Gunjan wants a white wedding

16th Nov episode

Starts off with a screeching Nups doing her wedding planning which seems to be going as OTT as she is - and Mayank getting progressively more worried about the budget, and irritated with his wife ... wouldn't be surprised if they divorced before the baby even arrived, at this rate!

Gang scene where Nups is describing her wedding plans ... can see Gunjan getting more and more horrified ... no wonder she decided to scuttle the plans before her wedding turned into a three ring Bollywood theme circus!
What I don't understand in all the reams of Nups' praise is - doesn't she know or understand her sister even a little bit? Samrat does - he tells Gunjan, we won't have many people, because you don't like that, Mayank can see Gunjan getting quieter and quieter, but Nups is going full steam ahead ... it's her own dream she is fulfilling, not Gunjan's, and Gunjan is just playing the role of her pet doll, as she always has done ... because she had no choice ever with such a dominating sister ... and no understanding mother to keep her at bay.

But fortunately ... not this time, because Mayank notices that Gunjan is quiet, so he asks her what she wants and she says - a church wedding ... then Gunji looks at Nups' horror, and says, it's ok, carry on, I know that can't happen, I'll make tea ...

And the scene that followed was really beautiful ... with all the little touches in place ... Mayank first asks Samrat, what do you think? Samrat says, I don't care if the wedding is in a mandir or a church, I just want Chashmish to be happy - gosh, I love this guy, I really do!
Uday adds, it's Gunjan's dream, and it's her day ...
So then Mayank goes to Gunjan and says, ok, describe what you want ... and Gunjan does - quiet, peaceful, hymns, piano playing, a shower of flowers as she enters in a white dress and train, Samrat in tux, Mayank and Uday as best men, di as bridesmaid ... an exchange of vows and rings, cake cutting and then their first dance as Mr. and Mrs. Shergil ...
and even for me, who's never dreamed of church weddings, she made it sound beautiful, touching, heartwarming and completely soulful. Just like Gunjan ... and SaJan.

I think the cv's are on to a good thing here ... this will be sooo different and unique ... especially considering the plethora of loud, jatka big fat Indian weddings going on on almost every other channel, with their chamkila lehngas and saris, and tons of very obviously fake jewellery, each indistinguishable from the other ... the SaJan wedding will really be unique ... and I am SOOOO looking forward to it now ...

Majan scene continues - Mayank promises Gunjan that her dream will come true.
Uday tells Nupur, Gunjan isn't a child and she knows what she wants ... it's high time Nupur realised that.
Nupur stomps off.

Comic Sam-Uday scene - time pass.

Nups sulking at home again ... one would think she would have time to think over what Gunjan said and start feeling happy for her, but no, cow sister is only worked about being left alone again while everyone else is busy with the wedding preparations ... to top it all, she hears from Uday that Mayank has taken Gunjan shopping for a dress ... and she flips ... so Gunjan is serious about a white wedding ... helloooo, woman ... what world do you live in??? One inhabited only by yourself and your feelings??? Ever tried thinking about other people at all? Especially about the sister you claim to love so much?

So off Nups storms to confront Mayank - not about taking Gunji shopping - but about leaving her at home alone ...

Majan - Mayank takes Gunji to a dress shop and tells her to choose a gown ... tells the salesgirl, this girl is very special ... can see shades of AB and Sanaya here for sure ... their friendship shows so clearly, especially after the SBB segment! And Gunji tries to choose, but she's missing her sis ... awww, I really wish we had Samrat's mom here as support for Gunjan, or even Mayank's mom, cos sis is pretty useless, all told.

And finally Nups arrives, ready to blow up Mayank ... and sees Gunji in her dress ... and finally melts ...

Will the wedding be Wednesday or Thursday - that's my question.

As for Nups and her 'motherly behaviour' - she's not behaving like a mother at all. She's behaving like Bui - a carbon copy. Only worried about tradition, and what people will say, and what all preparations she has done, and how they will all go to waste, what all she had dreamed to do on Gunjan's wedding ... her own dreams for her wedding were nixed, so she wants to thrust them onto Gunjan ... forgetting that Gunjan could have dreams too, and they might be completely different from her own.
If she had been really like a mother, she would have been like Shilpa aunty, understanding from the start, knowing what Gunjan wanted even before Gunjan said it, knowing that Gunjan would not like so much tamasha ... she would have been like Farida Jalal from DDLJ, another mother I loved, who was a friend to Kajol, who tried to protect her daughter from the strict father all the time, who even encouraged her daughter to run away with her Raj, rather than marry someone she didn't love ...
Nope, Nups is no mother, she's Bui - through and through. Still stuck in her narrow minded, traditional, small town rigid thinking - as are her fans - still stuck on that one ZDP night, which for them makes Gunjan the biggest sinner in the world ...

Pity they did this episode this way - the forum had been peaceful the last few days - this just got things riled up again ... anyway, Nups and RP are pretty much history now ... hopefully Monaya never have to do a show again with her ... cos her fans are the giddy limit! And they will prove to be RP's biggest handicap - no PH will like to take an actress whose fans are so psychotic and vicious. It happened with Shilpa Anand and destroyed her career - and I can see the same thing happening with RP.

SBB segment- Mohit proposing to Sanaya