i've had my nose kept to the grindstone all week 'cause we had two tests this week and i had to rapidly catch up with three weeks of stuff. so it was a very limp estee that my prem-crazy-pal took to her home this afternoon for lunch. where i ignored her mother's wonderful lasagna 'cause i was busy gulping down a three-hour episode of the show.
1. i've mentioned before how i really can't take too much you-tube-ing in general -- so to see the stuff that i had missed(**) on the show was mindblowing!! and they showed (almost) everything that i had missed! the cross-connection phone call. the first meeting of prem-heer eyes and hands - cast in blue light and winds! oh my! then, rasta-roko. and of course, prem's first confession of "love, love, love, love crazy love"(***) to heer, holding her hand so tight that she can't move away. in brilliant, big-screen glorious technicolour. *sigh!!!* seriously, guys, it makes a huge difference.
what was worthy of wtf-ing is that the story told was prem's story, in prem's voice. both raksha and hope (hope08) pm-ed me 'bout this too. i asked my pal and she said that every other show done this week didn't seem to have this format. so *+ has done this specially - balaji can't have done this 'cause they have no staff? makes me think that hc's still on balaji's payroll. that hc's still investing in this show. that hc's gonna be back in the show -- no matter that his name is not in the list of credits at the end.
2. actually, i haven't figured that one out -- why isn't hc's name in the list of credits? balaji telefilms took pulkit samrat to court for breach of contract (walking out on lakshya before his term is over). and yet they had his name in the list of credits for ksbkbt. and it can't be lajiness(@) -- they add names when they have to. notice that now there are four names of directors for kdmhmd, rather than three? so... why the funny trick with hc's name? my opinion? i think even they are confused as to whether to put in "h chopra" or "h chopda".... 🤣 or hey! maybe they said he could only have it in if he changed his name to "h choopda" for those karmic/vedic/fengshui/voodoomagic reason and he refused? 🤣🤣 gee, no wonder vikas goo-(oooops!)-pta appears not to like hc much... 🤣
3. still... it was nice to hear hc's voice again. i've always thought that his voice was (one of his) best asset as an actor. *'kay, 'kay! so is the jawline. and the eyes. 'kay, the hair! 🤣* i remember thinking that iqbal khan had a gorgeous voice. hc's is different. ik's voice is gorgeous. hc's voice is not as outstanding. what is different is how hc uses it better -- like the most potent poison to trap,draw-in,capture-forever his (poor, palpitating) audience. it works like magic when he is in front of you, in character. i remember thinking that hc was out of the prem character once - during a flashback (post-prem's-apparent-death) with kuldi's husband - 'cause his voice was so... unprem! i think the same thing happens when he is not on screen and doing really long prose - the effort of using the voice to capture his audience comes through. so i was glad that he didn't have paragraphs to do in the 3-hour show.
4. but i must say! there were some really sweet things to hear "prem" say to explain the story! the first part 'bout how "harman was studying law and preet?.... naughtiness, fun, playfulness" 😆
and of course, most of the story was the prem-heer story (as it well should be!). the part of how his "junoon" spilt out of control (at the first confession/hand-grabbing moment?). or how "the heart that his heart beat for was moving away from him" but that "who was to know that things would change so dramatically" (at the prem-breaking-marriage-to-ashlesha) and as i listened to hc's voice, it was sooo obvious that he's in love with the prem character. seriously. hc loves prem as much as we do. someone who is treating prem "as just another character to play" couldn't have delivered those lines with so much obvious love. seriously. 😍
5. it was startling to see prem on so much fire, though no? i guess i'd forgotten the intensity of that prem -- he was spitting anger at dirtchachi when he's defending heer! hmmmm.. actually prem has never been that intense, or focussed, or on fire as much as when he was "after" heer, was he? i mean, it's like now that he has found and got heer, he's on a totally different plane of peace and contentment -- no matter what happens to the his family! seriously! veera tries to kill herself - nope, prem is goopy. not intense. ratpal targets daddy. more goopy prem. no intensity. after all, it's no longer prem - it's prem-heer. prem-heer apparently function different from prem-without-heer. *sigh* why am i doing this? like i need more reasons to ... uh ... hate prem.. *sigh!!* 😆
6. other than the blooming "alvida" word *😡 prem!* i thought the ending was quite intriguing -- they stopped it exactly at the point of the blast?? i guess that was logical - from prem's pov. but it was intriguing 'cause they could've put that insanely idiotic list of orders prem gave while being slowly progressing to krispy-preme. * yeah, like in the doughnuts🤣* they could've ended with prem saying that he wanted things for his family and that he hoped they would live happily ever after. but they didn't. *sigh* maybe i'm thinking too much. maybe it was just that way 'cause they ran out of time? huh!
so. if this strike thingie is not resolved by the end of this week either, does that mean that we'll have a "new" 3-hour episode of the show next week also??? will they do it from heer's pov this time? hmmm...!
7. but i must say: i miss knowing what's to happen next in the story. and of course, one more week waiting for prem (wfp). 'cause of this silly strike we have to suffer wfp going from 20 to 24 this week. i mean, i know the world economy is going to bust in a basket, but! why don't the silly tv-channels just raise the fees to the production firms. so that the production firms can then pay the workers their higher salaries. so that we can move faster to ending wfp??? *what?? you thought that i had noble intentions for the strike to get resolved?? 😲😆*
till next wtf then. when i hope we have some real wt to f. *no way you can get naughty with that sentence -- can you?!!!! do i even want to know??? 🤣*
@ -- "lajiness" copyright nans (nandini90) 😆
** -- missed seeing on tv. i started watching the show after prem's superb showdown with gayatri-mom when dirtchachi accused her of not loving prem 'cause he was her stepson.
*** -- "crazy love" by van morrison. hearing it, you wonder how morrison knew of prem-heer sooo long ago. and then you remember: oh ya, prem-heer have been, are, and will be, one forever. of course this song fits them perfectly! 😍 for those who haven't heard it, check it out. here're the lyrics:
I can hear her heart beat for a thousand miles
And the heavens open every time she smiles
And when I come to her thats where I belong
Yet Im running to her like a rivers song
Chorus:
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
Shes got a fine sense of humor when Im feeling low down
And when I come to her when the sun goes down
Take away my trouble, take away my grief
Take away my heartache, in the night like a thief
Chorus:
Yes I need her in the daytime
Yes I need her in the night
Yes I want to throw my arms around her
Kiss her hug her kiss her hug her tight
And when Im returning from so far away
She gives me some sweet lovin brighten up my day
Yes it makes me righteous, yes it makes me feel whole
Yes it makes me mellow down in to my soul