Am getting more and more convinced that getting GH to write the screenplay for IPKKND is a big mistake. He doesn't seem to grasped the fact that silly bimbette style heroines may be popular with the Star One schoolgirl audience all right, but for the wider Star Plus audience, the heroine needs to be the strong silent suffering types closer to Gunjan and almost all other heroines on Star Plus. Or he's just confused as to how to cater to both groups so he keeps putting in scenes to cater to both, and as a result, Khushi's character is becoming a total hotch-potch. The silly bimbette is all right for Star One and for Suhana type of shows, which are meant to be comedy, but definitely not for something which has been promoted as an intense love story. It's time the CV's realised that. The first week of Khushi showed a different girl, the second week saw her lapse into idiocy at times, the start of the third week has been not much better. A mixed bag, actually - the conversation with her parents had Khushi in her sober, serious avatar, then the leaving for her job, the 'shaadi' fantasy, the mandir scene was back to silly bimbette. The last scene at the AR warehouse (that's what it appeared to be) was marginally better ... just marginally. This is all from the viewpoint of Khushi's character of course. And considering that at the moment, I'm watching the show just for Sanaya, am not really happy with this development at all. Hope to god that GH is only here for the initial episodes and when the real love story starts, he will take a back seat.
So first we have Khushi convincing her bua to allow her to take up a job, Bua does a volte face and says, if your father agrees, then I'm okay with it. So Khushi calls her parents - convinces them to allow her to work just for two weeks *shaking head* ... why this insistence on two weeks? Since it has come up again and again, am presuming the CV's have something in mind, otherwise it seems very strange.
Anyway, I liked the phono convo between Khushi and her parents - all three are excellent actors and they just bring their scenes together to life. Garima is really sweet as the protective, worried mother - am really wondering now about her past and the skeletons in her closet regarding Khushi.
And I love the sisters here - such a sweet symbiotic relationship, both take turns to console each other in a really cute and funny way (though I could have done without the sasuraal scene).
Arnav's house - Anjali spends way too much time in pooja-path and pandits for a young girl! And her mami in dolling herself up - roles a bit reversed here! And naani wants kundali for her 'bakri' - I don't blame mami for sniggering, I really don't!
And again, some mystery here ... why does Naani object to rishtas for arnav? While Mami is all keen and eager?Just because she wants to buy more jewelry? That part is okay, but what's with Naani's attitude?
Funnily, this show is reminding me of BALH - there too, the leads are at loggerheads, there too, Ram's stepmom doesn't want him to get married though of course, being an Ekta show, there is far less subtlety there. And there too, Sakshi has normal loving siblings and a horror for a mother - substitute Bua here for Khushi and I see lots of parallels.
Anyway, back to IPK - wow, there was actually a lot going on in this episode, I notice. So Mami says that Arnav is already one step ahead, Anjali tries to shush her, mami oblivious ... so again, why hiding it from Naani? Especially as in the last episode, Arnav made it very clear he makes his own decisions?
Khushi leaving for work - the scene I didn't like at all ... Khushi the bimbette re-appears. Did she not even read her appointment letter, that she has no idea what work she's gonna do? And for once I agree with Buaji - give Khushi some buddhi - sadbuddhi to door ki baat hai! And the way she tells Payal - Khushi is not going to tiko in job for too long, who can jhelo her other than us?! *rofl* The way Khushi behaves sometimes, I have to agree!
*Sigh* they need to show major character development for Khushi as well as Arnav ... the only hope I have is that the creatives did do it for Gunjan, slowly and surely ...
Tiny Arnav-Anjali scene, where Anjali teases him about Lavanya Kashyap, Arnav not amused, drives off. Although he's khadoos to the core, I am liking Arnav and his one-liners with his sister :)))
And ok, Naani overheard Anjali, so detective Naani to the fore. Naani confides in her goat - she wants to meet Kashyap woman. And ridiculous tv man is back ranting about Arnav and his ideal match :(((
Naani wants ideal bahu for Arnav ... traditional like her damaad. Anjali looks noncomittal.
