O Rangrez, tere rang dariya mein

1) We got nearly 8 minutes of Shivika with each other in the epi...yes, despite intercuts that was 8 LONG minutes of JUST Shivika interacting...hallelujah, people😆

2) I was not much of a fan of last year's Holi lollipop cuz of the poor song choice (even if the visuals were nice)...Ang lagaa de made no sense to me at that point and didn't really work for me...this year, the song choice was everything...O Rangrez was the IDEAL song for this stage of their relationship more than ever...since they've bonded way more SOULFULLY since that point in time...the only word I can think of over and over is roohaani...both the song, and the direction of this scene today. And even beyond O Rangrez, the Ang se ang lagaana part was so cute as well with Anika giving smug tashan waale looks to Shivaay as he stares at her from the side, enjoying the attention and then getting restless when she loses sight of him...which ofcourse he then enjoys and works to his advantage...lol

3) NM-SC themselves pointed out in their IVs that it took them some time to warm up back into their romance mode since they got into it after so many days...and the initial part of the scene kinda reflected the little hiccup especially from SC's side...lol the phrase warming up was literally apparent in this scene as SC initially seemed a little off in the expressions when he takes off her choti and she was arching just a little extra...but then she was back in her ace mode in everything post that so it didn't really mar the scene.

4) Billu in aashiqana mode...LOLL@ his "puchho na yaar kya hua"...adorably hilarious😆😆...but seriously again, kudos to NM for balancing the goofy with the romantic so well every single time.

5) HOW much we''ve all missed and continue to miss our Anika felt very apparent in the scene after Shivaay opened up her hair...the relief was palpable in both them and us...haha...like a freeing after many days...and also after many days, a Shivaay and Anika in the mood to play...lol...starting with Shivaay pulling her dupatta by the neck...considering Anika never usually wears a dupatta, he got something new to play with😆...and Anika issuing a challenge to switch gears...I frankly found her challenge random...lol but regardless, it was still a beautifully shot bit.

6) Some points worth noting...Anika smiled in b/w as he leaned in to color her with his cheek...like there was a knowing amusement to it even as she arches into him soaking up the feel...these are the awesome touches SC adds so well.

7) My fav. part though is the very end 2 minutes...LOLL@ Anika putting him down in two minutes for REPEATING his last year ka Holi bit of coloring her with his cheek...and him being like yep I'm just gonna do this EVERY year...that's that😆...the way they both grin at each other in b/w, smile even as they tease each other is the best of their scenes to me always.

The way this then transitioned to Anika saying "Kuch NAYA sochiye"...lolll and him instantly issuing a counter challenge that now she needs to do her part...color him, without putting her feet on the ground...LOLL these two and their random games...that was hardly a challenge as Anika rightly pointed out since he himself kept twirling her enough for her to pick up the colors😆...but what a visually adorable bit as he twirls her

8) And then she finally colors him...as he soaks it in this time...the scene was already really good but then her flicking his nose with the color in the end just made it adorable to the power of TIFFANY😆😆...and then just loved the transition after that as he leans in to nuzzle her nose and kiss her forehead.

These Holi romantic scenes are waise toh cookie cutter in every show on TV these days...but these two even now...500 epis later manage to add something inexplicable to their scenes...perhaps the word is indeed magical as SC once said too...more than anything, I loved the reverential feel to the scene today...that palpable sense from both of them about wanting to soak up each other, every gesture, every smile depicting that sense of joy, as well as the sense of reverence in their love for each other...it's a beautiful thing to watch even after all this time.

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Credit: I think its Sarah's work. Poonam gave it to me 😉

Thanks, Geny :)

Here you go, links to just the Shivika bits of the Holi scenes:

Regarding episode,it was crapfest for first 7 mins kya tha wo,😆,remaining part was OTT mostly😆

Regarding RuVya sorry it was like they were behaving like little brother and sister,i mean when Rudy applying colors with childlike smile it looks like he was applying on his sister😆,from bhavya side also her behaviour was like elder sister,they didn't look not even close to friends fiancee tho dhoor ki baath hai.

Editing was poor,it irritates me when they show it in parallel for all couple scenes intercutting between each action of couple😆.Either they show group romance or parallel romance😆,i got tired ranting on groupbaazi but they never get tired of showing it😆.

Ruvya scene I forwarded so I can't say anything about that.

Editing has been far worse in other recent epis...today was better than that.

Anyways...gifs batch 1: