Mistis thoughts 23rd August 2011

On another note so they are showing RaDev's SR but are not promoting it?

They showed SR for the upcoming twist...but Radhika and Dev did take us to their own world...they were very good.

Dev and Radhika parts were nice despite again with almost no dialogues for the leads and that is only because of Avinash and Rubina's chemistry. So enjoyed those parts as well as the bidai scene where Radhika thought of her father.

The Barkha scene with her mother was crap and was given 5 minutes. So she is given tonnes of dialogues each day and Dev and Radhika are given none. Lets see if they are given any dialogues after the SR or it is again going to be dominated by Barkha and RP with Barkha speaking up for Dev and Radhika and both of them remaining silent (called shock by CVs to justify giving 1-2 lines to their leads).

The dialogues of Padma to Radhika and Dev to RP are foreshadowing of what is to come. That both Radhika and Dev would be dumbed down as well as brought down where they would act contrary to their characterizations and their behavior would be justified by using words like "dharam", "duty" etc.

The entire family was dumbed down to such an extent that they couldn't figure out that it was Radhika. This is the girl who has lived with them for months and similarly even Barkha has now lived with them for more than a month. So how is possible that nobody would figure it out. In CB1, it made sense as everybody knew Vishaka and it was she who came to PB. The only exception was Dev who wasn't able to spend that much time (he had doubts though during few ceremonies). But here it made no sense. Now either Padma and Amba are so clueless that they cannot differentiate between Dev's behavior from this day to the previous day (haldi day where he was furious). Knowing how much he loves Radhika, nobody found it strange that he looked really happy at his marriage a day after or that he was calling Radhika's name in that ring ceremony. He said Krishn kanhiya and Radhika and not Kanha and Radha.

I always thought muhdikayi was before SR. But whatever... I guess SR had to be shown to justify their upcoming track. Nobody called Choti bahu as Barkha (not one guest or anybody). Also it seems that muhdikayai would be with family members only based on the precap. What crap. All the guests leave after the muhdikayi and not before. It is so that Barkha is considered Dev's wife in the outside society while the families would be aware that Radhika is the one who married Dev.

The CVs are not serious about this show and just using it to get some short-term profits. There are no regards for viewers or even actors. All the characters except of that of Barkha are given silly dialogues or no dialogues. Wonder what is this fascination for the character of Barkha whom I now find extremely annoying. Even RP's character is being changed to some one-dimensional character to accomodate Barkha in this show.

He is a hypocrite but not immoral the way he is being depicted in the promo where he would endorse an unmarried girl living as a wife of a married guy. He declared that Radhika was not married based on her statement that her pheras with Rohan did not get completed. He also told this fact publicly. I will wait until tomorrow or day after tomorrow but it seems that even his character is being changed. Well what to expect when the leads have been destroyed in such a manner in just 2 weeks.

i am notable to connect with it so will wait how they unfold more of teh drama..which i am sure is bringing Brakha as fake wife of Dev by RP and for that also i dont see any reason.

Just glossed over your yesterdays thought and must say it was very well explained. You pointed out all the relevant points in their very logically and totally comply with you.

Anyways nothing to say as i have no clue fjust few more thing to add..i saw that segment posted by Tila on SR and i wont deny but i was laughing dot know why. Actually its just avina (by now they r mighty experienced in giving SRs scenes so beautifully😉) and their plight in this whole track..poor actors are just told to do anything and everything and dont know how they keep their faces straight during that sequence coz i found it lil funny and somewhat redundant. i dont know if that was necessary to show but i wud have preferred to have shown some heart to heart talk btn radev (long overdue) and not this. I dont know if SR will chnage anything and in future how it holds any significance?? If brakha indeed is entering in house as Fake wife then i dont think Rads will have to go out coz Dev wont let her go (SR or no SR) so donot think this sequence holds any importance but dont know these Cvs they can really include any kind of Gita or Ramayana in CB so i am leaving all this...i cant speculate no longer in Cb coz they have altered the essesnce of this show where RaDev are nothing but mere puppets in the hand of RP and Brakha (i still scratch my head on why wud she come as Devs wifey provided rads asking her to do so but then again how can she let RP decide her fate??? this is in contect of that prmo whr RP says for him CB is Brakha)

Okey then will stop here otherwise will keep on saying nothing to add and then will continue to add coz i have confusions galore...anyways just leaving but read about Quake in east coast of US...hopefully all our frds are sound and safe with Gods grace..God bless!!

Originally posted by: misti73

Again liked the juxtaposition of Radhika's bidayee and her memories of Mansaram''when she was throwing the rice behind her and crying it was the memory of Mansaram given her puffed rice when she was a kid'.so in her mind she is leaving behind whatever Mansaram has spent on her in terms of wealth and making sure that his wealth does not diminish'''

I liked this scene. It was the beads from the necklace that Mansa gave Radhika as a child. Dev had asked RP to give Radhika a reward too and had gotten that necklace for Radhika. Shanti broke it and Radhika cried bitterly at that. Then Mansa collected the beads and gave them to her and told her that he would make another necklace for her using those beads.

