Wednesday 9th April
Rudra hauled up at BSD HQ ... stripped off his medals, his title, his badge ... the end of the life he knows and loves.
As Paro adorns herself with his mother's saree, her ornaments ... and dresses up as a bride. What promises to be the start of a new life ... or so she hopes.
Oh, the irony!
Watched the Mahabharat episode today ... Draupai vastraharan, a woman being stripped in the middle of a public hall, as her husbands watch.
Then watched Rangrasiya ... a man being stripped of his honour, his pride ... in the midst of his colleagues, his seniors.
While Paro, unconscious and oblivious to the upcoming storm, gets ready to face a new life, a new hope ... hope given to her by Dilsher, the man who knows Rudra best.
Rudra did try to justify himself ... but what could he say that could possibly justify that picture? Paro was a girl supposed to be under BSD protection, under his protection ... how could matters reach such a point, what was he doing to allow that? No matter how he claimed he didn't force her to stand like that, that it was her choice ... the picture was too damning. Coupled with Paro's recent public proposal at the medal ceremony, the marriage events before that, the public jhaanki, the all too visible wedding preparations ... however much he argued they were all for the 'mission', the fact remained that he had taken advantage of a barely literate village girl for his own ends, and her change of heart was the result. A change of heart he had tried to deny, but she refused to listen. And now he is being held responsible for the mess .. he has to sort it out. And till he does so, he loses his rank, his honour, his pride .. his job ... the very reason he has for living.
Just for that, Rudra needs to lose his job ... to learn that jobs don't make a life. People do.
So Rudra does what he normally does in times of stress ... something he has learned from his father? He gets drunk.
And in his drunken stupor, Paro assumes the burden of responsibility for every wrong that has befallen him ever since she entered his life ... all he did was to save her at every turn ... from the goons, from her fake husband and fake marriage ... and what did she do in return? Stripped him of everything he holds dear in life ... which come to think of it, is just ... his work.
Rudra always had the tendency to feel sorry for himself ... alcohol seems to compound the tendency!
So he returns home, roaring drunk ... where Sumer and Mohini and Sunehri are quibbling over a favorite chair ... and Paro is trying out her new clothes ... worst possible timing for Paro to do that!
She looked beautiful in the red saree, though ...
And he proceeds to list out a litany of her sins ... ever since she entered his life, he has lost everything ...
Rudra banna, whose idea was it to force Paro into marriage as blackmail for her to sign the papers? And to make the wedding rituals as public as possible? And offer Sumer money to marry her, an offer she refused, thereby making himself an enemy in Sumer? And tell her to stand outside the house till he called her in? And then forget about her, till she got soaked, giving Sumer ample opportunity to take pictures and leak them?
And since Paro has caused his loss ... or rather, her zidd to marry him has caused it ... he will fulfill her zidd ... he will marry her right away. To get his job back. That's all. Of course. Because his job is all that is good about him ... all that he's worth.
So a home made wedding ... a masala crushing urn is the havan kund, the colorful flying dupattas are the havan samagri, and Mohini's favorite chair is the firewood.
And the vows are Rudra's version ... but that will have to wait for tomorrow.
Rudra hauled up at BSD HQ ... stripped off his medals, his title, his badge ... the end of the life he knows and loves.
As Paro adorns herself with his mother's saree, her ornaments ... and dresses up as a bride. What promises to be the start of a new life ... or so she hopes.
Oh, the irony!
Watched the Mahabharat episode today ... Draupai vastraharan, a woman being stripped in the middle of a public hall, as her husbands watch.
Then watched Rangrasiya ... a man being stripped of his honour, his pride ... in the midst of his colleagues, his seniors.
While Paro, unconscious and oblivious to the upcoming storm, gets ready to face a new life, a new hope ... hope given to her by Dilsher, the man who knows Rudra best.
Rudra did try to justify himself ... but what could he say that could possibly justify that picture? Paro was a girl supposed to be under BSD protection, under his protection ... how could matters reach such a point, what was he doing to allow that? No matter how he claimed he didn't force her to stand like that, that it was her choice ... the picture was too damning. Coupled with Paro's recent public proposal at the medal ceremony, the marriage events before that, the public jhaanki, the all too visible wedding preparations ... however much he argued they were all for the 'mission', the fact remained that he had taken advantage of a barely literate village girl for his own ends, and her change of heart was the result. A change of heart he had tried to deny, but she refused to listen. And now he is being held responsible for the mess .. he has to sort it out. And till he does so, he loses his rank, his honour, his pride .. his job ... the very reason he has for living.
