Monday 27th Jan
Rudra - the destroyer. Roaring fire, his third eye if opened, will consume everything in its path.
Paro - gentle rain. She calms the roaring fire, quenches the mighty flames and soothes the raging storm.
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He brings her to his home, his sanctum, the place of his childhood, the place he was happy, the place he lost his happiness ...
His sole mission ... to keep her safe ...
Kaki-Maasi furious ...
Kakasa happy to see him back ... for him, Rudra is beta
For Rudra, Kaka is Constable ...
And the division of the house is done ... the boundaries are drawn ...
Rudra came equipped with all the essentials to demarcate his territory ... and does it pretty darn quick too!
Kaaki even more furious at her husband's tender heart ... she has trained her own sons better ... they will get rid of the interloper. So she thinks.
Paro wakes up ... to find herself in a dark world ... her only comfort, her mangalsutra ... false comfort, if she but knew ...
She explores her jail ... some girlie pictures ...
And a name scrawled on the wall ... Rudra ... the name of her lord, Shiva ...
Does the sight of the name ring a bell for Paro? Not long back, she complained to Lord Shiva that her intended husband did not have His name ...
Rudra forages for essentials for his captive ... he brought the rope and curtains and nails and other paraphernalia, but forgot the basics ... food. So like a man!
Rudra returns to the safe room ... starts opening the boxes and exploring the spoils of war ... pitifully little ... some nuts, some sweet pickle ... which might be spicy, he warns Paro ... and some ... atta.
Maybe he brought the wrong box.
She looks at him, at the flour spattered over his face ... she wants to say something ...
He sees her looking at him as though she wants to say something ... she looks away.
He checks his face in a make shift mirror ... looks at her again ... so that's what she wanted to say ...
Cleans, preens his mooch ... all okay now ...
Silent conversation ... the eyes said it all ...
Presentable again, he offers the last item ... water .. in case she feels thirsty. He's done his best under the circumstances.
Emboldened by the first normal tone she's heard him use, she plucks up the courage to ask ... 'where am I?'
Where she's safe ... where no one can reach her ... and where she can reach no one.
He's going out for the night ... gentlemanly behaviour from him ... she will stay locked in, out of earshot of anyone, so no need to scream ...
But she's safe, no need to worry.
Rudra's concern keeps peeping out, no matter how hard he tries to smother it.
He makes to leave ... her voice stops him ...
'Rudra.'
Just one word ... he stops in his tracks.
Did it feel like the first time he had heard his name? In that soft, hesitant, sweet voice ... no hate, no hurt in it ... just his name.
'That is your name, isn't it? It's the name of Lord Shiva.'
He knows. Big deal.
'Rudra. The destroyer.'
His face doesn't change ... doesn't betray the hurt ... he's heard it all before. That's what she thinks of him.
The soft voice continues.
'Destroyer ... of evil.'
Parvati sees the god in Shiva, through the burning anger, through the strange exterior, through the matted locks and ash smeared chest ... she sees the Lord Shiva, destroyer of evil.
Paro wants to see that too ... she wants to see the good in this harsh man, who has been nothing but hard and cruel to her ... but there has to be some goodness in him.
But he's shown her all the goodness he's capable of ... the sparse food, the jug of water, the fact that she's still alive ...
Paro is not done yet ... you say you fight for freedom, what about my freedom ... you say you kill traitors, but you have killed my loved ones ...
Rudra's anger, never very far from the surface, rises again ... they were traitors ... they deserved to die.
So he wants to kill her too, doesn't he?
He stares at her incredulously ... she thinks that?
Well, let her think so ... he will kill them all, if they betray his country.
She doesn't believe him. Her people are not traitors. Her husband was not a traitor.
His fury rises again as he sees her clutching her mangalsutra ... why does she hold on to that worthless thing? To the memory of a worthless man, who would have killed her?
And maybe fury because it reminds him that she once belonged to another man, however briefly.
She tells him to stop ... he says she started it ... but stop he does.
She's had enough ... he controls her life, but he will not control her death ...
No ... she cannot kill herself, he won't allow that ... he is Rudra, the destroyer ... if his Paro is hurt, he will destroy the world ...
