Today's episode was MARGINALLY better than yesterday's...at so many levels!!😛
Loved the Bhallas' and Iyers' outfits...loved the celebratory vibe portrayed in such a colourful manner in the Bhalla household😃 Raman and Ishita sat dutifully in the puja, and there was an air of quiet maturity about them.
The kids sat with their eyes closed, like they were really interested in invoking Mata Rani's blessings😆
But most of all I ABSOLUTELY GORGED on Roo tying the shiny glittery Jagrata band on her Ishima's forehead...it looked so ADORABLE!! The moment between them was such a private one...it seemed I was peering in observing two very vulnerable souls...and then she uttered a shloka (which I now cant remember ) and placed her tiny, nimble hands on her mother's head..as if blessing her with all the good fortune in the world...The scene resonated with an exact similar scene, from the initial days of YHM...when Roo had blessed her Ishima in the same way..but I found today's repetition more beautiful, more stirring...😊
On her part, Ishita looked BLESSED, AND DUMBSTRUCK at her luck...her fortune...at having received the best gift life could ever give her...Ruhi... Aisa lag raha tha jaise woh apni hi acchi kismat pe itra rahi ho...it was a beautiful moment when she hugged Roo...
and it looked so DAMN COZY and even cuter when Adi and Shravu hugged her from either side...She embraced them all...protectively arching her arm around them...like she couldn't ask for more...
This was ONE of the more splendid moments in YHM👏
And the depth and emotional undercurrent in the scene as well as the Mata ki Chowki scene after that was set off against the irony of Ishita's fate being pondered over and decided in the pathology lab...with Dr.Paul frowning occasionally while conducting the blood tests...All that flooded through my mind was - Ishita, who is branded as a barren woman by the society as large, and most deserves to be a mother...has been pitted against fate ONCE AGAIN...😕
Maybe happiness is not to touch her so easily...and that's sad..😭
I MUST say - DT and KP BOTH looked GORGO today...even during the rituals...and I could feel the happy and celebratory vibe seeping through the TV screen itself, the Bhallas and Iyers looked so so joyful DT looked like such a baccha with the glittery Jagrata band on her head...but Mihika took the cake...in this department..she looked SO CUTE!! Cut an extremely pretty picture, I thought so😛
The day of the wedding was EVEN more spectacular...not just in terms of the tiny subtle moments executed brilliantly as they were...but ALSO in terms of the ABSO STUPENDOUS performance of DT...
Pehli baat toh DT looked STUNNING. HOT. BREATHTAKING. SEXY. GORGEOUS. BEAUTIFUL👏...And now am running out of words She was wearing a bottle green lehenga ensemble...with the choli cut out like a tube top, running into sheer full sleeves and wrapping her front giving off a lacy, netted look...the back was CRAZY WHAT back am I talking of??!! It was BACKLESS...with the choli criss-crossing in a sensuous manner behind...reaching right down to her waist...it was teamed with a blood red chunri, arranged neatly on the side ...her hair was tied in an elegant, extremely difficult-looking sexy low bun she had big jhumkas bobbing up and down, giving that AMAZING glow to her face..ENHANCED and magnified by the bright red lipstick with a neat gloss finish...she looked like a Goddess!! I know I have said this a THOUSAND times before, but at the risk of sounding repetitive, I maintain the fact that DT is a GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS woman☺️
I envy the man who'll get to be with her for the rest of his life😆
I cannot quantify how pretty and breathtaking she looked, and so I am going to mention what Raman said - Bilkul shimla mirch lag rahi ho sar se paanv tak..dekh lo..koi kaat ke tumhen salad mein na daal de 😆 At moments like these, I fully realise WHY I still continue to watch YHM...despite its many many flaws...
Raman in his saafa looked SO SO HANDSOME! SO GORGO! He was dressed in an off-white, peach-ish kurta and peach-ish pajamas, with a mauve/lavender jacket over it...and paired with a red saafa...he looked so edible its not funny and that GRIN. OMG! One has to be made of a heart of stone to be able to ignore that!!
