TV This Fortnight - 15th - 31st Dec 2013

TV for the last week of the year

Still watching ...

Ek Boond Ishq ... the screenplay and execution is slipping, but the story has picked up pace, so am still watching. Can't understand why, if the entire Shekhawat khandaan is apparently privy to the story of Radha's mrder, and MJ's arrest for the same, why they are withholding the details of the murder story from Tara ... can understand that RPS and Nirmala know about Aditya's guilt (if he is the guilty one) and don't want to share it with Jairaj ... but the whole story about Radha's murder must be common knowledge as there was a court case which decided on MJ's guilt and convicted him. Why can't they tell Tara? And why can't Tara research old newspapers etc. to find out what is in the realm of common knowledge, rather than these khufiya James Bond tactics?
Is the girl in the small house Radha? And is she blind/handicapped after the murder attempt?

Gustakh Dil ... simple, light hearted, not much angst ... Barkha and Nani are not outright evil, just annoying stupid socialite women ... they actually do have a point about Lajjo being a misfit in Nikhil's society, but since Lajjo is the heroine, that part is irrelevant. Nikhil continues to be blissfully clueless to the feelings of either Ishaana or Lajjo, and even to his own. If they would show Lajjo trying her best to better herself, study, learn English, develop a veneer of sophistication to match Nikhil, while still staying true to her own self, that would make things more interesting  ... unfortunately, for most soap makers, Westernisation of an Indian telly heroine still is a big no-no.

Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi ... is going off air in Jan. Pity ... it started off well, but degenerated into saas-bahu saga too quickly. It was supposed to be about the struggles of Ami, a fatherless girl, who was attached to her father, and how she copes with his loss ... it became more about Sanjay and Shruti's love story, which was okay ... and then too much about Sanjay's mom not accepting Shruti, along with evil conniving nanad and bhabhi! Too much ho gaya!

Mahabharata .. I like the promos of Krishna and Arjun ... want to watch, but it comes at 8.30 pm, which is EBI time :( Need to record and watch on repeat. Also the new Poonam Dhillon show on Sony is going to be at the same time. 8.30 is suddenly a tough slot - what to watch!

Veera ... the new kids are good, especially Ranvi and Balwant ... Veera is settling into her character. Still not too happy with Gunjan ... she has changed from the simple, sweet girl she used to be. Ratan is a sbitter about Veera as she used to be ... so many years have not changed her attitude. And Veera still hungers for a mother's love.

Ye Hai Mohabbatein ... watchable as of now.

Qabool Hai ... has lightened up with the arrival of Haider and his dressing as Heena ... why do so many cv's go the 'boy dressing as a girl is the height of humour' way? For the most part, it's crass and stupid, unless it's a part of the story, like Vishwajeet in EBI. And most actors make it worse. Mohit was obviously quite uncomfortable in the role ... it shows in his acting - most unconvincing! Poor guy! 

TV This Fortnight - 1st - 15th August

Have been travelling, so making this post late. Am completely out of touch with what is happening in all the shows ... any updates?

Veera - saw Gurpreet of Veera as Mandodari of Mahadev ... when did this happen? Did she leave Veera?

NBT - read about Mohan dying in an accident and some humshakal appearing - I thought that was supposed to be for Season 3 - what is happening?

Qabool Hai - who is this new villain Vikram? Why do Gul's shows all have so much negativity and such little positivity? Saw the stars scene in QH ... sorry to say, couldn't hold a candle to the Arhi scene in IPK. Also saw KSG's Salman Khan dance ... hey bhagwan, seems Gul loves Salman Khan a lot - all her heroines love him and all her heroes land up acting like him. I use the term 'acting' loosely, as Salman has not yet learned to act in all these years! KSG is unimpressive in the episode I caught.

Madhubala - no clue where the story is going. Sultan is firmly established as villain and now it's the turn of his 'junoon' for Madhubala? What happened to Madhubala becoming an actress?