Kaka tries to stop Rudra ... take this house, it's yours ...
Mohini kaaki was NOT happy at that one!
Rudra lays down more orders ... no more workers, the division stays.
Mohini kaaki hits him where it hurts ... he is like his mother ... selfish, grasping ... hiding his eyes won't hide whose son he is.
Mohini kaaki waits impatiently for her sons to return ... while Paro tries to shout for help ... not knowing if anyone else is even there in the house that is her prison.
Tomorrow ... more action! The cousin brothers return ... and one is as hot headed as Rudra!
Rudra - the destroyer. Roaring fire, his third eye if opened, will consume everything in its path.
Paro - gentle rain. She calms the roaring fire, quenches the mighty flames and soothes the raging storm.
*edit*
He brings her to his home, his sanctum, the place of his childhood, the place he was happy, the place he lost his happiness ...
His sole mission ... to keep her safe ...
Kaki-Maasi furious ...
Kakasa happy to see him back ... for him, Rudra is beta
For Rudra, Kaka is Constable ...
And the division of the house is done ... the boundaries are drawn ...
Rudra came equipped with all the essentials to demarcate his territory ... and does it pretty darn quick too!
Kaaki even more furious at her husband's tender heart ... she has trained her own sons better ... they will get rid of the interloper. So she thinks.
Paro wakes up ... to find herself in a dark world ... her only comfort, her mangalsutra ... false comfort, if she but knew ...
She explores her jail ... some girlie pictures ...
And a name scrawled on the wall ... Rudra ... the name of her lord, Shiva ...
Does the sight of the name ring a bell for Paro? Not long back, she complained to Lord Shiva that her intended husband did not have His name ...
Rudra forages for essentials for his captive ... he brought the rope and curtains and nails and other paraphernalia, but forgot the basics ... food. So like a man!
Rudra returns to the safe room ... starts opening the boxes and exploring the spoils of war ... pitifully little ... some nuts, some sweet pickle ... which might be spicy, he warns Paro ... and some ... atta.
Maybe he brought the wrong box.
She looks at him, at the flour spattered over his face ... she wants to say something ...
He sees her looking at him as though she wants to say something ... she looks away.
He checks his face in a make shift mirror ... looks at her again ... so that's what she wanted to say ...
Cleans, preens his mooch ... all okay now ...
Silent conversation ... the eyes said it all ...
Presentable again, he offers the last item ... water .. in case she feels thirsty. He's done his best under the circumstances.
Emboldened by the first normal tone she's heard him use, she plucks up the courage to ask ... 'where am I?'
Where she's safe ... where no one can reach her ... and where she can reach no one.
He's going out for the night ... gentlemanly behaviour from him ... she will stay locked in, out of earshot of anyone, so no need to scream ...
But she's safe, no need to worry.
Rudra's concern keeps peeping out, no matter how hard he tries to smother it.
He makes to leave ... her voice stops him ...
'Rudra.'
Just one word ... he stops in his tracks.
Did it feel like the first time he had heard his name? In that soft, hesitant, sweet voice ... no hate, no hurt in it ... just his name.
'That is your name, isn't it? It's the name of Lord Shiva.'
He knows. Big deal.
'Rudra. The destroyer.'
His face doesn't change ... doesn't betray the hurt ... he's heard it all before. That's what she thinks of him.
The soft voice continues.
'Destroyer ... of evil.'
Parvati sees the god in Shiva, through the burning anger, through the strange exterior, through the matted locks and ash smeared chest ... she sees the Lord Shiva, destroyer of evil.
Paro wants to see that too ... she wants to see the good in this harsh man, who has been nothing but hard and cruel to her ... but there has to be some goodness in him.
But he's shown her all the goodness he's capable of ... the sparse food, the jug of water, the fact that she's still alive ...
Paro is not done yet ... you say you fight for freedom, what about my freedom ... you say you kill traitors, but you have killed my loved ones ...
Rudra's anger, never very far from the surface, rises again ... they were traitors ... they deserved to die.
So he wants to kill her too, doesn't he?
He stares at her incredulously ... she thinks that?
Well, let her think so ... he will kill them all, if they betray his country.
