missing asr, missing barun. //upd pg 14.//

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Posted: 12 years ago
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feeling nostalgic. remembering things. feelings, scenes, losing oneself. being happy with a simple serial. just found this bit i wrote on rima's thread "why are they doing this to barun" on 21/22 april 2012.

wanted to share it. no real reason, just like that, with everyone who loved barun, sanaya, rabba ve, all that's ipk. please feel free to leave your memories and nostalgia here, if you're up to it.

it's been harrowing days for most of us.

and barun, sanaya, cast.

here's to fine actors and the magic they weave.

my post of 21/22 april
i abs agree.
this guy doesn't need to strip. or show muscle. or even work at looking good to be breathtaking. he is rare. hope he knows this.

an extract from a letter i just wrote to my niece, also a big fan:
"today i particularly liked that sleeping on the same bed sequence. again hints of an actor with the potential to be great. sanaya very good too. both without a single word.
yes, he looked a dish, but i prefer him always when not much effort is made to make him look gorgeous, in fact when the hair does not flop, when the naughty boy look is just under the surface, when his eyes draw you in so you forget to notice how badly matched his clothes are, when he is so into being asr that he forgets to look good, that's when i say uff and clutch pillows to my heart."
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Posted: 12 years ago
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If I look back, I did many things in last one and half year which I never thought I would do. My knowledge about daily soaps and entertainment channels was so little that I didn't even know SP was famous for saas bahu serials..I would cut off any friend / colleague if they spoke about any soaps..I remember them mentioning BV but I never bothered..My interest was always in sports and English movies'Then one fine day, 14th June 2011, I was switching the channels and one thin girl's scooter crashed into an SUV..I just watched it for few mins and changed the channel..no..It was not love at first sight for me..

I forgot about it completely and lost in my own world..On one lazy weekend, 9th July, I was literally bored and happened to land in SP again..but this time I was little interested in what I saw, I saw a boss who was sending his employee to a guest house as he didn't want to see her face..I wanted to see what happens next..but watching TV at 8 is almost impossible at my place as that's our dinner time..something which we followed for almost 10 years..the only exception for me to watch TV while having food is when Tendulkar is on strike..Had tough time convincing dad to wait till 8:30, as I just wanted to watch that one episode to see what hero was going to do'who knew at that time that one episode is going to be turned into such a long journey..I was neither flattered for Sobti nor Sanaya initially..But loved the way he wiped her tears in that guest house scene..ASR started taking place in my heart..

Then I googled and came to know that the actor playing the role of Arnav Singh Raizada is "Barun Sobti"..Didn't like the pic that was given in Wikipedia..Days passed and there came Teej episode..after watching that I had to go back and watch all the episodes from the beginning and that's when I fell in love with ASR'his entrance got me hooked to that character..I started thinking about his attitude and the one liners that he gave.."Arnav Singh Raizada ka nishana kabhi nahi chubta" who would forget that.. But I didn't like Barun's voice..I had to rewind the episodes again n again to understand what he spoke..Again I didn't know at that time that he would prove me wrong. First time I liked Barun as an actor was in rain hug scene which I watched much later..His eyes spoke volumes in that scene..and when I watched him say "Lemme finish"'there was no going back..

I have ended up watching BHPH to see how Barun was as Shravan, landed in IF, watched all the ads where he appeared, browsed for all the interviews that he gave. I was never obsessed with any actor, I liked Kamal Hasan, Chiranjeevi in 80s as commercial hero, SRK in 90s, Aamir as a matured actor in '00s but never fell in love with an actor, that too both as an actor and as a person. I started loving his work even more when I saw his offscreen segments. How can one man be so chilled out off screen and with full of attitude and power on screen..

This show, Arnav-Khushi, Barun-Sanaya, gave me lot of relief in my life, when I needed the most, when I needed to be distracted. I will always remember their fights, his attitude, her fighting spirit, her madness, their unspoken love, heart breaks, misunderstandings and their final submission to love.

