Blast from the Past Thread #25 ** Abducted Dreams ** p 129, ep 257 - Page 48

Originally posted by: indi52

thanks, rhea,

you read 127? 😳 when an episode is strong as that, the thoughts come more naturally, writing too.

Originally posted by: wiwy

Truly this thread is abducting dreams and soaring above them to catch them...!

Issk, In di, Aarwen, Faiqu, Cyn, Mehreen, Horizon, Durgey, Kate, Jav, Soha, Supi, BD, Preety, Soni...you are all here! I was thirsty, coming to the thread and you filled me up. It was soul welling. Thank you. Hugs.❤️

The sufiyana mehfil and the maula song really got me as much as 248 chat, the gussa, the edits, the bridges to burn and cross and above all the sbs/sbb segment line messing up! I like watching it. He is not God but a mortal after all, lest I forget, as I do often...

Originally posted by: kizh72

Tis the witching hour in Singapura!

A fairly boring day at work, reading your take on the post diwali episodes. Have reached 123. Kya kar rahi ho tum, awaits! Bliss😊

Originally posted by: indi52

hey kizh,

the witches wizards and banshees are out... i am editing, grinning melting, watched the smile and tears of 75, am now busy making collages he he... and i hear from kate that saving as png is better... now i learn this. you are reading my rambles? awww... have fun though. 😆 gah, i can't imagine i won't hear him say things in that asr vein again.

"dekho pehle tum rona band karo."

"aap... na aap bahut ajeeb ho."

"what!" pause. "main ajeeb hoon?"

she nods.

he waves the rake or whatever at her.

"aur yeh tum keh rahi ho."

i have just been through this intoxicating chat, i am woozy, i swear.

Originally posted by: indi52

thanks, rhea,

you read 127? 😳 when an episode is strong as that, the thoughts come more naturally, writing too.

Originally posted by: DurgaS

I am right here, haven't gone far,

Reading all your talk about pyaar and takraar!!!

😳

Originally posted by: aarwen

Episode 248

"Agar aap humare bare mein itni ghatiya soch rakh sakte hai toh humein nai lagta aap humari safai ke layak hai".. No cut, no break, we start off exactly where we had left off. The creators decide to spiral us headlong right into the blazing confrontation of the two lovers. yeah it was a harsh and thrilling at once, from the moment episode started.

He flinches. She rages on, "If you want to live under this delusion that Shyamji and I have an illicit affair then you are welcome to the thought. But from my side all you will get is silence". He moves forward, lips part to say something. She hisses.. "ye safai aapne humse pehle kyu nai maangi?" .. But hasn't she also hidden the truth from him? Indi di in her analysis of the night that Arnav drove in his SUV plagued by the sight he had witnessed on the terrace spoke about Geeta. I find myself recollecting it here. Both have made mistakes. Both have to reap what their actions have sown. Neither is without blame. thanks for mentioning that reference, well it isn't as though we always face the consequences of our actions in a simple stated way, but sometimes we do. i do absolutely agree, they both erred. very very human both. which is lovely. my only crib, why is it not necessary to bring khushi's folly forth before us? is channel forever manipulating us, presenting us to ourselves as flawless? let's face it, most women viewers are identifying strongly with khushi... so what does this say... that if you are a woman, and a nice strong "good" one at that, then you never make mistakes? and look at the skullduggery of it, we are at the same time being scammed into believing that all we want to do is take care of parivar and parampara with no thought for our own selves... we are mahaan, nearly devi, but essentially we are the caretakers of others and their happiness, our entire happiness lies in that... something awfully nahiiin here.

For now she is still wild. And he is getting angrier, "How dare you?" ... But she insists she should have perhaps dared to question him that night, "Shouted, yelled and let you know the truth". But it wouldn't have had to reach such a dark place if the Gupta family had told Arnav the truth in the first place. Yes, he is far away from the truth, but only because they never led him towards it. Deliberately shielded the truth from him. If you are an accomplice to a crime you are equally guilty. And to this axiom I humbly add a corollary. You are still guilty however pure your intentions were. the path to hell, etc. in the guptas keeping quiet about the truth there was something believable and true of our society... but somehow khushi's never ever telling asr felt terribly wrong. it needed some introspection by madam later. she knew throwing tea at him was wrong and went and apologised, confessing to all her sins and making him fall real hard. so why not this? disturbing from a writing point of view. so certain faults are ok to recognise, achhi ladkis can make such mistakes, but something as serious as this, uh huh, no way.

