Analysis Corner (Mar 31st Yeh koi saas bahu serial nahi hai link p.64) - Page 5

Originally posted by: Minionite

Dec 5th - Fear of Touch

Going forward, I'll give each date a specific title based on what I feel the overarching theme is.

The real Rishi - We're starting to see the real Rishi now. The way his friend joked "kaunsi wali" when Rishi said his party is set suggests that he has a playboy image. And the way he bragged gave an inkling of that frail ego that boys like Rishi could have. One thing I can say with certainty is that either he'll turn out to be completely negative like Shaurya from EHT or he'll turn out to have a heart of gold like Kabir from Haasil (coincidentally both are Vatsal Sheth's roles - I guess he just ends up playing the rich, spoilt brat on TV repeatedly). I'm starting to lean towards the heart of gold only because despite this playboy, spoilt image, he still does what he can to try to mend the gap between Rudra and MJ even if it means putting himself in the middle and forcing them to stand together for a bit.

The tried and tested ploy - Sorry got to laugh for a minute here. 🤣 Okay now that I've had my laugh, what a ploy by Maya. The filmy love style - you see the person everywhere. And she decided to do exactly that. Appear and then disappear to make Rishi feel like he's falling in love and seeing her everywhere. Alright I need another minute as I laugh again. By the way, just wondering who that guy in yellow was standing behind Maya. Probably just an extra but in the blurriness it looked like he was just staring at Maya. My mind is working overtime when it comes to this show.

The sweet and deep friendship - Aww what a sweet and deep friendship between Rudra and Ananya. He knows she loves him and yet there's no awkwardness between them. Rudra has Rishi's streaks, he tried to make up to her by making her laugh first and then became the more serious and sincere Rudra. The two share a good understanding as well. Ananya forgave him immediately when she saw he was sincere about his friendship. That's how friendship should be and I hope their friendship doesn't get spoilt by MJ's insistence that the two get married. It should be Rudra's decision. Ananya has already said yes, but it should be Rudra's choice, not MJ's force or even business bargain.

Ruthless MJ - And here we get to see MJ's ruthless side. To be 100% sure that someone tried to kill Rishi, he was willing to put his employees' lives at risk to the point where he almost let one of them die. Here we also get to see that Aamir isn't as ruthless. I was half-expecting him to jump into the water to save the man without MJ's approval. This may prove that Aamir is working against MJ, but too early to tell. Side note: those red pants looked so sexy! ☺️

The ruthlessness isn't just for outsiders, but for his own family as well. He loves his sons, but he also wants to control them. Right now he has no problems that Rishi is in love, but the day Rishi starts rebelling, then his love will be a problem. On the other hand, he will do anything to keep Rudra under his thumb. He can call it whatever he wants: concern, worry, not my Rudra, but at the end of the day, it's just about controlling Rudra.

Maa baap ke karan bache kyun bhoogtein - I won't call it the dialogue of the day, but it is an intriguing dialogue. Antara knows something and knows why Rishi could be targeted. She may also have had a hand in it else she could have said just "baap" instead of "maa baap". It may have nothing to do with Maya. I'm sure to get where they are, MJ and Antara both would have hurt people. Something else to note here is that both MJ and Nandini are more worried for Rishi than Rudra. MJ showed concern that Rudra was stabbed, but that was it. Both don't want anything to happen to Rishi. Either Rudra isn't their real son or they know that Rudra can take care of himself and nothing would ever happen to him. The second one might be a stretch though given that Rudra is willing to go to any extent to stay away from MJ and keep his company afloat.

The fear of touch - The biggest topic of the day. It was a small moment, but a defining moment. Maya isn't scared of anyone's touch. She's just scared of touch by the Roys. The way she doesn't touch Rudra's hand, the way she shies away from Rishi, and then the reaction and memory trigger when Rishi does touch her - they all indicate just the Roys. Whatever happened to her it destroyed her to the core and being close to and touching the Roys brings those memories back. Today also gives us a glimpse into what may have happened to Maya. She was close to whoever this person is who deceived her. I'm not ready to say it was MJ. But whoever it was, was either a Roy or very close to the Roys. He was the person she possibly loved the most in the world and when he showed her place to her, it killed her. But it didn't leave behind a shell. No. Maya still feels. She tries to hide it, but she can't and when it consumes her, it leads her to take actions like pouring hot coffee over her own hand and then scrubbing her hand until it was raw.