I had problem with broad band connection once, when service engineer came and logged on to my laptop, 4 windows were open with ASR's pictures, I was so embarrassed. I called up one person to enquire about their services and I asked "Is it AR group?"..Even today I have no clue what I was thinking. I called a colleague "Barun", my dinner shifted to living room, I used a male actors photo as DP. This list goes on.

I was about to write more but realized that I am getting carried away. Just now I wrote in a PM to Farha that there can be only one ASR and there can be only one Barun..which already happened to me I have had enough of wonderful memories for a life time from this show.so I don't want anything else from Indian tele..I am done!!
Edited by bs_deeps - 12 years ago
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Indi Di!

U are making us more emotional😳

The other day I was passing by a Plants nursery and gardening supplies store, n saw this



I am not into gardening and all, so I never held one with affection, but I felt like running up to the store and hold one of these and cry!

That is how this character has touched my heart!

Barun Sobti...has left a mark there, he is there in all the 4 chambers of my heart as Raizada!

His body language, his expressions, splly the series of expressions he gave while he was sitting in the car and watched her playing veeru from Sholay!

That day i felt this guy is not just meant for TV! He was all silent, yet his face emoted anger, concern , relief, fury , frustration! all in series , n I wondered how he kept changing one expression to another in the same position!

THATS AN ACTOR, who played this brilliant sketch on paper and made it an EPIC one!

even 10-20 yrs down the lane,,,,ppl will never forget the name ARNAV SINGH RAIZADA!

Even when I become a granny, I would want to talk to my teenage grand daughter abt SOBTI/RAIZADA, well if I am alive by that time! waise bhi my son will tell abt this to his wife and children even if I am not there,,,coz he knows much and he is sensible now


[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcP4odVNuFg[/YOUTUBE]
Edited by UltimateBarun - 12 years ago
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Posted: 12 years ago
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zoha, dips,

am i happy to see you here.

zoha, just checked my comment on your of, by, for barun thread. loved writing there. and it was such fun being teenage phangurrl of this lovely boy with all of you. shy, priya, gandhari, anjali, riti, mou, nishi, suvi, sunny, beena, rashmi, farha, mashira, so many more out there.

on crooner we were forever saying "asr zindabad." and suvi screaming for the return of his suv. all of us merrily married, well most of us, mothers even, and passing out at thought of barun.

all that energy. may it work for him. 😉

i just want to see the chilled out fellow with an arrogant turn of head and a cocked eyebrow driving me round the bend. hyuk. how low brow, how perfect.


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Posted: 12 years ago
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WOW !! I AM SPEECHLESS !!!
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Posted: 12 years ago
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I was watching the old episodes today... 😭😭😭😭
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Lovely post Indi Di!

I miss ASR, KKG, Magical Rabba Ve...everything that is IPK...


I had started watching the series from July last year and it was Khushi for whom i had fallen first! Majorly because i had missed the first month of IPK...ASR and Sobti grew on me later on when i could catch up on all the episodes i missed on YT. Gosh that dori-breaking scene!! Gradually ASR went on to become my favorite character on IPK...No khushi is not far behind, but Arnie has a 0.05% edge over her😆 Both Larger than life yet so real; characters i could relate to...and when they are together, they seem to be diametrically opposite yet are so similar; very well written...but writing wouldn't have come alive on screen had it not been for Sobti and Irani!

ASR is one epic character, rare on Indian TV; charismatic and enigmatic, a fighter, a prodigy... Barun makes me relate to this character, feel happy for ASR, at times proud of him, love him, dislike, sometimes hate, at times feel bad, sympathize, empathize, want to touch him! Also Sobti looks ASR in every sense of the word and same goes for Sanaya...
So now, who deserves all the credit without taking away anything from the writers and the creator?

Both ASR and KKG are unidentifiable today...there are glimpses and traces. The actors try their level best to maintain the essence of the characters but how much can they put in? Who is to be blamed here?
Why was that mockery of a Rabba-Ve dished out to us yesterday? And above all was it khushi we all saw yesterday? Is she the same girl who managed to get ASR's jaw drop to the floor when she had come out in that red saree...the very first rabba ve? That girl needs lessons in make-up😲 Or is it again a track to explore Khushi's insecurities...ohh i am sorry but i can't buy that! The truth is that they are out on a character butchering spree...

