dangerous ... he will win Anaami over with sweet words ... but does he mean any of them? Will her open support make a difference to his thinking?
Narottam has had a very tough life ... he is truly unloved by all. Even for his mother, he has been nothing but a pawn. And his father's family keeps him at the Laal Mahal only on sufferance. He has never ever received genuine love and affection from anyone ... maybe from Vatsalya, but Vatsalya's love was weak. Will Anaami's genuine affection and strong support change him?
Uh oh ... Anaami tells Narottam all about meeting Vatsalya ... the connection between them ... and the attack on him. So Narottam knows now that Anaami saved Vatsalya that time ... and that she knows he was attacked ... she thinks deliberately. Did Pujan organise that attack? Or did Sudha? Narottam was disturbed to hear about the attack ... did he know about it already? Or was it news to him?
Beautiful scene ... but now Narottam knows about Anaami's connection with Vatsalya ... and also that she wants to find his killer. Anaami has chosen the wrong confidante :(
21st Sept Thursday
Anaami and Narottam steal out to meet Adhiraj ... but Adhiraj, still smarting at 'being fooled' by Anaami, isn't interested in what Anaami has to say. She is a fraud.
Best scene ... Narottam's 'peeche hat' to Adhiraj ... for a moment he forgot his effeminate mask, and was just a protective older brother. The guy is a damn good actor!!! His eyes speak.
Again I wonder ... will Anaami's genuine love and affection change Narottam?
Anaami tells Adhiraj ... I wish that you one day feel what I'm feeling. Kisi ka insaaf adhura reh gaya hai ... aur koi sun nahin raha ...
Will Adhiraj remember these words one day ... with regard to his father?
Gayatri is very upset with Vikram Singh ... but he's still annoyed about her accepting Anaami. Things cannot change so quickly in this house. Anaami cannot be heir. She is not his granddaughter.
Anaami creates drama because Satrupa has gotten her bedding shifted back into the house.
This time I sympathised with Pujan and the rest ... midnight drama!!! Some of Anaami's shenanigans are really childish!
Satrupa of course puts her foot down ... you're the daughter of the house, you have to sleep inside the house. That's the rule, and you will follow it.
Anaami's condition ... she gets the keys to Vatsalya's room. The only room where she feels comfortable, at home ... where she feels a connection to at least one member of the family.
Dadiji puts her foot down ... Anaami can take the keys ... she has the right. Now can Anaami please go to sleep? Inside the house?!
Anaami can't sleep!
Next morning, new drama ... Satrupa has figured out how to handle Anaami ... just tell her to do the opposite of what she wants ... so have breakfast in your room, means that Anaami wants to eat at the table with everyone.
Satrupa muses to Damo ... it's not about winning or losing ... it's about keeping the game going, and Anaami keeps playing the game the way Satrupa wants her to. Anaami is winning because she's letting her win.
But Anaami's next drama is tough even for her champion Dadiji ... Anaami wants Narottam to eat with the family.
Dadaji's words ... nothing has changed in this family, and nothing will change ...
are completely at odds with Dadi's words to Anaami ... you will bring change into this house.
Yes, Anaami is the harbinger of change ... some people are prepared for change ... while others will resist it.
22nd Sept Friday
Ah, the arrogance and confidence of youth! Satrupa tries to warn Anami, but of course, Anami will never believe her mother ... that goes against her grain. Anami has a lot of growing up to do ... and Satrupa hasn't helped matters by giving her away at birth, and not telling anyone about it. It will be a long time before Anami trusts Satrupa on anything ... as Satrupa says, that might be to the detriment of the family as a whole before Anami sees sense.
To begin the episode ... Anami and Narottam left the breakfast table ... I thought Anami would make the family leave, but fortunately her brattishness stopped short of that.
Sudha-Narottam - Narottam was definitely affected by Anami's goodness and strength ... but Sudha quickly brings him on track ... he has and should have only one relationship with Anami ... Hate.