Anybody watching
Indian Idol Junior ... really enjoying the show these days, the kids are all excellent singers and the judges and celebrity guests are very sweet with them. Completely feel good entertainment!

Tried Pammi Pyarelal solely for Karan Goddwani - the toilet humor in the first episode put me off completely. Will try the new show coming on Zee about a kaamwali bai ... seems interesting. Also will try Jee Le Zara on Sony about a working girl falling in love with a younger guy, although I doubt that anything can beat Astitva in that genre.

TV This Fortnight - 16th - 31st July

Am finding that most of the shows I was following off and on are all at an unwatchable or uninteresting stage at the moment - really have nothing else apart from Chhanchhan that I am liking!

Veera - I am waiting for the leap now. The kids are losing their charm, the scenes are repetitive and the story is not progressing an inch. Heard that the leap is planned for August-September, but they have not finalised the actors for the lead roles yet. Ratan is irritating me big time, and Veera was cute earlier, she's precocious now.

Qabool Hai - have lost track ... Zee has been removed from my box, and uploads are difficult to find. From the updates, it seems to be going better than the rest, but not enough to motivate me to hunt actively for links.

Madhubala - is the pits these days ... the only sparks i find these days whenever I tune in, are in Dipali and Sikki. Dhrashti is looking dead beat ... she must be exhausted with JDJ and MB.

Na Bole Tum - another show going in for a revamp, I heard that Nanhi, Beera and Addu are going to be out. So what is left? Mohan Megha are happily married, what is left in their story? As it is, the winding up of the Beera-Daddu track has been abrupt and silly. And Addu's extreme hatred for Mohan does not make sense, so much hatred that he can jettison his own sister and mother's happiness. Lost connect with this show.

Gave up on Meri Bhabhi in the second week - another pious do-gooder SP bahu who is a know-it-all, an obsessed dad, a weepy nanad, and a dumb family who can't see past the newly returned son-in-law's tricks ... and don't trust the son of the house, who's the only one who can. What really annoyed me - the bahu not trusting or siding with her own husband, and siding with her FIL instead ... and lying to her husband.

On the other hand, have been tuning in more often to
Pyaar Ka Dard Hai  ... it is more watchable these days.

Balika Vadhu ... Jagya-Sanchi-Ganga track continues to hold my interest ... although, as before, the show is so slow moving that it's strictly a once/twice a week watch. The new Anandi ... I was withholding judgement till she settled down ... but she's had enough time, and she is not as good as the first one. Again, the Shiv-Anandi marriage is a happy one, so no story left there ... except now Sanchi will try to disrupt it .. *yawn*. I like Anandi's old family much better than her new one.

Indian Idol Junior - Little Sugandha singing Meri Maa ... speechless! Am watching this regularly ... I'm so glad there will be no eliminations! All the kids are so good, it's really unfair to eliminate any of them! And it's a pleasure to hear them sing!

TV This Fortnight - 1st - 15th July

Veera - apparently heading for a leap. Good thing too ... Veera is getting a tad annoying, and it seems they have run out of things to show the bro-sis love. Also, Nihal's truth is long overdue for exposure ... he and Ratan cannot get together, because if they do, they will become a big happy family, Veera will get Ratan's love and the premise of 'Anokhi Maa' will be lost. So Ratan has to be shaken up so much that she withdraws from Veera again ... they are already trying to show that ... and Ranvi will take over the mom job again.
Just hope Ranvi does get through his studies ... it's okay to show Veera being the smart one and her father's true heir, but Ranvi shouldn't end up a complete wastrel ... he has been shown too responsible and thehra hua for that ...

Na Bole Tum - Marriage didn't happen ... Mohan called it off, rather than let Beera insult them all. Now what? Missed the last couple of episodes ...

Madhubala ... is anyone following that at all?

