Monday 25th Sept
Sudha's nautanki fools Anami completely ... Anami still has a lot of growing up to do.
Sangeeta Ghosh is playing Sudha really well ... the crazy psychotic woman with a thread of sanity ... or is she the sane revenge filled woman with a streak of madness? The scene where she dons her red saree again, her jewelry ... to the strain of 'naina barse rimjhim rimjhim ...' and muses ... Anami is like a sword ... a sword is made of steel, and steel can rust ... I will rust her steel with the power of my emotions.
Adhiraj warns Anami ... against everyone in Laal Mahal. Everyone ... means everyone. Including Narottam. And he gives her another cellphone.
I like the way their relationship is building ... although he doesn't trust her to be the real heir, he does trust her somewhat to help him truthfully and fairly. And Anami knows he doesn't believe her truth, yet she trusts him to be fair in his work. Since his work is her aim ... uncovering the truth of Vatsalya's murder ... she is well prepared to help him.
The question is ... with Adhiraj's own vested interests in the case and Laal Mahal, will he remain fair towards his work? If he does, he will automatically be fair towards Anami.
Gayatri and Satrupa ... their conversation reveals Vikram's thinking ... son is heir, heir has to be son ... even Satrupa who has handled Royal Steel for so many years is, and was, just the caretaker. Slowly Satrupa's motives for sending Anami away are becoming clearer ... though I'm still not sure why she's treating Anami so curtly.
But Gayatri is prepared for change. Change has to come ... change is the only constant.
I always like Anami-Vatsalya scenes ... am so glad they have retained him to connect to Anami through his diary. So he warns Anami that Pujan has a strong streak of cruelty in him.
Anami puts her new cellphone to good use ... taking pictures of Pujan with shady characters, receiving a shady file.
Tuesday 26th Sept
Dadaji will not accept Anami as the heir. First he cast doubt on her lineage ... now that is proved, he falls back on the real reason - heir has to be a son. Not a daughter.
And he even goes against the revered guruji on this ...
Idiot Avdhoot gets the khandaani necklace ... but it's Anami's blood which is used for the 'tilak' ... so blood is thicker than water after all.
And Anami is very annoyed ... not because she's not declared heir ... but because Dadaji insulted her, her upbringing ... who is he to say all that? She didn't come here willingly, she was brought here. And her parting shot - after dadiji and Satrupa ask her to keep quiet ... diya vahi jalta hai, jisme jalne ki kshamta hoti hai. varna hava kisi par rehem nahin karti. Aisa hamari pagli panditayin kehti hai.
Who is the more capable of the two? That is the one who should be heir ... regardless of blood, gender, or anything else.
And Avdhoot whimpering at the thought of shedding his blood for the teeka, while Anami, impatient at his cowardice steps forward to complete the ritual ... indicates who is the stronger and more fearless, for starters.
As Satrupa is quick to point out. But Dadaji is still unbowed ... till his shawl catches fire ... and it's the daughter of the house, not the son ... who rushes to put it out.
Guruji warns Satrupa ... barse to os, bigde to toofan ... she's just like you. Those who brought her up, have transformed the raw child into pure gold ... now you need to mold that gold into your shape. From Benaras ki Anami to Satrupa's Anami ...
Pujan and Avdhoot exult ... they have got the heirdom in the form of the necklace. Done deal. From Royal Steel to LM ...
Avdhoot isn't fully convinced though ... Pujan's plans have a habit of flopping.
Satrupa ponders ... how to make Anami Satrupa's Anami. How to make her worthy of being heir.
Answer is simple ... educate her. Satrupa took a long time realise that a jobless Anami's empty mind is the devil's workshop.
Poonam's theatrics ... Adhiraj's arrival ... as usual a clash with Anami ... this time she soaks him.
Wednesday 27th Sept
Adhiraj wants more information on the file ... so they go investigating in Pujan's room. Leading to near discovery as chachi returns unexpectedly and Anami gets an allergic attack from the mosquito repellent.
Liked the attention to details ... chachi had gone shopping, and returned with shopping bags.
And the first hug of sorts, as Adhiraj shelters Anami and leads her out of the room ... not before getting pics of the incriminating file.
