The Curtain Falls

After ages, I feel like writing about an  episode of a show!

Kuch Rang Pyar Ke ... have been following it off and on after the leap, and today was a good episode. Sonakshi tells Dev that she did bring his six month daughter to meet him, she did not want her child to grow up without a father, she knew he  knew what it felt like and she didn't want his daughter, their daughter, to go through the same thing. So she brought a six month old baby to meet her father ... and was turned away at the gate. Not only was she turned away, she was sent away with the message that she needn't ever come back again. Now the guard saw the baby in her arms, it's not easy to hide a wriggling six month old even if you try, and Sonakshi wasn't even trying ... so it was natural for Sonakshi to assume that the message was meant for both of them.
Yet Sonakshi has to prove ... yet again, as she point out to Dev ... that she is telling the truth. Which she does ... as she knew Dev might demand proof she carried it. She obviously knew Dev very well.
And a furious, still-not-quite-believing Dev calls up his home, summons all his family members to the speakerphone and demands to know who sent Sonakshi back six years ago, and didn't tell him she had come.

His mother. Saint Ishwari ... halo pretty tainted by now, but still saint.

And I think that was the final straw ... the final nail in the coffin ... the last bit holding the halo up fell with a crash ... as did the scales from Dev's eyes. He is shattered ... absolutely shattered .... as much as by what his mother did, turning away Sona without telling Dev, turning away what could have been an attempt at reconciliation ... as by the fact that by doing so, she snatched away his final chance at happiness, his own child, and let him wallow in grief, rage and bitterness for seven long years, in the name of 'protecting' him. Finally the curtains fall from Dev's eyes ... his mother is not God ... no, she is not ... she is a human being, human beings make mistakes ... and the mistake his mother made six years ago, ruined his life, robbed him of his child, robbed him of her babyhood and her early years forever, for those years, now gone, will never come back. And if he is lucky enough to see the rest of her childhood and her life, it will be because Sona chose to come back to Delhi.

And Sonakshi sees that he is shattered by the news ... she hasn't heard who the culprit was, but Dev is shattered, she can see ... she tries to console him as best she can, her tone softens, as she tries to tell him she did want her child ... their child ... to know her father, to be involved in her babyhood, her childhood, to take her first steps with her father's hand holding her ... Sona wanted all that. But now that it hasn't happened, she begs Dev ... please, whatever you want to do, think about Soha first. You know what it's like to grow up too fast, to lose out on your childhood, please don't make your daughter go through that. Put her and her needs, her feelings first.

And her words hit home even through the haze that Dev is reeling in.

The Dev-Ishwari scene was another gem ... where Dev's eyes burn fire at Ishwari ... when he talks bitterly about his love being snatched from him and now his child ... he doesn't name his mother as the culprit, but his burning eyes accuse her ... he will stay without his child, but he will not bring her to this toxic house ... he is reeling at the deceits, the lies of people he knew and trusted, how will a small child understand them ... how will they explain to her how and why her mother was turned away from the gate ...
Yes, Dev has finally understood his mother and what she has done to him and Sona ... and he will not allow her to destroy his child's life the way she destroyed his, even if it means punishing himself by staying away from his own child.

I could not make out if Ishwari felt guilty or merely baffled at the thought of staying away from his own child ... I think the latter, because in the temple as she prayed, she showed absolutely no signs of guilt at all.

What I want now ... Dev to stop trusting Ishwari completely ... every time she says anything, specially about Sona or Soha, he calls Sona to check with her if that is true. To believe Sona over Ishwari. To ask Sona if he can visit Soha at the Bose home ... to tell  Sona that no, he is not going to take Soha away ... to visit Soha in the presence of her mother and grandparents ... to make clear to them too that he is not there to take her away ... and to not allow Ishwari to visit Soha at the Bose's house. To make it clear to Ishwari that she has destroyed his life, and he won't allow her to destroy his child's.

Performances - Shaheer was brilliant! The breakdown, without a word ... the silent anguish, the guilt, the absolute bafflement, the torment in his eyes as he takes in the fact that his own mother has deprived him of his child ... and then the burning anger, the accusation in his words as he spoke about Suhana to Ishwari ... he didn't accuse Ishwari in so many words,but it was very clear the scales had fallen from his eyes, and he clearly saw her role in the destruction of his marriage. Even when Mamji tried to remonstrate with her about sending Sona away without telling Dev ... Dev saw Ishwari's lack of remorse ... her shock and horror only came in when she realised she had sent away her own grandchild. Two strong scenes ... and I have to say, Shaheer nailed them both. He's the reason I'm writing this post ... especially the scene with Ishwari. I hope the CVs don't prove me wrong on this one!!!

