16/6 - Epi 122 ... Lessons for Today

Monday 16th June

Lessons for today ...

How to ruin a perfectly good romantic moment by remembering your mother-in-law ... by Paro baisa. In two parts ... a) in bed ... b) in bedroom.

Tea should be made and served ... but never drunk ... by Rudra Pratap Ranawat.

How To Run Away from home Successfully ... by Mala Ranawat

How To Run Away from Home Unsuccessfully ... by Mohini Ranawat.

How To Be Angry under all Circumstances ... by Rudra Pratap Ranawat.

Ironic that the two people because of whom Mala left , the two people who expressed their hatred for her return, are her two closest blood relatives, her sister and her son.

Kostin 1 - Can someone explain to me why on earth Paro stopped Mohini from leaving the haveli? It would have been good riddance to bad rubbish, I say!

Corollary to kostin 1 ... how much does Paro know about what happened the night before? Or rather, about what happened twenty eight ... or twenty nine ... or thirty years ago? Did Danveer tell her everything? In which case ... see kostin 1 above.

Precap ... the separations in this show are never of long duration. Rudra Paro's separation lasted all of two and a half episodes ... Mala running away and being found has lasted barely one.

I loved the Parud moments ... why the heck did Paro have to spoil them by remembering Mommy Mala?! Paro, sweetheart, I love you a lot ... but your timing leaves much to be desired!

*edit - forgot to mention Sumer banna ... the guy has his priorities straight ... mom, decide whether you're running away or not, I'm not carrying these heavy bags up and down while you do your drama! 

EDITED ... with a more serious update ...

The episode was good, well balanced between family drama and romance ... finally we get some romance!!!

Paro ... trying her best to do a balancing act ... she is the complete woman ... wife, daughter, bahu of the house, struggling to hold a family together ... even the people she doesn't much care for or trust ... only because Kakisa is also family, is a wife and mother ... and she has heard her story too. 

And of course, her unrelenting efforts to heal her husband ... he can scream and shout that he hates his mother, but when he is affected enough to call out his mother's name in his sleep, Paro knows the hate is only a cover for something else. And she pushes him again ... go talk to her. Because she knows, he needs answers, and he will only get them from his mother. 

Rudra ... his anger was expected from the precap, but his subsequent melting was not ... and it was very welcome. He blows up at Paro as expected ... his first reaction is always anger ... Did he actually go to talk to his mother, as Paro said? But too late, she had left again ... and his first reaction is anger ... he knew it, this woman is not to be trusted, he told Paro that, she didn't listen ... and this time, it;s Paro who is hurt ... hurt the same way that he was, when his mother ran away the first time. In Paro's vulnerable, desperate eyes, he sees his own twelve year old self ... in her hurt, he sees his own ... he doesn't see Paro as another beautiful woman not to be trusted ... but instead, he sees her as another vulnerable soul, another hurt child, similar to the child he was twelve years ago. 

And this might be Rudra's turning point, I feel ... discarding the hatred, and allowing the hurt to surface ... recognising Paro's hurt, because that's what he felt too ... he wanted to find his mother and bring her back twelve years ago ... the way Paro wants to find her now. And maybe that's what prompts him to go hunt for her after all. 

Mala ... I felt for Mala today. She has made some wrong decisions in life ... maybe some were her own, some were forced upon her, and some she was manipulated into making. But she has paid for them ... the hatred of her own son is a huge cross to bear. She doesn't want to upset him further, when it seems he has found someone to heal him, someone to love him ... better for her to leave. 

And she loves her older sister too ... she is horrified at the extent of hatred that Mohini bears for her, she can't live with that, with the guilt Mohini has heaped on her shoulders. She leaves for Rudra's sake, and for Mohini's sake ... ironically, the two people with whom she shares the closest blood ties, are the two people who seem to hate her the most. 

(Of course, Rudra's hatred is only skin deep ... and Paro is peeling off the layers very quickly.)

