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I haven't done this in a long time...
This is for Siddy...simply because she asked me to do it.
For those of you who remember my write-ups, they always began with lyrics...
When it came to today's episode, all I could think was Heer running through the desert like a maniac...toward a Prem, that may, or may not be there...and so...
When it came to finding a song today...all I could think was....
"Preet ki lat mohe aaisi laagi...ho gayi maain matwaali...
bal bal jaaoun apne piyaa ko...ki main jaaoun wari wari...
mohe sudh budh na rahi tann mann ki...
yeh toh jaane duniya saari...
bebas aur lachaar phiru main...
haari, maain...dil haari...."
Today started, with Heer telling RR ki "sach kaha tumne...main apne aap ko maar toh nahi sakti...par mar toh sakti hoon..."
First of all, as I have been so very MIA over the past few months, let me just say that I have loved watching Heer grow into everything she has become today. It has been such a treat, to see her evolve in Prem's love...she is truly, The Prem's, The Heer (credit - Rakshu).
She can not, run away from her commitment to Prem's family because she promised Prem that she would fulfill his duties unto them....but she also promised her Prem that she was HIS....and would always remain so - until her dying day. When did our Heer learn to be so Prem-like? When did she become so courageous? I am so very proud of her today.
"...Mar toh sakti hoon... " ...and with those words, she takes off towards her death...towards, her Prem...because undoubtedly...wherever her destiny would lead her now, Prem would be there...
As SS talked about the Toofaan, I couldn't help but think that the toofaan was none other than Prem himself and that Indeed, RR would not be able to save himself from Prem's wrath when it would come...
As for RR's "chetavani" to Heer - what was that, really? A warning? Pardon me if I wasn't shaking in my boots...
But, I can't help but think now that the pindaan was undoubtedly for Sanjana...either Sanjana is his sister, or, he loved Sanjana just as she loved Prem...which is it? Only time will tell...
Anyhow, after a few precious minutes wasted on an unworthy RR, the brilliance of today finally began as we saw Heer running into the unknown...towards the moon...towards her Prem...
"Ishq a vala...Kar diya jhala...jis nu lag jaaye, ho jaaye galla..."
For the first time ever, a slow version of the title track...I thought it was, in short, beautiful...as Heer, ran
towards, what the viewers were undoubtedly supposed to believe then to be, her own demise...very fitting.
But then, all of the sudden, the music picks up, and you can't help but think that she's running towards something...other than a dark abyss....
Just want to take a moment to say "hats off" to AG...for running through the sand the way she did. If anyone thinks running on sand is an easy thing to do, let me assure you it is not. Its hard as it is at the beach where the sand is matted down by the water, but to run on sand dunes such as these, it takes a lot of energy and you undoubtedly have to be in shape to pull it off so (seemingly) effortlessly. AG was BRILLIANT! I think I will surely pay a visit to the AG appreciation thread today - for this alone.
And as she's running, the music of the title track picks up...slowly, but surely...no...she's not running to her
own demise...as Jugni then assures us...she is running, towards her life...death, she has left behind long ago...Now, the only thing left ahead for her, is life...a beautiful...LIFE...
The look on Heer's face as she finally reached the top of that dune and looked out towards the moon was one of utter defeat and let down...she looked so very deserted (no pun intended)...as if her Prem had, at last, abandoned her...
And though I couldn't fully get the words that were being so heart-wrenchingly sung in the background, I believe that they summed up everything Heer felt then...as she herself, finally, went into hysterics..."nahi...nahi...nahi kar sakti main yeh sagaai...nahi jee sakti main..." - For the first time, we saw her actually talking to the moon this time, because her Prem didn't materialize like he always had in the past...other than the fact that it wasn't Heer's voice,the performance, was agonizing...
Heer stood there...pleading...begging for her Prem to come back to her...just once...come back to her....because no matter how hard she had tried to let on earlier, the fact of the matter is, and always was, that she is incomplete without him, and always would be. And as much as she tried to live for Prem, for his family, that was, her family too, the fact of the matter was, that in the end, without him, she wasn't really living at all.
"tere naam se jee loon, tere naam se mar jaaoun...
teri jaan ke sadke mein, kuch aisa kar jaaoun...
tune kya kar daala, mar gayi main, mit gayi main...
oh ri, haan ri, ho gayi main...
teri deewani deewani...teri deewani deewani...."
