Sajan oneliners

I know we (as in Sajan lovers) have had a rather crappy couple of weeks in terms of SG romance. With three parallel tracks going on - Mayur milap with added tadka of Bui, SamSuhani secret and Adhaani romance, there has really been no time given to Sajan the couple. And the special episode tonight may leave us feeling a) disappointed that SG were shortchanged again, b) tense if some accident happens and c) ecstatic because we got a good Sajan scene (this was in order of likelihood).

But SG have always had quality - and even in the drought of SG scenes, I found some winners that touched my heart as Sajan always do. The beauty of these is the dialogues are oneliners, go straight to the heart and have the depth of the Sajan love story behind them. So, just to make us feel better and to relive the beauty of the Sajan track -

1) 24th Nov - SG fight on bb court, Samrat walks off after calling Gunjan "Gunjan". Gunjan looks after him as he walks off and half whispers "Gunjan? Main kab se ..."
Her eyes and her voice show the depth of her hurt.
Background: Gunjan is Chashmish for Samrat. The name is his, used only by him, he's been possessive about it long, long before he ever acknowledged or even realised his feelings for her. He never let anyone else use it, not even Benji, his then closest friend - the name itself is a symbol of his possessiveness and his feeling of 'she's mine' and it always has been. It's something that just belongs to the two of them, something very private, personal, intimate. For Samrat to call Gunjan by her name is almost like calling a stranger. And when he called her Gunjan, it was far more than just calling her by her name - it was as though he was putting distance between them. That's why Gunjan was so hurt.
All this in just those three - four words.

2) 25th Nov. Samrat suhani. Samrat apologises to Suhani and says if you don't forgive me, Gunjan won't forgive me.
Doesn't say it but it's clear - Gunjan is the ruling influence in my life.

3) 1st Dec - SG in Gunjan's room, Samrat tells Gunjan to say I love you, she runs away. Then she stops, looks back at him, and in the softest of voice, with no fuss at all, says those three magical words. Her voice is amazing, the emotion she gets into those three words - love mixed with the sheer joy of being able to say 'I love you' freely to the boy she has loved for so long and so deeply. And oh - her smile! I don't blame Samrat for being putty in her hands after that smile!

4) 7th December - Kheer and aftermath. Samrat storms out of the canteen, Gunjan follows him.
'Earlier when you were upset, you would come looking for me, now why are you running away from me?'
Background - the whole SG track! Exams and the basketball camp lies, Samrat first told Gunjan his true feelings, that he was scared, nervous. Sheena's condition to stop talking to Gunjan - he couldn't tell her what Sheena had said, but he still had to call Gunjan when he got back from Sheena's house, it was as though he just had to hear her voice. Next day he fantasized about telling her, because she would put things right, then again he stopped himself. Accident and jail tracks - roused from his unconsciousness in the car, he kept asking her to stay with him. And all through his time in jail, he kept waiting for her visits. Whenever he was upset, he needed Gunjan. Now too, he needs her, but this is about a hurt he has kept hidden even from her, so he tries to hide it again - but he can't.

5) 9 Dec - Gunjan wishes Samrat for bb match. He says - remember the court case, you brought a handful of prasad, that was our trust, the trust I had in you, the trust you had in me.
He seems to have forgotten completely that he wasn't in love with her at the time. Or maybe he's just saying what he subconsciously knew all along, that it was always love he felt for her, and the unconditional trust he had in her was a part of that love.

6)Chashmish, tum palatna bhool gayi.
Background - again the whole SG track! This one has been so consistent for the entire one year plus, again it's an integral part of their story, again five words which have the depth and breadth of their entire relationship behind them. Brought up in words for the first time during the jail track, but it's been there all along almost from their first few sequences ever since they first became friends. And again, like 'Chashmish', it's a Sajan track signature.