Ramblings and Reminiscences: 19/11 - Epi 390 ... The First Level

Monday, November 19, 2012

19/11 - Epi 390 ... The First Level

Monday 19th Nov '12

Encouraging family, supportive husband ... Tyra Banks wannabe host ... and sympathetic co-host.

Arnav wants to give Khushi her own project to run ...
Khushi wants to prove herself first ... her confidence, her courage, her self-reliance ... on her own steam.

And so Khushi reaches the auditions ... the first level ... as expected, sniggered at for wearing desi clothes ... the extras who were the other contestants all dressed in non-desi outfits.
A contestant, Amrita, offers Khushi fake sympathy and morale-boosting ...

While Nani, Mami, Anjali, NK and even Arav try to hide Khushi's audition truth from Arnav ... who needs a shave more badly than ever!

Khushi's already low self-confidence takes a beating as the Tyra Banks wannabe shrivels up the other contestants impartially ... while her partner tries to help them ... nice to see that Ms Wannabe Tyra didn't reserve her cattiness for only Khushi ... it was spread pretty evenly among the entire lot.

And Arnav arrives at the venue (a ghastly badly white painted door ... the PH has stopped even trying to make things look decent!) ... and Arnav and Khushi sense each other ...
Khushi ... aisa kabhi nahin hua ki humne unhe mehsoos kiya aur voh na ho ... Embarrassed

awww ...

Just as her turn is called ... and she starts stammering about cooking ...

So will Arnav's mere presence give Khushi the confidence that she needs?

Episode was decent again ... the two Arshi scenes at the start and end were nice, and the Arnav scenes with family were sweet ... the auditions scenes were fairly predictable, saved by the false sweetness of Amrita and the universal bitchiness of Ms Wannabe Tyra ...

So Khushi will get through the first level ... almost sure ... then what?

52 comments:

RekhaNovember 19, 2012 at 3:18 PM
Ok....haven't watched the epi or read the LUs...a kind of first for me...in a long long time...was listening to some songs...an evergreen Kishoreda number...if it has any reference to my state of mind atm, it is not incidental and the ref to "gul' in the song is only incidental LOL

quote one...

Khilate hain gul yahaan, khil ke bikharane ko
Milate hain dil yahaan, mil ke bichhadane ko
Khilate hain gul yahaan....

Kal rahe naa rahe, mausam ye pyaar ka
Kal ruke na ruke, dola bahaar ka...
Chaar pal mile jo aaj, pyaar men guzaar de
Khilate hain gul yahaan...

Jhilon ke honthon par, meghon ka raag hai
Phoolon ke seene men, thandi-thandi aag hai
Dil ke aaine men tu, ye sama utaar de
Khilate hain gul yahaa...

Pyaasa hai dil sanam, pyaasi ye raat hai
Honthon me dabi-dabi, koi mithi baat hai
In lamhon pe aaj tu, har khushi nisaar de
Khilate hain gul yahaan...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJRVDsDdgUk

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RekhaNovember 19, 2012 at 4:22 PM
J,

this one is for u....( for all the lovely VMs u post....)...sat and sun were rather special..

why this song, well becos u see a something extra special in every ARHI moment....the passion that the couple in this song have for each other reminded me of ARHI as much as it reminded me of u...*hugs*

Tere chehre se nazar nahin hatthi
nazaare hum kya dekhen
tujhe milke bhi pyaas nahin ghatthi
nazaare hum kya dekhen

pighle badan teri tapti nigaahon se
sholon Ki aanch aaye barfili raahon se
lage kadmonse aag lipatthi
nazaare hum kya kekhen...

rangon ki barkha hain khushboo ka saath hain
kisko pata hain ab din Hain ke raat hain
lage duniya hi aaj simatthi
nazaare hum kya dekhen...

palkon pe failaa teri palkon ka saaya hain
chehre ne tere mera chehra chhupaya hain
tere jalwon ki dhund nahin chhatthi
nazaare hum kya dekhen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=275_Oml9904&NR=1

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DiaNovember 19, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Nobody watched the episode yet?! Oh well ... I found it quite decent.
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EnkayNovember 19, 2012 at 4:49 PM
I did. I guess the big question is where is this all headed?? ;)
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AkiNovember 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM
I did and agreed, it was quite decent - just nothing to write home about, that's all. BS imminent departure and PH's evident lack of interest in show dampens a viewers' enthusiasm. Did you notice how tacky RM is beginning to look also?