Erica was good too ... the softening in her tone and her eyes when she sees Dev's shock ... the way she tries to comfort him as best she can ... and then pleads with him to do what is best for their daughter ... nice dialogues.

Vikram, Shobha and Sid ... dreams and delusions

POW - Shobha still lives in the delusion that Sid is alive, he visits her every day ... though only when she is alone, of course. And it takes a long while for it to sink in that this is just a dream, a delusion. Sid is dead ... killed by Sartaj. He confessed it himself.

A long flashback about the trio ... the loving di, the funloving younger brother Siddhant, and the always stern Vikram ... rare softness in him as his love story with Shobha surfaces. And when they were called to duty in Kargil, Shobha extracted a promise from Vikram that he would return with Sid. A promise that Vikram could not keep. But then she knew that she would always be his second wife - for Vikram, desh and duty always came first.
Kargil memories - Siddhanth thought it was a trap, and asked for a bigger regiment, but Vikram insisted only a recce. Was that the mistake that Shobha holds against Vikram?

Finally Shobha accepts the reality ... but she wants to meet Sartaj and Imaan herself. Will she forgive them?

Kuch Rang Pyar Ke - had stopped watching this, but just started again after the leap - will see if it holds my interest. Shaheer has improved a lot,  Erica is better than earlier, but her voice is so flat! No voice modulation or expression at all! Will be interesting to see Dev's new equation with Ishwari, and whether self-realisation has struck at all, that she is the chief reason for driving Dev away from her ... or will she still blame Sona?

Still waiting for news of Sanaya - she was absent for Mohit's birthday segment, which was also their anniversary segment, though she called in on the phone to say hello. So what made her miss the segment? Is she back to work? Fingers crossed!!!!

Sanaya News ... and Other shows

Leaked clip of  mock shoot/promo/whatever of Sanaya's new show ... so the show is confirmed, the leads seem to be locked ... she is well and truly on her way back ... halleluiah!!!





According the latest clip from SBAS,  Sanaya and Harshad are playing doctors. Time for me to get ready to *head desk* a few million times ... but anything for Sanaya!!!

First promo for SP's new show Naamkaran ... and it already has me intrigued. I am going to catch this one for sure. Bonus is that the actors are all good, and the child actor seems good from the promo. SP has a record of casting very good child actors ... think Bhavesh and Harshita of Veera, and Ruhi from YHM ... so I'm hoping this ... and Sanaya's show ... are no exceptions.

Bade Bhaiya Ki Dulhaniya continues to hold my interest ... hope the chacha chachi don't degenerate into outright villains, they are  already going down that way. Hope Kapil has some redeeming qualities and owns up ... that will paint his parents very black indeed, so I doubt he will do that. But I wonder how will Meera be cleared ...  and I hope she is cleared very soon, and this whole matter isn't dragged till eternity with no one being the wiser.
If I was Meera, I would have said very firmly that I gave Rs 30,000 to chacha chachi, if the family wants, they can believe me, if they don't believe me, no skin off my back, I'm going. I tried to help you all out, but it seems no  one in this family is bothered about the entire family, except for Abhishek. I'm sorry, Abhishek, I think you're fighting a losing battle here, but they're your family ... all the best.
And if Amma tells her ... so you're saying my son and DIL are lying, Meera should turn around and tell her very firmly, yes, I'm sorry to say this, but they are.

Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke ... the story reaches the main point ... Dev is deliriously happy with Sona, she is his anchor, his soulmate, she makes him feel light hearted and happy again, which he hasn't felt ever since childhood, she teases him, laughs with him, makes him laugh, and he enjoys every moment he spends with her. With her he is not the provider, the responsible one ... with her, he is just himself.
And Ishwari hates that ... an insecure mother, she sees her son going away from her, sees another woman holding sway over him, sees Dev listening to another woman's words, following her wishes ... and Ishwari is scared that she is no longer the number 1 woman in her son's life. Of course, her feelings are reinforced by Radha Rani.
I'm not sure of RR's motives, except that maybe she feels an outsider woman, especially an intelligent one, will see through RR's and Vicky's shenanigans very quickly ... and also they are happy  for Dev to remain unmarried, as that means Vicky may get a bigger share of the business. Vicky is a complete waste ... and RR's encouragement shows a mirror how women raise sons who feel it is all right to insult, eve tease and molest other women.

