One day while flipping the channels, promo of one Indian soap caught my attention, thought should check it out.............totally forgot about it, till one day, was changing channels again and saw the shaadi of the couple taking place..........and then the conversation of Dulha and Dulhan.....Where Dulha is pouring his heart out....as how he fell in love with her at the very first sight...........and Kanha making the girl saying "Yes" to the innocent question - Do you love me??? Well, this got me started and got very curious and made me watch my very First ever Indian soap.............Then Raj Purohit puja and finally the April 29th episode made me fall for this innocent Radhika , Strong willed Dev and divine love story................But not only just their love story, but the strong family bond, simple and Dharm following Shastriji, mother who is torn between being mother, DIL and Wife.............And Dadi, Vaishali, Chachu and Mrin all made CB very complete for me along with of course my fav Kanha............
CB became my addiction, I used to "run" home as soon as work was done, to watch CB, write on the forum..........I used to skip even dinner to write and watch the show......., used to go nuts as to when Radhika will be in front of Dev......and how wld Dev react.............Could not wait till the evening to come and watch the episode...........Started being so impatient, then one day while searching came across IF, but cld see just the summary, then we started searching, it was IF again, but I cld this time see updates. Saw the first beautiful update of CB and also participated in first game (I think) of CB by Deefan..............It was a guessing game...........and it was called Friday ke Friday where the participant had to guess what wld be story by end of Friday..................And I was the Winner where I had guessed that Dev would find out that Radhika is his DG, but not his wife........................I was on cloud nine..................This forum was like a blessing to me, as I loved guessing and predicting the story always, be it movies or of course this first soap................................Then I started to write my posts on the episodes......................And slowly but surely, it became a junoon.............Every single morning used to think as to what would happen today..............I had become friends with Sigrid during this time and she was kind to send me updates via mail, since I could not go to forum while at work....
Made so many friends here..............I still remember the day of Kshama Vrat......................When engagement was halted, everyone was going nuts...............I still remember my dear friend, JP panicking as to what would happen..................Dev and Radhika's story made us cry and laugh together..............felt like a teen..................Height of Junoon was we called up the RajPurohit Commitee in India to find out if a RP can marry twice................:) .
The pinnacle of junoon came on the day of Janamastmi, when I waited with eager, excitement and happiness to see Dev propose Radhika for marriage..........Had even prayed to Kanha in the temple, thinking Radhika should say yes to Dev.........Had tears flowing when Shastriji puts the marriage proposal of Radhika before Dev...............the look on Dev was priceless.........time stood still.................and it reflected how much bhakti and love can effect a person...............and make him so determined to get his love..................
I think I don't want to think or write beyond Janamastmi of last year..............To me, CB will be story of two families, Shastriji and Purohit ji, two mothers - Vaishali and Devkji, a brother - Vivek, a friend and Confidant - Birju...............two Dadi's - Amma and Dadi....................a sister - Vishaka................two bhabi ;s - Mrin and Deepika....................and of course of the eternal jodi- Radev who despite all odd's and everything going against them, finally overcame all odds and emerge winner in life..........................................Scenes that will always etched in heart is Dev breaking down when he finds out that Radhika is his DG, and special mentions are the following - Radhika telling Amma that it is her wedding, and she has to go as Dev is waiting for her...............And Birju breaking down, when Dev finds out that Birju knew who Radhika was.............Devkji breaking down, when Shastriji is doing Jal Samadi..............and tons of Radev scenes...............(my personal fav is kiss on haldi day --- Radhika's expressions were mind blowing)
Thanks to each and every one associated with the unique story of CB..............and thanks to the creatives and writers for coming up with Dev and Radhika's and Thanks to Avinash, Rubina for playing them to such perfection and pouring life into those characters...........................Coming from the family where traditions and puja are given much importance, I totally fell in love with Vrindavan and since Kanha is my fav God along with Ganeshji, I got so attached to this serial..............Emotional bond between parents and kids, along with the cute bond between Dev and Dadi made me feel attached to show even more................Radhika's prayers, her strength and steel like strong resolve despite being orphan made me admire her...............Being so far away from the country, yet watching where the culture was given so much importance made this serial special for me................Of course, I cannot forget my Govind Gopal song( Thanks to JC for ripping this song for me), apart from Baiware Naina and other beautiful songs..................wordings of this song are too good............................Kyon toot gaye voh...............was simply heart touching.............
And thanks to entire star cast of CB including Shastriji Amma, Dadi, Devkiji, Birju, Rajjan, MR and everyone else because without them CB would not be complete............................
Thanks to IF and updaters of CB, friends of IF for making this journey so special......................And one more time, thanks to Avinash and Rubina for making this Choti bahu, my first ever Indian soap so memorable................I never missed even one episode (in fact, went back and watched all the episodes from the beginning, finished watching all the previous ones in two days, watching many hours :) ).................and CB will be special in so many ways for me.,....
Thanks for making me cry, thanks for making me laugh, thanks for all the emotions, thanks for making me fall in love....................thanks for making me believe in LOVE all over AGAIN..................
Edited by anukapoor - 14 years ago
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