Hats off to the remaining team members tho - they are doing their best on the entertainment front.

Did watch bits of Arjun & QH over the weekend - their production values reflect a very different target audience. Don't think either show will get the kind of following IPKKND garnered with its presentation.

loved the song(s) selection Rekha - beautiful classics!
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UnknownNovember 19, 2012 at 5:42 PM
i liked the epi... a decent one and actually hats off to the team for putting up quite a good show despite the non stop off screen drama!

i have only one complaint though, why cant barun shave his ugly beard? ASR kam, Devdas zyada lag raha tha! is that his new look for his next movie for which he is apparently quiting *wink*

whether or not he quits/takes leave/whatever... at least for the few epis he is here, cant he look... handsome tho door, DECENT!!

i'm so waiting for his exit, how are they gonna show it... no hints of anything so far onscreen... will it be like gopi vhau, character vahi.. actor nayi(naya)!!
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madsNovember 19, 2012 at 7:31 PM
I think I'm watching a different IPK altogether... can't pinpoint what exactly, but suddenly its different than what I've watched so far... good/bad, I don't know! Or maybe its because I've watched after such a long time and there's this offscreen stuff going on which is much more dramatic than the show... every episode now I search fro signs that show me that BS as arnav is going to make an exit or wait for the episode when BS makes an exit so that I can finally decide whether to watch the show or not...

Ignoring the fact that khushi is actually participating in a fashion show instead of a cookery show (which is her talent), what I can take away as positive from this track is the importance given to make khushi seek her own identity (I am reminded of the time gunjan auditioned for the movies and wrote a beautiful letter to samrat regarding the same) ... if that's the case then I'm extremely happy, whoever be the hero of this show...

Although I don't want the show to end coz its a source of income for many ppl, I cannot watch khushi with any other actor as arnav... if they want to show a new character and attempt at developing their love story, fine by me.. but arnav-khushi should always remain that... Viraf is a decent actor, infact very spontaneous and expressive, I saw some of his clips and he might make a good pair with Sanaya, I am not denying that, but as another character NOT as arnav - he doesn't have the mills and boon dark handsome look or the sharp features that Barun has and what makes him a class apart as ASR..

as for the Gul-Barun interview, I saw it...and without debating whether it was scripted or not, one thing came out pretty clear to me after Gul spelt it out in so many different words - khushi was never important to the story ... IPK was NEVER abt stra crossed lovers who found it difficult to come together... it was ALWAYS abt ASR.. it was not a love stry..it was a journey of this man called SR through his ups and downs in life...how the one woman he loves turns out to be the "saut" in his sister's life... how he wasn't able to love her... no wonder we never got any realisation of khushi's (except for during kidnapping, which was not in original story and had to be put in to cover up for Barun's absence), some moments depicting her POV, her emotions, her past.. infact when I think of retrospect, the versions of the IPK songs have always been sung by man...and its only rarely that they had a female rabba ve and a female version of IPK title song... it was always abt ASR and how his life revolved around these two ladies in his life ... and to some extent I sympathise with her, because if I am not allowed to tell a certain story my way, I will start losing interest in it too.. if hat Barun says is correct and he wanted to quit back in feb itself when the movie was offered to him, then in retrospect when I think, all the tracks before marriage were tightly scripted and well interwoven with all the characters...and after marriage there hasn't been ONE SINGLE track that has been truly complete and well scripted - there was GH stay, arnav's kidnapping, shyam slapgate, didi ki saut where the real downfall began (how ironical since this was supposedly the original story)..

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LinNovember 19, 2012 at 8:50 PM
Just watched the episode. It wasn't bad, just waiting to see the last of Barun. Have to say he is looking worse by the day. Maybe he goes into the bathroom after Khushi tells him to have as shave and comes out as a different actor. Anything seems possible. They seem to be keeping their cards close to the chest. The rest of the cast seem to be pulling together as best they can but it must be very hard to keep up the enthusiasm and energy.
I will watch until the end, but even my enthusiasm is not the same. My greatest pleasure is coming here to check all the comments and discussions.

