Monday 30th Oct
Sudha makes herself at home ... does her morning pooja, and goes to each room in turn, remembering her betrayal by each member of the family ... Satrupa ... don't know why she considers Satrupa as her enemy, as strictly speaking both women were betrayed by the same man and his family ... but then Satrupa took the place she considers rightfully hers. There has to be some other reason why Satrupa hates Sudha so much, as again Satrupa also suffered betrayal by Baldev and his family, and should sympathise with Sudha to some extent, maybe even feel guilty about the whole affair. But she doesn't ... she hates Sudha ... as does the rest of the family ... where they should also feel guilty, if anything.
Sudha also visits Gayatri and Vikram ... she considered Gayatri her mother, but Gayatri also betrayed her. Baldev too ... she loved him, but he never supported her, was never true to his love.
Pujan ... could have been her Lakshman, but instead he played Duryodhan ... he coveted wealth that was not rightfully his ...
So Sudha has an axe to grind with each member of the family.
Satrupa is furious to see her doing the morning aarti ... warns her not to make herself at home ... and knocks the aarti thali out of her hands.
Interestingly ... symbolic? ... the diya stays alight even when knocked to the floor. So whatever Satrupa does, she will not harm the house and family.
And Sudha does repeat nautanki as soon as she sees Anami approach ... along with crocodile tears ... which Anami falls for completely ... as of course her matlabi mataji has upset Sudha in some way.
Satrupa once said that she never attacks anyone behind their back, she attacks from the front. That is true ... she cannot play sweet when she is sour ... she cannot pretend to like Sudha when she hates her ... while Sudha can easily do so ... especially in front of Anami.
Also interesting ... when Sudha drops the thali knowingly, it sets off a small fire ... which Anami rushes to contain. Symbolic again? Sudha will bring harm to the house and family ... but the harm will be contained by Anami.
Adhiraj sends Munna to the Barelly mental asylum to dig up the dirt on Sudha.
He ignores Anami's phone call.
Dadi doesn't come to do Anami's hair.
And Anami wonders ... the whole family is angry with her for bringing Sudha ... she is alone.
Sudha's arrival has started doing some good ... mending bridges ... first between Baldev and Vikram ... as Vikram acknowledges he needs his son ...
And between Gayatri and Satrupa ... as Gayatri comes to calms the distraught Satrupa, who is upset that her daughter hates her ... and Gayatri warns her ... this battle must be won by brains, not brawn ... expose Sudha in front of Anami. Gayatri will be Satrupa's guide in this journey ... as relations between them strengthen and deepen against their common enemy.
Vatsalya-Satrupa scene was beautiful as always.
Tuesday 31st Oct
Slower episode ... Sudha cementing her position in the house, cooking breakfast ... which everyone rejects, of course. And more crocodile tears to win Anami's sympathy.
Surprisingly Narottam didn't look quite so overjoyed at his mother's deceit this time.
Before that ...Dadi comes in to do Anami's hair, and gives her a gentle rebuke along with the hair brushing ... when you don't know the start of the story, how can you presume to understand the end ... true, but why doesn't anyone sit Anami down and explain to her ... and to the audience ... exactly what Sudha did? We know she's the villain ... but on the surface she is the woman wronged ... that's what Anami has seen. We audience have seen more, but even we have not seen the whole story.
Before that ... Gayatri also explains to Satrupa that she needs to fight this war with cunning ... because she has to win. Good thing Satrupa has the wisdom of Gayatri on her side ... as the mother in her is getting strongly affected by seeing Sudha win Anami's affections while she gets only her hatred.
Satrupa asks Gayatri to give Sudha the guest room key ... she doesn't want her anywhere near Anami as far as possible. Sudha takes the key ... after some drama. Though she does drop the sweet sugary facade to some extent since Anami isn't around.
Anami is missing Adhiraj ... so after 40 missed calls, which he doesn't pick up, she goes to meet him.
Good for Adhiraj ... stay that way ... this girl needs taking down a few pegs.
Golguppas from Benaras for Adhiraj ... he can't stay angry for too long with her ... but it was good that he was quite curt and not as effusive and friendly as usual. So Anami needs to start thinking about why everyone is so angry with her for bringing Sudha ... especially as she doesn't know the whole story.
Wed 1st Nov
Interesting developments today - So Sudha absconded from the mental asylum 6 years ago, and has been living with Naina in some quiet corner, after planting a namesake(maybe a lookalike?) in her place. Has she been plotting and planning her re-entry into Lal Mahal for six years? Has she been poisoning her son Narottam for six years, or for his entire life?
Sudha does have some right to be angry and vengeful against the Lal Mahal family ... the idle rich good for nothing young son Baldev fell for her, made promises ... and left her pregnant and alone. Judging from Gayatri's flashbacks, Baldev was not the only one who made false promises to Sudha. But how and why they took custody of Narottam, when they all dislike him so much ... how was he raised as an eunuch ... and why the extreme hatred towards Sudha, is not yet explained.
