8th Sept
Liked it! Some tying up of loose ends, setting of scenes in place, leading up to the most awaited scene - the Arshi explosion!
Apologies again for the police from Anjali - so they didn't forget about it completely ;-) And Akash to drop Guptas home.
Waylaid by Blah who detains Khushi - Blah still smarting after her ticking off by ASR, wants to prove her place to Khushi. Nani is Khushi's champion though, and orders Arnav to drop Khushi home.
Liked the scene between the four - funny because of the dialogues and expressions so completely at variance. Especially Arnav giving killer looks to Khushi, that now I've got you where I want, and Khushi like a scared rabbit in a trap - having a female Gabbar for a champion has some dangerous side effects.
And then the explosion - driving in silence for a while, Arnav fuming, Khushi belatedly determined to keep her mouth shut - till he fingers Devi maiyya's chunni, and she protests. And he explodes - why?! Why can't I do what I want? Will you complain to Di and Nani? ... Oh yes, he's helpless and frustrated also because the only two people he cares about to any extent are both apparently in love with Khushi!
Is his insistence on Lavanya another safety mechanism? She won't be acceptable to Nani ever, does he know that? Is it another way to keep himself safe, an excuse to keep himself free from committment, to choose someone so obviously unsuitable to his family's way of life? Because if he gave in to those yet unrecognised feelings, that strange attraction for Khushi, it would have to lead to committment for sure - Nani and Anjali would have him bound and trussed at the shaadi mandap in double quick time!
Then his real gripes emerge ... how dare you NOT want to see me in my own house? Oh yes, that stung him real bad ... How dare you trick me into coming for the aarti when i didn't want to ... now that one was more ego, that she got the better of him ...
But she's still quiet ... and he's even madder. He wants answers, he does NOT like it when she's quiet. In a perverse way, he wants her to fight back, so that he can let out all his anger, his rage, that's been bottled inside him for so many years ... and with her, he can let it out, because she is strong enough to take it ... With Anjali, he can't, two angry words and she dissolves into tears, Lavanya ditto ... Naani just makes him madder ... but Khushi - he can fire his biggest guns at her, and she will fire back ... and he wants that, he's itching for a good fight, because this girl has gotten under his skin. She questions his beliefs, his very self ... she reminds him of the Arnav he once was, and at the same time shows him how much he has changed ... but can't she see that he had to change? That he had reasons, his compulsions, why can't she understand that? Instead of making him feel small in his own eyes all the time, instead of making him question himself all the time ... He wants her to listen to him, to understand ... when she is still silent and makes to leave, he locks the door ... no, you're not leaving yet, because I'm not done. I want you to listen, I want you to understand ...
Why, Arnav? Why do you want this chhote aukat ki, unimportant, girl to listen to you, to understand you ... why is it so important to you?
So Khushi sits, her normal self emerging ... not his employee, not his inferior ... just Khushi and Arnav ... a battle of equals. If he wants to listen, he will jolly well listen ... warts and all ... he's asking for it. Go ahead, ask what you want to.
Arnav - Why did you call me for the aarti?
Khushi - Because you insulted Balgopal.
Not because she wanted to change his faith, his beliefs. But because he insulted hers.
Arnav - Who the hell are you to ...?
Khushi - No, who are you? To insult my beliefs? I can't see my Balgopal insulted.
Arnav - Then turn your head.
Khushi - How about you bow your head?
Mutters to herself - I thought you might improve by attending the aarti, but not a chance ... forcing a girl into such a position ...
Arnav - Whatever you have to say, say it to my face.
Khushi with belated smidgeon of wisdom, stays quiet.
Arnav shouts - he's really asking for it now! I said something to you! Talk to me! Look at me!
Khushi - well he did ask for it ... I said you're a rakshas! Can't respect God, don't even respect human beings.
That hits home - he has been insulting her from the start.
But turns out she's not talking about herself.
And that's why you're insulting La by forcing her to live with you ...
Arnav is genuinely puzzled at this one ... insulting La? How? Where did Lavanya come into this conversation from?
By living with her outside marriage. That's the biggest insult to any woman. How can you live with a woman without marriage?
I can live. My life. I don't believe in marriage.
And her? Have you ever asked her what she feels? (Sweetie, La the blah doesn't have any thoughts of her own. Arnav probably told her he doesn't believe in marriage, so she doesn't as well. Besides, kids are bad for the figure and the complexion both.)
Arnav - how does it matter to you what she feels? Who are you to ...?
