Blast From The Past! Thread #3 EP 52 Pg 147 - Page 96

Originally posted by: samin6

Yes congratulations Ami for being a goldie

Originally posted by: samin6

I do not not, is it only me, but in these episodes I really liked Anjali /Arnav and Mami/Lavanya bonding. I thought that Anjali was really sweet. In the later episodes a lot of people were complaining why she is not going to her husbands home etc. I however think it was one good thing Shyam did. Because the way he was trying on her life, it was good that she was with her brother. In most serials they show a sister to be the mastermind of all evil. In this case I am so happy that she is like that. The way she stood against even Nani and even herself for her chote was commendable. Many were saying how she spoils ASR money on Shyam. Although we are professionals I think she was also an emotional support for Arnav through think and thin. The way she made Arnav face love, the way she wanted him to have a life partner who can rid him of his misery, the way she joked that Arnav could tell her anything was commendable.

Originally posted by: indi52

episode 48

a play of life i guess, sometimes our worst enemies bring us the richest gifts. when shyam came to give advice to his saale saab he had no idea what he'd actually end up doing. at the start of episode he'd played a really low game with his trusting, loving wife. pretended the girl for whom an incorrect emotion was cultivating in him, was actually someone's mother. and continued to smile with an undertone of desire at the thought of khushi. felt illicit, was so too.

then lavanya was brought home by asr, all would have gone well, but again nani couldn't reconcile herself to this whole notion. especially seeing lavanya in her revealing clothes and hearing her even more bare all words. she knew nothing about things that were important to naniji and her family. arati was alien, eggs entered a vegetarian household, then the sitting close to her chhote, asking him to show her his bathroom so she could go for a shower, and at naniji's objection to her staying in asr's room, la's suicidal explanation about the meaning of living in.

utterly enraged, the matriarch ordered the staff to show la to the guest room. irked by the way his girlfriend had just been spoken to, her grandson seethed and threatened to leave home... with lavanya... if this behaviour continued.

keeping in mind the sentiments of most viewers and the demands of story, writers didn't take it all the way to asr insisting, la will stay in his room and nowhere else. months later, his defence of khushi before a judgmental, hard hearted dadi will have a similar strain but a million times enhanced. where my wife is not welcome, there's no place for me. however at this point, he is committed to a partner, but not head over heels in love with her. his sense of self is not tied to this person, he wants la to be treated with courtesy and not be insulted just because she has a different point of view on marriage and other traditional things. plus, she is a guest in their home, as he points out to nani.

so he let it pass after a seriously angry retort, choosing to stalk off to his room instead; and take off his jacket swiftly, in characteristic asr angry mode. how wonderfully barun created this man with gestures clearly visible, and many tiny details you'd miss but they'd make asr more and more real: the way he'd stare with unblinking gaze at the computer, utterly absorbed, the way he'd walk when angry, the sudden glint in the eye, the mask like expression in the initial days, eyes different only when looking at khushi. how effective he was and what the reach of this level of performance was got even clearer to me this afternoon.

a friend of mine was in cambodia recently, and the manicurist at the parlour told her she was very fond of watching an indian soap. really? which one? she couldn't say the name since it was in cambodian, but she said, you know it has that boy who's always angry. the girl doesn't know hindi. she watches a dubbed version, so she doesn't even hear barun sobti's voice. yet, she loves that angry fellow.

back to shyam manohar jha. he was instrumental in crafting the moment that made the episode for me. while warming to his theme of how to handle opposition and manipulate people to achieve one's own end, he told asr:
"saale sab yaad rakhiye... kaman se nikla hua teer, aur zaban se nikla hua shabd kabhi wapis nahin liya ja sakta..."

remember, saale saab, the arrow that's left the bow, and the word that's left the tongue can never be taken back...

asr's attention was arrested. shyam went on,

"aur zindagi koi video player toh hai nahin ki rewind button dabaye aur galti sudhaar li."

and life isn't a video player that you'd press the rewind button, and correct your mistake.

galati. sahi galat. main sahi hoon. asr's eyes changed tone, he got up slowly from his bed, disengaged in a moment from all around, deep in his fortress, he stood staring at nothing, expression deepening in his eyes, he almost braced himself for what was coming...


and a hand reached a pearl dori on a vulnerable back and snapped it ruthlessly.

a terrified pair of eyes looked at him, tears rolling down tender cheek.

he let go of a hand, and she fell backward, shock seizing her expression... down onto the boxes below.

he pushed her against a drum, holding her wrists tightly that storm tossed night, her eyes welled up, he's cut her wrist, blood oozed out.

