gee! feels like it's been a long time since i did a "normal" btlt! but see the wfp!! 33 show-days! that's...*counting on fingers and toes* ... omg! two months and a day since we had a real prem. no wonder i feel faint..😆 luckily for most of the days, they did not show any new episodes because of the strike.
two of my gang who were in bombay last week flew in last night, and we caught up for dinner at p's today. she had the channel on while we were "talking". and there was a segment in the show before this one that caught the attention of the girl part of the gang. which became one of the "big things" of this bt,lt. but more on that later.... 😆
* little thing: um... where exactly are these weddings being held? considering that they're going broke, ain't it weird that they're holding these two weddings in such a grand place? which looks like something out of .. rajasthan?? in a gaudy kinda way...? 😆 they are using the mahabharat sets - guess they got tired of having all the weddings and parties (that is all there is in this serial) taking place at home. 😆 or is ekta making sure that she gets paisa vasool for the mahabharat sets.
* little thing: um... hasn't kooky been wearing the same outfit for a really long time? is it actually hygenic to have her stand close to other people? 🤢 in this serial she is the only one besides dj chachi that is having any money spent on her outfits and jewellery - so they are making sure that she makes good use of her outfit!
* little thing: don't know 'bout you. but i feel kinda ill whenever i see gayatri-mom standing there, looking dead, but dressed in shiny, colourful saris. really. 🤢 why don't they just allow the poor thing to sit in a corner in a less loud outfit? she is not well... i used to get worried watching her like that because i was scared that when she would start speaking she would insist on heer being married to preet - luckily nothing of the sort will happen. they do need to make her sit
* little thing: um... did no one else want to giggle wildly at nihaal's headdress? i mean, it's much more easy-going than that stoooopid glittery curtain thing that prem had to wear. but seriously... didn't this one make the guy look like a ... egg head? without the pointy end!? 🤣
but man, did the giggles erupt when harman came down wearing a similar thing! i mean, this time even the guys were giggling. if nihaal was an egg-head (without the pointy end), didn't harman look like a ... pin-head??!! 🤣🤣 do not know what is wrong with the people who organise the costumes for KDMHMD. They either seem to be over the top or too simple. They cannot seem to figure out general look of all the people as a whole. They all look like they come from different walks of life despite belonging to the same family.
'kay, i'm actually sorry for having rolled so much - kinda unfair to laugh at appearances, i think. but ... hmmm...*wiping tears of frivolity from my eyes* 'kay, so i'm bad! sue me...! 😆
* little thing: so, can someone please tell kooky that we're in the middle of the ramayan, not the mahabharat? and if someone can check and confirm that kooky was actually supposed to be in another show which is a rip-off of mahabharat, could that someone also point her in the correct direction for the sets of that show??? 😡 this woman is sooo.... cheap! she makes dirtchachi look like gold. somebody got over inspired by the sets 😆
* little thing: ugh. something that put me off totally was the desperately begging way in which maya's father greets harman when he first lands up. and then when harman is getting ready to leave, he tries to get back to being the ugly-non-studly-bully that he is. 😡
* big thing: 'kay, i know that harman's no-one's favourite brother on this forum. but who else thinks that he is doing all this so that the juneja's can escape further depravation? his conversation to lalit-juneja was sooo stiff and packaged and perfect that it screamed against what he has been saying all this time: "my family needs me". so harman is being coerced to be with maya, and indirectly her dad. i kinda liked his attitude while he is at maya's house. and remembered that he is prem's brother.
so i found something to admire in what he said to lalit-juneja when he was back at that scary monstrosity of a wedding spot. harman was rather like prem at the mandap. 'kay, 'kay, without the righteous fire in his eyes, without the passion of ever-lasting love, i know! 😆 but i liked how he wouldn't look lalit-juneja in the eye. i liked how his argument about maya-meher were what would've been the truth - if he hadn't fallen in love with meher. actually, i liked practically everything harman said - even though i believe he's doing it for the junejas.
what is he doing? well, remember that the maya-father is the opposing lawyer in the case for that shimla land. maybe harman's made a deal that the juneja's will win that case? guess we'll have to w&w for this.