Lin
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psaradaNovember 20, 2012 at 2:56 AM
Hi Dia,

This week would mark the exit of ASR in the show for sure and with that I too would make an exit. This story has always fascinated me - The ASR who has golden heart but tough exterior and the chirpy bubbly girl Khushi who breaks through the barriers and reaches out to the Arnav hidden inside. Sad the story has degenerated this bad that now I don't have any hope whatsoever of it getting redeemed.

I would touch few points on why this episode didn't work for me and then would give my honest 2 cents on the whole SP-Gul-Barun fiasco.

- Episode was blah to say the least. Now a days IPK just shoots at RM. There is no SUV, no car, no office. Sad that this serial showed the entry of the hero getting down from the helicopter. This shows clear lack of interest in the PH to shoot episodes in a decent manner. And given that IPK airs about 5-6 times a day and each episode I think gets paid about 8-10 lakhs depending on the timing, I can see only one thing. Gul is taking the money from IPK and pumping it in QH. Well to each its own. Maybe she feels QH is her next bread and butter and in that case I don't want to stick around this dead show for the 200 odd people who are slogging.

- The auditions were pathetic. Seems like they good the extras and made them as models and the audition room looks like some spare room that has been converted to shoot this scene. You kidding me. The candle and wick show too showed competition for cooking but the difference is that they actually went an extra mile to make the competition look plausible. There were many stages in the competition and some were shot in India and the finale was in Singapore. Even the scenes that were shot in India were realistic enough. What the hell did they show in the show yesterday. The judges were pathetic and the extras were only that. Seriously I am surprised LM, Arshad and Sanaya are okay shooting this crap. It more of felt like some kids with camcorders shooting home videos. PH, you seriously think that with this episode you have people admiring your show. Nope sire. Who ever was still remaining in the boat to give you a chance - maybe for the 200 odd people who would be left jobless will definitely leave now. It is clear cut message from PH is that "This is what we will show - Want to take it , take it else quit"

- I admit the reason I am sticking around is Barun - Sanaya. I want to see how they show the exit of ASR. Once they show the exit, I will do my exit.

Continued in the next post.
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psaradaNovember 20, 2012 at 2:57 AM
continued from previous

Nothing else I can write on the episode.Coming to the fiasco, here are where I think the 3 parties are going to heed and what can come their way.

PH/Gul - The PH has lost credibility. No 2 questions on that. Gul can portray what all she wants to say but the truth is stark clear and that Gul did have confrontation in open in front of media people and the way she insulted Barun/Sanaya is now an open secret. Almost everyone in the media knows it and everyone on online who are now the emerging group of audience in India/aboard knows it. Leave that. The way she is handling IPK right now without the shabby track is just enforcing the view.People in India who are TRP audience also are not going to give her a chance next time because basically like my friends mom was saying - What is the point of seeing her serials if she can't sustain a story ? And if Gul thinks only online viewers know about the PHs and who produces which show then she is severely mistaken. The common people too know which PH has done which shows earlier and IPK fiasco is going to haunt Gul for a long time to come. And I don't see the chances of her getting new shows on SP any brighter. SP may even pull off the plug on Arjun given that it has now removed all the reruns of Arjun on weekdays. So Gul loses and loses heavily.

SP:- Believe it or not SP is also going to take a huge hit due to this. Mind you this was the same SP which didn't think twice before it pulled plug on Tere Liye and showed Balaji the boot because they had differences in Ekta's storyline and theirs. Now you mean to say even after 10 days of this fiasco they couldn't get a small fish like 4Lions to come agree to their terms. What is it going to project. That SP can't handle a show and its success. The viewers especially international ones and the ones at SPA 12 Live are going to roast SP royally. I am sure if SPA 12 turns out to be a headache for the channel, the channel won't think twice to pull this show off and move on.

