Today's Take - Past and Present UPDTD

Just when I decided to watch Rangrasiya as a completely new show, and made my peace with it, the cvs decided that they weren't going to let us forget Paro after all. 😲

So an episode full of memories ... all the more poignant because they were understated ... the unspoken sadness that never quite leaves Rudra's eyes, even when he smiles at his son ... the soft sheen of tears in Maithili's eyes at the mere mention of Paro ... the longing in Dhruv's eyes whenever his father speaks about his mother, when he gazes at her picture ... the eagerness with which he questions Maithili about his mother. Paro is alive in Rudra's heart and Dhruv's mind. And both long for her with equal fervency.

Today the episode pace slowed down from the frenetic pace of the last couple of weeks. It was a decent watch. And for the first time, the cv's took some time out for celebration ... two days celebrating Dhruv's birthday!

A father and son living together ... deep love between them, concealing a deep sorrow. Both miss Paro deeply ... Rudra misses his soulmate, his wife, his love, the mother of his child ... his other half ... the woman who would have been so much better a parent than he is, despite his best efforts ...

And Dhruv misses the woman his father and his beloved maasi talk so fondly about ... the mother he never knew, except for the first brief month of his life ... the woman who planted a rose bush for him, so that he could enjoy the fragrance and beauty all his life ... roses from that bush now grace Paro's picture every year, momentoes of love from father and son.

Both hide their pain, smile for each other ... when Dhruv makes his birthday wish, Rudra remembers his own.

And both their wishes are the same.

Paro.

Mohini has got her just desserts .. a grand daughter who is her mirror image. 😆 Koel seems to be her grandmother's carbon copy 😆

So we get some crackling interactions between Mohini, Sumer and Shatabdi, and their little imp Koel. Sumer and Shatabdi are well settled into married life. Shatabdi has started an achaar business in competition with her saasuma ... and Sumer is well and truly stuck between the two women. Of the two, Shatabdi seems to have the upper hand ... so Mohini is well and truly served with her just desserts. Except that she just won't give up!

Precap was adorable ... Dhruv and Myrah.

I am so glad the cvs have kept Paro very much alive in her son. Dhruv is a replica of his mother ... soft-spoken, gentle, sensitive.

Dhruv's Birthday - Rudra's silence - Myrah's Entry.

Today's episode is more emotional one for me. It took from where we left yesterday. It showed the big gap in Rudra and Dhruv life. Though we have Maithili to take care of the kid as a mom the kid misses his mom. A mother who is a part of his father. Rudra has stopped himself there with Paro. He kinda silensed himself from his own self.

Sumer and Shatabdi daughter is a mix of her mom and dadi. She is full of cuteness in a playful way.I was so happy to see the bond she share with Dhruv. Its nice to see Maithili being more of a mom to both the kids and handling with all love and care they should get from the mom. She is more like a god mother to the kids. So nice

Dhruv and Rudra talks about Paro and they keep the Rose for her and Rudra talks to his Paro. I felt really sad at this point for Rudra on what he has been missing in his life, his Paro. Dhruv made a wish and cuts his cake, even at that time Rudra remembers his wish to have Paro always.

Koel and Dhruv talks abt Dhruv wish and knows more about Paro. Dhruv wants to have a mom may not the same but some one who is nice like his mom , he kinda understands that his father has taken a full stop in his mind and he just living a life.

Myrah entry. She is full of sprit. A girl from todays world.She comes here to finalize her wedding venue with a friend. She is not in this marriage for love she is accepting someone she knew as her husband. Hmmm interesting!!! As we all know she is here to fall in love aren't we?.

Then the dream of Dhruv and how Rudra silenses him and asking to wake up. He kinda skips the situation by not staying there more. His loss is so much that he is going on with life for the promise he said to Paro and trying to be a good dad and bringing up his son in good way unlike him. Kudos to Paro to make him a man.

Though i miss Paro badly i felt that Rudra and Paro has come to a steady state. So any tracks were played out may be its more like some other story in which they play a part and not the story of them ( may be i want to convince myself to go on with story). Though they would have played out so many other options i'm ready to see how it goes from here. I'm the one was asking time to adjust but thanks to the actors the transition was made neatly.

Rudra loves Paro. He knows she is gone and Myrah is someone else. The only reason that she looks like Paro wont make rudra fall in love with her. He may feel so sad and much more guilty on seeing a look alike of Paro but he has to protect her which is his job. It wont be easy for him to go ahead and protect myrah on her wedding planning. Its pure torture for him to go thru it though he knows its not paro its not easy for him to see her off. On the other hand myrah can fall in love with rudra and her biggest block to get her love is that she looks like paro. She has to get the depth to accept a man with deep first love and a kid. Hope this plays out neatly and we get to see AS and SI as Rudra and Myrah. I have so much belief in the actor that they will play out very good but dont know why i dont have the belief in the writers and the channel. Every other day comes with something or the other news which makes me sad. Looking forward with hope :-)

I am glad I skipped yesterday's episode ...the Father / son duo reminiscing the past teared me up ...Love their chemistry .

as I said, willing to give the makers a chance to tell their story.

Today, I did not see myrah, I saw Sanaya. I mean the off screen Sanaya - chirpy, bubbly, gives a damn attitude but always a smile on face. I think someone has a crush on her and has made the new heroine to suit her real life character 😆😆 (Just kidding about the crush, allergic to tomatoes 😛)

jokes apart, i will wait for a few more episodes and I dont blame Sanaya - she didnt even get the time to get into the skin of the character, yet she played it with aplomb! She did portray Myrah perfectly!

Coming to Rudra, he confused me. He is shown as a loving, caring father. Yet he does not know how to wake his son up? I understand they wanted to show Maithili's role in his life, but just done it tad bit differently or Rudra's expressions could have been different. His expression reminded me of the mangalsutra and Maithili teasing him 😆.

I let go the coat incident understanding that his is a quiet kid and from observation Maithali realized and Rudra did not have the luxury as he has a business to run. If someone could explain the scene differently to me, I am all ears.

him quitting BSD, I understand. Taking up security business- he has always been good with security. Here, he can choose cases as per his liking. His first priority has become his son and also his uniform gave him the assurance that nothing will happen to Paro. The day, that proved a lie, his uniform had to go 😭

I liked the child actors, Dhruv and Koyal. Their bonding is just as his mom wanted. She is the pataka, he may be Paro's son but dont forget he will have his dad's characteristics. I am waiting for him to blossom out, the loss of a mother has restrained him (parallel to Paro - she was bubbly at 6, but life taught her to quieten down)

Sumer-Shadabdi-KCM - Though they were funny, I request a little of depth in the comedy scenes. Dont make them a caricature esp Mohini.

Overall a balanced episode, if my take is tilts towards the non positive scale, its only because I am expecting a dhasu season 2 for taking Paro away so wretchedly!!

Dont want the mistakes of S1 to dog S2.