I wish they had shown Mansaram's reaction. His leaving without meeting Radhika was contrary to his character. He would never abandon his daughter at such a time - Shanti or no Shanti. Radhika would have never believed Barkha's flimsy explanation that her father would give in to Shanti at such a time especially when Shanti was beaming giving her blessings. There were no indications of tantrums from Shanti at the time of wedding when she was supposedly aware that it was Radhika who was getting married.

They really cheated us of a Mansa and Radhika scene in their quest to glorify Barkha and to bring her as a fake wife.

then her entrance in Purohit house and Padma reminding her that whatever happens in this house the credit or discredit goes to the DIL''.I know that this is still believed in many traditional families but wondering whether Padma ever thought about herself when she said that'..her son Rohan is what he is because of Padma and her insecurities'..so before giving sermons did she wonder about herself'I guess not'..

Padma is now a devi just as RP is God and Barkha is supreme goddess. Her words are nothing but to indicate the future track where Radhika will be blamed for everything. Then Radhika would sacrifice her "husband" for the good of the family as this new Radhika does everything for the society and the family. Being DIL of this family is her priority over her priority for Dev. In fact, the title of the show is in process of being changed from "Choti bahu - Sawre sang rachi" to "Choti bahu - Barkha sang rachi" as well as "Pichla RP and agla RP - Barkha sang rache".

Radhika walks to the temple and her kanha idol is there among the residential idols and Radhika says that she had said that when she enters this house as a DIL she will bring her Kanha with her but she didn't''..so who brought them? Dev? Or the creative's favorite person who is soon going to become a martyr?''.

Misti, this idol was not clear to me as they showed it from a distance. So it seemed to me that it is that Kanha idol found in Barkha's house that Dev brought. So everything is from Barkha's and Radhika's Kanha has taken a back seat. Who knows when he will be brought back? Also here I was expecting Dev to talk Radhika as they were by themselves. In fact, it seems to me as if a conversation scene was edited out. Towards the end of the scene, Dev turns towards Radhika and is looking at her intentionally. Then it seems as if he is about to talk to her. But then they went to Part 2 and that was silly conversation about Maheswari.

So right now all the meaningful conversations between Dev and Radhika either don't occur or seem to be edited out. They have few dialogues where they talk about romantic stuff (2-3 lines) and rest is BG music for them. Lets see if they will be given dialogues tomorrow or it would be Barkha appearing suddenly and taking over the conversation.

Then Dev goes and tells RP that he is sure that RP loves him and he had to do all this because of some issues'..ahh''..so Dev thinks that since RP has accepted Radhika as CB that means although RP had issues it is his love for Dev that made him change his decision? And he does not think it necessary what those issues were? Ahh so is it the indication that Dev will be dumbed down when the truth comes out...we will soon get to know.

This scene was an indication that all RP's actions would be justified by Dev and Radhika. Dev doesn't bother to ask about the issues or that RP went behind his back to brainwash Radhika. Does he even know this fact or doesn't care- we viewers don't know because Dev is not given any dialogues to explain anything? Dev was dumbed down after the ME and his character has steadily gone down especially since the second ME. So anything is possible with this new Dev.

Oh how I miss that Dev of CB1 who fought with Vaishali for Radhika and was progressive to dismiss Radhika's unknown caste issue and superstitions of Vaishali. I also miss Dev of CB2 who let go of his obligations towards PF or his love for RP (gave priority to Radhika over RP's dreams or his so-called dharam) to fight with Rohan and the entire PF. Where is that Dev now? Will he ever be back? I doubt based on what crap we are being shown.

Again when Radhika and Dev were playing and Dev pointedly says that Kishankanhayeeya always made sure that Radhika wins everyone is happy (when Radhika finds the ring in the liquid), although according to them it is Barkha under the ghunghat'Also daima tells Padma that it is good that Dev has accepted life with Barkha'''..again it might mean that these people all live with their blinkers on and they really do not know or care for Dev if they think that Dev is smiling for that reason'''but the other reason might be that again they have been dumbed down, that no one is thinking that how is this possible'a guy who was so furious is now smiling and accepting the marriage''.although I will say that Padma is the only one who had an apprehensive look on her face.

I think they have been dumbed down. Dai is delusional and Padma does live in her own world. But they are not that stupid that they wouldn't know something is wrong when Dev takes the name of his lover in a ceremony with Barkha or he is shown genuinely happy with this marriage where he is taking 8 vows or his happiness is apparent. Even if he had accepted the marriage out of some "dharam", he would be somber. The guy who fought his best friend and accepted false charges against him or decided to live in hiding for a girl would not act this way. Even if somebody is in love with another person and gets married to someone else would not act this way. This is the guy who is eager to be with his wife. I am not understanding Padma's look either because now even she is not given any meaningful dialogues.

You all might be wondering why I am mentioning the dumbing down part''..because the only emotional scene today'..the only long dialogue today ''.the only person who was given the scope to explain her reasons for her actions was Barkha''.Dev has never been given that scope'.he has been shown angry but doing the wedding rituals''..have the creatives ever explained why?