Barun :- All the media people know the reason Barun has made to quit. Barun has made a name for himself and there is no doubt that ASR is ASR because Barun portrays it that way. The fans may be angry that Barun is quitting in the middle but now given the storyline which is so pathetic, I think everyone knows the reason Barun is quitting. Forget that even the normal TRP audience are like "Why is he not leaving the show. What is left for him to do ?". Like my friends family which watch the serial only for Barun are actually happy that he is quitting the serial. My friends mom was like "Good, there is nothing much for him to do. Better he comes in another good serial". So I don't think he is going to be very much effected by this fiasco. He will recover and then bounce back. Now with the Gul experience, hopefully he would be wiser and would choose to stick with professional PHs and not with some PH like 4Lions. Also Barun can also see his Bollywood result before he takes up another show. One thing is for sure, He needs a PR person and that too pronto but I don't think this fiasco is going to harm him in his career. People have bounced back from bigger disasters and falling out with PH over creative differences is a very normal thing. So Barun would be able to bounce back in a better way is my gut feeling.

The SP and PH will have this fiasco hunt them in a long time. And like the PH is repeating "Karma is a bitch and what comes around goes around", I do hope that happens eventually.

For me - the show ends the day Barun exits and Viraf comes in as ASR(suicide for the show) or as a new character(manageable disaster for the show).

Sorry for the long rant.
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DiaNovember 20, 2012 at 4:06 AM
Sarada,

Long rants are welcome here ... everyone needs a place to vent!

Viraf will not come in as ASR ... I am 100% sure on that one. Not because audience may or may not accept him as ASR (they won't), but because there will be no story if there is no new character. The only way the show can continue is if there are new problems between Arnav-Khushi ... At the moment, Arnav is head over heels in love with Khushi and she with him. That equates to Happy Ending. Because the show is about Arnav-Khushi.

PH has lost interest in the show ... again agree 100%. Again I am sure about this, not only because of Barun leaving, but because AD and DP have also left and there has been no attempt to recruit new characters. Do they seriously think they can run a show with six people? Does SP seriously think the PH can run the show with six people? A big NO.

I don't know whether Barun wanted to leave himself, as HE has said in numerous interviews, so has Sanaya ... or he was pushed into leaving as you and so many other people insist. If there was a showdown on the sets, and media were present, how is it that the news is not out anywhere except on IF? It would be difficult to keep such things quiet if media were truly around. I can agree that Gul was upset because she is under pressure from SP to keep the show on, and BS wants to leave ... maybe there were harsh words also ... they have worked together for a year and a half, I'm sure everyone loses their temper on occasion.
Maybe what you say is the truth, but if Barun wants to play down the differences between him and Gul in public, for the sake of his own career, I am not going to play them up.

So I will stick to what I can see happening on screen in front of me - which is this:

CLEARLY the PH is not interested in the show any more. There are no two ways about that.

Barun wants a break ... that is his public statement and he is sticking by it. Maybe he wants the break because he wants to leave the PH and sign up with Star directly - like Sanaya (her job is not in jeopardy if the show ends) ... maybe he is fed up of the unprofessional way the PH works, with ALL the burden on the leads and no attempt at making any decent storyline ...

Star wants the show to go on ... and they will not announce their decision till after the UK trip. As I see it, the decision has been made ... but they will not announce the show's end because an actor is leaving, that will send wrong signals to the industry, and will be contrary to what they have enforced all along. They CAN however pull the plug very easily if the TRP's don't sustain.

If the PH has lost interest, and it clearly has ... TRP's will drop, because PH is doing nothing to retain viewers.

So once the TRP's return ... and if Barun insists on his leave and PH continues in this ramshackle half-hearted way, SP will find it easy to drop the show.

SP will recover from the fiasco. PH will not. Barun might be affected to some extent ...

Do I care about any of the above? Not really :)
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psaradaNovember 20, 2012 at 5:03 AM
Dia

Agree with you. There was a war of words exchanged between Barun and PH and this has come from reliable sources. I am no fan girl of him and I don't hold out the torch for him. But since I know the source and know that she is telling the truth, I have no other reason to believe otherwise. And regarding why the media is not blowing it up, I think Star may have stopped them and this may be due to the SPL going on next week. Even Priya in her crooner thread also mentioned that the truth may start coming out after the SPL. So the whole dhamaka will be out after SPL is what I believe. Fine by me if Barun wants to keep quiet though for his sake I do hope he opens his mouth and takes a stand. This attitude of his is not going to help him in TV where it is dog eat dog logic that is followed.