Mohini ... we all have our problems in life ... its the way we deal with them that define us. Never had much sympathy for her, even on Friday ... today whatever little there was, evaporated. She will stop at nothing to fulfill her own ambitions ... be it the happiness and safety of her own flesh and blood ... her sons, her own sister. She is happy at having driven her sister away again ... and reclaimed her own position as chatelaine of the haveli ... what a woman!  That's all that matters to her. 

Danveer ... surprisingly, Danveer seemed least affected by Mohini's drama ... is that because he is used to it? Recognises it for what it is? Mala was afraid what Danveer had told Paro, what lies she could get away with ... When Paro said Mala left for Rudra and Mohini's sake, that was one story down the drain. Time to regroup and think of something else ... and also figure out how much exactly Paro knows. 

13/6 - Epi 121 ... Trying To Hold, Trying to Heal

Friday 13th June

The title refers to Paro ... trying desperately to hold on to relationships, to heal old wounds, mend old cracks, bridge old rifts ... and bring the broken pieces of a fragmented family together. She just needs some support, some reassurance that she's doing the right thing ... Mala's apparent acceptance of defeat and guilt doesn't give it to her, neither does Dilsher's silence ... neither does Rudra's anger ... but finally he acknowledges that even in his anger, her presence, her love, is the only thing keeping him going, keeping him alive and breathing, holding him together, and stopping him from breaking into pieces. And that's enough for Paro ... till the next storm!
Loved the song and the picturization both ...
Main tennu samjhavan ki
Na tere bin lagda ji ... 


Mohini's sob story continued ... I didn't understand how much of it was true and how much was crocodile tears ... does she really intend to leave the haveli? Or was that her modus operandi to guilt Mala into leaving? If it was, it seems to have worked.
Mohini said that Mala ran away with her lover ... Mala didn't protest. So is that true?
And her biggest grouse is that the business should be hers, but it bears Mala's name ... the haveli should be her husband's but it bears Dilsher's name ... her hard work, her blood, sweat and tears ... but the rights all belong to others.
ROFL moment ... Mohini says ... I always speak the truth!

Glad Aman reminded Rudra that he needed to question Laila about Tejawat ... although it didn't have much effect ... Rudra only ticked her off for trying to get close to him, but forgot to check whether she knew Teju's hideout. Not that it mattered, Teju is way ahead of him there ... he's gone! The only good thing is, that it pushed Rudra into going home.
It also might push Laila into  becoming truly a woman scorned  and throwing her lot in with Teju... which will make her much more dangerous.

Mala, I'm trying to feel sorry for you, even trying to justify you, but for heavens sake ... stop crying silently ... and say something! And running away again is NOT the answer! 

12/6 - Epi 120 ... Revelations ... When It All Began

Thursday 12th June

Today the major turning point wasn't Sumer's return ... it was the reveal of Mohini's extreme hatred and jealousy, and the reason for it.

So Dilsher went with a rishta for Mohini, the older sister, and chose to marry Mala instead. Mala got the older brother with the title to the haveli, and became jethani to her older sister. What was worse, she gave Mohini her younger brother-in-law as a charity handout ... or so Mohini felt. And Mohini's hatred and jealousy has been festering for the last twenty eight years (Dia's note - shouldn't it be 29 years? Rudra is 28 years old) ... much to the surprise, no, shock ... of Dilsher, Mala and Danveer, who really had no clue that Mohini felt this way.
Either Mohini was a very good actress all these years ... or Dilsher, Danveer and Mala are all really dumb!

In all this, I liked the way Paro never obeyed Mohini's instructions to leave, but waited till Dilsher told her to go ... making it very clear to Mohini that her loyalties were with Dilsher and Mala, not with Mohini at all. And she doesn't trust Mohini an inch.

In other scenes, Rudra sulked some more, prompting Paro to remark that all she has done since getting married has been to feed Rudra like the kid he is. Yes, Paro ... we all feel the same way!

And Rudra may claim he hates Mala, but he can't sit and listen to her being insulted and made a tamasha of ... so he stalks off to office. Good thing too ... he remembered he has a job ... of course, Ashish also has dance rehearsals!

