Farewell to ETF - Page 5

A beautiful journey which ends incomplete...just the memories of it remain...Memories are unlimited but I couldnt gather myself to put it all together in the VM...I can never do complete justice to it any day...isiliye mere dedication bhi aadha adhoora hai...bas ek chota sa version for the lamba daastaan!!

Log hamari zindagi mein aate-jaate hai. Kuch log aise hote hai jinka aana jaana, bas ek hawa ka jhonka ho, bas aaye, aur chaldiye. Aur kuch log aise hote hai, jo hawa ka jhonka hote zaroor hai, magar hamare dil choo dete hai.

Ek kahani shuru hui thi pichle saal, jinme aaye kuch kalakaar.

Dil mein dard liye, haste, muskuraate, gussa karte, kaam karte the wo.

Samajh nahin aata ki unhone humpe aisa kaun sa jaadu kiya, ki aaj bhi wo hamare dil mein baste hai. Ab aaraha hai wo waqt, jab humse bichadne waale hai wo...

I know, this is hardest time for every person who loved, loves and will love this serial of our Arjun, and above all, a well devised team, which stood as synonym for the word-Perfection'-ETF', that was called.

ETF stands for Emergency task force (at least that was what it was introduced as ;)) but which was better explained by our very own ETF chief ACP Sameer Damsingh Rathod as Expert in Todna-Fodna' *chuckles* Is there any way I can forget that?!! If yes tell me how please...

Any team, to be lead forward with precision, set bars for others to reach that so called peak of success, need an efficient leader. I had read it in one of my classes that a leader is one who takes risks, believes in himself first and keep equal faith in his team mates, motivates them, brings them back to the right path when they are wrong. Is this not just what we saw in Sameer Rathod? He is a man with strong morals, strong work ethics, who followed protocols, have friend and foe relation with his second in command, Arjun.

Dammit!!!! This is what comes in my mind and mouth when ever some thing goes spiraling out of my hand. Dah!! This is his effect. Every emotion flitted across his face, angst, anger, helplessness, love, admiration, proud. It seems that sameer Rathod was a tailor made role for Behzad khan. I wanted to watch his friendship with Arjun which was buried deep below helplessness when he could not save his friend, anger he canalized towards Arjun, dedication towards his work and what not. But none could miss the care, tenderness that shimmered below this hard face. His changing attitude towards Aisha, in later stages, his always thee big brother attitude towards rest team (well no need to say except Aisha ;)) I miss him...

O before I forget, is it not amongst many things, his Check shirts we all like? I could not help but tease my brother when he wore check shirt, esp when he wears a green and blue check shirt that looks exactly like the one sameer possesses ;) I know, I am mad!!!

Another name, another person. an integral part of ETF, who wears specks (jus like me ;)), have curly hair, cute sa smile, awesome dressing sense.. OH YES... Shreekant sen aka specky ;) nerdy guy, jovial, funny who also defines friendship in a new level. Being a techie, he is needed in most cases right from tracing a phone to hacking an account or database. He may be jovial, messy at times, but equally responsible. His relation with riya and chotu in the beginning or be chotu Aisha sakshi in the later stages, never failed to bring smile on our faces. His tears, his agony when he lost his friend riya to the bacteria, brought tears in my eyes. Siddhart sen left no stone unturned in giving life to our specky sen, as called by his foe of college, liza. He was a great help to sameer and Arjun, that we used to address him as arjun's chamcha ;) haha... but now I miss him.

Sameer and Shree were those two people of ETF who whose exit from ETF was never justified. I miss them both.

Taking another name, I stand infront of our bada sa chotu aka chandrakant patil( I guess I did not get his ame wrong as it was mentioned just few times :P) essayed by ketan karade. Physique of a body builder, equally soft at heart, just like melting icecream. Jab pony se baal nikle, to samjho saamne wale ki shaamat aayi. His innocence baffled me sometimes, but never failed to bring smile on my face.. his love for movies, his beloved dog, his HUGE crush for hi 11.30 baje wali, our very own sameer Rathod's chamcha. I miss him...

If I don't mention her now, I will be damned. She was innocent, nave, yet bravest of all. There can me no match for her, ever. In her very first meet with the raging tornado she fought with him, then annoyed him to no end. But her nature had definitely started melting the stone heart of the super cop. Her friendship with chotu and Shree was unique. Her respect to her seniors was unmatchable. Her words about statistics-aakdon ke hisaab se' is unforgettable. The bravery she displayed by swallowing that ball of deadly bacteria to save lives of million, is just out of the world. It is not in everybody's hand to accept death with open arms, smile when death is right infront of them. But our Riya Mukherjee did it...sana khan did wonders with riya and also to our little hearts..

Then made her way into the team, our lady dabangg Aisha Kapoor, essayed by sheetal shah. Her encounters with Arjun and sameer as Nadia took our breath away. She tamed down from Naddia to Aisha and made her place in everybody's heart. Even in sameer's. the day she took rocket launcher and blew the car, I was oopies!!! Ye kya hai?? *chuckles* I would wish to be like her, or riya... really...

Growing closeness between her and sameer was a treat to watch. The subtle support she gave to the team, the way she dealt with Arjun and sameer, the way she tried to bridge gap between the two friends, the list of reasons cas of which I like her goes on... I miss you lady dabangg!!!

Liza... stylish lady with loads of attitude. i loved her nose ring ;) Her nok jhok with Shree aka specky sen.. uff... every moment with her on screen I enjoyed. Her forensic expertise was required in almost every case. Her gentle ways of dealing with every one except Shree, the girlie talks between liza, Aisha and sakshi... loved her and now will miss her...

Sakshi anand. An ex crime reporter portrayed by mrunal thakur. Newest addition to ETF. Bubbly, chatterbox, annoying Arjun was her motto. *chuckles* the words which she wrote about each case, bringing the efforts of ETF to light showed her brilliance. Her friendship with the rest team was treat to watch. Sakshi was the one whose potential was never brought to light. She wanted to bring bottled up emotions out of Arjun and did everything she tought was right. will miss her for sure...

Now coming to the one and only Arjun. a jovial, careless in personal life, funloving dedicated police officer who turned to a brooding, serious, arrogant no nonsence ACP. Love was something that cheated him always. His dad, then his love of life. His roshni. He met her through sameer and soon fell in love with her. his happily ever after story turned to a disaster with roshni being murdered by a faceless shadow of a criminal Sikander. He now lived in a room of a lodge just to avenge his wife. He joined ETF when lured to the case of sikander. Then he became integral part of ETF, became rathod's rawte, his juniors akdu boss. Just below the shimmering anger and arrogance, was undying lava of pain. His out of box theory, lateral thinking and uncanny ability to comprehend the things always left me gaping at the screen. the lengths he could go to solve a case or to save lives has no match. No words to describe this man.

This was ETF. They showed what life is. How we need to live. Their respect to nation and work is something that we should take inspiration from. ETF ruled our hearts from the time it came into force and will always reside in our hearts. I will miss this wonderful team...

I will...for sure.

vidya and payal u guys have written everything in a beautiful way so much that i dont need to say anything more good job👏👏

I never thought That i will make this picture one day..but there were no option left except did it