he remembered everything he'd done that was galat, not right, toward her. and now she was going away, there she stood telling him to be happy, never again would he see her face. going to lucknow hamesha ke liye.

i realised he did sorely regret these actions of his. and it was this early in the story, not months later. in fact, he was not the sort of man to treat a woman in such a way. yet, with her he seemed to just overstep the limit, he had no idea why. he'd asked himself in the rain the night he saved her from an oncoming car, why is it that for the first time i feel what i'm doing is not right? but then he'd averred, no... main sahi hoon. arnav singh raizada ko kissi ladki se koi faraq nahin padta.

it was important for asr's own self image to be sahi. but this internal acknowledgment of his being wrong had more to do with her than his idea of himself. he didn't want to be like that with her, he wished perhaps there were indeed a rewind button. he knew there wasn't.

and she was going away. how he regretted it. she, about whom he couldn't stop thinking, just now when he entered with lavanya and di did arati, his mind flew to khushi, there she was doing arati during teej, and now...

he stood their motionless, taut, his fists closed tightly... a swallow as though moved beyond a point, a moistness in his eyes... camera moved in, shallow erratic breathing. saansey hi ruk jayegi.

stunning minutes of emotion, recognition of error, and immersing in a feeling.


if this was the end, at the beginning, another meaningful wordless scene. one with khushi. this time devi maiya played the move herself. payal asked khushi if she'd forgotten to take something? wasn't she bringing dm along? khushi actually had forgotten to put her in her bag. so hassled she was after throwing that made up on the spot, going to lucknow story at him. now it was a reality, but she wasn't sure of her decision.

she sat on the bed, dejected, talking nonstop.
"jiji, pata nahin humne sahi faisla liya hai ki nahin. kash kahin se hume aisa ishara milega jo kahega ki khushi tumne bilkul sahi faisla liya hai."

jiji, don't know if i took the right decision. if only a sign would come from somewhere saying, khushi you've taken absolutely the right decision.

sahi faisla... right decision. what's galat, what's sahi. some day, they will cross these limits and realise some things are beyond all that.

not that such signs were given to her usually, she muttered. charming quintessential khushi by sanaya. one part of her all nutty and innocent girl, the other a woman who feels the unease within, a call of someone in her. was going away the right thing to do?

then realising her folly, she jumped up and picked dm up with both hands, full of apology. the goddess's chunari fell off, was this a symbol of uncovering of a truth? a revelation?

and khsuhi saw him leaping to catch and save dm in that store room, the two of them falling, him upon her, their eyes meet, and hold. rabba vey swirled in.


khushi put dm down on the desk. unbearable pain. khushi is silent.


a few other thoughts.

i always felt a funny sort of tenderness toward la. despite her seeming hardness, and shallow demeanour, she was a girl with many possibilities. and she was independent. willing to take risks. capable of true love. even at this moment her love for asr was genuine. and she was smart enough to sense what asr felt for her was nowhere near what she felt for him. but she who'd eat eggs which she was allergic to because he liked eggs, would let her ego take a back seat just to be close to him. how touching that moment when she said in the earlier episode: i know what you're going to tell me, the plan to move in with you is off. she always feared this was not going to work out. sixth sense of a canny girl? and no matter how harsh he was, no complaints. she just needed him more than he needed her. that's how relationships sadly often are, aren't they? the writers seemed to forget she was allergic to eggs... or maybe she made that cake specially for him.

an episode rich in expressions and interaction between family members, its power outlay and the games within that.

mamaji: bhai, kaa khichadi pakaa rahe ho aap dono.
ah, sign of things to come, mamaji was an endearing character, so much potential. but the khichadi that the ph, channel, and creatives pakaaoed was too strong for his tastes i guess.

shyam: waise achhi toh woh bahut hain...
but you are bure, bahut bure.


la: tumhara room kahan hai.
asr: main dikhata hoon.
crisp language, i like. smooth voice, hmmm. and if anyone had any doubts as to their level of sexual intimacy, those seven words say it all.

akash: ma, please!
so sweet our akash was, again why did they go and make such a khuchadi of his character.

asr: shadi aur baki riti riwazon se mera koi lena dena nahin hai. and i've had enough.
aw, i love the angry man, i've had enough of everyone badgering him. what's more, i have no issues with him wanting to live life his way.

naniji: theek hai hum ek mahina ki maholat dete hain...
nice condition, writers making way for khushi to come back.

mamiji: half people wahan gayen, half people eehan gaye, ab hum kahan jai, hello hi bye bye.
just one of the many gems from the lady this episode. like pearls on khushi's dori, mamiji's utterances fall one by one, the sound echoing long after the words are gone.