Sudha is a mother from hell ... the way she gives Narottam chilli to eat when he says something that annoys her ... and Narottam eats the chilli quietly ... he gets the message all right, but doesn't have the guts to spit out the chilli. Something tells me that's the way he was punished in childhood too, as he was growing up ... among other punishments, of course. His self-flagellation being another one ... the boy has had a hellish life so far ... so Anami's support and affection will win him over eventually. But the road to that is long and hard ... and both he and Anami will face many pitfalls along the way. He has Sudha egging him on the wrong path ... and Anami will fight Satrupa all the way. Ironical ... the one who blindly follows his mother, will probably go against her eventually, and Anami, who can't stand her mother, will eventually follow her path.
Satrupa and Anami in Vatsalya's room ... Satrupa destroyed the relationship between herself and her daughter almost at birth by giving her away ... but here they are, bound by the person they are bonded to. Anami never knew her brother except for a few fleeting moments, yet those moments have given her a bond which she can't seem to break. A soul connection between twins. And Satrupa was so close to her son ... he was her solace, her friend, within the cold walls of Laal Mahal. Will these two women ever find common ground through the person they both love?
Not for a long time yet ... as Satrupa tries to warn Anami against Narottam, forgetting her own words of the morning, when she knew Anami would do the opposite of what she told her to. But this was no childish rebellion she was indulging ... this was much more serious. But Anami, with the arrogance of youth, dismisses her like she dismisses everything Satrupa says ... she is matlabi maataji, so she doesn't know what love is. And Anami will not abandon her new friend because Satrupa says so.
Satrupa gives up for the moment.
Anami explores Vatsalya's room ... why did he call her to LM? Why did he want her to stay back? And she finds his hiding place ... and sees his slides ... tearing up again as she feels the bond.
Narottam at work on his mother's orders ... work on Anami, but never forget she's the enemy. So he spins a sob story of how his mother is ill, but he can't meet her ... because he can't fight.
Anami sets up a martial arts class for him in the corridor ... good going by the cvs, as they showed in the earlier episodes that Anami knew martial arts.
Pujan gets the best dialogues ... Anami ... Badnami ...
Adhiraj gets out of Devdas mode and determines to use Anami as bait to investigate Vatsalya's murder.
And Anami will get a shock while teaching Narottam to defend himself ... will that give her the first check that Narottam may not be all that he seems?
23rd Sept Saturday
No, Anami didn't get any check or suspicion about Narottam ... he is far too clever for her ... for now. Before it sinks in that he is more than capable of defending himself, he dons his weak helpless persona again.
But before that, she is rude to Pujan ... Dadi and Satrupa are not overly concerned about that ... but they are far more concerned about Anami's growing closeness to Narottam.
Did Baldev just call his own son a servant? Whatever it is, he is becoming more and more unpleasant, with his adamant refusal to acknowledge Anami as his daughter. Maybe he is one of the reasons for Narottam being the way he is after all ... of his three children, it seems Baldev only loved Vatsalya ... maybe because Vatsalya was the perfect child, the chosen heir. Narottam was the cause of his being disinherited ... and Anami is a jungli ... and only a girl.
Dadi cautions Satrupa about Anami and Narottam ... Satrupa blames her for her unconditional support to Anami ... hello, lady, I thought that was what you wanted. Both busy blaming each other ... but neither knows how to handle the rebellious teenager.
Sudha prepares for the next stage of her drama ... the weeping helpless abandoned wife and lonely mother ...
I will sell my pain, and buy my peace ...
Anami has prepared for Narottam to visit his poor abandoned lonely mother ...
Satrupa forbids her ... really, Satrupa?! Just this morning you said that the best way to get Anami to follow your wishes is to tell her the opposite ... and now she lays down the law in an autocratic manner which couldn't have gotten Anami more determined to rebel than if that had been Satrupa's intention.
Adhiraj seems to have gotten over his Devdas hangover, and is back to business. He needs a khabri from inside Laal Mahal ... who better than Anami herself? She came to him for help ... well, he will help her, but she will have to help him too.
With all the added security that Satrupa has supposedly arranged, how does Munna paanwala get in and out of LM to meet Anami so easily? And with him, how does Adhiraj?