These are apparently the last few days we have SaRun onscreen together... and the sad part is that i can't bring myself to watch it! Missing IPK altogether... But thankful to Sobti and Irani for all the spell-binding moments they have given us so far... even if the end is near, we can always remember IPK as the beautiful love story of a path breaking jodi; one which boasts of many such moments which can be watched again and again👍🏼

IPK has made me a drama queen... i got emotional when i was out on diwali shopping and came across suits with pom poms and all the gota work😭

Edited by CrazySree - 12 years ago
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Di,
I am one of those who started watching IPK for Khushi or Sanaya .. I watched the first promo, thought the leads were good looking, kept watching the show as Khushi amazed me .. and then somehow, somewhere in months, I fell in love with ASR.
I have read only a few Mills & Boon .. have never been a James Bond fan .. started appreciating Di Caprio after watching Blood Diamond only .. The only man who has ever been on my hard drive was SRK, that too a decade back. I am still the same person .. and eventually now I had been into fight with my hubby for Barun Sobti who had managed to sneak into my hard drive 😳.. whom I have also started to appreciate much, much later on .. it was never his good looks for me .. so I know, he in my life, is forever too .. just like SRK, just like my ASR ..
I watched a few epi of BHPH because I found it funny and probably thought the hero was cute .. after months of watching IPK, I realized it was Sobti! I loved that Biwi or TV ad but it took me months to realize it was Sobti. It was never his extra good looks or dashing demeanour that made me appreciate him .. so I know my appreciation is not superficial. I started appreciating him when I started to learn to read his eyes .. I started to appreciate him when I watched him grow as an actor .. being ASR so much that the simple lad from Delhi was lost somewhere. And then his off-screen moments would amaze me .. is this the same man? And one fine morning, I gave him the certificate .. "In my life, forever". 😊
I have a life that cries for more than 24 hours everyday .. there are days when I feel I cannot take it anymore & want to run away. It was him .. his anger, his desire, his stubborness, his regret .. that saved me everyday. In the beginning, I would feel embarassed realizing that I loved to see him in anger, I loved to see him hurting Khushi, I loved to see him lashing it out on her .. but as I stumbled upon IF, I met you .. all immensely touched by the same infection that we adored.
IPK has given back to me something that I thought I have lost years back .. my teenage hormones! And how I loved to have it back .. thanks to Sobti & Irani .. yes the story matters but the same kind of story did not leave me breathless ever before ..will it be foolish to say it was more Sobti & Irani than the story itself that made the difference?
His piercing gaze, her heavy breathes .. his anger, her antics .. his rigidity, her vivacity .. his stepping forward, her stepping backward .. his laughter, her surprise .. his arms, her falling .. his finger, her lips .. his shirt, her earrings .. his sugar free coffee, her jalebi .. his English one-lines, her Shudh hindi .. his legally wedded wife, her swami .. his impeccable white shirt, her rainbowy wardrobe .. .. .. .. there is too much to miss, there is too much to cherish ..
I miss ASR. Yes. But I miss Barun also .. whom I always found merged into ASR .. I dont find either of them now .. a shadow of ASR is fighting the game alone as even Sobti is slipping away.
Would it be too much to ask to have those sparkle back in the eyes of ASR that would tell us .. ASR is Sobti .. Sobti is ASR?
Edited by Omoraboti - 12 years ago
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Posted: 12 years ago
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😭..why o why...when I still love you ...its so hard to say Goodbye...😭
brilliantly written piece indi di...wish makers cud understand his worth...SIGH
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Posted: 12 years ago
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hi indi
i cant find my mail where i have analysed the transformation of ASR into Arnav but throughout the journey, Barun Sobti has breathed life into a character so that we cannot imagine anyone else in the same skin

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