21st Sept
There was a lot of Arnav-Khushi tonight ... changing equations? Or will they go back to their 'aukat' and 'rakshas' status again? There does seem to be some progress on both sides tonight, though, and KTLK is starting as serious competition in a couple of weeks, besides, TRP's are on the rise ... so hopefully channel will sit back and let the PH tell their story at last, instead of putting in the ubiquitous and annoying 'phamily' moments!
So starting with Arnav realising he's been tricked, losing his temper again, he's really on a short fuse now! JP and mamiji leave, so does Blah ... after Arnav calls her Khushi ... Khushi is so on his mind ... why can't he stop thinking about her! Why does what she say annoy him so much, why does it even bother him so much? Why can't he ignore her, she's a 'chotey aukat ki ladki', as he's taken time again and again to point out to her ... or is he really trying to point it out to himself? And why, for God's sake, can he not get over the fact that she cut his call?! That she didn't want to talk to him?! He decides whom he wants to talk to ... who the hell is she to decide! How dare she ...? No, he has to ask her this, he has to show her this doesn't happen in his world ... if he wants to talk to her, he will, and nothing can stop him ...
Quite forgetting his own proclamation that he didn't want her in his house, and he only tolerates her around because of his Di ...
Blah leaves in Arnav's car, Khushi returns with the bulb, and thinks Arnav has left ... relief ... a reprieve for today, at least!
Short-lived relief ... because it's he who opens the door ... and the grim look on his face promises trouble ... yet again.
She tries to brazen it out ... slides past him ... he stops her ... she calls for Blah ... but Blah has gone to office ... she mumbles something about mamiji (she knows Anjali and nani are already out, no hope there) ... Arnav lets her go ... follows her ... and finally she is trapped. By his arms as well as by the beating of her own heart, thundering in panic ... She has to listen to him ...
Why oh why, Arnav is it so important to you that she listen?!
It just is.
Then he goes on ... No one is at home, no one to rescue you ... and she's even more terrified.
(Didn't like the shouted 'samjhi tum?!' somehow detracted from the intensity with which he was talking earlier, and made it more crude ... he should have kept his voice low and intense all through.)
But the next line was classic ... again back to his main grouse .. who the hell are you that I have to take all this trouble to talk to you?!
With others, he calls once, and they fall into line. And her ... he had to follow her, trap her physically, browbeat her forcefully to listen to him ... that is not ASR ... not ASR at all. ASR doesn't have to force people to listen to him ... they normally hang onto his every word! But not her ... not Khushi. How dare she!
So he has to show her her 'aukat' again .. I only tolerate you here for Di, otherwise ...
Really, Arnav? Is that why you have been itching to talk to her since she entered the house? Itching for that fight that only she can give you?!
And she has had enough.
Loved the low, fierce tone in which Khushi spoke ... this is the Sanaya I love :)))
And she tells him ... gives it to him ... this is what marriage is all about ... not just the social trappings, but the vow, the promise, the desire to hold and protect, to step into death's way if necessary for your loved one .. it's that promise which fulfils life ... but you don't understand the sanctity of that promise ... for you, marriage is a responsibility, a burden, a tie you don't want ... because you want to be able to walk away any time ...
Kudos to the dialogue writer for these words ... the words 'liberal thinking' and 'modern views' suddenly seem so hollow ... a euphemism for the fear of commitment and a lack of strength of mind to uphold those vows ... why is it that our sense of morals has become so blunted that we shout in outrage to defend Arnav's right to have a live-in relationship, because that is 'modern thinking' ... and don't defend the age-old institution of marriage from which we all come?
Back to the show ;-)
And he's mad ... hopping mad ... has she hit too close to home? She stares at him defiantly ... no, she's not going to apologise about convincing La about marriage, and he really has no answer, except for that red haze of rage creeping through him ... nothing gets a person more angry than being shown to be wrong ... so he reacts the only way he knows how ... brute force ... or the threat of it ...
And she is scared again ... they are alone in the house ... and he's hurting her ... besides, she didn't mean it that way, her unruly tongue ran away with her again ... he's holding her so close ...
And he pulls her closer still ...
Till La bursts in ... she has really turned 180 degrees! She knows of course, that ASR was mad at Khushi, sees her wipe her tears, and it's Khushi she rushes to, to ask, what happened?
And he leaves without a word.
La upset - he scolded you? I knew it, he's blaming you for the marriage idea, it's my fault ...
But she can't talk, can't think ... she needs to compose herself, recover from the pain, the hurt ... yet again ... hurt given and received ... she touches her bruised wrist and sees the marks on it, touches them gently ... his marks ...
And he stands behind the shut door, he needs recovery time too, why does he always lose his cool with her? Why does he always end up hurting her? And why does her hurt feel like it's piercing through his heart?
