Naagin 5 - Double Take 14 - Page 2

Haan, haan, thik hai Dwipi, Sukhada, jab time mile apne comments de dena. 😆

As usual awesome review Sohini !!

Yes I loved the subtle consummation scene it wasn’t cheap :) it was so beautifully shown.

I somehow liked the small talk and their apologies to each other.

I still want to see their passion and intense scenes and I guess we shall see once veer is back to stop Bani n jai wedding.

I feel now they will show the back story of why veer and bani are soulmates and why they should be together. I just hope cvs show this.

Editing was so bad that could not connect anything hopefully this loopholes are taken care in next episode!!

Originally posted by: libran90

Okay, so heya fellas, sorry I am late with my review, lekin kya karun yaar, busy packing for a flight, but could not resist writing up my take for the weekender. Honestly bolu, I was so not interested to watch the episodes this weekend, lekin kya karun, aadat episodes dekhne ki nahi lagi, but aap logo se baat karne ki lagi hai, discuss karne ki lagi hai😆. I think I am more addicted to the forum than I am to the show😆. Kyunki, Naagin 5 has really lost its touch with a lot of things.🤔

Sabse pehle, I would like to thank Voot, uss Saturday night karaoke ke badle unke diye huye tracks was soothing to my ears. It was bearable. What wasn't bearable was the absence of Naagin logic throughout the weekend. If you ask me, the weekend episodes were on the lowest scale in my opinion compared to any other episodes, with the BTS screwing our minds over. Don't worry, aisa nahi hai that there are no positive parts to the episodes, but yes, it was an overall disappointment in my opinion. So, here it goes,

Highlights - Yayyy!!!👍🏼

The Consummation - Although I am still totally against the consummation in midst of hypnotic villainy, I would say that they managed to pull it off aesthetically and tastefully. The chemistry is really off the charts and had this been OTT, it would have been much more☺️, but yes ITV viewers and TRP aunties would not have preferred it😉. And both Bani and Veeranshu were there completely, emotionally, and physically. And thankfully, there was more of carefree and fun-loving Bani and Veeranshu taking a backseat that way. And Veeranshu was cautious to not make Bani uncomfortable in any way. And allowed her free will in the lovemaking aspect. I have read some posts where people were not comfortable with Veeranshu ogling at his wife via the mirror, but it was just a moment, and he tore his eyes away which is more gentlemanly, unlike Shakura, even under hypnosis. So overall, it was nice and pleasing, only if it wasn't running in the back of my mind that what will happen next morning.🤔

I liked the consummation scene..it was soft and subtle. No vulgarity. And the makers keep it to PG-13 so that the parents won't change channel. Anthakshari kho tolerate nahi kar paayi. They should have kept one single song instead of doing musical night🤔

Balwant & Chandrakala - Okay, so I don't know about you all, but I enjoyed this moment😆. It was fun seeing this duo interact like it was hell of fun😆. The way Chandrakala was saying, "Balwant, mere pati"🤣 it was so damn funny. And Ponky, to be honest, ye kyun bana hai Cheel😳. Bas Sunday raat ko hi Cheel banke uda, warna bande ko kuch bhi fruitful karte huye kabhi nahi dekha maine.

Me too. And Chandrakala ka maafi maagna was so funny. She was like maafi maang liya.. chal nikaal mujhe iss Guha se. And ponky is a comic relief for me. Uski face dekhte hi hasi aati hain. I loved utkarsh for his potrayal of Dhruv in kaisi yeh yaariyan days. He has potential. Don't know what's wrong with these makers..why can't they use the talented cast properly.

