- Dutta seemed to be reliving every emotion, every moment of his narration when he was telling Nakku about "needing to kill one more man". Like he was there, watching it happen in front of him.
- Even though Dutta hasn't been able to forget what that girl and the Seth did ever since that night in the garage, seeing them in front of him again (in that car) seemed to have reminded him of the actual intensity of the pain and humiliation all over again. Up until then, his anger was turning into bitterness - sort of going down a very small notch. But when he saw them again, to me it looked like his wounds had been ripped open again.
- Last time Dutta saw the Seth and the girl together, he had approached them with such rage and speed. This time though, he took his time - like a lull before the storm. I liked it!
- Was it just me or did Dutta look like he had a little smile on his face when he was staring at the Seth through the lowered window? Like he was saying "Oh you're worried now?". I don't know - I thought I saw that smile... And if it was there, then I loved it! 😃
- Did anyone else think that when Dutta was beating up the Seth, he was actually projecting what he'd felt at the garage that night? He'd been taken by surprise and "beaten" to a pulp by both the Seth and the girl. And when he'd been down (like the Seth, when he fell to the ground after being hit with the rod) he was pulled back up and "beaten" some more still. And even though all his attacks were verbal, they'd left him just as bruised as he was leaving the Seth. Anyone..? 🤔
- When Dutta got done with the Seth, that's when his attention turned towards the girl. Like he was saving the "best" (or worst as the case may be) for last.
- "Tu jo boley ga main karey gi... Sirf teri ban k rahey gi..." - Ummmm.... WHAT?!?! WHAT is wrong with this chick?! I have no idea. She's such a P (as ksh called it)!!! Who does she think she is - assuming that her offer would be appealing to Dutta? And what does she think of our Dutta for assuming that he'd want to bargain with her for something like that? Seriously - her mind is in the gutter and she's assuming everyone else's is too?! I hate her. I have nothing more to say. 🤢
- As soon as Dutta heard her "offer", a smile passed through his face and he tilted his head back. It was like he'd been waiting to hear her say those words and now that she had, a burden was lifted off his chest. No, not because he was interested in the offer. But because he KNEW she'd do something as despicable as that - she'd put him in the same group as the Seth, there to exploit her just as she'd exploited him. And then, he jerked her off giving her his refusal of her offer.
- Dutta doesn't hit the girl (like he said he'd never hit a girl before and never intended on again). He didn't kill her. He hurt her with exactly the same thing she'd hurt him with - words and money. And I LOVED IT! 😃
- "Arey tu is layak nahi k teri jaan loon, aur is layak bhi nahi k jaan doon! Yehi teri aukat hai" - Standing ovations are in order for the dialogue writers here. I don't want to jinx it, but I am literally awed by at least one dialogue each episode - comes to show what a stupendous job the dialogue writers are doing! 👏
- Dutta can "curve" bullets. I had to see it to believe it, but now I know it's true. He has definitely been trained by the "Wanted" crew (Angelina Jolie and all). 🤣
- Did the Seth and the girl die? I mean I saw something lying there in the right side of the screen (left side of the burning car) but was that a person? I can't tell. 😳
- When Dutta was walking away from the burning car behind him, he almost looked like this hadn't affected him. That he was just walking away from any regular thing. But when he shows up at the "place" he looks like he's in shock - like he is trying to understand what had happened and also trying to understand why it wasn't as fulfilling as he'd hoped for it to be. He'd hoped to make the "noise" and the "pain" stop, first by acquiring as much money as possible and then by killing those responsible for it (the Seth physically and the girl mentally). But it was like now he was beginning to realize that all that he had done (the money and the murders) wasn't enough. And as he walked down the stairs, the boy in him remembered his rejected love. He wasn't obsessed with the girl's words about being poor or being a "low-life" this time - he wasn't the scorned man this time. He was just a boy who'd suffered severe heart break - one who'd loved with all he had and was rejected for it. He remembered all the "good times" and then remembered that one night that testified against the "truthfulness" of all those said "good times". As his gun (the symbol for Dutta Bhao) dropped from his hands he reached for his "gift" (the symbol for Dutta - the simple guy). He remembered the brutal dismissal and belittle-ing of his "love" by the girl. And as his anger and frustration took over him, he threw that last trace of "Dutta (the boy)" out of his life and into the river. And then he crumpled to the floor, crying for everything he'd lost - his innocence, his love, his desires, his simplicity. He cried at having tried (and failed) to "kill" Dutta (the boy) in him. Like he said, he'd taken his revenge against himself for having loved someone and yet he didn't die and neither did the pain. He'd become the man he was today because he wanted to get rid of the pain and get rid of the "innocence" that had caused him so much pain to begin with - but in the end, he was no better for having tried. Now he had become a monster, but the pain was still there and that heart broken boy was still there too. Makes me think that it's not just the world that Dutta's trying to keep out by fortifying himself - he is also trying to keep that "boy" buried somewhere deep inside him.