* little thing: but i must say - harman's perfect prepared pitch got spoilt when he stopped to ask forgiveness from meher. there - if we didn't know that this was a big sacrifice on harman's part -- it sounded stoooopid for harman to have said it. but imho, that he said it is a sign that he must care for meher. so -- because no one else is gonna say it, i know, 😆 i'll say it on prem's behalf -- poor harman. especially 'cause he had to do all that wearing a tomato red kurta with big round golden buttons! *dunno why i noticed.... it was kinda santa claus-y in a gaudy santa claus-y kinda way? 😆*
* little thing: thing that made me feel bad 'bout harman was .. that unlike prem, he didn't touch gayatri-mom's feet before he left... actually, he hasn't left yet, right? maybe he will do today?
* little thing: looks reminds me of preet in this segment - nothing much to do but look pretty. hmmm... i'd have thought that he'd have said something!!! he knows what scheming maya and her father have done before for harman! 😲 *btw, how come his headdress and kurta didn't look odd, eh???!*the whole harman saga is just taking too much time and space on the serial. Someone in BT land really loves this actor. We are made to watch his story even though we are not interested. How does his story impact the essence of the story that is premeer. Even Preet-Ash as a couple have not had this much screen time given to them and SR's name appears right after HC's. 😕
* little thing: heer says not one word. *sigh* but but the little girl in the anda scene is back. She looked very cute standing in front of AG - that picture was a scene saver that allowed me to tolerate the everlong Harman-Bauji scene.
* little thing: i hope meher says she doesn't want to get married, 'cause she didn't mean to get married to harman, anyway. *although, technically harman spoilt that part 'cause he told everyone it was not his fault that meher fell in love with him anyway --- idiot!*Hey did you notice how they showed the moon during the preet-ash scene - me thinks the creatives do not know how to show any romantic scene without showing the moon!!
highlight of the episode: no, this episode doesn't even deserve the thought that there could be a highlight today! instead, lemme do some shameless promotion and point you to look at theprem-heer hands appreciation thread: the ph"hand"ooooh! at. 😆 missed this one - thanks!!@
yeah, it's all about our favourite duo, the one and only prem and heer...
in this show, seriously, who else?? 😆
and that brings me to my last "big thing:" today. way at the end, 'cause it's not really a show-thing.
big thing: y'know something? hc-as-prem-and-ag-as-heer have some pretty incredible chemistry. i sometimes wonder how much of it is actually due to the brillance of gary bhinder that created a legacy that was easy to carry on and how much of it is due to ag and hc. i get confused.
😆 yeah, that's it. that's the big thing. 'cause i got to feel the sense of amazement again today. and why do i say so?
well, the gang were all goofing around with dinner, laughter, talk, tv for background noise, when suddenly all the girls went hush. all eyes riveted to the tv-screen. forks with pasta poised at various points between bowl and mouth. why? 'cause that 9/11-prem song was playing on tv! the one that goes "teri ore, teri ore, teri ore, hai rabba"? that one. and for all of us, of course, that song means .... 9/11 prem! making the moves on heer. some scenes get etched with some songs and even the original movie from where it was taken seems false. such is premeer magic? or have i seen the scene too often with these two.??
instead! on screen there was some other tv-couple trying to make the moves on each other - with the same song in the background!! and after a microsecond of realising that it wasn't the 9/11 prem-heer episode, we all burst into laughter. 'cause the couple of screen were oh-so-sadly-lacking in any spark, any passion, oh anything at all!!! in comparison to prem-heer!! i remembered how my breath was caught during that entire 9/11-prem-heer sequence. how that breath exploded out of me when prem went "...anday pasand hai!" but with this couple? how for days, the song went on and on in my head, and i could see, hear, feel nothing but what prem and heer did to each other on 9/11(2008). with these guys? nothing! not. a. thing.
and apparently, this channel has tried putting the same song with "other" couples as well!!! my prem-crazy friend dug out an old tape of the top-rated show on *+ -- one that i can absolutely not stand!! 🤢 -- and showed us an episode where they played the very same song for another couple! and guess what?? if our hearts sped up, it was because we were remembered 9/11-prem-heer!!!!
so, it's just not my imagination (right?). these guys have some totally mind-blowing chemistry (right??). i do not know -actually i wanted to have a debate on-screen chemistry between couples - is it real or do viewers only see what they are shown. or is it because of perfect understanding between some couples? i want to hear from the people that have worked with many succesful on screen jodis.
man! i wish wfp had ended at 32!!! *sigh* w&w, prem. w&w&h.thanks for the analysis - much more interesting than watching the episode.
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