Heya fellas, I am back with my review for the weekend, and I am kind of exasperated with the way the plot has shaped up since Chandrakala and neither am I happy with how VAni has progressed. This week was a total filler week. I did not get the head and tail of the last 4 episodes. It makes no bloody sense. Everything looks so misplaced boss. Not that I am completely disappointed, because there were bits which were good in the episodes, lekin sachmuch, it was tedious watching the weekender for me. Matlab bahut jaktojehat karni padi ye episodes dekhne ke liye. So getting on with my review, here it goes:
Highlights - Yayyy!!!๐๐ผ
Ballu the bear - Oh, you guys have no idea how happy I was seeing Ballu the dad in action. The man was freaking out about Veeranshu crashlanding on the moon and knew that there is a bigger storm ahead of him if Veeranshu does not make it out. Still, the man and Tapish maintained semblance and played along with Bani just fine, because all of them know what can trigger Veeranshu's control-freak streak. And the most amazebomb that Ballu dropped, "Thank You"๐ to Bani, his enemy. It must take a lot from an egoist like Balwant to actually say that. But I know he pulled it off because the father to Veeranshu was speaking there. Finally, got to see a comradeship moment here. And the common point of affection is - Veeranshu. And then in the cave, he was like, "I am happy for once that Bani and her love for Veeranshu has won". Brownie points to Ballu, the dad. I was so so so happy with this development. Thank you makers for this.๐๐ผ
The Cheels - Okay, so the Cheels were useful. At least audience banke khade nahi the. They contributed by fending off the centipedes. I know they aren't the strongest Cheels, but at least they all tried and did not leave it all to Adi Naagin to go into her, "Save the Day" mode. Anyway, Bani is such an egoist, we don't need to give her any further reasons to fan herself for her powers, which looks like till the end will remain invisible only๐ค. Brownie points to Ponky as well, to go and pull away Meera so that she does not harm herself. For the first time, he did not hide behind his dad but was hiding Meera behind himself. Applauds to Ponky๐It is so ironic that this is the same Ponky who could care less for women when it comes to business, but now that women are his family, he is trying in his own small way to protect them. He was really cute when he tried to splash ice water on Veeranshu's face to wake him. The little brother talking I guess.๐ Tapish was in form as the older brother. I liked that they utilized all the Cheels in both episodes. Hopefully, we get to see more of them in action next week and some Cheel-Naagin camaraderie further.
Irony of life with Bani - Waise to I have not much positive to say about Bani, and I still have to reach the negative bit. But in both episodes, I was just observing how life is going a full circle with Bani. Before she had sight and could not see Veeranshu or his earnest appeals of love, and when she wants to see him and get that same love back, she has to lose her sight to do the same. Before, Veeranshu made promises and lived up to each and every one of them, and now Bani is making promises, God knows if she lives up to them or not. Before all she could do was inflict pain, and now all she was getting is pain in return. Those tears are not hers', those are the unshed tears which Veeranshu wept, and Bani ignored. I liked the subtlety with which they highlighted these points. Kudos to that!๐
The Marriage Vows - I was actually quite happy with how the vows were worded. Be it about moving on from Satyug, rewriting the VAni story in the present, loyalty, blind faith, and unconditional love. All the vows were apt and relevant to the situation. I liked it how the vows started with Veeranshu from the moon and ended with Bani on Earth. Since the love story is so unconventional, so is the marriage. They are seated with different partners but are giving vows to each other. That was the only thing that remained to happen in this marriage. Pehle sindoor, phir mangalsutra, phir mehendi, phir suhaagraat, phir saat vachan aur phere, aur last me exchanging rings hogi. Ajeeb jodi ki ajeeb shaadi ki rasme. Laga di dono ne law and order ki๐คฃ๐คฃ
Highlights - Nayyy!!!๐๐ผ
