Stupendous Sanaya

16th August

Decent episode, elevated above the ordinary by Sanaya's stupendous performance today. In front of her, all the others just paled into nothing, their expressions all seemed lacking compared to the emotions she got into her face, her voice, her entire being.

Started with trio arriving at bus stop, looking for Nupur in vain, then they turn to leave, Gunjan stops them, saying she IS here, I can feel her.
Again head banging dialogues ... I haven't felt her in three years, but I can feel her now ... :(

So they turn, stop some random hippies, Mayank tells Gunjan - sing, Sam plays guitar, and Gunjan sings 'yeh zindagi'. And nothing happens.
They turn to leave, all dejected in the extreme - last throw of the dice and it failed. And then the wind blows ... cheesy ... and they turn ...

And she is standing there, looking at them with a blank, slightly scornful look on her face.
Nice part ... flashbacks of the accident in reverse ... nicely done ... as they all rewind to the accident that changed three lives, and now the reason for that has suddenly miraculously appeared in front of them ...
Sam's eyes ... disbelief, accusation??? He spent the last three years in living hell, abandoned by his best friend and his love, for a crime he didn't even commit? And that girl stands there hale and hearty, apparently completely unaffected by everything they have all gone through ... that he has gone through?
Mayank raises his eyes to the heavens in thanks ... he shouldn't copy Sam's gestures, cos he doesn't get the feeling into them that Samrat does. He looks happy ... something lacking ...
and then Gunjan moves forward, they haven't concentrated on her expression till now ... hope dawning as she moves forward ... she moves forward like an automaton, comes up to Nups, touches her face, her shoulders ... as though feeling her, reassuring herself that it is in fact Nupur, a real live Nupur, not a ghost, a figment of her imagination ...
and she drops on her knees and lets out a sob ... no words ...
BRILLIANT ...

Sam walks up slowly, accusation in his eyes, Nups stares at him ... glares?, he stares back, and she looks away ... again, cannot make sense of her emotions here ...
Mayank walks up, he's happy to see her, her face seems to soften when she sees him, then changes again ...
Sam asks Gunjan, not taking his eyes from Nups, why are you crying, you said you would be angry with Nupur? Gunjan sobs out - no.
Mayank says, you said you would support me, Gunjan sobs again, I'm not with anyone, I'm only with Di ...
And then she sobs, don't leave me, I'll do anything you want, everything will happen the way you want, just don't leave me, promise you won't leave me ...
and I could see the child Gunjan, sobbing to her sister when her mother died, don't leave me, please don't leave me ... was Nupur as unforgiving, as harsh then as she appears now? Did she play on Gunjan's fears of losing her as well as her mother to make Gunjan listen to everything she told her to do ... somehow the expressions on Nupur's face are very harsh and cold ...

And then Nups shakes her off ... and all are left shell shocked ...
Nups - what drama is this? I'll miss my bus ... leaves, MN trip and fall, lame ...
she turns to go, Sam comes after her - you're a great actress, but stop acting now ...
Left to himself, he would have probably been much more forceful, he should have been, but with Gunji there he can't ...
he asks her, you don't even remember Mayank .. she says, I don't know any of you, then turns back ... Mayank? ... and Mayank's face lights up, yes she does remember him ... this part was very silly ... he looked goofy ... would she remember him like this? Then Nups nautanki, how are you, Mr Mayank, and claims of not knowing any of them.

Part worth watching- Sanaya's scene.
Rest didn't match up. Two things I noticed - there were no SG interactions at all, and Gunjan didn't say a word after Nups pushed her away. Does Nups know that SG are not together? and what is Gunjan's next reaction going to be?