Ishqbaaz ... not really holding my interest. Gul's strength is romance, but here, none of the couples have a spark ... and her humour is forced at best, and slapstick at worst. The scenes between the couples are repetitive, and all are lifted in some way from IPKKND, but the actors don't manage to lift them anywhere near the same level. Good for a light watch, as the track is light as of now, and for the bromance.

TV Shows I'm Watching

Still watching

Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke ... the girl has improved slightly, though not too much ... the story is meandering towards the crux now, but I hope they don't make Ishwari too grey. She is becoming too obsessed with her son and the thought of 'losing' him to a new girl ... it's as though she never thought he would ever get married and have a life of his own away from her. Supriya P is a wonderful  actress, I hope she is able to keep Ishwari realistic, and not make her into a typical possessive wicked MIL. Having said that, many MILs are very possessive about their sons, and expect to remain number one in their lives even after their wives come in, so this is not so far from reality.
I like the contrast they are showing in Neha and Ranveer's life, where Neha is trying her best to adjust, and Ranveer and his family appreciate her efforts, and make their own efforts in return. So Neha and Ranveer are getting ready to shift to a small flat of their own, close to his family's house, but enough to give them some privacy, which they lack in Ranveer's family home. And Ranveer's mother and bhabhi are all encouragement for the move.

Bade Bhaiya Ki Dulhaniya ... just started watching this, and I am liking it a lot. For one thing, both the ML and FL are good ... I thought from the promos that the FL would be an airy fairy silly girl, but she makes her own sense out of things, she may be non-academic, but she is not unintelligent, at least, not as of now. And the actress is good at the light hearted stuff, she is bindaas and chirpy, but not annoyingly so. Priyanshu, the ML, is a good actor, and is doing well. the family are all good, special mention to the handicapped Rohan - the actor is doing an excellent job, and the writing is brilliant. Will have to wait and see if the FL can emote well in more serious heavy duty scenes and romance ... she is carrying out the light stuff well.

Ek Duje Ke Vaaste, Ishqbaaz ... not really following too much. IB is too much a carbon copy of IPK,  with no charisma or chemistry between the leads at all ...Nakul is a good actor, but is struggling with the regular Gul angry young man character, Anika is unremarkable. Omkara, the actor and character both are decent, but haven't followed lately to see what's happening with him.

Waiting for more news on Sanaya's new show ... in the meantime, DABH is finally going off air and the new show replacing it is Naamkaran, with Viraf Patel in the lead ... it sounds interesting, as it's based on Zakhm, and on Mahesh Bhatt's life,which was the story of Zakhm. Looking forward to that one.

Article on Sanaya ... and other TV shows

http://www.fuzionproductions.com/top-10-tv-actors-traits-loved-fans/11/

Article mentioning Sanaya, posting here because I am so starved of any Sanaya news, any little drop is welcome!

"Thy name is a true professional. it is rare to find an actor so professional, who knows how to make a complete and successful balance between work, fans, friends and personal life. She doesn't believe in encouraging nonsense or even for that matter giving any false hopes to anyone. She believes in straight talk and doesn't like anyone commenting on her personal life and makes sure not to even give anyone the opportunity to. She makes sure to let her work do the talking and that's about that. Now who wouldn't love such a strong personality? We all do and respect such attitude and balance."


Updates in the last couple of months ... Sanaya totally underground, it seems she went on a month long holiday in Europe, as we got a picture of her and Mohit in Spain, on what appeared to be a cruise ship. Pic was tweeted by Mohit ... Thank god he is on twitter and takes pity on us poor fans occasionally. Arjun B was in Madrid for the IIFa awards and met up with the two, he also tweeted a couple of pictures. After that, we got a pic of San at Srman's birthday (the guy who played her brother in Chhanchhan), so we know she is back in Mumbai. No further news on her new show, and Sanaya herself is completely underground. So we wait ... and wait ... and wait ...

