Crooner 1.8: And Khushi smiled...UPDATED - Page 4

Originally posted by: smashitupsobti

... you cant talk about him without this ... just in case anyone needs proof ?

Priya 😳 posting for purely analytical reasons !

and here goes my analytical brain out of the building...gosh those eyes!

Wonderful analysis Priya 👏 👏

i agree with you priya, the forum is really just tattered these days ... i personally believe ppl in today's world are just getting either too impatient and frustrated or they think saying nething they want is the style statement these days without respecting others around them ... but anyways im sad to see such posts on forum too and a couple of months ago i really wanted to just leave the forum, but there are some very good analysis that i get to see here as well (ur Crooner, Redux, Spice Girls Hangout and lately Director's Cut) and for these reasons im still on the forum ... my mantra to stay here is to avoid just almost every other post except for the ones i want to read ... and sometimes when i get time, i really focus on the topic of the post before actually opening to read it ... and this way i stay happy with my beloved show ... neways the reason for my rant is to just request you to not leave the forum nor stop writing the Crooner coz this is one of the saving graces of the forum for me ... i like the positive attitude here and i don't want to let go of the few hopes that i have from this forum ... please and thank you 😃

Updated on pg. 1, peeps! Priya, a breathtaking Crooner with equally magnificent quotes, hun! Well done!👏👏

Absolutely lovely Crooner! Thanks for posting even though its so late. I am in another timezone so its a pleasant surprise to see your updated post this early in the day for me.

I do want to mention that I couldn't agree with you more about unhappiness in the forum of late. I don't post much in general but i came to the forum just because it was the first time ever that I had gone bonkers over a TV show and wanted to connect with people who had the same craziness. In fact I started with the official FB page but slowly gave up reading anything because it started to feel monopolized by negativity. The forum was pretty positive then. Maybe people's patience is running out and they want to see A&K really together - not sure what it is but I am soo glad for Crooner! Such a feel-good group. Thanks to everyone here for making it happen. Its not like I don't have days when I feel this is not the way it should be - but that just makes me look forward to the next episode to see how things will progress….

Anyway - coming back to the episode itself.. Gawd how much these two sizzle on screen.I find it amazing that they can keep it up day in and day out. I wonder if they every feel Rabba Vey fatigue 😃…if they do I surely haven't ever noticed! ASR really knows how to bring the flirty side on -such a charmer!😳

I thought Buaji was terribly cute today.she totally thought Sanaka devi had gone nuts. Khushi was brutal with the poor thing - pushing her around, plucking the glass of water out of her hands, giving her a cough and weird hiccups, tickling her…it was hilarious. And not to forget buaji's synchronized snoring 😆

Loved Sanaya's mischievous eyes throughout today's epi…her eye make up enhances her eyes really well. I feel her eyes are such a match to Barun's - as expressive but in a vivid, naughty way with that twinkle (just like Gul said) vs Barun's more subtle, warm ones that bring out the minutest emotions to life.

My favorite funny lines were: "Dr khud hi bimar ho gaya" ; "tumhare saath hide and seek khelne ke liye" . "humara BP check kar lijiye", "ek ek kharate mein dukh bhari dastaan", and of course buaji as "nanhi si jaan"..

The dhak dhak BG was back - love that sound and hope to hear more of it…the pre cap was awesome. Glad he realized what Khushi is up to. I found it interesting that the calendar was titled "Happiness". Sign of days gone by or sign of things to come ?

So the show timeline seems to be pretty much in sync with real life. 6 months getting over pretty close to 6 months after the Feb 14th wedding…

Originally posted by: Nandalala

Res

"Long since, the desert wind wiped away our footprints in the sand. But at every second of my existence, I remember what happened, and you still walk in my dreams and in my reality. Thank you for having crossed my path."
~Paulo Coehlo

Edited~

Pause 'n Affect...a Prelude to a new beginning...I just love that Gibran quote to pieces. So poignantly used in the Crooner, hun! What a poignant and BRILLIANT Crooner, hun! Take a bow, sweets! 👏Finally, a smile that reached those eyes after days of anguish...Yes, brief, but you could see the thanks there. I couldn't help but reflect back to the poolside, too: The almost kiss at Diwali, the kiss after the sangeet, her illusion when he was kidnapped...of coming together and being one. Today, a first step in that direction. In her home. Significant in so many ways to what is to come. A courtship within this relationship which for her is still undefined. Unresolved. But finally, some clarity. Heart and soul on the line. He makes it so apparent. How can she not be affected?😊 That moment aside, it was an absolutely DIVINE episode for me.