Jai ko dose - Kahaan tha maine, Bani ko ek aur dose dene ki zarurat hai Jai ko🤣. Uski limit yaad dilane ke liye. Mujhko inki ajeeb si convenience wali dosti samajh nahi aati hai boss, but jo bhi hai, jitna bhi hai, Bani ne woh line draw kiya hai. "Royal Friendzone" wala line😆. Isko ab samajh jana chahiye, Bani nahi aane wali iske jhaase me, phir bhi try marta rehta hai. Arre burbak, tere power-hungry plans ka kya hua, tel lene gaya hai kya??🤪 Ab to isko woh War wali Hrithik look di hai, jaise desh fateh karne ja raha ho. Iske new look ka funda samajh nahi pada mereko? Ya to ye complete villain ban raha hai, ya phir ye grey ban raha hai, jahaan ye mauka milne par Bani ki help bhi karega, lekin Veeranshu se iska chattis ka aakda bhi rahega. Jo bhi ho, bande se kuch to karwao. He is the third lead for God's sake. I mean he should have some story. If you have given him the role of the likes of Shesha and Vish, then make him so something meaningful re🤔.

Again same.. the makers should focus on using the talent of the cast. Merekho bahut accha lagaa jab bani ne maff kar diya vaala dialogue bola. ..i loved the convo

Bani as Savitri - Okay, so the point which I have been making, is this track is totally Bani oriented and how they will transform her into a pativrata devi for Veeranshu. See, Veeranshu never saw any lines or boundaries when it came to love. He already surpassed these lines and rules of "kudrat ka niyam" because he is consumed by his love for Bani. But technically, Veeranshu belongs to darkness, he is a scavenger, they don't observe any rules and niyam. But Bani belongs to light, Bholenath ke vardaan ki haqdaar, Adi Naagin. The world she belongs to observes these niyam, kanoon, rules of not bypassing the rules set by nature - two natural enemies falling in love. Hence, she will pay prices and witness further struggles for sticking with the choice she has made.

Agreed! The purpose of this track is to make bani admit that veer is her husband,the one she loves and shares a connection with. Very trp oriented I say..FL pativrata track always works in ITV

Cheels ki Thukai - I loved when Balwant and Pawan got that winglash from Veeranshu and Ponky and Daksh were like shoved down. Damn, I enjoyed it. Served them right.🤣

🤣

Highlights - Nayyy!!👎🏼

Self-explanatory screenplay??? - I mean what is the issue with them explaining things. Or do they just make shows for blind TRP aunties who just swallow, whatever they dish out? Dude, we watch with brains in our heads. I mean come on, inn logo ne to thaan liya hai, ki kuch bhi samjhayenge nahi hum, aap log khud samjho. Aur boss, hum ye karte bhi aaye hai. Lekin hamesha aisa thode hi na hota hai. Kabhi to kuch samjhao. Kabhi to kuch clarity lao. I mean, seriously. This weekend was such a failure in terms of the screenplay, transitions, scenes. The essence was weird, to say the least. Veeranshu is under hypnosis but is zoning in and out of it, and being in that zone, he is not even expressing his happiness that finally the woman he wanted for himself, is accepting him, his love. I mean where is the emotion we saw when he met his mother after years. Ye bhi to utni hi badi baat hai. Kuch to dikhao. Infact, Surbhi seemed to be overcompensating for the lack of emotions from Veeranshu's end which Veeranshu should be feeling. Cannot go, subtle dude, when the love of your life is accepting your love. And then this hypnosis, explain kaun karega?? Kaise hota hai, kab hota hai. Koi to trigger hoga, ya phir ek jammed machine gun hai, kahin bhi kabhi bhi shuru😆. Kya hai ye???🤔

Makers should focus on developing the scenes instead of jumping from one scene to another. It feels pointless and breaks the flow. they should have given some monologue or something like he feels someone is using him for his own benefit. I am not able to figure out when veer is hypnotised or when he is normal veer... like kuch bhi...

Editing and Songs - Iske baare me aur kya hi kahun. Saale log, zarur BTS edit karte hai saara saara din, isiliye they are so short on time to edit the episodes🤣. I mean this weekend the episodes were like, someone vomited on the editing table. I mean koi aaga peecha, kuch nahi tha. Bas raita phaila huya tha weekend pe. Random gaane bajte hai. Episode ke beech me 8 ghante pehle aa jata hai, jab ki woh episode ke shuruaat me aana chahiye, Himanshu Gadani ne apna pura playlist de diya inn logo ko😆, pure date ki maa behen ek kar chodi inn karamjalo ne😡, itne gaane bajaye. Karte kya ho be, sote ho kya episodes edit karne time pe. Hadh hai. Kuch bhi dikhate hai, kuch bhi. This week is the worst possible editing of the episode than any other episode. Bad news, real bad news. TRP aunties ko gudgudee aayi ho ya na aayi ho, mujhko bilkul hasee nahi aayi makers🤔.