And in precap - Laila is back :( But Rudra tells her clearly that she has no place in his life. Am sure Mohini will try to repeat history by playing games with Laila, Rudra and Paro ... and that might help Rudra to finally realise how she drove the wedge between his parents.

So the story begins to unfold slowly ... 

11/6 - Epi 119 ... The Prodigal Returns ...

Wednesday 11th June

The prodigal returns ... as predicted, and hoped ;) the person responsible was Dilsher.

And Rudra's world collapses around him once again ... his father brought his mother back?! After those long years of dinning into his head that his mother, and all beautiful women like her, were faithless, after dragging him around for years, running away from his wife, not allowing Rudra to lead a settled life, taking him away from the only home he had known ... Dilsher welcomes Mala back into the haveli as though it was the most natural thing to do?! Why did he bring up Rudra to hate his mother then, if he was going to welcome her back home?
A matter between husband and wife? And what about the son who was caught between the two of them? His father demanded his loyalties, Rudra gave them unflinchingly ... only to have that loyalty thrown back in his face?

Rudra's world just collapsed around him once again ... the faithlessness of his mother, which he knew ... but now, added to that, the perfidy of his father ... whom can he trust?!

And he storms off ... reduced again to the frightened, insecure twelve year old whose world shattered around him overnight.

Even by Dilsher's standards, that was rather insensitively done.  Felt really sorry for Rudra ... in a bad marriage, it's always the children who suffer the most in the middle, and that is exactly what happened here. 

Mohini is fuming silently all through this exchange ... not one word. She gets rid of Maithili and Samrat pronto ... doesn't want them getting any wrong ideas.
Methinks that was more like bolting the stable door after the horse had bolted. 

Dilsher tells Paro awkwardly to look after Mala. Mala tells Paro to go after Rudra ... Paro does ... but not much use ... Rudra is still hurting, trying to process everything that just happened ... and failing miserably. The shock is too great .. everything he was brought up with, just turned upside down. And Rudra was not the most emotionally stable of men to start with ... he cannot handle this. So he pushes Paro away ... he can't trust anyone at all ... doesn't want to trust anyone at all. He's back to being the twelve year old abandoned child ... alone again.

Danveer brings Mala to Dilsher ... Dilsher is still very awkward ... Mala is silent.

Danveer introduces Maithili, Samrat and Sunehri to Mala ... just as though this was the most normal thing in the world to be happening. And then Mala goes to Mohini ... Mohini throws her out ... the mask is finally off.

As expected ... Mohini had a lot to do with Mala running away ... and she's furious that her fifteen year old plans, so carefully laid and carried out, have just collapsed around her feet.
Rudra's world is not the only one which shattered tonight! 

Paro Mala ... Paro has based her entire viewpoint of the situation on her own experience of Mala ... a woman who could be so kind to a poor orphan girl, could not have left her child without a very good reason. And she knows that she was a substitute for Rudra all these years ... contrary to what Rudra firmly believed, Mala had not forgotten her son all these years.

Paro is probably right in her assessment ... judging by Mohini's soliloquy, more than probably right ... but some doubts, some questions would have been more understandable than this certainty.
Mala is still silent.
Rudra is Dilsher's son ... and Mala seems to have given her thoughtfulness to Paro ... Mala's silence held deep thought.

And tomorrow - Sumer returns. As far as Mohini is concerned, if Mala can be forgiven, why not Sumer?
Mohini never loses her capacity to think on her feet ... Carpe Diem ... Seize the opportunity! 

10/6 - Epi 118 ... Tangled Relationships

Tuesday 10th June

Tangled Relationships .. unravelling ... or getting further tangled ... re-establishing ... how fragile our human emotions can be ...

Danveer Dilsher ... a brother wronged ... a brother betrayed ... but who is the betrayer? 

Rudra Paro ... tough love is usually associated with a mother ... but when the mother is missing, the wife fills that need. 

Dilsher Paro ... Paro voices her own internal conflict, and finds a surprisingly sympathetic confidante for her point of view. 

