Psycho on the loose! :)

10th Sept

Starts with small scene of the trio - this trio has been so good to watch during season 2! All their scenes together, especially after the bitterness with Samrat faded, are lovely, whether small or big :) Their offscreen camaraderie translating onto screen as well.
So Samrat tells Gunjan not to think so much, 'cos when she thinks, she gets upset - but dude, she's the only one who's thinking right now! Thank god my thinking Gunji is back :) M says he'll get G's phone from the canteen where she left it.

In canteen, Dhruv is busy threatening Nupur.
Two holes I have to pick in this otherwise interesting track. One that, when she was talking to Dhruv on the phone all along, Nups was quite all right. She wasn't scared of him then. Wary, she didn't want him to come there, but not petrified, as she suddenly seems to be. Why this sudden turnaround? Also, like I said yesterday, she had no problem keeping M away from her all these days, but as soon as Dhruv is on the scene and it's imperative that she does keep M away, she goes in for major eyelocks with M in front of D. Incongruent and pretty illogical ... probably necessary for the speed of the track, but it prickles.

Secondly, psychopaths, or even habitual perpetrators of domestic violence are not fools. In fact, they're usually very, very clever and careful to never show their ugly side in public. So Dhruv threatening Nups in the open canteen when anyone can walk in, is very illogical. They should have shown him taking her off somewhere and Nups reappearing with bruises and cuts. Would have cut down on the violence and been more effective - what is unseen is always far more scary. But again, they had to make this pretty obvious, to make sure that everyone knows from the outset that Dhruv is a negative character. If they had concentrated on his being all sweet and lovey dovey in public, there would have been an outcry about MN "pure love" etc. So I guess they had to ram that down everyone's throats from the start.

The third thing is what Niha had told me ages ago ... that if there is a fresh face, then his scenes are maximised because he's being paid for shooting time. And since Dhruv is here for a limited period, we're going to see only him this week, or a lot of him.
Which is okay - the guy is a decent actor, the story is moving forward, even RP is acting now that she has very few dialogues, she actually has to emote without the backing of her usual bak-bak, and M is doing well - he's back to S2 Mayank, whom I had started liking.

So not much really happening, Dhruv being nasty with Nupur, Nups petrified, Mayank comes, but doesn't see much, realises something is happening, Dhruv covers up, M leaves, Dhruv threatens Nups again.
Small Sayank scene, M says she's not my Nupur, so it's her life. So he did see something wrong, but chooses not to interfere. Again, is it his ego, that he feels she has chosen to walk away from him, or does he really think it's not his Nupur?

DN walking out of college, more threats, aimed at M also, broken bangle and bleeding wrist, seen by RoAsh - they go and tell SG individually. Gunji still wondering why Dhruv's mannerisms, his "pari" seems familiar. Even after Ash tells her about Dhruv's strange behaviour, she feels she's missing a piece of the puzzle. Keep thinking, Gunji!!!
Sam on the other hand, decides not to interfere. Especially after M is not interested. So if Gunji does put it together, is she going to find it tough to convince the guys?

Rest of episode - MND in library, not much progress, except that Dhruv has carried out his threat to M to keep N cowed. But why are ND back in the college at all?

Now I'm confused again. Logically, if Nups did not have amnesia, and was being kept captive by Dhruv with his threats and violence, she should have used the opportunity when she was alone with MSG to make her escape. In SWTE, Julia Roberts stays with her abusive husband because she has nowhere to go, he keeps her under tight control, and he's rich and powerful enough to carry out those threats, esp with regard to her sick mother.
Here, is Dhruv so rich and powerful that he has kept her captive for three years, IF she had her memory intact? And why didn't she use the opportunity to escape when she came to Mumbai and had a place to go? Quite a few holes in the story to plug if there is no amnesia. And if there is, does this mean that Dhruv has brainwashed her - or beaten her - into believing that she has no amnesia?
Have a strong feeling CV's are going to ignore all this in the climax!
I need to watch SWTE again!