Oh well ... the best of shows has loopholes ...
Anami repeats her story about the attack on Vatsalya in Benaras ... her meeting with him ... she is staying back in LM only to find out about this ... and she has no problem helping Adhiraj ... after all it's for her brother ...
Which leads Adhiraj to his second objective ... a hair sample for a repeat DNA test ...
Poonam knows a way out of LM that Anami can use to visit narottam's mother ... but why is Anami so keen to help him? Is it only to trouble Satrupa? To hurt her?
Anami understands the pain of separation from one's parents ... that's why.
Of course, Narottam has no such pain ... but for the poor guy, that pain might be more bearable than the pain of being his mother's pawn, and the object of his father's unrelenting contempt.
Of course Anami is even more sorry for Narottam for being separated from his mother as a baby, being reared like a girl ... ah, she does know that ... did Narottam tell her? and for the poor suffering mother ... yeah, right!
But Anami understands the pain of separation from parents, being too weak to oppose the oppressors, the stronger ones ...
Although she can never fall to the depths her birth mother did, of abandoning her child just because it was a girl ... and then bring her back when it suits her ... she will die before she does that ...
I feel Anami is heading for a big fall ... right now she is caught up in the arrogance of youth ... her mother was wrong to give her away, she abandoned her ... hence everything Satrupa does is wrong, and she, Anami is right, she knows better. The typical arrogant over-confidence of a teenager ... one day she will learn the full truth of why Satrupa gave her away ... and I think that will shake Anami to her roots.
Kunti gave Karna away because she was an unmarried girl, scared of the effect on her reputation. Satrupa had no such reason. She had twins, a boy and a girl ... even if a girl was not allowed to be heir, Vatsalya was there to inherit. Satrupa gave Anami away to protect her child/children ... she gave away the wrong child, true ... maybe out of love for the son over the daughter ... maybe because she felt the daughter had a better chance of survival away from LM, maybe because she felt being mother of a son would cement her own position in LM ... maybe a combination of all ... maybe some other reason entirely. But judging by Gayatri's reaction to Anami, it was not only because Anami was a girl that Satrupa gave her away ... it might have been one of the reasons, but only one. Satrupa gave her away because for some reason Guruji felt her children's lives were under threat if both of them stayed in LM.
Did Satrupa's first set of twins die of natural causes? Or were they also put to death in a way that looked like an accident?
But Satrupa's way of dealing with Anami is also so wrong ... she is curt, brief ... never warm or loving, never maternal ... if this part of some strategy, it might misfire ... badly. Anami is at the rebellious teenager stage ... and is more rebellious than most ... she needs to be handled very differently .. starting with maybe telling her the truth, or at least part of it, as to why she was given away.
But then the story will end very quickly ... :)
Adhiraj is still barking up the wrong tree ... trying to disprove that Anami is Satrupa and Baldev's daughter ... only this time he's going about it the right way ... getting the test done without anyone knowing. So now when he gets the proof he wants ... or rather, doesn't want ... what will he do?
Narottam and Sudha start their drama with Anami the wide-eyed gullible audience swallowing every word, every tear, every sob story ... Sudha in white, shorn of her ornaments, and her psycho crafty attitude ...
Sudha is in the same room ... did Anami not notice it's a mental rehabilitation centre?
Precap - Guruji is back! Poor Tom Alter, I believe he is very, very ill. :( Hope he recovers.
Dia's note - With RKC moving to prime time slot, I do feel the makers need to tone down Anami's rudeness somewhat. She is a well brought up girl, her foster parents have given her nothing but love, and have taught her to be fearless and independent, but also to respect her elders. Her current behaviour doesn't show that upbringing ... also for a prime time FL, she's too rude. Now that RKC will be competing in the trp race, the makers need to look at these things.
Also some monologues from Satrupa as to why is she being so curt and cold with Anami, instead of being warm and loving, as she was with Vatsalya ...
Anami returns to Laal Mahal, determined to seek justice for her brother, and even more consumed with hatred for her birth mother for separating her from her twin brother. So consumed is she with the hatred, that she never stops to think for a moment, whether the hatred is wholly justified, and whether the reason she assumes she was separated from her brother, is truly accurate.