And then...just like that....as if her prayers had been answered...(and ours)....Her Prem...(OUR PREM)...Returns.....
A moment of silence to commemorate this moment?............................................................
And from behind the fire...as if out of the ashes.....
A musafir....
And, (as I've ALWAYS said) as always....Prem is there, to Save his Heer...as he always had been before...as he always would be....ALWAYS....
"Ishq janoon jab hadh se badh jaaye,
Haste Haste aashiq sooli chad jaaye...
Ishq ka jaadoo sar chad kar bole,
Khoob laga lo pehre raste rab khole...
Yehi Ishq di marzi hai, Yehi rab di marzi hai...
Yehi Ishq di marzi hai, Yehi rab di marzi hai..."
It comes as no surprise that there were tears in my eyes when I first saw his shadowy figure in all black walking through the desert night today....it almost seems to good to be true...at long last, HC is back...as Prem...did we really win the battle?
Ahem...coming back...
He sees her from afar - swaggering....loosing her footing as the "toofan" approaches her....and, is propelled towards her, to sweep her into his arms, just as he always has before...
Ahem...breaking here to discuss his form while running - BRILLIANT!!!! Just love the way his arms were cutting like razors through the air as he ran oh so determinately towards her, taking long, meaningful strides...as if nothing mattered more to him at that moment, then getting to her before she did indeed, collapse, as she was sure to do....
And now, I must mention THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF TODAY'S EPISODE: ISS DESH MEIN HAI MERA DIL.....
From the moment HC/Prem was shown emerging from behind the flames, to the moment he finally reached her, these words were repeated over and over again, in the background.....ISS Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil....
My eyes tear up every time I think about it...and I can't help but think about it - again and again...and again...
ISS Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil.....
At Long Last....its as if an ocean of peace as washed over me...I can't begin to describe how good it feels....though, I'm sure the rest of you can, in some way, understand my sentiments...
Another moment of silence please...for...ISS Desh Mein...Hai Meraa Dil..........................
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If my eyes were tearing up at the ISS Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil, then they were completely brimming over, when, at long last, just before she collapsed, he wrapped his arms around her, and his face, came into full focus....and again...in the male voice this time, "ISS Desh Mein...Hai...meraa dil..."
Goosebumps....and tears.....undefinable emotions....
As the male voice continues...."Iss Des meeeiiin...haiii..meeeerraaaaa dilllll...." - I love that voice....
And Heer looks at her Prem...as if Finally, at long last, Her prayers have been answered......
The joy on her face is indescribable....as it should be...for, her long lost love, one that the world had pronounced dead, had finally returned to her...
As I sit here trying to figure out the look on Prem's face as he attempts to read her, I simply cant...but I'm not left enough time to really try to figure it out as that mesmerizing male voice fills my ears again...with lyrics that take my breath away...
"Milne jo likheya...hai taqdeer ne....Milne jo likheya...hai taqdeer ne,
Jud jaane tukde...tooti tasveer ke...Jud jaane tukde...tooti tasveer ke...
Ishq Ishq Rab Hai Rab Rab Hai Ishq Ishq Rab Hai...
Ishq Ishq Rab Hai Rab Rab Hai Ishq Ishq Rab Hai...
Ishq da rutba sabse ooncha...khoon se apne, pyaar ko seencha...
Ishq Ishq Rab Hai Rab Rab Hai Ishq Ishq Rab Hai...
Ishq Ishq Rab Hai Rab Rab Hai Ishq Ishq Rab Hai..."
She, with an overjoyed expression on her face, lifts her hand to touch his face - to make sure that he is for real - in the flesh...and yes, you DID see correctly - his face DOES slightly turn towards her hand - as if wanting to be caressed by it....š³
"Ishq da panchi jaan gavave....Ishq ke bin par kuch nahi khave...
Ishq Ishq Rab Hai Rab Rab Hai Ishq Ishq Rab Hai..."
And as he lifts her in his arms...and carries her....we hear, one last time...
"ISS Desh Mein...Hai Mera Dil.....ISS Desh Mein....Hai Meraaa Dil"
....by now, you should know I'm going to ask for another moment of silence to reflect on the beauty of the scene......
