Chot toh tumhein bhi lagi hai

Originally posted by: AreYaar

Finally after many days of mopey, mariyal, seemingly aimless drag, IB seems to be getting back on track in this redux😆😆 hallelujah to be frank i had given up hope ke kabhi kuch thoda bohat bhi normal hoga so this is nice surprise * kaala teeka* ab aise hi aage chalo IB does seem to be back to somewhat normal. today's episode was a nice well rounded episode with most of the IB elements included in one episode be it the humor, emotions, Lulz and there were plenty of them with progress too so Thank you wajah chahe jo bhi ho 😆

Whether this is a result of feedback being taken into account or HS herself got bored of her flop OTT melodrama scenes, who knows...lol but I for one am quite thankful to see animation coming back in both Shivaay and Anika. I'm loathe to give Daksh any credit but it seems his showing up has atleast made Anika stop bawling daily or stuttering around Shivaay, and now she's gotten a newfound focus to expose Daksh so everything in her has strengthened...her tone of voice is more forceful, determined and she barely blinks before using lies and underhanded techniques to get her way now😆...so much for "sach ki murat" version of redux Anika😆. sachai ki girlfriend kaafi jaldi palti maari and am not complaining hell i want to cheer for this anika who is slowly but steadily coming back to life. as you said dil toh nahi karta daksh sahib ko kisi bhi cheez ka credit dene ko but iss baari toh usne hi anika ko goal dia hai 😆 chalo kuch toh acha kia uss creep ne. i can't tell hwo happy i am to see anika being normal anika being assertive ahq jatati doing her thing the way we've always seen her yes it is comparatively thoda weak abhi bhi but she is getting there itne ke saath i can manage atleast apni toh lagti hai. this much subduedness can be handled and taken as waqt ne kiya kia haseen sitam thats he changed with time.atleast baaki personality to same hai na

I was pleasantly surprised that we got a continuation of yesterday's Shivika scene...the haldi scene today was even better than yesterday's scene with it's constantly slipping and sliding Anika...lol...today after many days...we got a Shivika scene with nuance and subtext again...last we saw this in redux was the dupatta scene...since then it has been mostly dragged or disjointed scenes. not only continuation a rather well done continuation. i was liek how come kisi ko itni akal aayi that they put effort and itna attention to detail and careful execution kia. surreal laga after what we were subjected too for the last 2 weeks. but anyhow needless to say I AM IN LOVE

But today, we see a Shivika who since last week thanks to their car, jasoosi adventures have become more expressive with each other...most notably in the HAQ with which they reach out to hold each other...last week we saw an Anika who walked into Shivaay's room in the middle of the night and locked the door behind her...then there's the way she'll hold his hand, or put her hands on his shoulders like she's always done...except in this redux they are technically supposed to be strangers...lol but their subconscious comfort level, familiarity with each other still asserts itself...they may get awkward briefly when they realize it but they still don't really push back saying ki why did you hold my hand, how dare you come into my room in the middle of the night like this.

