Short Update
- Mandira tries to befriend and act all family-like to Eklavya who isn't interested in having any more "rishte" in his life….
- Nakul is waiting at the bus stop… He is splashed with mud… He goes and screames at the person in the car, who is a young girl... She apologizes and offers to help him but he is not interested…
- Daksha and Prajakta put wrenches in each others plans to win Chirag's heart….
- Mayank goes to Manthan and says that it's all his fault Manthan got hurt… Manthan is not amused and tells him that it's not his fault… Mayank starts to say something about how he went into KT's room on Holi and he was angry… Damini comes in and takes Mayank away… Manthan starts to think about it, but then dismisses it…
- Nakul has to work with a new colleague from America… It turns out to be the girl who splashed him with mud, Saanjhi… Ganga introduces them formally and tells them they have to work on their new project together… Nakul is not pleased…
- *SCENE OF THE DAY* : Tulsi comes to meet Eklavya and ask for forgiveness… He says it's too late now and he has already become Ansh now… He vows revenge for his father's death…
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Scary Recap man leads us through everything that happened yesterday. How kind of him. One line of his I particularly loved: SHANTIIIIINIKATANNNN BANAAA KURUKSHETRAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! While Manthan strangles Lakshya and Nakul hits him from behind… Hee hee hee. 😆
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Eklavya sits and reflects over all the stuff that happened… Ouff… Men… Just not willing to let it go!
Chants play… Interspersed with the sounds of "Slap!!!!!! Slap!!!!!"…. Hmmm… There's a mix I've never heard before…. Mandira comes with a plate of food….
M: Beta, eat something…!!! Eat my child.. Eat…
Hee hee… Hilarious…
E: I'm not hungry…
M: You have gone through so much… But just think of it as a good thing… Now you know who are your own and who aren't…
E: Where? I have noone to call my own…
M: Why do you say that?!!?? Am I not yours?? I am just like your Dadi… I worry about you…!
E: Understand one thing! I don't have anyone to call my own…. I don't have any relationships left… All relationships have some underlying motive… Once that is fulfilled…. No more relationship… Lakshya… Who I thought was my younger brother and friend… Nothing… Everything was over in one second… And that TULSI…. I could give my life for her… And still she didn't trust me…. I supported even after finding out that she killed my father… I believed her and trusted her… But when that foolish KT accused me, she believed KT?!?!? I don't have any relationships anymore…. Not a single one from today… The only one relationship I had was with my father… But that Tulsi killed him also… It's better for you if you don't maintain a relationship with me… You too could have to pay for it….
Eklavya… Tired and weary after expostulating against relationships, he goes to lie down and dream about those massssst tamachas courtesy assorted Viranis….
M: I thought he was just another Ansh…. But "yeh toh baap ka bhi baap nikla"!!!! Godd… He's quite useful to me.. Poor Tulsi… I pity her…
A word to the wise, Mandi Dadi… Do not pity a woman who is as slaphappy is Tulsi Virani. Never.
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Nakul waits at the bus stop… When he is splashed with mud from a speeding car… He runs behind the car... He knocks in the window…
N: Are you blind…?!!? Just because you drive such a huge car you cant see people on the road?!?!!?
A young girl gets out from the back seat… OOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!! START OF NAKUL'S LOVE STORY!!!!!!!!!! YAAAYYY!!!
G: Excuse me??? I am so sorry… Your shirt got spoilt… But it isn't the drivers fault… There are too many holes on the road that…
N: Wow… People can be so shameless… They don't know how to drive and they blame the Mumbai streets… Now a street will have a few holes!!! You are dirivng the car and you should know to control it! Do you know how important this shirt is?? It cost me ____ rupees! You wont know it's value!
G: See… There's no point arguing about it now, is there? I can give you the money if you…
N: FIRST you spoilt my shirt, and now you try to insult me!?!?!? What if I broke your car, how would you feel!???
G: If you want to break the car, break it! It belongs to the company… Can I help you in any way!?!?
N: No need!
G: I can perhaps give you a lift….
N: No thank you… If I sit in your car, it might get spoilt… JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!!
He stomps away as she looks at him amused…. Wow... For the first time, I didn't see an ARGUMENT over the whole mud splashing thing… And that girl…. Wow.. What patience!!!! I'd have gone all "Virani" on him and lunged at his throat if he kept at it…. Loser…
With that same amused smile, she sits back in the car and leaves….
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Baa is telling the servant to make the usual Gujju stuff like kurkure and khandvi and all that….
Prajakta: Baa… What are you doing…?
B: Just making some "naashta"….
P: I will make "KOTHAMBIR GADI" !!!