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After a BEAUTIFUL night of a much-awaited milan, we wake up to a beautiful sunrise, and some amazing cinematography that sweeps us through the desert until we find out Heer, laying behosh on the dunes...(hats off to the cinematographers today)
The first thought that comes to mind...why did the musafir Prem leave her there - even if he didn't know who she was. Why would he just leave her in the middle of the desert like that? A question that may go unanswered....
As Heer wakes up to a harsh reality in seeing RR and SS standing there, so do we...the panic sets in as we can't help but wonder - was it in fact, all a dream?!?!?!? But no....that Musafir Prem in the night that carried Heer was no dream....he was for real...in the flesh....how do I know? I just do...Why argue? Just accept it and be happy! š
He pours water on her to wake her up and as he kneels down to face her, she shakes her head in disbelief....no.....this couldn't be happening...she had just been reunited with her Prem...she was sure of it - then why was she not with him now? And what was she doing here, with HIM?!?!? WHERE WAS PREM!??!?!?!
And the brilliant hysteria began.
Don't even get me started on the way that GFN RR man-handled Heer - I shall not even begin to comment, lest I say something that is not so nice and pg-13....but, you get the picture...
Back to the BRILLIANT HYSTERIA....of AG as HEER, DESPERATE for HER PREM.....
She was going MAD...literally...."Prem...Prem..."
And when she said: "Mera Prem tha yahan..." - RR let her go....why? Was he slightly afraid that perhaps she wasn't hallucinating? That indeed perhaps she HAD seen Prem? I can't help but wonder why he would chose that moment to just let her go while he was man-handling her....
"Prem..." she cried in hysterics as she searched for him, frantically among the onlookers....
And then, she goes to Rishab himself, and declares - "maine apne Prem ko dekha hai..."
As RR drags her along, her hysteria only increases as she collapses...and then, as if sent, just in time, as a boon from above, she spots him again, over the dunes...sheer joy overtakes every ounce of her being once again...
"Jaanam, dekhlo...mit gayi dooriyaan - main yahaan hoon yahaan hoon yahaan hoon...yahaan..."
And once again, she takes off, running towards him..."PREM...PREM....PREM....."
"Tere bin jeena kaisa, haan khudgarzi hai...
tune kya kar daala, mar gayi mai, mit gayi main,
ho ri, ha ri, ho gayi main...teri deewani...teri deewani...
Teri deewani...Teri deewani....
He main rang rangeeli deewani....
He main albeli main mastani...
Gaaun bajaaoun, Sabko Rijaaoun....
He main deen dharam se, Begaani...
Ke main Deewani, main...Deewani..."
As she finally closes the distance between them and stands behind him, the tears of utter disbelief flow down her face...it wasn't a dream...no....he was real...and there....he had come, at last...to save her....
She gently lays her hand on his shoulder, somewhat hesitantly, and questions "Prem?" - almost as if she still doesn't believe it...
He turns slowly to face her...with a blank expression, and she stands there, trying to take it all in....to take in the fact that he is there, in the flesh, standing before her, after all that has happened, after everyone had declared him dead....She questions again..."Prem?" as if still not believing it; just before cupping his face in her hands to feel for herself if he is, really, in the flesh....
And, as Jugni joins her in her joy, at long last she throws her arms around him...
"Tere naam se jee loun, tere naam se mar jaaoun...
Teri jaan ke sadke mein, kuch aaisa kar jaaoun,
Tune kya kar daala, mar gayi main, mit gayi main
Oh ri, Ha ri, ho gayi main...
Teri deewani...deewani...
Teri deewani...deewani...."
...and Her Prem wraps his arms around her, just as tightly.
Finally, reluctantly, Heer eases her grip on Her Prem, but only to take Prem hands into her own...oh how she had missed those hands....but more importantly, how Heer Hands had Missed Prem Hands...oh it was So good to see their fingers mingling and playing again....(E, if you're reading this, undoubtedly, today's hand chem pics belong in the phandooh at, don't ya think? - to commemorate the day, of course!)...at long last, Heer Hands held Prem Hands...at long last, Heer and Prem Hands respectively FELT what it was like to touch and be touched by the other....I cannot begin to explain how ecstatic I was to see this bit of hand mingling today....the episode would have indeed, been incomplete without it....
Yep...a moment of silence please, for today's "phandooh" (credit - E) moment......
