JNDSD~ My take~ Tuesday 21.3.17 ~ Mother's day..
It's all about mothers and persevering skills of mothering. No wonder most faiths exemplify images of mothers to the highest degrees of personified reverence. Most deserved day.. for the female gender has to go through many a twist ,turn and churning before any life is poured forth into the creation cycle; whether it be mother earth or the human mother. The task of the human mother like our mother earth is to contain the seed and suffer the anguish of crackling and splitting before it allows the seed to split and sprout as a sapling ..right from the start to the end the episode focuses on mothers.. good, bad examples including a mother to be.
No mistaken reference when Atharv checks Madhav to respect and recognise the value of his mother. Some references to Atharv's memory of Sujata as his mother, are rather deftly presented by the cvs.. alongside comes the gradual release of Vividha's angst against Atharv's for walking out not just on her but his mother too..it's all tongue and cheek, it's all right for him to lecture on looking after his mother. Yet Vividha in correcting Madhav for impoliteness to elders, summarises the crucial role of a mother ,that of nurturing and giving good values to her child. Atharv and Madhav bonding at play, certainly creates a mellowness in Vividha. Perhaps she wonders if only things were different. For a mother would always aspire to provide consistency in her child's life. But then again, her son has an emotionally stable life with Ravish as his father..or not? Atharv's references to no gender disparity in life tasks , poses confusion in Vividha's mind.. he sounds like the old Atharv then why the metamorphoses in his life? It's unclear to her if her and the rest of the family in Ajmer, even constitute a part of his memories? The car racing session between Madhav and Atharv is light hearted and amusing with a tongue in cheek scenario. Where the son literally takes his father for a ride! cutting and over-taking , and winning almost but yet again Madhav makes a slip in referring to himself as a male. It's interesting to see that a supposedly at times not all there Atharv, is all there to note Madhav referring to himself in female first person. Does this bode well for Atharv's intuitive and perceptive skills ? will this be helpful in bringing back his past four years? May well do , if he is kept off the drugs.
A mother is proactive in ensuring her child is safe from danger. Vividha snoops, questions to get to know the truth of what her child reported to her about seeing Suman on the premises. The breakfast tray carried by Guddi leads her to the room where Suman is.. but getting to Suman will be far from easy. Vividha will need skilful planning , restrained perseverance in finding evidence of what Madhav reported. For behind closed door, heaven alone knows? what conspiracies are being hatched. Somewhere it also means much to her as a mother to prove what her son disclosed was in every way significant.
Pitched against Vividha's somewhat fair smartness, is Guddi's daftness! It's a frustrated Suman who takes her to task for hiring this servant girl and her daughter, who in reality are none other than Vividha and Madhav! To me Vividha's simplicity and guddi's density are scenes put into to make the audience believe that much mystery hangs about at this point in the story. Suman comes across as a shrewd evil operator whose operations suffer due to her giddy next in command Guddi! Perhaps Suman's mention of Vividha's name will wake up a lazy dormant heavily pregnant Guddi!..Forward strategy , give Vividha false sense of security.. lead her to believe that her true identity goes unnoticed by both Guddi and Suman... action is not to think but instead, act fast ,short, sharp and shrift! She must not suspect we know her true identity...vividha preys on Suman's mind..
Vivdha too needs to consult someone to offload with. She does.. odd things happen in this house. Ravish gives her the prompt! Stay out of other people's business.. he implores, focus on collecting the DNA samples and then return home as soon as possible. His anxiety thus leaves Vividha in charge of how to achieve what she requires.. Ravish, supportively directs her. But Vividha's mothering instincts have to lead her to be innovative to get her goal. She has to think of an activity..
