estee i think i'll end up writing estee things.....๐๐don't you dare!!! (running a mile.) ๐๐
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estee i think i'll end up writing estee things.....๐๐don't you dare!!! (running a mile.) ๐๐
Originally posted by: IndianPari
Again, didn't notice.
Originally posted by: IndianPari
But, as long as we're on physical attributes, why leave it at feet? I'm obsessed with his hands...and the fact that he has incredibly PERFECT teeth...which is Very Very Important in my book!
Originally posted by: IndianPari
Loved the look too....it was a glimpse of The Prem....*swoon*
Originally posted by: IndianPari
Why do you call him laluchacha? I prefer ULLU.
Originally posted by: IndianPari
again, thanks for making me smile. I think Prem wants to..."have his cake and eat it too"? Can we blame him? If you misunderstand, i'll be happy to elaborate.
Originally posted by: IndianPari
Again, very well said, again, I agree. I wish we could see Heer fight til the end, like Prem did.
I'm actually very eager to learn more about Heer...I've loved seeing her open up in the past few episodes...my eyes are on Heer now as well. (Well, not literally b/c with Prem sharing the screen space, Heer ko kaun dekhega, but you get the point).
Originally posted by: IndianPari
Oh go ahead, let yourself GUSH - just this once! Kya pata, aisa phir kabhi dekhne ko mile na mile...phir kabhi gushing ka mauka mile na mile?
Originally posted by: IndianPari
You'll excuse the fact that my comments were brief....
I'm still sulking, still angry, still confused....
Thanks for the write up again today.
hmm. it was a hmm episode, really. except for the i-wanna-spank-heer part, i'm still hmmm-ing..
it was a disturbing episode..am yet to get over it...
* big thing: loved the lady who prays to an islamic god being at the shiv mandir! seriously, one of the things that turns me off of these balajitelefilms shows is how much hindu-god worship comes in. it's intriguing that they showed the muslim lady praying at the shiv mandir -- is that a usual thing to see? or does nihaal and his mother either considering the shiv mandir as being specially important? i want to know. and i was not the only one who wondered: the daijaan lady recognises nihaal's mom -- wonders why she is at the shiv mandir?
prolli coz da creatives have to keep remindin us..dat she and her son exit..๐..i hav a feelin dey have a clue we dont remember any1 bt premeer๐
* little thing: why are we still on veera being a terrible person? it's puky and we know she is awful. for some reason, it's really stomach turning to hear a young person insult an older person.
she is a very shallow character..dey shd pack her off dis min..ughhh extremmeli annoyn..wht world is she livin...i dont fink people wid status and money act dis way
* prem thing: pushy-prem today, moving people aside regally so that he and his lady can get to the front. ๐
ahh i was wonderin why did he nt hold her hands๐
* prem-heer things: the way heer silently nods that the wedding card is theirs. so cute. the way heer looks at prem when the priest asks to put the card at "god's feet". the way prem watches his father like a hawk after that -- as if the moment his father does anything wrong, he'll leap in to pull heer out of harm's way. the way heer looks up at laluchacha after putting the card at his feet. the way prem's eyes love heer's action, and denies his father any possibility of even thinking that it was not the sweetest thing that he has ever seen before in his life. honestly, at that point, prem's face glowed with pride -- "see!! this is my love. this is my chosen bride! have you seen anything more perfect in your life, father? how can you not love her?"
I loved dat look...dat pride coupled wid da fear of his dad;s iminent rxn was worth a take...lloved da way u put it..so apt๐๐ป
* (totally) prem thing: he has nice looking feet! rotfl!!! he does!! (gotchya! ๐)
as long as we are here on physical attributes, he's also very lean in profile. like lean people. of course, hate prem. no question. ๐
wht all do u notice๐๐๐ ...
* big thing: for everyone who has been complacent about preet having dirtchachi under his thumb: i told you so! said it before, saying it again -- never underestimate the hatred of a villain whose plans have been destroyed. or of a woman who bears a grudge.
dirtchachi hates heer, and now prem, above everything else. above her daughter. above her own concerns. above everything!! she will do anything to hurt them. preet, please, please, please have understood that by now? please!!!she is the most evil thing, and will hurt them. please stop giving her chances.
