Tuesday 9th July
Umaben is in trouble ... her throne is shaking. The carefully preserved kingdom, with its rigid rules and regulations, all meant to snuff out any hint of rebellion even before it arises, is shuddering ... its foundation is under attack. All by a slip of a young girl, who cheerfully and blithely refuses to follow any rules whatsoever, and is impossible to crush, because she takes permission before breaking the rules .. but break the rules she does ... and with impunity!
Umaben hears about the ChhanMan terrace escapade from Manthan ... so that's how Chhanchhan coaxed her Manav out of his bad mood.
And before Umaben can formulate any further plans ... or if she did, before she can begin to put any plans into action, Chhanchhan strikes again. Her dog is sick ... so she has to bring him home and nurse him back to health.
Manav is a little doubtful ... make that very doubtful ... but Chhanchhan is adamant ... her baby needs her. And she'll ask Mummyji's permission, of course she will. Mummyji never refuses her anything. Their happiness means everything to her.
Manav looked very doubtful at that one ...
Mummyji grits her teeth wondering how the hell she can refuse Chhanchhan this one, without antagonising Manav, who is standing there listening to every word, and without breaking the facade of wonderful doting saas ... she comes to the inescapable conclusion that she can't ... not when Chhanchhan asks permission with so much confidence that Umaben will not refuse ... refutes her every argument about dogs, animals and seva ... and when Manav doesn't even allow his wife to go to her maayka for a few days to nurse the wretched dog. So dog has to come here.
besides, Umaben remembers the chaos Puch Puch created in five minutes of grihapravesh ... how much more chaos he will create in a few days. This might work in her favour after all.
Chhanchhan is ecstatic with the permission ... Umaben is disgusted with Chhanchhan's expression of ecstacy!
A quick visit to the maayka, where Chhanchhan is far more worried about Puch Puch than about the human inhabitants ... well, she's been meeting them or talking to them almost every day since she got married ... understandable! Especially for dog-lovers!
Madhur milan of Puch Puch and Chhanchhan ... family is shocked that Chhanchhan has been allowed to bring Puch Puch back ...
BS house ... CC arrives with PP, much to delight of kids ... but Umaben bans PP from living inside the house, much to Chhanchhan's distress.
This round to Umaben ... Chhanchhan agrees after some attempts to persuade Umaben otherwise. Manthan is happy too ... he would be banished to the sofa if PP was inside! Umaben fires from Babuji's shoulder again ... and Chhanchhan takes Puch Puch outside ...
Of course the kids are very happy with Puch Puch ... so is Mansi.
Three stooges with Umaben ... poor Umaben's throne is shaking madly. Sanjana busy making sheera for Puch Puch ... after all, he is a guest! Umaben nearly loses it ... and I don't blame her! Hilarious scene! Ranjana adds to her fury ... the kids like the dog.
Babuji really doesn't like dogs ... Umaben hears him berating an employee about keeping a dog and getting bitten, and purposely refrains from telling him anything ...
Manav returns with a doghouse for Puch Puch ... and Chhanchhan is delighted. Just the thing!
Babuji and sons return ... and Umaben starts to fan some flames ... non-veg smell in pakoras ... what a way to break the news to Babuji that there is a dog in the house.
precap is very interesting ... am sure Umaben will slide out of the situation, though.
Umaben is in trouble ... her throne is shaking. The carefully preserved kingdom, with its rigid rules and regulations, all meant to snuff out any hint of rebellion even before it arises, is shuddering ... its foundation is under attack. All by a slip of a young girl, who cheerfully and blithely refuses to follow any rules whatsoever, and is impossible to crush, because she takes permission before breaking the rules .. but break the rules she does ... and with impunity!
Umaben hears about the ChhanMan terrace escapade from Manthan ... so that's how Chhanchhan coaxed her Manav out of his bad mood.
And before Umaben can formulate any further plans ... or if she did, before she can begin to put any plans into action, Chhanchhan strikes again. Her dog is sick ... so she has to bring him home and nurse him back to health.
Manav is a little doubtful ... make that very doubtful ... but Chhanchhan is adamant ... her baby needs her. And she'll ask Mummyji's permission, of course she will. Mummyji never refuses her anything. Their happiness means everything to her.
Manav looked very doubtful at that one ...
Mummyji grits her teeth wondering how the hell she can refuse Chhanchhan this one, without antagonising Manav, who is standing there listening to every word, and without breaking the facade of wonderful doting saas ... she comes to the inescapable conclusion that she can't ... not when Chhanchhan asks permission with so much confidence that Umaben will not refuse ... refutes her every argument about dogs, animals and seva ... and when Manav doesn't even allow his wife to go to her maayka for a few days to nurse the wretched dog. So dog has to come here.
besides, Umaben remembers the chaos Puch Puch created in five minutes of grihapravesh ... how much more chaos he will create in a few days. This might work in her favour after all.