SP will hold on to the show till this year end. It has lot more shows in pipeline and the only reason I feel they are holding on to the show is due to SPL 2012 and it is only due to Arnav - Khushi that they are having sold out shows. Once that is done, profit is reaped, SP will go on. Like you said Barun is a good actor - he can be your typical chocolate hero and at the same time he can be serious, dark and brooding ones. He will fit in any dignified role. So he too will move on I believe.

I am not sure the PH will concentrate on Khushi. The reason being Arnav's redemption was to show a strong Khushi - A Khushi who will not easily forgive Arnav for the hurt he caused her and thereby Arnav moving heaven and earth to get Khushi back into his life. Did that happen. Gul had a chance to give us that strong character during the redemption track. But all we got was a 5 min apology and Khushi saying "Hum sab jaante hai". There was the end of the character Khushi that could have demanded her pound of flesh in kind. The Khushi now you see is one who is head over heels in love with Arnav. That is the reason this whole I need to be something to prove to Arnav is falling flat for him. Didn't Arnav say to Khushi that he likes her as she is. What is the point in going for Mrs.India contest. Fine if she wants to prove something why not start the Dabba service again now that it was a legitimate business or why couldn't she take up Arnav' offer. I have no logical justification for Khushi taking up this Mrs.India contest and I don't think the story that is going to follow next is going to be logical enough.

The only way I see the story going forward is Viraf is going to be the guy who is going to fall for Khushi at the contest thereby either making Arnav Jealous(again doesn't make sense given that Arnav - Khushi have come a long way now) and going away or Khushi becoming successful and ignoring everyone and the family(again a destruction of the character).

Actually the TRP audience too is not able to connect to the storyline. The sets are shabby, the leads are in tacky dresses all the time and to top it they don't have a gripping story. PH can't run this story on the remaining characters once ASR marks his exit. I feel sorry for Sanaya. She is a talented actresses but she got stuck with the wrong PH. Unless a new PH steps in and rectifies the story in huge way and brings back the old characters, I don't see any chance of this show surviving.

I for time being am going to be in AD for a long time till something catches my fancy. Like Khushi says "sapno ki duniya mein hi rehna behether hai", I am going to follow it for sure. Will definitely drop in your blog whenever I can.
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SuNovember 20, 2012 at 5:53 AM
Didn't Arnav say to Khushi that he likes her as she is. What is the point in going for Mrs.India contest. Fine if she wants to prove something why not start the Dabba service again now that it was a legitimate business or why couldn't she take up Arnav' offer.

Hi and welcome to the blog.
May I reply to some of your Qs?

This is what I feel.
Khushi need sto get a makeover done and the best way to get it done is through the ups and downs she faces in a show like this. I think that is way better than Anjali or Lavanya helping her out,this way, Khushi gets groomed professionally.

This is also an opportunity for Khushi to meet the other side of the world, in the form of the sarcastic judge and the backstabber friend. I agree the sets looked unimpressive, but the very fact that the PH went to the trouble of finding so many extras- I feel they will want to go ahead with the track.

On why Khushi did not take up ASR's offer- she needs to find her identity herself, not to undermine him in any way or to prove a point.

Anjali and nani have full faith in Khushi bitiya, why don't we as an audience agree she needs to follow what her heart tells her to do? It is not that she is attracted to the glitz and glamour, it is just an attempt on her part to see how well a small town girl like her can fit in. Like Dia, says, I am eagerly waiting to see if the CVs take this forward the right way to show some growth in Khushi.

On The offscreen drama, I share Dia's sentiments- I don't think Sanaya needed to come out and support Gul strongly in her interview. She could have just avoided it or given a diplomatic answer. The fact that she came out and sincerely supported Gul makes me want to believe a lot of the conspiracy theory is just the audience's over active imagination.
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psaradaNovember 20, 2012 at 6:26 AM
Hi Su,

There are lot of ways of showing Khushi to be groomed or made look sensual and appealing. Heck Khushi was sensual in Diwali and appealing during the AR photo shoot. She could have tried out different clothes. Maybe could have tried out learning English. The way they picked up this contest shows the interest of the PH. Fine you pick up a track do full justice to it. Make sure that it does look like some auditions for Mrs.India contest. What is the point in getting a big room and shooting some video with some pathetic extras. That didn't gel well with me. Pick any track as long as you do justification to it. Take for example the AR photo shoot. It had only one model who was doing the photo shoot but still you got the feel that it was a photo shoot for a calendar going on. Honestly I didn't feel that yesterday. Felt more like the actors had some scenes written out and they came and acted.

