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Firstly i'd like to congratulate Suru on her upcoming wedding, i wish her and hubbie a wonderful day and health, wealth and happiness in the years ahead. 😃❤️👍🏼
How Rishbala changed my life, that was the post i saw on twitter earlier.
Gosh, you have no idea...
About me - i am an English nana, i have never been to India, can't speak the language and have no Indian friends.
One night, bored and channel hopping i chanced upon Rishteytv. This was in 2016 and the start of my wonderful journey.
In the beginning i'd tune in to watch Thapki and Uttaran and i remember seeing trailers for MEIEJ but wasn't much taken by it (Can you imagine! What was i thinking?)
Anyways, Madhubala started and i watched a few episodes before deciding it wasn't my cup of tea. I couldn't stand the Dixit's, Mukund left me cold, Roma and Trishna had me reaching for the mute button! So i stopped watching.
One night, i'd not changed channel and was off to the kitchen to get a coffee when a song started and i turned round to look at the tv. (I later found out it was Teri Meri)
The sight literally stopped me in my tracks. A vision of absolute jaw-dropping beauty filled my screen...RK walking towards the stairs and Madhu slowly descending, looking terrified. PARTY NIGHT!!
And then the dance,,,,,Oh My God...Aa Zara...RK and Madhu...i was in love ❤️
By then of course, i'd missed loads of episodes and kicked myself for not sticking with it at the start. From Party Night onwards my whole day was spent counting the hours til the next episode.
Being English i relied on subtitles and one night Rishtey turned them off. They were off for over 2 weeks, i was distraught. Things were going to get a hell of a lot worse though!
Rishtey went off air altogether for 7 whole days!
So, there i was, no way of watching Madhubala, no idea if Rishtey would come back on, a nightmare!
But wait...i had a laptop...i'd never learnt how to use the Godamn thing and was a techno-phobe but i learnt fast!
I typed in 'MEIEJ written reviews' in the hope of finding something...anything...to enable me to keep up with my beloved soap.
BOOM!! There it was...India-forums...Written updates, FF's, views, reviews, literally thousands of pages dedicated to MEIEJ!!!!!!!!
I nearly burst with happiness!
Put yourself in my shoes if you will...i had not a soul in my life who shared my obsession, no-one had ever heard of Vivian Dsena or Drashti Dhami, my family thought i was going senile as i'd virtually stopped watching English tv, i was completely alone with my passion for Madhubala,
That changed instantly. India-forums opened up a whole new world of utter joy and delight. I was no longer the only person on earth addicted to Madhubala, there were thousands of us!!
I thank God to this day that Rishtey went off air, i would have never found out about india-forums otherwise.
The MEIEJ topic index became my night time companion, i devoured everything written by poco (what an amazing writer) readingworms, issadora and many many more.
The FF's and OS's took me to another place, everything i'd longed to see but a conservative Indian drama didn't allow (c'mon, everybody wanted to see the kiss, am i wrong lol 😳)
RK and Madhu stole my heart and i'm as much in love with them today as i was 2years ago when they lit up my screen. I can't imagine my life without them in it now. The chemistry between Vivian and Drashti, wow, just incredible.
Colors have at long last started to upload Madhubala on youtube from the start and with English subtitles too. Not that i really need them now, i have picked up quite a bit of the dialogue along the way although i still have to google translate the written word, oh i wish i was fluent!!
I've probably bored you to tears with my journey, please forgive me.
I do hope some of the people who delighted me with their posts on here read this and realize what joy they brought into my life, long long after they'd written them.
I read the written update every night so i am ready for the you tube episode the following day.
I'm eternally grateful to everyone on india-forums for keeping me in the loop when Rishtey took Madhubala off air, you all made an English grandmother very very happy.
As poco would say - love and luck always xxx
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
Veer Hanuman
