IP REDUX : Inception !! - Page 2

• Anjali again, is back to being the 12 year old, I talked about yesterday. Having her way, by hook or crook now. She was always stubborn and got what she wanted..but now she just knows how to get it. She has appealed to all 3 brothers...Arnav the most and has bit a raw nerve. Arnav keeps thinking about her - all her losses and finally to Shyam...the fact that he knows that Shyam never loved his sister is killing him...whats killing him even more is the fact that he loves Khushi...and yes I say loves..because I dont believe anybody can stop loving Khushi; she is such a person that you just "need" her; much like Anjali believes she "needs" Shyam...Hume unki bahut zaroorat hai she says. Doods always alludes to movies in her analysis...this Anjali reminded me of the Sridevi in Jaanbaaz when she became so addicted to the drugs...again given to her by the villain that she is drawn to it...much like Anjali is drawn to the drug called Shyam.
  
• The focus slowly has started shifting back to the leads...which is good...cause it had to happen. I loved the scene where Khushi comes to Arnav...and he asks her to stay. My interpretation of the broken vase, is that its Arnav's broken household that Khushi will start to mend...assisted by Arnav. I dont think it was alluding to their own relationship.
• The less said about Dadi the better...it all seems to be a gross misunderstanding and I dont think Garima is the other woman. In fact, I think she was wronged by the Malik's herself and Dadi is just choosing to ignore that.
  
• Loved Arnav's concern for Khushi...and it does look like she will appeal to him for Di. Shyam will enter the house for sure...I just hope there is no requesting from Arnav's side..more of an unsaid OK from him...that he better watch what he is doing...cause he will be monitored like a hawk.

Random Thought:

Everyone has been wondering where Payal is...I wonder if they will show Payal being pregnant...there were 2 things that made me think that this might be the case pretty soon...the Janmashtami scene where Nani asks for a grandchild and the SR discussion between the 2 sisters...where its obvious she has had hers...now wont it be interesting that the daughter of the house just lost her baby and the DIL maybe is going to have one? Wont it give Khushi another reason to stay in the house to take care of Payal especially because Shyam will be back? Added protection if you will?

That was a totally random thought...but wanted to get it out of my system...thanks for the feedback and the Likes...:)

Today's episode brought tears into my eyes. Such was the brilliance of direction and story telling, such was the depth of feelings emoted by the protagonists. Every face, each shed and unshed tear told it's own story. Who is right? Who is wrong? It doesn't matter. What matters is the sincerity of their souls, there genuine concern for a member of their family who has suffered such terrible losses. Each and every family member is trying to help her overcome this grief, this terrible setback that life has yet again dealt her. It is moving to see them in their effort. To the best of their knowledge and ability try to make sense of this senseless tragedy.

However righteous their effort might be pain has blinded them to some glaring facts. Anjali's pain is obvious. She doesn't hide it. Infect she is flaunting it right now at the behest of her husband. She is in a emotional state unable to decide for herself. In this barren desert of pain and suffering, the only oasis visible to her is the love of her husband. She cannot fathom it is a mirage she is running after. Making herself and her entire family suffer. Her family in turn Are so occupied by her tantrums and hysterics that they are losing their faith in their leader and protector. All except naniji.

The soft hearted naniji is made of sterner stuff. She has always been shown to possess a wisdom and far sightedness that is lacking in other family members. It was naniji who had first planted Khushis name in Anjalis mind when she had been looking for a solution to Lavanyas problem. Anjali had no clue she was manipulated. Even the viewer's had no clue till she admitted to it in her monologue. Her character Judgement was accurate then and is accurate now. She can understand things the way they are and doesn't cower from defending her views. She was quick to defend Khushi when dadiji pointed a finger at her. You deserve our total respect naniji.

