The episode begins with Anupama's father asking her step-mom why isn't the "shradh" preparations done, Veer intervenes and wants to explain but his father doesn't allow him to. He tells everyone to get everything cleared up in five minutes. Anupama is sad, and wonders why her dad did this to her. She picks up a photo frame of her mother, and says "if you had to go, why did you bring me into this world and why did you make a daughter a curse to her father."
Her father on the other hand is thinking of Kiran his first wife and is upset. He tearfully looks at Kiran's pictures in her room and remembers some memories of her. He touches a piano in the room and remembers how both of them were playing a piano joyfuly. He plays a melodramtic tone in agony.
Next scene opens to the shadh ceremony. That is when we are introduced to Maya's mother and Maya greets her and invites her to join the ceremony. She tells Anu's father how she could never miss the shradh and how Kiran's memories still live inside of him. On the other hand, Anupama is standing aside watching it all tearfully. Her father remembers how him and Kiran were talking about their child when she was pregnant, thinking of names. And then remembers another scene where he feeds her food. And then the flashbacks shift to the hospital where he is informed his wife has delivered a daughter, he is happy and then he saddens in shock as he is told they couldn't save his wife. He refuses to see the little child and says in the child's face I see Kiran's death and to take her away from his sight. He reverts back to the present and that is when the priest tells everyone to come forward and offer ahuti. Anupama tells herself if she goes forward, papa will be upset and curses her fate on how she cannot even be allowed in her own mother's shradh. The pooja is completed and they all get up.
Maya and her mother talk about how Anupama's father still thinks of Kiran and how they got him to agree for a second marriage. Maya tells her mom she saw the hatred in his face for Anupama the first say and decided to ignite his hatred for her even more. Maya further tells how she executed the birthday fiasco to further increase the hatred but is worried about her son Veer. On the other hand, Anupama is standing in her room, beside the window pane, thinking of how her father ruptured her birthday party and told her how she was a curse for him..
Veer tells Anupama to get ready quickly and that he needs to take her somewhere..We are shown they arrive at a temple and Veer tells her to smile and tells her how he prays to God to give her all the happiness in life and a very long life. Anupama is upset and questions him as to why he asked for this, as what is the use of a life such as this. Just then a priest appears and tells Veer the pooja prepaations are ready..Together they perform a pooja. After that, they go to a beach where they sip coconut water (Phoolon ka taro ka, sab ka khena hain, ek hazaaron mein meri behna hain plays) The share some sweet brother-sister moments.
The scene shifts to night time, Veer and Anupama come back home to find Maya awaiting them. Maya screams at Anupama asking her where she went and quietens Veer's explanations. Maya's mother to joins her to taunt Anupama on how it is Anupama's mother's shradh and she was out the entire day. Tears flow from Anupama's eyes. Veer tells his nani that it sister's birthday, but Maya's mother tells so what? Maya, Maya's mother and Veer argue back and forth again over Anupama. Anupama is helpless and cries..
A man is shown entering a temple, they show a close up of him and he turns out to be Amit Sareen he rings the temple bells. After offering prayers to God, he walks out of the temple. And helps out a poor man. The episode ends there.
Comments: Anuj was splendid in every scene he was, the emotions of his character was enacted out terribly well. Although it's so heart wrenching to watch him behave this way with his very ow daughter, sometimes you want to sympathize with him as well.
The way each character is introduced in the show is very subtle with minimum effects, and this difference is a change to see. This allows the episode to have much more action than two minutes wasted on only a appearance of a person and then another few seconds on the face.
Amit looked cute and looking forward to see him sweep Anupama off her feet with his good natured-ness.
I love how Veer-Anupama's relationship is portrayed. He is surely going to be her "fairy godmother" or should I say "god father"😛
Rating: 7/10
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