Exactly! The editing sucks. that 8 hours pehle and all make no sense..and the promo scene and Surbhi's insta post about vani looks so good than the actual episode. I was like are these editors drunk or what or editors kho salary nahii mili kya iss month ki.. itna bad editing!

Observations:

Ek to Balwant jaise karamphuteya aadmi nahi dekha hai maine😡. Cheels chill hote hai samajh aata hai, lekin itna bhi nahi hona chahiye, ki bete ke mood and fitrat transitions na dikhe. Kaise baap hai ye, jo usko dikhta nahi that his son is not normal. Usse jyada dimaag to Tapish me hai, jo dekh sakta hai that his brother is not normal re. Has he ever seen or observed his son behaving in that way? Woh badtameez hai, spoilt hai, jerk hai, but woh aadmi pe depend karta hai. He behaves differently with different people. I mean laahnati aadmi ko samajh nahi aata kuch, bas fayda dhundna hai apna😡. Ye hai tumhara pyaar bete ke liye. Achcha hua, achche se pada tumko Cheel rajkumar ke wings ka jhapata😆. Serves you and your cronies right. Lekin ek baat ye bhi samajh gaya hai, jab tak Adi Naagin inke saath hai, ye log safe hai, chaahe jitna bhi kurkur kare, saath me milke rehna padega. Isiliye usko Veeranshu ko normal karne ka sochna chahiye, naki Adi Naagin ko ungli karne ka ya Chandrakala ko sursuri dene ka. Chhapri budhao!😡

As I had said previously, since this is a more TRP bound Naagin, the focus will entirely shift to Bani, and her unnatural marriage to a Cheel Rajkumar, who has to give multiple tests to be with the man she loves, going against nature. This marriage was a means to an end, for revenge. But now she is in love with her enemy. So, more than Veeranshu, Bani will have to struggle. Kudrat ka niyam todogi to koi saath nahi dega, aisa samjhana chahte hai ye. Like when the oracle Vikaj told her to think big and think deep, the essence of that meeting was, you have chosen to be married to your natural enemy, breaking the laws of nature, now you have to face the challenges such a choice brings with itself. And it started from her marriage with Veeranshu itself and went a notch higher with the consummation and now it has come to safeguarding that husband. I guess, in a way it explains why Adi Naagin does not get much help from her own clan, because shaadi ke baad to she is technically now a Naagin who is part of the Cheel kul, so it could be an explanation for lack of support. Well, that is my opinion technically, kyunki bhai ye log to kuch samjhayenge nahi.🤔

Suhaagraat ki to mummy daddy kar di aap logo ne, lekin uski bharpaayi to kar hi sakte ho aap log. Please make Veeranshu normal and compensate for the headache we all went through this last week by giving us good VAni romance. It doesn't need to be a consummation, it can be deep meaningful conversations, some pool romance, some shower romance, and more such ITV tropes. Cause, the situation was such, that pre and post date everything lacked emotions. The apology did not reach my heart, the date was a little forced, cause they haven't reached that level of the relationship, the consummation was all hormones in my opinion. Such scenes should have more emotion. Anyway, this season lacks emotional depth. So please, it is a request makers, show us Veeranshu's emotional regret and repentance for those words, show us more emotional meaningful scenes between VAni. You guys have two powerhouses in Sharad and Surbhi when it comes to emotions - usko utilize kariye, warna ye jo rubbish aapne phailaya hai woh work nahi karta towards TRP. **USE YOUR LEADS AND THEIR ACTING PROWESS TO THE FULLEST. WARNA TRP NAHI AAYEGI.PERIOD.**

