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hmmm... y'know the first thought i had when i finished watching? whether smits (sshekar) wasn't right about not stopping the wfp (waiting for prem) count until prem's back. 'cause they seem to be trying really hard to persuade us that this ain't prem? no?
* big thing: 'kay, is it just me, or has the quality of production gone down since the "rajasthan" footage? i mean, i know there were some brilliant (seriously!) outdoorshots. but even the indoor shots then -- like the engagement ring ceremony -- was beautiful. for some reason it's not as spectacular anymore. is it just me? 😕
* little thing: loved preet again today. loved how he walked in looking troubled. and then physically reworked a smile back on his face when he looked up. and of course, how can one not love him for having come out to look for his bhabhi when she went missing? seriously. preet has always been a sweetheart on this show. isn't it amazing how prem-heer has all of us obsessed? there must be something seriously, unnaturally, gripping 'bout prem-heer that we give preet such little time.
* little thing: *sigh* i see that they haven't yet figured out how to work a blackhole into the story to take veera to a planet in a galaxy far-far-away. 'kay, kimz, i guess i'm now hoping that they will get her pet dog to eat her up some episodes later as a more possible get-veera-out story-line. *double sigh*
* little thing: 'kay, did anyone else think that today heer was behaving like a goldfish in a bowl? seriously woman, get a grip on that lower jaw! it. is. not. natural. no matter what your new creative head or director tell you! disobey them, damnit!! ever seen prem stand around like a goldfish in a bowl??? hmmmmmmm???!!!!
* little thing: er... did anyone else catch that kodiyon-pal was with ratpal?? what happened to satyapal??? and did anyone catch that kodiyonpal was ... um ... staring at ratpal most of the time? um... so... are we to assume that ratpal does .. uh ... bend the other way (which is how vibhs put it, i think. 😆 man, i miss vibha!) and that kodiyon-pal has replaced satyapal in ratpal's affections?? 🤣
* little thing: inn't it funny how there was absolutely no one in the control room during the ceremony? 🤣 and that all the monitors were in standby mode??? 🤣🤣🤣 boy when prem says that he works only two-hours, he really means it, don't he??? 🤣
* big thing: heer's definitely in prem-denial mode. she still thinks he's in the moon. but ain't it cute? she asks prem-in-the-moon what she is to do? and .. everything around her aligns to give her the sign. the dancer's song is "aaja sawariya, aah, aah, aah" at that moment. and of course, prem walks back in.
* big thing: y'know? i also think the scriptwriting is getting weaker. example 1 was that entire royal-painter episode. example 2 was that prem walks-in moment. i mean, think 'bout it: heer obviously heard him come in. i think he was whistling. she thought it was ratty. why? i thought perhaps prem was whistling "their tune" and she (in prem-denial mode) must've convinced herself that it was ravan with his lighter. and that is when she took of in such a hysterical manner.
see! doesn't that make better sense? 'cause the way it was shot was toooo fuzzy - i mean, why the heck did heer get that hysterical, that suddenly?! mine's better! *said firmly, while hardening the not-so-lovely estee jaw* donchya think?
er... d'you think that i should apply for the post of script-corrector-at-the-very-last-second there? 😆
* little thing: 'kay, dunno 'bout all of you, but i found prem's reaction to heer's hysteria really really funny! and no, i didn't think it was perfect. there were shades of my gang-boys in that reaction. the way his eyes went wide when she started off on him and kept going. that was sooo typical! but he missed what my guys usually do, which is: much looking upto the heavens for help. and tightening their lips so that they will not advertantly say something -- 'cause that would only get more outbursts from the girls! 😆 more than that -- i totally loved his hands going instinctively to his head. but he didn't finish the move so i couldn't figure whether he wanted to tear his hair out, or stuff his fingers into his ears! 🤣 or was that just hc being hc concerned about the headband not being on just-so?? *hc! focus! you're being prem who doesn't know he's prem!*
but what was that rotating his head (like he was suddenly exercising his neck muscles)?? reminded me of arnold schwarzenegger in the terminator movies which suddenly creeped me out. is this prem the terminator come back from the future??! and eeeks. same with the head move he made after he got his keys from the table. *shiver* unless, of course, this prem the terminator is out to terminate ratpal!! oooh, now that would be uber-cool! 😆
* almost-persuaded-me-it-was-prem thing: but i must say. i did like the way prem couldn't just walk away. seriously. 😍 i mean, i have no clue
(a) what hey-look-at-me!-i'm-so-cool prem is doing with a really large white hankie. my boy gang wouldn't be caught dead with those! 🤣 and
(b) what did argh!-hate-girls-and-their-tears! prem thought a girl with a long dupatta would need that hankie for (er, aren't dupattas just a convenient way to wear a big hankie? i don't wear 'em and always wondered... 😆)
but still. after all those cheap "girls!" comments and the hands wanting to shut out heer's cries. the look on his face in that microscopic moment when he went still after turning away from heer with his keys... that was ... prem. that was! but example 3 of bad scripting: that entire walk to heer, the entire leaning across to take the key, to put the hankie -- no good. it all looked rather forced. and did he have to go so close to heer to get his keys??! hmmmm... or is that yet another sign that that's prem who can't really stay away from his heer? 😆
* little thing: 'kay, totally didn't get why heer suddenly jerked away to realise it wasn't ratpal. 'cause he would never have been that courteous? was that it? or was it that finally a prem presence filtered into her denial/misery? or did prem walk out whistling "their" tune again? that confused me tonnes. why was heer suddenly that concerned about anything/anyone other than her misery? *big time frown*
* big thing: so, with all the scripting messes above, it was the last segment that made the episode. and of the three people who were on the podium, for the first time i realised that ag was a very good actress. and that in comparison the actor playing ratpal is not at all good. it's as if he think that a smirk on his face enough to get a need-revenge! attitude across.
