Weekly Episode Discussion#3|| 8th-12th April 2013

Hi Amanda, Great idea! You may and many members already know re my thread on daily views. So will just copy/paste from there. Deal ?

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The fireworks continue from last week even more intensely now that all screaming yelling has subsided coz of Meera fainting and becoming unconscious. The "good" group picks her up and securely puts her in bed, while Amma at the drop of a hat grabs the opportunity to accuse, scream, vomit ugly insinuating slurs, innuendos at "nautankibaaz" Meera, and not sparing even dead Ani and how he only liked "only naaz-nakhre-wali auratein heen". At the door, Nandini while silently and hurtfully watching / listening to the goings on and noone aware of her presence, suddenly everyone turns to her, realizing what Amma just said about Ani. Beeji cant bare this ugly woman's poisonous slurs and tries to stop her by reminding her of her cruel words and whether she's satisfied now. B to Am: Kuchh andaza hai ki Nandini ko kitna bura laga hai?"

Tues April 9th POV (in synopsis format !)😆

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Hats off to CVs for the direction, script, editing, dialogues, dramatic impacts, camera angles, especially the ones way up there looking several yards down to take the shots "Hitchcock-style", wow! (since me a great Alfred Hitchcock fan!)

Sorry, me going to be very brief as Tuesdays are Hanuman Chalisa and Vedanta Study days, even tho got all 4 parts handwritten down in my "notebook". As they say only so many hours in a day !

Well, BigB made up Big time today for his 2-day absence coz me mentioned about his absence in Fri April 5th analysis, and interesting to note that it did not affect the episode impact one bit. So he isn't all that indispensable for the ultimate success of this awesomest new serial (after my fav CB1 !!)

And understandably so, AG is all perplexed and shocked listening to the doctor's "report" about Meera and the epi ending on that note. (not surprised that he had to lie to the doctor that Beeji was not around). I was only hoping that only HE will know of this "news", and especially NOT Nandini, but CVs it seems just couldn't wait and news ka pardafaash kar diya, when Nandini gets the 1st hand news from the doctor that ... "Meera ko ehtiyaat (caution) baratna hoga iss halat main" ... And although not shown in the precap, N ke neeche se zameen khisak jayegi hearing such a devastating news. 😡🤢

And AG-M getting united is going to be a huge big "conditional" factor since him and BigB are greedy and trying to find ways to usurp the property that is NOT theirs to usurp. Will BigB resort to saam, daam, dand, bhed ?? Yep, by all means, and will need his "trusted nephew's" help in any shape or form. But what remains to be seen is if AG really falls in love with M, will that change his character into a "good / decent" person or what???? (All sorts of dilemmas galore !! 😕😕)

And who else stood out today in their giant life-like performances were Beeji and Akhil. The entire FB that Beeji is reminiscing re Nandini-Ani wedding took my breath away and very very heartwarming. So whatever mysteries surrounding Beeji's "relationship" with Asthana clan were not only removed today, but put her on a PEDESTAL. My regard and respect for her increased 100-fold today. What a depiction of her already-established kind-heartedness ... wow wow wow "MY" BEEJI !!! 👏⭐️👏⭐️👏⭐️👏⭐️👍🏼

And frankly I have not come across a "younger" character like Akhil's in any past serials. You want to bow down to this man, his integrity, his honesty, strict adherence to the truth. Is it any surprise that the wife Shyama is not only truly lucky to have such a husband, but is herself a wonderful positive human being, bhabhi, DIL, all rolled in one !!! 👏⭐️👏⭐️👏⭐️👏⭐️👍🏼

IMO acting-wise, every single character exceeded audience expectations, even Nupur who so far seemed bit contrived and artificial in that department until today.

The two MOST IMPORTANT characters of N & M were done in somewhat civil manner coz N sensed truth in M's voice and that they were BOTH deceived by Ani. Of course N's anger was jaayaz when she rhetorted back ~~ Ani iss duniya mein nahi rahe to apne aapko defend karne ke liye unpe ilzaam laga rahi ho??? Yet inspite of that, M had the magnanimity to say that "why should we be dushman if we cant be friends ?""" WOW WOW !! 👏👏 Symbolism of all torn pics was the indication of how Nandini's zindagi was all torn apart too into 1000 pieces. And her dialogue that "I have come to return to you what belongs to you. But can you return what was mine ??? Then only I may be able to forgive you." Man, I am speechless !!

While Fri epi may show weekend cliffhanger about Meera ordered to stay in the house, tomorrow and day after epis are going to be even more treacherous for Nandini when finding out about Meera's pregnancy, and the resultant attempt to commit suicide... the precap where she's shown running on the streets of Delhi.