This was the scene of the day  Beautifully played by both actors, especially Dilsher ... now I am really looking forward to the whole story. 

Paro Rudra again ... 

Pyaar tumko bhi hai, pyaar humko bhi hai 

Toh yeh kya silsile ho gaye

Bewafa tum nahin, bewafa hum nahin 

Toh kyun itne gile ho gaye

Paro Mala ... felt sorry for Paro in this scene ... she loves her foster mother, but maybe blood is thicker than water after all, for Mala is more worried about Rudra's pain. Is Paro fated to never find unconditional love at all?  

Rudra Maithili ... an unlikely alliance ... but Rudra cannot confide in Maithili this time. 

Mohini ... alone ... as she is fated to be. 

Paro enters the haveli with Mala. 

I still hope that she brought Mala back on Dilsher's request.  I think she did ... waiting to watch tomorrow. 

9/6 - Epi 117 ... Kahani Mein Twist

Monday 9th June

Kahani mein twist ... so Mala did not exactly walk out ... she did decide to leave, but with Rudra, as she said ... and Dilsher threw her out. And he didn't allow her to take Rudra.

I had written an FF years ago on Samrat Gunjan, where Samrat hates his mother for leaving him ... and the same thing had happened there ... his mom was actually thrown out, Interesting to see some similarities here!
For those interested ... http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1655794&TPN=34 

The most interesting scene today was Dilsher's flashbacks ... the start of the actual Mala story, which we were all waiting for.

I hope that Dilsher has asked Paro to bring Mala home, and Paro has not done it of her own accord.

Rudra obviously has only got a very, very skewered version of the facts ... he really needs to know the whole story ... not just from Mala, as Paro told him, but also from Dilsher. Both of them need to sit down and tell him the truth.

Dilsher is definitely as responsible as Mala for the way Rudra turned out, even more so ... not only did he prevent Mala from taking Rudra with her, but he also then proceeded to poison Rudra's mind against Mala for fifteen long years. Wonder if Danveer knows the entire truth, and that's why he stayed in touch with Mala for so long.
It also seems at first glance that Mala did not run away to be with Tejawat, but she met him after she left the Ranawat haveli ... Teju gave her shelter, and probably fell in love with her along the way ... as much as he could love anyone apart from himself, of course.

The PaRud scene was sweet ... love the way Paro got Rudra to eat a couple of mouthfuls ... she should have kept her mouth shut about asking him to listen to her, though ... the man just doesn't want to hear it yet. But it was good that she reiterated that she was on his side always ... he needs to hear it, even though like a child, he stubbornly believes that being on his side means agreeing to everything he says. It doesn't ... he will figure that out eventually. Rudra still has a lot of growing up to do ... any sight or sound or mention of his mother, and he turns into a twelve year old again, with the same IQ to boot. He did not even notice that Dilsher's only question to him was ... 'how is she?'  Well, he's sozzled, so excused for the moment ... let's see what happens tomorrow. But if he stops to think about it, he might realise there is more to the story than he knows.

Another intriguing thing ... Dilsher and Danveer both hid from Mohini that Mala was back ...

Mohini Samrat ... have a feeling Mohini will try to get Samrat married again ... Maithili is becoming far too influential in the house for Mohini's liking. Again an insight into Mohini's character ... she wants complete control. Which again begs the question ... what was her role in the Mala Dilsher breakup?

Rangrasiya ... 2nd - 6th June - Epi 112 - 116

112 - Monday 2nd June ... Making the Break
Laila-Tejawat ... Ankita seems to be settling into Laila a  little more, or maybe I'm getting used to her OTT acting. Am interested in seeing what she comes up with. The major flaw in her plan is that she feels Rudra will fall over himself in gratitude to her for getting his mother back, she doesn't know that he already knows she's with Tejawat, and is even less ready to forgive her.
Paro-Rudra ...Again beautiful scenes ... Sanaya's acting was fabulous as Paro grapples with the dread of leaving Rudra forever ... Ashish was great today as Rudra puzzles over Paro's subdued behaviour, and then goes to buy her bangles to cheer her up. Rudra's character has been drawn beautifully ... can't help loving the guy for his silent, fierce adoration of Paro.
Rudra's angst and anguish as Maithili tells him about Paro's vow and the last scene ... Paro trying to get the courage to make that final break ... Rudra stopping her ... Wow!!!

