1/10 - Epi 354 ... Dil and Dimaag in Action :)))

Monday 1st October

I loved today's episode ... I love thinking heroes and heroines!!!

The Dil half -
The past is not yet dead ... it's been pushed under the covers, but the hurt has not gone completely. As Khushi realised when he told her to go and change ...
He came back for Khushi, because he knew nothing was more important than marrying her and not leaving her waiting at the mandap ... but that just means that other things were less important ... not that they were completely unimportant.
Loved the first Arshi scene ... the way Khushi just assured him she was there, but he didn't need to talk ... loved the way Arnav started to talk, haltingly, slowly ... yet managed to tell her his feelings. For a man not used to sharing them still, this was huge.

Enjoyed the siblings scene ... the interruption of the SR that actually wasn't
Thanks, NK, for knocking down the flowers ...
Liked Anjali for once ... when all she asked was for Arnav to always be with Khushi. 

The Dimaag half -
Arnav's shatir dimaag wakes from its long slumber ... even the anger is held in check ... and Khushi is with him every step of the way.
How I LOVED Arshi getting together to solve the problem of Shyam ... liked the way Arnav acknowledged that his Di is blind as far as Shyam is concerned ... so that's one truth he has seen already. And they start putting together the clues ... the credit card bill, the strange wire ... don't know how they realised that there were multiple cameras, but it was logical. Shyam had four screens open on his laptop ... does that mean four cameras in their room itself? Eww ... no wonder SR got postponed indefinitely!

Shyam sweating in his room, and then wondering where the two had disappeared, harassed by his ever-loving wifey being her usual dimbulb smothering self was highly satisfying

This week's shiddat post already got a few ticks ... and it's the first day of the week!

How could I forget the precap   Another loop closed ... Khushi says, you, me and our little world, I don't need anything else.
Arhipathy ... Khushi, I don't need anything. I don't need anything.

I am looking forward to this track.

*Edited*

The End of Season One IPKKND ... the end of Nafrat Paas Aane Na De.
Now starts Season Two  ... Mohabbat Door Jaane Na De.

Happily married Arnav Khushi ... married and lived happily ever after is usually the end of a love story. But not for Arnav Khushi. Their serpents are very much around in the Garden of Eden ... more than one ... the ghost of the past, recently resurrected, not dead and buried ... the bitter grandmother still refusing to come to terms with the past ... the chief serpent slithering around the house silently ... which one to tackle first?

Arnav carries Khushi up directly to their room ... no stopping for post wedding rasams ... lays his bride down tenderly on the bed, ready to seal their long awaited marriage at last ... but the recently aroused ghosts come between them again. And face changing, he withdraws. Too much has happened too soon ... he needs time to assimilate everything ... He had to make one big decision very quickly, the biggest decision of his life, and he did ... but it's not without its ramifications ...

Ready to withdraw into silence again, ready to isolate himself, into his peetal bartan ...

But now she's not having it ... she won't let him be alone, isolated. Whether or not he wants to share his thoughts, his doubts, it doesn't matter ... she is there, silently by his side ... always.
She knows Daadi was unhappy with their wedding, and he married her anyway, sent off his own grandmother ... and she feels bad about breaking the family, always her first concern ... it happened because of her ... an apology for that ...
And he assures her it's not her fault ... Dadi left because she refused to see the truth or accept it.

Anjali interrupts Shyam (1)    happy about Arhi wedding ... jale pe namak!!! Shyam says his client made a big mistake and he has to sort it out or the client will be punished ... by client is he referring to Dadi or himself? He left it to Dadi to break the marriage, Dadi failed ... But he's not defeated yet ... He didn't hear this part of Arhi convo ... he put his headphones after that.

Arnav still distant ... eat something ...
She's not hungry.
'Ok, then you change ... wait, I'll change first ...'
He's there, but not there, mentally retreating into his peetal bartan, even if sitting there physically with her, because he can't hurt her again, so trying to be as normal with her as possible ... but he forgot, she knows him inside out now, she can read him like a book.
And she stops him again ... quietly, without a word, her face showing her worry, her concern, her love ... as he stares back at her ...
A first aid box, some balm to the wound on the cheek ... and some for the soul ... as he sits in stoic silence, not letting any pain show through. Or so he thinks.
'Does it hurt?'
A silent shake of the head.
'By hiding it, the pain doesn't lessen.'
A simple statement of fact, spoken very quietly ... and he looks sharply at her ... how does she know? And they both know which hurt she's talking about.
She keeps talking quietly, gently ... 'I can read your pain in your face ... you can't hide it from me. But don't worry ... you don't have to say anything. Sometimes there are things we can't share with anyone.
I just want to tell you ... I'm there ... with you, beside you ... always.'
Even if he tries to go into his peetal bartan, she won't let him. Not alone, She will never let him be alone again.She knows that putting the past behind him is easier said than done. The past ruled his life for fourteen years, he cannot forget it overnight. He put it behind him for long enough to marry her, but it's still there, still hurting. He doesn't want to talk now, but he will one day. And till he does, when he does, she will be there for him.

And somehow that gentle undemanding reassurance, the loving hug, does what so many years of isolation never could do. Open his mouth, open his heart ... the words come slowly, haltingly ... unused to expressing his deepest feelings, his emotions, used to bottling them inside for so many years ... now finally they start trickling out drop by drop at first and then a slow steady stream ...an unspoken apology for keeping her waiting for him at the mandap, trying to explain what he was going through ... where he was ...

'When the truth ... when I heard it all, I didn't know what to do ... I felt trapped within myself ...'
What an admission for the man to make ... the man who claimed he made his own destiny, who was always right, who was always certain of his decisions ... to admit he was lost, unsure ...
'What had happened with my mother ... I was never able to forget it ... But since the day you came into my life, I started to forget all the bad things ...' 