I have to take a minute here to give thanks to this PH and the writers. Tying up loose ends so beautifully, making the "connects" on virtually every front. Keeping the characters consistent IN SPITE and PERHAPS BECAUSE OF the Tooheys who stand to question their every move. Today, Arnav wooed with ASR's trademark smirk and wit. No, we did not get some lovesick puppy who many here in this forum were quick to name him. No, we do not have a man who has suddenly changed overnight into a doting husband. It has been a journey for him, as it has been for us! He is who he is. Always has been. Always will be. Ultimately human and defined by only his ability to adapt and completely accept his own reality: finally allowing what was once "barren" in that heart (Priya's word here👍🏼) to finally flourish!

Khushi's "antics" have also been questioned over & over & over again! But do we suddenly expect our lead to change and don a new personality? Do we suddenly want the "sanak factor" to disappear? Really, who is our female lead, ppl? Take her for who she is! A beautiful soul inside and out. She is not perfect. But her intentions have always been just that. Defined by her own experiences and her own independence. Her "self respect"& her "dignity"--bang on, Priya!--are paramount to her!! She may not be justified in your opinion, but in her mind's eye, she needs no justification! Period. Get it, and move on!

"Arnav Singh Raizada toh haath doh ke humari jaan ke peeche padein hain!"

Coming back to the epi, a truly brilliant piece of writing and execution witnessed pretty much across the work. In a lot of ways, I almost found myself to be an audience member of a riveting play. Being a Broadway buff, it was as if I watching a comedy of errors as the unraveling starts even before it is finished. Absolutely loved Khushi in that first scene as she sees him come into Laxmi Nagar...Tom and Jerry at the starting blocks! Her classic line: "Arnav Singh Raizada toh haath doh ke humari jaan ke peeche pade hain"sets the tone for the epi. Hiding behind the steel vessel to duck from him...His line about her "hide 'n seek" already at play. Her cooked conversation about Buaji's illness, doctors, doctor's illnesses, and Arnav's cocked eyebrow as all the doubts finally start to simmer in that shaatir mind. Khushi Singh Raizada alias Jhalli Singh Raizada (thank you, Gandhari!😃) in full sanaka mode as she spins the tale of Buaji--that "Naanhi si jaan's" woes to keep him away!😆 The doctor eats into her tale, knowing well that the pati outside is not very different from what she is describing. Vitamin pills become a prescription...and a chit for romance.

ASR, smelling a big rat, uses the shaarth clause and his "haq" on her as her husband. Yes, two can play this game, and he is in it to win it! Caught in the moment...he draws her to him...hand on her waist...Anticipation, willingness, she almost gives in...only to come back to reality and a realization the game is still on! He does not relent. As she stands still, his arm around her shoulder. That ultimate sign of acceptance; he marks her as his own, yet again! The one reflection on this scene kept bringing me back to her poolside mirage when he was kidnapped. Which is why I chose to use a pic from that epi and a quote to mark where we have come from that point. The irony is not lost on us: here she is being wooed, being cared for, being accepted completely--that dream she dared dream in her anguish is actually coming true before her eyes! But she does not choose to acknowledge it, even though deep down she knows how much he cares and how much that means to her. She has defined her love, but she chooses not to give words or emotions to it. A sad reality. But the dream for her still remains. It was evident in her eyes today!😊 As you said Priya, for that one moment, she basked in that love...blanketed it around her. Made it her own. Let the "sea" "win" over her. Then she moved on from it...But somewhere along, silently giving thanks for that very love.😊

He moves to get to the bottom of her story...Yes, Arnav Singh Raizada will not leave her alone!😆 In perhaps the most amazing rendition of a comic monologue I have seen in years, he comes back to her home to "his" Buaji's place, with no hesitation, no formality as he starts to tell the tale of the aunt and her niece...verbatim...just as the Mrs. did, not too long ago! Facial expressions, words laced in emotions, a quivering voice, he mimics his wife to perfection...his eyebrow, the only dead giveaway to her for the unraveling! For all those people in this very forum who question the GH track and its validity in the storyline, today you got your answer, yet again! Arnav's familiarity and acceptance with the Guptas is so evident now!

That last scene in the Gupta house is perhaps the most revealing and poignant scene in this show in a long time. He is now beyond the "farq padta hai" because he has his answer. It is right in front of him in her eyes. Annapoorna speaks...She is still stuck on kyun of the "farq padta hai": "Hume aapka koi aaisan nahhi chahiye"...She can take care of her own...she would have paid the rent! The first sign of her anguish & the disconnect in understanding who and what she is in this relationship--he finally starts to get it..."Aaisan"...he mutters almost to himself...then the outburst..."Tum meri patni hoh, Khushi!! Buaji aur yeh ghar mere liye bhi kuch maayne rekhta hain"...The damaad who is now the son speaks...he has married her, he has married into her family! Crossing the "I"s and the "T"s on his love for her and her own. I just love your Hesse quote here...his journey to her has been anything but "rectilinear"...and he knows it. Finally, the truth about the why behind her leaving is going to hit him...the disconnect in their lives. Moving forward--because that is what is now paramount to him--he will choose the right path...rectify his wrongs!

