Cautious optimism - very cautious

28th Sept

So are the new CV's listening? Have they actually heard us? After the disastrous dinner date with the random romance, when the SGians came out with an outcry that we didn't want any romance, we wanted SG to remain SG, they definitely backed off from showing any closeness between SG at all. Which also meant we got an overdose of Nupur and Dhruv, but if the CV's spent the time working on a new track for Sajan, keeping our feedback in mind, it might have been worth it, considering that we always have the option of ffwd or switch off tv during MND scenes!

So SG arrive at the MN residence, where MN are gearing up for a night of LOWE after three years of abstinence - and after some rather slapstick, but funny moments, SG discover the truth of MN's toothache ... all is well!
I found Gunji really cute when she is first all lost as to what the hell is going on with this joint bathtub scenario, then cottons on when Sam tells her they're being haddis and starts giggling. And Samrat cottoned on almost as soon as he entered the bathroom - his expressions were hilarious. Gunjan's shriek when Mayank emerges from the bathtub - another ROFL moment - as though she saw ET emerging - probably looked like that!

So MN abandon their romantic plans and they all sit down for dinner together. And thus starts the next track.
First comes an awkward moment, when Sam is laughing at MN, and M tells him - your turn will come. Both SG look very awkward - no, things are not all perfect in their world, they are still lost with respect to their feelings, although a superficial friendship has been restored. But it's only superficial yet, because Samrat has been pushing Gunjan to go back to their relationship of three years ago, now that Nupur is back, but Gunjan can't. She's changed. And she doesn't even know him any more, does she? Three years back, she understood him without saying a word, but now she doesn't know where he's at. Because she still doesn't know how he spent those three years.
First with talk about their work, with Nups feeling progressively more left out. then Mayank and Gunjan express their satisfaction with their jobs.
Sam gets a call from work and his face changes. And Gunjan notices. He comes back and says he has to leave. She follows him out and asks what's the matter.
And Sam is holding back. Roles reversed, this time she's the one counselling him to do what makes him happy, because then only can he make others happy too. This time he leaves without saying much, leaving her staring after him thoughtfully.

Then she goes back inside and takes her leave as well - some more work related talk, which again makes Nupur feel very left out, so Nups tells M she wants to go back to college.

Next day, SG attending a meeting when Sam is asked to go to a small town on an exchange program. But he is lost in dreams - things have changed, including the situation between him and Gunjan ... what they had seems to be lost somewhere, and he is lost too, doing something he never wanted to do. He spent the last three years in the same place, waiting for her ... she moved on, should he also do the same? Because they are not the same people any more, and he needs to reach her, catch up with her, the new Sam has to reach out to the new Gunjan, instead of the old Sam wanting the old Gunjan back, if they're to have any chance together.

If the CV's manage to do this well, this has the potential to be another beautiful track and might bring the derailed S2 Sajan back - because the CV's know we all loved the new S2 SG. So - cautious optimism.



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part 5
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