This fear is so deep that it makes her reaching out to Rudra that much more important. Rudra will stay true to his word. He will not touch her or hold out his hand to her again. He understood that she's not the touching type. Hence, he will keep his word. But when she reaches out to shake his hand, he will respond in like.

Rishi, on the other hand, wants to play the knight in shining armour, but he doesn't understand Maya and I don't think he ever will. Because for him, in his naivety, he thinks all women are the same and if he understands one, then he understands them all. What he doesn't realize is that humans, not just women, are more complex than that. There is no cookie cutter model. He still has a lot to learn and in the process he'll keep making mistakes like this and we'll keep seeing more of Maya.

Maya doesn't want her own mother to see that pain. Is it because it may make her sad or bring out some hidden pain? Of course, another touch-me-not point is both her father and brother. Yesterday, the mention of Manas made Maya angry and today, the moment Nandini mentioned Maya's father, Maya fell back from the hug.

Sach ki ladayi mein baha khoon kabhi aap ke haaton mein nahi lagta - This is the dialogue of the day. It is such a foreshadowing dialogue! Blood will flow, murders will happen, and yet it'll all be in this battle. And when blood is lost in a battle, it leaves behind no marks. It's like Maya is absolving herself of whatever crimes she commits next because it'll all be in a battle to make truth prevail. Yet, is that fully true? Is murder committed in the pursuit of truth really that easily absolvable? Does it leave no marks on the soul? It does. It will come back to haunt. But, at the same time, it may be a balm on the pains that mark the soul, especially if the death is of the person who harmed you. If it's innocent blood though, it cannot be absolved because that innocent did nothing to you. Still Maya feels it'll absolve her and thus, in her pursuit of the truth, she will commit murder and not let it affect her.

Other Notes:

1. BLOOPER ALERT! The swimming pool that MJ conducted the test in was made to look like the deep end, but when the first employee came out, he was standing up with water only coming up to his chest. Even if he was using all his strength to keep him out of the water, no way he could be standing. And then when Aamir was saving the other employee, you could see the ground. It was probably only a few feet deep.

One thing what I am liking is that they are peeling MJ character little by little everyday.. the first epi he was a doting father.. the next his business man side, then his smartness in trying to find out someone is out there to harm his sons and how to his calculation side of actually enacting the exact happenings to make a point.. he is not easy and he will not be..if maya is fierce then MJ is equivalent..her revenge wont be as easy

for maya, as u said she will commit this crime..its her mahabharat.. Ita Rishi who will be her first target...it will be a huge blow for MJ and everyone.. that's the reason they showed how antara reacted to the whole things that someone is after her son.. just to know if they r like this..then imagine if something happens to him then what will they do..

Ananya is a bridge between Rudra and Mj..that's why she is so important.. MJ wouldn't otherwise know what's happening to Rudra.. She will have something important in the show I feel.. but I liked her character as a strong woman who can speak her heart and mind.

The touch part played from yesterday with Rudra and today with Rishi..I already mentioned it that rishi is naive and is barging into her space and Rudra is not.. Her response will he opposite to both..

I am kind of excited to know what is she gonna ask Rudra to do for 3 days ☺️

Originally posted by: NamuVyas

The touch part played from yesterday with Rudra and today with Rishi..I already mentioned it that rishi is naive and is barging into her space and Rudra is not.. Her response will he opposite to both..

I am kind of excited to know what is she gonna ask Rudra to do for 3 days ☺️

Yet it'll be important for her plan to keep both close. That's why it'll be a task for her to stay near Rishi despite the fact that he will continue to barge into her space and try her at every given point, even when he's not meaning to.

