♛✧ Mr. and Mrs Parshuram: Episode Discussion Thread #1 ✧♛ - Page 10

Originally posted by: Dihiva

Ok.. I haven't watched the show you are mentioning. But will try to observe camera movements from tomorrow.

btw, I was surprised there was a Sat, Sun episodes for such a new show! Colors new shows are generally off on weekends.

Originally posted by: Dihiva

@bold- you know I am beginning to think Shiv is not as middle or lower middle class as they have portrayed. Today he gifted his wife a costlier than before mangalsutra.. I think he is just pretending to be stingy as a part of his cover. The valentine's promo shows him wearing pricy outfit to surprise his wife. The other day he came in a bus to the party to make sure his in-laws or someone notices him getting out of a bus. He is projecting that image. He pretends to be stingy but his children are allowed to order costly stuff online. Even in the restaurant promo I felt its not that they don't have the money but its just that he doesn't want to be seen spending too much.

And about Shalini being a spy, I agree.. she is playing her own spy games. And I am sure Shiv and Shalini both know about each other's true professions. May be they just agreed to be as committed to their family life as they can be and don't appreciate when the other deviates from the commitment. Hence we see Shalini firing off on Shiv and Shiv asking her to be truthful. Their dynamics as a couple and as parents is intriguing and seems to have more layers than we are being shown.

Originally posted by: MJ_1009

i think from a channel pov, they want more viewership but personally speaking i don't like the 7 day trend since it takes a toll on the cast and crew...i guess to garner more trps, such a movement but thats why i like sony that they keep their shows 4-5 days per week and allow weekends for other shows..ive noticed recently that some colors shows are not airing on weekends/hot star stopped uploading some shows and they are experimenting a little bit thereby gaining good momentum even though some shows have shitty writing but star plus needs to be bring back its era when it used to experiment with different genres and stop adapting/focusing on remakes from its sister channels unless the show has a good message...i think only then can star plus gain even better momentum..

I am watching UKA and Arambhi now along with this show.. no idea about Sony shows. But I agree, continuous hectic schedules takes a toll on everyone involved and especially the story goes downhill too quickly with trps and the channel pressuring them to come with new storylines and tracks every week. Its not easy.

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Originally posted by: MJ_1009

he definitely is pretending to be stingy and i think he's told this to his colleagues too, on the boat, when trying to nab the criminals that he has to be parshuram and police officer thus trying to maintain the balance...no clue what shalini is hiding about and where did the injury come from..lets see

Yes, he is pretending and I think Shalini knows that its just his facade. Interesting to see what she is upto.

Originally posted by: sadiltl

@bold I too think the same. both are having covers. However, Shalini might be linked to criminal past. To come out of that muck, she married Shiv who is a common man. She might be trying to hide her past. Parshuram is hiding his profession. However, over years, they have grown to love each other and produced two kids out of their "union". whether there is love or purpose behind their union we dont know. :D That will be the conflict I guess.

If they blow up their covers, their marriage will end. They will not trust each other. Will shalini believe in Shiv's love that he had been showering. Will Parshuram protect her knowing her past? I think kids will be their weak points. Shalini might protect them from her past. But will Parshuram choose them over his country/duty, because the entire family setup is his cover ONLY. That will be the emotional conflict in this show.

One more thing I agree with you and also observed is how kids are intrigued by their parents' fights and romance :D. And they give this surprised look for both situations. May be it is show audience's mind as well who is seeing them through kids' lenses. . Is this all real? The girl seems to be smart and already impressing her dad with her intelligent questions.

I also think Neil got a very challenging role. It will be hard to convince TV audience to love him, if Shiv is just a facade. Complicated role and lot of expressions are needed to convey his emotional state. He rocked Virat so I am sure he will do his best here too. Till now I like his shades.

Lol, and just today they showed romance between couple without children and in privacy. But it would still be an interesting thing to see as to how and what is the whole setup of Shiv-Shalini.

I agree, I am not sure how are makers going to explain his reasons to be under cover with family and all. Risk would still always be high on family with the way they are dealing with Parshuram so openly on the steets . In a way, had Shalini been aware, she would have been additional layer of shield for kids and family. It's quite reckless at this point to explain what's the point of hiding all this?

Originally posted by: masked

Contrasting personality is understandable, and if Shalini does turn out to be spy (without Shiv's knowledge), then she seems to have better handle over managing both the images.

If the above mentioned detailed tweet and what you have written at the end comes true then we are all watching a TV version of the movie Mr. and Mrs.Smith here where both the husband and wife were spies/assassins without any children of course.

See right now nothing is clear at the moment though it was quite clear from today's episode that Shalini lied to her family about her phone being switched off and Shiv's suspicions regarding her injury mark on the right hand.

Shalini was clearly hiding something but whether its related to her being a Spy or Shiv's in laws criminal past bcoz in the next episode promo it was hinted that criminal named Babbar has some connection with Shiv's in laws bcoz the call was traced to his in laws residential address 15/2.

It could be possible that Shalini might be just an undercover cop also gathering evidence against her own criminal family this could explain why they were so rich bcoz she herself mentioned today that she chose Shivprasad despite coming from one of the city's elite families.

Or all of this Shalini being a spy or a cop might be just wild speculations and her reasons of hiding something from her kids and husband might be entirely different.

As far as we know Shalini manages all the housework herself and she doesn't have any job profile like her husband of being an insurance agent which can be used as some sort of a cover for her spying activities.

On the other hand bcoz of Babbar's connection to Shiv's in laws its gonna be a real test for Shiv now as to how he would apprehend the hidden criminal in his wife Shalini's elite family.

