Crooner 1.14: Phoolon Ka, Taaron Ka! Upd - Page 21

@ nish, darling..am in love with ur post...commented dont know d pg no...kumbh ke mele mein...

can someone pls guide me to Parsha and Shivani's post.

Originally posted by: mouramen

@ nish, darling..am in love with ur post...commented dont know d pg no...kumbh ke mele mein...

can someone pls guide me to Parsha and Shivani's post.

Originally posted by: mouramen

@ nish, darling..am in love with ur post...commented dont know d pg no...kumbh ke mele mein...

can someone pls guide me to Parsha and Shivani's post.

Originally posted by: indi52

updated on page 3 😊

Originally posted by: Nandalala

"Family is family, and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you."
~C. Joy Bell C

Pic Credit: Creations Gallery

We've talked immensely about relationships and ties all this week. Today, family ties were showcased front and center. Under the auspicious framework of Raksha Bandhan, we saw a family come together. A brother stepping out of his comfort zone only to bring a smile on his sister's face. A sister-in-law putting aside her own pain to give joy to someone else...Everyone else planning, plotting in an effort to put the past behind them, yet finding a way to bring back the familiar. A disjointed episode, it worked in its basic intent.

The raksha dhaaga scene held the most significance for me because it essentially highlighted the sheer contrast in Anjali's relationship with Khushi, and in her relationship with her Chotey. Gone is the bond that Anjali and Khushi once shared. The knots in their relationship will have to unravel before they can go any further. Anjali rejecting Khushi's attempt to tie the dhaaga defined her state of mind. She has only one protector, One constant: her brother. She was polite enough with Khushi, but her words: "Hum kya kuch zyaada maang rahein hai?" spelled out her insecurity and her void. It is very obvious that Anjali has made her grief only about herself. She is not able or willing to empathize with anybody else at this point. Arnav's time, her only need. Not once did she even mention Khushi or Khushi's role in Arnav's life. Gone is the Anjali who set-up a Bali in Dilli honeymoon for her brother so that he could spend some time alone with his wife. But I wouldn't say this is selfish on her part. To some extent, she is finding solace in thinking about that time when it was only her Chotey and herself. When a life, though with hardships- was just about the two of them. No spouses. No additional grief, only Arnav and Anjali. Yes, now we have a regressive Anjali, reverting to the familiar in her grieving.

As I watched the actual rakhi tying scene unfold with that beautiful song in the background...it took me back to all their conversations together. His head in her lap, which is really his only "home". That poignant reference to the mother who is no more..."Ma hoti toh"..."Aap ho, na, Di..." he cuts in and abruptly changes the subject. Ah, the past will come ahaunting...There has only been one person who has ever filled that role in the way that it matters. And it is her pain, her sadness, and everything else she carries which is his burden, too. Haar khushi aur gham tujhse...zindagi pe karam tujhse...Mujhko Ma nazaar aati haain. That is the bhandan here. He would move heaven and earth to make her feel better because he knows the depth of her grief, he understands it completely. Which is why the man who never believed in rituals, who would never step out of his comfort zone--still "pata nahi"...not sure"-- did just that today. Her papad ka tukda wanted his "surprise" to be her own gift (wonderful play on words by the CVs right there...👍🏼) A quick thought here: Not only does he come full circle in her "gifting", but he is essentially "giving" her a "new" Arnav. In the past year, he protected her from her own husband, and in the process, was transformed himself. Speaking of rituals I also thought this change was significant for what else is on the horizon...the re-marriage!. Today was a stepping stone into upholding tradition for ASR--a clean, new start into that realm, too!

Other Thoughts:

~Rant:

1) OK, total disconnect from Wednesday, CVs!!! After the emotionally charged 10 minutes we witnessed in the previous epi, I felt like I had crash landed onto another planet. There was no chemistry between ArHi today. They interacted like strangers until she said Nanheji ka...that was the only time Arnav even looked at her, and knowingly, too.

2) Timeline & Aftermath: So ArHi spent the night together after the showdown, and then came to RM for RB the next day? And in the interim, Arnav forgot he is desperately attracted to his wife? Isn't this the same man who stroked that neck just the day before? Isn't this the same man who cannot keep his eyes off of her when she is so delectably draped in a sari?