Ab kya katora leke bheek mangungi tab jaake khulaasa karoge???😔 Arre Shukla, Teer, Monil??? Kya hua sab ka??? Bantadhaar ho gaye do characters, closure to do yaar. Hum chutiya nahi hai. Hum maarke nahi bhul jaate. Aap logo ko yaad dilaate dilaate thak gayi main. Bani ko mahaan banana hai na, tu mauka hai na - Shukku baby ka game bajao. Uss murakh aurat ka dimaag ka chakri jab khol hi diya hai, to yaad dilao ki Shukku baby ke kriya kalaap kya kya hai. Ballu bahut uchchal raha hai. Shukla iski achchi khaasi bajaye aur Bani bachane to aaye to muh band ho jana hai, temporarily😈.

Okay, so this is completely my opinion, but I am tired of seeing villains doing their deeds and Bani, the Naagin just reacting to it or foiling it. Firstly, iss story me revenge gul hai, Bani ka ab tak dimaag gul tha. I haven't seen her doing any planning, plotting, strategizing for like forever. Kyun??? Naagin hai woh, aur koi aisi waisi nahi, Adi Naagin hai. Zara to madam ko game khelte huye, dushman ki bolti band karte huye dikhao. I really want to see Bani touching that grey area in her persona. I mean the best example was Shivanya. She was terrific as Naagin. Or Nagrani Bela, even she was good. You guys have created such good Naagins, what is wrong with this one? Firstly she has no help, because the only one who can be of help is Jai as a Nagvanshi, and he is out to get her. The other one who can help her is Veeranshu, the Cheel Rajkumar. Why don't you utilize him? Arre iske chalte humko dono ke beech ka connection aur unki adrishya shaktiyon ka pata chalega. Please, I really want to see a formidable team in this pair. Kyunki other seasons, the heroes were humans, but this season he is a supernatural entity himself. Utilize that for God's sake.🤔

Okay, last one, did anyone feel odd when Vikaj addressed Bani as Naageshwari. Koi isko Naageshwari bulata hai to mujhko bahut bura lagta hai boss😆. For me Bani can never be Naageshwari, woh sirf Hina hi thi. Whenever I see Hina as Adi Naagin Naageshwari, I am like, why Bani is her reincarnation😆. Anyway, just my opinion.

So that's from me. Please share your comments, views, and opinions.😊

The makers should give us a pool scene or some healthy vani scenes as bharpayi. Aree yaar koi tho samjhao inhe vani fans are not dying for seeing their favorite pair consummation. All I wanted was development in their love story like bani accepting and telling veer that she was biased about him as he is a cheel...then the attraction from bani's side,bani is stuck with conflicting feelings whether to acknowledge or not acknowledge her growing feelings for veer... and finally realising that she loves him...

But nahi,makers ne sab spoil kar diya. Honestly the consummation track is rushed and unnecessary at this point. I felt disconnected as a viewer. They should have focused on building vani's love story first.

And where the hell are the powers of cheel prince and aadi naagin.i thought they were going to fight or something in the bed room scene..turned out it was a lollipop.

Nahi chahiye bhai! Rakho apni pass!

What were the short skirt servants doing in that moon world? Chaand pe servants suits aur mini skirts pehante hai kya

Atleast the VFX of laal chand of gul's show YJHJK was bearable..and good.

Overall,the makers made raita of this season.

Not sure what the next track will be.

And have a safe journey!

Originally posted by: sias2

As usual awesome review Sohini !!

Thanks, dear!😊

Yes I loved the subtle consummation scene it wasn’t cheap :) it was so beautifully shown.

Absolutely!

I somehow liked the small talk and their apologies to each other.

It was fine, but it lacked impact. A man who kept his word of not attacking his wife ever should have been a little more shocked, some sort of monologue would have helped. But alas. A woman who has seen the best of her husband should have realized quickly that something is wrong, but she is an eternal tube light. Not just that, she thinks lighting so many candles is an apology. What about the headache we suffered and are still suffering due to her???🤔 I acknowledge the attempt, but I wanted more.

