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@Twinkle, lovely to see you happy and expressing that through your vocabulary.
I didn't like yesterday's episode at first because of the scenes were mostly in the dark and I couldn't see properly. The dialogues were also not very distinct. On a rewatch of the episode on the net, I could decipher the scenes and I quite liked it.
I thought there were a few symbolic things being explored through the scenes. I thought daaru in banana leaf was symbolic of the north-south antecedents of Manan - Manik a full blooded Punju and Nandu, a Tamil Brahmin. We know that a majority of the Punjus are fond of their drinks. We also know that South Indians generally use banana leaf to serve food, particularly in weddings and other feasts. Nandu asking Manik to steal drinks which she later liberally drinks shows her embracing his culture and him innovatively making banana leaf glasses to serve the drinks shows his embracing her culture.
The 400 square feet and 4000 square feet reference to the house they want to have in the moon is symbolic of the economic disparity between them, her being the middle class girl whose thoughts are not very big to start with but who is willing to expand her thoughts to accommodate not only her rich lover's conveniences but also their family and friends. the fact that she thought as far ahead as Abeer's girlfriend shows the confidence she has in their hameshas. Surprisingly she didn't mention Rishab. CVs have forgotten him or what? Manik too did not mention his dad. Wonder what his equation with him is. Hope they bring him at some point before the show ends.
The choice of the moon for making their home also indicates how she does not trust this earth to keep them safe. It can also be seen as Nandu asking for the 'moon' and Manik ready to even steal it for her.
So far we have seen Manik lying his head on Nandu's lap. For the first time Nandu lays her head in his lap as if to say that she is tired of being the strong one and now needs her rest in the lap of the man she trusts the most.
As you pointed out, she seemed to be quite spontaneous when she reached out to him in the morning. Despite her dizzy state she remembers enough of the night enough to know they had slept with each other. Her apprehension at not finding him was real and when he returned with their tea, she hugged him tight, not wanting to let go of him, lest he doesn't return.
P.S. I personally thought that Pani could have done better although they weren't bad. Niti was practically shrieking in several places and Parth's expressions were off in a couple of places.
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