I donot want to talk much about dadiji today simply because she doesn't deserve any mention. I understand her mind has been poisoned by SMJ against Khushi. She came to RM with preconceived notions about her. However, she has not once tried to give her the benefit of doubt. Not when Arnav obviously thinks so highly of her, not when Anjali is quick to defend her and not when naniji tries to explain to her. Has she seen Khushi do anything other than good for the family? Has she seen her do. Any bad towards Anjali? No. Yet she refuses to give her an inch. Bringing tears to the eyes of the poor bachchi.

Akash proved today why he is not the leader of the pack. The only time he decided to think for himself he made the wrong decision. As such he should defer all judgement calls to Arnav and stop trying to exercise his brain. Its just futile.

Mamiji has always been shallow as a person. It's not surprising she cannot see beyond the obvious.

ARNAV KHUSHI

How small are words and how large their love! One begins where the other ends. Such is their bond now. Their souls have merged even though their bodies stand apart.
In a fit of rage and frustration Arnav throws the vase. Right then Khushi enters to see him angry ,frustrated and broken. He was dealt the biggest blow of all today. His di for whom he has sacrificed everything is asking to be joined to her destroyer. She does not trust him to do what is right for her. She hasnt come so far as to accusing him of desoying her happiness but isn't that implied? How great is the loss of this man? He almost lost everything for the sake of this woman. He almost destroyed the life of another woman for her sake. Inspite of these sacrifices he stands alone while his family judges him, while his di judges him.

There he sat shattered like the vase he just threw. His wife, fianc, soulmate comes in to see him like this. He didn't want her to see him in this state just because he knows it will hurt her too. SHe looks at him though. Sees the pain in his eyes . A pain mirrored in her eyes. She doesnt say anything. She quietly bends down to pick up the glass pieces. He is just amazed at this woman's forbearance and silent support, ashamed of causing any more grief to her. He knows he has to step up to her, so he bends down to help her pick up the broken pieces of their life. ( Oh this whole scene was emoted so well. I just died when he stooped down to pick up the broken pieces. Ok I'm still dead. Wait let me recover.)

Big sigh


She has come to let him know she is going home. He needs her at this crucial juncture. He doesn't want her to go and the words are just torn ot of him. Khushi looks on with helplessness and pain. She can't stay. He knows that too and relieves her of this guilt. She knows how hard it is for him and appreciates his understanding. Cheers him up by saying she can stay a bit longer. They savor this borrowed time with each other, relieving each others pain.

Next day when dadi makes Khushi cry Arnav can sense something is wrong. Khushi is shown decorating a vase.( vase broken, vase decorated. Tants doods, what do we decode?). When asked she denies anything is wrong. Tears staining her cheeks she looks up with a smile. She forgot she cannot lie to Arnav. He wipes away a tear and she makes an excuse. He doesn't pry just kisses her forehead. Words were never necessary between these two. Their silent communication is like poetry.

They are slowly getting isolated from their family. Nani is the only champion for their cause. Cocooned in each others heart they are facing this difficult journey. May God ( read Gul 😆😆😆😆😆) show them the right way.

Loved loved loved the episode. IPK is a glorious serial and today I am proud to be a part of it.

Anjali - A sped arrow

Part I of Anjali's plan

We already saw how Shyam manipulated Anjali yesterday and sent her off to do his dirty job i.e. ensure his re-entry into RM. There's no stopping Anjali; she's like a sped arrow and there's no turning back now. Her first step is to try emotional appeal with chote 'Please bring back my Shyam ji, I really need him right now, I want my husband, my husband'.'. A very big blow for Arnav; he's shocked to hear that his Di is asking for Shyam, 'Di, yeh aap keh rahi hain'. An upset Arnav asks her to try to understand and questions her how she can ask for Shyam despite knowing what he did to her. It's too late to reason with Anjali; she'll not budge. She tells Arnav that she listened to him all this time because she loves him too much and never questioned him, always complied with his wishes and never crossed the line he drew, so why can't he listen to her for once? 'I want my husband back, I need my Shyam ji''''.