She doesn't believe him. Her people are not traitors. Her husband was not a traitor.
His fury rises again as he sees her clutching her mangalsutra ... why does she hold on to that worthless thing? To the memory of a worthless man, who would have killed her?
And maybe fury because it reminds him that she once belonged to another man, however briefly.
She tells him to stop ... he says she started it ... but stop he does.
She's had enough ... he controls her life, but he will not control her death ...
No ... she cannot kill herself, he won't allow that ... he is Rudra, the destroyer ... if his Paro is hurt, he will destroy the world ...
Kaka tries to stop Rudra ... take this house, it's yours ...
Mohini kaaki was NOT happy at that one!
Rudra lays down more orders ... no more workers, the division stays.
Mohini kaaki hits him where it hurts ... he is like his mother ... selfish, grasping ... hiding his eyes won't hide whose son he is.
Mohini kaaki waits impatiently for her sons to return ... while Paro tries to shout for help ... not knowing if anyone else is even there in the house that is her prison.
Tomorrow ... more action! The cousin brothers return ... and one is as hot headed as Rudra!
Great episode!!! The PaRud scene was The Scene of the Day ... fabulous performances by both actors ... the raging fire in Rudra, the gentle softness of Paro ... the softness today did not hide the resilience of the girl, bending time and again under the blows being dealt to her ... yet she is not broken, not by a long way. Sanaya's subtle underplaying of emotions, the soft determination in her voice were a perfect counterfoil to the raging fury of Ashish's Rudra.
Dia, waiting for your take both here and on IF. I loved today's epi. First real face-off between Rudra and Paro. The scene was beautifully done. Both actors aced their scenes. I loved how they showed Rudra reacting to being addressed by name. Made him look human. The atta scene was beautifully done too. The subconscious need to clean up. The precap had me shuddering. Looks like Sumer will be the kabab mein haddi. He has that evil/badass/lecherous look!
ReplyDeleteUpdated. It was a fab episode ... the PaRud scene was just beautiful! So much depth, brought to beautiful, pulsating life by the actors.
DeleteDia yet again a beautiful take. I like the way you write in short sentences. One incident followed by your comment. Your take is as fab as the episode...Agree with you PaRud scene was beautiful, credit goes to all, especially the leads. I like their dialogues too.So he has brought her not only to his house, to his room to be specific. We will get more such interactions...Looking forward to the other family members entry.
ReplyDeleteLakshmi, it was such a beautiful episode.
DeleteRudra - a house he left 17 years ago, a house that was the scene of his happiest moments, and then his saddest ... today he comes back to it only for Paro.
Paro - she sees the name on the wall, she thinks it through and realises this has to belong to the man who has brought her here.
The tone in which she said his name ... would have melted a lesser man into a puddle at her feet. Rudra stayed standing, but he was noticeably moved ... for the first time, a woman tries to see the good in him ... the good, the softness he has hidden away for so many years ... she tries to reach out to the man underneath the hard shell. And when she fails, she confronts him, blackmails him ... threatens him ... if he doesn't let her go, she can go to the extent of killing herself.
But he won't let her do that.
Love the Paro Rudra interactions ... hope we get lots more of them. Both the actors are brilliant in their roles.
I wonder how the entry of the bad cousin is going to upset the current equation! Lots of interesting things to come ... the story is slowly and surely picking up pace.
Yeah Dia!! the story is picking up and shaping well. RR has a wonderful cast.All characters are perfect so far.
DeleteAdding some very cute segments
ReplyDeleteAshish talking about Sanaya - Sanaya is a Big Mastikhor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOfDxyTknM
SBS link
http://desitvforum.net/tv-shows/rudra-ne-apne-haathon-se-khilaya-paaro-ko-khana-rang-rasiya/
SBB link
http://desitvforum.net/tv-shows/rudra-ko-hai-paaro-se-sachhi-mohabbat-rang-rasiya/
Sanaya and Ashish talk about their experience shooting in Rajasthan
http://www.india-forums.com/tv-show/1003/rangrasiya/video/310479-sanaya-and-ashish-talk-about-their-experience-of-shooting-in-ra.htm