When Anami was accusing Satrupa, I saw guilt mixed with sorrow in Satrupa's eyes. More than ever I want to know the full reason behind Satrupa sending her daughter away rather than her son, despite Guruji advising her to send her first born child. I do feel bad for Anami ... very, very bad ... as she struggles to come to terms with the tragedy which has only just sunk in ... but Anami has a long road to go to reach maturity.
Anami said ... I too have a right to go into Vatsalya's room ... he was my brother! The first time she has acknowledged a relationship with any inhabitant of the Laal Mahal ... even though a deceased one. In life Vatsalya tried to bridge the gap between the residents of Laal Mahal, especially between his parents ... but he was a dreamer, an idealist, a poet ... he never had the strength. Anami, his fire brand sister does. She has the strength to make or break relations. What will she choose?
Episode ends with Adhiraj spewing fire at Anaami ... furious at being hoodwinked (or so he thinks) by her.
Quick updates for Tues-Thurs before I watch Friday's episode :
19th Sept Tuesday
Adhiraj furious with Anaami for fooling him ... and refuses to believe that Anaami is really Satrupa and Baldev's daughter ... she has managed to fool him somehow.
(side note ... The actor has improved a lot in his acting and dialogue delivery)
Gayatri is very happy with her new granddaughter ... the first girl in the family in seven generations. And she has no interest in Vikram Singh's grumpiness.
Vikram still thinks this is all Satrupa's manipulation.
Adhiraj returns home, still hopping mad with Anaami. And has a fight with his father ... you were a coward and ran away ... dad says, I told you not to get involved in Laal Mahal, this is a Kurukshetra.
Dad ruminates on the past ... so Baldev got him arrested? And Baldev seemed quite cozy with Pujan at the time.
Hum yeh ladai chhod dete hain lekin yeh ladai humein nahin chodti.
Adhiraj crashes his jeep in anger ... still sulking. This guy is a CBI officer?! His bias is clouding his judgement big time.
Dadi gets ready for a ritual to welcome Anaami. And manages to win her over with Khaike Paan Benarasvala ... interesting to see Anju Mahendru in a new avatar!
Dadiji wants Anaami to bring about a change in the thinking of the Laal Mahal. She is far more progressive than her husband for sure. And more farseeing too.
Adhiraj now drunk! Did he fall for Anaami that hard?
Also, I think with the change in time slot coming up, the makers are slowing down the story for the moment, and bringing in a few light moments. Hope they don't make this a story about angry young man and chirpy young girl, that's all. Fortunately, the girl is not middle class! Ila has improved in her acting too, she is not playing such an airhead now.
Dadji gets ready for the vidhi for the new granddaughter ... much to the annoyance of the male members of the family ... and Pujan and family, of course. None of them are ready to wash her feet.
20th Sept Wednesday
Vidhi of washing Anaami's feet goes ahead ... after some emotional blackmail by Dadiji of Baldev ... (Pujan drops his head on Kamini's shoulder out of sheer frustration ... lol ... here she goes again!) some stern talking to Pujan, who of course, can't afford to let his mask of good behaviour fall ..
Satrupa washes her daughter's feet ... tells her ... you can say and do what you like, it won't make a difference, you are still my daughter and our future. So you have to learn the ways of the house.
Anaami of course isn't impressed ... what does her matlabi maataji know about relationships? Satrupa is keeping the feud going, stoking Anaami's anger against her all the time ... her expressions when Anaami is not watching her, are far more fond and maternal ... when she speaks directly to Anaami, her mask of curtness in firmly in place. For some reason, she doesn't want to break Anaami's impression that she abandoned her girl child.
Also she sees that Anaami is not enamoured of Pujan and family ... and is quite happy with that.
Vikram Singh refuses to take part in the vidhi, refuses to accept Anaami ... and is rather rude to Gayatri about it.
One comic scene with Pujan, Kamini and Avdhoot ... they are becoming resident comic relief. Again Pujan repeats ... from Royal Steel to Laal Mahal ... that's the way he will go this time. Kamini is fed up of his plans.