Shivprasad for all his drawbacks loves his wife Shalini very deeply and it might hurt him on the inside to act against his own wife's family.If he was a cop like in Ghum then he could have perhaps got a search warrant for investigation but here he's a spy not a cop.

Shiv has to act in a stealthy manner to uncover the real criminal in Shalini's family without hurting Shalini or his in laws.

Shalini's elite family doesn't like Shiv that much and the risk of apprehending that criminal might blow not only his spy cover but could tear his own family apart too bcoz Shiv has mentioned multiple times that he loves his own small family of a wife and 2 kinds pretty much.

Shalini won't believe Shiv's accusation then that easily.Also it could be possible that perhaps either due to unwillingness or willingly she might be an undercover accomplice in her elite family's illegal operations.

Shalini does not seem to be fond of her family, and to an extent, I feel she knows her family isn't what it appears. I mean that was my understanding from whatever I have seen during party! She loves and will always choose Shiv over those people; despite Shiv being so embarassing at the party, she was just mad at him! I don't think she even apologized or anything to her parents for his behavior or anything.

I feel Shalini's family does not like him because someone might be aware of his true profession to not like him. Financial reasons are just an excuse.

This is all very confusing on who knows what, and who supports whom at this point, and it's crazy But I like such stories, as long as they have answers to these questions. I don't mind twists and turns, I will mind if it keeps twisting narratives to be biased towards any character.

Hmm… if they know each others identities there is no conflict! It will be an action show. The conflict of having to live with a different identity makes it emotional. How do you trust a person when you know he or she is not the one who you loved or had kids with?!

And I think both Shiv and Shalini are good people but their priorities are different. Shalini looks giving 100% to her family emotionally but she gets frustrated with shiv’s clumsiness. In her wife cover, she expects a lot from shiv, not money but like any other women some care, attention and protection. When he “seems” to fail doing those she accuses him. That shows they have grown to behave as normal couple. Yesterday her evaluating him on brining sautam and feeling happy about his answer shows her expectations on shiv and she is happy with him. Even though frustrated with his slowness, she is happy with him. The to be shown restaurant sequence shows her expectations on shiv and how he doesn’t reach them. Thats the reason he showers her with love. When the cover is blown, will she not wonder if his love is genuine.

Shiv I was skeptical till yesterday because somewhere I thought his ILUs are cover to protect from excessive questioning. Ofcourse he loves his kids but I initially felt he tells ILUs too many times for a seasoned married couple. But yesterday we see that he loves her genuinely. He questioned her because of the constant threat of someone harming them because his cover is compromised. However both feel guilty when the other says ILU to them. Because they are hiding the biggest secret . If you don’t love a person and only duty bound, you will not feel guilty. Only issue I find with Parshuram is that he doesn’t respect his in-laws. Not even for the sake of Shalini’s feelings! May be he knows they are not good people and hence looks down upon them ?! But atleast for Shalini’s sake he has to pretend right. Thats why I think Shalini is more involved with him than Shiv is with her. Shiv is only emotionally involved with these 3. I still have doubts if the choice is given, will he choose his country or the cover?

ps: yeah money part is doubtful. When operating at that level, does he even care about the money? Saving for home and all could be pretense. Or going by family man show, here also parshuram being a govt servant might get mediocre salary only. That part is unclear.

Originally posted by: sadiltl

Hmm… if they know each others identities there is no conflict! It will be an action show. The conflict of having to live with a different identity makes it emotional. How do you trust a person when you know he or she is not the one who you loved or had kids with?!

And I think both Shiv and Shalini are good people but their priorities are different. Shalini looks giving 100% to her family emotionally but she gets frustrated with shiv’s clumsiness. In her wife cover, she expects a lot from shiv, not money but like any other women some care, attention and protection. When he “seems” to fail doing those she accuses him. That shows they have grown to behave as normal couple. Yesterday her evaluating him on brining sautam and feeling happy about his answer shows her expectations on shiv and she is happy with him. Even though frustrated with his slowness, she is happy with him. The to be shown restaurant sequence shows her expectations on shiv and how he doesn’t reach them. Thats the reason he showers her with love. When the cover is blown, will she not wonder if his love is genuine.

Shiv I was skeptical till yesterday because somewhere I thought his ILUs are cover to protect from excessive questioning. Ofcourse he loves his kids but I initially felt he tells ILUs too many times for a seasoned married couple. But yesterday we see that he loves her genuinely. He questioned her because of the constant threat of someone harming them because his cover is compromised. However both feel guilty when the other says ILU to them. Because they are hiding the biggest secret . If you don’t love a person and only duty bound, you will not feel guilty. Only issue I find with Parshuram is that he doesn’t respect his in-laws. Not even for the sake of Shalini’s feelings! May be he knows they are not good people and hence looks down upon them ?! But atleast for Shalini’s sake he has to pretend right. Thats why I think Shalini is more involved with him than Shiv is with her. Shiv is only emotionally involved with these 3. I still have doubts if the choice is given, will he choose his country or the cover?

ps: yeah money part is doubtful. When operating at that level, does he even care about the money? Saving for home and all could be e. Or going by family man show, here also parshuram being a govt servant might get mediocre salary only. That part is unclear.

Hi I wrote this just now for Dihiva

Originally posted by: MJ_1009

I'm just wondering why he has even hided this matter from her for so many years since he knows her from their college days...

Yes, I just mentioned it somewhere.. Hiding this from wife, unless wife has strictly shown some aversion towards such profession, or both are covers knowing each other, or if he has married her to with a reason to expose her family, this is basically risky thing to do! And new promo suggests so.

Had Shalini been aware, she could have protected her kids, and been more vigilant! This whole hiding thing is being taken very lightly so far in the show!