30th October episode
What a cuuuutee episode!!! Finally Gunjan put her habitually worried expression to good use - to fool her sister - and made me realise what a good actress she really is! She must be doing this every single day of shooting!!! She looked adorable - no wonder Samrat couldn't stop looking at her!
The first two thirds of the episode was all fun and masti, with a few poignant moments - when Mayank was giving his messages to all the gang, that was sweet, Samrat casually reminding him of his love was very well done. Both guys acted well today, so did Benji. But Mayur's first date flashbacks were ROFL moments!
The girls' getting ready was hilarious - I was laughing through it all, especially as my favourite Gunjan was in such a perky mood. Especially when she and Dia started getting Nupur ready. Please creatives, get this perky sweet naughty Gunjan back more often - Samrat's influence has been good for her! She's just too cute!
Loved the little Samrat Gunjan interaction - he couldn't take his eyes off her and she had that shy yet 'I know he's mine' expression on her face. Oh yes, she was playacting about being so nervous - she wasn't anywhere near being really so nervous about her first date! First Samrat had this 'is she serious?' expression, then he realised it was all part of the act for Nupur and he got that grin on his face - part admiration, part just 'can't stop looking at her' look! Really cute - the gamut of emotions they ran through in those couple of minutes! :)
Last scene - Mayur - oh dear, still on their individual high horses - till Nupur breaks. She is such a good actress - has been playing quite a difficult role the last few weeks, but I liked her acting today. If I was a Mayur fan, I would be on tenterhooks till Monday. But why bus - I thought Mayank was buying train tickets? There will be a separation - am almost sure of that now.
New entries - as leads???? But why? In DMG it was because the story was going nowhere, here there is still some meat left. Some family interference was needed for Sajan, I guess, but new leads??? No, please! This serial hasn't suffered the fate of DMG with the leads leaving every nine months, and it's still going okay. Sajan is great, Mayur is picking up after ages so why?
Sigh - moral of the story, never get too attached to a show!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Atul
29th October episode
I loved Atul - this new serious Atul. The great thing about DMG which had us all hooked was that the acting of all characters was of a uniformly high calibre - KSG as armaan was of course the USP of the show, but even Atul, Rahul, Shubhankar, Keerti, Anjali, Muskaan and Sukirti's Riddhima - they were all fantastic. We craved AR scenes, but we enjoyed all the scenes with all the other actors - how I loved the Armaan Rahul interactions! I remember the scene at the water park where Anjali turns down Atul - we saw a serious Atul then and we all loved him. Got to see that Atul again yesterday - Pankit, take a bow! In a very Ekta'ish scene, you were so good!
Jiah - the actress who plays her - is good too.
The new lot - my opinion still stands - I can watch Yuvi Naina, JP is kind of ok, Tamanna is still unwatchable - though she seems to be finding her tongue. Didn't watch much of her scene though - she seems to be as unreasonabl as Shilpa was at the start. Wish Sid was paired with someone better.
I loved Atul - this new serious Atul. The great thing about DMG which had us all hooked was that the acting of all characters was of a uniformly high calibre - KSG as armaan was of course the USP of the show, but even Atul, Rahul, Shubhankar, Keerti, Anjali, Muskaan and Sukirti's Riddhima - they were all fantastic. We craved AR scenes, but we enjoyed all the scenes with all the other actors - how I loved the Armaan Rahul interactions! I remember the scene at the water park where Anjali turns down Atul - we saw a serious Atul then and we all loved him. Got to see that Atul again yesterday - Pankit, take a bow! In a very Ekta'ish scene, you were so good!
Jiah - the actress who plays her - is good too.
The new lot - my opinion still stands - I can watch Yuvi Naina, JP is kind of ok, Tamanna is still unwatchable - though she seems to be finding her tongue. Didn't watch much of her scene though - she seems to be as unreasonabl as Shilpa was at the start. Wish Sid was paired with someone better.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Communication - see, that's the key!!!