For PH, if you showing a business tycoon show him like that - example the opening shot of ASR getting down the helicopter. Now do we see that kind of shots. Nope. If want Khushi to be a contestant on Mrs.India contest do show that. Make her groomed and well deserved. You give your leads some rainbow colors and just show the other people bitching about her - What do you want to show ? I am confused. Where is standing up here ? Where did making my identity gone?

PH - Want to go this track. Fine. Give a strong Khushi or else it is just pathetic and would be hard to swallow.

Regarding the offscreen drama - Maybe/May not be true. But the way the PH degraded the viewers intelligence with their forum32 outbursts I have no trust in them that they would honor the actors who toiled to make their show a huge success. Sanaya might have come out in strong support of Gul because she can't go anywhere. Even Barun who was unceremoniously dropped choose to not fight back because it would harm his career. Sanaya knows she needs to stick around for another 2 more months so no point in washing the dirty linen. If the PH and Gul were really not the ones who did wrong doings then a simple press conference regarding this issue would clear lot of perceptions in viewer's mind. The thing that PH is doing everything except the one that will exonerate them is making me believe they are in the fault party. Even Barun/Sanaya came out and no matter how harsh it might have been, they supported the PH and stood by their statements. Why the PH is not coming in open then.

I am done giving chances to the PH. IPK will be my last show from them and then I will never venture into any of the shows that are produced by these people.

-Sarada

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JayaNovember 20, 2012 at 9:00 AM
episode review:
arnav wants khushi to head his fashion show team.. it will be "her baby". why ASR? you're not sticking around enough to give her a real baby? ohh i get it, you are a shatir dimaag.. no need to deal with pregnancy hormones or baby-induced insomnia.. you gave her a grown up son (instant family) and a project as a baby.. (applause)

khushi does not like that she is given perks as the boss's wife.. she wants her own name. (did you notice how the "Mrs india" scenes have swallowed up the singh raizada part?) so KKG is going to participate in the contest. halla bol. full behenji style. whats wrong with that?

forget for a moment that the sets are not what they are. imagine the platform of the actual Mrs India auditions. (yes, TV and Youtube forget nothing) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1eBTHZMvWw
(yes sarada, the first photoshoot actually looked like a photoshoot.. not expecting that to happen now)

the contestant-wannabes are waiting, this girl in her anarkali and everyone else in western wear. (forget the fact that they all have sindoor to prove that they actually have the MRS degree) there is gonna be the hifi-vs-behenji dialogues, that is a given in IPK.. every time ... dont know their fixation with that particular dirty dialogue, but well.
yeah, khushi is middle class.. but a lot of the other girls there looked middle class too.. care to elaborate on that?

the judges.. one ex model(instantly reminded me of Cathy Morningside in miss congeniality) and a current 'too cool' model. one applicant gets rejected for having a passion for fashion, another gets rejected for not having a passion for fashion. as they go in the next, next, next mode, i am struck by how pretty the anchor looks. and khushi is shown through the soft focus lens, all dewey beauty.

while the general feel of the old AR office is recreated, we suddenly hear the gusht of wind. vo aagaye? (insert ASR music) i'm anticipating the freshened arnav(because that's why he went home for the second time in the day) and phisss ey lo! look what the cat dragged in!!! bwoy, go get a cut n shave, or they wont let you in... the swagger and dripping gel is not enough to go into esteemed halls where girls are being chewed raw and spit out! (ugh. my pet peeve.. multimillionaires can walk whichever way they please! )

and the judge who hated khushi on first look has already dismissed her (as she started a ramble about "amma kehti hain.." girl, can you be more behenji than that?)

looking around a the actual Mrs India competition, i am heartened..
http://www.gladrags.in/mrsindia_2012_bengaluru.php
http://www.gladrags.in/mrsindia_2012_finale_north.php

so maybe khushi can win it... but if Mr Raizada is a co-host, it disqualifies Mrs Raizada's entry, right?
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JayaNovember 20, 2012 at 9:44 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx08X7EAmEQ
(sigh) (hayeeee) (awwwwwww)
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RekhaNovember 20, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Read all the comments above.....didn't know the space where the comment i am about to make belongs to...becos its not a response to any post just a bit of rambling

1) The point of Character being greater than the actor in a story is a very important one and IPK was the ideal story to drive home the point...but i use the past tense here becos the story teller and the medium (whatever may be the compulsions) surrendered the advantage to the actor thus making the actor as important as the character if not bigger by NOT telling the character's tale when there was the opportunity...

