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Fatima

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Posted: 8 years ago

EEEKKK!!! Is it my turn already?

Okay...I come ready and armed with monkeys...

First of all, let me begin by saying that Priya, these memoirs were a brilliant idea. You are truly the innovative Captain Cool of the forum.

I've really enjoyed reading everyone's memoirs so far. Some of you may already know my story but anyway here goes...

Unlike many of you, I didn't discover Kis Desh until after it went off the air. I'm also in the minority here in the sense that my favorite telly jodi of all time is not the lead of the serial...but rather...the supporting jodi of Preet and Meher.

From Anjaani to Kish Desh ki Dewani

Actually, I was oblivious to the world of Indian Telly dramas, the shipping of couples, the longing stares, flying dupattas, sewing buttons scenes, the camera freezing on each character's face to capture their reaction to an event as thunder and lightening struck the screen...and of course...the classic Heroine slips and Hero catches her...in bullet time...so the camera can pan around and show them from every possible angle.

Yes, I never knew this world existed until I came across the drama Prithvi Raj Chauhan on YT.

Now, I love period dramas. My favorite book is Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice. So of course, I had to investigate. Despite being a child actor...Rajat Tokas's performance was so endearing I was hooked. I searched the net and found his other dramas and watched them...until I learned he was going have a role in Ekta Kapoor's latest Tere Liye.

Ekta Kapoor...who was that?

I didn't know...and I didn't care. If Rajat was going to be in it...I was going to watch.

Although the drama was going well (again kudos to the child actors) I was waiting for Rajat's entry. Sad to say...it wasn't a role worth his while...but Hello! I discovered someone else...that's right...it was Harshad the main man Chopda. I was floored. Good looks, good looks, more good looks, and acting chops to boost...wah!

Then Ekta started her sop routine. And if you know me at all...then you know that...

"Pushba...I hate tears."

I started skipping out on episodes...deciding to watch some Left Right Left instead...I mean, Harshad was in that too right.

Anyways...it was a boring, rainy Saturday and it was one of those rare occasions that I had too much time on my hands, so I decided to catch up on some episode of Tere Liye on YT. I happen to glance upon the comments and someone had pointed out that the drama had copied Meet's Dhadkan scene from Kis Desh. My antennae went up. Who were Meet? What was their Dhadkan scene like? Did Ekta copy someone?

I quickly learned that Kis Desh was Harshad's previous drama and that Ekta loves to recycle... clothes, jewelry, dialogues...and scenes. But like I said...I had time on my hands and I was intrigued. This was back in 2010 and all of Desh was on YT.

I started watching. Frankly, the first episode didn't impress me.

You have to remember that I was relatively new to Indian telly-soaps. I laughed at the idea of Lalit Juneja walking among pigeons reminiscing about his homeland and Heer running through a field of mustard greens...I wasn't interested in a DDLJ knockoff. Then something funny happened. Heer ran into someone's arms. It turned out to be Meher with a moustache...and I laughed. Okay let's give it some more time to grow on me I thought.

Several episodes later the boys made their entry and although I was happy to see Harshad...I mean Prem...the Juneja brother whose entry really caught my eye...was Preet. There he was lying on the bonnet of his car, listening to the soccer match he had no real intention of joining. Hai Allah! Can anyone really fall in love with a man's eyelashes? I sure did...right then and there!

What? I'm a girl okay...I primarily watch stuff for the heroes...don't judge me.

As the drama progressed, and without even realizing that they were the Meet I had come looking for...I couldn't help but love both Preet and Meher individually. They were so cute, and bubbly, yet incredibly supportive of their siblings. Any glimpse of them was a complete joy.

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Fatima

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Posted: 8 years ago

Kis Desh: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

It wasn't long before tragedy hit the Maan household and Heer and Meher became orphaned. Kis Desh fast turned into Kabhi Khushi and lots of Gham...a theme it kept alive until the very end...and I became Kleenex tissues' favorite customer.

I'm such a softie and oh how I cried! The girls moved into the Juneja house and began going through different situations. Heer got a job and Daljeet began abusing Meher behind her back. My heart went out to Meher, and she quickly became my favorite character in the show. How I longed for someone to rescue her! How that sweet, little girl put up with everything I don't know. Daljeet stuffed her face with yogurt meant for Ash's face pack, deliberately stepped on the dupatta of her new suit just to tear it...and eventually burned those clothes.

"Didi please come home fast. Nothing here is right," cried Meher...And I cried buckets along with her.