29th October episode
What have I been saying all this time? Communication!!! Finally someone heard me! Oh, Samrat and Gunjan - they don't count, they KNOW how to communicate! But finally Mayank spoke to Samrat and Nupur to Gunjan -well, something is better than nothing! And since SG are the communication experts, have no fear, the matter finally has some miniscule chance of being resolved. Miniscule chance because at the end of the day, MN still have to talk it out between themselves and that's a tough one! Maybe they should hire SG as interpreters.
Sayank scene was very good - finally saw Mayank letting out his emotions, and Samrat asking all the right questions. Well written dialogues, covered all the points. Gunur scene was okay, Nupur did tell Gunjan what had happened but as she had much less to say and most of it was based on emotion and not on fact, it had less impact. One ROFL moment - Gunajan saying - di, Mayank aisa ladka nahin hai, and Nupur interrupting - Gunjan, I know him better than you. Yeah, right, Nupur, sure you do! Liked the little Gunur-Dia scene with Gunjan's dialogues - I'll end up looking like a bhootni! Finally she's getting some peppy lines!
And loved the Sajan balcony scene from start to end, from Gunjan's "Samrat, why do you never use the door?!" to the little close up moment, to their talk, including the startling discovery that MN never talk or listen to each other (though am still a bit confused as to how they love each other, but okay) to the most selfish decision of postponing their date till MN get together - hope that doesn't take till eternity or I'll be most annoyed!
Okay they showed Nupur all dolled up, but just a glimpse of Gunjan in red - am waiting for that one! And for Samrat's reaction :))) And please, oh please change Mayank's pink shirt, everytime he came on screen, I couldn't concentrate on his dialogues because of that color!
What have I been saying all this time? Communication!!! Finally someone heard me! Oh, Samrat and Gunjan - they don't count, they KNOW how to communicate! But finally Mayank spoke to Samrat and Nupur to Gunjan -well, something is better than nothing! And since SG are the communication experts, have no fear, the matter finally has some miniscule chance of being resolved. Miniscule chance because at the end of the day, MN still have to talk it out between themselves and that's a tough one! Maybe they should hire SG as interpreters.
Sayank scene was very good - finally saw Mayank letting out his emotions, and Samrat asking all the right questions. Well written dialogues, covered all the points. Gunur scene was okay, Nupur did tell Gunjan what had happened but as she had much less to say and most of it was based on emotion and not on fact, it had less impact. One ROFL moment - Gunajan saying - di, Mayank aisa ladka nahin hai, and Nupur interrupting - Gunjan, I know him better than you. Yeah, right, Nupur, sure you do! Liked the little Gunur-Dia scene with Gunjan's dialogues - I'll end up looking like a bhootni! Finally she's getting some peppy lines!
And loved the Sajan balcony scene from start to end, from Gunjan's "Samrat, why do you never use the door?!" to the little close up moment, to their talk, including the startling discovery that MN never talk or listen to each other (though am still a bit confused as to how they love each other, but okay) to the most selfish decision of postponing their date till MN get together - hope that doesn't take till eternity or I'll be most annoyed!
Okay they showed Nupur all dolled up, but just a glimpse of Gunjan in red - am waiting for that one! And for Samrat's reaction :))) And please, oh please change Mayank's pink shirt, everytime he came on screen, I couldn't concentrate on his dialogues because of that color!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Finally some progress
28th October episode
First a crib - it's Mayur who have broken up - why are we getting such few Sajan scenes??!!!
Anyway, the little scene we got was cute enough - and again, boy oh boy, I could have written it! Including the MN talking to each other because of SG being there.
And my cutie pie teasing Gunjan is back - ask Shukla sir for a date :))) I love her sense of humour because it's so cute and not-in-your-face variety! Love the way they're settling down into the boyfriend-girlfriend zone - and they seem to be so comfortable in it! Friends plus lovers - can't get better!
Today was mainly MN focus, or rather focus on the MN story - some progress there finally! Gunjan gets to know from Nupur and Samrat gets to know from Shilpa. So Samrat knows Mayank's side of the story and Gunjan knows Nupur's. And as these two TALK to each other - hehe, how many times am I going to say that? - soon they will both know the whole picture. Pity them, they've barely started their love life and here they are playing cupid for MN and trying to get theirs back on track. With the tough part being to get MN to both talk to each other - and listen - SG have to do the communication here for both couples!
And oh, oh, oh ... is my dream for SG's date going to come true? Is he just going to take her to the first place he took her - that beautiful Valentine's night date? The one that made me fall in love with this couple?!
Hmm, am beginning to understand why the crying Gunjan and dragging SG story during Sheena phase put off non-SG fans. I can sit through the crying Nupur and solemn Mayank monologuing about their non-communication precisely one time. Okay, I get the story is progressing. Can't watch again! But I do wonder - is Mayank going to move to Bangalore? Samrat wasn't rushing to find Shilpa aunty a job, but he does have place for Mayank to stay. Or is the MN twist going to be a long-distance relationship? Or is there going to be a relationship at all? Or are they going to call a time out? For the first time after the confession, the MN story actually has some meat.
But I still want my Sajan scenes!
First a crib - it's Mayur who have broken up - why are we getting such few Sajan scenes??!!!
Anyway, the little scene we got was cute enough - and again, boy oh boy, I could have written it! Including the MN talking to each other because of SG being there.
And my cutie pie teasing Gunjan is back - ask Shukla sir for a date :))) I love her sense of humour because it's so cute and not-in-your-face variety! Love the way they're settling down into the boyfriend-girlfriend zone - and they seem to be so comfortable in it! Friends plus lovers - can't get better!
Today was mainly MN focus, or rather focus on the MN story - some progress there finally! Gunjan gets to know from Nupur and Samrat gets to know from Shilpa. So Samrat knows Mayank's side of the story and Gunjan knows Nupur's. And as these two TALK to each other - hehe, how many times am I going to say that? - soon they will both know the whole picture. Pity them, they've barely started their love life and here they are playing cupid for MN and trying to get theirs back on track. With the tough part being to get MN to both talk to each other - and listen - SG have to do the communication here for both couples!
And oh, oh, oh ... is my dream for SG's date going to come true? Is he just going to take her to the first place he took her - that beautiful Valentine's night date? The one that made me fall in love with this couple?!
Hmm, am beginning to understand why the crying Gunjan and dragging SG story during Sheena phase put off non-SG fans. I can sit through the crying Nupur and solemn Mayank monologuing about their non-communication precisely one time. Okay, I get the story is progressing. Can't watch again! But I do wonder - is Mayank going to move to Bangalore? Samrat wasn't rushing to find Shilpa aunty a job, but he does have place for Mayank to stay. Or is the MN twist going to be a long-distance relationship? Or is there going to be a relationship at all? Or are they going to call a time out? For the first time after the confession, the MN story actually has some meat.
But I still want my Sajan scenes!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Settling in
27th October episode
Altogether cute episode. Back to college with some masti, some light hearted fun after the seriousness of the Morena track. SG settling into their comfort zone - sweet the way Gunjan was gazing at Samrat after he gave her the rose - she's so happy now and it's so good to see her this way after the months of rona-dhona. And the way she was laughing quietly when Shukla ji arrived was really cute as well - I love the smiling Gunjan.
Felt bad for Mayank - he looked so alone with all the gang giving him the cold shoulder. Mayank-CJ scene was okay too - glad that he is realising that he may be a brilliant student, but as a bf, he kind of sucks.
Classroom scene was cute - Gunjan getting most worked up about the note, not about how wrong it is, but that she just knows Samrat is going to get caught - or Benji, as it turned out. She was going - no, no, bad idea, don't do it, but Samrat was in too much of a hurry!
Precap - Nups phone call - funny, they didn't show Gunjan overhearing it, and Samrat Shilpa - so SG are going to find out the whole story about MN just about simultaneously, and unlike MN, they not only talk, but also listen to each other!!! So will they put two and two together and figure out what actually happened? And hopefully get MN together to listen to each other - for once. And maybe - just maybe - MN will realise that the reason SG figured it out and MN themselves didn't is because of ... correct - COMMUNICATION!
Edit - promo - hehe, exactly what I predicted, SG helping MN get together! But not the way I imagined - as usual, Samrat's way is slightly roundabout! Should be fun - I hope! Finally looking forward to a Mayur track!