Qabool Hai ... caught the Thursday and Friday episodes ... FAR TOO MUCH of Raziya and Badi Bi ... I ffwed almost the whole thing! The rest of the episodes are nowhere to be found online  ... I really wanted to watch the aftermath of the Tanveer drama ... couldn't :(
Now I am finally at peace that IPK ended when it did ... Gul puts in a overdose of evil in her shows, I can watch QH because I'm not attached to the characters at all. Would have been a different matter entirely for Arnav-Khushi. And now can see what Gul had in mind for IPK after aborting the re-marriage - a really painful redemption for Arnav, while Khushi disappears.

Meri Bhabhi - new show on SP. Anyone watching? I find it watchable ... Zor's love for Shraddha borders almost on obsession ... bhabhi is typical perfect SP bahu, the interesting part is her strained equation with her husband. Supriya is also interesting, especially the hint about her past ... although she is also a bit sugary sweet, a hangover from SGP. Shraddha was very weepy the first few episodes, Friday she was better. I love Kanwaljeet and Supriya P ... liked the bhabhi in her first show, Mukti Bandhan - she is a okay actress, pleasant to watch on screen. Never seen Kanchi before, she seems decent too. The actors from one of my favorite shows, Maryada are all surfacing ... the younger son is from Maryada too - he was the only average actor there though! The elder son is good, again his character is interesting, including the edgy relationship with his wife.

TV This Fortnight - 16th - 30th June

Request ... can someone bring me up to date with happenings of the last week in brief? I missed the entire week.

Veera ...

Madhubala

Qabool Hai

Dastaan ...  heard that this is going off air in a week :( What a pity ... a show with so much promise, which was different from the rest, and had great actors ... and crappy shows go on and on and on ...

Na Bole Tum 

Others ... what have we been discussing? Any new interesting shows?

Also heard that Sony, Star and Zee have unsubscribed from the TAM service.

TV This Fortnight - 1st - 15th June

1st - 15th June

Veera ... current track very loosely inspired by the movie Dushman ... a man kills another man in a drunken driving accident, and is sentenced to go to his village and support the dead man's widow and family. He is hated by one and all at first, and then slowly redeems himself and undergoes true penitence and reformation as he realises what his one unthinking act did, and how it destroyed so many lives. In the movie, he doesn't fall in love with the widow, he falls in love with another girl in the village ...
Lots of differences, of course, the only similarity being the hero being responsible for the death of the husband, and taking over the family's responsibilities in penitence.

Badalte Rishton ki Dastaan ...
Latest news ... Abhaas Mehta has put in his papers :(
http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/abhaas-mehta-set-quit-zee-tvs-dastaan
Show is going well, but Uma says it is under the scanner. Such a pity that the truly different shows don't get good TRPs ... no wonder makers are scared to experiment.

Qabool Hai

Madhubala ... is anyone still watching? Shaadi track here too ... for TRPs?

Na Bole Tum ... both Megha and Mohan know Addu is not the real Addu ... I didn't watch for a bit, can anyone fill me in how they found out? And is Munna back to being villain?
The scene where Mohan is told about Nanhi being in love with Beera, and he imagines her as the child Nanhi telling him she is in love, was really cute ... I think every dad sees his daughter that way, as a little girl, never really grown up, and to see another man wanting to take her away gets him boiling! Megha's nervousness about telling Mohan the truth about Nanhi's love, Nanhi's own nervousness ... all were hilarious!

Saraswatichandra ... Watched the so-called HOT scene in Saraswatichandra ... making a mountain out of a molehill!!! This seemed like a poor imitation of the Devdas-Paro scene of SLB's Devdas and they didn't even show anything much. I actually thought I had missed something! And Kumud's reactions the next morning were totally out of the 1950's ...
The Arhi farmhouse scene was far, FAR hottter, and way more aesthetically shot ... and the Samrat-Gunjan morning after scene and the Arhi morning after scene were WAY better!!!

