Things I liked:
Mayank-Nupur scene in the beginning: Fantastic scene in terms of writing and actingππ...These two play off SO well against each other!! No wonder every MaYur scene stands out so starkly in even otherwise dull epis! But today toh they were EXTRA good!!ππ
Mayank the maha-nerd/great conversationalist begins the convo with: "Kahin se aa rahi ho ya kahin jaa rahi ho"πππ.....Brilliant, Mayank!! Way to start a conversation!ππΌππ
Nupur channeling some sarcasm: "Main toh project ke baare mein hi soch rahi thi, hoon aur sochti reh jaoongi"ππ......
The way Mayank looks at her in amusement there=ππ³π
Aww moment: Mayank saying to Nupur, "Kabhi kabhi main kuch zyada bol jaata hoon....*pauses and then smiles at her in amusement*.....tumse bhi zyada" Awwwwπ God, he is so adorable!π³π
And then he shocks her with a "Shaam ko kya kar rahi ho?"ππ.....Nupur's expression in response to this was priceless!π€£π€£.....Kyun Nupur, what did YOU think he meant??ππ
And then recovering, she replies, "Dance toh main bilkul nahin kar sakti, by god!"π€£.....LOVE Nupur and her nautanki! And yet again, Mayank's grin in response to this......π
And even better is the expression on her face when he tells her to meet up for dance practice in the eveningπ€£π€£......Rati was brilliant there! And the way he grins at her after that and lightly smacks her forehead with the paper......ADORABLE!!!π
Nupur's thinking...."hain??? Am I in an alternate universe?" and she even pinches herself thinking it's a dreamπ€£π€£
Samrat (relatively) standing up to Dia today: ππΌ Hope this continues! Otherwise the endless cycle of Sammy upsetting Dia/manaoing Dia/upsetting Dai/manaaoing Dia is getting ππ
Gunjan's friend and her dialogue: Samrat aur Mayank ke alaawa is college mein aur bhi talent hai?π€£π€£....What are they?? Some kind of demi-gods???ππ
SaJan's little exchange:
G: Tum
S: Main Samrat
G: Woh
S: Woh sab maan gaye!
G: Par maine toh...
S: Maine toh pehle hi bola tha....Thanks kehne ki koi zaroorat nahin hai
πππ.....This was an underplayed scene....I liked it!
And later when G follows and him and asks him, "Tumne aisa kyun kiya?"....and Samrat replies, "Kya? Woh ladki jise maine abhi hi kaha? Use toh main jaanta hoon"π€£π€£
Mayank-Dia-Uday scene: Awesome scene!!! Dia-Uday got schooled Mayank style!πππ.....Loved the way Mayank first puts Dia in her place when she tries to imply that Nups is irritating him....and the way he starts smiling and says "Actually" then instant serious expression, "Nahin".....The way Dia and Uday's faces fall there isπππ
And then the DIALOGUE OF THE EPI: Mayank to Uday: "Mere bolne ka matlab toh tumne bata diya, par apne hone ka matlab shaayad tumhein abi tak samajh mein nahin aaya"π€£ Thank you, Mayank!!πππ For saying what we all think here day in and day out!ππ
And then the face he makes to himself later on while repeating "Dodo"π€£π€£ Mayank rocked today!!!
The Dance Practice Session: Nups starts her usual nautanki putting on that weird piece of music and taking off into her three standard filmy movesππ.....Mayank's pained expressions thereπ€£π€£π€£....Must be even more painful since he's trying to be nice to her nowππ
And then when Mayank mentions that they should do 'Salsa'...Nupur goes, "Hain??? Kaunsa?"π€£π€£ I l LOVE her 'hain??" Totally kills me everytime!π€£
Then when he tells her to do as he tells her to, Nupur with her instant reaction, "Kyun??"π€£π€£.....And then the way she moves her right foot back that first time.....that giant haathi step backπ€£π€£
And finally the dance begins.....and what a dance it isππ....Comedy of errors with intermittent romanceππ
Mayank's expression as he pulls her close first and tells her to look into his eyes =πππ
But then the way he shuffles his feet before the dance starts = π€£π€£....Uske baad toh it's endless comedy....the way Nupur's arm gets twisted when she spins, the way she crashes into him repeatedly, the way she bangs his headπ€£π€£
I loved that bit when he's moving his hand down her arm and she gets tickled suddenlyππ He gives her such a fed-up look there and the way he pushes her off and walks off is hilarious!π€£π€£ And free-spirit Nupur takes off in b/w with her own moves as usual....I love it when she does that...lekin bechara Mayankππ
And then the running attempts to jump into his armsπ€£π€£....God, the expressions on her face....as if she's doing the count to start off a 100 m dash or somethingπ€£π€£ And then landing on his feetπ€£
This was largely a repetition of their moves from the audition and it's funny how they got all the moves perfectly back then but SUDDENLY Nupur didn't know what Salsa was at all and had no idea how to do itπ.....Oh well, made for some good entertainment.
I think they are both subconsciously and simultaneously falling for each otherπ³....and I'm loving it this way!!! Don't want any big declarations of lowe showe anytime soon! This version is much cuterπ³π
Mayank's rust colored shirt: π It looked absolutely divine on him!π³π
THE PRECAP!: π.....I will reserve my views on that for tomorrow when we actually get to watch the entire thingππ.....but LOVED the bit when he drops her in the sand and all the kids start laughingππ
Rati and Arjun just play SO well off each other!!ππ......Fantastic actors, both of them.....and I love their chemistry!! π
And there wasn't anything I really disliked much todayππ.....Even Dia and her annoying screechy scenes couldn't take away from all that was good today!ππΌππ......Hmmm, but I wish we'd gotten more of Benjiπ