But I still want a Sajan date!
Altogether cute episode. Back to college with some masti, some light hearted fun after the seriousness of the Morena track. SG settling into their comfort zone - sweet the way Gunjan was gazing at Samrat after he gave her the rose - she's so happy now and it's so good to see her this way after the months of rona-dhona. And the way she was laughing quietly when Shukla ji arrived was really cute as well - I love the smiling Gunjan.
Felt bad for Mayank - he looked so alone with all the gang giving him the cold shoulder. Mayank-CJ scene was okay too - glad that he is realising that he may be a brilliant student, but as a bf, he kind of sucks.
Classroom scene was cute - Gunjan getting most worked up about the note, not about how wrong it is, but that she just knows Samrat is going to get caught - or Benji, as it turned out. She was going - no, no, bad idea, don't do it, but Samrat was in too much of a hurry!
Precap - Nups phone call - funny, they didn't show Gunjan overhearing it, and Samrat Shilpa - so SG are going to find out the whole story about MN just about simultaneously, and unlike MN, they not only talk, but also listen to each other!!! So will they put two and two together and figure out what actually happened? And hopefully get MN together to listen to each other - for once. And maybe - just maybe - MN will realise that the reason SG figured it out and MN themselves didn't is because of ... correct - COMMUNICATION!
Edit - promo - hehe, exactly what I predicted, SG helping MN get together! But not the way I imagined - as usual, Samrat's way is slightly roundabout! Should be fun - I hope! Finally looking forward to a Mayur track!
But I still want a Sajan date!
Monday, October 26, 2009
26 Oct 2009
Saw half the episode - hmm, Yuvi Naina getting really up close and cosy! That was fast. Wish they'd act better, then the story might be more interesting.
Abhi Niki, Jiah - oh sooo Ekta-ish! Actually, I don't know why I say that - the original Sanjeevani, with Rahul, Juhi and Simran was also quite like this ... hero, heroine and vamp. So are they returning to their roots?
Breaking into Sid's house - bit of a yawn. Naina leading Yuvi on by cootchie cooing into the phone - hehe! That girl is cute - I like her spunk. Just wish (again) she was a better actress, but the Yuvi-Naina part is quite watchable.
Abhi Niki, Jiah - oh sooo Ekta-ish! Actually, I don't know why I say that - the original Sanjeevani, with Rahul, Juhi and Simran was also quite like this ... hero, heroine and vamp. So are they returning to their roots?
Breaking into Sid's house - bit of a yawn. Naina leading Yuvi on by cootchie cooing into the phone - hehe! That girl is cute - I like her spunk. Just wish (again) she was a better actress, but the Yuvi-Naina part is quite watchable.
Smelling of roses
26th October episode
Thought they would raise the proximity issue - and they have, but differently to what I imagined. Hmm ... interesting, let's see how it goes. A bit surprising, I thought Samrat would be more pushy, but he's coming out smelling of roses here, with his tacit refusal to push Gunjan any further than where she wants to go. And his line - 'it's late, it wouldn't be right for me to come inside now' - was a winner. No wonder she gazed at him so soulfully when he said that one. Now she knows she made the right choice, baby!
But yes, she's bound to be apprehensive - words like girlfriend and boyfriend are really not in her dictionary, and her discomfort showed when he used them. It's going to take her a while to get over the 'not friends but more than that' thing and get used to this new relationship - their friendship was a long one. And more than her, it's Samrat who has changed completely - she's gotten used to her own feelings, but getting used to this new improved amorous Samrat might take a bit of doing. So I can understand her sudden withdrawal - she's spent the weekend struggling with her feelings and the change in Samrat, swinging between the "he turned me down" to the "why has he come to Morena" to the "He came here for me?!" to the "he's flirting - with me!!!" phases.