I still want to see their passion and intense scenes and I guess we shall see once veer is back to stop Bani n jai wedding.

Yeah, hoping the same!

I feel now they will show the back story of why veer and bani are soulmates and why they should be together. I just hope cvs show this.

I am expecting the same. And actually, I am expecting some hardcore reason for it. Not just some silly explanation, "kudrat ke niyam ki khilafat" wala shit. If they could show another story or another life or janam which triggered this Aakesh & Naageshwari urf Veeranshu and Bani wala story, I would be happily surprised.

Editing was so bad that could not connect anything hopefully this loopholes are taken care in next episode!!

Yeah, hopefully!

Originally posted by: Bibliophile68

I liked the consummation scene..it was soft and subtle. No vulgarity. And the makers keep it to PG-13 so that the parents won't change channel. Anthakshari kho tolerate nahi kar paayi. They should have kept one single song instead of doing musical night

Exactly!

Me too. And Chandrakala ka maafi maagna was so funny. She was like maafi maang liya.. chal nikaal mujhe iss Guha se. And ponky is a comic relief for me. Uski face dekhte hi hasi aati hain. I loved utkarsh for his potrayal of Dhruv in kaisi yeh yaariyan days. He has potential. Don't know what's wrong with these makers..why can't they use the talented cast properly.

😆I don't know sabko standalone clowns kyun bana ke rakh diya hai

Again same.. the makers should focus on using the talent of the cast. Merekho bahut accha lagaa jab bani ne maff kar diya vaala dialogue bola. ..i loved the convo

True!

Agreed! The purpose of this track is to make bani admit that veer is her husband,the one she loves and shares a connection with. Very trp oriented I say..FL pativrata track always works in ITV

Ab kya karein, TRP heroine se aati hai, aur uske saath jude hero se. ITV just doesn't know how to treat equal takkar ke female and male leads. However, for once this season attempted to show a flawed and grey heroine with no grey cells and a rather tolerant husband whose supposed darkness is a cover for the light he has in himself.

😆

Makers should focus on developing the scenes instead of jumping from one scene to another. It feels pointless and breaks the flow. they should have given some monologue or something like he feels someone is using him for his own benefit. I am not able to figure out when veer is hypnotised or when he is normal veer... like kuch bhi...

That's true!

Exactly! The editing sucks. that 8 hours pehle and all make no sense..and the promo scene and Surbhi's insta post about vani looks so good than the actual episode. I was like are these editors drunk or what or editors kho salary nahii mili kya iss month ki.. itna bad editing!

That's true!

The makers should give us a pool scene or some healthy vani scenes as bharpayi. Aree yaar koi tho samjhao inhe vani fans are not dying for seeing their favorite pair consummation. All I wanted was development in their love story like bani accepting and telling veer that she was biased about him as he is a cheel...then the attraction from bani's side,bani is stuck with conflicting feelings whether to acknowledge or not acknowledge her growing feelings for veer... and finally realising that she loves him...

Exactly!

But nahi,makers ne sab spoil kar diya. Honestly the consummation track is rushed and unnecessary at this point. I felt disconnected as a viewer. They should have focused on building vani's love story first.

Bilkul!

And where the hell are the powers of cheel prince and aadi naagin.i thought they were going to fight or something in the bed room scene..turned out it was a lollipop.

Nahi chahiye bhai! Rakho apni pass!

Adrishya hai. Kabhi nahi dikhta!

What were the short skirt servants doing in that moon world? Chaand pe servants suits aur mini skirts pehante hai kya

Atleast the VFX of laal chand of gul's show YJHJK was bearable..and good.

Ye Chand ke duniya par to mujhko comment hi nahi karna!

Overall,the makers made raita of this season.

True!

Not sure what the next track will be.

Let's see.

And have a safe journey!

Thanks, dear!😊

Nice review dear

Have a safe journey.

Coming to episodes maybe I am the only one who liked them. Yeah the editing was poor but still I liked it. Maybe because I am watching this show with zero expectations.