- Dutta had bruised/bloody knuckles as he cried his heart out in the rain - they seemed so fitting given how he'd just been in a fist fight. I love the attention to detail in this show! 😃
- When most of us found out about why Dutta became the don he is today, we judged him. We didn't think his reason for killing someone was a "good enough" reason - we literally saw him drop a little in our eyes. We questioned him and pondered over his action - until finally we (well, at least me) were able to understand his reasons for what he did (even though we didn't necessarily approve of it). But Nakku? She just understood. There was no questioning, no pondering over his logic and definitely no change in her opinion of him. If anything, now she understood him better. And his pain hurt her too - so much that she cried just hearing about it. I love how she just KNOWS him - what he does and who he is - so well. She doesn't need any explanations as far as Dutta's concerned - Dutta has always made sense to her, like she's has the proverbial key to understand his "puzzling" actions. And I love it! 😃
- So Dutta tried to reject to this marraige - he is definitely NOT like More (not that we needed any proof). He knew that the man he was now was not someone who'd be "able" to marry and live a loving life. Unlike More, who has some misconception that he's the most prized "catch" in the world. *shudders* 🤢
- You know, Dutta is definitely aware of what's going on around him whether he says it or not. He knew exactly what his Aayi was thinking when she asked him to marry Supriya - which is why he agreed. And something tells me he knows that Supriya doesn't want to marry him because she has someone else in mind (I think so!). And maybe I'll go as far as to hope that he also knows about the evil trio being up to mischief against him (I hope so...). 🤔
- When Dutta told Nakku that he could see into a person's soul through their eyes, Nakku almost looked expectant - like she wished he'd look into her eyes and see what she really felt for him. *sigh* 😍
- Ksh you were right! That night (which is technically yesterday night in the serial) when Dutta stormed into his room once Supriya left the dinner table, he was pained because he was reminded of the girl and how she'd deemed him unworthy of love. He saw the same "lack of love" in Supriya's eyes. She too considered him an unlovable creature - a monster. And that realization disgusted him just as much as it hurt him.
- When Dutta's done talking about his past, he gets up and looks at Nakku. It was like he was trying to look for her reaction - whether she approved of it, disapproved of it, hated him, considered him a monster OR if she just understood.
- He tells her to follow him, turns around and walks away from the place without looking back. Not once does he turn to look at it, not once does he hesitate or stop. It was like now that he'd talked about it with Nakku, there was nothing left in that "place" which would hold his attention.
- Dutta turns to tie the seat belt and Nakku follows right after - that was so cute. I don't know why but that was adorable to me. 😆
- The car ride back was such a contrast to the car ride when Dutta was bringing Nakku to the place. Then he'd been so agitated, so antsy - he'd kept looking at her as if trying to assure her that she'd understand what he was talking about once she got to the place and also as if he couldn't wait to tell her about it. But once he was done telling her everything he was relaxed - like a burden was lifted off his chest and there was nothing more to say or do. He almost looked content.
- Nakku on the other hand was left restless with his confession. It was like she wanted to comfort him but didn't know how. When he got up to leave her hand voluntarily moved forward, as if trying to pacify him until she realized she didn't know what she could do and held back. All through the car ride she kept looking at him - as if now she could really see his pain and that thought brought tears to her eyes. And finally when they reached home, she almost followed him as a reflex before she caught herself again. She didn't know HOW to comfort him, but she really wanted to - her helplessness was heartbreaking.