Satrupa starts the work of getting Anami's admission to college.
Dheeru sees the file Adhiraj is making on the Laal Mahal case.
Sudha is delighted ...Anami has fallen completely into Sudha's trap. Sudha sold her pain, Anami bought it hook, line and sinker. Now next step ... sell her Narottam's pain. And her counter will sink to the bottom of the ladder.
Satrupa ... oh dear, why is so dictatorial with Anami?! Doesn't she know Anami responds worst when she is challenged ... that too, by Satrupa?
And Anami ... what do you plan to do for the next one year? Sit around at home? Just to spite Satrupa, she won't listen to something for her own betterment. And her blind hatred for Satrupa prevents her to even try to understand Satrupa's motives. Like seriously ... Anami's education is for Satrupa's benefit alone?! Anami is becoming a brat ... and an arrogant one, at that.
Dheeru warns Baldev ... disaster is coming to Royal Steel ... not that it's Baldev's hard work that has gone into it, but he's going to lose everything anyway. Baldev didn't recognise the voice? But he's worried nonetheless.
Pujan starts some drama ... what now?
Thursday 28th Sept
Lol .. Pujan starts drama in courtyard, so Anami can't practice martial arts with her child brigade ... so she invades Chachi's room ... so chachi yells at Pujan ... end of his drama.
Update later
Few thoughts on Thursday-Saturday episodes:
Dheeru - seems to have the future of Royal Steel close to his heart. Whether he is bent on saving it or destroying it, time will tell. But his actions seem to indicate the former - first he made an anonymous phone call to Baldev to warn him, then he explained in detail to Adhiraj what was happening, the takeover bid ... and encouraged him to go to warn the Lal Mahal inhabitants. So what is his final game plan?
Interestingly Satrupa was absent during the discussion between Vikram, Gayatri, Baldev and Adhiraj ... she is busy trying to tame Anami. So how much time is she giving Royal Steel these days? Or is it that with Avdhoot being declared heir, she has given up on dealing with the company for now?
Anami - is blackmailed into going for the college interview. Although she gets the better of the principal and teacher, a la Slumdog millionaire, she doesn't get admission ... or refuses admission ... much to Satrupa's annoyance. As Satrupa makes no bones about telling her.
I was glad Satrupa ticked Anami off about her arrogance ... thinking one knows everything and doesn't need to learn more, is the biggest sign of ignorance.
Also Anami is arrogant about one more thing, again incorrectly - her ability to recognise people. Despite both Satrupa and Adhiraj warning her about Narottam, she persists in thinking she knows better. Of course, if Narottam does turn over a new leaf, her thinking will be justified ... his life has been quite hellish till date, all due to his own family - father and mother both. And it might well happen that Anami's support gives him the courage to change. The way he described his upbringing was really sad ... handed over to kinnars to be brought up as one of them ... if that is true, it was cruel and unforgiveable of those responsible for doing that.
But for the moment, Narottam is very firmly Sudha's pawn ... and Anami is treading a dangerous path ... it looks like she is heading for a fall.
Baldev-Vikram - the scene showed the reason for the distrust between them. Vikram always wanted the perfect son - Baldev could never be that. What was more, it appears Baldev was the typical bigda hua raees baap ka beta, who never worked a day in his life, and expected all the benefits of belonging to the family he did. It was Dheeru who worked hard for Royal Steel ... Dheeru and then Satrupa. Baldev merely enjoyed the spoils. And he still blames his father for forcing him to marry Satrupa ... was he really in love with Sudha? Could not have been ... judging by the way he treats Narottam. or does he treat Narottam that way because he was the cause of Baldev being disinherited? Baldev is a weak man.
Dheeru again - Pujan in of course hand in glove with the investors/trustees to bring down Royal Steel, buy out the majority shares while the market is down, and gain control. So the trustees between them have managed to corner 25% of the shares, and one more trustee has another 26%. But that trustee is kidnapped on his way to the meeting ... by Dheeru.