Daksha comes….
D: And I will make (some obscure "papdi") with jaggery…!
P (thinks): Want to feed my Chirag PAPDI and worm your way into his heart?!!?
D (thinks): With your "kothambir gadi" you think you will win Chirag's heart!?!?
B: Whatever it is that the two of you are making, give me a lil to taste, ok?
Daksha and Prajakta glare at each other acrimoniously and begin their "kitchen ki jung"….
The servant tells Daksha that Baa is calling her…
D: Now what could Baa want?!!? Prajakta, stir this atta, ok?
Daksha leaves….
P: Now you see how I screw you "gud papdi" up…!!!
She pours a pitcher of water into the pan…
Now the servant says that Baa is calling Prajakta… What is this!!?!? Some kinda stupid joke?!? Jesus!
Prajakta leaves… Daksha comes back to see her "papdi" ruined…
D: YOU POURED WATER IN MY PAPDI!?!!?? SEE HOW I RUIN YOUR KOTHAMBIR GADI….
She pours water into Prajakta's stuff… Wow. How original. What a ridiculous waste of our time. I could have made headway in my research for a cure for toenail cancer in the time this scene took up.
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Manthan is sitting and hissing and making a big deal about this TINYYYYY bruise he got… I'm guessing the one Tanya was bandaging yesterday… He keeps itching at it and I am reminded of that DISGUSTING "Ring Guard" ad… Yuck!
Mayank comes there whimpering…
Manthan – Mn
Mayank – My
Mn: What happened to you now?
My: Manthan bhaiyya!!! Because of my you got hurt….
Mn: I will see to the person because of who I got hurt… You didn't do anything….
My: It's all because of me!! What I did!
Mn: I'll tell you what you should do… You should GET OUT OF MY ROOM!
My: No…! I wont go… You will be angry and leave… Just like Eklavya bhaiyya!
Mn: God!!! Where have I got stuck between all these mad people! What do you have to say!?!?!
Truer words were never spoken.
My: What should I tell you!?!? Mama told me not to tell anyone… But if I don't tell you than you will leave me like Eklavya Bhaiyaa did… I'll be all alone... Like KT left me on Holi…
Manthan looks bored. And so am I.
Mn: You're insane!!! GET OUT! I am not interested in stories of your KT!
My: KT is good…. Don't say bad things about her… You know.. On holi… She didn't dance with me… I got so angry… I went to her room and I …
The conversation is muted as Mayank tells Manthan something and Manthan has a WTF expression on his face….
Damini comes on the scene, alarmed…
D: MAYANK! COME WITH ME…! It's time for your medicine!!!! Manthan… He didn't disturb you much did he?
Manthan makes a gesture like "TAKE HIM AWAYYYY!" Hee hee.
Damini takes Mayank away…
Mn: What was that mad guy saying!?!? On Holi…? I am going crazy too…! Who am I listening to?!!?
I can't wait to see Manthan's reaction when he finds out that MAYANK did the rape. Hee hee…
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Nakul is sitting in his office, all agitated…
N: Just because she is from America… No idea about time…! How can I work with such people!?!?
He rings some bell… A peon comes in…
N: Did that American Late Latif reach yet?
P: No, sir…
Nakul gets up and walks around a lil and sits down again… Irritated… This dude seriously needs some stress relieving treatment… Maybe we could give him one of those "stress balls" or something? He is SO TYPE A! He's gonna die of a heart attack at 26 at this rate…
Peon: Sir… Saanjhi madam is calling you…
N: She's just come and she's started throwing her weight around already! Ouff!
He goes to the room and knocks… He goes in…
N: Good Afternoon… I am Nakul Virani…. Did you call me?
The girl turns around and it is the same girl from the streets… Who claimed that the streets of Mumbai were to blame for the mud splashing. Which is the lamest reason I have ever heard. But since she's so sweet and tolerant, I'll forgive her.
N/G: YOU!!!!!
G: Wow! It's a small world!
N: It's a pity that it's so small!!!! What are you doing in my office?!!?
G: I came here for a job!
N: Why are you simply kicking some poor person in the stomach? Why do you need a job… You need more than your salary to maintain that Merc of yours…
G: A job is about much more than money…
N: But some poor person needs it more than you!
G: So.. Only poor people can work? I cant?
N: Your pocket money must be more than your salary here…
G: Do you never smile!?
N: On a poor person's face you never see a smile… Only the frown on their foreheads.
What a BULLSHIT dialogue.
G: You must be a union leader then!!!! Wait.. You don't like jokes either, don't you?
