ArMan Times Edition 30

Rishte agar samajdari se nibhaye jaye na, tabhi woh tikte hain, rishto mein agar zid a jaye, tho phir unki umar kat jaati hain ' Manohar

I really liked this dialogue from Manohar and at the moment, he honestly is like the only voice of reason in the Karanjikar household. Relationships really need to be handles with care, because even though they may seem invincible, they are very fragile, and we must never forget the fragility of them.

Archana: Ek baat poochoo? Koi apne aap se zyaada kisi aur ko pyaar kar sakta hain?

Manav: Tum mujse yeh pooch rahi ho? Apne aap se pooch, jaldi jawab mil jayega'aur agar mujse pooch rahi ho, tho mujhe lagta hain ke agar hume apne jaisa hi koi pyaar karne vala mil jaye, tho hume apne aap ko bhool kar usse bohut pyaar karna chahiye, bohut sukoon milta hain.

This was the sweetest bit of conversation I heard between Manav and Archana! It was such a lovely and warm moment between ArMan! Even between all the chaos and confusion of everything going on around them, they still completely understand each other and that so delightful to watch!

1. How did you come across I-F? How has your journey been uptil now? Firstly, I am amazed that someone as boring as me is getting interviewed. I'm really quite flattered. Onto your question, I came across I-F looking for scores during the third season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, I think I got referred here from either Google or Wikipedia. The journey so far has been quite smooth; I've met some really wonderful people and some not so wonderful, but the best part has been the great typing practice. 😆

2. What was the first thing that hooked you to Pavitra Rishta? Do you really want to know? Fine, it was the opening sequence when the dupatta flies off of Manav's face. 😍😆 I thought Sushant was super cute from right then and that was the reason I started to watch. After getting into the storyline I liked how different it was from the other serials. The leads were poor and lacked a solid education, but they weren't impoverished or illiterate. They repeated their clothes and had a rather average and relatable environment at home. It was that simplicity that had me hooked to the storyline.

3. What were your expectations from the show? To what extent have they been fulfilled? I was hoping to see a depiction of Manav and Archana's relationship as a very strong one even if it was formed in an unlikely way. I wanted to see them rise above their situation and help each other improve their lives together. I didn't want to expect much from the show, but I thought that was a decent expectation. However with the divorce fiasco it was clearly left unfulfilled. Another expectation was that they keep in line with the environment and culture shown. They have digressed somewhat from that but overall we haven't seen something wild like Manav and Archana miraculously becoming millionaires overnight' yet.

4. Which is the quality of Archana and Manav that you most admire? Which qualities do you utterly dislike? I admire that they're hot and dislike that they don't do anything with the hotness. 😛 If you want serious answers, I admire how caring Archana is and how compassionate Manav is. I dislike the sacrificial tendencies of both and how they put themselves, and consequently each other at times, last on their list of priorities.

5. Which is the best thing about PR forum that makes you keep coming back for more? The written updates. 😆 I also like the variety of talents along with the extensive personalities. The different takes on PR which result from those viewpoints are always interesting. The creative writing such as your FF, Nikita, ' honestly one of the reasons I didn't quit I-F altogether at one point ' along with the shorter but equally brilliant pieces by members such as Commentator. Then of course there's the group of besharams and everything that happens in ArMan Heaven.

6. Use your imagination to write an ultra romantic scene/setting for Manav and Archana, so that we can lap it up.

Ed' note : Check World of Archana and Manav section :)

7. Which was the most pathetic scene in PR according to you, one which made you burst into laughter cos of the sheer stupidity of the scene? Many many scenes have been very pathetic, but all the scenes where strangers, from priests at the temple to neighboring patients at the hospital, tell Manav and Archana to keep their "Pavitra Rishta" always made me laugh.

8. Assign points to the following on the basis of their B factor (besharmi factor) from 1-10 - Piya, Jia, Akka, Anu, Dew and Saffy Let's see, Jia gets a 10 for being my Besharm Partner. Saffy a 10 for some of her rather wild suggestions. Usha a 9 for her underlying tones of besharmi. Anu a 7, she's besharam but thinks too practically sometimes. Dew gets a 5 for her descriptions of Manav/Sushant. Piya is mild and so a 4, she won't even admit to her love for Mushy.

9. If you had to introduce the following in PR, what roles would you assign to them?- 1.) Dolly Bindra ' Damodar's ex-girlfriend 😆 2.) KSG- god ' First of all it's KSGod, like one word. Secondly I would make him a male nurse who catches the eye of Dharmesh' ahem ahem 😉 3.) Mukti Mohan ' She's really getting on my nerves these days, I think I'll make her Jaywant's wife and they can move to China or something.

10. Compared to other shows on air, where does PR stand according to you? On what counts is it better/worse than them? Compared to some other shows PR is still doing pretty well, there are no wild or insanely ridiculous tracks yet. I don't think any show on air is managing to stay at a high quality level for more than a few weeks, including PR. The strong points in PR would definitely be the actors and performances along with the general consistency of the setting. It's definitely not the best though because some of the storylines are' well, half-assed, to put it crudely.

11. In which type of roles do you wish to see Sushant and Ankita in the future? I want to see both of them in negative roles that involve no crying, unless it's fake crying as part of the trickery of the characters. Sushant in one of those cunning-type of roles in a political drama genre or something similar, I'm telling you he would look really hot and carry it off with ease. 😍 Ankita in the role of a classy but slightly vamp-y character would be fun to watch. I think those would challenge them both as actors and also provide something different for us to watch. Although I would like to see them just once in some type of purely happy sappy romance role, even if just for a dance performance.

12. Rank on the basis of chemistry in the hugs of- 1.) Manav- Satish 2.) Manav- Sulo 3.) Manav-Shravani ' You have them in order for me already, Nikita. Manav and Satish's bromance wins automatically, no two thoughts on it. They have the best hugs in the whole show. 😍

13. Which other shows do you watch regularly? Who are your other favourite actors in Tellyland? I don't really watch anything regularly, not in daily soaps at least. I do find Saath Nibhana Saathiya entertaining only because of Kokilaben Modi, so I catch some scenes of that. From now I will be a regular viewer of JDJ as long as Sushant and Ankita are in ' hopefully until the end. Other than the obvious two in Tellyland I really like Ragini Khanna and some secondary-role actors whose names I don't know.

14. Which was your happiest moment/day in I-F? Any message to your friends? My happiest moment in I-F was when I came back from the debate state tournament and saw that Nisha had opened a thread for my birthday. I had never been more flattered in my online life. 😆🤗 A message to my friends, the few that there are 😆: stay cool, stay besharam, and stay friends with me.

15. Any message for Ekta? Get yo'self a stylist, honey. 😆