Dadi uses this opportunity to further her agenda and tells Arnav to listen to his Di. Arnav makes it clear that Di is not in any state to make decisions and she's just highly emotional right now. Nani, always the peace maker, tries to reason with dadi that they just need to calm down and discuss things. Mami, NK, Akash and Khushi are all watching an unconscious Anjali repeatedly asking for Shyam, a very tearful site indeed. Though Akash always blindly follows what bhai says, for the first time he feels that bhai should bring back Shyam for Di's sake and Nani concurs. The two strangers in the house, Khushi and NK, the ones who really have seen Shyam's evil face, the ones who tried to uncover the truth and desperately tried to make others believe them, are now watching helplessly at the sad turn of events.

Comments: Yup, plan 1 worked and we now have Akash and mami on Anjali's side in addition to dadi. 1+ 2 Goals scored. However, does this Sita know what happens when the Lakshman Rekha is crossed, the line set by her brother who's only trying to protect her just as Lakshman tried to protect Sita in ramayan? I had a doubt if Anjali ever believed Khushi's words about Shyam, did they even make a small dent in her false shield of love that she's hiding behind? If not, why is she even letting Khushi close to her and behaving as though everything is all right?😕

Part II of Anjali's plan

Anjali tries emotional blackmail this time; she refuses to eat or drink. Dadi, Nani and all family members try to make her see reason, but she gets very emotional, won't budge from her stance and asks them to leave her alone. When the family tries again, she shouts at them saying she doesn't want any food. When Khushi asks if Di had her juice, mami says No and tells her how Anjali sent them all away. Arnav asks them to prepare the food and he'll get Anjali to eat. Nani says she'll make some juice, NK and Akash leave to get some of Di's favorite sweets and when Khushi offers to make some kheer, dadi says NO, she'll to do it herself. Arnav notices dadi's behavior towards Khushi.

Comments: Is this tactic of Anjali's working? Of course, any doubts? I don't know if Arnav needs Khushi's appeal, but the emotional blackmail of Anjali followed by the constant push from the family members will itself do the job IMO. Right now, Nani is the only one who's standing on Arnav's side. How long before she too takes Anjali's side? Shyam's goal is very near. Shall we wait and see how near? Also, will Arnav be able to piece together the reasons behind dadi's intense dislike for Khushi?

Dadi's Ego and Prejudice

Nani tries to calm down dadi saying that there's no point in fighting with each other. Dadi responds that it is this trait of being afraid that Arnav is taking advantage of and he's making decisions which only he sees as right. He doesn't care about the pain of others, including his sister's. Nani completely disagrees and says that Arnav has always tried to keep Anjali happy and his decision today is also meant for her good only and they should all support him. Dadi disagrees because she feels that Arnav's thoughts and deeds are all wrong. She talks about 14 years ago how her son (Arnav's dad) made the same mistake like Arnav; everyone blamed her son, but nobody pointed fingers at the "other woman." Today, history is repeating itself. Everything that's going wrong is because of Khushi and instead of blaming her, everybody is'.. Nani is really stunned at hearing this. She asks dadi who told her all this? Dadi doesn't provide a name, but we all know its Shyam. She just spits venomously 'I know the truth and the other woman today is Khushi'. Nani denies vehemently and says dadi is mistaken and she trusts Khushi as much as she trusts Arnav. Dadi says that this faith has blindfolded nani and she's unable to distinguish between truth and lies.

Dadi says that Khushi is to be blamed and she's absolutely sure about this because she sees in Khushi's eyes the same feeling that she saw in that other woman's eyes, 14 years ago... the woman who spoilt her son's life, took everything away from their family and she hates that woman like she hates no one else in her life. In a flashback we see dadi asking the other woman if she's not ashamed of having an affair with a married man, did she ever think of his family, she's taken everything away from them.