My 2c, this time! 😉

Nandini was too good, Aditi express herself as Nandini at her best.

I like Pallu & Nupur for saying Ani wasn't no child not to know what he was doing.

Bijji is caring..,OMG!!! So she have been in the family quite some time, so how I can tell why she claims to know all the family secret. Loved how she answered back Akhil mom's.

Hands down Gewels ! It's so rare to see every single small/big actor to give out such an excellent performance all in one serial !! Like you I have been struck by all this too that today I had to rewind few times to get the names of CEO, producer/director/creative supervisor's names right !!! 👏 So here goes ~~

1) Director: Rakesh Kumar,

2) Creative Supervision: Rashmi Jha,

3) CEO: Uday Mukherjee,

4) Producers: 1) Mitali Bhattacharya (MB) and 2) Ravi Ojha

5) Concept, story: MB and Shipra Arora

6) Dialogues: Tanuja Chaturvedi

7) Creative Director: Madhura Sapsang, and

8) Exec producer: Anand Jain

Gentlemen and ladies: KUDOS!!! KUDOS!!! KUDOS FROM THE BOTTOM OF "OUR" HEARTS !!! 👍🏼👏⭐️

Sh and Ak convo seemed more like a filler than she actually being concerned about her own husband's fidelity IMHO, esp when he is shown being so distraught over the fact that how women in our society leave their families to take care of husband and his family unconditionally. And dutiful wife Shyama thankfully reminding him as to how much wives get in return by being completed as a mother. Wow!

And amma's bitterness simply stems from the fact that hubby's support is dead and like Beeji said the other day that she just wont change that even a kind husband like Keshav's goodness did not rub off on her. And yeah yeah, like Balraj she greedy opportunist and would go to any lengths to grab the property if only they had a son waaris !

Well well well !! What a bombastic episode and what a scandalous precap when BigB closes the study door behind all the ladies just so he can MANIPULATE Meera into staying at the house. And literally getting down on his knees, begging her to stay. Symbolism: Can a man really stoop so low??? Says, "Meera, ye sirph tumhara hi bachha nahi hai, mera bhi kuchh hai (you scoundrel 😡). Mera khoon hai ye, Anirudh ka beta, aur khoon ka rishta itni asaani se nahi toda jata (OH MY GOD 🤢)Tumhare saamne bheekh mangta hoon, Mujhe mere jeene ki wajah de do." Hey mister, it's only a matter of time before the smart city girl finds out YOUR TRUE COLORS ! Tumhari tarah uss ne bhi kachhi goliyan nahi kheli hain, mister ! 😃👍🏼 Why else would she ask the taxi driver to stay there, even when BigB orders AG to let him go and to bring M's stuff inside the house ?? Meera DAHLING, BETI, DOST, GIRLFRIEND HO TO TUMHARE JAISI !!! 👏⭐️👏⭐️👏⭐️

Me absolutely pleased with the way epi started today with AG-M convo and he informing her of her pregnancy and how she concealed such a big truth. This is 1st time really that I noticed the genuineness in his concern for her and that sooner she leaves the house, better for all concerned and her. And the fact that he did not want any more drama was a true depiction of his well-intentioned well-meaning feelings for Meera. Way to go brother ! 😃 You've earned my respect especially by escorting her out with her luggage.

Its significant to note how young Asthana girls Anuja and Rimi discussing about Meera and how much they will miss "Didi". And just when they ask why Deepika thot that M was not a good person, Sh speaking in favor of her just in time for Nandini to hear her words. Bang ! N felt even more shattered hearing the Meera-favored words from her fav bhabhi Shyama, and rebuking her that howcome she didn't understand the plight she was going thru ! 😲

Another shocker ! N becoming privy to "THE NEWS" when Dr Anamika Rastogi blurts out every possible visual scenario about M to N, and how careless today's modern girls are about their pregnancy and not taking necessary precautions and medicines, etc. And this becomes yet another start of a VERY INTENSE drama about to brew. Looks to me that this entire serial is based on the premise that the protagonist called Nandini only has One fate in store for her, and that is one shock after another, one disaster after another, one calamity after another !!! 😡🤢 All faces up towards the 2nd floor at Meera and dr's words keep echoing repeatedly in her ears. And off she goes out to finish her life followed by who else but Akhil / Nupur. The words keep echoing in her ears that "she has no reason to live any more." She falls, gets up, gets hit by a car, in other words N totally torn and understandably so, and symbolically runs over a toywala, picks up a beautiful babytoy and wont let go of it. Even sympathizing with N's predicament is by far not enough ... 😭😭😭 Ak finds her in a totally torn and crazy condition, when she keeps repeating ~ I want to diw. woh ladki preggy hai. please bhaiyya mujhe nahi jeena, mujhe mar jane dijiye."