Shyam sweet-talking Shashi Gupta ... thank god there is someone with an ounce of sense among the two households ... Because Shashi Gupta catches the gaps straight away, and his antennae are raised. But Buaji rushes in and starts pushing the 'ideal boy' again, and Shyam leaves reassured that Khushi is on her way into his life.
Khushi trying to teach La how to change a bulb ... but she is distracted, lost ... till La holds her bruised wrist and she cries with pain. La is worried for her ... La has really changed overnight, and it's nice to see this friendship ... but Khushi covers it up with a shadow of her usual smile ...
Anjali and nani getting pooja stuff ready for barsi ... fuse goes and La and Khushi go to change it. Arnav annoyed ... does everything wrong in this house have to be related to Khushi? and he goes after them ;-) his defence shield firmly in place, he hates this girl, hates her ... he has to keep telling himself that ... and her ...
La tries to defend Khushi again, but Khushi herself is silent. She speaks to La normally though, asking her for matches ... and Arnav, ready to leave, stops mesmerised at the sight of Khushi in the glow of the candle. And she knows he's looking at her ... but she can't stop looking back at him ... he sees the candle tipping and La wobbling ... and runs to save Khushi from a few drops of hot candle wax as though his life depends on it. And La falls.
Belatedly he helps La up ... why didn't he go to help her first?! La asks that too ... and so do Khushi's eyes. But he doesn't have an answer.
Last scene - Anjali-Arnav, about their parents. Something niggled me about the scene ... wrong dialogues. Fifteen years after the event, still asking, you miss them, don't you? is just adding salt to the wound. Better and more natural by far to say bracingly ... we'll get over it, let's remember the happy times ...
Links
Part 1
Part 2
There was a lot of Arnav-Khushi tonight ... changing equations? Or will they go back to their 'aukat' and 'rakshas' status again? There does seem to be some progress on both sides tonight, though, and KTLK is starting as serious competition in a couple of weeks, besides, TRP's are on the rise ... so hopefully channel will sit back and let the PH tell their story at last, instead of putting in the ubiquitous and annoying 'phamily' moments!
So starting with Arnav realising he's been tricked, losing his temper again, he's really on a short fuse now! JP and mamiji leave, so does Blah ... after Arnav calls her Khushi ... Khushi is so on his mind ... why can't he stop thinking about her! Why does what she say annoy him so much, why does it even bother him so much? Why can't he ignore her, she's a 'chotey aukat ki ladki', as he's taken time again and again to point out to her ... or is he really trying to point it out to himself? And why, for God's sake, can he not get over the fact that she cut his call?! That she didn't want to talk to him?! He decides whom he wants to talk to ... who the hell is she to decide! How dare she ...? No, he has to ask her this, he has to show her this doesn't happen in his world ... if he wants to talk to her, he will, and nothing can stop him ...
Quite forgetting his own proclamation that he didn't want her in his house, and he only tolerates her around because of his Di ...
Blah leaves in Arnav's car, Khushi returns with the bulb, and thinks Arnav has left ... relief ... a reprieve for today, at least!
Short-lived relief ... because it's he who opens the door ... and the grim look on his face promises trouble ... yet again.
She tries to brazen it out ... slides past him ... he stops her ... she calls for Blah ... but Blah has gone to office ... she mumbles something about mamiji (she knows Anjali and nani are already out, no hope there) ... Arnav lets her go ... follows her ... and finally she is trapped. By his arms as well as by the beating of her own heart, thundering in panic ... She has to listen to him ...
Why oh why, Arnav is it so important to you that she listen?!
It just is.
You've crossed your limits, Khushi Kumari Gupta. How dare you cut my call?
Why is that the first thing on his mind always? Why is it the biggest insult, that she refused to listen to him?Then he goes on ... No one is at home, no one to rescue you ... and she's even more terrified.
(Didn't like the shouted 'samjhi tum?!' somehow detracted from the intensity with which he was talking earlier, and made it more crude ... he should have kept his voice low and intense all through.)
But the next line was classic ... again back to his main grouse .. who the hell are you that I have to take all this trouble to talk to you?!
With others, he calls once, and they fall into line. And her ... he had to follow her, trap her physically, browbeat her forcefully to listen to him ... that is not ASR ... not ASR at all. ASR doesn't have to force people to listen to him ... they normally hang onto his every word! But not her ... not Khushi. How dare she!
So he has to show her her 'aukat' again .. I only tolerate you here for Di, otherwise ...
Really, Arnav? Is that why you have been itching to talk to her since she entered the house? Itching for that fight that only she can give you?!
You're here to train Lavanya, not to brainwash her with your middle class mentality. Do your job, take your money and go home. And keep your shaadi ideas to yourself.