Khushi - I am a girl! And I cannot see this insult to another woman. Because as a girl, I can tell you there is no bigger insult to any girl than being in a relationship with a person who is scared to give a name to that relationship.
Why is she not blaming La at all? Because in her mind, no woman would agree to such a relationship except by force.She definitely wouldn't.
And why does she even care? Because what he does, hurts her, upsets her ... when his beliefs are so much at odds with hers, when their differences appear so stark ... and the distance between them even wider. It matters to her ... because he matters to her.
You are weak. So you're scared to give that name. But didn't your parents also have that relationship ...
She gets no further. She's hit a raw nerve. A very raw one, which hasn't healed after so many years, a wound which is still festering deep inside. And he can't take it.
Get out.
He actually does pull her out of the car, despite her protests ... backs away furiously. But gets no further. No, he can't leave her alone on the road at night like this ... once before she was left alone because of him, and she nearly lost her life, leaving him haunted for weeks with thoughts of what might have happened. So he bangs the wheel in frustration, comes back and curtly orders her back in the car.
But she's Khushi ... as proud and hot-headed as him, and as prone to losing her brains when she's in a temper. She won't get in the car - not till he apologises.
ASR and apologise? Not gonna happen. Not to a girl of her 'aukat'.
That word again.
Then she's not getting in.
Suit yourself.
And this time he really does drive off, ego and pride getting the better of common sense and even his sense of responsibility. But he shouldn't have looked at her before he did ... his last glimpse is of Khushi in tears, alone on the road.
His temper carries him as far as back home this time - he actually makes it to his room.Throws the keys on the bed in anger. She called him rakshas. How dare she?
And then he closes his eyes ... regret already seeping in. He pushed her forcibly out of the car. She fell down on the road because of him. She was crying.
Shit. He did it again.
So he goes back. Yet again. Only to find an empty road. And fear kicks in again. Where is that girl?
Last scene, when Khushi reaches home ... in sombre mode. And covers up for the mud on her clothes. Not blaming her Rakshas this time.
Is this going to be a repeat of the RM scene, when she blasted him all right, but never really felt good about doing so?
GOOD episode! And Barun and Sanaya's acting - fabulous! Hats off to the dialogue writers - great dialogues, and great delivery by the actors - the rapidfire exchange of dialogues was brilliantly done!
Links
Part 1
Part 2
Liked it! Some tying up of loose ends, setting of scenes in place, leading up to the most awaited scene - the Arshi explosion!
Apologies again for the police from Anjali - so they didn't forget about it completely ;-) And Akash to drop Guptas home.
Waylaid by Blah who detains Khushi - Blah still smarting after her ticking off by ASR, wants to prove her place to Khushi. Nani is Khushi's champion though, and orders Arnav to drop Khushi home.
Liked the scene between the four - funny because of the dialogues and expressions so completely at variance. Especially Arnav giving killer looks to Khushi, that now I've got you where I want, and Khushi like a scared rabbit in a trap - having a female Gabbar for a champion has some dangerous side effects.
And then the explosion - driving in silence for a while, Arnav fuming, Khushi belatedly determined to keep her mouth shut - till he fingers Devi maiyya's chunni, and she protests. And he explodes - why?! Why can't I do what I want? Will you complain to Di and Nani? ... Oh yes, he's helpless and frustrated also because the only two people he cares about to any extent are both apparently in love with Khushi!
Is his insistence on Lavanya another safety mechanism? She won't be acceptable to Nani ever, does he know that? Is it another way to keep himself safe, an excuse to keep himself free from committment, to choose someone so obviously unsuitable to his family's way of life? Because if he gave in to those yet unrecognised feelings, that strange attraction for Khushi, it would have to lead to committment for sure - Nani and Anjali would have him bound and trussed at the shaadi mandap in double quick time!
Then his real gripes emerge ... how dare you NOT want to see me in my own house? Oh yes, that stung him real bad ... How dare you trick me into coming for the aarti when i didn't want to ... now that one was more ego, that she got the better of him ...
But she's still quiet ... and he's even madder. He wants answers, he does NOT like it when she's quiet. In a perverse way, he wants her to fight back, so that he can let out all his anger, his rage, that's been bottled inside him for so many years ... and with her, he can let it out, because she is strong enough to take it ... With Anjali, he can't, two angry words and she dissolves into tears, Lavanya ditto ... Naani just makes him madder ... but Khushi - he can fire his biggest guns at her, and she will fire back ... and he wants that, he's itching for a good fight, because this girl has gotten under his skin. She questions his beliefs, his very self ... she reminds him of the Arnav he once was, and at the same time shows him how much he has changed ... but can't she see that he had to change? That he had reasons, his compulsions, why can't she understand that? Instead of making him feel small in his own eyes all the time, instead of making him question himself all the time ... He wants her to listen to him, to understand ... when she is still silent and makes to leave, he locks the door ... no, you're not leaving yet, because I'm not done. I want you to listen, I want you to understand ...
