Wednesday 29th Jan
Not a bride ... only a witness.
Rudra clears any confusion his father might be labouring under right away. And appoints him guard.
Dilsher tells Paro his son is mad. And he's not being no guard.
Rudra wonders when Dilsher started getting affected by a woman's tears. And advises him not to bother.
Paro is shocked to know Dilsher is Rudra's father ... Rudra is back to jallad again. Rudra does not like her taunts.
Kaaka kaaki sa and family prepare to camp out in the courtyard ... to keep an eye on Rudra? Didn't really work, they were all fast asleep.
Mohini has a big problem with her DIL ... another mystery to unfold. Liked the way Samrat silently comforts his wife ... the silent reassurance, the holding hands ...
Paro baisa is not giving up so easily ... she tries to get the curtains loose ... and hurts herself in the process.
Rudra's anger when he sees her escape attempt ... gone with the wind when he sees her hurt bleeding hand. He binds her hand ever so gently ... while Paro stares at the change ... the anger gone, only the caring left. Maybe that emboldened her to speak out again.
Paro's defiance ... even when held by brute force, her back against a wall, she can defy the man, tell him that she will never stop trying to escape ... after all, what can he do to her that he hasn't already done? What does she have to lose? And she won't eat, thank you very much.
Maybe it was that defiance that decided Rudra to change his tactics ... browbeating her, scaring her, keeping her captive hadn't worked ... time for some trickery and deceit. Maybe he belatedly remembered his CO's words ... sympathy might work where force doesn't.
So he tries ... he really does. He tells her she's free to go, if she eats her food. He even feeds her with his own hands, when her bandage prevents her from breaking the burnt roti ...
She doesn't believe him. He promises ... 12 o'clock. One more hour. And watches as Paro stares fixedly, desperately at the clock, as though willing it to move faster ... watches as she eats absently the food that he puts in her mouth, her eyes not moving from that clock ...
And he keeps his promise. At 12, the door opens, he escorts Paro out ... stopping as Mohini stirs, moving again to hold Paro's wrists, to stop the clinking of the glass bangles ... holds her wrists as naturally as though he does it every day, has the right to hold her ... while Paro stares at her wrists held captive ...
Throws a shawl around her as naturally, holds her hand to put money as naturally ... and he lets her go.
Paro leaves nervously, looking back as though to check he's not following her ... not yet ready to believe its true, that she really is free ...
Of course it's not true ... Rudra-sa is following her all the way to Birpur. With Aman as back up.
But Paro baisa isn't as innocent and naive as she looks ... and mirrors are handy embellishments on one's clothes ... more than simply decoration.
Not a bride ... only a witness.
Rudra clears any confusion his father might be labouring under right away. And appoints him guard.
Dilsher tells Paro his son is mad. And he's not being no guard.
Rudra wonders when Dilsher started getting affected by a woman's tears. And advises him not to bother.
Paro is shocked to know Dilsher is Rudra's father ... Rudra is back to jallad again. Rudra does not like her taunts.
Kaaka kaaki sa and family prepare to camp out in the courtyard ... to keep an eye on Rudra? Didn't really work, they were all fast asleep.
Mohini has a big problem with her DIL ... another mystery to unfold. Liked the way Samrat silently comforts his wife ... the silent reassurance, the holding hands ...
Paro baisa is not giving up so easily ... she tries to get the curtains loose ... and hurts herself in the process.
Rudra's anger when he sees her escape attempt ... gone with the wind when he sees her hurt bleeding hand. He binds her hand ever so gently ... while Paro stares at the change ... the anger gone, only the caring left. Maybe that emboldened her to speak out again.
Paro's defiance ... even when held by brute force, her back against a wall, she can defy the man, tell him that she will never stop trying to escape ... after all, what can he do to her that he hasn't already done? What does she have to lose? And she won't eat, thank you very much.
Maybe it was that defiance that decided Rudra to change his tactics ... browbeating her, scaring her, keeping her captive hadn't worked ... time for some trickery and deceit. Maybe he belatedly remembered his CO's words ... sympathy might work where force doesn't.
So he tries ... he really does. He tells her she's free to go, if she eats her food. He even feeds her with his own hands, when her bandage prevents her from breaking the burnt roti ...
She doesn't believe him. He promises ... 12 o'clock. One more hour. And watches as Paro stares fixedly, desperately at the clock, as though willing it to move faster ... watches as she eats absently the food that he puts in her mouth, her eyes not moving from that clock ...
And he keeps his promise. At 12, the door opens, he escorts Paro out ... stopping as Mohini stirs, moving again to hold Paro's wrists, to stop the clinking of the glass bangles ... holds her wrists as naturally as though he does it every day, has the right to hold her ... while Paro stares at her wrists held captive ...
Throws a shawl around her as naturally, holds her hand to put money as naturally ... and he lets her go.
Paro leaves nervously, looking back as though to check he's not following her ... not yet ready to believe its true, that she really is free ...
Of course it's not true ... Rudra-sa is following her all the way to Birpur. With Aman as back up.
But Paro baisa isn't as innocent and naive as she looks ... and mirrors are handy embellishments on one's clothes ... more than simply decoration.
"And mirrors are handy embellishments" ..... Another mystery solved - now we know why Paro has not had a change of clothes in the mythical 48 odd hours or so!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update Dia.
Hehe ... I thought the bridal clothes were to perpetuate an MU that Paro is Rudra's bride ... but they are actually her secret weapon. :)))
DeleteLogically makes sense ... the last thing Rudra is going to bother about is new clothes for his witness.
Today's epi had me scratching my head. It was beautifully done no doubt but could not reconcile the almost juvenile stalking efforts by Rudra and Aman. Given all that macho buildup about BSD and coolness quotient, the mid night sending off a girl by herself to the bus-stand and amateurish following her seemed too weird! Almost like they wanted her to realize they were following her. Which of course makes no sense. BTW wasn't mamisa sent to Jaipur by Thakursa?
ReplyDeleteNope, maamisa was supposed to go to Jaipur and wait for Paro, but the news of Paro's death came in, so she didn't go after all. I guess Paro's 'death' saved maamisa, otherwise the thakur might have bumped her off if she started getting too worried about Paro being in the custody of the BSD.
DeleteYes, I'm also wondering about this new plan of Rudra's ... it seemed to come out of the blue. He hadn't made much attempt to get her to talk or anything, that he suddenly gave up ... and anyone would have gotten suspicious about being sent off in the dead of night. A genuine release would have been done in the morning ... sending a girl alone at midnight, when it would be easiest to follow her, she wouldn't get lost in the crowds, made sense from Rudra's POV, but it wasn't very believable from Paro's POV. No wonder she got suspicious so quickly.