'Socha na tha' Updated: Chapter 23: Pg.78 - Page 51

So sorry for the late reply, i m not well,

As I said on your birthday, anything for you. always. you wanted inputs, so here goes.

Chapter 15: I loved the fact that Atul was finally given something to do, and not just that, he didn't fumble! The weird thing is Anu, through all the sophistication Atul has in SNT, the basic essence of the character survives. Just goes to show that it is entirely possible for a simple, loving, soft guy to also be good at his work, perceptive and intuitive. The afore mentioned characteristic do not necessarily mean a forever champu! So thank you for that!

The Mili Atul interaction, though reminiscent of Armaan Minnie (and I know you are not going to jump down my throat for having said that), does not lose flavour in anyway. I must mention that the relationship in the show was one of the best I have seen so far and to remain faithful to the depth of that portrayal and evoke a similar tug at the heart strings is difficult when you are working with a different character altogether. But that sensitivity is something you expect of someone like Atul, more so, of Atul in SNT.

Sapna's keen onbservation skills at play once again? brilliant that all peripheral characters seem smarter here!! and why should they not be just because they aren't the lead pair!

The fact that Keerti commended and also gave Atul a left handed compliment by assigning him a tough job was again a brilliant touch. Shows that you don't need Keerti to mouth words like Am only strict because I need to be. It is entirely possible for her to convey the same through her actions. She is after all a dedicated doctor!

Now for the coup de etat, the Atul Anji interaction. How many times have we been tempted to ask, and when asked , how many times have we promptly resurrected the walls that we had dared to lower for just a few moments? perfect!! Because it was so real!

Chapter 16: Awesome!! And here's why!!

The natural instinct for anybody when they are struck with strife is not just panic, but anger. Anger that they are in the undesirable situation to start with, anger that they are helpless, anger that above all that they are panicking. Brilliantly captured here. Atul's calm working like a palliative for Anjali's fears, her claustrophobia was just perfectly calibrated. Mucho impressed!!

And then the illogical solution to the problem at hand. An attempt to be proactive...yelling didn't work, so lets try the exhaust. And then what? Stay stuck in shaft? Well, normally such thoughts do not occur to you when you are stuck in an elevator gasping for breath! Thank god the idea didn't work!

Anjali still holding on to Atul's hand for dear life even when they have reached the safe sanctum of open air in the car park, just goes to heighten her sense of fear and insecurity. No just in the elevator shaft, but in life as well. The fact that the cool confident exterior is but a facade, she needs someone to care, someone to shield her, keep her away from harm's way!

The sudden consciousness, the uncomfortable awareness, the questions, always the first signs of changing feelings, so beautifully captured. I am sure Anjali spent all night tossing and turning and wondering what was happening to her, while Atul lay still in his bed, smiling to himself, smug that at the end of it all he managed to be her knight in shining armor.

Now gimme sometime for chapter 17?.

Chapter 17: wowie Anu!! you are getting with every chapter.

I loved all of the interns interacting. The fact that Armaan in SNT has a limited imagination and is still class? conscious and so expects a worthy alliance of just Atul and Sapna. Both simple, both sweet, maybe middle class a very subtle precursor to his famous basketball court line to Atul that Anjali and he were not of the same class. A much better way of revealing his mindset.

That Sapna was perceptive was established during the pehla nasha sequence, so I won't dwell on that, but she picked up on Atul's need to keep his feelings for Anjie under wraps, she sensed that Armaan's easy camaraderie with Anjali mildly irked Atul. nice!!

I loved the whole briefing session, for the way you captured the essence of what a briefing session would actually be like. Its all 10% attention, 90% introspection. Each one using the monologue from Dr.Keerti to phase out and do some soul searching and of course above it all, the spectator in Sapna enjoying the equations that were playing out in front of her eyes.

Ridhima's inability to retort intelligently enough, restricting herself, to yous, tums, and similar exasperated incoherence to express annoyance and shock was all classic!!

Am not going to talk about Atul's dialogue with Sapna, because I felt, and am sorry here, that it was better expressed subtly through his actions. Though I can see the need for you to verbalise it all, in order to set Sapna's queries in order. Because that would be everybody's question. Atul???? And Anji?????????????????????????? But for the uninitiated it is important for them to see why it is that Atul fancies Anjali. It wasn't her bare back, or her perfume, or her attitude, it was that Atul can see beneath that veneer and sorely wants to take the child craving love in his arms, blocking out the world that made her who she is today!!