EDIT ... Happy Second Anniversary to IPKKND ... wish the show was still on air to celebrate this milestone ...
And lots of love to all the gals here, all of us came together in mutual love and fascination for  this unique show and even more unique couple.  
Arnav Khushi ... Hamesha

TV This Fortnight ... 16th - 31st May

Sorry for late post ... I was out.

Am adding Badaltey Rishton Ki Dastaan ... have started watching it and it is interesting. 

Badaltey Rishton Ki Dastaan

Veera

Qabool Hai

Na Bole Tum ... another one which I have started following more regularly. Addu is back .. is he the real Addu? And am really liking Megha and Mohan, acting-wise, I mean ... I always liked Mohan, I find Megha has gotten a lot better, she is very good now. Love her eyes, they are beautiful.

Madhubala 

Others

TV This Fortnight - 1st - 15th May

Will catch up with what I'm watching later ... discussions can start here.

Qabool Hai

Veera

Na Bole Tum

Zindagi Gulzar Hai 

Madhubala

Others

TV This Fortnight -15th-30th April

Zindagi Gulzar Hai - Epi 20 (Fri 12 April)
Kashaf is prickly, stubborn, undemonstrative even with her own family ... with Zaroon, she is scared witless. Scared to show what she is beginning to feel, scared to trust him and his feelings, scared to depend on him, because she is scared that they won't last ... The scars inflicted by her father run deep, she is scared to trust again. So she keeps a mask of indifference and cool unconcern firmly in place, despite all attempts by Zaroon to probe and push past it.
Hand holding at night ... so many times he tries to hold her hand, so many times she pushes it off, releases it on some pretext or the other ... only to hold it herself later at night, when he's asleep and can't see it, can't see her dependence on him.
Her insecurity, fear translated into extreme defensiveness and truculence, aggressiveness with mother and sister ... why did you ask him to stay? He can't handle the lack of amenities here, he's not used to them ... Masking her own fears and insecurity ... what if he looks down on her and her home, her family, her neighbourhood, what if he realises the difference in their social strata, and maybe suddenly thinks he made a mistake and she's not worth it after all ... her mask of indifference a cloak to tell herself that she can handle it if he leaves her, the way her father left her mother ... but actually she's only trying to fool herself, because more and more she's realising she won't be able to handle it if history repeats itself ... 
And the mask comes off with a simple gesture ... Zaroon gives her money ... because she's his wife, his responsibility ... she can keep her own salary safely in her account, because it's his duty and his right to take care of her ...
No man has ever done that for her. Not even her own father. No man has ever made her feel protected and safe, that he is there to take care of her.
And that gives Zaroon his first peek behind the mask ... he is still to learn the depths of insecurity in Kashaf, but the first glimpse tells him that yes, her indifference, her light laughing cynicism, her lack of romanticism ... it's all a mask ... and she is hiding something very different behind it.

Veera ...was pretty slow the last fortnight ... the grand spectacle of Sher-E-Punjab must have taken a lot of time and effort to shoot. Done on a really huge scale. Ratan came third in the tractor race, Ranvi and Nihal came first in the horse race, as expected :) ... How come Bakhtawar came second in the race? I thought all these years after Sampooran left, he had not managed to pick up a single medal ...
Kartar's feelings exposed to Chaiji ... really don't know where they are going with this ... was not necessary, I feel. One villain Bakhtawar is enough! Anyway, in this show, they never do anything halfway, and always tie up all the loose ends, so there must be some hidden meaning behind this track too.
And the road is paved for Ratan to offer Nihal a job on her farm.

Qabool Hai

Madhubala

Na Bole Tum...

TV This Fortnight - 1st April - 15th April

If there are more comments, then will make it post for the week

Veera ... Ranvi is seriously far too naive for a 13 year old! He's learned about the freedom struggle in school, doesn't he know about the border between India and Pakistan?
Loved the whole scenario of the shoot ... did the team actually go to the border or nearby, for the shoot? Visually very well done ... the actors must really have done a lot of running! And the defusing of the tension between the soldiers was also nice ... though were the soldiers really all waiting for the officers to come and give the command for the kid to be extracted from No Man's Land?
And will the errant couple who tried to kidnap Ranvi be caught? Judging by the way this show really does close all loops in the script, I would hope so.
But it is high time Nihal told Ratan whatever truth he knows about Sampooran ... keeping it a secret almost resulted in a big tragedy this time.

