Originally posted by: btalwar
Reserved ... Ruby caught up with a client conference today and tomorrow.
will unreserve this one pakka ... albeit a little late because even my work cannot spoil my good mood from yesterday
******Edited Part 1 ...
Ok ... Coudn't resist reading it in the middle of a storm inside my office ... and I was transported over to another land ... brilliant awesome amazing ... do not even bother to read them ... you already know all this and am actually bored of writing these words for you ... save a template in ur mind from next time and paste it whenever u see a post from me 😛
Having said that ... my reaction to yesterday's episode was ☺️ my reaction to this post is ☺️☺️
I did not know Indian Telly world had come this long way ...
Before u die of heart attack looking at the length of my post ... this is my over excited version desperately wanting to edit this post but my professional side reprimanding me every moment ...
So .. I will come back and edit this ... like a proper edit ... will update you when I have finished my puran ... I can guarantee my mood is happy ... and I write Ramayan when I am sad and pissed and I am super duper happy right now ... so ... in short ... samjhdaar ko ishara kaafi hai ... 😆😆
****EDITED --- PART 2 ---- AM TOO TIRED AND SLEEPY NOW SO MAY COME BACK WITH ANOTHER EDIT OR POST ON WHAT I ACTUALLY INTENDED TO WRITE ... 😳😳
Ruby ... as promised ... am here to dive into your beautifully carved world of Ishra.
I wrote in my quick edit that I never knew that Indian Telly World had come this long way. I was actually and frankly surprised at the sheer depiction of this scene.
It bowled me with its brilliant depiction of sensuality and maturity in one single frame. When we talk about mature content in a visual medium, most of us end up mistaking the mature content as visually explicit content. However, maturity can also be maturity of content, maturity of thought or maturity of subject.
Kudos to the makers to bring in the above mentioned factors in this series. I simply loved the way they have shown the progression of Ishra relationship. You know, the usual road taken up in a normal track is a jealousy track followed by a breakdown and consummation. CVs used the same ingredients however tweaked their quantities and the end result was an overwhelmingly brilliant recipe.
Honestly, as soon as I had seen the precap scene on Monday where Raman had overheard Ishita's conversation ... my heart had done a somersault that definitely something is going to happen.
I was extremely happy that Raman will be shocked by this wife's revelation and he will try and solve this misunderstanding. The question was how. The next day we had the teaser of dance scene and my doubts were confirmed that Raman did prove his romantic side. I really couldn't wait for the episode to know how he initiated the thought ...
To say that I was floored will be an understatement. Vandu and Bala. The normal couple with normal love, normal problems, normal roadblocks, Husband forgets the marriage anniversary and then is desperate for damage control. And who pitches in to help. The man who is need of as far as his own relationship is concerned. A beautiful party, a surprise, a family gathering is organized and cute moments are shared (Well ... Dori scene withstanding).
Some people may think that the entire scene was to show Shagun's jealous act, however, in my POV, it was to brilliantly depict the contrast between a normal couple and Ishra. It was a masterstroke of the realization track when both of them are jolted about the fact their relationship is incomplete. Something is indeed missing.
Ishita's dialogues about Raman that he is khadoos and insensitive without a single bone of romance in him was a shocker for Raman to say the least, on top of it, she has no qualms of admitting this in front of her own sister in the presence of entire family. Realization for Raman.
The next question is to bring the same thought in Ishita's mind. Remember, tit is even worse in her case because she has long ago accepted defeat to the fact that she is a half woman unworthy of any attention. In fact, she is not only a defeated woman; she has long made peace with that fact and has accepted this. She is now a state of numbness. No wonder she brings in Shagun and makes her sleep in Raman's bed. It does not affect her. She needs a bigger jolt, get a shocker which brings her out of this numbness and realize the incompleteness of her life.
Shagun. Who better than her to show the mirror to Ishita. Someone, who not only claims to share everything with Raman, something which Ishita obviously lacks, but also openly throws it on her face. With Ishra marriage, the rejection spree eventually stopped for Ishita and in time she found solace in her new found relationship and companionship thereby burying the desire of a woman somewhere deep down.
Thus, the brilliant scene where she is mocked and demeaned by her husband's ex-wife in front of her husband, her entire family, inside her home, her so called abode where she consider herself to be the safest. Shagun shakes the very ground Ishita is standing on. Another rejection for Ishita, only this time it is worse because she realizes her husband does not find her worthy to be a woman and in earlier times she could still console herself that may be she will find someone who will treat her better, this time she does not have a choice. She has accepted this life and this is her fate.