Originally posted by: mehak_kapoor

So sorry for the late reply, i m not well,

KSG mania na loveria hua

main gayi yaaro, mujhe ''cold-eria'' hua, colderia hua😡😡 Awwwwwwww......khayal rakh apna yaar!!🤗🤗🤗

okay...........so a big hug for u first of all🤗

after so many days it was gud to read abt sapna ben, her auto wala n her mum's marriage proposals😆............Thanks yaar! Glad you enjoyed that scene😳😆

and as usual sapna was the one who understud atul's hidden feelings for anji............i love their friendhsip....... 😛😛, and u created a mind-blowing scene where armaan is teasing atul relating him with sapna, and sapna getting laughing fits after knowing wat was going on in armaan's mind😆😆😆, that scene was the best scene............... i m missing those scenes yaar😭 Muahhhhhh! Thank you so much sweetheart....that was my favorite scene in this chapter...absolutely LOVED writing it!😆😆

And poor atul, anji is back to her ''cold mode'', though she is not freezing cold now, but her temperature has dropped down to 0 degree from -4 degree😆..LOL Mehakooo....as usual, tenu thande aur garam di importance puri tarhan pata hai😉😆😆.........heheheheheh sapna was deeply thinking abt atul's choice..........and that is so real, atul n angi are two opposite poles, but then yeah OPPOSITE ATTRACTS😆, But here atul pole is attracted, but angi pole is still repelling........😆 ROFL! Angie pole is repelling???🤣🤣🤣....I love the way you put these things, Mehakoo😆😆poor champ.........after that night in lift, he was thinking ki angi will change, Only song that is cuming to my mind right now for atul's situation is

Raat ka nasha abhi

aankh se gaya nahi😆😆😆 ROFL! Ewwwwwww...woh gaana AR ke raat ke nashe ke liye hi rehne dete hain😉😆😆

No worries, anu will make him try try try till he gets angi🤗🤗

And anu wat a filmy situation u created na........... as atul was abt to reach angi for kangaroolatinng her, she got page............heheheheheheh u are becuming a ''true writer'' day by day😆 That's cuz I'm #1 Filmy yaar!😎😆.....And hehehe...'true writer'??? Thank you haiji, Thank you😆

and and and i m missing armaan's double shirts.............je usnu garmi lagadi si, taan idda matlab eh thodi ki oh double shirts paana chhad dave, that stone heated guy apni garmi toh bachan layi, apne fans di fikar nahi hai onu??????😡😆........... i loved that u made him wear double shirts here😆🤗 LOL...Mehakoo....glad you enjoyed that!🤗😆.....Frankly speaking, mainu usdi double shirts hi pasand sigiyan...don't like his current shirts....the others suited him better....and the color combos were better too😉

So all i can say is mind-blowing part 🤗Thank you so much, sweetheart🤗🤗

Originally posted by: vaarti

As I said on your birthday, anything for you. always. you wanted inputs, so here goes. Jhappis 🤗🤗Thank you so much yaar!

Chapter 15: I loved the fact that Atul was finally given something to do, and not just that, he didn't fumble! The weird thing is Anu, through all the sophistication Atul has in SNT, the basic essence of the character survives. Just goes to show that it is entirely possible for a simple, loving, soft guy to also be good at his work, perceptive and intuitive. The afore mentioned characteristic do not necessarily mean a forever champu! So thank you for that! Exactly....that is what I try to achieve thru SNT...a little dignity to Atul's character....cuz sweet and simple guys are not necessarily simpering idiots.

The Mili Atul interaction, though reminiscent of Armaan Minnie (and I know you are not going to jump down my throat for having said that) haha😉😆😆...Yeah, you know I won't...cuz the resemblance is but obvious😉, does not lose flavour in anyway. I must mention that the relationship in the show was one of the best I have seen so far I completely agree...it will always have a special place in my heart....and that's what inspired me to come up with something like that for Atul and to remain faithful to the depth of that portrayal and evoke a similar tug at the heart strings is difficult when you are working with a different character altogether. But that sensitivity is something you expect of someone like Atul, more so, of Atul in SNT.

Sapna's keen onbservation skills at play once again? brilliant that all peripheral characters seem smarter here!! and why should they not be just because they aren't the lead pair! Exactly!! I didn't want all the other characters to just be floating around uselessly while the 'lead pair' romances away to glory....

The fact that Keerti commended and also gave Atul a left handed compliment by assigning him a tough job was again a brilliant touch. Shows that you don't need Keerti to mouth words like Am only strict because I need to be. It is entirely possible for her to convey the same through her actions. She is after all a dedicated doctor! Oh so glad you liked that! That was one of the rare Keerti-Atul interactions I put in....and I agree, I don't think her 'strictness' has to be 'in your face' all the time...there's other ways of showing it.