- "Kya kya naseeb hain na kisi kisi k" - When the maid said that all I could think was "Are you seriously complaining about your 'naseeb' even though you get to work in Dutta Bhao's house?". I'd seriously trade jobs with her any day if it meant working (or drooling as the case may be) around Dutta Bhao... Just saying! 😆
- Ever since Nakku walked in the kitchen, she was in a daze. Like she was still "there" with Dutta, in his world with his words. No matter what Baabi said, Nakku did not understand the urgency around it. She was in her own world with Dutta and his words. *sigh* When Baabi asked her where she'd gone Nakku finds it natural and sufficient to answer "Sahib le k gaye they" - as if that was reason enough. In her mind, that's ALL that mattered. As long as it is Dutta who accompanies her, WHERE is not a significant enough question to bother her. *sigh* It was only after Baabi asked her some more that she answered "Pata nahi" - even then it took more probing from Baabi before Nakku obliged her with a more precise answer, telling her that she didn't know all the places in town. Being with Dutta was all that matters to her, where and why are not questions that cross her mind and that's natural to her. *sigh* 😍
- When Baabi asks questions to Nakku concerning what Dutta wanted to speak to her about Nakku goes back in her "world" - "Dil ki baat thie Aayi, main tere ko nahi bata sakti." It was such a matter-of-fact statement, a total contrast in front of Baabi's raging emotions. Nakku just calmly told her that she could not discuss "what" - at all. I loved how Nakku was so "clear" in her priorities as far as Dutta's concerned. *sigh* 😍
- When Baabi reminds Nakku of Dutta's impending marriage and how he should be talking to his fiance and not her, Nakku looked a little taken by surprise - like that thought was not relevant, as though HER and SUPRIYA were two different relationships in Dutta's life and she knew it. When Baabi tells her she shouldn't have gone with Dutta even if he asked her a million times, Nakku looked like that had never been an option - Dutta asking her to do something and she refuses?! That was incomprehensible. But the biggest shocker came when Baabi asks her to "throw off" this cloak of love (so to speak) - that question literally took Nakku by force. It was like what Baabi had said was not even POSSIBLE as far as Nakku was concerned. And for her mother to ask something so impossible of her was confusing to Nakku. How could she not love Dutta? How was that possible? She really did not understand how her mother could ask her to "come out of it"? To her it was like asking the sun to stop shining - not realistically possible. And I loved it! 😃
- Even after being yelled at by her mother, the first thing in Nakku's mind is Dutta - what he'd told her and what he now needs. No matter what happens, he's always foremost in her priority list. *sigh* I love these two. 😍
- When Nakku said that she'd get Supriya and Dutta married, to me it seemed like she meant that she'd pray for it and make it happen. I don't think that she's actually going to start plotting and playing match maker for them - she referred to "devoted prayers" when she said she'd get them together and not "match making tricks". At least I think so. 🤔
- Nakku walks out from the kitchen in that same daze that she walked in with - slow steps and no rush. Like she was still absorbing everything Dutta'd told her and trying to come to terms with the pain and anguish that Dutta has been enduring for the past 10 years.
- Okay so I LOVED the camera work in the scene where Dutta pours himself some alcohol in the glass. LOVED IT! 👏
- As Dutta raises his drink to his lips, he stops as though expecting Nakku to come and stop him. And then he brings the glass to his lips as though challenging "her" to come and stop him.
- Umm, so I feel that Nakku is a figment of Dutta's imagination in the last scene. Even though he looked "surprised" at the sound of her voice, it could just be his exhausted subconscious mind projecting Nakku without his conscious knowledge. That even though he wanted her to be there, he hadn't believed that she actually would. Nakku feels "imaginary" to me because of the way she shakes her head to let him know she disapproved - all with that subtle smile. It's just all too surreal to me. But I could be wrong and I'm going to wait and watch till tomorrow to know for sure. 😆
- Did anyone else think that Dutta had a very subtle trace of a smile play out on his face when he saw Nakku standing in front of him (imaginary or not)? Umm, so I did... But again, I could be wrong. Waiting and watching till tomorrow! 😆
- Precap thing #1: Kaala is back! I missed her!! Lol, yeah that's all I had to say... 😃
- Precap thing #2: I KNEW IT! I knew that this ridiculous "dropping a cage on Supriya" idea was too stupid to be Kaala's! It had to be Leela's. I KNEW IT! Thank you creatives for not butchering my favorite villian (just yet)! 😆
Sorry for being so late today guys - I didn't get to see the episode until late and then I had too much to say (what a surprise, right?! 😆).