Crooner 1.8: And Khushi smiled...UPDATED

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Lovely crooner priya di!!! the note above the notes, abt the colour n emoticons, same thoughts of me too!! in fact this colour is making me write more n more!!!😆 😆

This post is written by Sunshine80

Awesome..title Priya..😃

Shit😆 again I have to do my crappy analysis😆

My analysis is going to revolve only around this 😉 - He never gives up!

I love that quote by Khalil Gibran!!! How well it suits the current scenario😃. Amazing crooner priya...just loved this one! Yes, it was a breezy episode with the story moving along.

And Khushi smiled... Sigh! Love the title Priya... and the Crooner just really went to a different level altogether today! LOVED it! (And long post alert - aaj mood mein hoon - but writing over a long period of time between calls and mails, so please bear with me if this makes no sense!)

To me, the Crooner has always been a "safe" space in a sense that, for one, it's a place where you can be an unabashed "phangurl" about our serial and especially about Arnav and Khushi, but not a blindly in love sort of phangurl - constructive criticism is always appreciated here, and from the TM to the people who post here, everyone has different viewpoints, which is fair enough because everyone views it from a different lens - but I applaud what you said - when it comes to criticism - "balanced, unbiased criticism" - like you said, if you want to see the negatives, then everyday that's all you will see.

That's also the problem with the forum - everyday it's all about "oh I'm so smart, I found a flaw, I found a fault, this sucks, I don't think it should be like this" - and nothing and no one is left - CVs, characters, actors, PH, everyone. At the end of the day the CVs are continuing to tell the story they want to, with the characters they created, which makes enough people happy, and the only people who are left upset are those of us who want to see the negatives and make ourselves unhappy. You know Priya - I do the same as you when it comes to the episode to episode viewing - and it just makes me happy - because there are no expectations beyond the 22-25 minutes of magic that is woven upon me by the fictional tale I'm seeing. Nothing beyond this - yes, the obsession and the thinking about it remains for 23.5 hours, but during that 22-25 minutes it's just that episode and those characters for me always.

I don't deny that there are a LOT of things the PH can improve - marketing, selective amnesia about a few things, public relations sometimes - these are things which they need to work on for sure, but at the end of the day, they are doing their best and they bring us what is by the far the best serial on Indian television today, truly embodying a nayi soch that leaves us all surprised, shocked and awed by them.

It starts with their lead characters - Arnav Singh Raizada and Khushi Kumari Gupta. I'm going to do the script is king thing here and say - look at the way they are. Larger than life Arnav - arrogant yet loving, confident yet insecure, in control yet troubled. See the woman he is in love with, Khushi. Sacrificial? Maybe. OTT? Ok, your viewpoint, I will disagree but let's leave that aside. Self-respecting, wants to stand on her own two feet always, believes in spreading happiness and joy, cares deeply, loves strongly, believes firmly - her heart is always in the right place - yes she is flawed big time, just like Arnav is. If we do not blame him for throwing the contract and Shyam in her face, we cannot blame her for what she is doing right now.

The beauty of IPKKND is that we see facets of love from both sides of the coin (atleast I do, I don't know about others) - so while I will drool over Barun because I'm a girl and because he's an awesome actor, I will always have equal love for Sanaya because it's both of them together that bring this beauty and awesomeness to life. Same with Arnav and Khushi - they belong together because they are two pieces of a puzzle that just complete each other.

Ok, enough ranting here - I can go on and on on this topic (as some poor people here know!) - so moving to the episode! Priya - I loved your take on Khushi - I mentioned part of it previously too - but the self-respect and dignity - how much maturity she has shown in this case - yes, she does tell the most hilarious tales - loved your description "create a web to keep him at bay". But she reached out to him at every stage when it came to the kidnapping, once the "I love you" was said - she ran to him, hugged him, she allowed him near her, she came alive in his arms, she was ready to do anything and everything to get him back safe - and now she is ready to go to any levels to keep him away for his own happiness - there is selfishness too - "agar woh khush nahi hain, toh main kaise..." - that is it - two souls tied to one another - playing hide and seek with love.

Their love is just so different - it makes me laugh and cry and it just moves me at a level that nothing else is able to. At one level, how they both know - "tum jaanti ho" - it was such a killer line - she knows so well - and it's not about physical proximity (though I do think poor Arnav is going to die of frustration!) - it's about the acceptance of him as a husband. Till the point where the kiss is an expression of his love, it is ok - but he has made it very clear that he would count this as an acceptance of him as her husband. In such a case, obviously she is reluctant, given the circumstances currently. And yet there is a deep rooted chemistry that will never go away, which is why she sways towards him, which is why she is weakened by his presence, which is why her saansein speed up, and her heart goes dhak dhak - she can't help it with him, and so she smiles. Khushi Kumari Gupta knows that she is loved very very much by this man - she is someone who thrives under affection and love - that's her character and nature - and she can't help but smile when she knows how loved she is!

At the same time - she can tell the doctor so easily - "woh Laad Governor nahi dekha aapne?" He is her husband in her heart - but with the situation being the way it is, her mind will not accept it. With Arnav somehow, I feel it's the other way around - his mind can even accept her reasons and what she does, but the heart that now belongs to her will never accept it - it's a challenge to his mind, but it's a necessity to his heart - "uske bina meri saansein ruk jaayengi". He is opening up to her - he helps her with the rent, but she wants to do it herself - this is another reason he loves her - he has the world to offer her, but she doesn't need it - what she needs, maybe he won't understand now, but he will soon enough, because he is Arnav Singh Raizada. "Yeh ghar mere liye bhi kuch maaine rakhta hai" - the way she is ready to walk off for his family's peace, he is ready to do everything to make her family more comfortable - the balance between both families is again such a reminder why this serial is beyond the regressive other-worldly stuff on TV.

