I HAVE BEEN WATCHING EK HASINA THI FROM THE BEGINNING. I STARTED WITH THE SIMPLE REASON THAT THE CASTING WAS SUPERB AND THEN GOT HOOKED TO THE STORYLINE. EVERY HINDI SERIAL WHICH I HAVE WATCHED HAS ALWAYS LEFT ME WITH A VAGUE FEELING OF DISSATISFACTION AS THE MAIN PROTAGONIST ALWAYS FORGIVES HER WRONGDOERS IN THE END AND I ALWAYS GET PISSED OFF AT THAT. BEING GOODY TWO SHOES ALWAYS LEAVES A SOUR TASTE IN MY MOUTH.
BUT EK HASINA THI WAS BILLED AS A REVENGE SAGA AND HAS STUCK TO BEING ONE... AND HOW..!!!!
EVERY NEW REVENGE DURGA EXTRACTED LEFT ME WITH A BONE DEEP SATISFACTION AND TODAY'S EPISODE HAS EXCEEDED ALL MY EXPECTATIONS. IT WAS JUST MINDBLOWINGLY AWESOME. FROM THE PRECISION WITH WHICH DURGA WENT ABOUT EXPOSING THAT CREEP TO HIS DAUGHTER DENOUNCING HIM IN PUBLIC TO THAT JAW BREAKING SLAP.
IF IT WAS ANY OTHER REGULAR SERIAL DURGA WOULD HAVE FORGIVEN HIM FOR HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER'S SAKE AND LET HIM GO... AND SHE DID FALTER BUT HER BABA SHOWED HER WHAT A GRAVE MISTAKE SHE WAS COMMITTING. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT EK HASINA THI IS THAT PAYAL'S HEALTH AND NITYA'S REVENGE ARE GOING HAND IN HAND, WITH EACH BEING GIVEN EQUAL IMPORTANCE AND EVEN THE DEV TRACK IS BEING INCORPORATED SUBTLY AND GRADUALLY.
WHEN I SAW THE EPISODE I THOUGHT EVEN IF THE SERIAL NOW GOES TO BEING A SOPPY DRAMA I WOULD ACCEPT THAT BUT NO...
THE PRECAP FOR MONDAY HAS JUST LEFT ME SALIVATING FOR MORE... AND ALSO LEFT ME MIRRORING DURGA'S SMUG LOOK...