Dadi says that the other woman would have never been happy because she took away the happiness of the Malik family; she cannot forgive her. The price has to be paid, either today or tomorrow, be it Khushi or the other woman. When nani asks her why dadi is comparing Khushi to the other woman, dadi does not respond and walks away.

Comments: Dadi feels that she was unable to control things when her son's affair came out into the open and all blamed her son and not the other woman. Imagine, the great Subhadra Malik who received a severe blow to her ego when her own son's character was brought into question, the family pride was crushed and she was left to face the consequences of her son's and daughter-in-law's actions. How dare people blame her son when it's the other woman who's completely at fault? Isn't it a woman's responsibility to take care of her character? (of course her son can roam around free and can do anything that he pleases). Nothing can expunge the blemish on the family name that is worth dying for. She was unable to face such failures and has developed a sort of deep seated prejudice against these 'fallen, characterless women' whose only goal is to wreck families, or so she thinks. Phewww, how to even deal with such people in life? Is there any end to her ego and bigotry?😡

As soon as she heard Shyams' story she made up her mind about Khushi just because she saw the same feeling in her eyes that she saw 14 years ago? Wow, that's some talent she's got. She has a lot to learn from nani who uses sound judgment to decide about people. Redemption is very hard for such people, but I just cannot wait to see how she'll react when she knows she was just a small pawn in Shyam's game, how will she feel when her own ego is trounced and she realizes that she was blaming someone without any reason and she's the one making the wrong decisions and not Arnav and she's truly blindfolded and not nani. Dadi ji, please remember, what goes around comes around. All that you are attributing to Arnav, nani and Khushi are what you are internally yourself and you are just projecting it out onto these really lovely people.

For better or worse

Arnav, all alone once again, remembers the hysterical Anjali in the hospital and her request to bring back Shyam. How can he? Can he ever forget Shyam's words that he is crazy about Khushi, the love of his life and the only obstacle in his path is Anjali? Arnav is helpless, frustrated and in rage throws the flower vase. Khushi enters his room, sees the broken vase, understands his emotional state and calmly starts picking up the broken pieces, the pieces of his life that need to be put together; Arnav helps her. When Khushi is about to leave, Arnav holds on to her and requests her to stay back. When Khushi raises a mild protest, he realizes that she cannot stay and has to go home.

Comments: A beautiful and poignant moment; he really needs her now when he's at his lowest; she's his sunshine girl who gives him hope, her everything, lovingly and is it wrong to steal a few precious moments with her to get some relief from all the burdens he's bearing right now? She's the only one who truly supports him and he can lean on her completely.

Never underestimate the power of love and the understanding it creates. Khushi's heart is touched by the silent appeal in his eyes and she gives him so much hope with just a few words, 'Ek minute ke liye toh baith sakte hain' (I may not be able to stay the night, but I can surely spend a minute with you). She leans on his shoulder and he holds her closer, each deriving comfort from the other.

When Khushi reaches GH, Buaji and amma enquire about Anjali. Buaji asks Khushi to get some rest as she must be tired. Khushi says that after what Di went through, she must be tired of life itself and her own tiredness is nothing compared to Anjali's. This is Khushi, who always puts others problems before hers, a truly selfless soul.

At GH, Khushi is removing her bangles, looks at her mehendi filled hands and the A written in a heart; it's her heart that's encompassing Arnav in it. At the same time, in RM, Arnav too looks at his palm and notices the mehendi mark. They remember the fun filled moments of the mehendi ceremony that just happened a few hours ago and it brings a smile to their faces, followed by tears at the sadness that's covering them like a dark blanket. After all the misunderstandings, the kidnap fiasco and being at death's door, just when things had settled and they were about to taste a bit of happiness, fate decides to play its hand once again. Could anyone have predicted that things would change so drastically in a span of a few minutes and happiness would be taken away from them once again? (arhem, I'm not talking about REDUX predictions here, we all knew this was going to happen, right?)😉.

