IKRS Monday 6th March 2016 ep 182 My Take ~ as it so happens...
In life nothing is crystal clear, there can be connotations, paradoxes, untruths and as it so happens at crucial moments. To me the episode has moments when things can be sorted out but something else happens to crop up. Events, characters speak words with underlying meanings. Viplav,Shalu, Dhani, see what they want to see.. while Raja is all the time reading between the lines and acting..
Saying sorry with the assurance to the aggrieved party that his offence will not be repeated is always the best way to move forward in general situations where Viplav is in the wrong. Now with regards to dealing with his own family it's always been a doddle as he is the apple of their eyes, telling the truth, ownership of his mistake gets Viplav out of hot water for his disorderly behaviour. However since marriage his range of being accountable has expanded beyond his household. Viplav still needs pardon from his wife , now that could well be a sticky situation as she had mentioned on the phone last night, she'd rather not talk about his misbehaviour. Dhani still weighed down by his behaviour is on her way. Suddenly she feels the gentle feather light shower of rose petals from above and around her his voice begs for forgiveness with the assurance it won't happen again. Suddenly he appears on his knees seeking her pardon. With innocent eyes he persists and Dhani helplessly, tells him his problem is that he tells everything too lightly. One he called her without making it known to her that his family would be there, on top of that he behaved like a drunk! The truth about their marriage could have been exposed sooner than later! Viplav in his defence blames his condition on Raja forcing him to eat a bhang filled ladoo! Some unpleasant moments of her past plague Dhani and she questions Viplav what references does he have about Raja and his family? Viplav had nothing except by word of mouth, they were decent folks. Dhani alerts him, his duty as Shalu's brother is to ensure he finds out more about Raja's back ground, the kind of family he is giving his sisters hand in? are they folks that will vouch for his sisters happiness? would they love and honour her, as she is familiar of the fears a girl goes through, when she gets married, so its only right he investigates Raja and his family . Dhani forgives Viplav after she raises his awareness towards the duties of a caring brother.
The sight of Dhani aka Suman rocks Raja well out of his mind. His peace , his sleep, his mental equilibrium is unhinged . His mother finds him disturbed , and he tells her he saw his brother's wife last night near the mandir , that he went after her but he last her again! he rages on about her walking about free! his foremost task will now be to hunt her out till then the marriage is on hold!
Viplav acts on Dhani's advice, visits kanpur and quizzes the shopkeeper opposite Raja's house. He gleans that they were decent folk , all was well with them , up until tragedy struck and the older son died suddenly .. the family was devastated but the younger son Raja held the family together and thought it best to move from Kanpur to Allahabad! So all good news for Viplav but only on surface level.. who knows the truth? only Dhani? or..
Raja fumes inside and does push ups to counter balance his rage.Deep down events in the past ,that Suman! once more makes his blood boil.. he needs closure! Shalu comes shyly to her future husband's room and admits to him she wants to cook something for him, what would he like? As it is she encroaches his privacy , he is livid when she questions him about his taste buds. Raja loses the plot and yells at her, make whatever. But he realizes his folly of blowing his top and justifies his behaviour , he spotted his sister in law who killed his brother ,hence his short temperedness . Shalu smiles and says not to worry the way his sister in law behaved with his brother, god will make the same happen to his sisterlaw. So shalu ,even before marriage gets a taste of her future husband's erratic turn. Raja on the other hand craftily makes her feel important by telling her about his past which troubles him. he gains another ally ?
So like a wife she waits for his phone! while Rajlaxmi teases her friend, after marriage she'll keep her husband tied to her apron strings! Viplav phones and gives her the news that he heard everything good about Raja and his family. Dhani is delighted and tells him he's had a long day he'd better rest. Much relieved, both that he had acted on his wife's advise and that nothing untoward was found about Shalu's in laws and Raja, Viplav cuts across the lawn ,when suddenly he comes across Raja.. who gives him a big hug, and apologizes for the ladoo incident, he really didn't know who the guy was, who prepared the ladoo. Viplav let's it go with a big smile. Raja suddenly looks dismal and strokes the small burning fire .. Viplav wants to know since yesterday he looks disturbed, is it something he said? Shalu? then Viplav too sees Raja's anger! ..slowly Viplav is led to the situation where Raja tells him about seeing his sister in law today , that she killed his brother, he has to seek her! a fire burns in him to seek her, ran after her she escaped. Viplav is clearly moved by Raja's show of fury and offers his hand with a promise, he will help him to seek this Suman .. they shake hands on it and Raja embraces Viplav.. almost like he's got him where he wanted Viplav! both men stand before each other with the fire on the ground burning between them. Viplav wants Raja's sister in law's picture he pulls out the one in his wallet and holds it before his eyes just above the fire.. Viplav wants to have a look, and as Raja passes it to Viplav before Viplav got take it.. it falls out of Raja's hand straight into the fire! both men try to retrieve it from the embers Viplav does and flicks the charred picture but as it so happens the face is burnt! But the optimistic Viplav says not to worry only the picture is burnt just give him her details and he'll find her! Raja says , he can find all her details from Kanpur and thanks , now he feels by his help ,he'll be able to put this Suman behind bars! To me this whole seems like a set up to lead viplav into Raja's ulterior motive of getting Suman/ dhani banged up.. the picture getting burnt seemed deliberate.. so Viplav can be pushed into going back to Kanpur to rake dhani's past.. it's almost as if he knows that Suman is Dhani.. has he come to ruin Dhani's future? Well he has fully convinced Viplav that this Suman as his brother's killer.. it so happens Viplav's believes..
Dashrant is still worried about his trust being robbed.. Viplav possibly still seeing Dhani, he muses about who the Parvati could have been? Kanak worries there is a thief in the house robbing the monies Shalu was gifted and jewellery..Dashrant would take care of both.. sets up a pressie in viplav's room.. greedy eyes,itching hands and a sick mind watches..will mami be caught?
Counting days to telling the truth about their marriage. Dhani crosses off the days on the calendar. But she realizes that she also doesn't want to begin her marriage , backed by a lie that Viplav is unaware of.. her past. She is desperate to talk to Viplav.. so she phones him but it so happens..
Dashrant comes to Viplav's room to gift him something very expensive.. probably to trap the thief, mami.. but Viplav suddenly falls ill and is advised to have complete bed rest. Dhani rings him to tell him about her past ..but it so happens he is poorly and he says some other time.. his tummy hurts.soo her past being revealed to him is dragged on ,deferred to another time..
To me it was an episode that deliberately dragged on about Dhani/Suman connection..dhani pulls Viplav into shape of how to be a responsible brother. Raja shows his other side ,whether its genuine or enactment I am not quite sure? Hamlet53 8.3.16