Is that because he does not want to marry Lavanya at any cost ... and he's terrified that now that La has actually been accepted by Nani, he might have to?! He brought La here to prove a point to Nani, he never bargained for La to change the views he had carefully chosen her for ... or maybe fed her himself. And she has had enough.
Shaadi is not my 'idea', Mr Arnav Singh Raizada.
And his hands actually drop in shock ... or is it that he's somewhere glad, fiercely glad that she's finally fighting back ... and he has an outlet for all his pent up frustration? Because she can take it ... he knows he doesn't have to hold her any more ... she's not going to run away now. Loved the low, fierce tone in which Khushi spoke ... this is the Sanaya I love :)))
And she tells him ... gives it to him ... this is what marriage is all about ... not just the social trappings, but the vow, the promise, the desire to hold and protect, to step into death's way if necessary for your loved one .. it's that promise which fulfils life ... but you don't understand the sanctity of that promise ... for you, marriage is a responsibility, a burden, a tie you don't want ... because you want to be able to walk away any time ...
Maybe you call this your new thinking ... but I call this a lack of character!
Kudos to the dialogue writer for these words ... the words 'liberal thinking' and 'modern views' suddenly seem so hollow ... a euphemism for the fear of commitment and a lack of strength of mind to uphold those vows ... why is it that our sense of morals has become so blunted that we shout in outrage to defend Arnav's right to have a live-in relationship, because that is 'modern thinking' ... and don't defend the age-old institution of marriage from which we all come?
Back to the show ;-)
And he's mad ... hopping mad ... has she hit too close to home? She stares at him defiantly ... no, she's not going to apologise about convincing La about marriage, and he really has no answer, except for that red haze of rage creeping through him ... nothing gets a person more angry than being shown to be wrong ... so he reacts the only way he knows how ... brute force ... or the threat of it ...
"I'll show you what character dheela really is ..."
And she is scared again ... they are alone in the house ... and he's hurting her ... besides, she didn't mean it that way, her unruly tongue ran away with her again ... he's holding her so close ...
And he pulls her closer still ...
Then what did you mean?
Eyes meeting eyes, tears of pain, coolness replacing anger ... her fear ebbs somehow as his rage dissipates, but they still can't look away ... still so close ... till he realises her pain ... the physical pain he's giving her ... and releases her ... and still she doesn't run ... they stand locked within their bubble ...Till La bursts in ... she has really turned 180 degrees! She knows of course, that ASR was mad at Khushi, sees her wipe her tears, and it's Khushi she rushes to, to ask, what happened?
And he leaves without a word.
La upset - he scolded you? I knew it, he's blaming you for the marriage idea, it's my fault ...
But she can't talk, can't think ... she needs to compose herself, recover from the pain, the hurt ... yet again ... hurt given and received ... she touches her bruised wrist and sees the marks on it, touches them gently ... his marks ...
And he stands behind the shut door, he needs recovery time too, why does he always lose his cool with her? Why does he always end up hurting her? And why does her hurt feel like it's piercing through his heart?
Shyam sweet-talking Shashi Gupta ... thank god there is someone with an ounce of sense among the two households ... Because Shashi Gupta catches the gaps straight away, and his antennae are raised. But Buaji rushes in and starts pushing the 'ideal boy' again, and Shyam leaves reassured that Khushi is on her way into his life.
Khushi trying to teach La how to change a bulb ... but she is distracted, lost ... till La holds her bruised wrist and she cries with pain. La is worried for her ... La has really changed overnight, and it's nice to see this friendship ... but Khushi covers it up with a shadow of her usual smile ...
Anjali and nani getting pooja stuff ready for barsi ... fuse goes and La and Khushi go to change it. Arnav annoyed ... does everything wrong in this house have to be related to Khushi? and he goes after them ;-) his defence shield firmly in place, he hates this girl, hates her ... he has to keep telling himself that ... and her ...
La tries to defend Khushi again, but Khushi herself is silent. She speaks to La normally though, asking her for matches ... and Arnav, ready to leave, stops mesmerised at the sight of Khushi in the glow of the candle. And she knows he's looking at her ... but she can't stop looking back at him ... he sees the candle tipping and La wobbling ... and runs to save Khushi from a few drops of hot candle wax as though his life depends on it. And La falls.
Belatedly he helps La up ... why didn't he go to help her first?! La asks that too ... and so do Khushi's eyes. But he doesn't have an answer.
Last scene - Anjali-Arnav, about their parents. Something niggled me about the scene ... wrong dialogues. Fifteen years after the event, still asking, you miss them, don't you? is just adding salt to the wound. Better and more natural by far to say bracingly ... we'll get over it, let's remember the happy times ...
Links
Part 1
Part 2
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