Today was a continuation of that again...as Anika assertively insists on putting the haldi on his hand...when he says he can do it on his own, she simply replies, "aap ko chot lagi hai"...as if that is answer enough...he is hurt, so she must try to put a balm on his wound...and his reply isn't to say no again...all he says is, " Chot toh tumhein bhi lagi hai"...both of them are so focused on each other's wounds...those cut deeper for them...the wounds of a person who technically is a stranger to them in this AU...and the wounds themselves are symbolic of the fact that they are hurting without each other...they are faltering, stumbling, constantly managing to hurt themselves in some form as they traverse this new journey without each other...the wounds are symbolic of aching hearts in some ways. Anika's insistence in taking his hand like she has full HAQ to do so...and even though he tries to appear aloof, he isn't able to...can only watch as she tenderly applies the haldi and blows on his hand to soothe him...I was expecting him to somehow try and get the haldi on her head wound too and lo and behold he did...lol how conveniently that strand of hair blew onto her face and gave him an excuse to indicate she move it aside and in the process she ends up applying haldi to her own wound...just as he wanted...the eyelocks were beautiful today...really nicely performed by NM-SC...and this was vintage LM direction...attention to detail, nuance and some funny camera angles and zoom ins too😆 behan main kya boloon you said everything main toh overwhelmed hi feel kar rahi hoon this was one darn well done scene i esp agree with the parts in bold. i just love teh shot of her holding his hand and taking it full haq se then being so gentle blowing it too .. as i said koi bhi dunia ho one thing remain constant their pareshani and care for the other. apna dard chot gayi tel lene padi hai toh sirf doosre bande ki who cares you barely know each other and are merely boss and Employee technically. i actually am still dazed teh haldi transfer was done so subtly and it was full on feelzy haldi bhi lag gayi pata bhi nahi chala it was so aesthetically shot too i toh loved how he kept seeing her with itna pyar and admiration in his eyes 😆😆 koi batao isse 2 hafte pehle isne hi sar phoda tha uppar a stupid se bhi silly bakwaas aaj iska dil anika ki naram dil pe aa raha hai. idk if this makes sense but i just realized yeh bhi ulta hai this time he is the one more into looking her admiring her not for any reason or goal anika ke paaas abhi bji bahana hai to do her tuchi jasoosi ke usko sahadi rukwana hai so she is getting so involved in their lives trying to execute her plans jitayooing haq going into his room opening his drawers and cupboards itne haq se which comes subconsciously but she isn't even feeling guilty about it i mean yeh wohi anika hai who chided chachi for stealing show pieces from OM aaj khud almari tak khol di but anyway back to the point i was trying to make rofl which was he is more under the spell of this girl with the way he keeps admiring her and once again it is not just just her outer beauty he was touched by her blowing over his wound too he saw her naaram dil he saw her struggle the other day which did soften him up ke she is not a mere gold digger but this really was like the old billu melting by how caring she is towards pretty much a stranger. last time it was her who melted first seeing his naram dili his dedication and love to his family she also did not knew when she developed any feelings but they started coming this time i feel it is him who is melting first seeing her life her struggles and her acha dil. ofcourse anika ka thought process is changing too in regards to mr oberoi who phodoed her sar the other day and then aaj itne pyar se marhan kia but i see more of pichla shivaay in the way the feelings are developing in anika and anika in shivaay if that makes sense.

Who balances a haldi ka bowl on their thigh? Billu ji ofcourse😆 namoona hai yeh ek dum good to see darshan of joker number 1

Why does he balance it there? So Anika can catch it ofcourse with her super speedy reflexes😆

Yesterday he was the one bowing at her feet to put medicine on her wounds, today she returned the favor...insisted on it...these shots of her sitting there holding the bowl were really nice they are so aesthetically pleasing man i toh loved the one with her hair strand and how subtely he told her to move and the way haldi lagooed ahh. in love with that part . aaj bade din baad i felt that sukoon wali feeling seeing that lil bit and with oh jaana toh it multiplied

He tried to stop her but her determined expressions were what won this for me...that's the hint of Khidkitod Anika...the spunk in her expressions...that and the haq with which she pulled his hand over to her haaan and i was like kisko rok rahe ho aise adhmari tries karke . matlab rehne hi do 😆😆😆

The "Chot toh tumhein bhi lagi hai" moment absolutly beautiful

LOL I could even zone out the Tu Jaane Na today cuz the scene was beautifully executed otherwise...the way Billu was watching her apply the haldi with almost a kind of awe... yeah but it does impact the feels and are so jarring i was like good they started the instrumental woh itna soft or lovely hai usko hi use kar liya karein but nahi beech main atif just had to scare me with ehr loud aaa😆

The lat hataana aur haldi lagwa dena bit...lol

And she goes back to soothing his wound again

"Ab isse aapke zakham bhar jaayenge"...again a symbolic line...I'm hoping redux ke bhi zakham bhar jaayein is haldi se aaj...lol

Thoughts on the rest of the epi continued in the post below.