Barun's face held immobile. uff. A lover waits for words from his beloved's mouth. Dreading and anticipating at the same instant what is going to be said."If you would have asked me once I would have told you how Shyamji tricked not only me but my whole family into believing he is not a married man." But he shouldn't have had to ask you really, you should have gone to him with the truth yourself! A split second of astonishment apparent on the man's face.. She recounts the pay guest. Her father falling sick. And that is the time she conceded into an almost forced engagement. His eyes are held wide open.. Aghast.. "Nafrat hai humein us aadmi se.. Ghinn aati hai sochke unhone di ke sath kya kiya." Each second a new emotion flits across Arnav's face. This time it is intent, listening, processing..

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. She hates Shyam.. Would rather die than be bound to him.. Convincing edge of contempt laced with anger in her voice. A calming down in both is visible.. Immacuately controlled low voice as he questions her, "Had I asked you that night would you have told me?", "Why wouldn't I?", she counters. "Definitely I would have but you were in such a hurry to get married..", came her prompt confident reply. Her words lay lingering out in the open as he deliberately advances towards her. I always wondered why he didn't believe her and now am about to get my answer. He stands on the entrance to the terrace, ready to continue the baat jo karni thi.. And he hears. "Chor dijiye Anjali ji ko.. ". In front of him stands the girl he has started to love and dreamed of a future with perhaps. But she is entangled in an embrace of another. The man married to his elder sister. Once bitten twice shy.. Not bitten but gnawed till only blood and bones had remained and the hopeful young lover had taken his final breath.

Now ASR is a smart man. He had heard about the mysterious fiance who lived as a paying guest. Doesn't he remember Khushi breaking down, in a singularly tender scene, when fresh from the knowledge of the creep she had almost gotten tied to for life, her feet had wandered to the one place she felt safe. She had bumped into him near their poolside and had clutched onto his shoulder for support. He had been mad with worry and ready to kill the man who was responsible for Khushi in such a state. Surely he hasn't forgotten all that.So why doesn't he believe her? Weak storytelling .. Compulsion to prolong the drama.. am thinking.. But then I remember the fights I have had with the one I love.. If each time I sensibly listened to who was right and reasoned out who was wrong wouldn't I be in the pages of a cliche romance novel? But am out in the real world.. Breathing.. Loving.. Living.. lovely and exactly, these are the things that give ipk that classic air... he was so wanting to believe. of course being asr he would instantly remember that day she dashed into him and he was enraged at an unknown man... but today he is in no state to listen, that scene on the terrace completely whacks away his dimag, his dil shatters and he goes crazy. he tries not to remember, but the picture won't go away. all the time life like these fights of theirs, going all over the place, hurting, hitting out, distancing, only to drag them near and tie them more firmly.

And so it feels real this next moment.. When his nostrils flare in gussa. Holds that aggressive stance. He still calls her Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada. Still his name attached to her. He can never really be apart from her again. But he will not believe her. More than her he trusts himself. We say such things in blind rage. Don't really mean it. Not possible really if you do love someone not to trust them whole heartedly. But equally impossible to be reasonable, impassioned and understanding all the time around the person you love..

"Jo dekha , jo suna uspe vishwas karta hun".. Aah lovely play with words we get here.. The exact antonym he delivered on stage before an audience.. Will recollect while walking in a busy noisy airport.. But here alone with that girl whom he loves and just cannot live without he has to say this. And convince himself that this is his truth.. Sach.. "You both in each others arms." Fantastic acting as he looks away saying this. Completely disoriented. No he can't face her when he thinks of this profanity really. Can you be sensible , logical at this minute? I don't think you possibly can. And I would expect no less from a person actually in love. For me the true betrayal never really was what he saw but the fact that she didn't immediately feel the need to tell him the truth when she came to know of Shyam. If he is an essential part of you, and you have faith in his strength, of what he can bear, you just can't hide something like this from him.

lovely edit.

Comic break so that you can catch a breath -

Ooh no!! Aman calling Aakash sir? Twice.. What the! Why not calling ASR ?

1. He misses his actual boss and wanted to make do with another raizada brother .. Mann behelane ke liye..
2. He has given up hope that ASR will ever return to office in those three piece suits of his and since someone has to actually get work done in AR designs .. You get the gist ..
3. ASR lost his bluetooth and is unreachable!!

Maybe once she told the truth she thought everything would fall into place in their world. Not yet. Now it's his turn to question. "Why didn't you tell me?".. She has no answer to that.. Eyes remained lowered.. Dismay written on her face.. "You always talk so much and have all the answers then why are you silent today?" .. With full haq he holds her stunning face in his hands. Is this the grasp of a person who hates? Every single movement speaks only of love to me.. One long everlasting look as both endure the purgatory they have chosen. you spoke of hell earlier, now purgatory... can you imagine a silly soap on tv that too a lowish budget one is taking us to such emotional highs, every day a catharsis and a cleansing. thsin si the job of deep literature and art. teehee, someone tell ipk to stay within its limits. 😆

Kushi did it for her love for Arnavji. And his love for di. And di's love for that vile man. And he did what he did for his love for di. And her love for that jeejaji whom he had trusted. And now as Arnav forces himself to disbelieve every word Khushi says it is for the love he has for her. Quite a viscous circle of love really except that only one of the people involved was truly viscous.

