Finally a Sajan talk :))) - and thoughts on Gunjan

3 Nov

Finally a trademark serious heartfelt Sajan TALK ... and the episode already seems 50% better in terms of quality :)
So episode opens with Sam and Uday setting the scene for chudail ... cute, funny ... Dhingra atill OTT and very annoying with it, Gunji enjoying herself with the special effects lolzzz ...
Mayank makes entry as nightwatchman ... Nups as chudail ... seems the cv's have not much idea what to do with MN now that they are happily married ideal couple, so getting them to dress up in fancy dress is about all they can think of ...
Nups' chudail act backfires, as Dhungra calls her 'bebe' ... and begs for her aashirwad, she storms off in confusion, and gang is zapped at the failure of the plan ... what next?

They all sit moping in the bb court, Sam comes back, and says Dhingra has left ... Gunji moves away and takes a walk down memory lane ... I can't see this college destroyed, it's given me life, friends, an identity ... and as Sam goes to her, she looks at him and reminds him ... do you remember how we met, your bb hit me, ... music room, you heard me sing for the first time ... talent parade, I sang only because you encouraged me ... if it hadn't been for Excel, we would never have met ...
And Sam takes a walk with her - if it hadn't been for Excel, I would never have learnt what love is ... from you ...
But she's awkward again ...
So finally my Sajan ... the one I fell in love with, seem to be slowly coming back ...a Sajan talk after ages, even though it was in full view of the others, yet it had that Sajan essence, of a talk between two people who can open their hearts and minds to each other ... and after three long years, that communication is coming back ... and it's even more beautiful because it's the same two people, who are different now, yet their essence is still the same, and the essence of their relationship is still the same ...
and after ages, we saw that again ...

Then Nups, Mayank and Uday start with their memories ... Uday says, if Excel exists, we exist ...
Sam sees the agreement .. a legal agreement lying around on the floor??? Oh well ... he says he knows the signatory, met him during trustees' meetings ... Sam seems to be coming back to trusteeship slowly and steadily ...
N remembers her milao SG mission, so Sam gets to drop Gunji home ...but SG go instead to the signatory/owner of Excel ... and find some daal mein kaala in the Dhingra deal ... so they make a plan for the next day ...

ONE decent Sajan scene ... and the whole episode seems good!

episode link

SG scene part 3
miniscule SG bit and SG phone call to M

*edit* another thought on Gunjan, and return of Sajan being dependant on the return of Gunjan - The Sajan journey has been beautiful because of Gunjan and her character ... that was played with and the Sajan journey has gone for a toss ...

because Gunjan's character was the unique one ... her maturity and thoughtfuness a balance to Sam's playfullness, her habitual seriousness a foil for Samrat's prankster attitude, her convictions and ethics the anchor for Samrat's waywardness, and her outer vulnerability and inner strength a perfect match for Samrat's outward confidence and arrogance and inner loneliness ... a love story which I am sure even the makers didn't realise the depth of when they started off .. it has just grown from strength to strength ...

Watching almost all the other shows on tv, especially on Star One, there is no heroine quite like Gunjan. LNMDJ tried to make Avni similar, but she was never that good, and all the other heroines are bubbly and chirpy variey. Sanaya is the only actress who has managed to make a character like Gunjan believable and appealing to even the younger lot, in spite of being a really mature character, far too mature for a show of this calibre. Which really makes me feel even more that what distinguished MJHT from all the other "youth" shows was the presence of this ONE character - she actually made the show different and unique. Fighting couples and nokjhoks are a dime a dozen, every show has them, but a character like Gunjan - none! And that again is a reason for TR's to plunge ... because by changing her character, and with it, the essence of Sajan, the entire flavour of the show changed.

Naveen's link - SG reminisce about Excel

SGP - also good today, less of Sona-Suhana ... but what's with that Sona's nautanki about Suhana to Ishaan? I think they're setting up Ishaan ...
Liked the Panna- bhabhi scene ... finally Panna tells her bhabhi the problem ... or rather she finds out and the hug was really sweet!