Mandir ... Shyam reappears ... hmm. Smooth, unctuous, soft-spoken, not overtly pushy ... if he is a villain, he's going to be an interesting one. And am revising my earlier feeling - is he really Anjali's husband? So he doesn't work in the same office where he got Khushi a job ... how did he get her the job then? Definitely has some agenda ... is it just that he's fallen for Khushi, or is there something more?
More bimbette Khushi, drops her letter, almost forgets her chappals ...
She reaches the office - looks more like a warehouse kind of place, with the logo outside - AR. She can't find her letter.
Precap - Khushi is directed (surprisingly politely) to the Head office.To meet Lavanya Kashyap.
Red sports car lady Lavanya meets Arnav.
Links
Part 1
Part 2
So first we have Khushi convincing her bua to allow her to take up a job, Bua does a volte face and says, if your father agrees, then I'm okay with it. So Khushi calls her parents - convinces them to allow her to work just for two weeks *shaking head* ... why this insistence on two weeks? Since it has come up again and again, am presuming the CV's have something in mind, otherwise it seems very strange.
Anyway, I liked the phono convo between Khushi and her parents - all three are excellent actors and they just bring their scenes together to life. Garima is really sweet as the protective, worried mother - am really wondering now about her past and the skeletons in her closet regarding Khushi.
And I love the sisters here - such a sweet symbiotic relationship, both take turns to console each other in a really cute and funny way (though I could have done without the sasuraal scene).
Arnav's house - Anjali spends way too much time in pooja-path and pandits for a young girl! And her mami in dolling herself up - roles a bit reversed here! And naani wants kundali for her 'bakri' - I don't blame mami for sniggering, I really don't!
And again, some mystery here ... why does Naani object to rishtas for arnav? While Mami is all keen and eager?Just because she wants to buy more jewelry? That part is okay, but what's with Naani's attitude?
Funnily, this show is reminding me of BALH - there too, the leads are at loggerheads, there too, Ram's stepmom doesn't want him to get married though of course, being an Ekta show, there is far less subtlety there. And there too, Sakshi has normal loving siblings and a horror for a mother - substitute Bua here for Khushi and I see lots of parallels.
Anyway, back to IPK - wow, there was actually a lot going on in this episode, I notice. So Mami says that Arnav is already one step ahead, Anjali tries to shush her, mami oblivious ... so again, why hiding it from Naani? Especially as in the last episode, Arnav made it very clear he makes his own decisions?
Khushi leaving for work - the scene I didn't like at all ... Khushi the bimbette re-appears. Did she not even read her appointment letter, that she has no idea what work she's gonna do? And for once I agree with Buaji - give Khushi some buddhi - sadbuddhi to door ki baat hai! And the way she tells Payal - Khushi is not going to tiko in job for too long, who can jhelo her other than us?! *rofl* The way Khushi behaves sometimes, I have to agree!
*Sigh* they need to show major character development for Khushi as well as Arnav ... the only hope I have is that the creatives did do it for Gunjan, slowly and surely ...
Tiny Arnav-Anjali scene, where Anjali teases him about Lavanya Kashyap, Arnav not amused, drives off. Although he's khadoos to the core, I am liking Arnav and his one-liners with his sister :)))
And ok, Naani overheard Anjali, so detective Naani to the fore. Naani confides in her goat - she wants to meet Kashyap woman. And ridiculous tv man is back ranting about Arnav and his ideal match :(((
Naani wants ideal bahu for Arnav ... traditional like her damaad. Anjali looks noncomittal.
Mandir ... Shyam reappears ... hmm. Smooth, unctuous, soft-spoken, not overtly pushy ... if he is a villain, he's going to be an interesting one. And am revising my earlier feeling - is he really Anjali's husband? So he doesn't work in the same office where he got Khushi a job ... how did he get her the job then? Definitely has some agenda ... is it just that he's fallen for Khushi, or is there something more?
More bimbette Khushi, drops her letter, almost forgets her chappals ...
She reaches the office - looks more like a warehouse kind of place, with the logo outside - AR. She can't find her letter.
Precap - Khushi is directed (surprisingly politely) to the Head office.To meet Lavanya Kashyap.
Red sports car lady Lavanya meets Arnav.
Links
Part 1
Part 2
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