There were cute lil moments that made today's episode ABSO worth it 👏
Ishu putting kajal ka dot on Romi...to ward off "buri nazar"😊

Bhalla ji adorning Romi's head with the sehra...and he looking like he just won a lottery😃
Pammi (who ALSO looked damn cute..her hair, especially looked like really thick noodles wound up in her head and she looked so BUOYANT ) who joked that nazar ka teeka should be applied to all the girls/women around, to "protect" them from Romi's nazar😃
Loved it when the Bhallas broke into a spontaneous shaadi-wala dance once the dhol wale arrived, beating their drums
It was at this time that Dr. Manoj called Ishita...since the Bhallas were busy thumping their feet to dhol beats, no one could place the phone ringing incessantly...the help saw the phone ringing and came and gave it to Ishita (I miss Neelu...iss househelp mein woh baat nai dikhi jo hamri Neelu mein dikhti hai )😭
Ishita, who had to literally tear herself away from the group to attend the call, rushed into the bedroom and talked excitedly into the phone, expecting to hear the good news she had been awaiting all these months...and then the bomb dropped...Paul said - that even though she is very fertile, her womb was very weak and could not possibly carry a child...and hence, she was STILL unfit to conceive...😭
Now what I dont understand is- what was the point of getting blood tests done if a sonograph test itself could have pointed out the state of the uterus?? Blood tests are more intrinsic and specific, I felt... I mean..jo reason PEHLE tha conceive nai kar paane ka, woh toh ab bhi hai...toh beech mein Dr.Paul ko aisa kyun laga tha ki she could conceive?? Am really BOGGLED here
Paul did not really EXPLAIN WHY she couldn't conceive...the reason seems like a very shoddily conjured excuse to prolly bring in the stupid surrogacy track I may be ASSUMING things out of nothing...but Paul being in constant touch with Shagun aka Ruhi Arora...and Ishita Bhalla and now wondering about their history points to this plausible track... for want of a BETTER, MORE SENSIBLE TRACK😡
DT has given SPLENDID performances earlier...and continues to do so..the most recent one being the consummation scene where she nailed EVERY look, expression, inflection of the voice...EVERYTHING..and she did it again TODAY She burst out crying...feeling like an utter failure..rejected once again...branded with the misfortune of being a barren woman ONCE again...of losing the LAST shred of hope once again...she looked hurt, shattered, and even ANGERED...outraged..complaining to God.as if asking him, WHY it had to happen to HER?? Smething we all have probably done one time or the other in life - when in despair, we ask ourselves...and the Almighty - WHY ME??
DT NAILED that scene!! Down to the last degree ...the tears, the clenched tightness in her throat...the way she clutched her stomach, as if willing it to behave differently...the angered thumping on the bed...and the lying on her side, as if trying to cry herself to sleep...it was GUT-WRENCHING...It was so good I was crying along with her One of her FAB-est performances👏
But what ABSOLUTELY CREEPED ME OUT was Shagun's CONCERN for Ishita...arrey yaar, WHAT'S WITH THE OTT SHITTY ACTING?? Why does Shagun have to behave like SHE is Ishu's mom? I mean, she was behaving like her lineage was on the verge of destruction ...uska toh jaise vansh hi khatam hone wala hai sorry, it sounds MEAn...but that's exactly how SHE was behaving...I mean...HOW could the CVs make her ACT LIKE THAT without any previous BACKGROUND to build on??? I mean, she looked like her LIFE depended on Ishita's pregnancy! And that creepy fainting and falling over the doctor's shoulders and crying hoarse about Ishita's misfortunes...it JUST DIDNT GO DOWN WELL WITH ME😡
Its so funny...just when we dust ourselves off...and pull ourselves out from the depths of despair...and try and mask our real emotions, so as to not attract uncomfortable questions and maintain status quo...we attract the VERY SAME THING we so desperately try to avoid...people ask us MORE and more questions...unknowingly, people cross paths and ask us the very questions and say the very things that haunt us for long afterwards...😭
Right from Pammi aunty complimenting and admiring Ishita for the "new, wud-be-pregnant glow" on her face, to Ruhi proudly showing off to Shravu she would one day get a new baby in the house (I wish they stopped giving Roo these obsessive baby-related lines they're kinda grating on my nerves now)...to Raman coming and whisking his wife away from the ladies...and pushing her up against a wall, trying to cozy up his aroused body to hers..and cooing in her ears...to moaning the fact that she prolly wont have a single minute to spare for the baby's papa once she conceives the baby...
It was sad...seeing Ishu lower her sparkling eyes knowingly, lest she be bombarded with numerous questions related to her pregnancy...I understand the Bhallas' and Iyers' over-excitement with the prospect of IshRa baby coming in the picture...but I am a firm believer in the fact that until and unless a woman ACTUALLY becomes pregnant and is well into her 2nd-3rd month, it isnt right to talk about it too much...nazar lag jaati hai...and Ive seen it happening too...wish people around Ishu gave her some breathing space and allowed her to explore her options instead of clamping down on her with overtly optimistic expectations...it can make ANY woman nervous, let alone Ishita...
DT looked RESPLENDENT in her lehenga-choli...Vandu looked cute too...and Sarika looked nice as well, as the bride...but Mihika was NO LESS PRETTY than Ishita...that yellow saree really did suit her...and the best part was- ACP too looked so much of a hottie...and the way he sidled up to Mihika and said she looked stunning...my my! So coy! So hot! So SUGGESTIVE😆😆😆
Mihika says she was pissed with him coz she took him to be a friend and yet, he hid such an important fact from her that Sarika was his sister...I doubt it...they are MORE than friends..its so OBVIOUS😆😆
I wont be surprised if they were to get hitched sometime later in the show...as for Rinky, she looks kinda cute after having shed her vamp avtar...and I MISS Mihir...bas usi ki kami thi yaar😕 I will be honest...could not FULLY enjoy AbhiKa scene as much as I should have...partly because ACP ko poore 2-3 hafte ke liye gayab hi kar diya...and they didnt even hit that part about WHERE he was all this while and why and how Mihika didnt ask him her thousand and one qs...YHM CVs I tell you..inconsistencies galore!
ACP ne aaj Mihika ka haath bhi pakda😃 Pakda pakdi pe baat aa gayi hai...ab chat mangni pat byah der nai😆😆
and did anyone notice? Neel is ALWAYS hovering around the Bhallas...he is Raman's lawyer, and the family lawyer, so to speak...a fear friend who turns up at bachelor's party and any and every function in the Bhalla household...but there's no sight of Trisha😆😆😆 Bas ek hi track ke liye uski biwi bhaade pe li thi kya??😆😆😆
P.S. Does Manoj know about patient confidentiality? I mean on WHAT grounds did he share such a sensitive information with Shagun? Just becaused she maaroed some stupid filmy lines yest??😡 and I found the whole blood test thing and subsequent report thing very shoddily executed...no proper reasons for anything!duh!
P.S. Raman backing his wife against the wall, asking her for some private time was SO SO HOT. Add to that his shaadi wala attire, and that cheeky grin, and I was DEADWA🤪
P.S. I am okay with Ishita and Raman battling these tough times together...I will be happy if it turns out that Raman does EVERYTHING possible to fulfill this wish of his wife...give her the experience of motherhood...but am ABSOLuTELY NOT OKAY with the CVs dragging the shitty surrogacy track in a bid to give AH more screen space...honestly, it looks JARRING, DISCONNECTED, POINTLESS and is an insult to our intelligence as well as loyalty. 😡
Raman gets to know of Ishita's report results from the nurse in the same hospital...and looks devastated...It was painful to see him like that...
I wonder how these two are gonna navigate their way around this...all I know is...Raman and Roo will be there to catch Ishita, if she were to fall. But if it is destined that Ishita cannot really become a mother, then I hope the CVs portray their nayi soch in a way that doesnt MANDATE women to be biological mothers to attain completion...
Some of the pics from Romi's wedding:
and the last pic is my favorite of the day...
How can anyone look so pretty and so shattered, heartbroken at the same time?? I guess her eyes do all the talking that needs to be done!