"Chapp gaya hai dimag mein wo pal.." Permanent.. Irony is she doesn't even know which moment is it .. He saw what he saw and concluded what he wanted to. He has had enough. Voice risen. Ruthless again. Some more hurtful remarks on her gold digging ways. Rabba ve has had enough.. It is time to mourn.. Shed a few tears.. Get crushed in this inexplicable thing called love.. if you suffer enough, know this capricious feeling has chosen you and never will you know if it was a gift or a lifetime pass to hell. i like this understanding of love ji, the writers' and yours.

World seems back to normal. Mamiji and her taunts on the Gupta parivar. Smiling di. A little leg pulling by nani. And two people who after mouthwatering golgappas, nights full of love, a daylight ghunghat uthana ceremony complete with flowers are now back to their tragic reality of misunderstandings. Creepy snakewa is back and declaring he missed Khushiji much to her extreme discomfort. Steely eyed saale saab murders him with a lethal look. Ruthless slight pout (if there can be such a thing) , suave walk, pause, turn, intense boring deadly look.. And eyeballs slightly upturned.. Threatening.. Perhaps someone here know a word to describe it... ASR hello hi.. sweet homely babua bye bye..

Khushi's voice quite thick with emotion. Quivering and subdued. As she talks to Payal. Nice understated acting by Sanaya. Broken hearted the woman can't live this way. She needs him to believe her.. "Hum aise jee nai sakte". Her Arnavji. How can she bare it? But this is Khushi. She won't sit and cry helplessly and wait for a knight to come rescue her. Improvising to get a solution. Amma, bauji, jiji ... Should she get him to talk to them? But Arnavji is angry right now and she can't risk the exposure of his secret.

He accused her of cheating with Shayam. And so apparently Shyam it is she decided to go to for help. Do you see how contradictory this argument sounds? Not someone genuinely nice, kind hearted like Aakash or NK but a man who repeatedly proves he does not have a conscience. And so comes what I think is really extremely weak writing for Khushi's character. Why make her gullible enough to trust Shyam? absolutely... i didn't even mention it... somewhere around the time they were forced to write in a marriage they decided khushi is just an instrument of story telling, not a character really. and so this game of now you see her now you don't... ankh micholi... krishna's favourite game, now khushi plays it with herself. hyuk.

Had he shown any signs of redemption? Has he even apologized? In fact last few times they interacted, as far as I remember, had resulted in me wanting to throw up. Remember his oggling when she was applying oil on Anjali's hair? Remember the leering when he came into her room with the excuse of juice to get the locker key? So she is desperate to clear the misunderstanding and they want me to believe that she could not ask her family but chose to ask Shayam for help? And she is confessing in front of him, negotiating with him and assuming that he will help her. Confess his crimes for her sake? Does she not know how depraved he really is? And can't she read? And how can she bare to have him as an accomplice whatever be the reason? The Khushi I know and Arnav loves is neither this stupid nor this weak. Enough...

I was watching the Janmastami episodes few days ago. As ASR and Khushi inadvertently tried to save the fluttering diya from quenching, it almost looked symbolic of their efforts to save Anjali's marriage each for their own reasons. While their mutual pain is palpable, it was terribly disappointing how Khushi or the Gupta family never really retrospectively regretted what they did. ASR unilaterally coerced her into marriage where as Guptas unilaterally kept a truth to themselves that belonged so dearly to the Raizadas. Efforts were put on to sweep a malignant truth under the carpet.. but as they say truth is like fire.. it will set ablaze everyone , everything that comes in the way...but it will prevail.. so will love.. and it did!!

Her name reflected a divine offering

Warm are her ways that pulls one's strings

Alas she seems typhlotic to the darkness near around

As she worships a wanton to be her king

Arnav and Khushi

Their hands rose to shield its sheen

One misconstruing the sweeping malice of the gale

The other blinded in love.. swindled by a chicane

Rattled by the tempest

Either set out to shelter a secret

The guardian angels inside reigned over their prudence

Not cerebrating any collateral ruins

Inside.. their reasons galore

She couldn't let sun set on her ocean

He couldn't hear her name from another man

Unilateral decisions made.. no one saving their hearts from above

when was it easy to be in love??