Blast from the Past Thread #30 **The Finale... Arnav Khushi Hamesha** - Page 17

episode 353

my favourite moment this episode, when he turned and told his dadi the truth as it is, not as we like to make it. a real mensch he was. and i never tire of watching this scene.

"dadi, inki koi galati nahin, hamari zindagi barbaad karne wali ye nahin thi... aapke bete the..."

dadi, she was not to blame, the person who ruined our lives was not she... it was you son...

"...mere papa... shadi shuda the... phir bhi unhone do auraton ke saath dhoka kiya."

...my father... he was married... even then he went and cheated two women.

"dadi, aap ki soch galat hai aur agar aap apni soch badal nahin sakti toh shayad aapko yahan se chale jana chahiye!"

dadi, your thinking is wrong and if you can't change that, then perhaps you should leave!

"khushi, jaane doh inhen."

khushi, let her go.

i just loved barun's acting. and i was glad writer had chosen khadoos asr to let the dadi role come to an end. ved raj is back. we need more arnav singh raizadas on our tv... real men, who don't think egregious patriarchy is right. if the man is wrong, he is wrong, you got to say it as it is. you have to be fair... and stop this other woman woh aurat nonsense.. the man was married. the onus was on him to be faithful. doesn't matter he was wealthy or belonged to a well established family. rarely have i seen a tv character speak so plainly and say the truth. in a deeply patriarchal society, asr has refused to fudge the truth about his own father, refused to bow down to any pressure, refused his father's name and fully honoured his mother's making it his own. and he doesn't believe in god the way his family does. and yet he succeeds, no, her bhagwan doesn't come and smite him... how did this hero make it through 398 episodes of a gec daily soap, intact. miracle.

Still can't believe we have reached post remarriage now..

Indi,

Hum toh thik nai.. hum toh Khushi hai..

What? Sad Rabba ve changed? On hotstar? I didn't know too. Should check.

Originally posted by: indi52

peele rang ki hoor... sounds lovely.

thanks for taking me through the moments of asr and khushi via an inner, intimate rote.

more, durga, more.

rhea, indu, kizh,

thanks for less 348.

i shall reply soon.

but yeah, it was some episode.

okay, just as i didn't notice the fish tank. i didn't notice the switched rabba vey.

so much for my powers of observation.

i better go and see both versions... only for the sake of science and posterity, you understand...

^^^

back from reasearch.

yes, it somehow feels better with the sad rabba vey, though the edit to the number is rather abrupt.

here's one possible reason for switching ganas.

the first time sex scene was devised while jainesh was the lead writer. given his penchant for trp oriented unnecessary and pretty crass drama... the whole dadi and remarriage jamboree came with him... he was possibly viewed as trp fixer at that point. anyway, i can't see someone like him letting a beautiful thing happen without marring it with melodrama.

he would "milk" 348's sublime joy and have us weeping for the next 348 episodes.

so, i am now pretty sure, the initial plan was to have asr not reach the mandap...

either he just will ditch her and rush off to soem unknown hell.

or yes, there's always an accident one can work in, that will stop him. throw in some amnesia... then have the "heartbreak advantage" of khushi pregnant (but of course, achchi ladki imperative i'd say), asr lost...their child, a wonderful little boy, just like asr growing up and then one fine day a la age old shakuntala dushyant template, the great recognition of progeny and togetherness... bliss.

gah.

did i just write that.

anyway, i keep hearing they were majorly researching if asr khushi "separation" would work... thankfully someone realised, no way... and possibly...

and here's the twist (must have one)...

they suddenly axed jainesh and got ved raj back.

353 is ved raj's while 352 is jainesh's... as lead writer. gh and dialogue guys remain the same.

ved raj managed to get asr back... show tremendous growth of character, and gave our palpitations a bit of rest, though as sop to faith in unnecessary drama, had shyam installing camera again. i guess they thought let all the silliness continue, but save the main theme... i think this is some sort of chess thinking too, sacrifice the pawns but save the ranisahiba.

when they were airing, there was possibly no time to change the music... or who knows, till 351, the final decision hadn't been taken.

whatever it is... by the time we came to hotstar, someone must have said, that most viewed 348 has a sad song not quite supported by story, so they changed it. in their usual unburdened by love way.

i am so grateful they never showed asr abandoning khushi.

and whoever wrote that, "by bringing me all the way here you answered all my questions," was masterly at not only rescuing, but turning near disaster into a great opportunity.

ved raj has written several things that i can't even imagine any sane thinking person could have... yet, ipk somehow brought out the best in everyone involved. there was a junoon in its makers, as if everyone had some other kind of love for it.

Oh yes Indi. They must have thought about the Shakuntala type story. But thankfully that didn't happen. If he hadn't made it to the mandap that day, a lot of hearts would have been broken, including Khushi's of course