The first epi in two weeks that I watched uninterrupted and more or less met my expectations.
Bani-Karuna: Our Amma hasn't got her relationships right yet. Karuna should be Karuna didi not Aunty. Wonder Karuna does not get irritated, knowing how much sensitive ladies can be age/relationships. Karuna is a lovely lady and I simply love her for the way she stood up for Munna during his darkest days. But obviously she is not great judge of either men or matrimony going by her own experience/choice of hubby or her enthusiasm for a damaad who is double her daughter's age. And a certified backstabber and a complete loser as well (as a lawyer at least). Karuna was very effusive in her praise of Bani as a wife and JW's luck as a hubby. Wish Amma had put in a few words in Munna's praise too. He is not ordinary man either. It takes some patience and forbearance to put up with a wife whose hobbies include banigiri, jasoosi, babysitting and bhoot worshipping. Also get a nasty feeling that the Karuna-Bani tie up does not bode well for Munna in the looming crisis. Should he be put behind bars for Sahil's murder, even Karuna may not be around to support him. This is of course assuming that like Rano, Bani too will jump to the conclusion that JW is the murderer.
Bani- Tarun: How can a person be in love and covet a woman who is his so-called best friend's wife. But I guess we are talking about a skunk, right? TS remarks to himself that he can give up his life for Bani. Reminded me of Byron's comment "It is easier to die for a woman you love than live with her". Should by some ill-luck TS end up with Bani he will find out how right Byron could be in some cases. And that is the real greatness of Munna, putting up with Bani without straying (except when plied with some chemicals).
Another popular saying that came to my mind was "apna ghar to basa nahin, doosron ka ghar basane chale hain". Her own marriage is far from secure, some j-d-d moments notwithstanding, she is about to fix Laxmi's marriage. And that too, with a man who she knows is in love with another woman, in fact unethical enuff to be in love with another man's wife. And of course TS is ready to marry a woman he is not in love with for the sake of the woman he loves. Ram milaye jodi, ek kaana, ek khodi. Will Bani be ever able to defend herself with Laxmi's family if the marriage failed and it was revealed that she had always known that he was in love with someone else.
Coming to Bani's comments on her own marriage, the main thing that struck me was "We met, we separated, then he betrayed me". Of course, she conveniently overlooked the reason behind the separation- her father's perfidy and her own pigheadedness, jasoosi, banigiri, bhoot worshipping and babysitting etc. And how does getting raped equate betraying someone. But then if u r a Dixit, you are allowed to see the world upside down I suppose.
J-B of course had a lovely scene but obviously as the last scene suggests there is a hurricane brewing outside and it will require extreme amounts of loyalty, devotion and faith for both J-B, particularly Bani, who has often been found wanting, for our beloved couple to see through the storm. Wouldn't be surprised if ACP Mathur carts JW off to prison from the party itself.
Meanwhile, Sanyaasiji is enjoying the fruits of bigamy and they seem to be no less bitter than those for his pujya mamaji.
Rgds,
Priyanka