back to kripa welcoming the new bridegroom-to-be into the house. she fumbles with a coin, and mrs. bose is aghast that she is so sloppy with the customs of the house. however, zaib/angad blithely assures mrs. bose that fortunes are decided by people themselves rather than customs. he then turns and asks for mishty.
mishty's being led down the stairs by prithvi. angad tells kripa that mishty's the most beautiful girl ever, better than kripa. and goes to take his beloved's side. kripa looks rather shattered. but in less than a heartbeat, kripa has launched into much merry song and dance. which goes on. and on. and on. with one last shameless ripoff of the bole-chooddiya song out of kkkg. 🤢 it was so shameless - with the camera going into wide-angle format for a while - that i wonder if it was not just ekta paying homage to karan. (are those two ever going to get married?? that way it will be just one film house showing these scenes in their movies! 😆)
kripa's in her room adjusting her dupatta. angad strides in like he has all the right in the world. kripa is aghast; but angad ignores her. he rips into her about wanting to know why she dumped him. he kept loving her for so long, even while in jail. he says that what drove him in jail was that one day he would get out to ask her... but actually now he doesn't care. because she is not his kripa! but before he can go any further, someone's at the door... it's prithvi!
prithvi comes in and after an uncomfortable moment, melts in front of kripa. he wants her to forgive him for being so nasty to her earlier. he means that despite the fact that she has always distanced herself from him and his family, she's taken all this trouble to make his life nice. he is thankful. and angad who is hiding behind the curtains by the door, is stunned. 🤢 so bloody chauvinistic - he now forgives kripa because he's just found out that she hasn't slept with prithvi?? yuck, angad, yuck, yuck, yuck angad.
anyway, lots of tears flow silently from kripa and from angad. angad wants to ask her what the meaning of all this is, but she asks him to let it go in a tired manner. that was the first lovely piece of acting by neha in a long time, beautifully authentic reaction to his sudden need to talk to her.
but downstairs there is all hell breaking loose: the police come and arrest prithvi! he was involved in some underworld dealing in dubai. everyone's getting hysterical, but prithvi goes quietly. in the quiet that follows, angad goes to stand by mishty.
manek and kripa are trying to figure out what is going on: apparently, some large fundingh of the dubai trip was from the bad-don in dubai. manek looks lost - he can't even get prithvi out on bail. kripa doesn't know what to tell anyone at home. mrs. bose literally jumps on kripa when she gets back: what happened? what about the bail? kripa has nothing positive to offer. suddenly zaib/angad comes in from the side to comfort mishty.
he says that he knows that things look dark and tired. but he is always there for her. he knows that prithvi is innocent and he will never abandon her side. because that is what love is all about, being there for each other and never ever giving up, no matter how dark the situation.
all the while, he is holding mishty's head close to his heart. all the while, he is looking at kripa. kripa turns away, looking shattered.
the promo has angad on the phone, asking the other side to destroy all the evidence that they have!!
gosh, i love the kyph promos. 😆 btw, lots of lovely smiles from all concerned while the dances were going on... and liked iqbal's delivery of that last i'm-there-for-you soliloqy. but angad the male chauvinist sucked. enjoy. -esther