Now for the coup de etat, the Atul Anji interaction. How many times have we been tempted to ask, and when asked , how many times have we promptly resurrected the walls that we had dared to lower for just a few moments? perfect!! Because it was so real! Thank you so much yaar! Yes, I could identify with that situation cuz it's something I feel personally does happen a lot of times in real life....it's like you trip that one wire, and the other person's walls go up instantly....

Chapter 16: Awesome!! And here's why!!

The natural instinct for anybody when they are struck with strife is not just panic, but anger. Anger that they are in the undesirable situation to start with, anger that they are helpless, anger that above all that they are panicking. Brilliantly captured here. Atul's calm working like a palliative for Anjali's fears, her claustrophobia was just perfectly calibrated. Mucho impressed!!Thank you so much yaar!🤗

And then the illogical solution to the problem at hand. An attempt to be proactive...yelling didn't work, so lets try the exhaust. And then what? Stay stuck in shaft? Well, normally such thoughts do not occur to you when you are stuck in an elevator gasping for breath! Thank god the idea didn't work!

Anjali still holding on to Atul's hand for dear life even when they have reached the safe sanctum of open air in the car park, just goes to heighten her sense of fear and insecurity. No just in the elevator shaft, but in life as well. The fact that the cool confident exterior is but a facade, she needs someone to care, someone to shield her, keep her away from harm's way! Yep, a lot happening under the surface there....she's a paradox in a lot of ways...

The sudden consciousness, the uncomfortable awareness, the questions, always the first signs of changing feelings, so beautifully captured. I am sure Anjali spent all night tossing and turning and wondering what was happening to her, while Atul lay still in his bed, smiling to himself, smug that at the end of it all he managed to be her knight in shining armor. That they both surely did😉...but I didn't elaborate on it😆😆....thoda readers ko bhi apni imagination use karne ka chance milna chahiye, nahin?😉😆😆

Now gimme sometime for chapter 17?.

Originally posted by: vaarti

Chapter 17: wowie Anu!! you are getting with every chapter. Muahhhh! That's a wonderful compliment yaar!🤗

I loved all of the interns interacting. The fact that Armaan in SNT has a limited imagination and is still class? conscious and so expects a worthy alliance of just Atul and Sapna. Both simple, both sweet, maybe middle class a very subtle precursor to his famous basketball court line to Atul that Anjali and he were not of the same class. A much better way of revealing his mindset. Wow yaar...never thought of it that way when I was writing it😆😆....but you're right...does reveal his mindset in a way...but then, I guess....most ppl would expect an Atul-Sapna pairing, nahin?? Cuz no one's going to imagine him with Angie ever....and I think Dr. Armaan is currently too busy with Dr. R himself to even bother imagining her with anyone else😆😆

That Sapna was perceptive was established during the pehla nasha sequence, so I won't dwell on that, but she picked up on Atul's need to keep his feelings for Anjie under wraps, she sensed that Armaan's easy camaraderie with Anjali mildly irked Atul. nice!! Thanks yaar! Glad you liked it!

I loved the whole briefing session, for the way you captured the essence of what a briefing session would actually be like. Its all 10% attention, 90% introspection. Each one using the monologue from Dr.Keerti to phase out and do some soul searching and of course above it all, the spectator in Sapna enjoying the equations that were playing out in front of her eyes. Glad you enjoyed that yaar....cuz yeah, I guess in a way most briefing sessions are like that only....every one zones out for the most part and then snaps to attention during the final moments😆😆😆

Ridhima's inability to retort intelligently enough, restricting herself, to yous, tums, and similar exasperated incoherence to express annoyance and shock was all classic!! It sure is! And I enjoyed the classic days! Which is why I try to relive them thru SNT!

Am not going to talk about Atul's dialogue with Sapna, because I felt, and am sorry here, that it was better expressed subtly through his actions. Though I can see the need for you to verbalise it all, in order to set Sapna's queries in order. Because that would be everybody's question. Atul???? And Anji?????????????????????????? But for the uninitiated it is important for them to see why it is that Atul fancies Anjali. It wasn't her bare back, or her perfume, or her attitude, it was that Atul can see beneath that veneer and sorely wants to take the child craving love in his arms, blocking out the world that made her who she is today!! Yeah, I guess it was unnecessary in a way...his actions have more than expressed his feelings for her....but then like you said....in Sapna's case, that question was bound to come up sooner or later...and when faced with that question, Atul had to verbalize his feelings in some way, right? Cuz Sapna's actually the first person that he's talked to about Angie....he's kept everything inside of him only till now...and you're right....it's what Atul can see beneath the icy veneer that draws him in....the little child craving for love...not the bare back, perfume etc....I thought that was pathetically shallow and stupid.