Disconnect with Bani - Okay, so I have always been disconnected with her, and dislike the character, but ab to jyaada hone laga hai after her going all lovey-dovey with Veeranshu. I mean, chal kya raha hai??? Pehle uske nafrat se connect karna mushkil tha, ab uske pyaar ke saath connect karna mushkil hai. Uska emotion mujh tak nahi pahunchta. Aisa bhi nahi hai that I am too biased to Veeranshu. But jitna uss bande ne iss panauti madam ko jhela hai, including us, uska to 1 percent bhi kuch nahi hua ab tak Bani ke saath. She has not been redeemed properly and her love holds no depth, cause we did not get to know how and why she fell for Veeranshu??? Emotional depth is absent in Bani. Neither I see her love for her family, neither I see her bond with Jai, neither I see her love for Veeranshu. To bacha kya bandi me dekhne ko. Why does every emotion and equation look so half-hearted? The anger I saw in her when Jai was supposedly killed, I did not see 1 percent of that after he was exposed. The love which they are trying to convince me of needed more meaningful conversations and monologues, cause this falling in love looks so sudden and out of place. When I can't connect with love, how can the consummation be justified? Ab hi 2 din pehle pyaar, aur 2 din baad consummation, mazaak chal raha hai kya? Aur family ke saath to chod hi do. Uski family sirf Meera hi hai, kyunki baaki kisi aur ke saath equation to hai hi nahi. I don't have a problem with flawed character, woh to Veeranshu bhi hai, Jai bhi hai, lekin bandi ke liye root kar saku aisa kuch to ho. I am sorry, I can no longer associate or connect with Bani, and it becomes difficult to watch it that way. And I am sorry, lekin uska rona bilakna, although I wanted to see it, but it annoyed the hell out of me. Sar pakad ke baith ke dekhna pada. Haaye re Bani!๐ค
Chandini - The woman is a nightmare of sorts. Usko dekh kar aisa laga ki main "Chaand ki Chandni" kam, "Chanda Chudail ka badla" dekh rahi hu. Like the big eyes and big teeth highlighted the terror she is, and her makeup just enhanced that. She was hideous. Who said she looked, nice boss. She wasn't at all.
Observations:
I am thoroughly appalled at how many loose ends there are which haven't been addressed, and these people don't seem bothered or interested also. Like can someone explain why it has not been shown? Who killed Teer and Monil? What was Shukla's agenda and why he wants to hurt his own kind? These issues can be sorted in a jiffy without too much drama, but they don't seem to plan on showing any of this. Cannot just brush it under the carpet. TRP aunties did not even watch the entire show, we have and we remember. We made this show popular, thoda humko bhi dekho.
Speaking of explanations, the Cheel Rajkumar and Adi Naagin equation also has not been explained. And this is not like Naagin fell for a human, which is against natural order. But here there are many issues - they are natural enemies, they are reincarnated, they are prophesied and destined to be together. But why? What is so special about this union? Could they care to explain? Or they have some shitty explanation like "Shiv ki leela" types because then it is a massive let down.
Coming to the precap, that girgit mausa Jai is not supposed to die so soon. Because he is the 3rd lead. Unless the show is nearing the end. Bani was actually firm on punishing him with death, matlab kuch jyaada hi bada kaand kiya hoga bande ne. And "woh sabko maar degi" has to be Chandrakala right? Or is there some other villain lady? Has to be her? Who else would it be otherwise?
Btw, ye "Pyaar ko nilaam" karne wala kya scene hai that Chandrakala told Ballu? Uska koi jawab milega or we should just think it is some random dialogue, kyunki overanalyze karna vyarth hai iss show me.
Also, could they care to explain how Jai manifested so much powers in just a couple of hours? Kaunsa chiraag ka djinn mil gaya usko? Aur kaise powers hai ye jisne pure Jai ke look ko transform karke rakh diya? Well, look forward to any opinions or views, kyunki expecting answers from makers is pointless.
Anyway, that's all from me, cause there is nothing much to mull over this week. Lets see how next week goes. More than excitement, I am kind of dreading it, God knows why. Please feel free to share your comments, views, and opinions.๐