N: You're right.. Especially not those of rich people…
Ganga comes there…
G: Oh… So you two have met?!!?? Anyway, let me give you a formal intro…. Nakul, this is Saanjhi… Saanjhi, this is…
S: I know… Nakul… The departmental head…
G: Good, you know each other…!!! Then let me just tell you, you two will work together from now…
She starts to give the file to Saanjhi but Nakul snatches it… Ganga and Saanjhi look surprised…
N: I'll study it.. Saanjhi has just come.. She must be tired.. I'll do it…
He leaves and Saanjhi has a wry smile on her face…
G: So… How did you like my son?
S: He isn't like you at all!!!! He is irritable, snobby and rude! What is his problem!?!?
G: His problem is that he has never seen any happiness in his life and never got any opportunities either… And as a mother, I will give them to him now…
S: And I will help him too!
G: So… You two will work together… If you need anything, temme… I have a meeting now... I will see you later….
Hmm… There's something weirdly negative looking about this girl…I think it's her thin upper lip… But she is so sweet! She will be a good foil to Nakul TYPE A personality. Sheesh.
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*SCENE OF THE DAY*
Tulsi comes to Eklavya… Full stiletto heels ki awaaz and all that. Hee hee…
Eklavya looks up from the magazine he is reading… He makes a face like "Oh mannn… I really don't have the patience for this bullshit…"
He looks panicked… He backs away slowly…
E: OMG! YOU HAVE COME!!! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!!
He runs and hides behind the curtain… Hahahha! A funny bad guy! I like! 🤣
T: EKLAVYA..!
E: Amazing!!!! How come I don't see the same blood in your eyes that you had when you killed my father??? Where is that "kali maa" look which you always put on to scare everyone?!!? Do one thing…! We'll try one more time… I will count to 3…. Start your "kali maa" drama…. 1…!!!!!! 2….!!!!!
Tulsi sees Ansh in him. Again. We got it. He's turning to Ansh. WE. GOT. IT.
E: 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He laughs uproariously and throws down his magazine in contempt…
E: What are you doing here…?!?! WASN'T WHAT YOU DID NOT ENOUGH!?!!?? WHY HAVE YOU COME AGAIN!?!?
T: Eklavya…
E: NO EKLAVYA! The last time we met, you said I'm not Eklavya… I'm Ansh… Look…!!! ANSH VIRANI… He's standing right here in front of you..! Anyway… This name suits me now… Afterall I am "Ansh ka Ansh"…
T: No.. You're not Ansh…! And you never will be…!!! God sent you to us so we could give you the love we could never give your father….
Eklavya turns his back to her, bored…
T: He sent you to us so we could make a good man out of you…
E: BUT SEE WHAT YOU HAVE MADE ME..!!!! What I never wanted to be… What I was never meant to be! You have made me into Ansh Virani, TULSI!!!
Poor Eklavya… He's still not a lost cause you know… He's still all nice inside. The poor thing… I rather like him. 😳
Tulsi looks shocked…
E: Yes…. You made me into Ansh… Now, my father lives in me…
T: NO! Ansh cannot win over Eklavya!!! Please don't let him win!!! I agree… I made a mistake.. And I should get punishment… But I too, am human… Not God… Please forgive me… And if not me.. Please don't punish the entire family… Come home… Come home to your family…
E: Wow... It's all so easy to say… TULSI… THIS IS ALL IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME! I am sure, this is what happened 20 years back with my father, didn't it? You accused him… I'm sure today my dad wasn't bad… You made him bad… You accused him needlessly… he probably did whatever you deserved… But you… YOU'RE TULSI MAAA!!!!!!! YOU HAVE A GUN…!!! 🤣 YOU JUST TOOK IT OUT AND SHOT HIM….!!! 🤣 TULSI, one thing lemme tell you … This 2nd Ansh… He won't die so easily…. I am Ansh… And now I will remain Ansh… I will take revenge.. For my dad… And his death….
T: Don't do this Eklavya… Hate me… But don't punish yourself like this…
E: THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT… YOU CANT GET A BOW BACK INTO THE ARROW AFTER IT HAS BEEN RELEASED! Like that, Ansh will not become Eklavya after this… Eklavya is dead… If anyone is alive, then that is Ansh… And don't think I will not come back to SN… I will.. And I will take revenge for my father's death…
Dhadaam dhaamdaam daaadaam… BALAJI TELEFILMS… 😛
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Comments: So.. Nakul's love story has started. YAY! I was getting bored with L/KT anyway. 😛
Star of the day: Akashdeep shines as Eklavya/Ansh…Alternating between good and bad… And funny!!!! 2 thumbs up to him! 👍🏼👍🏼
Overall rating: 8/10 👏
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