Anami-Vatsalya - Vatsalya's diary warns Anami that Narottam has had a very tough life, in ambiguous terms speaks about pain being his mother ... or was that his mother is his pain? Vatsalya was a very intelligent and perceptive boy ... he saw everything happening in Lal Mahal, understood it ... but was too young and too sweet to counter it strongly. That fire is in Anami ... the ability and the courage to challenge, to fight, to counter. Together they would have been an amazing team... sadly, that was not to be.
I'm so glad the makers have decided to retain the actor and keep bringing him in flashbacks ... it strengthens the Anami-Vatsalya bond, to see them physically on screen together, even though we know Vatsalya is only there in spirit.
One good thing with RKC moving to 8 pm ... we will have only 5 episodes a week. Time for the writers and crew to take a break and maintain the intensity of the episodes.
I am very happy that the pigeonpoop chicken shit show is going off air! And even happier that RKC is taking its place - this show deserves to be prime time. Although I really hope the makers get to tell their story the way they have been doing till now, and don't fall prey to the TRP race.
Narayani Shastri talks about a love angle to her story ... wonder if that will be Baldev or Dheeru. I hope it will be Dheeru ... I am disappointed with Baldev's character so far.
http://www.indianwikimedia.com/television/celebrities/every-generation-has-its-own-set-of-good-and-bad-actors-narayani-shastri/2017/09/24/amp
Sudha's nautanki fools Anami completely ... Anami still has a lot of growing up to do.
Sangeeta Ghosh is playing Sudha really well ... the crazy psychotic woman with a thread of sanity ... or is she the sane revenge filled woman with a streak of madness? The scene where she dons her red saree again, her jewelry ... to the strain of 'naina barse rimjhim rimjhim ...' and muses ... Anami is like a sword ... a sword is made of steel, and steel can rust ... I will rust her steel with the power of my emotions.
Adhiraj warns Anami ... against everyone in Laal Mahal. Everyone ... means everyone. Including Narottam. And he gives her another cellphone.
I like the way their relationship is building ... although he doesn't trust her to be the real heir, he does trust her somewhat to help him truthfully and fairly. And Anami knows he doesn't believe her truth, yet she trusts him to be fair in his work. Since his work is her aim ... uncovering the truth of Vatsalya's murder ... she is well prepared to help him.
The question is ... with Adhiraj's own vested interests in the case and Laal Mahal, will he remain fair towards his work? If he does, he will automatically be fair towards Anami.
Gayatri and Satrupa ... their conversation reveals Vikram's thinking ... son is heir, heir has to be son ... even Satrupa who has handled Royal Steel for so many years is, and was, just the caretaker. Slowly Satrupa's motives for sending Anami away are becoming clearer ... though I'm still not sure why she's treating Anami so curtly.
But Gayatri is prepared for change. Change has to come ... change is the only constant.
I always like Anami-Vatsalya scenes ... am so glad they have retained him to connect to Anami through his diary. So he warns Anami that Pujan has a strong streak of cruelty in him.
Anami puts her new cellphone to good use ... taking pictures of Pujan with shady characters, receiving a shady file.
Tuesday 26th Sept
Dadaji will not accept Anami as the heir. First he cast doubt on her lineage ... now that is proved, he falls back on the real reason - heir has to be a son. Not a daughter.
And he even goes against the revered guruji on this ...
Idiot Avdhoot gets the khandaani necklace ... but it's Anami's blood which is used for the 'tilak' ... so blood is thicker than water after all.
And Anami is very annoyed ... not because she's not declared heir ... but because Dadaji insulted her, her upbringing ... who is he to say all that? She didn't come here willingly, she was brought here. And her parting shot - after dadiji and Satrupa ask her to keep quiet ... diya vahi jalta hai, jisme jalne ki kshamta hoti hai. varna hava kisi par rehem nahin karti. Aisa hamari pagli panditayin kehti hai.
Who is the more capable of the two? That is the one who should be heir ... regardless of blood, gender, or anything else.
And Avdhoot whimpering at the thought of shedding his blood for the teeka, while Anami, impatient at his cowardice steps forward to complete the ritual ... indicates who is the stronger and more fearless, for starters.
As Satrupa is quick to point out. But Dadaji is still unbowed ... till his shawl catches fire ... and it's the daughter of the house, not the son ... who rushes to put it out.