Today her mysterious brother made a re-entry too ... or rather, his mention did. Gayatri had mentioned him to Anami ... that Sudha and her brother had 'phasaoed' Baldev. Today we learnt that Sudha is the daughter of a pandit ... hence the same platitudes as Pagli Panditayin ... don't touch your feet to the ground without doing pranam to Mother earth. And her brother Puroshottam seems to be a criminal. So there just might be some truth to Gayatri's story ... that Sudha and her brother manipulated Baldev.
Adhiraj-Ila-Anami ... found Anami's barging into Adhiraj's office very childish and immature. This is a CBI officer's place of work ... not her friend's casual hangout joint. But obviously Anami doesn't like the current status quo between herself and Adhiraj, and wants to get back to their old friendly footing.
Anami's story for the children about the man wearing dark glasses in the daytime ... as of now, Anami is the one blinded by dark glasses ... the dark glasses of deceit and lies that Sudha has placed over her eyes. While Satrupa can see clearly from behind her dark glasses ... the lying and manipulation of Sudha.
Naina spying on Anami ... Anami senses someone ... will Anami start getting suspicious? Or not yet?
Satrupa cannot be the mother to Anami that she was to Vatsalya ... neither can she be the mother that Anami has always known ...Pagli Panditayin. Her mamta to Anami will take a different shape and form ... although later it might evolve into a similar friendship that she shared with Vatsalya. For Satrupa doesn't smother her children with maternal love ... she treated Vatsalya as a friend and equal, except when she tried to bind him to Lal Mahal ... and she will treat Anami with affection, care and concern ... and mentor her. Anami is not ready for more yet. And neither is Satrupa. While Anami misses the only mother she has ever known, Satrupa misses the only child she was fortunate enough to raise, out of the four she bore. Neither is Anami ready to give Satrupa Madhu Pandit's place, neither is Satrupa ready to give Anami Vatsalya's place ... yet. Though of the two, Satrupa is more ready to give Anami another place, almost equally important ... beside Vatsalya ... next to him, not supplanting him. While Anami has not yet lost the bitter feeling of abandonment to allow Satrupa any place at all in her heart.
Gayatri tells Baldev to try to get rid of Sudha. Foolish Baldev ... tries to buy her off. Really?! Did he really think she could be so easily removed?
Let's see where Adhiraj goes tomorrow with his questioning. I feel he jumps in too quickly ... he needed to do all his fact finding before rushing to question Sudha. Sudha is a smart cookie ... she would have all eventualities covered before she moved in. She had all the time in the world to prepare.
Thurs-Fri 2-3 Nov
As I thought, Adhiraj jumped in too quickly to question Sudha, and then seemed satisfied with her explanation about being moved to rehab ... or was he?
Anyway, he left the family fuming as to why and how they hadn't been informed ... Satrupa calls the mental asylum but receives the same answer ...
I thought the informer Munna said that someone was posing as Sudha in the asylum while she was absconding ... Adhiraj has forgotten about that ... and Satrupa was not informed... so Sudha escapes for now.
Anami - Adhiraj scenes are boring ... Anami is too childish ... making Adhiraj write her essay for her ... really?! Mahima needs to improve her voice modulation and her acting ... she is up against stalwarts ... and so far Narayani Shastri and Sangeeta Ghosh are walking away with the honours. Even Sudha can make me empathise with her at times ... but Anami is just annoying. Dunno whether it's the actress or the way the character is written these days.
So the family decide to find out what Sudha did ... but Vikram Singh leaves it to Pujan ... and Pujan's method is to beat Narottam ... while Baldev looks on.
Baldev is coming across as very weak and spineless, he actually allows his own son to be beaten for no fault of his own ... but keeps his own hands clean and allows Pujan and Avdhootto do the dirty work for him.
Satrupa intervenes ... because if word gets back to Anami, it will widen the chasm between her and her daughter ... as she tells Sudha ... she has already lost a son ... she doesn't want to lose another child ... and she knows the pain of losing a child.
Wonder if Narottam will turn ... one one hand, Sudha wants to keep his wounds fresh, for the pain is what keeps her revenge alive ... on the other hands, Satrupa wants his wounds to heal ... to be ready for new ones ... no wonder the poor guy is confused. Between the devil and the deep sea ...
But in all this, Anami is the only one who protects him as much as she can ... now that she is back at college, and Sudha is no longer in her room, it is difficult for her to do much.
Adhiraj is actually mooning over Anami ... she's a kid!!! And Anami has a crush on him too ... but she's also trying to solve Vatsalya's mystery ... good thing one of them remembers what they're supposed to be doing!