Ughh, CVs, you couldn't even afford him more than a passing glance? That was a total FAIL for me in this episode. Arnav and Khushi cannot be placed in a vacuum container while we focus on Arnav and Anjali...wake up, CVs!!

~Hopelessly poor editing: Coming up scenes/precap all become the same...No flow between the scene where Khushi goes to Anjali's room, and then is seen outside...Who was directing this? Where is Wednesday's team?😕 Why such inconsistencies? Did the Rakhsha Bhandhan track just get thrown together at the last minute?

~Wait, wasn't Babuji at the hospital, too? So wouldn't Naani have seen him, as well?😕

~Rakesh Bandhan: Yeah, if we had any doubts about Teej and if its gonna happen, today the first clue...Rakesh--a name for lord Shiva--bandhan...ArHi together...need I say more?

~Kurtagate: A bit much for me...I much prefer his white linen shirt from Holi--some Kurta-fied version of that would have worked...Just my POV...please no aandes and tamatars...😆

~Anjali doesn't comment on her "changed" Chotey--now with sense of humor and smiles galore--Itna bura lag raha hoon...ki aap rone lagayi..Sablog mujhe hi kyun dekh rahein ho, yaar?😆

~Khushi's velvet and cream outfit...coordinated with her husband's duds!!! Wah, wah, after the showdown at GH, KKGSR taking her wifely responsibilities very seriously.

~HP asking ASR to change!🤣🤣 And, ASR's face!🤣🤣🤣

~Mr. Monotone and Ms. Constipated: Cringed at PayAsh today...just the thought of them is a no-go for me.🤢

~Mamiji and her entertainment bhavishyavaani...yep, picture is incomplete...the bilaak buster sherprise is on the horizon for sure! Ah, Payal should plan a trip to GH?

~NK-- ever the Kanha...Loved him and his play on words.

PRECAP--I only wish Arnav was with Khushi...*sigh*...do we need the Khushi-Anjali drama now??? I am so not ready for it!😒

Sobti was awesome today...really in character; loved his voice modulation throughout! No real scope for Sanaya other than in the dhaaga scene. Daljeet needs to brush up on her emoting!

Finally, hope everyone celebrating the festival enjoyed Raksha Bandhan yesterday!😃

Sorry for my thakela post...Couldn't sleep, so thought I would pen some thoughts!😳

Originally posted by: indi52

sari umar humey sang rehna hai.

archu, that is from one of my favourite movies ever. and that was all about a beautiful sister brother relationship too. but what an undemanding sister. when no one could give her love she went out there and found her own world, trying to be happy and contented in that. when her brother who loved her deeply traced her and reached her, she despite all her love for him knew there was no going back. she definitely never felt threatened by or challenged the love he felt for another woman. i get goosebumps even thinking of certain scenes from the movie.

and that song. how often i catch myself humming it. two beautiful versions.

but here, relationships and loves seem to be getting confused about their place, when a ganja smoking, commune living, hippie girl knew what was valid and what was not. interesting times though. will read crooner and update a little later in the day.

adding on 😊 😆 😳

happy rakesh bandhan.

so glad i'm free of kaksha bandhan more than 25 years now.

but mostly, "happy rakhi" just the way arnav singh raizada said it, with a sweet, unguarded smile. if there was anyone who knew there'd been an episode the day before it was this one man, or so i felt. his whole demeanour showed the after effects of the week of hard work that had gone by. work both physical and emotional. what with having to leap in and out of windows, drive madly through delhi traffic to catch up with the wife other end of town, buy up house maybe a company, keep the other most important person in his life happy with frequent visits and calls, and all the while stay focussed on a plan to bring his love back into his life. never let her leave. when his love had quite the opposite agenda.

"kya chahiya aapko?" she'd asked the previous night. in a flat voice, he'd replied, "ghar chalo... mere saath."

the sheer relief of finally getting her acquiescence if not whole hearted acceptance must have brought on a sense of relief and the immediate wind down that comes with it. for that's how he felt like to me today. he was allowing the tension to release, just a bit low, engaged but not wholly there, though quick witted and a little crotchety as usual. nice.

enjoyed his short, pertinent dialogues, particulary his way of saying them. "yeh tum... tum hi ho?" asked the overjoyed sister when he appeared in the kurta she'd bought him a year ago. he who shunned such clothes. he replied laconically (what a lovely, m&b word, walked right into my thoughts), "pata nahi, di. not sure." or was there a something in that "not sure," that wasn't entirely in jest?