In the meantime, started watching Gul's new offering on Star Plus, which replaced Tamanna - Ishqbaaz. Gul has a major problem ... lack of creativity. So her main pairs are always angry young men paired with bubbly, chirpy, middle class (read poor) orphan girls ... IB is no exception. Nakuul is taking a while to settle into the angry young man role ... fortunately he is not as insufferable as ASR was at the start of IPK, although his interactions with his FL, Annika are worse and pretty senseless as of now. Also, they have no chemistry ... Nakuul is not bad, but the actress playing Annika, Surbhi C, is terrible.

As of now, the Oberoi brothers' bromance is very watchable ... Pinki, Shivaay's mom, after an OTT start, has mellowed slightly to becoming watchable, Mahesh Thakur (Tej Oberoi) is a surprise playing a very grey character, and is good to watch as always, Jahnvi, his wife is interesting and more subtle in her acting than the rest ... the rest are standard TV actors and characters. There are already three vamps in the show ... Roop, the brothers' bua ... Svetlana, Tej's mistress ... and a very, very forgettable, OTT screechy bua of the FL, who never speaks her dialogues, she only screeches them. Very, very annoying ... actually, the entire FL's family is annoying, Annika, her brother Saahil and her screechy bua. Hope Gul does not go the QH way and give the vamps major screen space ... that will put me completely off the show.
I like the middle brother, Omkara and the younger Rudra. Rudra's love interest is cute, but has been in only a couple of scenes till now. Let's see how it goes ... knowing Gul, anything is possible, but in terms of chemistry, she has missed the boat this time (actually the last couple of times - even Humsafars on Sony, the FL was terrible.) Shivaay and Annika have no chemistry, the youngest Rudra and his love interest will be the cute couple, not the hot one ... so far Omkara's love interest Ishaana has appeared in just one episode, and was overacting big time, so not much hope from that one either.
As I said, the brothers' bromance and their bond is the most watchable part of the show ... maybe that's why Gul has gotten unknown female leads.

Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke ... going well, the show continues to be well written with great dialogues, very natural and real ... but oh!!! How I miss Sanaya here! Again a very bad FL, with terrible flat dialogue delivery and blank eyes - she has NO expression in either her eyes or her voice. Am enjoying Shaheer though ... he has improved a lot from Navya days, can see the hard work he has put in ... and Supriya ji is a pleasure to watch as always. It is tough to see her in a grey role ... she makes the over-possessive mother very real and watchable, and relateable. The last episode where she suspects something between Dev and Sona, she is annoyed and restless, tries to avoid talking to Sona, is offhand and dismissive to her without being obviously unpleasant ... so real!!!

Ek Duuje Ke Vaaste ... still watching it ... nothing much to analyse, except to wonder that is Shravan really such a daddy's boy and so dumb that he can't understand the very obvious brainwashing being done by his dad? And Ramnath is as bad as any saas! So the two shows I watch on Sony ... one ML is a mamma's boy, the other is a daddy's boy. The Mamma's boy has more brains as of now, though :)

New show starting on Sony - Bade Bhaiyya Ki Dulhaniya ... the ML is the guy who played Titu ... he is a good actor. Will check out the show.
Also will check out a new show starting on &TV - Tere Bin (or something like that) ... a mature love story about moving on in life.

TV Shows this week

Have missed Tamanna the last couple of weeks, so I'm catching up with the recorded episodes ... reached the point where Dharaa is slowly beginning to find out about her students. Her father is so sensible and wise ... Dharaa needs him around, she tends to react very immaturely at times.

Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke ... the FL is still bad, but yesterday's episode after Sona's accident appealed to me on many levels ...chiefly the way Dev, while worried sick, never lost sight of the biggest problem facing Sona ... arranging blood ... and the way he went about it ... and the way they showed it. (Will ignore the minor detail that arranging random donors would take longer than arranging blood from even a distant blood bank, as they did bring into conversation that the hospital had tried everything possible). Tina is sweet ... I think she is realising Dev's very soft corner for his mom's nutritionist!
Also the stories that Dev told Sona about the little boy ... all the struggles he went through in his childhood, why he grew up so early ... wonder if Sona will remember any of that when she recovers.If she does, she will understand Dev so much better than anyone else ... maybe even better than his own mother.