So a lay viewer like me ( less than a passionate fan but more than a disinterested viewer) has gone on to believe that BArun is ASR and ASR is Barun...well heck? how did that happen...becos when the channel and Ph were mucking around with the storyline, i was impatiently waiting for a ray of hope that i might see the actual story peeping thru...but in the process i remain impressed with whatever these two actors namely SARUN put up on screen....so much so that they went on to have a vice-like grip on my heart and today i cannot accept any other actor romancing Khushi....if is silly,i know i am not the cause for this silliness....

Secondly becos it is hypothetical, i don't know if my feelings would have been the same if Barun was replaced in Feb this year and the Ph had gone on to tell their story...in the way they apparently wanted. If i were to conjecture, i would have been upset to see BS go but the story would have kept me in thrall!! such was the power in the narrative!!

However, since its a lot of water under Thames, i am not sure if my feelings will remain the same if the real story is now going to unfold ...why? becos i am a viewer whose patience has suddenly run out and the maker would have to work to get back my attention(this is a rhetorical point becos no one cares if i get my story or not or whether I watch IPk or not)...just a point that i wanted to make on how timing is of essence in these matters.

Obviously we are all different types of viewers, we will watch for different things...but the only common thread, if i carefully see one in the IPK experience is that of a different sensibility of audience that a marketer can tap and use as a sounding board for future experiments,ofc that is, if they care...

1) Even if BS was available, IPK could not have gone on for ever...how long can a love story be on screen before it genuinely runs the course...1 year...ok make it 2 years...unless u want it to be IPK turned YRKKH.....
so the lessons for the channel would be
a) what are the various rev models that they can tap into
b) what is the captive audience that they stumbled upon in the IPK exp and what they can do to get more mileage a
and such other things....

If this audience matters,(now, i am having doubts abt it too) their modes of engagement with this audience has been strange in the current fiasco.....
one official statement and what does Suzzana Ghai say...."the character is bigger than the actor" is that the point of debate in the first place?...time will tell...until then it is power to the remote....freedom of choice....

All the best to Barun...was thoroughly entertained by him when he was on screen, whether looking his best or his worst....*wink*
I am happy that his next outing is going to be diff from the ASR character...nothing like staying away from being typecast...
I called him a destiny's child becos of the extremes of adulation and abuse that he has received in a short while..being tested even while being blessed...a paradox only a few are subject to....
seems to need a bit of help to manage his off-screen avatar...but nothing that experience and time in the limelight can't teach him....So, BS..go get it...
All the best god bless!!
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AyeshaNovember 20, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Rekha,
Loved your post! I have stopped watching the show completely. In my view, the story has already been told. The remarriage of the leads was a closure of the story that Gul Khan and co. intended to tell all along. The fact that they could not tell the story their is another issue. I am no longer bothered about the fate of the show now. If it is able to last for some more time, well and good, and if not then I hope they wrap it up on as high note. Whichever way they choose to do it I think the CVs know better. I have no problem with Barun Sobti leaving the show now, I just feel he should have done it way back in February and another guy could have portrayed the character of Arnav Singh Raizada. It would have been an issue then also but maybe the audience would have accepted the other actor with time. But to think of someone else as Arnav Singh Raizada now is unthinkable! Even then, if the CVs have not rushed the past track I would have still been watching the show with/without Barun Sobti. That was the sole reason I stuck to watching the show through the bad phase. But as of now, I feel there is no more reason to keep watching the show. Of course, I've had a great time watching the show for thae past year or so. It will always be one of the love stories that I shall cherish (another being DDLJ). Hats off to Gul Khan and co. for the beautiful story and hats off to Barun Sobti and Sanaya Irani for the beautiful portrayal!
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AyeshaNovember 20, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Jaya,
Is it so? Maybe it has been done intentionally to as to make the other actor more appealing! hahaha....Well I have not seen him for so long so I have no idea.
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