Just for that, Rudra needs to lose his job ... to learn that jobs don't make a life. People do.
So Rudra does what he normally does in times of stress ... something he has learned from his father? He gets drunk.
And in his drunken stupor, Paro assumes the burden of responsibility for every wrong that has befallen him ever since she entered his life ... all he did was to save her at every turn ... from the goons, from her fake husband and fake marriage ... and what did she do in return? Stripped him of everything he holds dear in life ... which come to think of it, is just ... his work.
Rudra always had the tendency to feel sorry for himself ... alcohol seems to compound the tendency!
So he returns home, roaring drunk ... where Sumer and Mohini and Sunehri are quibbling over a favorite chair ... and Paro is trying out her new clothes ... worst possible timing for Paro to do that!
She looked beautiful in the red saree, though ...
And he proceeds to list out a litany of her sins ... ever since she entered his life, he has lost everything ...
Rudra banna, whose idea was it to force Paro into marriage as blackmail for her to sign the papers? And to make the wedding rituals as public as possible? And offer Sumer money to marry her, an offer she refused, thereby making himself an enemy in Sumer? And tell her to stand outside the house till he called her in? And then forget about her, till she got soaked, giving Sumer ample opportunity to take pictures and leak them?
And since Paro has caused his loss ... or rather, her zidd to marry him has caused it ... he will fulfill her zidd ... he will marry her right away. To get his job back. That's all. Of course. Because his job is all that is good about him ... all that he's worth.
Rudra loves his country, his honour ... but not himself. That is the crux of Rudra's problems ... his low self-worth, his hatred for himself ... all created by the betrayal of his mother and the poison of his father. He thinks that all he has in him to be loved or respected, or even liked ... is his job. That he has nothing in himself worth loving ... why else would his mother leave him?
His being stripped of his job, his honor, his pride, is essential for him to realise what is truly important in life ... that is the people, people who love him for what he is ... and despite what he is.
And the vows are Rudra's version ... but that will have to wait for tomorrow.
(Not)Bewakoof ladki gets married to (Maha) Bewakoof Ladka!
ReplyDeleteThe Bewakoof Ladka who creates situations and gives reasons for his employers to kick him out everyday from his job.
The Bewakoof Ladka who even when sober, did not think for a moment:
How did Paro click her on selfie?
Duuuhhh....
With What?
Cellphone, Camera of which she has no access to.
How did she manage to send it to the media ?
By apparating, by emailing, by Whatsapping - each as much possible as the existence of Rudra's Shaatir dimaag.
Wasn't she in front of his eyes the whole time?
Say it with me, Duhhhhhhh...
The Bewakoof Ladka gets drunk and gets married.
Most important ritual in ST World and breaks a chair, creates a mess with a stunned audience watching.
The Bewakoof Ladka makes promises when drunk.
Like who is going to take him seriously now, Ever?
The Bewakoof Ladka gets drunk, gets married and sleeps through his First Night.
Tsk tsk tsk...
Next morning convo -
R - Bawli ho gayi hai kya, tu meray kamray main/ meray bistar par kya kar rahi hai (No sleeping on the floor business for Paro, bas bol diya).
P - Aapnay kal hamsay shaadi kar li.
R - Kya, dimaag toh kharab nahin ho gaya tumhara?
P - Takes out the Danda and Baammmmmm!!!
;BG Song
Kya ada kya Danday teray Paro
Rudra kay sir kay tukday ho gaye hazaaroon.
Aur bhi Maar Rudra ko
Jaldi Theek kar issay Paro
ROFL, Shwetha!
DeleteThanks Dia for the update.
Too good, Shwethu!!!!
DeleteMy first reaction ... and most of my reaction through the episode was more on the lines of ... is he going to cry again? :D
Thankfully he didn't ... though the theatrics were pretty long winded.
Now just hope he remembers the next day what he did.
And hope you girls read the new spoiler ... a social worker is going to visit the Ranawat haveli to see that he is behaving himself! This should be interesting ... loving husband ka naatak karte karte, Rudra sach much loving husband na ban jaaye!
because i have a pressing wish to bring in IPK at this crucial juncture..
ReplyDelete-the idot, mad with hurt anger: check.
-the chair broken to light a pyre - check
-the man with his jeene ka wajaa broken- check
that same hurt look as she wordlessly accepts the vermillion- check.
that was the longest moment in history.. that moment when paro was adorning herself with mala's mala. 'twas the morning when rudy was summoned to be stripped off (everything, even his belt? no wonder he was wearing different clothes one second later) .. and t'was the night when he reached home roaring drunk.. what the hell was paro doing, statue in front of the mirror?