Ek Duje Ke Vaaste ... liked the terrace scene ... chemistry still needs to improve, especially from the FL, but the ML has improved tremendously. One detail I liked was Ramnath's cautionary note to Shravan ... 'be careful, Suman is the grand daughter of my guruji.'  Also liked the way the two ladies, mamiji and Masi, took Suman aside to talk to her about the pictures, and didn't blow her up in front of everyone.
The situation is very sweet ... Shravan and Suman slowly re-establishing their old friendship, but both have feelings for each other which go way beyond friendship. The bitterness, the angst, the hurt, the feeling of betrayal ... built up so much over the last ten years, has finally been put behind them, with the settling of the court case, with working so closely together over the court case, with looking out for each other's families over the repercussions of the case ... slowly they inch back towards that familiar, that comfortable friendship ... much easier to call it friendship and go back their old familiarity, than to face and accept that it is now something more. 

TV Shows this week

Ek Duje Ke Vaaste ... I was musing after the Friday episode, that although it was an emotional decision, Suman was smart to give Shravan her mother's jewels ... if she had pawned or sold them to give him the money, they would have been lost forever. Shravan knew what they meant to her ... so either he would have kept them safe (which is what I thought he would do) ... or he would have returned them, which is what he did. What I did not expect .. he returned them with the pithy remark that Suman knew he knew what they meant to her, so she had been smart to give them to him, knowing he would not keep them. Lol ... Shravan seems to be on the same wavelength as me!
Shravan was also smart enough to break the engagement very promptly ... and in full public view. Not a nice thing to do, to humiliate his chachi as well as Urvashi and her family ... but he simply didn't care. He has got the full measure of his chachi, and of Urvashi as well.
On the surface Shravan at first seemed well adjusted and calm ... but as the show goes on, his layers are being revealed ... the deep seated distrust of 'selfish women' that his mother leaving has left him with, and the deep bitterness inside, which he hides under a smiling exterior. Pushkar is the only one who is starting to see the layers. Suman's betrayal seems the tip of the iceberg, or the straw that broke the camel's back ... have to see which one it was.
Suman is happy that his engagement broke ... but doesn't seem to introspect why.
Namik is definitely improving in his acting. The girl (need to check her name) is still okay-ish only.

Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke ... a cute birthday celebration at the Bose house. Cute fun episode.
The only interesting thing ... Dev doesn't tell his mother everything. Smarter than I thought ... I guess he knew his mom would not be happy that he was out celebrating while she waited for him ... so he made it all about doing some work.

Shows I'm watching

Watching the two new Sony shows, keeping up with Tamanna off and on, and tried Dehleez.

Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke ... shaping up quite well, a mix of characters. The mother is very grey, she plays on Dev's guilt, and wants him tied to her pallu all the time, her insurance against her dark past, which seems to hide more than just poverty-ridden days. The son is obsessed with their past, and with trying to make it up to her. The eldest sister Neha is bitter and angry, that she too sacrificed her childhood, her education, but her sacrifices are never appreciated. The younger two sisters are more balanced and normal ... but the three older members of the family are still struggling to come to terms with their past.
On the girl's side, the family is more normal, a typical warm Bengali family, with a lazy obese son, who can never manage to hold down a job for long, his nutritionist sister, who is very dedicated to her work and her patients, a warm loving mother (I like the actress!), and an indulgent father. All three acknowledge that the house runs on Sona's earnings.

Ek Duje Ke Vaaste ... the guy is a looker!!! One of the most good looking guys I've seen on Indian telly, and very tall with it!!! Not a great actor, though ... he is new, and in his first show as lead ... needs much more improvement. The girl is still overacting a lot in the chirpy scenes, and her dialogue delivery needs work. But worth watching for the guy ... hope he improves. And the storyline is good as of now ... his back story, as to why he wanted revenge, has emerged ... now we wait for her side. But it's good to see a well groomed, good looking guy on TV. :)
Girl seems to be aping Khushi ... not successfully. Both leads need to emote much better.

Tamanna ... Mihir's true colors are emerging slowly and steadily. Sudhanshu Pandey has entered. Not watched regularly last week ... need to catch up.

Dehleez ... I thought Harshad Arora was a decent actor ... now I realise he was good as compared to plastic Pree! With better actors, he is strictly adequate only. The girl is not bad. The guy's mother is doing a decent job ... she is less loud here than in the last show I watched her in. The rest of the characters are farily stereotyped. May not keep up with this show for too long.