Said it before, saying it again ... the actors are great in this show! Ratan is superb, so are the kids.

Madhubala

Na Bole Tum 

Qabool Hai 

Saraswatichandra ... the main problem with this show is the time warp between a modern guy from Dubai and the transplantation into a remote village ... where you have a modern educated computer literate girl battling backward norms and orthodox beliefs and rituals. The transition makes my head spin ... The only thing believable is the romance ... because it is between two fairly similar individuals, and the girl is as educated as the boy. Gautam Rode is good, Jenni is okay, getting better. My problem is, I can't enjoy love stories any more, unless they have Sanaya.   So a time pass watch for me, for the costumes and the locales. 

Badalte Rishton Ki Dastaan ... thought I would watch this, but the father-in-law is black as any saas, and even more autocratic. Also appears to be from the Dark Ages.

TV This Fortnight ... 18th - 31st March

Veera ...
Monday 18th - the innocence of Ranvi as he tries to fulfill Veera's wish, and then is stuck in quicksand of his own making, as she asks for her Papaji to return ... and he has to try to fulfill her wish, after all, it is his Veera's wish, and he fulfills every one.
The helplessness of Ratan ... Rabba, you've turned a deaf ear and a blind eye to me, but at least listen to Veera's ardas ... she is just a child ... Chaiji ever-supportive ...
And Ranvi decides to go to Amritsar to fetch his Papaji ... and I am really scared for the boy ...

Qabool Hai

Madhubala

Others ... not watching anything much. PKDH became too negative for me today with the vampish Latika trying to show Adi in playboy light, and Shiela encouraging her ... will give this one a skip till the negativity lessens. Why do all shows have such horrible villains/vamps?Now I know why YRKKH does so well ... there is no negativity!

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain ... had appearance of Sanaya to promote Chhanchhan ... looking absolutely stunning in bright pink ... with major Khushi hangover in her way of speaking "Nehaji, aap aise kijiye ... " I guess she will get over that soon enough! And I still like Vikram and Neha in BALH ... the nicest couple in the show, and the best friends to have!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=seXM5n3YuJg

*Edit*
Interview of Gautam Hegde  .. talks about IPK. Isn't he writing Madhubala now? He doesn't mention it much.
http://www.fuzionproductions.com/the-man-behind-a-characters-mask-gautam-hegde/comment-page-1/#comment-1346
I liked his comment - 'I don't think I have fans, but my shows do.' Very down to earth and pragmatic.

Make labour laws stringent for TV: Barun Sobti
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/Make-labour-laws-stringent-for-TV-Barun-Sobti/articleshow/19127101.cms

TV This Week/Fortnight ... 4th - 17th March

Post for the week ... will join the discussions later if I can :)

Veera

Saraswatichandra

Madhubala

Qabool Hai

Others

Team Sarun posted video interview with Akshay Dogra ... will post it later. 

TV This Week (2) ... 23rd Feb - 3rd March

Second post for this week, including the weekend.

Veera

Madhubala

Qabool Hai

SaraswatiChandra 

Pyaar Ka Dard Hai

Others

Lalit Mohan's interview on tellytadka has raised quite a few hackles ... apparently the guy was dumb enough to say straight out that Sanaya worked harder than Barun ... duh, man, you may feel so, even a lot of the audience could see it clearly, but you don't say it ... not done! And he continues on his I, me, myself journey ...
http://www.tellytadka.net/telly-tadka-spice/lalit-mohan-conversation-tellytadka-ipk-morelast/
Apparently he got bashed so much that TT has removed the interview :) And hopefully that is the last postmortem that we will have on IPKKND from the IPK team - they seem to have a bigger IPK hangover than even the fans! Not surprising, though - a show like this happens once in a lifetime for any PH ... it's a real pity that they could not deliver it to its full potential - for reasons that we will NOT go into again!
NOTE  -Please keep discussions limited to what LM said about the actors and acting styles and behind the scenes action ... and not about show closure.
Now I know this blog is doing well ... I have to issue Mod's notes here! :D