I know many did not like saturday episode but I liked it. Yeah the choreography was baf but all those songs were my favorites. They could have made it well but......

For me the consummation scene was pure and natural I will not call it cheap or forced. The chemistry was on fire. Yeah I wish they would have shown this after clearing the mess in proper way but they did not. I liked that veer was calmer and bani was more excited during that. We have seen expressive veer from last 4 months but for first time we got to see bani more expressive side and I liked that.

If we talk about Adi Naagin content uski toh muhje koi umeed nhi rahi na hi cheels sy koi umeed hai powers are wasting naagin cheel angle and their powers.

But yeah bani is doing great as Wife. Finally we got to see Bani who has progressed in this relationship. Loved the way she gave back to jay.

I agreed makers ny humein confuse karney ki kasam khai hai. That whole hypnotized thing was so confusing. Ek adha second lagna tha yeh bataney ky liye ky veer hypnotized hai yan nhi. But inko mazaa ataa hai humara sar ghooma.

Jay is good for nothing. He should get something to do.

Yeah bani has to suffer as she chooses her enemy as her life partner. I hope makers will show this track and show Vani as support system of each other.

I hope we will see proper Vani scene and their romance with our old cheelu.

Originally posted by: _NINA_

Nice review dear

Thanks dear!😊

Have a safe journey.

Thank you!😊

Coming to episodes maybe I am the only one who liked them. Yeah the editing was poor but still I liked it. Maybe because I am watching this show with zero expectations.

Yahaan kaunse expectations ke bulbule hai behen. Lekin kuch samajh aaye aisa bhi to dikhana chahiye ki nahi.

I know many did not like saturday episode but I liked it. Yeah the choreography was baf but all those songs were my favorites. They could have made it well but......

🤔

For me the consummation scene was pure and natural I will not call it cheap or forced. The chemistry was on fire. Yeah I wish they would have shown this after clearing the mess in proper way but they did not. I liked that veer was calmer and bani was more excited during that. We have seen expressive veer from last 4 months but for first time we got to see bani more expressive side and I liked that.

I liked it overall, but you know the reason, why I cannot appreciate the moment.

If we talk about Adi Naagin content uski toh muhje koi umeed nhi rahi na hi cheels sy koi umeed hai powers are wasting naagin cheel angle and their powers.

Everyone is practically over all this now.😆

But yeah bani is doing great as Wife. Finally we got to see Bani who has progressed in this relationship. Loved the way she gave back to jay.

True!

I agreed makers ny humein confuse karney ki kasam khai hai. That whole hypnotized thing was so confusing. Ek adha second lagna tha yeh bataney ky liye ky veer hypnotized hai yan nhi. But inko mazaa ataa hai humara sar ghooma.

🤔

Jay is good for nothing. He should get something to do.

True!

Yeah bani has to suffer as she chooses her enemy as her life partner. I hope makers will show this track and show Vani as support system of each other.

Yes!

I hope we will see proper Vani scene and their romance with our old cheelu.

Hope so too!

Love the review and hope you have safe journey- will be a bit weird with everything that’s going on.

I agree I think the consummation scene was done well

And aesthetically. I was happy with the way it was done minus the playlist of songs 😆 sharbi set fire to the screen they have so much potential but the poor editing

And writing does let them down. Also I didn’t like the way people compared the shakura scene to veer. Shakura was looking at her in a very sleazy manner and then his actions after that weren’t cool. Here cheelu was mesmerised by his wife and then averted his gaze.

I loved the Ballu and Chandu scenes that’s my new name for them Ballandu 🤣

Jai was firmly put in his place and I was WAITING for this. Everytime bani was like my husband and I know him. I loved it. And the part where she says she didn’t know how to forgive him but she did. At that point I got a hint of how hurt bani was by him. Shame makers won’t explore that. I’m Not sure what he is doing by helping them- does he think his plan won’t work or does he want bani indebted to him and ask her to repay the favour. Not sure. But I think with his new look he will have a proper role again.

the next track which I think is the final track is why bani and veer are meant to be together. And what are the consequences of their union so a clash of satyug and Kalyug- who knows we might see the extent of their powers and also get a bit of revenge. Lord knows

As I mentioned I do think the editing and everything else was a let down. They just seemed to be in a rush to pack everything in and i was like shouldn’t have include this track at all.