113 - Tuesday 3rd June ... Love Binds, Love Frees
Rudra - Love is a binding force, it holds people together. Love is selfish, it seeks to hold on to the person you love. So how can Paro love him and leave him?
Paro - Love sets you free ... love is unselfish, it asks for nothing except the happiness and the life of the one you love. She prayed to Bholenath for Rudra's life, even if the price was her own life and happiness. For her life, her happiness is only Rudra.

What Paro and Rudra didn't bargain for was that Rudra's life is Paro, his happiness is only with Paro. So when Paro prayed for Rudra's life, Bholenath actually granted her her own life, her own happiness. Without Paro, Rudra cannot exist. So Paro has to stay with Rudra if she wants his life.
Bholenath found a way for Paro to fulfil her vow, and yet stay with Rudra. The only thing Rudra has to do, is to accept that Paro is his life. He is hers.

Rudra's eighth and final vow broken.

114 - Wednesday 4th June ... She Gave him Up to Her God, He wrested Her Back from Her God
She gave him up to Bholenath to save his life, he argued with the same God to bring her back ... if she was his life, how could he still live if she left him? Her mannat was to save his life, his was to keep his life with him. Bholenath had no choice but to give in to Rudra!
Nicely done, cvs! Despite being filmy, the scene was well executed. Both Sanaya and Ashish were fabulous.
Paro's scream when she thought Rudra had come under the train, was really chilling ... Sanaya was simply fantastic in that scene! The hug was sweet, but too short.
Loved the entire PaRud scene ... found myself holding my breath even on second watch.

Dia's note ... just how long did that train take to come into the station?!

Aww scene ... Paro asking Rudra ... what about our luggage, did you inform Jija ... and when will you leave my hand? Paro of course, is thrilled to bits that he's holding on to her as though he will never let her go.
And Rudra's look into her eyes as he says softly, yet firmly ... never. Haayyyee!!!

So Paro knows now without a shadow of doubt that she is Rudra, and he is hers. The man just declared he can't live without, her, and more importantly, he doesn't want to. And he made her promise she would never leave him. Paro, the orphan, has found a place of her own, a husband, a home and a family she belongs to.

Other very sweet scenes - 
Danveer thanking Paro for making a stone into a human.
Rudra touching Maithili's feet as a mark of respect ... she has truly been the wise elder in the family, a far worthier matriarch than Mohini.
Dilsher-Rudra scene ... and the continuation, as Dilsher walks off chatting amicably with Paro, wanting to know all about her trip. A warm, comfortable, father-daughter relationship ...
Rudra asking Maithili about buying a mangalsutra for Paro ... about time! Paro has bridged more than one relationship for Rudra ... she has brought him into his whole family.

Maithili confronting Mohini - I know my husband is your son, but stop insulting him in front of outsiders. 
Mohini is fast losing her grip on her entire family ... as Maithili and Paro's influence increases, and the family, torn apart and fragmented for the last fifteen years, starts slowly, painfully, coming back together.

What will happen when Mala, the cause for the disintegration of the family, makes a come back into their lives?

115 - Thursday 5th June ... Practice Makes Perfect 

Or so Major Rudra Pratap Ranawat seems to feel ... especially when it comes to the very unique ... and rather uncomfortable ... situation he finds himself in ... declaring his love for the woman he loves. So he makes sure to get the set up all right ... organise mangal sutra - check ... organise efficient supportive bhabhisa to deliver lady love to his office in the evening, where he can propose his love to her at the place where their story began ... check.
Major Saab has a romantic streak in him, it seems!