TV This Week ... 23rd Feb to 3rd March

Yeh lo ... new post for the week ... starting on Saturday itself!!! The bak bak gang seems to be back in full force :)))

Veera

Qabool Hai

Madhubala

IPKKND

Na Bole Tum ... Opti is threatening to re-start watching it. I too gave up ... don't like the Nanhi-Beera track at all.

Balika Vadhu - Anyone watching the Jagya Ganga track?

Adding Saraswatichandra, as it starts on Monday.

Team Sarun Visit to Mumbai - Meeting with Barun 
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3453722 
Everyone who meets Barun in person says he's better looking in real life than on screen ... cannot understand how that can be, because the guy is pretty darn hot on screen itself!!! If only he would get rid of the fungus on his face!!! And again, everyone talks about how nice and down to earth he is in real life. Sweet!!!
Enjoyed the post ... hope they will update the video also. Also LOVED the snippets about Sanaya - she packed their gifts for both of them on the UK trip, and has 'her own method of packing' ... am guessing that will be a crazy one, just like her. And nice to know that he does miss IPKKND ... first time really that I got a sense of that ... so thanks, Team Sarun!
Wish they had managed to meet with Sanaya too ... actually, there's nothing much more she would have said that she hasn't already ... so it was nice to hear so many snippets from the other cast members as well.

TV This Week ... 18th - 22nd Feb

Veera ... Last week Veera recovered from the trauma of being locked in, the Panchayat was called by Nihal, and made to decide on banning corporal punishment in school, Veera was coaxed back to school again after her fright, and Ratan lost her right hand man who helped her work the fields. And Gurpreet remarked on how much Nihal resembled Sampooran. Chaiji's story emerged. This week it's time to celebrate Basant Panchami, while Ratan waits with slowly fading hope for Sampooran to return.

Qabool Hai ... Badi Bi confronting Raziya, Raziya getting the better of her, Asad and Zoya trying to track the shooters.

Madhubala ... RK throws Madhu out and everyone is wondering as to his motives.

IPKKND

Others ... 
Pyaar Ka Dard Hai - Harish throws Avantika out, but here we do know his motives :)
Balika Vadhu

Barun and Daljeet's visit to Kenya for cricket match

TV This Week ... 11th - 15th Feb

Veera ... Veera found by Nihal. What I want to know is - will the teacher be suspended, or at least rebuked? Also, will Baldev's role in the cockroach drama be revealed? Spoilers indicate that Veera is deeply traumatized by this incident, and changes ... so looking forward to seeing how she changes. Loved the scene of Ratan in the gurudwara on Friday :) despite herself, praying for Veera.

Qabool Hai

Madhubala

Na Bole Tum 2

IPKKND 

Others 

TV This Week ... 4th - 8th Feb '13

Starting off with news of Sanaya ...
A new dance show on SP - Sanaya approached to host?
Telly chakkar article - Star Plus jumping on to the dance shows bandwagon, Karan Tacker, Sanaya, Karan Kundra and Kritika among the names being considered to host. Kritika is doing a show, is that ending? So is Karan T, but Behna has been under the scanner for ages, plus he's an experienced host. Hope if Sanaya does it, it's with Karan Tacker.