Chhanchhan is ecstatic with the permission ... Umaben is disgusted with Chhanchhan's expression of ecstacy!
A quick visit to the maayka, where Chhanchhan is far more worried about Puch Puch than about the human inhabitants ... well, she's been meeting them or talking to them almost every day since she got married ... understandable! Especially for dog-lovers!
Madhur milan of Puch Puch and Chhanchhan ... family is shocked that Chhanchhan has been allowed to bring Puch Puch back ...
BS house ... CC arrives with PP, much to delight of kids ... but Umaben bans PP from living inside the house, much to Chhanchhan's distress.
This round to Umaben ... Chhanchhan agrees after some attempts to persuade Umaben otherwise. Manthan is happy too ... he would be banished to the sofa if PP was inside! Umaben fires from Babuji's shoulder again ... and Chhanchhan takes Puch Puch outside ...
Of course the kids are very happy with Puch Puch ... so is Mansi.
Three stooges with Umaben ... poor Umaben's throne is shaking madly. Sanjana busy making sheera for Puch Puch ... after all, he is a guest! Umaben nearly loses it ... and I don't blame her! Hilarious scene! Ranjana adds to her fury ... the kids like the dog.
Babuji really doesn't like dogs ... Umaben hears him berating an employee about keeping a dog and getting bitten, and purposely refrains from telling him anything ...
Manav returns with a doghouse for Puch Puch ... and Chhanchhan is delighted. Just the thing!
Babuji and sons return ... and Umaben starts to fan some flames ... non-veg smell in pakoras ... what a way to break the news to Babuji that there is a dog in the house.
precap is very interesting ... am sure Umaben will slide out of the situation, though.
Another good episode.
ReplyDeleteThings which I liked:
1. Puch Puch is back.
2. Manav continues to see his mother putting down his wife and his support for Chhanchhan.
3. Today for the second time Babuji did not trust Manthan with office work, and Manthan's disappointment with that.
4. Children's interaction with Puch Puch and Chhanchhan, very natural and endearing.
5. Sarabhai family scene was nice.
Pretty sure UB will cover her tracks tomorrow and Chhanchhan will not suspect anything. Sanaya looked gorgeous in blue night dress.
The execution and storytelling has really improved. Waiting for Dadaji and the other lady to arrive and stir things up. Dia, have you seen these actors perform before? How are they?
Things look interesting.
-U
Uma,
DeleteI forgot to mention Manthan in my post ... that was another interesting bit. The cv's are building up a lot of tracks, I hope the show picks up enough steam that it stays on air long enough to deal with them, because they are genuinely interesting. Also noticed that Manav was sitting with his laptop, while the other three brothers are the paper pencil types ... we were having a discussion on the forum that in the PH's previous show, they did show the work side of the hero's life too ... Here it would be interesting if they showed Manav in conflict with his dad and brothers about modernising their work practices too.
I felt Manav has increased his watchfulness ... he made sure to go with CC to ask for permission, and if he had not, CC would not have got it ... because UB was firm in her refusal, and tried to send CC off to her maayka ... quite a reasonable way of dealing with the situation for a person who does not like dogs in her house ... only Manav put paid to that because he couldn't bear for CC to leave even for a few days. And it was only when he added his plea that U relented.
Again he saw UB's change of mind ... earlier she said Puchpuch can stay in CC's room ... later she changed her mind, CC was upset but did not protest. Manav saw her upset, saw the rags given for Puchpuch to sleep on, and got a doghouse ... that was very sweet.
I also agree ... CC will not suspect anything, UB will cover it up with her honey sweetness. Sanaya looked gorgeous ... is there any color in which she does NOT look gorgeous?!
I've seen the girl ... she was in SGP, Suhana's sister ... she is not bad. Not great, but decent. I haven't seen the Dadaji, but he was in SBS, so he should be good too ... all their actors are decent.
I'm looking forward to both the entries - this show now seems to be taking shape into what was promised ... good light-hearted entertainment ... what makes Umaben funny rather than evil, is her compulsion to be good outwardly to CC, which ends up sinking all her own plans.
And it's nice to see the changes coming into the BS household through reasoning, discussion and with CC taking full permission, doing everything openly and truthfully, and making her own compromises ... as well as Babuji meeting her halfway ... there is a lesson there for both generations ...
Uma,
ReplyDeleteAdded a point to our Monday discussion on IPK2 ... check it out and tell me what you feel.