Get your mind of the gutter you dirty person. 😆 (I hope you don't mind me joking with you like that.)

Originally posted by: Gurmeet4Drashti

The fear of touch- She is positively repulsed by the Roys and and herein the work has been cut out for Rudra. He NEEDS to win her over bit by bit. It would hurt a million times more than that whiskey being poured over his hand but “dard hi dard ko kaat sakta hai” and... sigh. I REALLY WANT MAYA AND RUDRA TO HAPPEN. Damn it!!

Sach ki ladayi mein baha khoon kabhi aap ke haaton mein nahi lagta- Well well well. This is Maya we’re talking about. Unleashing hell and destroying anything and everything that comes in her way. It’s her beyhadh nafrat and I can’t wait to see how far she’s willing to take it this time.

I'm not usually for couples much, but this seems to be a natural progression in the story. And it'll be an interesting one because of all the Roys, Rudra is the only one with the capability to help Maya forgive and feel again.

It'll be interesting to see what she'll do in her beyhadh nafrat this time and how far it'll be justified. Not only that, but how much pain she'll have to take to get to the end.

Originally posted by: Minionite

Yet it'll be important for her plan to keep both close. That's why it'll be a task for her to stay near Rishi despite the fact that he will continue to barge into her space and try her at every given point, even when he's not meaning to.

Get your mind of the gutter you dirty person. 😆 (I hope you don't mind me joking with you like that.)

I m permanently in gutter zone... 🤣

Such a handsome guy all for 3 days to me.. what would I do 🤣

Originally posted by: NamuVyas

I m permanently in gutter zone... 🤣

Such a handsome guy all for 3 days to me.. what would I do 🤣

Oh no what has happened to people on this thread?!! Get off! Only intelligent people allowed here. No gutter minds and completed addled brains from all the sexiness.

Why do I still find those red pants so sexy?!! And off those open buttons as Rudra takes the pen and paper from Maya. ☺️ No you're rubbing off on me! 🤔

Originally posted by: Gurmeet4Drashti

The tried and tested ploy- I LOVE MAYA!!! 🤣

The way she pulled that main jahan dekhta hoon mujhe wahi nazar aati hai off trope was brilliant!

On a side note, you do need to hand it to Rishi. He caught on the second time that maybe Maya is actually there and he caught her in her own act. Even she looked surprised for a few seconds. She probably hadn't thought that Rishi would have understood her ruse so easily.

Your analysis is amazing👏Specially the way Rudra and rishi handle Maya differently - brilliantly put.

Dec 6th - Humiliation Through the Sons

I'm at home today so got to the episode earlier today.

Brotherly fun - What fun. Rudra's teasing was hilarious, but Rishi upped it with his drama queen acting. That was the best until Rudra decided to make Rishi his girlfriend. I've got to say, I'm going to hate when Maya breaks these brothers apart. Such sweet love and she's going to drive a wedge between them. But before this fun, I wonder who Rudra was remembering. Was it Maya or someone else who broke his heart? Is that why he keeps his distance from Ananya and Maya?

Maya's and Rudra's flashback - Both seemed to have the same flashback. That can't be a coincidence. While Rudra's flashback didn't really show a face, we caught a brief glimpse of a face in Maya's flashback and it didn't appear to be MJ or Rudra.

The ajeeb family - Which isn't, but with the taunts flying back and forth in the guise of comedy, this family is truly weird. Rather than separate, they decide to live together and make each other's lives miserable. But it's like Antara said during the party - what will society think? That's the problem with being a public family. If you separate, people notice and then start talking. Isn't that why Antara is still with MJ despite whatever he must have done to anger Rudra? Isn't that why Rishi is always trying to keep Rudra and MJ together even in personal family moments?