Here comes the highlight, bang in the middle, Sitting at the head of the table. It's his head Vividha wants!! Unconcerned, Atharv minds his own business , waits for food, past time doodling at the dining table Atharv .. in disguise, a petty servant that she is ,and like servant, Vividha shall serve. In his own little world .. she serves him a glass of water.. or rather chucks it clumsily at the back of his head! Target achieved! Then before Atharv could say boo! Vividha gives him a quick rub a dub with a serviette at the crop of hair at the back of his head! Vividha gets punished.. as the purposeful douche, changes into a slip, lurch, thrust , hug! right into his arms! Both don't know what hit them! Ohhh beloved... her arms go around the back of his neck.. old memories of similar close proximity acts, drown her in a flood of memories.. for now, his arms strong as steel bands close around the curve of her back.. prevents her from falling...ohhh beloved.. Atharv's hooded eyes battle searchingly.. with this veil of hers.. Vividha too peeps through the sheer woven threads of her veil.. oooh beloved!! this brief moment is enough for them.. Vividha fails at holding back the past.. the skid could only be deterred
The song ends with Guddi's cacophony, summarised in tone..lay off my man! and don't you forget your place menial! dismissed! Atharv's not too pleased by his wife's caustic he explained .. she just slipped on water.. he needs to give his possessive wife the slip.. asks about his mother.. who is reported indisposed by Guddi.. Suman clearly hides her face from Vividha and her boy.. how times have changed.. Suman under house arrest whilst Vividha scampers around her domain! Atharv as the dutiful son, wants to stay off work to care for his mother? or he has other things on his mind and heart like interacting with a certain veiled belle? Poor Guddi already suspects the hug she witnessed between Vividha and Atharv just might turn into something that they once had! She can't wait to push him out of the house for work
Vividha recedes in a corner checks what she douched him up for.. the moist hairs of his head in the serviette.. the DNA item she came for. Well it seems her job here is done and dusted no reason for her to linger about in this house much longer. Her loose foot landed her in the past. This is the present, he has moved on so has she.. Guddi's acidic references to her trade, eat into vividah's heart.. create singed craters in it. Ravish was so right keep clear off the messy affairs of this ever so seedy house . Vividha has to keep a check on her emotional slip ups especially where Atharv is concerned.
But in the mean while she has to act normal to ward off suspicion, before she does her runner tonight with the samples .. her act of normalcy is to wash their dirty linen! .. his moving on enrages her, more so under the spell of the green eyed monster jealousy. Just the thing to give vent to her emotions. She presented to him years ago.. the cheek he still wears it! Mauve it was. Atharv loved it.. flattered himself to no end, well she'll show him! Vividha grabs the shirt in moment of deep hate ,stuffs it in a bucket of water and empties a bottle of bleach on it.. Atharv took away the hues in her life, all the colours of love! Her life has ended up drained of all shades and tones of joy..let this shirt be a reminder of what their love did to her! Yes smarts Vividha the man has changed...
Wish Vividha could see in some ways he is still absentminded and scatty like nobody's business!off to work but without the wallet and keys.. it's the apple of Vividha's eye that brings the forget me not essentials .. he takes it with a smile .. and wonders, did her mother set her upto it..? wishful thnking ,mind you this action too appears familiar,he muses but Madhav sends him off packing to work..yet Atharv wonders, puzzle pieces ,more so since this veiled woman arrived in his life why does he sense she has the pieces of some unfinished puzzle of his life.. which shows him some incomplete picture of himself.. an unfinished tale.
Guddi sees Madhav give Atharv his wallet and car keys.. she almost has a fit!! both mother and son are closing their ring around her Atharv ! Guddi has to see Suman, only she has enough hatred against them to blow the mother and son out of their lives.. Guddi's desperation actually makes her suggest an option to have Vividha done for theft. Suman ends up stooping to the likes of dimwits like Guddi! .Frustratrated she points out that its a good thing Vividha is disguised. Chances are if police get involved Vividha will expose all their combined foul play before Atharv ,Suman warns Guddi .. she is so so malleable.. but deep down Suman two feels this mother son duo's grip tightening around her neck.. what bad luck! Madhav's mother Vividha stalks around her realm in disguise.. while she Suman the evil incarnate queen has been reduced to being some criminal in her own house.. hounded by the thought of Vividha.. Suman gathers up her courage to erase Vividha! the mark of danger for her.. so damned are Suman's ways that her heinous measures to harm a mother, Madhav's mother.. in turn anklets sound and much to Suman' horror one who chilled and curdled her blood unseen ..now stands in person before her gawking accusingly at Suman.. hamlet53 22.3.17
Sorry folks.. its longer ,much longer than usual.. enjoyed most bits.. nothing to me in the episode seemed incongruous .. but one thing ,I suspect all of you reckon is the hurried shift from Vividha's mission to the shady undercover implications of Suman being involved with bad!! what we can expect ..soon is Suman passing on some blame fixed on her towards Sujata?? A bell rings for Atharv in the shadows.. Sujata ? who is Sujata? Suman, for me always was one to target mothers.. especially the ones with children .. for Suman has a weird desire to hypnotize by casting her spells on those children. whose mother she holds grudges against .. Sujata, Vividha..
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