Guruji warns Satrupa ... barse to os, bigde to toofan ... she's just like you. Those who brought her up, have transformed the raw child into pure gold ... now you need to mold that gold into your shape. From Benaras ki Anami to Satrupa's Anami ...
Pujan and Avdhoot exult ... they have got the heirdom in the form of the necklace. Done deal. From Royal Steel to LM ...
Avdhoot isn't fully convinced though ... Pujan's plans have a habit of flopping.
Satrupa ponders ... how to make Anami Satrupa's Anami. How to make her worthy of being heir.
Answer is simple ... educate her. Satrupa took a long time realise that a jobless Anami's empty mind is the devil's workshop.
Poonam's theatrics ... Adhiraj's arrival ... as usual a clash with Anami ... this time she soaks him.
Wednesday 27th Sept
Adhiraj wants more information on the file ... so they go investigating in Pujan's room. Leading to near discovery as chachi returns unexpectedly and Anami gets an allergic attack from the mosquito repellent.
Liked the attention to details ... chachi had gone shopping, and returned with shopping bags.
And the first hug of sorts, as Adhiraj shelters Anami and leads her out of the room ... not before getting pics of the incriminating file.
Satrupa starts the work of getting Anami's admission to college.
Dheeru sees the file Adhiraj is making on the Laal Mahal case.
Sudha is delighted ...Anami has fallen completely into Sudha's trap. Sudha sold her pain, Anami bought it hook, line and sinker. Now next step ... sell her Narottam's pain. And her counter will sink to the bottom of the ladder.
Satrupa ... oh dear, why is so dictatorial with Anami?! Doesn't she know Anami responds worst when she is challenged ... that too, by Satrupa?
And Anami ... what do you plan to do for the next one year? Sit around at home? Just to spite Satrupa, she won't listen to something for her own betterment. And her blind hatred for Satrupa prevents her to even try to understand Satrupa's motives. Like seriously ... Anami's education is for Satrupa's benefit alone?! Anami is becoming a brat ... and an arrogant one, at that.
Dheeru warns Baldev ... disaster is coming to Royal Steel ... not that it's Baldev's hard work that has gone into it, but he's going to lose everything anyway. Baldev didn't recognise the voice? But he's worried nonetheless.
Pujan starts some drama ... what now?
Thursday 28th Sept
Lol .. Pujan starts drama in courtyard, so Anami can't practice martial arts with her child brigade ... so she invades Chachi's room ... so chachi yells at Pujan ... end of his drama.
Update later
Few thoughts on Thursday-Saturday episodes:
Dheeru - seems to have the future of Royal Steel close to his heart. Whether he is bent on saving it or destroying it, time will tell. But his actions seem to indicate the former - first he made an anonymous phone call to Baldev to warn him, then he explained in detail to Adhiraj what was happening, the takeover bid ... and encouraged him to go to warn the Lal Mahal inhabitants. So what is his final game plan?
Interestingly Satrupa was absent during the discussion between Vikram, Gayatri, Baldev and Adhiraj ... she is busy trying to tame Anami. So how much time is she giving Royal Steel these days? Or is it that with Avdhoot being declared heir, she has given up on dealing with the company for now?
Anami - is blackmailed into going for the college interview. Although she gets the better of the principal and teacher, a la Slumdog millionaire, she doesn't get admission ... or refuses admission ... much to Satrupa's annoyance. As Satrupa makes no bones about telling her.
I was glad Satrupa ticked Anami off about her arrogance ... thinking one knows everything and doesn't need to learn more, is the biggest sign of ignorance.
Also Anami is arrogant about one more thing, again incorrectly - her ability to recognise people. Despite both Satrupa and Adhiraj warning her about Narottam, she persists in thinking she knows better. Of course, if Narottam does turn over a new leaf, her thinking will be justified ... his life has been quite hellish till date, all due to his own family - father and mother both. And it might well happen that Anami's support gives him the courage to change. The way he described his upbringing was really sad ... handed over to kinnars to be brought up as one of them ... if that is true, it was cruel and unforgiveable of those responsible for doing that.
