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Please refrain from bashing/provoking. Thank ya'll.
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Tonight's episode was aight as in it was good, but a few things bugged me about it. Let us have a look, shall we?
>> Pros:
1) Raghav's dialogues
Not just in the scene between him and his mother, but throughout the entire episode. The dialogues were damn powerful and Harshad's ability to deepen the meaning of each word just by his manner of speech is awe-inspiring. I don't believe that they would have had the same impact if he hadn't been the one to express them.
Beautiful.
I needn't mention just how intense the woman who portrays Gayatri and Harshad are on-screen together. The tension between Raghav and his mother is tangible and the pain is a companion that follows their relationship like an invincible shadow. I think that what they told each other tonight needed to be said out loud, needed to be put out there in the open for both of them to see, touch, and feel.
We saw how the impact of Raghav's word festered in Gayatri's mind. Something that she had never considered before festered in her mind. Was she really a bad mother? Perhaps what she had needed to do all along was look inside herself for the answers to her pain -- rather than condemn Raghav for it alone?
The best part was when Raghav said: Aapka beta hoon main and walked out. The way he said it conveyed how broken he is, the pain that's burning him up from the inside. It was a simple statement, really, but it conveyed so frigging much.
2) Gayatri's lament
It's always interesting to watch a cold, seemingly detached, character break -- even if it is just for a brief moment. Break and shed a tear. I was stunned. Stunned at Gayatri's tears, her questions, her grief. It uncovered another layer of her character and, despite her very bitter words, I could sympathize with her.
I love how reflective she is -- like Raghav. Thinking about things, questioning them, rather than being ignorant about the truth/reality. That's fearlessness.
3) Raghav's not in the mood for your sweet talk, honey
The scene in the outhouse when Raghav ironed his clothes, angrily [which was hilarious], and tried to gain some kind of control over his explosive emotions -- that was seriously an awesome scene. For one thing, I loved that he refused to talk to Jahnvi about it. She was in his way at that moment. But I could just feel his hurt, frustration, self-blame, and anger all mixed up and sparking in opposite directions -- leaving him open and vulnerable.
He was restless, unable to deal.
He went outside to call his sister and exploded.
4) Raghav's phone conversation with Taashu
Heartbreaking scene. He had no real control over his emotions, switching from furiously concerned to scared and powerless to broken and hurt. It's not an easy task to convey such a variety of intense emotions in a short scene -- that, too, when you don't have an actor in front of you to ping pong with. He was acting to the phone and the camera.
Just with an amazing conviction.
5) Itne greasy hands
That was the only part I liked about tonight's V scene. KVB is an amazing performer, but even he could not hold my attention in the Double V scene. The Double Vs are starting to bug the hell out of me. This is a con, I know. But I'm saying it here: I have no frigging idea of what the CVs are doing, showing the double for the past three episodes. It makes no damn sense -- other than that they want to give viewers a justification for blaming his evil mind on some schizophrenic disorder next.
Seriously? How many disorders are you gonna give him to excuse his crap character? He is evil, get it? Just get on with it. Last thing I can stand right now is V's loyal worshippers on FB oh'ing and ah'ing over how incredibly ill he is and how his jaan can cure him. Next, I'll read comments on how it wasn't V who raped Jahnvi, but his double *dies*
Anyhow. Liked the way he wiped everything, said the greasy hands wala dialogue.
6) Krish's drawing and Komal refusing to tell Jahnvi anything
I loved the scene between mother and son. But most of all, Krish's drawing intrigued me. Honestly, I believe that Dev was not as good a man as everyone keeps preaching. Look, one can interpret the black shadow of him as a ghost/spirit, symbol of death, whatever -- but I interpret it as something negative, that Krish remembers his father as dark and quite a bit threatening. I also think that his nightmare had something to do with Dev.
I know that a lot of people will disagree with me on this, because Gayatri and Raghav and Komal seem to remember him with fondness -- but there can still be a dark side to Dev.
7) RaghaVi romance V-style
I admit that this is a half-con. Because I so did not enjoy Raghav buttering that toast in the total V-style. Gave me a disturbing flashback of the first episode -- the morning after V had tortured Jahnvi senseless and presented her with breakfast-on-bed, buttering her toast.
But what I did enjoy was Harshad-Sriti's amazing chemistry. They were on fire. The way that they kept gazing at each other -- there was nothing nervous Jahnvi over that. Sriti's performance challenged Harshad's in the sexy-eyes department, matching him step by step. Give and take performance, no doubt about it. The air between them was charged. Electrifying.
Fantastic performance by both.
>> Cons:
1) Jahnvi's constant butting in
Please do not give me the excuse that she just wants to take care of Raghav and his dear family, because they took care of her. I don't buy it. She is trespassing. Whatever massive family drama has happened in the past, it is none of her damn business.
I mean, seriously? "Ab mujhe unko sambhalna hoga." Meri maa, pehle apne aap ko toh sambhal lo tum *facewall*
That's all from me tonight, lovelies. Goodnight 😳