Sudha makes herself at home ... does her morning pooja, and goes to each room in turn, remembering her betrayal by each member of the family ... Satrupa ... don't know why she considers Satrupa as her enemy, as strictly speaking both women were betrayed by the same man and his family ... but then Satrupa took the place she considers rightfully hers. There has to be some other reason why Satrupa hates Sudha so much, as again Satrupa also suffered betrayal by Baldev and his family, and should sympathise with Sudha to some extent, maybe even feel guilty about the whole affair. But she doesn't ... she hates Sudha ... as does the rest of the family ... where they should also feel guilty, if anything.
Sudha also visits Gayatri and Vikram ... she considered Gayatri her mother, but Gayatri also betrayed her. Baldev too ... she loved him, but he never supported her, was never true to his love.
Pujan ... could have been her Lakshman, but instead he played Duryodhan ... he coveted wealth that was not rightfully his ...
So Sudha has an axe to grind with each member of the family.
Satrupa is furious to see her doing the morning aarti ... warns her not to make herself at home ... and knocks the aarti thali out of her hands.
Interestingly ... symbolic? ... the diya stays alight even when knocked to the floor. So whatever Satrupa does, she will not harm the house and family.
And Sudha does repeat nautanki as soon as she sees Anami approach ... along with crocodile tears ... which Anami falls for completely ... as of course her matlabi mataji has upset Sudha in some way.
Satrupa once said that she never attacks anyone behind their back, she attacks from the front. That is true ... she cannot play sweet when she is sour ... she cannot pretend to like Sudha when she hates her ... while Sudha can easily do so ... especially in front of Anami.
Also interesting ... when Sudha drops the thali knowingly, it sets off a small fire ... which Anami rushes to contain. Symbolic again? Sudha will bring harm to the house and family ... but the harm will be contained by Anami.
Adhiraj sends Munna to the Barelly mental asylum to dig up the dirt on Sudha.
He ignores Anami's phone call.
Dadi doesn't come to do Anami's hair.
And Anami wonders ... the whole family is angry with her for bringing Sudha ... she is alone.
Sudha's arrival has started doing some good ... mending bridges ... first between Baldev and Vikram ... as Vikram acknowledges he needs his son ...
And between Gayatri and Satrupa ... as Gayatri comes to calms the distraught Satrupa, who is upset that her daughter hates her ... and Gayatri warns her ... this battle must be won by brains, not brawn ... expose Sudha in front of Anami. Gayatri will be Satrupa's guide in this journey ... as relations between them strengthen and deepen against their common enemy.
Vatsalya-Satrupa scene was beautiful as always.
Tuesday 31st Oct
Slower episode ... Sudha cementing her position in the house, cooking breakfast ... which everyone rejects, of course. And more crocodile tears to win Anami's sympathy.
Surprisingly Narottam didn't look quite so overjoyed at his mother's deceit this time.
Before that ...Dadi comes in to do Anami's hair, and gives her a gentle rebuke along with the hair brushing ... when you don't know the start of the story, how can you presume to understand the end ... true, but why doesn't anyone sit Anami down and explain to her ... and to the audience ... exactly what Sudha did? We know she's the villain ... but on the surface she is the woman wronged ... that's what Anami has seen. We audience have seen more, but even we have not seen the whole story.
Before that ... Gayatri also explains to Satrupa that she needs to fight this war with cunning ... because she has to win. Good thing Satrupa has the wisdom of Gayatri on her side ... as the mother in her is getting strongly affected by seeing Sudha win Anami's affections while she gets only her hatred.
Satrupa asks Gayatri to give Sudha the guest room key ... she doesn't want her anywhere near Anami as far as possible. Sudha takes the key ... after some drama. Though she does drop the sweet sugary facade to some extent since Anami isn't around.
Anami is missing Adhiraj ... so after 40 missed calls, which he doesn't pick up, she goes to meet him.
Good for Adhiraj ... stay that way ... this girl needs taking down a few pegs.
Golguppas from Benaras for Adhiraj ... he can't stay angry for too long with her ... but it was good that he was quite curt and not as effusive and friendly as usual. So Anami needs to start thinking about why everyone is so angry with her for bringing Sudha ... especially as she doesn't know the whole story.
Wed 1st Nov
Interesting developments today - So Sudha absconded from the mental asylum 6 years ago, and has been living with Naina in some quiet corner, after planting a namesake(maybe a lookalike?) in her place. Has she been plotting and planning her re-entry into Lal Mahal for six years? Has she been poisoning her son Narottam for six years, or for his entire life?
Sudha does have some right to be angry and vengeful against the Lal Mahal family ... the idle rich good for nothing young son Baldev fell for her, made promises ... and left her pregnant and alone. Judging from Gayatri's flashbacks, Baldev was not the only one who made false promises to Sudha. But how and why they took custody of Narottam, when they all dislike him so much ... how was he raised as an eunuch ... and why the extreme hatred towards Sudha, is not yet explained.
