Originally posted by: aarwen
Episode 271
Last episode I had sadistically hoped that Rocky figure out Khushi and mamiji are hidden right there because he was standing so close and the show wanted us to believe their whispers and churiyon ki khanak would not be heard outside. Still when Rocky with the psychotic glare 😆 😆 why so much attitude and the psycho element in the sidey? and gun in hand caught Khushi I felt bad for my traitorous thoughts of wanting this to happen. As I repeatedly like to mention, am watching all this for the first time, or because it was boring my mind has elected to embrace selective amnesia 😳 our missile defence shield and has forgotten all this from a prior watch. So I also thought if Rocky gets her now she might be locked in with ASR , since the kidnappers are dumb enough to do exactly such a thing, who i felt really bad for was asr... he neither deserve that lacklustre, never quite of any stature opponent as in shyam... and defintely not sucha ragtag bunch of nappers.
and that might also lead to some nice sequences. Incisive and sanka ideas combined they would be unstoppable by these mere hired second grade kidnappers.
What happened next was quite fun to watch. Like a Bollywood movie which is only meant to entertain and has to be taken at its face value without much thought.. Will quote a line from a recent movie.." main bas dil mein aata hun, saajh mein nahi.." Mami went Salman khan like and threw chilli powder on poor Rocky. ASR had pummeled him to pulp last time he met Khushi and not he is hit by a steel kalchul by mamiji. This guy sure is having a bad time these days. Of course he has learnt to say "dammit" from his prisoner it seems. ha ha maybe that's why they nabbed him, so he could conduct classes in how to be asr... hmmm now that i think of it... 😆May have been taking style notes from the inherently stylish ASR. And something very sweet about mamiji turning kali maa for Arnav bitwa. Kicks and a little gaali galouch also Manorma ishtyle ma. So there is anger and a deep sense of worry for bitwa somewhere inside the garish comic exterior. as i keep noticing, a lot of insightful acting by utkarasha naik and yeah, despite sleeves with wholes i them and exaggerated everything mami feels real and conveys the feelings of someone who loves and is hellish worried about her loved one... she also is the one i think the audience can identify with and channel anxiety
However what I didn't like was Khushi acting all abla nari damsel in distress like. Surely she could have used the situation to her advantage. Am not sure how, but am sure she would have known, after all Khushi Kumari Gupta had the ingenuity to add misri in the petrol tank. She also had the courage to face the steely eyed arrogant and devastatingly handsome mean stranger. "Ganga Jamuna daily soap bahut jiade hi hui gaya.. ike stop karike pari.." .. Neatly summed up mamiji. In fact she is exactly like babua, not wanting too much vociferous gratitude from phatee saree. so you me faiqa are all thinking mami and neph having somethingswa in commonwa...
Boss is definitely Shyam from the silhouette. What I wonder is not the why and hows of the kidnapping or the will, but what prompted the man to take such a drastic step. Sure ASR had made his reach to money more difficult, but men like Shyam with their parasitic tendency veer towards weaseling their way in and keeping people happy to slowly suck blood. They don't go about plotting kidnapping and murder. How he kept everyone in Shantivan and GH happy seems true to character of such a man. A mask of goodness so that he can go off doing his own thing and his wife will not think of suspecting the ideal husband he pretends to be. He would not have the guts to try something this risky. Foremost for such men is their own survival and comfort. Mind games.. sure. Boss and guns and goons.. Daiyya re.. yeah, shyam actually is just not the boss type. but writers are in la la land, producer doesn't want to spend money on more ipk actors and take helicopter back to sheeshmahal, how to? another tv soap is atarting out, all resources must be rushed there... okay... let's see if we can change slimy shyam into dhamakedaar dhingchalk boss... not that we had earlier planned on thsi type of character at all, but now, arrey let's just dhaiya ho it.
What I wanted to delay is finally on screen now. ASR in a filthy vest. Hands bound behind. Eyes in a blindfold. Jerky awkward movements of a man not able to see. And though there is vitality I feel a sense of helplessness. Energy is his forte.. Not necessarily physical, but in his thoughts, the way he does business, handles stuff.. Everything shouted of power and strength and control. Being restrained must be hell for him. Barun makes me almost want to revert my eyes from the screen, it feels so unnerving seeing ASR this way.
Khushi who already suspected Shyam is unable to recognize his profile. Boss does some filmy hand movements. Just pointing his finger and they know what he is saying apparently.
And then unexpectedly, after four episodes, finally the stirring of my heart.. Did you notice? Barun doesn't even have his famed eyes open and towards us. Only a voiceover, he is not saying his dialogues out loud like every other actor mostly does. Only the straining muscles in his neck. The jaws and adams apple working ferociously. And a truthful disregard to trying to look good, just convey the agony with full sincerity to the viewer. She can't be here. Can't be in danger for his sake again. yessir, makes him the hot actor he is, willing to look weird strange anything to convey what he wisheds to... the first tiem we saw him after kidnap, veins popping as he strains against teh ropes... not pretty... just perfect.
He knows she is here.. The neck angles out.. Reaching towards her.. And she feels it too. Has to.
I try to make sense of the characters' actions so the banging on the door does not sit too well with me. I don't think ASR would senselessly loose energy even though he might have wanted to rattle the kidnappers and show them he cannot be tied down. Formal black shoes, black trousers and a grimy banyan.. A man unable to use his eyes or hands fighting three men surrounding him at the same time.. And yet it all felt harrowingly real.. could be a gladiator in an arena in some distant world.. yes, yes... gladiator. Too real.. I can't even like it because it makes me realize he is in captivity.. He is kidnapped. This isn't his usual corporate playground, uncouth ruthless unfeeling men surround him. Unfairness has a whole different meaning here. His body too lean.. It feels too brutal. It feels too cruel. I can't watch.
And then she sees him in a terrible condition, being carried away. The melancholic wail of rabba ve is befitting here. Did I moments ago think this was all a TV show. Hardly.. This is tragedy. What must have Khushi gone through seeing her man reduced to such a state? Everything inside me recoiled seeing him this way. Mami keeps a sane head. Shows strength of her character. And Khushi leaving behind logic and her running after the van simply shows love. .. The three piece suit, the air of ownership, the flair, the panache that ASR personified as he yelled and got things done.. Boo hoo.. This is unbearable really..
Should we be looking for clues? Then I think they are holding Arnav in some antique shop's warehouse or maybe it is the production house storehouse for sets. There is an old settee where ASR lies and a rocking chair where boss gets to act like a menacing villian. The lighting and shots of Barun somehow reminded me of Amitabh Bachchan in quite a few movies where he would be caught by the villain.
And why this dubious rocking Shyam with those funny hand gestures? And above all why the senseless extreme violence? Would ASR have lunged at a man when so many people were around to definitely overpower him? Wouldn't it have been smarter to wait and see how the scene plays out? To try and draw out the identity of this fabled 'boss' using brains instead of brawn? And I won't even go into why when Shyam is right in front of ASR, in fact so close that ASR has his hands firmly on the mystery man's collar, yet ASR still doesn't know who he is.
Finally I warn all those goondas..in fact consider this a threat.. if you dare hit ASR again like that all of us with mirchi powder, haldi, namak, belnas, kalchuls and whatever we have in our kitchens will descend upon you and haunt you till your death.. i am rushing over with my pakad, bonti, sheel batta and buckets and bartans too. 😭 😭 just can't bear it. and this is one place where i did wish asr would not act so damn well. i wanted separation, distance from this scene...
Please please don't show him this way.
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