But for the moment, Narottam is very firmly Sudha's pawn ... and Anami is treading a dangerous path ... it looks like she is heading for a fall.
Baldev-Vikram - the scene showed the reason for the distrust between them. Vikram always wanted the perfect son - Baldev could never be that. What was more, it appears Baldev was the typical bigda hua raees baap ka beta, who never worked a day in his life, and expected all the benefits of belonging to the family he did. It was Dheeru who worked hard for Royal Steel ... Dheeru and then Satrupa. Baldev merely enjoyed the spoils. And he still blames his father for forcing him to marry Satrupa ... was he really in love with Sudha? Could not have been ... judging by the way he treats Narottam. or does he treat Narottam that way because he was the cause of Baldev being disinherited? Baldev is a weak man.
Dheeru again - Pujan in of course hand in glove with the investors/trustees to bring down Royal Steel, buy out the majority shares while the market is down, and gain control. So the trustees between them have managed to corner 25% of the shares, and one more trustee has another 26%. But that trustee is kidnapped on his way to the meeting ... by Dheeru.
Anami-Vatsalya - Vatsalya's diary warns Anami that Narottam has had a very tough life, in ambiguous terms speaks about pain being his mother ... or was that his mother is his pain? Vatsalya was a very intelligent and perceptive boy ... he saw everything happening in Lal Mahal, understood it ... but was too young and too sweet to counter it strongly. That fire is in Anami ... the ability and the courage to challenge, to fight, to counter. Together they would have been an amazing team... sadly, that was not to be.
I'm so glad the makers have decided to retain the actor and keep bringing him in flashbacks ... it strengthens the Anami-Vatsalya bond, to see them physically on screen together, even though we know Vatsalya is only there in spirit.
One good thing with RKC moving to 8 pm ... we will have only 5 episodes a week. Time for the writers and crew to take a break and maintain the intensity of the episodes.
I am very happy that the pigeonpoop chicken shit show is going off air! And even happier that RKC is taking its place - this show deserves to be prime time. Although I really hope the makers get to tell their story the way they have been doing till now, and don't fall prey to the TRP race.
Narayani Shastri talks about a love angle to her story ... wonder if that will be Baldev or Dheeru. I hope it will be Dheeru ... I am disappointed with Baldev's character so far.
http://www.indianwikimedia.com/television/celebrities/every-generation-has-its-own-set-of-good-and-bad-actors-narayani-shastri/2017/09/24/amp
Talented actor Narayani Shastri is quite happy with the growth of her Star Plus show Rishton Ka Chakravyuh.
“There is good content, no wonder it is picking up steam and we have got promoted to a prime time slot (8PM). Having said that, the new time slot does not mean much to me. As an actor it is important for me to do the role to the best of my ability irrespective of time. That is more the job of the channel and production house,” says the talented lady to IndianWikiMedia.
So how does she approach her ‘royal’ character? “For me, more than tha aspect of being a queen, what is more important is what & why happens in her life, i.e. the character graph. But yes, social position does impact what you do and where you come.”
Narayani further states that she does not lament the loss of glamorous role on TV . “I don’t go by established norms of how a woman must look at a particular age. I played the mother to Akaashdeep Saigal (now Skywalker) at 22 years and even now my current character is quite glamorous, there will also be a love angle to her.”
Talking about working with younger lot of actors, she avers: “Every generation has its own set of good and bad actors. Most of my co stars come from well-bred families and are very courteous and professional. I know folks crib that some new lot of actors are rude but for them I will blame their parents for not imbibing the right values in them.” Besides Rishton, she has also worked with younger lot of actors in Piya Rangrezz.
Narayani, who has been around for years, attributes her continuing TV stint to luck. “Yes I do make choices. I don’t jump at any odd role. There have been times where I have not had projects for six months to a year. Insecurity of an actor does rankle, but then I hold myself knowing something better is on the anvil .”
In closing , she shares that she would also be okay taking up digital shows. “But they need to pay well and secondly the role needs to be kickass for me to leave my comfort zone. The digital space is still finding its hold, so quite a lot of bad content is also churning up. The makers need to exercise self censorship much more .”
We wish her all the luck and success.
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