Then at Ash's inciting, Preet accused my poor Meher of stealing his mother's kangan. I was like...really?!?! You idiot! How could you? No matter how funny you maybe...and no matter how lovely your eyelashes are...if you hurt Meher...I will be your enemy #1.

Prem made Preet apologize, and while everyone must have been phrooling on the rasta roko scene...I was content with the Prem-Meher dahi scene.

A lot of things happened...and suddenly Herman was proposing to Meher. I was like...No No No! The writers could't possible pair my poor sweet Meher with a self-absorbed bloody toothpick like that! Someone who could turn against his own brother over ownership of a hotel. Someone who could ask a girl to "play" along until his real girlfriend came to India.

And then the hug in the rain happened between Meet. An eyebrow went up, a smile tugged at the corner of my lips...a glimmer of hope rose in my heart...and a light bulb went on in my brain.

Preet + Meher...Meher + Preet

Could this be the Meet I had started watching Kis Desh in search of? But how could this odd ball pairing...siblings of siblings...just friends...in love with other people...how could they possibly come together?

Hey, if things could work out for Katniss and Peeta then why not Preet and Meher?

Oh God! With Prem's death track Kis Desh turned into No Khushi and Total Gham. I was flabbergasted and repeatedly running to the store for Kleenex.

Now, I wasn't particularly fond of Prem's character...but still...how can you kill off the lead of the show like that, I wondered?

Lalit blamed Preet and beat him until he was literally throwing up, and the rest of the family just stood there and watched. Being a by-stander while something like that happens...reeks of apathy...it's something that goes against my logic and values and it's something I could never do. It wasn't the first time something like that had happened in the drama, but this time it was happening to one of my favorite characters.

I was so disgusted, I almost quit watching...but then reminded myself that I still hadn't seen anything resembling a Dhadhkan scene between Meet. I trudged on and was soon rewarded. In the December 2, 2008 episode...Preet married Meher! I was over-joyed.

The marriage was a compromise...but I was sure they'd soon realize how perfect they were for each other. The December 11, 2008 episode had the Meet Dhadkan scene in it...and I along with Lalit turned to mush. That was one of the few rare moments the balding Juneja and I shared similar sentiments.

Then it happened...Daljeet tried to slap Meher and Preet stepped in like a hero.

Yay!!! He won my heart for life!!

And every scene after that...the way he tried to avoid looking at Meher when she sewed the button on his kurta, the way they held each others hand over a glass of juice...and the way Preet fell onto the sofa taking Meher with him...the way he blasted Herman and Maya for insulting Meher...their first dance...their first kiss...their pretend fight at the disco...their Kasauli scenes...and post leap scenes...summer house scenes...their joy over learning they were going to become parents for a 2^nd time...Oh my God! Each and every moment Meet were on screen...I was in la la land.

Now you may be wondering what's wrong with me...why Meet and not Premeer? I don't know...love is a subjective thing. I just couldn't bring myself to get on the Premeer bandwagon. I think it was primarily because I can't stand angst, tragedy...sop, or whatever you want to call it. But Prem was also to blame.

Heer and Meher suffered so much abuse at the hands of Daljeet. Yet it wasn't until Heer was beaten to a pulp and flung into his arms, that he finally decided to speak up and walk out of the Juneja house.

To be fair, it wasn't just Prem...no one did anything!

But then Heer wore Sanjana's blue sari and Prem slapped her! Like...what?!?! No excuse man...take an anger management class...but you cannot give me any excuse in the world to justify that!

During the Veera-Nihal drama, Gaytri wanted Prem to turn Heer out and he gave her 10 minutes to take whatever she wanted and get the hell out! Poor Preet told him to love your mother is one thing but to put her on a pedestal and agree to fulfill her every whim is nonsensical. Did Prem listen? No.

Oh and of course, let's not forget...he suspected Heer of 2 timing him...while he himself got so drunk that he could not remember if he slept with Ash or not. Just not the kind of guy I could go for.

Character assassination by the writers? Maybe, but it was a clear case where the character and self-sacrificing nature of Heer outshone Prem's by such a magnitude that I just couldn't warm up to the guy...even if he was being played by Harshad Chopda. I didn't hate him...but I didn't like him either.

The leap happened and the drama took a turn for the worse. Ekta butchered everything...she killed Preet and forced Meher into marrying his killer!!! I was furious...How could she do that? I mean if she was going to end the drama...why not end it on a happy note? She could have sent Preet on a business trip...or even to the bathroom damn it...why? Why kill him off when he was just about to become a father again? What did Meet ever do to hurt anyone? Why? Why? Why?

I hated everyone...I blamed Prem for being so stupid that he chose to stand on a time bomb rather than sign the family fortune away. I hated Gaytri for snatching Preet's momentos from Meher. I hated Lalit for always having berated Preet..."Tera hona ya na hona, kya farak padta hai"...how can you say that to your own child?!?

Remember how he beat Preet and blamed him for Prem's death? Then asked, "tuh beta hai ya dushman?" And now he was crying! Too little too late! And I hated everyone for forcing Meher to marry...Viren.

Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!

I was left with such a bad taste in my mouth...I had to watch Kis Desh again...but this time stopping myself before the December 24, 2009 episode. And then...I watched it again and again...skipping through to only the Meet scenes until I had them committed to memory.

I had officially become a Meet Fanatic. I swore I'd never watch another Ekta Kapoor drama. And I never followed Sushant or Meher to their other shows...because for me they would always be Meet...and I wasn't ready to watch them with anyone else.

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Fatima

@Fatima_Q

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Posted: 8 years ago

Meet Fandom: I still carry the torch

Kis Desh had ended. Fortunately for me, however, fans had made cuts of Meet scenes on YT...in addition to VMs and trailers...many of the best ones made by Unknown18 and Anahdara13. I was ecstatic. This was the Meet I had engraved in my mind...alive and kicking...and happy.

Then one day I came across a VM promoting a Meet story called Haqq by 18Shabo being written on I-F. I followed the link and discovered a whole new world of telly fandom. For almost a year, I was a silent reader on the Desh forum, devouring anything I could get my hands on related to Meet. As the show had long ended, however, their fans had moved on as well, leaving many of their written works incomplete and abandoned.

Finally I had enough...I joined I-F with one purpose in mind...to write a story of my own...that is how I wrote my 1^st Meet FF Aadha Ishq under my old username Ummesulaiman. The story met with great success...and I slowly began interacting with other forum members...probably among the first and most welcoming ones was Athisda. She has always been a sweetheart...helpful, kind, supportive...a real gem...she's in a class by herself.

Although many of you are close because you keep in touch with each other on FB...over time I've had the good fortune to meet and interact with a lot of you right here on the Desh forum. Priya...artist extraordinaire and our creative mastermind...other great artists like Kiran_28 and KKsoap, lazychick.Maria, Mou, Sana.harshiti, Snehal, Vrushika. Some of you are great writers and I've enjoyed reading your stories too. Some forum friends like Aishu, Ctnabila, Divya, Faiza, Shweta and Vrushika are missing in action these day...oh how I miss Aishu's rib-tickling gutter posts.

And then of course there are my loyal readers...that share my love for Meet. They have been with me since my 1^st Cozy Corner and waited patiently for every update...and they are the reason I still continue to write: bhagyashree2011, brainychild92, foxi, gina, hangok, Rhea, Sherma.

Others include those from Sushant's FC and his other show...After he left his other show, they regularly visited the Desh forum looking for anything related to his work before Pavitra Rishta and fell in love with Preet and some even with Meet...Anshi, Bonne, Karen, Lunza, Nikita, Sharon, Sneha, Tazeen...some of us follow each other on Twitter, but I miss interacting with you guys on I-F. And then, there are new readers and friends like Chit15, Kulsum, Nikhad, Rimsha, Sadia, Sana and Tara.

(I've listed everyone's names in alphabetical order. All are equally important and loved. Sorry if I left anyone's name out.)

I'm currently watching Kis Desh again (thanks Athisda for the uploads). And it's like Wow! I'm overcome by the same sentiments...the same range of emotions...and I still need to have a box of Kleenex at my side. I just love love love this drama. There will never be another one like it.

Similarly, the Desh Fans...you are an amazingly dedicated bunch like no other. I salute and love you all...

So there you have it...that's my story.

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tarannum6

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Posted: 8 years ago

woww Lovely Fatima
Thanks for sharing your memori ^_^

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Sana

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Posted: 8 years ago

Awww sooo beautiful...luv the way how u became a Deshians. ...or meet fan (Deewani)...

It's sooo lovly...Thanks for sharing ur memory. ...nd thanks for PMs. ...😊

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AASUS

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Posted: 8 years ago

Woohoo double damaka Fatima Memoir and your story uodate today.
I read memoir will be back to write comment. 🤗

Reserving

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🥳 woohoo it's your turn 😆 it's like being in hot seat waiting to be asked lot of questions. 😆

Yes I do know most of your story on how you came to be a fan, what things you like and what you don't etc. However it's cool to read again. You've added bit more detail to this.

Agreed you're a hero's fan and so mentioned about them here. I agree on all you said about Prem and his characteristics. It's absolutely true.

2008-2010 February 5th up until then there were fans who discussed not only about good things but also all the bad things re: scenes / episodes / writers's mistake what not.

There were topics made on those and fans did discuss in detail.

Mainly I remember estee - she is the only fan I know who had and would still be able to analize each of the character with so much detail and point format too.

Sometimes it's daily analysis and other times her weekend analysis : W*F stands for weekend thought features or Preet's Temple of Smiles or Phictionry or her stories.

She did make various other topics and even after show has ended and she did start a creative peace to write like story. It was meant for all fans to participate but she ended up posting there mostly. We got lot of stories from her in this thread. All fun.

She would be very honest about it and at the same time whatever she says would be fun and she would make sure no one is offended. Very gifted fan. She has photographic memory and if she met you once she'd remember everything about you in detail. 😆 Her write ups and analysis I've read a lot and feel very fortunate to have met a fab fan like her.⭐️

So fans like her have pointed out these misgivings in this show - people were not quiet and accepting the hero or heroine as they were.

Lalit Juneja became Lallu cz of the way he is and his behaviour.

DJ chachi was dirt chachi 😕 Veera was witch 1 Maya was witch 2 G3 was called many names Gmonster and so on but witch 3 was for her too.

Ash dunno wt was for her as her negative scenes came later in show.

it's mainly fans were frustrated and very much involved in show and story so they ended up referring to characters this way.

After the show has ended the forum went through various changes - lot of negativity / fan war / divided in groups and so on.

So the fans who joined after I'd take liberty to use Priya's name Premeer-Diwani

decided to focus on positive things to keep fans united. I believe in real life also she tend to look at good in ppl and encourage them to do the best in everything. Her friends have experience and can tell you about it.

That is why most of the time focus is on positive side of characters than negative. It'd seem like we kinda swept under carpet but it was to keep things in positive direction that happened.

I just wanted to clarify that 😆

But in forum all over IF - age group is 13 and up and younger ppl will only talk about hero and most of the members are female so if hero is good looking they will be on his side. That plays a role in judging characters too in show. Good point. ⭐️

I am 100 percent in agreement with all you said. Very objective look of this show. Thank you Fatima. it was done in a gentle way to point on all things that went on.⭐️

To us I feel you're a treasure chest so much more to discover about your talents other than what we have seen so far.

I had fun going through memory lane. You're fantastic! Lob you loads muwah

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sherma

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Posted: 8 years ago

Wow lovely post,,n hnestly its u n meet firum writers who have kept met still alive fr me.love u

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Maria

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Fatima

I was waiting for this memoir, actually I kinda knew that your memoir would be dedicated ahem to MEET!!!

I honestly didn't knew about your journey and how you joined IF and all...

EEEKS YOU'VE totally rocked this post!

Lol so you've started to watch Kis Desh after it ended... aur woh bhi bas aisi on a comment on YT that was saying that in the show you used to watch, they copied Meet scene

It was totally love at first sight when you saw Preet & Meher for the first time

Just love your connection with Meet & Kis Desh some lines from your memoir defintely cracked me up "the thunder and lighting when the show wants us to see the reactions, toothpick, balding Lalit, EK who was that? and so many"

This was such an adorable Meetlicious memoir, I love your honesty toward the show... CVS killed the plot at some times and they totally lost it when they decided to kill Preet! And yes they killed the essence of so many characters too!!! Errrmmm

Lekin jo bhi ho, I'm glad your experience with Kis Desh pushed you to write Meet stories and making vmsyou're a wonderful writer *dammit* Your stories are just LOVE You're such a gem of person! Loyal, caring adorable, crazy and cute

LOVE YOU *dammit*

ps: mmm great artist? Me?????

pss: sorry had to copy your style for emos, especially for this post!

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Fatima

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Posted: 8 years ago

Originally posted by: tarannum6
woww Lovely Fatima
Thanks for sharing your memori ^_^

Thanks so much for reading Tarannum 🤗

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Fatima

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: Cutediary
Awww sooo beautiful...luv the way how u became a Deshians. ...or meet fan (Deewani)...
It's sooo lovly...Thanks for sharing ur memory. ...nd thanks for PMs. ...😊

Aww...thank so much for reading Sana.

Only after I finished writing...I realized it was sooo long..😆

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