Loved her expressions as she closes her eyes at this, sits with her head against his shoulder, pain on her face, feeling his pain within her, and absorbing it into her, to allow him to let it out ...a slow painful catharsis, or the beginning of it ... letting out the pain bottled inside for so long.

'The moments I spent with you, I started remembering those instead ...' the softest, slightest of smiles on both faces at this ... and then his face changes again, the pain, the anguished helpless anger back ...
'But today ... again today my past came in front of me, and ...'

'Shhh ...' a wife, a mother, a soulmate ... she cups his face gently, tenderly, willing him to forget the pain ...
'I know you can't ever forget what happened with your mother ... it will stay a part of you ... but ...' resolute, firm, guiding light ... 'instead of running away from those memories, learn to face them, embrace them ... remember your parents with love ... and you will find them with you, around you always.'
Something she has always done. She's faced the same loss as he has, but she has never tried to bury it ... she embraced her memories, kept them alive, searched for her parents and found them in the stars, in her mother's payal, and kept them close to her. And thereby she got her strength to face her loss.

And he knows she speaks from experience, these are not mere words, these are thoughts she lives by ... and the result is there in front of him ... she has always embraced life, and been the happier for it ... and the stronger, far stronger than him. She faced the sunshine and put the shadows behind her, embraced happiness and brought happiness and sunshine into his own life as well ...

A small smile finally ... as he acknowledges that ... 'You always know how to make my mood better, don't you?' Just by her being there his day is brighter, his life is happier ... from the start it's been that way ... their challenges, their fights, their oneupmanship ... it always brought a smile on his face, brought him back to life, excited him ...
'You do the same to me.' Simple, matter of fact ... a small laugh as he still stares at her, his sunshine girl ... and she holds him in her arms comfortingly, lovingly ... he needs a hug and she hugs him ... haq se

A knock on the door ... some teasing by the siblings ... is any wedding complete without that? And Khushi stands up hurriedly, embarrassed already, straightening her already straight clothes ... while Arnav with a resigned look attends the door ...
Four bandars eyes closed ... we don't want to see no evil ... invite themselves in confidently, completely ignoring the unwelcoming glare from Arnav ... and proceed to make small talk ... there's a new Bangalore deal ... no, wait, let's talk about the movie I saw ...
Arnav tries to throw them out ... Di joins in the bandwagon, handing over a glass of milk, which he immediately gets rid of by putting it on the table ... nope, you can't be with your wife till I give you permission, and I won't give you permission till I get my 'nek' ...
'Okay, whatever you want ...'

And Di goes all sentimental ... you both are very important to me ... so my nek is that you both stay together ... and you keep Khushi happy always.
A promise he's happy and willing to make.
NK is not impressed with sentimentality ... hard cash please.
'Are you my sister?' 
Barun killed that line ... seriously!!! It was such a good punchline and he just murdered it!!! Enunciate, for the love of God!!!!
Akash says there's a twist in rasams ... Payal demands double nek because of double rishta ... liked the little smirk of agreement Arnav gave there ... and he finally manages to get rid of them all ... not before NK drops over a tall table with a bouquet ... Khushi says she'll clear it up ... before anyone can offer to help and they all finally leave.

And Arnav sees the camera.
And for once, he acts ... he doesn't react ... using his head ...

As Shyam sweats as though Arnav is reaching for him directly through the lens ... Anjali interrupts Shyam (2)  Anjali doing good today! Distracts him with babble about coffee, and by the time he opens the laptop again, Arshi have vanished. Must say, I loved Shyam's startled 'huh?' there ... Abhaas, well done!

Arnav and Khushi have their first meeting as Mr and Mrs. Raizada ... complete sharing of information, except that Khushi really needs to tell him at some point soon that Shyam was already in the house and meeting Anjali well before he was allowed legally in.
So Arnav tells her that there are cameras installed, probably more than one, they lose very little time in pinpointing the suspect, the necessity of behaving normally, and remaining alert ... her faith in him that he will manage the situation ...
The story telling in front of Anjali, that they were out for a stroll ... the information from Anjali that Shyam is sitting on his laptop ... immediate exchanged glances between Arshi, suspicions slowly getting confirmed ... which they corroborate verbally as soon as Anjali leaves.
But they need proof, says Khushi, fresh from the disaster of last time, when Shyam escaped scotfree ... well, not scotfree, but without his guilt being proved beyond doubt, which paved the way for his re-entry.  Arnav agrees, they need to look for proof. Shyam didn't manage to stop their wedding, that was his biggest defeat.
Khushi wonders since when ... Arnav remembers the credit card bill, Shyam must have fooled Di ... he knows that Di can't think beyond Shyam.

This was BIG ... finally Arnav realises that Di is NOT going to tamely listen to his decisions about Shyam, she is totally blind in her love and belief in the man. So autocratic decision making will not work. Just throwing him out will not work. 
Also, they will need to hide things from Di, because anything she knows will find its way back to Shyam. Khushi's little fib came in very useful there.Carried forward into Tuesday, backing up the story. If Anjali tells Shyam she met Arshi outside, Arshi have already said the same thing on video.

Khushi mentions there should be switches, wires, Arnav remembers NK finding wiring that led nowhere ... Shyam must have stored the footage somewhere ... Khushi should know this, she's been through it all before. Khushi wants to find the footage, to know his plan, his aim, and proof. Arnav agrees ... they have to go to his room for that. And behave normally the rest of the time.
Khushi's face shows her discomfort, so does his. That part is going to be tough ... behave like a normal newly married couple when you know there are cameras in your bedroom ...