Narottam- Anaami ... he gives her his mother's kangans. After all, he's her brother.
Narottam is very dangerous ... he will win Anaami over with sweet words ... but does he mean any of them? Will her open support make a difference to his thinking?
Narottam has had a very tough life ... he is truly unloved by all. Even for his mother, he has been nothing but a pawn. And his father's family keeps him at the Laal Mahal only on sufferance. He has never ever received genuine love and affection from anyone ... maybe from Vatsalya, but Vatsalya's love was weak. Will Anaami's genuine affection and strong support change him?
Uh oh ... Anaami tells Narottam all about meeting Vatsalya ... the connection between them ... and the attack on him. So Narottam knows now that Anaami saved Vatsalya that time ... and that she knows he was attacked ... she thinks deliberately. Did Pujan organise that attack? Or did Sudha? Narottam was disturbed to hear about the attack ... did he know about it already? Or was it news to him?
Beautiful scene ... but now Narottam knows about Anaami's connection with Vatsalya ... and also that she wants to find his killer. Anaami has chosen the wrong confidante :(
21st Sept Thursday
Anaami and Narottam steal out to meet Adhiraj ... but Adhiraj, still smarting at 'being fooled' by Anaami, isn't interested in what Anaami has to say. She is a fraud.
Best scene ... Narottam's 'peeche hat' to Adhiraj ... for a moment he forgot his effeminate mask, and was just a protective older brother. The guy is a damn good actor!!! His eyes speak.
Again I wonder ... will Anaami's genuine love and affection change Narottam?
Anaami tells Adhiraj ... I wish that you one day feel what I'm feeling. Kisi ka insaaf adhura reh gaya hai ... aur koi sun nahin raha ...
Will Adhiraj remember these words one day ... with regard to his father?
Gayatri is very upset with Vikram Singh ... but he's still annoyed about her accepting Anaami. Things cannot change so quickly in this house. Anaami cannot be heir. She is not his granddaughter.
Anaami creates drama because Satrupa has gotten her bedding shifted back into the house.
This time I sympathised with Pujan and the rest ... midnight drama!!! Some of Anaami's shenanigans are really childish!
Satrupa of course puts her foot down ... you're the daughter of the house, you have to sleep inside the house. That's the rule, and you will follow it.
Anaami's condition ... she gets the keys to Vatsalya's room. The only room where she feels comfortable, at home ... where she feels a connection to at least one member of the family.
Dadiji puts her foot down ... Anaami can take the keys ... she has the right. Now can Anaami please go to sleep? Inside the house?!
Anaami can't sleep!
Next morning, new drama ... Satrupa has figured out how to handle Anaami ... just tell her to do the opposite of what she wants ... so have breakfast in your room, means that Anaami wants to eat at the table with everyone.
Satrupa muses to Damo ... it's not about winning or losing ... it's about keeping the game going, and Anaami keeps playing the game the way Satrupa wants her to. Anaami is winning because she's letting her win.
But Anaami's next drama is tough even for her champion Dadiji ... Anaami wants Narottam to eat with the family.
Dadaji's words ... nothing has changed in this family, and nothing will change ...
are completely at odds with Dadi's words to Anaami ... you will bring change into this house.
Yes, Anaami is the harbinger of change ... some people are prepared for change ... while others will resist it.
22nd Sept Friday
Ah, the arrogance and confidence of youth! Satrupa tries to warn Anami, but of course, Anami will never believe her mother ... that goes against her grain. Anami has a lot of growing up to do ... and Satrupa hasn't helped matters by giving her away at birth, and not telling anyone about it. It will be a long time before Anami trusts Satrupa on anything ... as Satrupa says, that might be to the detriment of the family as a whole before Anami sees sense.
To begin the episode ... Anami and Narottam left the breakfast table ... I thought Anami would make the family leave, but fortunately her brattishness stopped short of that.
Sudha-Narottam - Narottam was definitely affected by Anami's goodness and strength ... but Sudha quickly brings him on track ... he has and should have only one relationship with Anami ... Hate.