"gift aapne diya... surprise maine." naughty nannav, or again something more?

why is everyone looking at me? that was a nice one from the writers to us, me certainly. 😆

in the middle of all that, suddenly "papad ka dukhda." stop it, i say, time to do some nazar utarna.

i have devoted an entire post to why i thought his kurta was just not him. give him a white khadi, linen, or muslin kurta minus embroidery and i would write a thousand words on that alone. but this was not asr.

interestingly enough, it was given to him by the one who loves him so very much. not doubting her love, but am getting a bit psyched by both anjali and those that are telling her story. i understand she is off khushi at present. too many emotions there: this is the woman it is alleged her husband was crazy about. her eyes have recorded khushi leaving with shyam, trying to feed him kheer and looking guilty at her sudden entry. most women when confronted with the fact of their husband's infidelity, tend to blame the other woman. natural. not arguing with that. we are humans, we are fragile, we look for thoughts that protect us.

very few people are like arnav singh raizada, brave and straight forward enough to look at a thing in the eye and call it as it is. so i am not surprised anjali is blocking out khushi. plus, her only other emotional anchor, chhote is married to this girl, much in love with her. when anjali felt secure herself she was delighted with khushi being her sister in law. after all, she had wanted this. she had taken active interest in seeing them, and her, happy. but now things are a bit different. khushi being the woman in chhote's life is no longer looking that good.

plus khushi has lied about buaji and chhote has been spending so much time there not for the reason she believed, but to be with khushi! anjali is freezing up. maybe that's why i felt so cold last night while watching all the plastic flower, bright colour and warm smiles bedecked festivities.

it's perfectly fine with me if anjali wants to do be nasty to khushi in her classic passive aggressive way. pity it was khushi out there, i would have replied to that is it too much to ask my brother to give me a bit of his time with: of course not, di, why don't you chat with your bro about it? now come, let me tie this thread for you otherwise buaji would feel very bad. anjali wouldn't want to seem unmindful of the elders before anybody, would she.

what irked me was the playing of that song. lovely song, a perfect sound when the people are in the frame of mind being described. but is anjali behaving like a mother to anyone right now? guess i am sentimental about such things. i get the creatives don't want her to look suddenly too negative, but something just didn't gel yesterday.

khushi's mood and manner was a bit surprising in the beginning. was she there in the showdown the previous evening? all that immediate involvement with the fam and need to make di happy. i was about to say "what the" when i realised, uh huh, this is quintessential khushi. she needs to be involved, doing stuff, to keep sane. nothing gives her more pleasure than to see others happy, and so off we go on a joy spreading spree. being a sharp girl, she knows di is not really into her these days, but what a bind, arnavji loves di and she can't see her arnavji unhappy. so no matter what, let's please di.

no one else at home knows about the war of the raizadas. but if your only sibling on whom you dote and whose happiness you fret about, with whom you share a bond that's rare is going through a tumultuous time in his relationship, you wouldn't even sense it? now that you're not mad at him won't you ask him even once about his time in captivity? how is he? did they hurt him? is he ok? nothing? all you're thrilled about is that he is wearing a kurta which you know he doesn't like to wear only to please you?

dekho hum tum dono hai ik dali ke

mein na bhoola tu kaise mujhe gayi bhool?

hummed my mind

perhaps as gandhari wondered in her post, all her "humares" point to a curious narcissism. interesting character you are, mrs jha. and i am dying to get to know you better. what will you do when you realise shyam's truth? will you fall or rise to be all of arnav singh's raizada's beloved elder sister. his one and only di.

on a separate note, archana, thanks for that phoolon ka taaron ka reference. it immediately brought to mind the incredible jasbir gone janice portrayal by zeenat aman in an abs classic. once while discussing khushi with priya i'd agreed that khushi is one of the most refreshing, in fact one might even say iconoclastic characters on tv or anywhere. she reminded me of zeenie baby in hare rama, i'd noted. free spirits both in their own way. put them in the rigid walls of convention, they wilt. too much raizada dressing may not be good for khushi. let her remain jhalli, bring on the pompoms, and a little less rouge please.