Today her mysterious brother made a re-entry too ... or rather, his mention did. Gayatri had mentioned him to Anami ... that Sudha and her brother had 'phasaoed' Baldev. Today we learnt that Sudha is the daughter of a pandit ... hence the same platitudes as Pagli Panditayin ... don't touch your feet to the ground without doing pranam to Mother earth. And her brother Puroshottam seems to be a criminal. So there just might be some truth to Gayatri's story ... that Sudha and her brother manipulated Baldev.
Adhiraj-Ila-Anami ... found Anami's barging into Adhiraj's office very childish and immature. This is a CBI officer's place of work ... not her friend's casual hangout joint. But obviously Anami doesn't like the current status quo between herself and Adhiraj, and wants to get back to their old friendly footing.
Anami's story for the children about the man wearing dark glasses in the daytime ... as of now, Anami is the one blinded by dark glasses ... the dark glasses of deceit and lies that Sudha has placed over her eyes. While Satrupa can see clearly from behind her dark glasses ... the lying and manipulation of Sudha.
Naina spying on Anami ... Anami senses someone ... will Anami start getting suspicious? Or not yet?
Satrupa cannot be the mother to Anami that she was to Vatsalya ... neither can she be the mother that Anami has always known ...Pagli Panditayin. Her mamta to Anami will take a different shape and form ... although later it might evolve into a similar friendship that she shared with Vatsalya. For Satrupa doesn't smother her children with maternal love ... she treated Vatsalya as a friend and equal, except when she tried to bind him to Lal Mahal ... and she will treat Anami with affection, care and concern ... and mentor her. Anami is not ready for more yet. And neither is Satrupa. While Anami misses the only mother she has ever known, Satrupa misses the only child she was fortunate enough to raise, out of the four she bore. Neither is Anami ready to give Satrupa Madhu Pandit's place, neither is Satrupa ready to give Anami Vatsalya's place ... yet. Though of the two, Satrupa is more ready to give Anami another place, almost equally important ... beside Vatsalya ... next to him, not supplanting him. While Anami has not yet lost the bitter feeling of abandonment to allow Satrupa any place at all in her heart.
Gayatri tells Baldev to try to get rid of Sudha. Foolish Baldev ... tries to buy her off. Really?! Did he really think she could be so easily removed?
Let's see where Adhiraj goes tomorrow with his questioning. I feel he jumps in too quickly ... he needed to do all his fact finding before rushing to question Sudha. Sudha is a smart cookie ... she would have all eventualities covered before she moved in. She had all the time in the world to prepare.
Thurs-Fri 2-3 Nov
As I thought, Adhiraj jumped in too quickly to question Sudha, and then seemed satisfied with her explanation about being moved to rehab ... or was he?
Anyway, he left the family fuming as to why and how they hadn't been informed ... Satrupa calls the mental asylum but receives the same answer ...
I thought the informer Munna said that someone was posing as Sudha in the asylum while she was absconding ... Adhiraj has forgotten about that ... and Satrupa was not informed... so Sudha escapes for now.
Anami - Adhiraj scenes are boring ... Anami is too childish ... making Adhiraj write her essay for her ... really?! Mahima needs to improve her voice modulation and her acting ... she is up against stalwarts ... and so far Narayani Shastri and Sangeeta Ghosh are walking away with the honours. Even Sudha can make me empathise with her at times ... but Anami is just annoying. Dunno whether it's the actress or the way the character is written these days.
So the family decide to find out what Sudha did ... but Vikram Singh leaves it to Pujan ... and Pujan's method is to beat Narottam ... while Baldev looks on.
Baldev is coming across as very weak and spineless, he actually allows his own son to be beaten for no fault of his own ... but keeps his own hands clean and allows Pujan and Avdhootto do the dirty work for him.
Satrupa intervenes ... because if word gets back to Anami, it will widen the chasm between her and her daughter ... as she tells Sudha ... she has already lost a son ... she doesn't want to lose another child ... and she knows the pain of losing a child.
Wonder if Narottam will turn ... one one hand, Sudha wants to keep his wounds fresh, for the pain is what keeps her revenge alive ... on the other hands, Satrupa wants his wounds to heal ... to be ready for new ones ... no wonder the poor guy is confused. Between the devil and the deep sea ...
But in all this, Anami is the only one who protects him as much as she can ... now that she is back at college, and Sudha is no longer in her room, it is difficult for her to do much.
Adhiraj is actually mooning over Anami ... she's a kid!!! And Anami has a crush on him too ... but she's also trying to solve Vatsalya's mystery ... good thing one of them remembers what they're supposed to be doing!
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