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I really enjoyed today's episode. After a long time, RR seems to be back on track, reminding me of the reason why I had started watching it initially.
- No over-the-top melodrama. Just regular people with normal (that rare commodity on Indian TV) reactions and emotions. So easy on the brain. I was getting tired of being advised to leave logic and my brains at home when watching Indian soaps. Although I doubt that reason and logic and "normal" reactions will stay long here, it's still a relief when they visit. So I'm thankful for that :-)
- The opening scene was adorable. I loved the continuity. How unexpected! The way Rudra turns towards Paro, extending his arm and then pulls her into his embrace...how nicely done.
- And Paro. I like this girl! She flirts with her husband! Talk about unexpected again! A woman on Indian TV who is actually attracted to her husband?!! Will wonders never cease! And on top of that, is not afraid to show it! Fantastic! That tremor of anticipation mixed with nervousness as she promises to do anything to make him happy, the way she looks expectantly at him after he takes her into his arms and shuts his eyes, the way she cheekily flirts asking if that is all, and then smiles at his threat and finally sinks into the embrace. Beautifully done. Both by the character Paro and by the actor Sanaya.
On a side note, if Rudra and Paro and Ashish and Sanaya keep going like this, I swear I'm going to have a heart attack one day! And be damn happy about it too!
- And Rudra. What do I say about this character? Except that writers have created a wonderfully complex man. In one single episode, we saw his restrained passion as he looked at his wife, his possessiveness as he locked her in his arms, his hands tightening his hold on her back (phew!).
Later, his controlled and almost automatic and direct response to his malicious aunt.
His directness. THAT's what I like most about Rudra. He's always direct. Doesn't believe in beating about the bush. Doesn't believe in sugar coating the facts (as he perceives them). Doesn't believe in hiding his vulnerability from his wife.
The scene after he witnesses his parents and wife laughing like a happy family...You can feel his claustrophobia. He needs to get out of there! Out of that space! He can't breathe! He wants to run! That's his instinct when it comes to facing this pain.
- But without a doubt, the masterpiece was the last scene, when Rudra drags his wife into his parents' room and lets loose his tandav. You can see the possessiveness again. HIS wife. HIS wife he repeats again and again. Her attention is elsewhere. Not on him! That's the way Rudra will always be when it comes to Paro. Even when everything is all sorted out with his mother. He can share Paro but ONLY if HE comes before everything for her. Ashish was brilliant as he displayed all these changing emotions.
His shock as his father slapped him...perfect. The look of shock giving way to betrayal from the last person he expected. He is going to go into double Tandav mood tomorrow! Cant wait! :-)
- Today for the first time I understood Paro. Like most others, I haven't liked Paro's actions. Not because she was going against Rudra. No. I'm ok with her disagreeing with him if she wants. No. The reason I didn't like Paro's actions were because I don't like goody goody, all sacrificing, saintly and frankly abnormal female leads who are promoted as the "Ideal Indian Woman" by our Indian soaps.
But today, her reasoning made sense. Rudra was ready to run again. His instinctive reaction when faced with this particular pain. And she has had enough of his running. She has seen first hand it has not served him well all these years. And it's not going to help now.
On a side note, When I was younger, I had gone through a bad breakup. Ironically, I had known it was coming, but I chose to ignore the very very obvious signs. As I had lain in bed crying one night when all hell had finally broken loose , my mother had come to me and told something which I have never forgotten. Closing your eyes to troubles or pain is not going to make it go away. It'll just become bigger and bigger, till one day it explodes in your face.
Paro explained that to Rudra today. The fact that he is still not ready to hear or understand it is a different issue. But as a viewer I am glad that the writers have finally explained Paro's actions to us, and so neatly.
- I realized something else today. Something I have always known but never really acknowledged fully, if you know what I mean. The dialogue writers of RR are absolutely brilliant!
That conversation between Mala and Ranawat...so awkward in the beginning and then the slow thawing with the help of memories. And that angst and sarcasm filled tirade by Rudra at the end... wow! Great dialogues!
We talk incessantly about Rudra and Paro, and the dynamics between father and son, and Sumer, and Mohini and the fantastic acting of the ensemble cast so on... we forget that it is the dialogue writers who give life to all of them!
None, and I mean None of these characters would hold any significance, create a place in our hearts if the words coming out of their mouths didn't endear them to us, didn't awaken us to their personalities, their weaknesses, their strengths, their...existence.
Hats off to the dialogue writers! Great job done. Thank you for not being tedious or unoriginal. Thank you for sticking to the character graphs. Be it words of rage or romance...they always hit the spot. And I appreciate that.
All in all, I am a satisfied customer today. Let's hope this run of luck continues. :-)
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