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And we hear, one last time today, "ISS Desh Mein Hai...Meraa Dil..." as Heer again, clutches on to her Prem for dear life....
A Prem, that RR soon makes her see, was merely a figment of her imagination. *sigh*...yes, unfortunately for Heer, and for us, This Prem was simply Heer's imagination, yet again. For, if he had been, the same raat wala Musafir Prem, he would have had his "na ghar hai na thikana" wala bag with him...and he would have recognized Heer to be the same girl he had "rescued" on the dunes the night before...and he would NOT have returned that oh so tight hug...(ahem...right?)....
RR man-handles Heer again, as he twists her around towards him, and assesses her as "paagal"...
"Huh...paagal?" she retorts...before turning around ready to show him how very wrong he is this time...because this time, she was right - her Prem was there - he had finally come, to save her, from his clutches....
But when she turns around around as sees that her Prem has Vanished, the hysteria begins again....
And just as she collapses for a second time, screaming out "PREM....".....
He materializes...
A Moment of Silence again please...simply because, HC is BACK....Prem, is BACK!
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Is it silly that my eyes again teared up upon seeing him here? If so, then so be it, but my heart was SOARING at the thought that that Musafir Prem that saved her on the Dunes the night before was NOT a figment of her imagination, but that it was in fact, PREM, in the FLESH....it was infact HER PREM, THE PREM that had come to save her, just as he always had, just as he always would....
As he looked on then, while RR and SS dragged her away, I couldn't help but wonder if he recognized her as the girl that he had encountered on the dunes the night before. I couldn't help but think that he had to be even the least bit intrigued by who she was, what she was doing alone on the dunes the night before, and why, those men where dragging her away now. Indeed...he just HAD to be intrigued....right? Wasn't that intrigue that was written all over his face as he looked on...or inquired about her/them....?
"Kahan Jaana Hai Saab?"...."Pata Nahi..."
Hehehe...A Musafir Indeed....
I don't know why, but I just LOVE the way he said "Dhanyavaad bhaisaab" at the end of part two today...hm, perhaps it was simply good to hear his voice again...
I did not see part 3 as I was told that it was not worth it and that it was merely full of that GFN RR's GFN plan to make Heer his beau, BUT, I DID see the preview, and I must say that AG as HEER was Simply BRILLIANT today...
I will not say that AG stole the show today, because with HC back as Prem, how can anyone else steal the show, BUT, I will say that she deserves nothing less of a standing ovation for her performance in today's episode and she has, indeed, surpassed herself and all her other performances by leaps and bounds today. Hat's off to AG for all that she has accomplished, that too over the span of a few short months...her achievements are truly commendable!
I must also, THANK the creatives, for bringing out Prem back to us the way we wanted him - as HC, and with a bang....
THANK YOU, to the cinematographers, for making today's episode utterly beautiful...
THANK YOU, to the writers of the brilliant lyrics and to Richa Sharma and the male voice as well, for singing them so beautifully - the lyrics today really did reach the soul.....simply mesmerizing....
Last, but not least, I can not describe how it felt to see HC back as Prem today...it felt as though a battle has finally been won...finally, E's "WFP" comes to an end, as he has returned, AND HOW!
INDEED, R, As you said, THE PREM IS BACK!
Words cannot express how very contented I am today....Cloud Nine and 7th Heaven don't even begin to express it...
In closing would just like to say, For HC/Prem:
Aaiye, aapka, intezaar tha...
Aaiya, aapka, intezaar tha...
Der lagi aane mein
Tumko shukhar hai phir bhi
Aaye toh...
Aans ne dil ka saath na choda
Vaise hum ghabraaye toh...
And a few lines from Heer...
Tum jo na aate toh hum mar jaate
Kab tak akele zinda rehte...
Tumse kahe kya, beeti jo dil pe
Darde judai sehte sehte...
I really, truly cannot express how very very happy I am today....elated doesn't even begin to describe it...I feel at peace with the world now....Can't wait to see my Musafir again tomorrow....I just Can't wait....
Thank you, to everyone who has a hand in Bringing HC back as Prem, and, In This Manner....
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Love,
~Payal
PS: Ahem...phew...hadn't done that in a LONG time....I think I outdid myself in length today...really....sheesh....sorry, and THANK YOU, for bearing with me...hope it was somewhat enjoyable...
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