And Priya - I just read the line - "Arnav Singh Raizada will have to recreate the journey - to the "hadd" only he can set... to get his Mrs. Raizada back now" - and it's got me completely grinning! Again tied in so wonderfully - told you before also but will say it again - this Crooner 1. series especially - somehow every day you just create "wow" moments, each greater than the other. I'm just completely looking forward to this now! Can I just say here - my wish was always for a quiet affirming of vows in front of Devi Maiyya - I saw some posts on that yesterday too but was too late to comment - and preferably at Teej time! Hmm.. sapnon ki duniya se mujhe bhi nikalna chahiye! Back to work it is for me - but thanks for a brilliant Crooner girl! Got my brain cells ticking!

Here's to Khushi's smile, and Arnav's hadd and haq, in anticipation, and as always to romance and love:

Sigh.. Your beautiful post demands an alert mind and an absorbing and expressive heart..! Right now, sleep beckons.. will come back with my musings in a few hours.. 😊
Meanwhile, I remembered a few lines when I read your 'Notes' in the beginning of the crooner..

"Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Three be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye."
~ Dorothy Parker ~



Edited to add~

A seemingly breezy episode, another feel good one, but layered and meaningful in ways more than one! No I am not much of an analyst.. but I have learnt lately to look beyond and beneath what meets the eye! (Deba.. dont smirk at the pun, it was not intended 😳)

When I read the crooner, I was spellbound once again by the beauty of the story and also your understanding of it! As I said last night, I cant believe how meticulously you have connected it all! A round of applause for the take on episode and the subtexts complete with some amazingly accurate quotes.. and another round of applause for the spunky talk preceding it! The Note 2 has my special respect.. you cheeky one!!! 😆

Since you talked so vividly about Khushi and her feelings.. I have to admit something at the risk of sounding totally ridiculous! I always thought its Arnav's character with layers and masks.. Khushi is an open book! As the story progressed, I realize now that Arnav has depth, strength, self assurance.. a man of few words but straightforward, on your face! He may play games, but whats in his heart and mind is what we see! A man of 'simple interpretations'!

Its Khushi who is the complex, layered one.. it struck me only recently when I realized that I wanted to listen to her monologues more than anyone else's! (Anjali is a close second by the way!).. her behavior baffling, surprising, at times misleading! She admits to her feelings only to herself or to Devi Maiyya..! For others, only her objective is very clear to us.. honest feelings, honest intentions, honest motives! Her ways of handling relationships and situations can be many and diverse! Her behavior, sometimes bewildering, is what meets the eye, the underlying emotions and feelings is a different story altogether! Sanka Devi's sanak plays the 'hide and seek game'! She is the hiding and also the seeking one.. the love, the wishes, the needs, the longings, seldom expressed, but the seeking lurking only in her eyes!

Last few days has been a roller coaster ride for not just Khushi but other members of the household too.. some affected more than the rest! Khushi affected the most.. the harassed, the wronged and the accused, the ripped, the shredded one! She forgave all, tried to move on.. but the lingering repercussions making it all the more difficult for her! It seems like she left just for Anjali and Arnav and their happiness.. but I said before, she did it for herself too! Yes.. to save herself from the hurt and to keep her self respect intact! '.. lekin Apne swaabhimaan ko taak par rakhkar nahi'.. how many times has she repeated that? The thought of the contract marriage is foremost in her mind..! She is waiting for her swaabhimaan and dignity to be restored by the one man who matters the most to her.. so rightly said Deba!!! She wants the 'darja'.. the balane, the equality, the due respect!

She is out of her dream world finally, but the feelings cannot be masked anymore, no matter how much distance you keep! She is still seeking those smiles!
Arnav who now realizes what Khushi means to him and what he means to her.. will not think twice in bringing those smiles back to her.. carefree, uninhibited, lovely smiles! He brought one today! Cant wait for more! 😊

-The 'shart', the could not resist anymore kiss, the checked smile, the ensuing pain in the eyes! For Arnav, the honest, playful but simple expression of love.. for Khushi, the undisguised first reaction, the reality check and the longing!

-The prolonged story to the doctor and then a 'repeat telecast' of the dukh bhari dastaan twice.. the soshan, the torture, the same mumbai connection!! Maajra kya hai bhai!

-The rent is paid and it saves Khushi from not just the payment but also from explaining her lie! Her 'self respect' does not accept this but the paagal premi pati's 'haq' demands acknowledgement!

-The doctor did not disappoint me I must say! What reactions to the story and the nanhi si jaan!! 😆 I dint expect him to turn out the chugalkhor uncle by the way! But good! It worked in our favour!

-Anjali is busy with her own hiding and seeking! What I would not do to know whats going on in that seemingly calm and composed head and also outside that crack of a main door of the Raizada mansion! BTW, I wonder if the 'Nupur ji' lie amounts to playing with her character portrayal too! 😉

-Mamiji is always the alert one, suspecting, speculating, inspecting, inbhestigating..! Those shrewd eyes notice a lot but her biases always get in the way! Really hope she proves more fruitful this time! Still cant believe that she suggested Naaniji's bwaay-frend!! Another shot at the past or what! 🤔

The Precap: Cant wait for today's episode! Seems like the truth of the marriage might remain between the two alone at the moment! Excited! 😃