Originally posted by: BarunDiwani

really liked your take on Anjali, i agree. about her using ASR's money, i think Arnav makes it clear that she is above his fortune, and she doesn't hesitate in asking her bro for money because Arnav doesn't let her feel that way. in Arnav's eyes she has rights on everything he has, he did it all for her. She was a well wisher of the whole family and especially her chote. Its shyaam that took advantage of Anjali and used Arnav's money. Both bro and sis will do anything for each other, its quiet beautiful, goes to show how great tragedies can create strong bonds

Originally posted by: samin6

Loved that line. Also Ami you are right their tragedy was strong. I actually really respected her in the july tracks. Like when she could not move but went and made Kheer for Arnav, but saw them togather- she was hurt but did not show that to Arnav. Then again when she came back and Arnav told her he loved Khushi and without Khushi he thinks his breathing is going to stop That very second she forgot all of her pain because her chote was happy. Her words in the remarriage- Humne chote ko itna Khush Kabhi nehi dekha- was very strong. It in a word showed that she was very happy that her brother is happy, as if it was the happiest moment of her life too because it is the happiest of his. Then during the remarriage-when she in midst of her pain was worried about her chote only. We all know that she was always emotional in everything concerning her mother- but that day she too decided that her chote was more imp, and happy that her chote is having someone who stood for him.
I think that was also a charm of IPK for me. Because it focused not only on ARSHI love but also on that of a girl for his brother and sister in law. I also liked her petulant treatment of Khushi- when she said - Khushi bahut Bahadur hain.

Originally posted by: BarunDiwani

Yep, you gave some great examples. I know she wasn't popular after kinapping when she didn' like Khushi, but in her mind her hubby was right and she had seen Khushi feed hin kheer so she thought her brother was making a mistake. the only time it got wierd for me it when she was saying that wherever Chotey goes, "hamare samne rahe" and she got jealous when she found out the red flowers were for Khushi...but i think they are so close she felt they were drifting away, she'd already lost her husband, she didn't want to lose her bro too

Originally posted by: indi52

goofy,

thanks for reading and your comment 😳🤗. no need toa pologise for not writing long comments. thrilled you read, you liked.. bas. accha come now, let's start the tango, i'm holding rose between teeth, head thrown back.

Late night posting :D

While watching 48th episode, I realised I was enjoying the whole storytelling not just waiting for ASR to come. That was the period where the drama enfolded with some sensibility. Another thing I noticed, Shyam always spoke wise words. Whatever he said was apt and to the point. The dialogues written for Shyam could have easily been a SP male lead's...yet it is being uttered by a devious mind. During aarthi, Shyam interjected nani by correctly saying an aarthi can be done to welcome even a guest..no harm in it. He was respected because his nature in RM was peaceful and brought joy to everyone.

la with ASR comes to RM .. aree di, mein ayi hu aur aap mandir ja rahe ho !!!!!!! what a girl ! reminds me a bit of veronica in archies. but didn't she hear nani-shyam convo.. there were standing just in front of them..what the !!

In RM, ASR appears lost .. is in khushi world .. in GH, khushi in ASR's :) ye pyaar nahi hai tho aur kya hai ?

la ko khaana banana aatha hai ! she knows to cook pastries..must be knowing how to cut onions !!

ASR is not suprised nor effected by live-in with la. Implies that sharing a room with her is not new for him :) Among all this live-in convo and nani's angry stares, I loved mami's one liners and shyam's expressions. Oh..and offcourse ASR. :)😳

loved the convo between shyam the jijaji and ASR his salesahab.👏

Amazing dialogues

hello hai bye bye..laagath hai miss kasyap ko lions ki muh mein ko ko kelne ka bahuth shok hai

half people waha gaye, half people yaha gaye, abh ham kaha jaye, hello hi bye bye

sabka nazaria alag alag hotha hai, mere liye mera nazaria ithna hi important hai jithna nanika. mein apni zindagi apne shartho pe jeena chahatha hu

ghar me badonka maan rakana bhi jaruri hai na. aur unka kaha maanthe huve bhi zindagi mein bhed badhal la ja saktha hai

thoda pyaar se bhai

agar apne ane wali kal ko sawarna ho tho apna aaj ka liya huva har kadam soch samajkar lena chahiye

kaman se nikala huva theer and zabhan se nikala huva shabdh vapas nahi liye jasakthe hai

zindagi videoplayer hai tho nahi ki rewind button dhabhaya aur galathi sudharli
--->Shyam is thinking he is making ASR ponder about la and nani.. while ASR thoughts are revolving furiously around khushi.. the words uttered by him and by her.