The fish humiliation - This humiliation wasn't for Rudra, but for MJ. For Rudra, it was just another challenge to prove himself to Maya, MJ, and more than that to himself. To Maya because he turns around each challenge and makes it about Maya. Look at the way he turned around the 3 days and instead of making it about his 3 days, he makes it about Maya's 3 days. To MJ because MJ wants to control his son's lives and Rudra will never go to his own father. And finally to himself because these 3 days will change him and he needs to be able to realize how strong and intelligent he is. This is possibly the most important of the three because right now Rudra feels he can take on anything and everything, but these 3 days will lead him to his breaking point and, at the same time, make him stronger. They will also bring Maya and Rudra closer.

Rudra's style of selling the fish was quite clever and foreshadowing. The fishie tried to trap the fish and kill him, but fell into her own trap and fell in love. Then the fishie got into danger and the fish tried to save her, but both died. Foreshadowing for what will happen between Maya (fishie) and Rudra (fish). Nonetheless, a comic story. It even stopped Maya in her tracks for a few seconds.

Now let's move over to MJ. MJ wants to know more about this investor/author, but I'm so glad that Ananya chose friendship over him. That's why he tried to find out a different way, but a bit too late as the humiliation happened because Rudra wasn't just introduced as himself, but with MJ's name attached to him. And what Rudra took in stride, MJ took as severe humiliation to the point where him and Rudra had a battle over it. While MJ reminded him that his name is attached to Rudra, Rudra wants to move on over that name. But is that really possible? Until and unless Rudra overtakes his father, it won't be easy to become your own person.

The dirt that Maya splashed on Rudra just annoyed him, but it was the philosophical dirt that Maya has begun to splash on MJ. It was only a small move, hence the dirt blobs were few. As Maya continues, the dirt will cover Rudra and humiliate MJ even more. This was Maya's first win. But MJ is not one to back down so easily. He's clever and he knows that someone is making Rudra do all this. This for MJ is more important. Someone is manipulating Rudra and humiliating MJ in turn. He wants to control Rudra, but he also wants to quash the person who dared to think that they could control Rudra and destroy MJ through Rudra.

Rishi, the financial downfall of MJ - While, on one hand, Rudra will bring the overall downfall of MJ from his ego to his arrogance to his controlling behaviour, Rishi will be the financial downfall of MJ. He's already started. A 5 lakh bracelet for a girl he barely knows? Rishi reminds me Yuvraj from Rakht Sambandh. Yuvraj was willing to give anything and everything to have Sandhya (in her disguise) in his life so that he would appear normal to the world. It was only when he gave half his property that he realized who Sandhya really was - too late for all that property to come back. Rishi will be the same way. He will give away everything in a bid to get Maya and he will even go against MJ to do that. He's already started lying to MJ for Maya, what will be next?

But MJ won't let it go so easily. He will find out about Maya somehow or the other. The question is has Maya planned for this? If not, how will this affect her plan? And how soon will MJ find out about Maya?

Precap - I don't usually comment on precaps as a rule because they are often misleading, but it appears that Monday Rudra's challenge will be to beat Maya to the top of this building for his challenge. Maya's fall is preplanned as well. Maybe to test what type of person Rudra is. And he runs to save Maya despite hating her. Tells you what type of person he is. He can hate someone, but not enough to want them dead. Anyways, more on the episode on Monday.

Other Notes:

1. The fake bookshelves - I understand that they want to make both Maya and MJ appear well-read and match their personalities. But yesterday and today, one thing that was offputting was the fake bookshelves. It was quite clear that the books behind MJ and earlier behind Maya are fake - so perfectly in line, all colour coded, and no depth in the bookshelves. If you want to make them appear well-read, then the bookshelves need to appear more realistic.

Ok I'll comment on your full review later

But for now I just want to clear ..... please don't deeply analyse the flashback coz most of the scenes they took it from season 1

Originally posted by: Grey-licious

Ok I'll comment on your full review later

But for now I just want to clear ..... please don't deeply analyse the flashback coz most of the scenes they took it from season 1

Lol really? That's what you get for not watching season 1. 😆 They looked important and turned out to be CVs recycling S1. What happened to the whole - this season isn't connected to the last? 😆