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but on preet, i do think he was thinking oh-poop! when she started. there was also a tinge of disbelief. i just want to know whether he has understood the level of hatred she has for prem-heer.
* prem thing: loved his you-snake! look at dirtchachi. loved his how-can-you-not-be-focussed-on-the-beauty-of-my-heer look at laluchacha. think out-of-time silent-movie actors.... and then loved his turning his back on his departing family and bending his head to pray to god. what is he asking for? i want to know.
..preet shd keep his plans at bay..dey never go well....prem wud hav sureli wringed her neck had it nt been for the mandir...๐
* heer thing: 'cause i think that heer got it all wrong in wanting to return ram from the forest as granting his wish. gosh, the number of people who want to return prem-ram from the forest! while i think that ram wants to stay in the forest!! seriously! why else is he still there?
and so, no matter how much i loved her passion and ferocity in trying to first lie to meher, and then admitting what she was trying for, i think she is wrong. she isn't wrong in wanting the best for prem. in wanting to cry all his tears for him, so that he can laugh. (oh, believe me, i would cry all his tears just to see him laugh -- really laugh! -- just once!) but she is wrong in how she is doing it. i've written about this in vibha's anal-post: he's not a baby to be dumped on a doorstep in the middle of the night. he's a grown up guy who has taken his decision. but he needs time to live with it. she is the one who told him to take the time. but now she is the one who is snatching it away??? not fair, heer. you are graceful but you are just not being fair!
and here, i look back at prem in his love-and-rescue-heer mission. he never stopped loving her. even after knowing she was muckmeet's. he was loving her in the open, at whatever opportunity he got. giving her a rose from the lot that had fallen. cheating to get to dance with her. running after her to find out why she is upset. watching her surreptitiously while shopping. gifting her new clothes "shayad apko kushie deyney kay liye". he never gave up on her. he gave up his happiness, accepted that he will be miserable forever. but never on loving her, fighting for her.
what i didn't like about heer's proposal is that she has decided it is either her or the family for prem. and then she chooses one -- does this mean she is going to give up on the other? what i adored about prem is that until the last minute -- even if it meant misery for both of them -- it was as if he hadn't given up on either. i loved that. i wish we could see heer do the same?
but i must admit: this show has constantly been surprising me on how these characters remain true. we have seen lots of what prem is. i guess now we get to see what heer is made of, what she is capable of. so i will wait and watch, even with gritted teeth right now. because all i see right now is heer making choices for prem that i don't think he has, or would've, or will take.
This has to be the most disturbing part.. I hate to admit I could relate to wht she was saying and why she was sayn...had i been in her plx..i mite have done da same thng..bt somehow the fact dat she is takn decisions for prem and his life on her own is nt goin well wid me...she got me worried abt how prem wud react..prem is so gullible dese days...i am reali apprehensive abt how he'd react....i hav a feelin he will give n to wht heer has to say..please say am rong๐ญ
* big thing: a new substitute for the mad spinning lady -- a baba with a peacock broom? sigh. the lady was so much better. she only predicted everlasting love and prayed that it would always remain. this peacock-broom baba predicts death and unfolded secrets. imho, not that interesting. is it just me? ๐
oh tht baba was creepy...hahah wht was he chantin...๐๐ first i died of laffin seein him b4 realizn next min wht the hell did he just๐ say..deathhh!!
* little thing: so preet is sitting with the children to give his kulraj-di some breathing space?? ๐ and laluchacha sits with his new pet!! totally rotfl!!
* prem-heer and flowers thing: i'm not going to gush. i'm not going to gush. i'm not going to gush.
okay, i'm going to gush.
oh god..even i was so embarrased. and i am wonderin how cud i be๐๐
love the regal pose in which prem sits. in comparison, graceful heer's slouching?? ๐ loved the way prem was totally disinterested in flowers until the flower-girl mentioned how pretty it would look in heer's hair. at which point, everything in his look at flowers changed! ๐ loved that speculative look he shot at heer and her hair. loved her shy look away. loved how he - silent, resigned, and amused all together! ๐ - gave the money in exchange for flowers.
totally loved how he then dumped the flowers on heer!!! it was like "okay, i've done my part - you do yours and take these damned flowers off my hand!" that made me giggle wildly - it was sooooo male! loved her face when she started putting the flowers in her hair -- "okay, you've done your part. the real work is all mine like always, isn't it?" loved his sneaking a look at her (totally deliberate, i thought!) struggles. loved her little smile when he started helping her with the flowers in her hair.
totally loved their fingers getting mixed up in the job. (what can i say? i'm a total fan of the prem-heer-hand chemistry!! ๐)
totally loved his smile at meher when she came in to break up the finger party.
totally loved how he adjusted himself -- regally as always! -- into his space after meher came! until then, there were three seats with prem-heer behaving like there was one, all cozy and smashed into each other, in the corner.
stop gushing. stop gushing. stop gushing. well, had to stop gushing 'cause heer's voice-over reminded me what she is going to do. and it was strangely heartbreaking: that last look of heer's full of sneaky-hidden thoughts. and in return, we have prem's open shinning look of love and trust. i hated that end. really hated it.
I was too bowled out wid dose side glances he sneaked thru to Heer๐..i was telln raksh the same...he wasnt onli helpn her..bt havn his bit of starin session as well...๐๐ฅฐ..notty notty prem๐ฅฐ๐
highlight of the episode: hmmm... ๐ forget it, not falling into another gush fest here. but i did like laluchacha's attempt at redemption by beginning to bless heer. and preet-and-prem's you're-a-snake dirtchachi look at the temple.
Originally posted by: sidrah fariq
ahh i was wonderin why did he nt hold her hands๐
Originally posted by: sidrah_fariq
..preet shd keep his plans at bay..dey never go well....prem wud hav sureli wringed her neck had it nt been for the mandir...๐
Originally posted by: sidrah_fariq
This has to be the most disturbing part.. I hate to admit I could relate to wht she was saying and why she was sayn...had i been in her plx..i mite have done da same thng..bt somehow the fact dat she is takn decisions for prem and his life on her own is nt goin well wid me...she got me worried abt how prem wud react..prem is so gullible dese days...i am reali apprehensive abt how he'd react....i hav a feelin he will give n to wht heer has to say..please say am rong๐ญ
Originally posted by: sidrah_fariq
oh god..even i was so embarrased. and i am wonderin how cud i be๐๐
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no, veera's much worse than melissa's harman. and considering how much she has us convinced that he is a copy-cat, if you put veera with harman, then maybe he'll start copying and behaving like her!!!
soooo don't want veera to be with melissa's harman -- i like melissa's harman as he is! ๐
๐๐ป๐๐ปYes and then mel might kill me for sending veera to her harman.....but she needs to be send off somewhere...how about guantanamo????she will fit there perfectly
'cause she is dirt and princes don't talk to dirt? and who knows what laluchacha have done in reaction? as it was, prem got a little bit of positive from his father today. it was such a delicate moment that only dirty dirtchachi could've even thought of destroying with her spite and venom. i think prem did the right thing.
Well thats a nice thought but dont princes punish dirt???and tell them to shut up and be locked forever somewhere in a tomb????
ya, right!!! like you didn't!! go on, confess!! ๐
Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alright i did notice the feet along with everything else.........that is one fine looking man..no doubt about it
i was surprised at how loudly she did it. i knew she wouldn't let it go. just didn't think she'd be manipulating laluchacha in front of preet like that -- 'cause she used ashlesha!! made her join the lie. in front of preet! isn't that giving away family secrets? i never doubted the "if she would do it". but i must admit: i was taken aback at the how.
The minute lallu has his hand out i knew with 100% surity that QB is going to create a scene........her hatred of heer is much more than welfare of her daughter so she had to do that
ya, i know. i'm afraid that i don't. i thought getting prem was the prize. if there is some pain you have to take in the process, you steel your soul, grit your teeth and do it. not worry about some odd story that you heard from an old man in the park. and your guesses at how it has affected prem! there must be a better path to walk that what heer has chosen.
I hope heer reads this and gives up on her plan of giving prem away..........you know this always makes me laugh...she wants to give him away like he is some sort of alm or something????it really cracks me up...my cousin told me that vibhs do you know heer is giving prem away????i m like aha....and she said how can you give a man away????i started laughing and havent stopped
he is the same prem! he's still there isn't he? she knows that all he has to do is dump her. why isn't he? is he that stooopid that he can't make up his own mind? he always has -- even when she tried forcing him earlier, he used to fight her - he used to fight heer herself!
the thing that kills me is that she is the one who used the line of "time" and healing. why is not she giving him the chance to heal, damnit!??! (i'm so perturbed, i almost capitalised!!!! ๐)
even fire-breathing dragons need rest and recuperation. i think it's silly to think of prem breathing fire all the time. if she thinks he's unhappy, why hasn't she ever grabbed him by the ears, dumped him in bed, patted him on the head, put his head in her lap and let him sleep??!?!!
๐๐๐๐ (did i getchya again???๐)
No one ever does what they say they will do................so i have given up on giving time and there are more tears in store for us so i m thinking that will happen and then we will cry too
there is no old and new prem. there is prem. take him or leave him. and when he wants you, why would you leave him?
damnit!
(of course, i'm smart - i've never wanted prem. he's like a clinical experiment to me - very very interesting and making me want to watch him all the tim... no, a lot. that's all.)
But does he really want her???? hasnt he been sad all this time???oh kay no more theorising from my side E i like yours better
you're right - there are so many, they can have their pick this time! ๐
but i do think the heer-meher one is an important one. and i agree that the whole story will shift once it comes out. but dwelling too long on one secret is not healthy for story development, no?
it'll be good to clear this one up and get the story going to the next level. i'm sure the whole of this show need not depend on just keeping this secret ... secret!
all i know is .. still waiting and watching. ๐
I agree they should tell meher and heer;s raaz but they wont ...i want that one to be cleared..........i really do but what i want never happens so i have stopped wanting........who cares about nihal's raaz he is not going to be doing anything...lallu will bring him home and he will be made a partner other than that he is not going to do anythign to help prem and heer
hmm. it was a hmm episode, really. except for the i-wanna-spank-heer part, i'm still hmmm-ing..
* big thing: loved the lady who prays to an islamic god being at the shiv mandir! seriously, one of the things that turns me off of these balajitelefilms shows is how much hindu-god worship comes in. it's intriguing that they showed the muslim lady praying at the shiv mandir -- is that a usual thing to see? or does nihaal and his mother either considering the shiv mandir as being specially important? i want to know. and i was not the only one who wondered: the daijaan lady recognises nihaal's mom -- wonders why she is at the shiv mandir?
* little thing: why are we still on veera being a terrible person? it's puky and we know she is awful. for some reason, it's really stomach turning to hear a young person insult an older person.
* prem thing: pushy-prem today, moving people aside regally so that he and his lady can get to the front. ๐
* prem-heer things: the way heer silently nods that the wedding card is theirs. so cute. the way heer looks at prem when the priest asks to put the card at "god's feet". the way prem watches his father like a hawk after that -- as if the moment his father does anything wrong, he'll leap in to pull heer out of harm's way. the way heer looks up at laluchacha after putting the card at his feet. the way prem's eyes love heer's action, and denies his father any possibility of even thinking that it was not the sweetest thing that he has ever seen before in his life. honestly, at that point, prem's face glowed with pride -- "see!! this is my love. this is my chosen bride! have you seen anything more perfect in your life, father? how can you not love her?"
this was the most loud silent conversation that we've not heard so far! rotfl these two are not of this generation, i tell you. they are from the age of silent movies and have accidentally been teletransported to our age and are struggling to make a living as actors! they are brilliant. ๐
* (totally) heer thing: she is just so graceful!!
* (totally) prem thing: he has nice looking feet! rotfl!!! he does!! (gotchya! ๐)
as long as we are here on physical attributes, he's also very lean in profile. like lean people. of course, hate prem. no question. ๐
* big thing: for everyone who has been complacent about preet having dirtchachi under his thumb: i told you so! said it before, saying it again -- never underestimate the hatred of a villain whose plans have been destroyed. or of a woman who bears a grudge.
dirtchachi hates heer, and now prem, above everything else. above her daughter. above her own concerns. above everything!! she will do anything to hurt them. preet, please, please, please have understood that by now? please!!!she is the most evil thing, and will hurt them. please stop giving her chances.
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but on preet, i do think he was thinking oh-poop! when she started. there was also a tinge of disbelief. i just want to know whether he has understood the level of hatred she has for prem-heer.
* prem thing: loved his you-snake! look at dirtchachi. loved his how-can-you-not-be-focussed-on-the-beauty-of-my-heer look at laluchacha. think out-of-time silent-movie actors.... and then loved his turning his back on his departing family and bending his head to pray to god. what is he asking for? i want to know...
* heer thing: 'cause i think that heer got it all wrong in wanting to return ram from the forest as granting his wish. gosh, the number of people who want to return prem-ram from the forest! while i think that ram wants to stay in the forest!! seriously! why else is he still there?
and so, no matter how much i loved her passion and ferocity in trying to first lie to meher, and then admitting what she was trying for, i think she is wrong. she isn't wrong in wanting the best for prem. in wanting to cry all his tears for him, so that he can laugh. (oh, believe me, i would cry all his tears just to see him laugh -- really laugh! -- just once!) but she is wrong in how she is doing it. i've written about this in vibha's anal-post: he's not a baby to be dumped on a doorstep in the middle of the night. he's a grown up guy who has taken his decision. but he needs time to live with it. she is the one who told him to take the time. but now she is the one who is snatching it away??? not fair, heer. you are graceful but you are just not being fair!
and here, i look back at prem in his love-and-rescue-heer mission. he never stopped loving her. even after knowing she was muckmeet's. he was loving her in the open, at whatever opportunity he got. giving her a rose from the lot that had fallen. cheating to get to dance with her. running after her to find out why she is upset. watching her surreptitiously while shopping. gifting her new clothes "shayad apko kushie deyney kay liye". he never gave up on her. he gave up his happiness, accepted that he will be miserable forever. but never on loving her, fighting for her.
what i didn't like about heer's proposal is that she has decided it is either her or the family for prem. and then she chooses one -- does this mean she is going to give up on the other? what i adored about prem is that until the last minute -- even if it meant misery for both of them -- it was as if he hadn't given up on either. i loved that. i wish we could see heer do the same?
but i must admit: this show has constantly been surprising me on how these characters remain true. we have seen lots of what prem is. i guess now we get to see what heer is made of, what she is capable of. so i will wait and watch, even with gritted teeth right now. because all i see right now is heer making choices for prem that i don't think he has, or would've, or will take.
* big thing: a new substitute for the mad spinning lady -- a baba with a peacock broom?๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ sigh. the lady was so much better. she only predicted everlasting love and prayed that it would always remain. this peacock-broom baba predicts death and unfolded secrets. imho, not that interesting. is it just me? ๐
* little thing: so preet is sitting with the children to give his kulraj-di some breathing space?? ๐ and laluchacha sits with his new pet!! totally rotfl!!
* prem-heer and flowers thing: i'm not going to gush. i'm not going to gush. i'm not going to gush.
okay, i'm going to gush.
love the regal pose in which prem sits. in comparison, graceful heer's slouching?? ๐ loved the way prem was totally disinterested in flowers until the flower-girl mentioned how pretty it would look in heer's hair. at which point, everything in his look at flowers changed! ๐ loved that speculative look he shot at heer and her hair. loved her shy look away. loved how he - silent, resigned, and amused all together! ๐ - gave the money in exchange for flowers.
totally loved how he then dumped the flowers on heer!!! it was like "okay, i've done my part - you do yours and take these damned flowers off my hand!" that made me giggle wildly - it was sooooo male! loved her face when she started putting the flowers in her hair -- "okay, you've done your part. the real work is all mine like always, isn't it?" loved his sneaking a look at her (totally deliberate, i thought!) struggles. loved her little smile when he started helping her with the flowers in her hair.
totally loved their fingers getting mixed up in the job. (what can i say? i'm a total fan of the prem-heer-hand chemistry!! ๐)
totally loved his smile at meher when she came in to break up the finger party.
totally loved how he adjusted himself -- regally as always! -- into his space after meher came! until then, there were three seats with prem-heer behaving like there was one, all cozy and smashed into each other, in the corner.
stop gushing. stop gushing. stop gushing. well, had to stop gushing 'cause heer's voice-over reminded me what she is going to do. and it was strangely heartbreaking: that last look of heer's full of sneaky-hidden thoughts. and in return, we have prem's open shinning look of love and trust. i hated that end. really hated it.
melissa's harman, melissa's harman, melissa's harman..........you girls are so mean and funny๐๐๐๐. Yes, dont send Veera to Melissa's Harman, then Mel's Harman will become like her. Then how will I ever talk about him? By the way, him going missing has made me find Lallu amusing? where is he? with his acting skills he cannot have been offered any other serial or movie. Maybe.......thay have taken him to circus or Zoo.......maybe. So, bye bye mel's Harman.
hmm. it was a hmm episode, really. except for the i-wanna-spank-heer part, i'm still hmmm-ing..
* big thing: loved the lady who prays to an islamic god being at the shiv mandir! seriously, one of the things that turns me off of these balajitelefilms shows is how much hindu-god worship comes in. it's intriguing that they showed the muslim lady praying at the shiv mandir -- is that a usual thing to see? or does nihaal and his mother either considering the shiv mandir as being specially important? i want to know. and i was not the only one who wondered: the daijaan lady recognises nihaal's mom -- wonders why she is at the shiv mandir?
* little thing: why are we still on veera being a terrible person? it's puky and we know she is awful. for some reason, it's really stomach turning to hear a young person insult an older person.
* prem thing: pushy-prem today, moving people aside regally so that he and his lady can get to the front. ๐
* prem-heer things: the way heer silently nods that the wedding card is theirs. so cute. the way heer looks at prem when the priest asks to put the card at "god's feet". the way prem watches his father like a hawk after that -- as if the moment his father does anything wrong, he'll leap in to pull heer out of harm's way. the way heer looks up at laluchacha after putting the card at his feet. the way prem's eyes love heer's action, and denies his father any possibility of even thinking that it was not the sweetest thing that he has ever seen before in his life. honestly, at that point, prem's face glowed with pride -- "see!! this is my love. this is my chosen bride! have you seen anything more perfect in your life, father? how can you not love her?"
this was the most loud silent conversation that we've not heard so far! rotfl these two are not of this generation, i tell you. they are from the age of silent movies and have accidentally been teletransported to our age and are struggling to make a living as actors! they are brilliant. ๐
* big thing: it was amazing to see so many of his family's faces look so happy when they saw laluchacha's hand reach out to bless heer. i'm sure it reflected on my face -- it was unbelievable how happy i became.
ain't it nice really how there are as many ways in which you can feel happy as there are ways in which you can feel sad? i like this show for the many ways in which they make us feel sad and happy. i just wish there were more of the happy ways more often -- is this "having my cake and eating it too", vibha? ๐
* (totally) heer thing: she is just so graceful!!
* (totally) prem thing: he has nice looking feet! rotfl!!! he does!! (gotchya! ๐)
as long as we are here on physical attributes, he's also very lean in profile. like lean people. of course, hate prem. no question. ๐
* big thing: for everyone who has been complacent about preet having dirtchachi under his thumb: i told you so! said it before, saying it again -- never underestimate the hatred of a villain whose plans have been destroyed. or of a woman who bears a grudge.
dirtchachi hates heer, and now prem, above everything else. above her daughter. above her own concerns. above everything!! she will do anything to hurt them. preet, please, please, please have understood that by now? please!!!she is the most evil thing, and will hurt them. please stop giving her chances.
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but on preet, i do think he was thinking oh-poop! when she started. there was also a tinge of disbelief. i just want to know whether he has understood the level of hatred she has for prem-heer.
* prem thing: loved his you-snake! look at dirtchachi. loved his how-can-you-not-be-focussed-on-the-beauty-of-my-heer look at laluchacha. think out-of-time silent-movie actors.... and then loved his turning his back on his departing family and bending his head to pray to god. what is he asking for? i want to know...