Sudha is a mother from hell ... the way she gives Narottam chilli to eat when he says something that annoys her ... and Narottam eats the chilli quietly ... he gets the message all right, but doesn't have the guts to spit out the chilli. Something tells me that's the way he was punished in childhood too, as he was growing up ... among other punishments, of course. His self-flagellation being another one ... the boy has had a hellish life so far ... so Anami's support and affection will win him over eventually. But the road to that is long and hard ... and both he and Anami will face many pitfalls along the way. He has Sudha egging him on the wrong path ... and Anami will fight Satrupa all the way. Ironical ... the one who blindly follows his mother, will probably go against her eventually, and Anami, who can't stand her mother, will eventually follow her path.
Satrupa and Anami in Vatsalya's room ... Satrupa destroyed the relationship between herself and her daughter almost at birth by giving her away ... but here they are, bound by the person they are bonded to. Anami never knew her brother except for a few fleeting moments, yet those moments have given her a bond which she can't seem to break. A soul connection between twins. And Satrupa was so close to her son ... he was her solace, her friend, within the cold walls of Laal Mahal. Will these two women ever find common ground through the person they both love?
Not for a long time yet ... as Satrupa tries to warn Anami against Narottam, forgetting her own words of the morning, when she knew Anami would do the opposite of what she told her to. But this was no childish rebellion she was indulging ... this was much more serious. But Anami, with the arrogance of youth, dismisses her like she dismisses everything Satrupa says ... she is matlabi maataji, so she doesn't know what love is. And Anami will not abandon her new friend because Satrupa says so.
Satrupa gives up for the moment.
Anami explores Vatsalya's room ... why did he call her to LM? Why did he want her to stay back? And she finds his hiding place ... and sees his slides ... tearing up again as she feels the bond.
Narottam at work on his mother's orders ... work on Anami, but never forget she's the enemy. So he spins a sob story of how his mother is ill, but he can't meet her ... because he can't fight.
Anami sets up a martial arts class for him in the corridor ... good going by the cvs, as they showed in the earlier episodes that Anami knew martial arts.
Pujan gets the best dialogues ... Anami ... Badnami ...
Adhiraj gets out of Devdas mode and determines to use Anami as bait to investigate Vatsalya's murder.
And Anami will get a shock while teaching Narottam to defend himself ... will that give her the first check that Narottam may not be all that he seems?
23rd Sept Saturday
No, Anami didn't get any check or suspicion about Narottam ... he is far too clever for her ... for now. Before it sinks in that he is more than capable of defending himself, he dons his weak helpless persona again.
But before that, she is rude to Pujan ... Dadi and Satrupa are not overly concerned about that ... but they are far more concerned about Anami's growing closeness to Narottam.
Did Baldev just call his own son a servant? Whatever it is, he is becoming more and more unpleasant, with his adamant refusal to acknowledge Anami as his daughter. Maybe he is one of the reasons for Narottam being the way he is after all ... of his three children, it seems Baldev only loved Vatsalya ... maybe because Vatsalya was the perfect child, the chosen heir. Narottam was the cause of his being disinherited ... and Anami is a jungli ... and only a girl.
Dadi cautions Satrupa about Anami and Narottam ... Satrupa blames her for her unconditional support to Anami ... hello, lady, I thought that was what you wanted. Both busy blaming each other ... but neither knows how to handle the rebellious teenager.
Sudha prepares for the next stage of her drama ... the weeping helpless abandoned wife and lonely mother ...
I will sell my pain, and buy my peace ...
Anami has prepared for Narottam to visit his poor abandoned lonely mother ...
Satrupa forbids her ... really, Satrupa?! Just this morning you said that the best way to get Anami to follow your wishes is to tell her the opposite ... and now she lays down the law in an autocratic manner which couldn't have gotten Anami more determined to rebel than if that had been Satrupa's intention.
Adhiraj seems to have gotten over his Devdas hangover, and is back to business. He needs a khabri from inside Laal Mahal ... who better than Anami herself? She came to him for help ... well, he will help her, but she will have to help him too.