And it seems he hit pay dirt, because his beloved wife is struggling with the red thread that passes for the mangalsutra he's planning to replace it with ... talk about timing! So he ties the thread for her ... making her all flustered and breathless in the process ... she escapes his proximity, but apparently not because she is repulsed ... quite the reverse ... she's not ready for him to leave for office, she actually displays very wifely petulance at the statement that he's going to office with her Jija ... why Jija? Why office, you have a holiday? Wait, stop ... do this, do that ... do ... uh uh, I forgot ... and when you get so close, I can't think, let alone remember ... 

Yep, time to take their relationship forward ... he just declared that he can't live without her, made her promise that she will never leave him as long as they live ... he is secure in his woman's love finally, and ready to say so.

But not so easy to say so, after all ... so he practices ... while watching Paro through a one way glass, which mysteriously reversed its position .. blooper alert!!! How he was running all his life, how she chased him, ran after him, and finally made him stop running ... how sweet this defeat is ... and how much he ... loves ... her.
There ... he said it! 
Rehearsal over ... time for the real act.

So he tries again, this time for real ... problem is, the dratted girl keeps interrupting and throwing him off his practiced speech with her loving concern ... are you all right? You're sweating ... sit down ... have some water ...
Of course he's sweating ... he's never done this before!
So he tries again ... much more unpolished and stuttered ... tells her to keep quiet ... wrong move, she sulks, so he has to cajole her first, before starting off again ...
And finally gets to the point about leaving the shadows of his past behind ... and moving forward ...
And the last, darkest shadow of his past appears ... and casts its shadow between Rudra and Paro again.

Mala. His mother.

Ignoring the rest of the episode, the Mohini-Sumer scene ... and the editing bloopers, and the shoddy camera work. Don't know whose idea it was to keep that silly lamp in the picture in the BSD office ... it was most distracting. Also the Major's speech got too long ... especially as he repeated most of it ... I was waiting for him to get to the point!
Loved the first PaRud scene ... the dhaaga tying ... loved Sanaya's loose hair in that, wish they would keep it that way more often, especially in the bedroom scenes at home. She looks so young and utterly lovely with her hair flying around her face. The PaRud chemistry was spot on in that scene. And loved the way Paro shows sparks of jealousy as she tries to delay Rudra leaving ... and her candid admission that she can't think if he gets too close ... cute! 
Loved the nervous stammering Rudra as he tries to propose for real ... the mix of roughness and softness was very good. Ashish did very well in that scene. 

116 - Friday 6th June ... Shadow of the Past

Beautiful episode from start to finish ... I loved all the characters. All were very much in character ... except that Mala is looking more and more clueless ... did she really not realise what her disappearance could have done to Rudra? 
Waiting to hear Mala's back story ... from what we have now, she went off one fine day, apparently she and Dilsher had a troubled marriage, but she adored her Rudra. Were the troubles in their marriage fomented by Mohini? Possible.
So she went off one day ... returned after a month for Rudra ... so did she go off without any place to go, hence she went without Rudra? And when she came back, it was after she had met Tejawat and he gave her shelter? 
So she returned for her son ... only to find that Dilsher had disappeared with him, and Danveer didn't know their whereabouts ... she kept in touch with Danveer, but he also did not know where Dilsher and Rudra were for fifteen years. And when Rudra returned, Danveer informed Mala ... she wanted to meet Rudra immediately, but he kept telling her to wait ... the rest we have seen. 

The episode -
Rudra-Mala first meeting - Paro hugs Mala, finds Mala unresponsive as she stares at Rudra ... Paro understands what Mala is asking and confirms it ... Mala overwhelmed, reaches out ... Rudra shattered again ... storms out.

Paro runs after Rudra ... tells him he has to stop running ... he asks her to come with him ... she tells him to face up to his past and deal with it ... he tells her to choose ... she refuses to choose, and tells him again he has to face his mother, ask her all the questions he has locked in his heart ... he has to talk to her.
He drives off.
Loved the conversation ... the way Paro confronts him ... talk to me, look at me ...
The way he says ... ghutan ho rahi hai, Paro ... He bares his heart to this woman, because she is part of him part of his soul, she understands ...
But she is also tough love ... yes, she understands, but she also knows the lost child behind the tormented man, the one still yearning for his mother, still guilt racked that he did something to chase her away ... he wants answers, he deserves those answers, but he has to face Mala and get them.