* heer thing: 'cause i think that heer got it all wrong in wanting to return ram from the forest as granting his wish. gosh, the number of people who want to return prem-ram from the forest! while i think that ram wants to stay in the forest!! seriously! why else is he still there?
and so, no matter how much i loved her passion and ferocity in trying to first lie to meher, and then admitting what she was trying for, i think she is wrong. she isn't wrong in wanting the best for prem. in wanting to cry all his tears for him, so that he can laugh. (oh, believe me, i would cry all his tears just to see him laugh -- really laugh! -- just once!) but she is wrong in how she is doing it. i've written about this in vibha's anal-post: he's not a baby to be dumped on a doorstep in the middle of the night. he's a grown up guy who has taken his decision. but he needs time to live with it. she is the one who told him to take the time. but now she is the one who is snatching it away??? not fair, heer. you are graceful but you are just not being fair!
and here, i look back at prem in his love-and-rescue-heer mission. he never stopped loving her. even after knowing she was muckmeet's. he was loving her in the open, at whatever opportunity he got. giving her a rose from the lot that had fallen. cheating to get to dance with her. running after her to find out why she is upset. watching her surreptitiously while shopping. gifting her new clothes "shayad apko kushie deyney kay liye". he never gave up on her. he gave up his happiness, accepted that he will be miserable forever. but never on loving her, fighting for her.
what i didn't like about heer's proposal is that she has decided it is either her or the family for prem. and then she chooses one -- does this mean she is going to give up on the other? what i adored about prem is that until the last minute -- even if it meant misery for both of them -- it was as if he hadn't given up on either. i loved that. i wish we could see heer do the same?
but i must admit: this show has constantly been surprising me on how these characters remain true. we have seen lots of what prem is. i guess now we get to see what heer is made of, what she is capable of. so i will wait and watch, even with gritted teeth right now. because all i see right now is heer making choices for prem that i don't think he has, or would've, or will take.
* big thing: a new substitute for the mad spinning lady -- a baba with a peacock broom? sigh. the lady was so much better. she only predicted everlasting love and prayed that it would always remain. this peacock-broom baba predicts death and unfolded secrets. imho, not that interesting. is it just me? ๐
* little thing: so preet is sitting with the children to give his kulraj-di some breathing space?? ๐ and laluchacha sits with his new pet!! totally rotfl!!
* prem-heer and flowers thing: i'm not going to gush. i'm not going to gush. i'm not going to gush.
okay, i'm going to gush.
love the regal pose in which prem sits. in comparison, graceful heer's slouching?? ๐ loved the way prem was totally disinterested in flowers until the flower-girl mentioned how pretty it would look in heer's hair. at which point, everything in his look at flowers changed! ๐ loved that speculative look he shot at heer and her hair. loved her shy look away. loved how he - silent, resigned, and amused all together! ๐ - gave the money in exchange for flowers.
totally loved how he then dumped the flowers on heer!!! it was like "okay, i've done my part - you do yours and take these damned flowers off my hand!" that made me giggle wildly - it was sooooo male! loved her face when she started putting the flowers in her hair -- "okay, you've done your part. the real work is all mine like always, isn't it?" loved his sneaking a look at her (totally deliberate, i thought!) struggles. loved her little smile when he started helping her with the flowers in her hair.
totally loved their fingers getting mixed up in the job. (what can i say? i'm a total fan of the prem-heer-hand chemistry!! ๐)
totally loved his smile at meher when she came in to break up the finger party.
totally loved how he adjusted himself -- regally as always! -- into his space after meher came! until then, there were three seats with prem-heer behaving like there was one, all cozy and smashed into each other, in the corner.
stop gushing. stop gushing. stop gushing. well, had to stop gushing 'cause heer's voice-over reminded me what she is going to do. and it was strangely heartbreaking: that last look of heer's full of sneaky-hidden thoughts. and in return, we have prem's open shinning look of love and trust. i hated that end. really hated it.
highlight of the episode: hmmm... ๐ forget it, not falling into another gush fest here. but i did like laluchacha's attempt at redemption by beginning to bless heer. and preet-and-prem's you're-a-snake dirtchachi look at the temple.