Then the confession, then the almost separation, the last two of which phases she basically spent in his arms - and now back to their old environment, where there is no parental or adult supervision at all - what exactly is he expecting from her? And she knows about his girlfriends - none better, the last one in excruciating detail. Except of course she doesn't know that he never progressed very far with Sheena only because he was already well and truly in love with Gunjan by then. But she doesn't know that - and she knows he's far more 'experienced' (for lack of a better word) with girls and the whole romance thing than she is. So umm, yes ... hesitation, worry, a little bit of self-doubt (I'm not like his other girlfriends) ... understandable. Am actually surprised the 'not like his other girlfriends' bit didn't surface before - with her self-esteem issues, I would have expected it to.
Mayur today - The basic problem with Mayank is that he has no friends other than Nupur - and CJ, who has conveniently disappeared. So he can't talk it out with anyone, other than Nupur, who hardly listens, but rushes to draw her own conclusions. But seriously, today was stretching it a bit far - she doesn't even think to ask him even once why he disappeared suddenly, especially when she knows that Bui discovered that evening he wasn't Babloo - okay, that had nothing to do with his disappearance, but she doesn't know that! And after his extremely romantic speech just before he left her, and his almost declaration on the terrace the night before that, why does she not think even once that she should at least confront him and ask why he led her on so much? Same with Mayank - he's wondering why she said they broke up - doesn't think even once that maybe she didn't see his letter?
No, CV's - this is stretching it like old chewing gum - you need to do a bit better. Unless the whole idea is to show how wrong a love story can actually go when you rush into love and there is no communication and meeting of minds. Well, let's see where they take it - illogic is beginning to get unbelievable here, even for a drama.
Thought they would raise the proximity issue - and they have, but differently to what I imagined. Hmm ... interesting, let's see how it goes. A bit surprising, I thought Samrat would be more pushy, but he's coming out smelling of roses here, with his tacit refusal to push Gunjan any further than where she wants to go. And his line - 'it's late, it wouldn't be right for me to come inside now' - was a winner. No wonder she gazed at him so soulfully when he said that one. Now she knows she made the right choice, baby!
But yes, she's bound to be apprehensive - words like girlfriend and boyfriend are really not in her dictionary, and her discomfort showed when he used them. It's going to take her a while to get over the 'not friends but more than that' thing and get used to this new relationship - their friendship was a long one. And more than her, it's Samrat who has changed completely - she's gotten used to her own feelings, but getting used to this new improved amorous Samrat might take a bit of doing. So I can understand her sudden withdrawal - she's spent the weekend struggling with her feelings and the change in Samrat, swinging between the "he turned me down" to the "why has he come to Morena" to the "He came here for me?!" to the "he's flirting - with me!!!" phases.
Then the confession, then the almost separation, the last two of which phases she basically spent in his arms - and now back to their old environment, where there is no parental or adult supervision at all - what exactly is he expecting from her? And she knows about his girlfriends - none better, the last one in excruciating detail. Except of course she doesn't know that he never progressed very far with Sheena only because he was already well and truly in love with Gunjan by then. But she doesn't know that - and she knows he's far more 'experienced' (for lack of a better word) with girls and the whole romance thing than she is. So umm, yes ... hesitation, worry, a little bit of self-doubt (I'm not like his other girlfriends) ... understandable. Am actually surprised the 'not like his other girlfriends' bit didn't surface before - with her self-esteem issues, I would have expected it to.
Mayur today - The basic problem with Mayank is that he has no friends other than Nupur - and CJ, who has conveniently disappeared. So he can't talk it out with anyone, other than Nupur, who hardly listens, but rushes to draw her own conclusions. But seriously, today was stretching it a bit far - she doesn't even think to ask him even once why he disappeared suddenly, especially when she knows that Bui discovered that evening he wasn't Babloo - okay, that had nothing to do with his disappearance, but she doesn't know that! And after his extremely romantic speech just before he left her, and his almost declaration on the terrace the night before that, why does she not think even once that she should at least confront him and ask why he led her on so much? Same with Mayank - he's wondering why she said they broke up - doesn't think even once that maybe she didn't see his letter?
No, CV's - this is stretching it like old chewing gum - you need to do a bit better. Unless the whole idea is to show how wrong a love story can actually go when you rush into love and there is no communication and meeting of minds. Well, let's see where they take it - illogic is beginning to get unbelievable here, even for a drama.
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