Also I do hope Ballu has woken up and will do something but I’m not going to hold my breath. I would love to see bani and veer scenes post this. How their relationship evolves and gets stronger. The focus will be on their relationship and how they face the challenges like you said. There will be consequences for all of this and big revelations I think.

But overall I do think that Mukta listened to us in the sense of we got Vani progression. Yesterday I finally understood that she’s also Mrs sanki - not as bad as her husband but she is and will do anything for him. That is what I wanted to see. So thank you for that mukta.

also chandini was annoying as a character they’ve tried to make her Mayuri 2.0 but failed. Hope she’s going to wrap up soon. The hair swishing and twirling was annoying!

Safe flight, Sohini! Hope it's not too weird under the circumstances...get home safe 🤗

To your points: I love Ballu and Chandru's scenes too...kya miya-biwi hai dono 😆 him laughing at her latko-ing over the Trishul was hilarious, but even funnier was him getting hit in the face by Veer's wing 🤣 ab aisi bandh buddhi ke liye yehi accha hai 😡 how has this man lived with Veer and Aakesh for so long and not realised he is completely and utterly mad over Bani/Naageshwari? The man who literally died at her hands with a smile on his face would somehow turn against her on a random Tuesday? Sure, bud. Also, Adi Naagin is literally the only thing keeping you safe from Markaat right now, and then only because of Veer. If Ballu thinks he can succeed at turning Veer against her, then why would Bani protect any of you? Moron.

I've talked about my issues with the eps and the SR etc. elsewhere so won't repeat, but this weekend was all about Bani expressing her love for her Veeranshu, and okay, it had to happen in the most ITV, TRP-tastic way possible but at least it did happen. This weekend belonged to Surbhi, IMO. Sharad was good as always...but this was really Bani's moment to express every emotion we haven't seen from her in so long, and Surbhi nailed every shade, from giddy in love, to hurt betrayal, to utmost faith in and devotion to her husband. I always knew Surbhi had the acting chops for this kind of emotion, and I'm glad the show allowed her to open up in that way.

The apology felt sincere to me, but I do agree it was a bit short...I *think* the idea was to keep us guessing as to whether Veer was playing her or not...so they (as usual) rushed through that aspect of it. If Veer was fully out of hypnotism by that point, he would have reacted much more intensely IMO. But as usual they want to cram a week's worth of eps in two 45-min slots. I said somewhere that this show would have benefited from being a three-dayer at least, to give them some time to lay the tracks in a normal speed.

Editing/writing/choreography ke baare mein I won't say anymore because 🤢 SharBhi deserve so much better than this.

The Chandni actress was okay, IMO, but the character was super effing annoying 😡 screeching everywhere and yelling Veeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnshhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuu every 30 seconds. No idea why she kept twirling her hair around either...they tried to make her Mayuri 2.0 but our Mayuri had a class and swag unmatched by skygirl. Glad she's only a short cameo.

Bani giving it back to Jay was long awaited. Whatever her reasoning for still calling him a friend, she finally drew that boundary between them: you may be my friend, but you have no right to criticise my husband 👏 glad she told him in no uncertain terms where to go with that nonsense.

I feel like Jay must somehow be involved in the moon thing...he suggested the wedding, and Bani presumably would only agree to "marry" him if she thought Veer would find out...so Jay would have to explain how he thinks that will happen...? IDK, but his Hunterwala look certainly implies something about his character arc changing...so I hope we finally get some clarity on that.

Story-wise I don't hold much hope anymore with the show but I enjoyed this weekend's ep purely from a Vani standpoint. We got the progression we wanted in their relationship, and sure, it's been a long time coming, but at this point, I feel there's no use crying over spilt milk. Jaise bhi mila, kam se kam mil toh raha hai...that's how I feel, anyway 😊