Amma at her usual filthiness and evil mouthing when she "overhears" Sh / Beeji talking about about M's pregnancy, and how this kulta, naagin carrying Ani's illegitimate child. Amma shown pulling M down the stairs and is about to give her a big slap but Beeji, true to her upbringing and good sanskaras, forcibly holds her hands and pushes it down. SERVES YOU RIGHT, UGLY WOMAN ! 😡

In all the turmoil goings on, amma throws M out but she gets hit with BigB. Well, to make long story short, Beeji takes Balraj away from everyone ... good girl !! 😃

At this point, M all frazzled, sitting quietly on the floor, dismayed, bewildered, dumbfounded. I mean ~~ is this class acting or what ?! Me again speechless, bravo "MY" Meera !!! ⭐️👏⭐️👏⭐️👏

AG walks in and stops her from any more slurs, picks up M's luggage, totally ignores amma's filthy shenanigans and Shyama joins him in helping with the luggage.

All Meera can gather courage to say is ~~ "ho sake toh mujhe maaf kar dijiyega. maine sapne mein bhi iss ghar ka ya kisi ka bhi bura nahi chaha (1st time Pallavi/amma listening / watching intently ...)

The convo btw N and Ak when she telling him ~~ jis bachhe ko main janam dene wali thi, woh ab mere pati ki premika, uske bachhe ki maa ????" Akhil just speechless and so filled with pathos at her unbearable condition.

Scene change and entire clan outside watching Meera leave and here comes out the LEADER Asthana and stops Meera from leaving. Biji and AG shocked and cant believe his own ears and eyes at this SUDDEN CHANGE IN DEVELOPMENT ! 😲 And orders AG to let the taxi go. Meera sternly objects to that and with all the power in her eyes, says ~~ "Nahi, taxi ko rukne ko kehna." GREAT, My girl !! 👏⭐️👏⭐️❤️👍🏼🤗

The next scene is worth watching when the entire army of womenfolk (and AG) follows the LEADER and Meera to his study, while Balraj closes the door behind them. The self-respecting Meera turns her back towards Hitler.

The precap already described above and replete with even more emotional drama and scandals waiting to happen next 2 days ! Also, Ak talking to Nan ~ "If Ani was alive today, then this girl would have to leave the house, not you. Only she will leave this house, period." (Goes to show the sheer concern and sympathy the genuine brother-in-law has for his fragile innocent bhabhi, and will do anything to stop the madness going on in the mansion.)

Ok, WHAT IF WHAT IF our Meera has a baby GIRL born ❓❓❓❓ Wouldn't that be DELICIOUS !!!!! 😃👏😊😆 That will be the biggest twist yet, oh my !!!!! 😃

Any thoughts ?! 🤗

My theory on this is that it has to be a boy. For these reasons.

1) I think those Hijras were foreshadowing Meera's child, not Nandini's. While it's true that they all probably go on celebrating boys, and many times it's a girl, etc... it would somewhat flow for it to have been regarding Meera's son.

2) The battle for the house continues between Balraj and Nandini/her father if the child is a boy. Agastya and Alokha have reasons to be concerned and worried. Meera and child are caught in the middle. The conflict is the ambiguity that is there right now whether Anirudh's son with Meera fulfills the terms of an heir. If it's a girl, there would be no conflict. As the contract clearly stated a son. And so Nandini's father is free to claim the house back provided he comes up with the money. Or else, the house (from what it seems) will go to Nandini.

With a girl, the whole equation changes. If the child is a girl, then yes the story still can go on, but then it would have to change with all the daughters fighting for their rights as heir. Because any attempt to legitimize daughter as an heir would automatically mean that Pallavi and Nupur would have the rights. And then, Agastya can throw his hat in the ring too, claiming that he's handled everything and he would have rights too.

Hey likarsh weren't you on CB TOO ?! 🤗Wow you seem to have covered all angles of the "legality" involved here concerning the heir and good observation about the hijras too. And since we know that Balraj will leave no stone unturned, the article you referring to will indicate that THE MAN knows how to cover all bases, coz sometimes articles aren't always accurate (from past experience). Maybe just creating hype. But then again in Balraj's case I would definitely not rule that out. And if indeed it turns out to be a girl, letssay, his behavior towards M will change just as quickly as it has towards Nandini. Talk about true chameleon !

Making "saari property" the whole premise of the serial is going to have the ENTIRE gang, as you pointed, claiming for their rights and if that does happen, the show may go on beyond Ekta Kapoor's long winded episodes haha ! 😆😃

Only time will tell !