Planning to watch Kapoor and Sons this weekend ... have been hearing very good reviews. 

Movies and Shows

Neerja - An extraordinary movie about an ordinary girl caught in extraordinary circumstances, and her courage and grace under fire. An ordinary girl, 23 years old, thrust into a position of leadership and command, under the worst possible circumstances. Beautiful movie, with stellar acting from Shabana Azmi as the mother, and even Sonam delivered a decent performance ... she actually acted. All the cast was fabulous, including the hijackers, who were hateful.

The beauty and the pathos of the movie was in the fact that it was a true story, and the makers did their research and stuck to the facts as much as possible. No gun blaring, arm toting larger than life heroes to the rescue, as in most American hijack movies ... no fairy tale ending with extraordinary rescue ... the true heroes were the unlikely ones ... the cabin crew, under the stewardship of a young purser on her first flight as purser, the passengers who stayed calm and cooperative under the horrific, terrifying circumstances, they thought of their fellow passengers even in the face of immediate and certain death ...
How people  react when faced with the most terrifying circumstances ... danger brings out the best, and sometimes the worst in all of us. In Neerja, it brought out the best ... and in doing so, saved the lives of 359 of the almost 400 passengers on board that fateful flight.

Trivia -
The plane hijack scenes were shot over 4 stretches of four hours each. During that time, no one was allowed to call 'cut'. Sonam recounts that after the last shoot of four hours, she broke down and howled, she was so exhausted. Yet when asked how she felt, she replied that she got to go off the set and go home ... the real Neerja never did. During one scene when the hijacker was forcing Neerja to sing, Sonam was so pent up that she was collapsing, the actor was physically holding her up from behind.
The director recounts that he made the four actors playing the hijackers stay separate from the actors playing the passengers and crew. They were not allowed to intermingle with their fellow actors till the final hijack scenes were shot.
Neerja's real family was consulted on the shoot, and the director also took accounts from passengers and crew of the flight, before making the movie. One of the children Neerja saved is now a pilot, and every day he remembers Neerja, and the fact that he owes his life to her.
Neerja's father died a few years ago. Neerja's mother died two days before the trailer was released. Neerja's two brothers were shown the movie before the release.

If anyone here has not seen this movie, do go see it.  It is highly recommended. You will not leave the theatre with dry eyes. yet it's not overtly emotional,  not melodramatic. A very well made movie ... deservingly a blockbuster hit. It looks like the Indian moviegoer audience is accepting good content wholeheartedly ... first Airlift, now Neerja. Content is indeed king.

TV Shows -

Started watching the two new Sony shows ... can't remember their long names! Both are okay, the promos were more promising.
Kuch Rang Ke Pyaar Ke ... Shaheer Sheikh has improved tremendously from his Navya days, and looks very good too. I have liked Supriya Pilgaonkar since SGP days, and even before, since Tu Tu Main Main days ... she plays a grey role here, will be interesting to see how she carries it off. So far so good ... the possessive nature of the doting mother has started surfacing, as has the blind love for her son. Is the daughter justifiably angry and bitter, or is she jealous? The FL is very average, and hasn't gotten much screen space yet to showcase her talent.

Ek Duje Ke Vaaste ... After much racking my brains, I remember where I saw the FL earlier ... she was on a Life OK show, where she was bad. Here too, she seemed okay the first couple of episodes, but now she is overacting and hamming big time. The guy seems decent though ... and the story so far is interesting. Wish the FL was better.

Tamanna ... so Dharaa is going in for a divorce after six years of marriage ... that was unexpected. The makers have roped in many good actors ... Sonali Kulkarni made her entry today as the ?social worker in charge of the women's cell. The FL looks too old for the role, and doesn't have the spark required for a FL, her acting too is average.
Wonder what Baa will have to say about her darling granddaughter's marriage breaking down. Cricketing is not exactly a stable profession to support a child ... wonder where and how they will take this ahead. Again following the show for the story ... and again, so far so good.

Siya Ke Ram - can Sita stop lecturing??!! She has been turned into  a typical SP bahu ... perfect in every which way ... and it's annoying!!! And Ram with that perpetual gentle benevolent smile on his face is equally so. The makers need to decide which way to go ... either make them human, with human frailties, or make them divine and get a move on with the story. The show is dragging unbearably and Sita Ram are too perfect and boring! Lakshman and Urmila are much more watchable.