Why, Arnav? Why do you want this chhote aukat ki, unimportant, girl to listen to you, to understand you ... why is it so important to you?
So Khushi sits, her normal self emerging ... not his employee, not his inferior ... just Khushi and Arnav ... a battle of equals. If he wants to listen, he will jolly well listen ... warts and all ... he's asking for it. Go ahead, ask what you want to.
Arnav - Why did you call me for the aarti?
Khushi - Because you insulted Balgopal.
Not because she wanted to change his faith, his beliefs. But because he insulted hers.
Arnav - Who the hell are you to ...?
Khushi - No, who are you? To insult my beliefs? I can't see my Balgopal insulted.
Arnav - Then turn your head.
Khushi - How about you bow your head?
Mutters to herself - I thought you might improve by attending the aarti, but not a chance ... forcing a girl into such a position ...
Arnav - Whatever you have to say, say it to my face.
Khushi with belated smidgeon of wisdom, stays quiet.
Arnav shouts - he's really asking for it now! I said something to you! Talk to me! Look at me!
Khushi - well he did ask for it ... I said you're a rakshas! Can't respect God, don't even respect human beings.
That hits home - he has been insulting her from the start.
But turns out she's not talking about herself.
And that's why you're insulting La by forcing her to live with you ...
Arnav is genuinely puzzled at this one ... insulting La? How? Where did Lavanya come into this conversation from?
By living with her outside marriage. That's the biggest insult to any woman. How can you live with a woman without marriage?
I can live. My life. I don't believe in marriage.
And her? Have you ever asked her what she feels? (Sweetie, La the blah doesn't have any thoughts of her own. Arnav probably told her he doesn't believe in marriage, so she doesn't as well. Besides, kids are bad for the figure and the complexion both.)
Arnav - how does it matter to you what she feels? Who are you to ...?
Khushi - I am a girl! And I cannot see this insult to another woman. Because as a girl, I can tell you there is no bigger insult to any girl than being in a relationship with a person who is scared to give a name to that relationship.
Why is she not blaming La at all? Because in her mind, no woman would agree to such a relationship except by force.She definitely wouldn't.
And why does she even care? Because what he does, hurts her, upsets her ... when his beliefs are so much at odds with hers, when their differences appear so stark ... and the distance between them even wider. It matters to her ... because he matters to her.
You are weak. So you're scared to give that name. But didn't your parents also have that relationship ...
She gets no further. She's hit a raw nerve. A very raw one, which hasn't healed after so many years, a wound which is still festering deep inside. And he can't take it.
Get out.
He actually does pull her out of the car, despite her protests ... backs away furiously. But gets no further. No, he can't leave her alone on the road at night like this ... once before she was left alone because of him, and she nearly lost her life, leaving him haunted for weeks with thoughts of what might have happened. So he bangs the wheel in frustration, comes back and curtly orders her back in the car.
But she's Khushi ... as proud and hot-headed as him, and as prone to losing her brains when she's in a temper. She won't get in the car - not till he apologises.
ASR and apologise? Not gonna happen. Not to a girl of her 'aukat'.
That word again.
Then she's not getting in.
Suit yourself.
And this time he really does drive off, ego and pride getting the better of common sense and even his sense of responsibility. But he shouldn't have looked at her before he did ... his last glimpse is of Khushi in tears, alone on the road.
His temper carries him as far as back home this time - he actually makes it to his room.Throws the keys on the bed in anger. She called him rakshas. How dare she?
And then he closes his eyes ... regret already seeping in. He pushed her forcibly out of the car. She fell down on the road because of him. She was crying.
Shit. He did it again.
So he goes back. Yet again. Only to find an empty road. And fear kicks in again. Where is that girl?
Last scene, when Khushi reaches home ... in sombre mode. And covers up for the mud on her clothes. Not blaming her Rakshas this time.
Is this going to be a repeat of the RM scene, when she blasted him all right, but never really felt good about doing so?
GOOD episode! And Barun and Sanaya's acting - fabulous! Hats off to the dialogue writers - great dialogues, and great delivery by the actors - the rapidfire exchange of dialogues was brilliantly done!
Links
Part 1
Part 2
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