The Week that Was - Page 3

Originally posted by: incandescent

Hi Diya

Lovely post as always. I agree that the show is slowly getting back on track.

The cv's have made some mistakes but they can't fix it all in just one day. I think we should allow them time to see how the story unfolds and not jump to conclusions after seeing just one epi.

After all how much can they show us in just 20-22 minutes?

I think most of us at the forum have become so frustrated, that we are not even ready to give a few weeks time for some damage control.

The slap was completely unnecessary and a major blunder.

I think Barun performed brilliantly on Monday during the Rabba ve moment and later in his scene with Daljeet. That was a beautiful Arnav-Anjali moment and a teary eyed ASR touched my heart.

Sanaya was simply outstanding as mami and buaji on Friday.

But I think most of it remained unnoticed because of all the venting. Venting is fine but we are so busy criticizing nowadays that we have lost all our patience and barely noticing the good things.

But yes, the show is getting back on track and I am looking forward to what happens next.

I just don't want ASR to dance.

Originally posted by: lilmissmuffin

'The challenge is because he unconsciously recognises her as his equal ... recognises that she will fight back and be a worthy opponent.'

Exactly, you've summarised the need for the challenge, he subconsciously recognises her as an equal whereas before she was a nothing.

If it were him before, he would win through all means by hurting her but now he won't hurt her on purpose or accident but will not play fair, it's a private challenge after all so we can't blame him. 😃

Originally posted by: DiyaS

Hi Fari,

My policy when watching daily soaps is to enjoy what I like and ignore what I don't ... daily soap makers do work under a lot of stress, churning out 20-22 minute episodes daily for not just months but years at a stretch without any breaks means that quality will suffer, no question about it ... it's inevitable. But the last month after the La track got over went totally haywire ... I think we were all pretty frustrated and justified in venting here ... after all, that's what forums like this are for ...
My only objection is to how low and nasty the digs and bashing gets sometimes ... and the negativity was going so bad that I preferred to stay away from the forum ... and guess what? I found the show wasn't as bad as everyone here was making it out to be after all!!

The problem is when we as viewers have too many expectations of how we feel the tracks or the characters should behave ... and when things don't go the way we want, and we expect, we start bashing ... we forget that the characters are the creations of the cv's ... they have some story in mind, which may not be exactly what you and I want or expect ... but it's their story at the end of the day, they gave us the characters we love in the first place ...

And besides, let's not forget, they are ruled by compulsions other than just the story ... commercial aspects, channel pressures, what-have-you ... so if they want ASR to dance, ASR will dance ... if they want Khushi to be bumbling bimbo, she will be one ... and if they want bumbling bimbo to get the better of suave sophisticated tycoon, she will do so ... no amount of ranting on how he deserves better, or she deserves better will make a difference ... Although we definitely can express our views here, but it should be with some degree of control ... and not the vicious bashing that happened recently ...

Which is why I like Sush's, Tanthya's and a few other people's posts, and avoid the majority of the ASR-worshippers ... sorry, but they only manage to put me OFF ASR ... which I don't want to do, I like the guy, faults, complexes and all ... my favourite type of love story is broody angsty hero being redeemed by the love of a sweet simple girl ... here people don't want broody angsty hero to be redeemed, they want him to stay locked in his ivory tower because they feel he's perfect already ... well, he isn't, otherwise the story wouldn't exist!!!

Take your own wish (just as an example ... hope you don't mind😛 ) - he shouldn't dance at the sangeet, because it will ruin his character. Why shouldn't he dance?! The guy is 26, isn't he allowed to loosen up and have some fun? And wouldn't you like him to do so at some point? Why do you want to condemn him to being broody all his life? The only question is HOW the cv's make him do it, if indeed they do ... whether they make it believable or not ...
Khushi turning all juvenile and silly was not believable to me, and I hated that change ... I'm very glad she's going back to what she was at the start, but then again, that's because I like that kind of girl, not the caricature they made her into ... but if the majority of the audience, especially the TRP earners feel that way, then the cv's will keep her sensible, if not, they won't, and she'll go the Gopi vhau way 🤢 ... and I'll reach for my remote! Simple!

However, looking at the change over the last week, I feel that maybe because the cv's have done a Star One show earlier, which was always more popular online than on TRP charts, they do look at online viewers' feedback ... and the recent change is because of that. If this sustains the TRP's we may be lucky and the improvement will continue ... because at the end of the day, TRP's however lopsided they are, rule the channels, not our opinions.

Anyway, I still enjoy the show, it's one of very few I find watchable, and watch regularly ... and I love Sanaya ... so I will keep watching!

Sorry for the long vent ... and thanks for your comment! Keep them coming!!! 😃

I understand your POV. I feel that the show has become too inconsistent lately. Not just Khushi's character but the overall show. For instance, I found the cocktail party episode completely ridiculous. The dance was great. Sanaya and Karan performed well but the whole thing was just thrown in. Also the concept of the party made no sense.

The farak padhta track abruptly ended. But it was still going well till La's exit. After that, I feel the makers have become confused about what to show. I also feel that they are confused about what to do with NK's character.

The plots are not going as smoothly as they should and there are just too many things happening at the same time.

But Friday was much better and I hope the cv's are pulling their socks up.

