Today's Take - Rudra Paro- Roaring Fire, Gentle Rain Edt

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Rudra - the destroyer. Roaring fire, his third eye if opened, will consume the world in its fury
Paro - gentle rain. She calms the roaring fire, quenches the mighty flames and soothes the raging storm.


He brings her to his home, his sanctum, the place of his childhood, the place he was happy, the place he lost his happiness ...
His sole mission ... to keep her safe ...

Kaki-Maasi furious ...
Kakasa happy to see him back ... for him, Rudra is beta
For Rudra, Kaka is Constable ...
And the division of the house is done ... the boundaries are drawn ...
Rudra came equipped with all the essentials to demarcate his territory ... and does it pretty darn quick too!

Kaaki even more furious at her husband's tender heart ... she has trained her own sons better ... they will get rid of the interloper. So she thinks.

Paro wakes up ... to find herself in a dark world ... her only comfort, her mangalsutra ... false comfort, if she but knew ...
She explores her jail ... some girlie pictures ...
And a name scrawled on the wall ... Rudra ... the name of her lord, Shiva ...

Rudra forages in the kitchen for essentials for his captive ... he brought the rope and curtains and nails and other paraphernalia, but forgot the basics ... food. So like a man! 😆

Rudra returns to the safe room ... starts opening the boxes and exploring the spoils of war ... pitifully little ... some nuts, some sweet pickle ... which might be spicy, he warns Paro ... and some ... atta.
Maybe he brought the wrong box.
She looks at him, at the flour spattered over his face ... should she, dare she say something ...?
He sees her looking at him, the words trembling on her tongue ... she looks away.
He checks his face in a make shift mirror ... looks at her again ... so that's what she wanted to say ...
Cleans his face, preens his mooch ... all okay now ...
Silent conversation ... the eyes said it all ...
Presentable again, he offers the last item ... water .. in case she feels thirsty. He's done his best under the circumstances.

Emboldened by the first normal tone she's heard him use, she plucks up the courage to ask ... 'where am I?'
Where she's safe ... where no one can reach her ... and where she can reach no one.
He's going out for the night ... gentlemanly behaviour from him ... she will stay locked in, out of earshot of anyone, so no need to scream ...
But he has to add ... she's safe, no need to worry.
Rudra's concern keeps peeping out, no matter how hard he tries to smother it.

He makes to leave ... her voice stops him ...
'Rudra.'
Just one word ... he stops in his tracks.
Did it feel like the first time he had heard his name? In that soft, hesitant, sweet voice ... no hate, no hurt in it ... just his name.
'That is your name, isn't it? It's the name of Lord Shiva.'
He knows. Big deal.
'Rudra. The destroyer.'
His face doesn't change ... doesn't betray the hurt ... he's heard it all before.
'Destroyer ... of evil.'

Parvati sees the god in Shiva, through the burning anger, through the strange exterior, through the matted locks and ash smeared chest ... she sees the Lord Shiva, destroyer of evil.
Paro wants to see that too ... she wants to see some good in this hard man, who has been nothing but harsh and cruel to her ... he did save her life.

But he's shown her all the goodness he's capable of ... the sparse food, the jug of water, the fact that she's still alive ...
Paro is not done yet ... why don't you let me go? You say you fight for freedom, what about my freedom ... you say you kill traitors, but you have killed my loved ones ...
Rudra's anger, never very far from the surface, rises again ... they were traitors ... they deserved to die.

So he wants to kill her too, doesn't he?
He stares at her incredulously ... she thinks that?
Well, let her think so ... he will kill them all, if they betray his country.

She doesn't believe him. Her people are not traitors. Her husband was not a traitor.
His fury rises again as he sees her clutching her mangalsutra ... why does she hold on to that worthless thing? To the memory of a worthless man, who would have killed her?

She tells him to stop ... he says she started it ... but stop he does.

She's had enough ... he controls her life, but he will not control her death ...

No ... she cannot kill herself, he won't allow that ... he is Rudra, the destroyer ... if his Paro is hurt, he will destroy the world ...

Kaka tries to stop Rudra ... take this house, it's yours ...
Mohini kaaki was NOT happy at that one!
Rudra lays down more orders ... no more workers, the division stays.
Mohini kaaki hits him where it hurts ... he is like his mother ... selfish, grasping ... hiding his eyes won't hide whose son he is.

Mohini kaaki waits impatiently for her sons to return ... while Paro tries to shout for help ... not knowing if anyone else is even there in the house that is her prison.

Tomorrow ... more action! The cousin brothers return ... and one is as hot headed as Rudra!

Wohoo i m first to comment...

Again a awesome episode...

Loved the way rudra carried paro inside the house and immediately shut teh door and made all necesaary arrangements so that no one sees paro...

The best part was rudra teling paro abt achar and that she shld nt try to go out..

Poor chachii of rudra feel bad for him he is truck between his wifey and rudra...

paro doiest believe regd thakursa...

waiting for today to see how rudra fights with his cousin who tries to break open the door...

Thanks Su 😃

Paro had some time to recover her senses and her wits ... she has started to come to terms with the multiple tragedies that have hit her during the last couple of days ... while she's a gentle innocent character, she's also a fairly mature thinking girl ... Till now, things were hitting her one after the other with no time to recover from one blow before the next hit ...

Now she had time to collect her senses ... and instead of throwing hysterics or bursting into tears, she tries to reach out to Rudra, to the good that she believes every man must have within him ...

Rudra is vulnerable too ... he's just trying his best not to be! 😆

The PaRud scene was beautiful!!! The Scene of the Day undoubtedly!!

Yep, Evil Lady is going to be a terror to poor Paro ... better that Rudra keeps her out of his Evil Kaaki's sight for as long as possible.

I tell you what I found interesting..Rudra's irritation with the mangal sutra...it is as if this is a third suitor in the equation between him and her...I find that fascinating..does he even realise how attracted he is beginning to be to her...prob not...but all the actions spell it loud and clear...he is hopelessly attracted to her ..in agood way.as in protecting her...cushioning her...taking care of her..as if he realises how much he has really made her hurt..

great writing Diya..

Another very good episode! The PaRud scene was the highlight of the episode, they finally had a proper conversation... or rather a proper fight. Both Sanaya and Ashish were fabulous in that scene.

The connection of the third eye of Lord shiv was nicely bought in- have to applaud the dialogue writer- amazing dialogues were written for Ashish!

The supporting cast is doing a great job too.

Only one thing needs to be changed now and that is Sanaya's clothes. It better be this week. Can't take the heavy lengha and jewellery anymore!

I loved today's episode. The scene of the day was indeed the PaRud scene. Finally they had a proper conversation and got things off their chest. I can't wait to see more and more of such interactions until they eventually fall in love. Sanaya and Ashish gave great performances as usual. I'm glad we are watching two very talented actors together on screen...they make every scene work and enhance the quality of the show.