He's not ready yet ... he drives away ... and she lets him ... he needs his space, time to come to terms with the shock of seeing his mother again.
So she stops Aman from calling him, and gets his help to deal with the immediate situation ... they have an injured witness whom they need to take care of.

Paro- Mala ... another scene I loved ... Paro telling Mala, he's told me about you ... pati hain voh mhaare. 
Mala's smile breaks out ... she is delighted, she always wanted Paro for her daughter-in-law ... but she is now realising the damage she did to Rudra by staying away for so long ...

Dia's note - really?! Now?! About time! In her defense though, she did try to take Rudra, she did stay in touch with Danveer for that purpose, and she did come back the moment he told her Rudra had returned. So I will wait for her full story ... it had better be good, for her to get any forgiveness. 

And Paro reassures her that Rudra will return, that things will be all right ... Mala has realised her mistake, and that's the most important thing.
While I can understand Paro being sweet and loving to Mala, hope she stays out of the exchange between Mala and Rudra and only acts as a bridge to facilitate their interaction. She has to be loyal to Rudra, she has seen first hand the damage his mother's abandonment did to him ... on the other hand, Mala was her mother figure for fifteen years, and her support when Paro, a young orphan of six, needed it the most. So Mala has never wronged Paro ... she has only supported her, and Paro has to support her when she needs it. Mala has, however, wronged Rudra, and it is Rudra she needs to seek forgiveness from. From where Paro stands, she has seen both sides of Mala, and she has to tread the fence carefully. 
In the meantime, though ... I did love the mutual delight on Paro and Mala's faces as Mala reveals her link to Rudra and through him, to Mala ... her Thakurain maasa is now her sasuma. A mutual love, respect and affection ... beautiful to see. 

Rudra drinking ... as the memories surface in flashbacks ... expected! I hate to sound insensitive, but it's really high time he got over this. He is neglecting his duties as a BSD Major with his personal issues ... he should have been sorting out Mala's security and wellbeing, as she is an important witness in the Tejawat case, and moreover can tell them Tejawat's whereabouts before Tejawat flees again ... which Teju does, very promptly. Anyway, the scene was good ... fortunately Ashish seems to have received the feedback on his OTT crying, and has cut back on it.

Paro- Laila ... loved this scene, as Paro firmly and politely puts Laila in her place ... we thank you for looking after sasuma, now we can take over from here. As for your concern for Rudra, leave him to me, I'm his wife, and I can take care of him. Besides, I know you tried to come between us ... and that disturbs Major Saab. He's already facing a crisis, please don't worsen things.

So much confidence Paro has now about her place in Rudra's life ... when a man stands in front of a moving train and makes you swear you will never leave him, the words "I love you" are pretty redundant! 

Dilsher- Rudra - Danveer - another good scene ... Dilsher ready to hand over Mala's sarees to Paro, and her jewelry ... Rudra tells him Mala is back ... Dilsher's shock.

Small details - Rudra tells Dilsher ... voh laut aayi, Ranawat ...
But when he sees Dilsher stumble, his reaction is ... sambhalke, Baapusa. 

Yes, Rudra has changed ... and the change is irreversible. The bitterness may return temporarily, but it is well on its way to receding. Only the final dregs remain.

Rudra stumbles out ... Dilsher, worried, urges Paro to go after him.

Rudra- Mala - And Rudra has taken Paro's advice to heart ... he goes to face Mala.

So will we get Mala's story next week? And will it be the full story? What role did Mohini play in all this? Not overt, because Mala seemed to have no bitterness towards Mohini ... so obviously, even if Mohini did something to foment trouble, it was well hidden. Unlike here, where Paro and Maithili discovered her antics. Just hope the cvs have laid a good story in place ... it is already very difficult for Mala to get any redemption.