ASR's character needs to evolve and it has evolved a lot but I feel it's too early for him to dance at a sangeet. He is still hung up on his past. He needs to get over those issues first before he can start acting like a normal 26 year old in front of the world. 😳

And another reason I don't want ASR to dance...well as much as I love Barun I have to say it...he's is not a good dancer. 😆

"Khushi is still somewhat the nave girl she was, she knows he cancelled the sangeet because of her, but innocently she thinks it's because she slapped him. And she feels terrible that because of her,😭 So she goes off to apologise and make amends. a function that the whole family is looking forward to, a function which is one of the highlights of the wedding, is being cancelled. Everyone at the Raizada house is bitterly disappointed ... including even her nemesis, Mami, who didn't even want the wedding in the first place. All because of her and her mistimed thappad.

She doesn't realise that cancelling the sangeet was Arnav's response to her challenge. Silly Khushi, didn't you figure out the moment you said the word 'competition', Arnav's antennae were on high alert? And this guy just challenged you that he wouldn't lose, remember?

Khushi doesn't remember ... or at least, she finds it easier to believe that he cancelled the sangeet because of her thappad. So she tells him - slap me, we're even and then we can go ahead with the sangeet, right?

Wrong. He won't slap her ... gone are the days when he could drop her from an open window, or even from his arms (I think so, wonder if he'll prove me wrong on that one?) ... he can't hurt her now ... not physically, at least. "

I did not understand Arnav's sudden ban of the sangeet when he was fine with the family practicing with Madhubala before. Maybe I am as naive as Khushi, the reason I simply love her with all her idiosyncracies . The explanation you gave here was splendid and makes perfect sense. As to slapping, I half expected him to come close and attempt to kiss her cheek before holding back but I must commend the guy's self control. Although he is like a moth drawn to the flame every time he sees the unselfconscious display of innocence by Khushi he by and large retains his self control.

When he was reminding her of the times she has lost to him and mentions how she returned to work for him after swearing she will never work for him again , he conveniently forgot that he had to eat humble pie and call her back after Anjali's sulking. Technically she was Anjali's employee rather than his, although he was paying her the salary. To some extent one can say that the two instances that he mentioned - working for him again and Payash matter was initiated by him partly to ease his troubled conscience. He did feel guilty after being responsible for her near death experience, the reason why he did not retort when she blasted him in his own house before thrusting her resignation letter at him. He also felt guilty for being responsible for Payal's wedding fizzling out and was only too relieved when Akaash assured him that he did indeed love Payal and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. It gave him an opportunity to make amends.

So if anything, in both the cases it is he who should be grateful to Khushi and not the other way around but then Khushi being Khushi cannot think beyond the present. Why else would she remain silently appalled when he told her she was a loser because she stood in a torn dress when it was he who not only came before her at the stroke of the new year and thereby had already lost the bet to her, but was also responsible for the tear. She really needs to sharpen her mind if she has to handle this wily and crooked guy who can turn even his losses into his gains. Wonder how he plans to defeat her in the sangeet match but I am pretty sure if at all he wins it will not be a fair fight.

I thought he made an interesting point when he asked her what if fate is not with her and she loses. In fact right through the show fate has never helped either of them get what they want. They have been trying their level best to stay away from each other and fate has always been throwing them back into each other's company despite their avowed dislike for each other. So even if he manages to win the competition I doubt he will really be happy about it. For one he would feel terrible seeing a sad Khushi. For another, he may end up asking her to do something which will only keep her closer to him, which he keeps telling himself he does not want.

I thought there was some symbolism in his watch strap getting caught in her dress and her dress getting torn when he yanks it to get his hand free. Maybe they will be linked together by time ('samay' in hindi). When Shyam's truth comes out (in whatever form) he may yank himself free and in the process dishonour her. There was quite a lot of symbolism in the scene where he plucks the rose from her hair and gives it to her. As many pointed out, it seemed symbolic of deflowering her in future. His removing the rose and letting her hair down was symbolic of his helping her shed her inhibitions. His returning the rose to her could mean that he will love and honour her despite all his brusqueness. So maybe after dishonouring her for what he believes to be the truth, he may end up restoring her honour back once his anger dies down.

Waiting to see how they will take this from here.

Originally posted by: incandescent

Thanks for your reply, Fari ... and I agree with you to a huge extent ... after the 'farak padta hai' track, I too feel the cv's lost their bearings ... maybe the track was pulled under pressure, so they were left floundering as to what to show next ... as a result we got some very half-baked episodes and the storyline went all haywire. I think maybe it's for that exact reason ... if the track was pulled unexpectedly, it would take a while for the cv's to come up with something else, but in the meantime, the show has to go on ... so the senseless month we saw ... agree that the cocktail part was badly done, and didn't seem to serve much purpose except for just entertainment - since NK is a good dancer and Sanaya also dances well, they used a party track to utilise their talent ... hey, I'm just guessing!!! 😆

As for ASR dancing ... I do agree with you that it would REALLY odd for Arnav to break into Bollywood beats or a bhangra ... that would be out of character completely ... and I feel the cv's will not do it ... Khushi has had her share of character destruction, but ASR so far is pretty untouched. But I wouldn't mind a slow waltz or close dance, maybe in private ... not as part of the competition, but as part of their own private war, even a dream sequence ... like I said, it all depends on HOW the cv's do it ...

and about Barun being a bad dancer ... well, I dunno about that one ... but Sanaya is damn good, so if there is a dance coming up, he'd better be practicing real hard!!! 😆 But I would love to see another dance with NK and Khushi ... as they are both so good, and a pleasure to watch on screen! And hopefully this time without comments on how Khushi has become a sl** for dancing with another man!!! 🤢😡