With all the added security that Satrupa has supposedly arranged, how does Munna paanwala get in and out of LM to meet Anami so easily? And with him, how does Adhiraj?
Oh well ... the best of shows has loopholes ...
Anami repeats her story about the attack on Vatsalya in Benaras ... her meeting with him ... she is staying back in LM only to find out about this ... and she has no problem helping Adhiraj ... after all it's for her brother ...
Which leads Adhiraj to his second objective ... a hair sample for a repeat DNA test ...
Poonam knows a way out of LM that Anami can use to visit narottam's mother ... but why is Anami so keen to help him? Is it only to trouble Satrupa? To hurt her?
Anami understands the pain of separation from one's parents ... that's why.
Of course, Narottam has no such pain ... but for the poor guy, that pain might be more bearable than the pain of being his mother's pawn, and the object of his father's unrelenting contempt.
Of course Anami is even more sorry for Narottam for being separated from his mother as a baby, being reared like a girl ... ah, she does know that ... did Narottam tell her? and for the poor suffering mother ... yeah, right!
But Anami understands the pain of separation from parents, being too weak to oppose the oppressors, the stronger ones ...
Although she can never fall to the depths her birth mother did, of abandoning her child just because it was a girl ... and then bring her back when it suits her ... she will die before she does that ...
I feel Anami is heading for a big fall ... right now she is caught up in the arrogance of youth ... her mother was wrong to give her away, she abandoned her ... hence everything Satrupa does is wrong, and she, Anami is right, she knows better. The typical arrogant over-confidence of a teenager ... one day she will learn the full truth of why Satrupa gave her away ... and I think that will shake Anami to her roots.
Kunti gave Karna away because she was an unmarried girl, scared of the effect on her reputation. Satrupa had no such reason. She had twins, a boy and a girl ... even if a girl was not allowed to be heir, Vatsalya was there to inherit. Satrupa gave Anami away to protect her child/children ... she gave away the wrong child, true ... maybe out of love for the son over the daughter ... maybe because she felt the daughter had a better chance of survival away from LM, maybe because she felt being mother of a son would cement her own position in LM ... maybe a combination of all ... maybe some other reason entirely. But judging by Gayatri's reaction to Anami, it was not only because Anami was a girl that Satrupa gave her away ... it might have been one of the reasons, but only one. Satrupa gave her away because for some reason Guruji felt her children's lives were under threat if both of them stayed in LM.
Did Satrupa's first set of twins die of natural causes? Or were they also put to death in a way that looked like an accident?
But Satrupa's way of dealing with Anami is also so wrong ... she is curt, brief ... never warm or loving, never maternal ... if this part of some strategy, it might misfire ... badly. Anami is at the rebellious teenager stage ... and is more rebellious than most ... she needs to be handled very differently .. starting with maybe telling her the truth, or at least part of it, as to why she was given away.
But then the story will end very quickly ... :)
Adhiraj is still barking up the wrong tree ... trying to disprove that Anami is Satrupa and Baldev's daughter ... only this time he's going about it the right way ... getting the test done without anyone knowing. So now when he gets the proof he wants ... or rather, doesn't want ... what will he do?
Narottam and Sudha start their drama with Anami the wide-eyed gullible audience swallowing every word, every tear, every sob story ... Sudha in white, shorn of her ornaments, and her psycho crafty attitude ...
Sudha is in the same room ... did Anami not notice it's a mental rehabilitation centre?
Precap - Guruji is back! Poor Tom Alter, I believe he is very, very ill. :( Hope he recovers.
Dia's note - With RKC moving to prime time slot, I do feel the makers need to tone down Anami's rudeness somewhat. She is a well brought up girl, her foster parents have given her nothing but love, and have taught her to be fearless and independent, but also to respect her elders. Her current behaviour doesn't show that upbringing ... also for a prime time FL, she's too rude. Now that RKC will be competing in the trp race, the makers need to look at these things.
Also some monologues from Satrupa as to why is she being so curt and cold with Anami, instead of being warm and loving, as she was with Vatsalya ...
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