It damages her. It breaks her apart. The lost look of Ishita was a giveaway. The woman finally accepts her life is incomplete and is reminded of the fact that she is half a woman as per her with no future. Her husband will never share what he had with his ex-wife.
Brilliant.
And now comes the scene which is etched in the memory of every YHMian forever. Remember, mature subject, mature people. In a normal marriage, what does a man do which makes his wife feel on top of the world? He appreciates her, he desires her, and he makes her feel beautiful.
Raman, a man on a mission, eventually understood that he needs to clarify the misconception of his wife by taking the first step. He first gives a lame excuse and pulls Ishita for a long drive in night so that he can spend some time with her. ALONE.
Pause at the scene when Raman eventually stops the car. While Ishita's look is all defeated, Raman seems to going through some inner battle, albeit only for a moment. He finally sighs and starts the conversation. He asks her whether she has ever danced in the rain ... let loose of herself. He makes sure that he does not end up evoking any bitter memory for her knowing her bruised past.
And as soon as he gets the assurance, he immediately makes his next move. First, he assures his wife that he is going to do this for her. Only her. The dialogue, "Mai bhi to dekhu mai vakayi me khadoos aur insensitive hoon." This is for Ishita. Not to prove anything to Shagun or anyone else.
I was amazed by the brilliant acting by KP. His voice modulation, his eyes ... Woaah. The first part where he asks her whether she has danced like this ... it is the softer version of RKB talking to his wife, the moment he steps out of the car and says this dialogue and then the soft Aao as he offers his hand to her is the caring husband who reassures her.
And bang on, as soon as she is out of the car, his eyes do all the talking ... His eyes are full of desire and appreciation. He wants to awaken the sleeping woman inside his woman so he pulls her into a hug, does an extremely intimate act of opening up her hair and looks into her eyes. Look at Ishita's stance. She tries to evade his advances more than once but he keeps pulling her back until she finally succumbs to her own desires and starts to live the moment. Remember it is the same Salsa, only this time, neither it is to prove a point to Shagun in front of the entire family like in Galiyan, nor it is to portray a normal relationship in front of his daughter like in Banjaara ... this time it is just for them. No barriers, No pretenses, only them.
I am so glad they stopped right before the kiss or later settled in their own respective places ... the bed and the couch. As you rightly said, this moment was for healing. This moment is only to make her realize that she is indeed a woman and a complete woman.
If this scene was brilliant, the follow up couldn't have been better. The balm scene ... Ishita says ho gaya while reminiscing her MOMENTS with Raman ... a woman's touch ... a woman's blush ... a woman's acceptance. Ho Gaya .. DT's expressions were absolutely bang on.
And then my favorite scene of the episode. Har baat ka dhindora nahi peeta karte. Some moments are meant to be cherished between couples. Awww ... took me back to the scene where he says that we will make our own memories ... new memories ... their first intimate memory ... the inside the bedroom story ... I was bowled over by this scene ... sheer perfection.
No wonder Ishita Bhalla gets jealous as soon as she gets to know that Sanjana was a part of Raman's life once. She not only turns her room upside down, but fights with him, gets angry from him, mops sitting all alone ... all signs of ... a JEALOUS WOMAN and a WIFE. The same woman who brought Shagun into their bedroom is jealous because of a hint of unconfirmed past in her husband's life ... JJ
I feel like singing ... kya kya karwayein ye Mohabbatein ...
Coming to my earlier comment about the maturity of Indian Telly World ... what me super happy was probably it was the first time ever that I could actually connect with a sensuous scene in a serial. It did not look artificial, not from acting perspective but from the content's perspective. The reluctance and acceptance was shown absolutely perfectly and the follow up scenes were absolutely brilliant. I am too tired right now and finding it hard to type... may be when I get fresh I will do a fresh post on the maturity of the subject ... this is what makes me glued to this series more than anything else ... the actors, setup, CVs .. everyone comes second ...
Phew ... ending my Ramayan with this. If you do doze off reading this as u find them a little incoherent ... it is totally normal because I am half asleep while doing this ... but the sheer brilliance of this episode was making me itch to unreserve this piece for two in a row now ... couldn't control it any longer 😳😳
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