Finally ... the story starts ...

2nd Sept

Quick look at the episode on youtube after a lovely evening out ... maybe I was in a good mood, so was able to watch without cringing too much, and maybe RP was screeching a little less today, and the trio were back to some semblance of sanity ... so actually found it bearable. And the CV's seem to have finally remembered that Nups was missing for three years and is not back as a five year old. So the story of the missing Nups starts ... finally.

1st part random with Ash sneaking around to find the thief, finds Rohan instead, don't really know why they were here in this episode at all, except to garner some screen space. Didn't add much to content.
SG - Gunjan cringeworthy again - how sweet, di is trying to get us together, let's get her and Mayank together. Yeah right, for the fiftieth time. Do them a favour, Gunjan, and just keep them apart. Better for them the way they fight, and better for us.
Anyway, fortunately, Sam doesn't take this as an opportunity to flirt or lapse into idiocy again, just agrees and says - but we have only three days left.

MN - Mayank gets all lovey dovey, Nups looking confused ... skip ... then Nups phone rings, she goes out to answer, all worried and scared, I just spoke to you, no, don't ...
Sounds like she's in some trouble, and is being blackmailed? Forced to abandon her old life? Finally, interesting storyline.
Mayank comes out, she loses it with him ... I'm not your Nupur.
Just wish RP could act better in these scenes ... she just starts shouting, loses the intensity somehow.
SG come out, so do RA ... all crawling out of the woodwork, probably becos Nups is screaming so much, no one can NOT hear her. So she announces, I'm nobody's sister, nobody's wife, nobody's friend ... Gunjan says, di ... she shouts, mar gayi tumhari Di ... Starts shouting again, I'm not your Nupur, am tired of telling you. And don't come near me now.
Seems to have forgotten that she's the one who came here. And that's what Sam asks, if you're not our Nupur, why didn't you leave?
Pity they didn't focus on her face, we could have seen some expressions ... maybe that's why they didn't, because she couldnt convey what she was supposed to ... she just shows anger and screaming. So she says I felt sorry for you all, but now I'm going.
All shocked ... becoming Kekta-ish with those clanging cymbals and freeze on every face.

RA wisely leave.
Mayank shell shocked (methinks he should be thanking his stars, bala tali). SG look at each other, then G goes inside, Sam goes to M. What happened, what was that phone call all about? M says, I don't care, this is not my Nupur.
Two possibilities. he was thinking deeply when Nupur was screaming. Does he think the way ahead is to let her go and follow her, to find out the truth? Now that would be a wiser course of action. Or does he really think exactly what he is saying - that this is not his Nupur, because she could never say such things? Again, would be Mayank-ish, never stopping to understand her point of view, but taking offence and letting his ego in the way. So both are possible.

GuNur ... Gunjan begs Nupur not to go, Nups starts shouting AGAIN ...*sigh* When is she going to learn that screaming in loud voice is NOT acting? Need to mute her scenes. Shows Gunji driving license, passport (pp? to come to Mumbai from Delhi?) then finally says, I'm not your Nupur.
Gunji is apparenly as deaf as Nups accuses her of being. Begs her again, don't go. And finally we see some change of expression in Nups, a hint of, this is already difficult for me, don't make it worse, as she looks away from Gunjan.

SM - Sam has fb's of Nups and is convinced this has to be their Nupur. Two people can't scream so much. Ladti hai is okay, where did Sam see the 'pyaar karti hai' bit? And now I remembered who RP reminded me of ... Aruna Irani in her vampish roles!
Sam tries to convince M, M is not interested, don't really blame him.
I think Mayank is very sure Nupur remembers everything, and doesn't want to stay. Question is, is he really going to let her go, or just pretend to? To find out why.

Nups comes out, Sam asks where are you going? she says, myob. Comes up to Mayank ... first time after aeons I see some decent acting from MN (maybe because Nups didn't open her mouth) ... M looking forward, harsh, unforgiving, Nups looking at him with hope, some despair, as though she knows he will not forgive her for why she is doing what she did ... then she wipes a tear and looks as cold as him, two people whose egos always come in the way of their love ... he moves forward and away, and she looks after him with that despair, as though she has lost all hope.
Sam and Gunji look at each other, then Sam goes after Mayank. Nups starts to leave, Gunji comes to stop her without a word, hand on her luggage, Nups face softens again, shows her being torn (Gunji manages to bring out the best in Nups and in RP's acting, she actually has some change of expression apart from her usual anger when she is with Gunji) ... but then hardens again, and leaves.

Naveen's links
SG from 1st & 2nd Sept