This part irritated me so much that I skipped it. I read Chalhov's update and then forced myself to watch it. The mother and daughter duo is given the emotional dialogue and dialogues of Dev and Radhika, Mansa and Radhika and others are skipped. If they love Barkha so much, why not make a serial for her and tell us. We watch it for Dev and Radhika and have to endure Barkha to see few scenes of Dev and Radhika. If Barkha is given a separate show, at least we can skip the show.

I would have accepted Barkha's explanation if they had shown Dev explaining that he has full faith in kanha and knows that he will get him married to Radhika'''..did the creatives ever let Radhika explain her POV clearly as to why she is doing all this'''.people are still confused as to whether it is for society'Dev'or RP'.but the creatives let this confusion be'.but they are not doing that for Barkha'''.reason? because they want the audience to form an emotional connection with Barkha'..but not with Dev and Radhika''.so the glorification of Barkha continues''..a character who has entered the story just a month back is given such a lot of importance'but the so called leads are not'this character's mother who entered a week back is also given importance but Mansaram and his pain is not''..Mansaram could not do his daughter's kanyadaan because he thinks that Barkha has got married and he was devastated but no monologues or scenes on him''.Did the fans work tirelessly to bring back CB for Barkha or Radhika and Dev? So the creatives and their games continue'.even today during their SR'they have come together after such a lot of problems but again no emotional conversations between them.

Yes to all you have written. Mansa is given no dialogues, Dev and Radhika are given either meaningless dialogues (they are crap or just make no sense) for last several episodes and Barkha is given the dialogues that Dev should be speaking. Right now there is no role for Barkha. It is Dev's fight and he needs to fight with his grandfather. This guy has ruined his life and is the reason for Dev's unhappiness for last 23 years. Yet Dev is shown to have no questioing for RP at all. The person who had strong sense of right and wrong and is mentally very strong (he only backed down due to his misguided sense of obligations and duty) is suddenly shown helpless or dumb or weak. Radhika who was willing to go to any length for Dev is suddenly acting like a different person. No explanation is given for this changed behavior and we viewers should be happy with Dev and Radhika's romantic scenes where they have no dialogues and only BG music or song plays.

Anyway''.I think the SR has started'not going to explain that because Dev-Radhikas chemistry is enough for all the explanations''.they do take us into their own world.

SR was good because of Dev and Radhika and nothing else. I was expecting that at least now they would be given an emotional scene and SR can be stretched to another episode. This is the same guy Dev who refused to touch Radhika despite her approval because he wanted to wait for society's approval. Now that he has got her after so much difficulty, he can't have a single emotional scene with her before the SR. Was it Rohan's room they were given now? Why is that? Why would they want to celebrate their SR in Rohan's room where Radhika has bad memories? Why not spend it in his old room where both have good memories.

I had issues even with Radhika's makeup for the whole wedding and SR sequence. Radhika was made to look so beautiful for that second aborted wedding with Rohan. She was given better makeup for that SR with Rohan that didn't happen. Here I didn't like her makeup even though Rubina always looks pretty. It seemed as if someone has done a sloppy job.

As for what I liked today'again Rubina's expressions as Radhika'her sadness and devastation while remembering her baba who is not there when her bidai is talking place''..her happiness in entering the house as the choti bahu and as Dev's wife''..in front of the mandir her regretting that she could not bring the kanha idol with her''.then while playing with Dev '.her hesitation, shyness when Dev holds her hands'..she is shy but also happy''.then during Suhaag raat''.her expectation and waiting with hope when Dev was lifting her ghunghat'she was blushing but happy'..and the end portion her blushing at Dev's actions..but not being a delicate darling but giving him knowing looks. Also liked Dev's gently teasing her''.and then asking permission before putting the ring back on her finger'she refused this relationship while giving it back to him so now he is asking her personally whether he can put the ring in the ring finger because it is believed that the blood vessel from that finger goes directly to the heart'.so he is asking permission that can he again have her heart'.and I liked Devs eagerness in removing Radhika's ornaments'..well that is Dev'.

Yes again to all you wrote. Dev and Radhika were the only reason this episode was worth watching. Dev and Radhika looked really cute in their own world both for the ceremony downstairs and during SR. Their chemistry is keeping this show afloat right now. Otherwise, there is nothing in this show.

It is reminding me of the show during the last month of Abhay track where Dev was brought down a lot, Radhika was made dumb and all the PF members were made weak and helpless. We all know what happened to the show afterwards. Is this execution (how episodes are being written and directed) an indication of history repeating itself? I hope not for viewers sake who petitioned for this show to be brought back.

On another note so they are showing RaDev's SR but are not promoting it?

Yes, they are showing that promo where RP is being immoral and Barkha is in the screen. But they are not promoting something that would attract viewers. Why is that? Why is Barkha still in the montage? I have a feeling that even when montage changes (most probably next week), Barkha would still be there. Wow a character that was introduced more than a month ago is in the montage even though she is a minor character.