Morning dawns and dadi enters Anjali's room with prasad and makes her eat a little bit of it. Khushi suggests that the family should get some rest as they'd have been up all night and she'll stay with Di. Nani hands over the juice glass to Khushi only for it to be taken away by dadi who says she can take care of Anjali. A dejected Khushi senses dadi's intense dislike of her, is puzzled and hurt by it and leaves the room.

A tearful Khushi is trying her best to forget dadi's insult and is pretending to re-arrange flowers while trying to gather herself. She sees Arnav walking in and tries to wipe the tears. Arnav notices that something is amiss and asks her what happened. She says it's nothing, tries to smile and gets busy with the flowers. He walks towards her looks at her face and wipes the last traces of tears. She says that something must have gone into her eyes... whom is she trying to fool? He understands that she's been hurt, comes closer and kisses her on the forehead trying to pass on all the comfort that he can.

Comments: What to say about the love and closeness that's growing day by day between Arnav and Khushi. They comfort each other, sense what the other is going through and feel things in the deepest core of their hearts, where silence is the only language. Ahhh, it's all about love and none can describe it; it's only to be felt.😉

It was a really great episode with all the drama and subtle romance packed in and it was definitely fast paced. Thanks to the IPK team.👏

Barun Sobti, hats off for your wonderful expressions and performance in all the emotional scenes. Swati ji, kudos to you are bringing out the egoistic dadi's character to life. Sanaya, love your acting as always.👏👏👏

Are the CVs understanding that viewers are sympathising more and more with Arnav and Khushi and not Anjali?

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Yes once again a brilliant episode. The script, scenes all well layered. There is so much happening in Shantivan and so fast . Till yesterday there were festivities and today there is gloom. Today a brother is fighting for his sister , will the same brother be a lover and fight for his love. I am sure he will he has to .

Today I was reminded of the scene when Dadi comes to RM first time, where she is with Anjali and Arnav with Nani and others in the side. At that time Doods had predicted this future , the support system of the Raizada's . Anjali has started to put her plan in action , by emotionally blackmailing Arnav in bringing back her husband. Arnav and the entire family is shocked except Dadi of course, as they were not expecting Anjali to say this. Well Sayani DI is going to get her doll Shyam because until he comes back to RM , there is no way his end will be done. It is important for him to be in RM for his truth and his manipulation to come out. For this it is very important to have Khushi in RM besides Arnav as he is going to require all the support and strength.

I loved the way Nani supported Khushi today , she is one lady who has always been with Khushi and believed in her from Day one. What is with Akash and Mami ,why suddenly this change of opinion. Mami has seen and heard the divorce thing from the horse's mouth , will she trust her beloved daughter with this man . As Akash says he has always trusted Bhai for all the decisions but never questioned him , well this time around seems like he is going to oppose his Bhai . So we have 2 sides here , one side Arnav , Khushi, Nani , NK , Payal and the Guptas and the other side Shyam, Dadi , Anjali and for some time Mami and Akash . The battle lines are drawn and its going to be a tough war to win .

We today get a glimpse of Dadi' s anger against Khushi , she considers her the other woman that's what Shyam has fed in her ears, doesn't it remind us of Arnav during Pyash wedding where even he had heard only Shyam's version and did not question Khushi and took a decision of the contract marriage. It took Arnav 6 months to realize he was wrong , how much time will Dadi take.

In all of this war Anjali is going to be the most hurt and broken, will she be able to pull herself up and be strong. This is the roller coaster ride of IPKKND which we all were waiting for , I now want Garima's truth to be out but before that the contract marriage truth has to come out , so that the family knows what Arnav has done, especially Dadi needs to know that men are not always correct .

Well very interesting days ahead in IPK land, honestly I am not a kind of person who likes drama , but then this is different. IPK is different, so get ready for a emotional filled ride of IPK .