Other thoughts:

~Sobti/ASR/Arnav: Please. Stop. Driving. You are the biggest distraction in that driver's seat...The killer smirks, the cocking eyebrows, We got a dose yesterday and yet again today, and I am so dead!

~Hand on the waist: O.M.G. Stop. Breathe. Not working.😆 Resuscitate. I only wish Khushi was in a sari...but I will wait for the "full" picture for that one!😃

~Buaji: Tussi chah gaaye! I can never get over her fantastic chemistry with Sanaka and her babua!

~The black snake in the room: *Shivers*...Anjali's expressions and voice said it all...

~Naani: LOVED her today, the precap...WOW!! Ever the "rook"--protects and reminds...time to get that chessboard dusted!

What amazing performances...Sanaya, take a bow, hun! You are just a gem. Absolutely breathtaking today across the board! Sobti, where to even begin...just get a haircut, yaar...baaki sab need not be touched. Hum manage kar lenge!😆 What will for the haircut, yaar...like, seriously?😡 Abha Parmar--loved you in the bedroom scene! Missed your brilliance during the kidnapping, now back in full form!

Pic Credit: FB

A prelude to their future...I can't help but think of this classic from John Lennon...One of my favorite love songs--if not my favorite--ever!

"...And Woman hold me close to your heart
However distant don't keep us apart
After all it is written in the stars..."

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-x1FsvOAz4&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]

Finally, congratulations Farah! Well done, jaan!🤗 Special shout out to all the posts yesterday! LOVED THEM ALL!!!😃

hi priya,
moving crooner. every word true. it's been a crazy six months for a very young and innocent girl, and if she survives today, it's mainly thanks to her generosity of spirit and that endearing though at times baffling sanak.

but he will no doubt walk the talk, feel her need, know it isn't unjustified, and do what he has to do. in the meantime he will flirt, kiss, leave her with a smile and a stirring in her heart. he had said he'd never give her the "darja" of a patni but now he's insisting on her claiming her "haq." there are indeed no straight lines in the universe. i was abs astounded when i read your hesse quote. about 4 or 5 years ago i remember writing a piece in my blog on precisely that.

the way we insist on the straight line in our limited reality. how desperately we try to teach our kids to draw it, what shabashi we bestow when the line gets straighter, we don't notice the joy leaving the child's eye as everything in her or his life gets straighter, ever so rigid.

but in nature where is the straight line?

my thought had ended on, there's only one straight line that i could see: the one that connects our thoughts. yesterday his "tum janti ho," might be a good example of that. also the look on his face and hers after the kiss, yeah thoughts definitely connected there.

i really enjoyed the other quotes. the gibran one very intriguing. those who understand us do enslave us in a way, but if your madness is true blue genuine 110 percent, there's no fear of anyone figuring that out ever. hee hee.

also, in agreement about seeing what you like rather than dwelling on what's wrong. nothing is ever perfect the way you thought it would be. but in the net, if you prefer to hang around something or someone, look for what makes you happy in that or them, there will always be stuff you dislike.

that kiss was such a happy making moment for me, along with that air of yeah i scored on someone as he strode out, and of course that smile on madamji of utter haq's face. aw she lifted her hand to touch the spot, just as i told her to. uff what a straight line that was.

me in smiley loopy frame of mind. would love to discuss today, don't think there's a spec of analysis in me though, sab wo striding man leh gaya. so ha!, as promised, gandhari, nooo looong post.

omoraboti, congratulations and a major "wow"!

O.M.G. What is he doing? 😆

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ASR aur Aman ka pyaar yahan bhi nahi chhupa! 🤣

Originally posted by: mars80

i agree with you priya, the forum is really just tattered these days ... i personally believe ppl in today's world are just getting either too impatient and frustrated or they think saying nething they want is the style statement these days without respecting others around them ... but anyways im sad to see such posts on forum too and a couple of months ago i really wanted to just leave the forum, but there are some very good analysis that i get to see here as well (ur Crooner, Redux, Spice Girls Hangout and lately Director's Cut) and for these reasons im still on the forum ... my mantra to stay here is to avoid just almost every other post except for the ones i want to read ... and sometimes when i get time, i really focus on the topic of the post before actually opening to read it ... and this way i stay happy with my beloved show ... neways the reason for my rant is to just request you to not leave the forum nor stop writing the Crooner coz this is one of the saving graces of the forum for me ... i like the positive attitude here and i don't want to let go of the few hopes that i have from this forum ... please and thank you 😃