Veera ... the makers seem to have mastered the balance between sweet heartwarming kids' scenes which make you smile, and heart-wrenching ones of Ratan, Ranvi and even Kartar missing Sampooran. Veera 'writing' Ranvi's name, Ranvi always covers for his sister's tall stories, and then admonishes her, even Chaiji adores her ... like I said, Veera would be in danger of being thoroughly spoiled if not for Ratan's strictness. And Veera is a patakhi ... egging on Gunjan to taunt and torment her brother ... Ranvi is the seedha loving, caring older brother and son, and Veera is the bright spark, who will always get into scrapes and leave her poor brother to clean up after her!
The Nihal mystery continues ...

*edit* I do wish they don't drag the evil Baldev and his scheming too long ... would rather watch more of the Nihal mystery unfold.

Qabool Hai

Na Bole Tum S2

Madhubala 

IPKKND 
Team Sarun with Abhaas Mehta (thanks, J!)
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3421585  

Team Sarun visit with Utkarsha Naik 
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3424182 

Team Sarun with Rajesh Jais (Mamaji)
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3429765 

Team Sarun visits the Gupta ladies - Buaji, Garima, Payal
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3430397

Team Sarun interview with Arshad Khan
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3431290 

Sanaya news
Sanaya and Karan V Grover hosting a Valentine's Day special on Zee TV 'Ishq Wala Love'  on 9th and 10th Feb ... I don't think it will broadcast here :( ... will have to catch it online.

*note* links and comments on the Sanaya post.  

Weekend Bak Bak

Happening after ages - a new post for the weekend!

Continue discussions here :)

Veera - have to mention the ladder scene on Thursday, Ratan's reactions as she rushed to save Veera, the way she hugged the little girl tight, and Veera hugged her back ... was that the first time Ratan had ever hugged her in her life?
The way Ratan rushed down and shouted at Ranvi for his carelessness in leaving Veera alone ... usse kuch ho jaata to? You would have been more hurt, you feel her pain more than she does ...
Was Ratan talking about Ranvi or herself?
Chaiji's joy at Ratan's love for Veera finally finding an outlet, be it in anger ...
Veera doesn't know how to cry ...
Ranvi shares his mother's pain and sense of abandonment - he too desperately misses and needs his father ... a growing boy's biggest need.

Madhubala

Qabool Hai

Na Bole Tum ... getting interesting.

IPKKND

Others 
Khamoshiyan- Apparently Garv and Gauri got married on Friday. Yet to watch the episode. Mamiji (Utkarsha Naik) is entering the show.

Team Sarun's visit with Daljeet (Anjali)
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3417692

Forum32 Interview with Sanaya 
All about Sanaya ... how she got chosen for the role, the initial days as Khushi, settling down into the role etc. - nice watch! 10 minutes long, and it felt so short! So good to see her again ... made my day!
Sanaya Irani exclusive forum32 interview with Gul Khan
Does Gul fancy herself to be the new KJo of tv? Whatever ... am glad it was all about Sanaya and her experience with IPK, and not about controversial stuff. Hope the second part has something about Sanaya's plans for her next show. *fingers crossed*

TV This Week ... 28th Jan - 1st Feb '13

Veera

Qabool Hai

Madhubala

Punar Vivah ... I finally saw Akshay speak!

IPKKND ... as always. 

Na Bole Tum Season 2 ... anyone watching this? The new entry Beera was in Mukti Bandhan, he is an okay-ish actor.I haven't seen it this last week at all.

Others ... Welcome if anyone is keeping up with it. I don't think I will be following it now.

TV This Week ... 21st - 25th Jan '13

Veera 
Monday 21st Jan - Ranvi's teacher is impressed with Veera and predicts she will make her family proud. Shape of things to come?
Ratan-Nihal-Gurpreet-Kartar ... tangled relationships, the ever-present shadow of the missing Sampooran hanging over them all.
Moti Chaiji tells Ratan she can understand Veera's fears - after all, she is a mother.
Veera wants to visit Gunjan, because 'maata' has come there :) Hats off to Indian colloquialisms!
The kids were adorable again ...

Qabool Hai

Madhubala

Na Bole Tum 

Punar Vivah

IPKKND ... can never stop discussing that here :) 

Others