but this is the moment that ratty's waiting for. his major and final straw to back the break of the juneja family. he should have been gloating, triumphant. but the delivery of his lines? it was ... watery. as smelly as the sewage that ratty probably lives in. there should've been more fire. more manic intensity. unfortunately this guy has never delivered the mad passion that ravan's lines need. he is a bad actor - just does not use his voice (like hc and ag and even dq/sr do brilliantly) to convince us of ravan's passion. pity.
and so the defining moment that made that scene was heer's last desperate shake at ratpal as if asking for just that one more night of reprieve. the silent resignation that you could almost not see on her face when she realises that he is not going to have any mercy. and from the moment that the camera shows how heer hand is beginning to move away from lalit juneja's grasp to the time that she reaches ratpal's side - the camerawork here was excellent - the closeups, the zoom outs, the different angles - it all worked! and that last shot of heer without any tears but her eyes downcast. and that unaccepting disbelief on lalit juneja's face... brilliant. 👏
so - here's a question: is lalit juneja going to collapse with a heart-attack and die? 'cause you know, in the ramayan, king dasharath does die. and there is some ceremony that gets done without ram (and lakshman) around. and will that be enough to satisfy ratpal's need for revenge? 'cause for all practical purposes, prem's dead, right?
* little thing: that precap was ... too deliberately prem-centric to trust. so i'm not gonna trust all the prem-character allusions in it. *yeah, i can be as good at precap-denial as heer is at prem-denial...😆* the only thing interesting in it that the crew did collect all the material recorded and that it's likely that prem'll edited the material. maybe he'll even bring the tapes around to the juneja house to deliver it to the family?
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* little thing: should i restart the wfp count? 😆
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highlight of the episode: preet's face when he sits back down at the table. he rocked. 🤗
* big thing: 'kay, is it just me, or has the quality of production gone down since the "rajasthan" footage? i mean, i know there were some brilliant (seriously!) outdoorshots. but even the indoor shots then -- like the engagement ring ceremony -- was beautiful. for some reason it's not as spectacular anymore. is it just me? 😕
* little thing: loved preet again today. loved how he walked in looking troubled. and then physically reworked a smile back on his face when he looked up. and of course, how can one not love him for having come out to look for his bhabhi when she went missing? seriously. preet has always been a sweetheart on this show. isn't it amazing how prem-heer has all of us obsessed? there must be something seriously, unnaturally, gripping 'bout prem-heer that we give preet such little time.
* little thing: *sigh* i see that they haven't yet figured out how to work a blackhole into the story to take veera to a planet in a galaxy far-far-away. 'kay, kimz, i guess i'm now hoping that they will get her pet dog to eat her up some episodes later as a more possible get-veera-out story-line. *double sigh*
* little thing: 'kay, did anyone else think that today heer was behaving like a goldfish in a bowl? seriously woman, get a grip on that lower jaw! it. is. not. natural. no matter what your new creative head or director tell you! disobey them, damnit!! ever seen prem stand around like a goldfish in a bowl??? hmmmmmmm???!!!!
* little thing: er... did anyone else catch that kodiyon-pal was with ratpal?? what happened to satyapal??? and did anyone catch that kodiyonpal was ... um ... staring at ratpal most of the time? um... so... are we to assume that ratpal does .. uh ... bend the other way (which is how vibhs put it, i think. 😆 man, i miss vibha!) and that kodiyon-pal has replaced satyapal in ratpal's affections?? 🤣
* little thing: inn't it funny how there was absolutely no one in the control room during the ceremony? 🤣 and that all the monitors were in standby mode??? 🤣🤣🤣 boy when prem says that he works only two-hours, he really means it, don't he??? 🤣
* big thing: heer's definitely in prem-denial mode. she still thinks he's in the moon. but ain't it cute? she asks prem-in-the-moon what she is to do? and .. everything around her aligns to give her the sign. the dancer's song is "aaja sawariya, aah, aah, aah" at that moment. and of course, prem walks back in.
* big thing: y'know? i also think the scriptwriting is getting weaker. example 1 was that entire royal-painter episode. example 2 was that prem walks-in moment. i mean, think 'bout it: heer obviously heard him come in. i think he was whistling. she thought it was ratty. why? i thought perhaps prem was whistling "their tune" and she (in prem-denial mode) must've convinced herself that it was ravan with his lighter. and that is when she took of in such a hysterical manner.
see! doesn't that make better sense? 'cause the way it was shot was toooo fuzzy - i mean, why the heck did heer get that hysterical, that suddenly?! mine's better! *said firmly, while hardening the not-so-lovely estee jaw* donchya think?
er... d'you think that i should apply for the post of script-corrector-at-the-very-last-second there? 😆
* little thing: 'kay, dunno 'bout all of you, but i found prem's reaction to heer's hysteria really really funny! and no, i didn't think it was perfect. there were shades of my gang-boys in that reaction. the way his eyes went wide when she started off on him and kept going. that was sooo typical! but he missed what my guys usually do, which is: much looking upto the heavens for help. and tightening their lips so that they will not advertantly say something -- 'cause that would only get more outbursts from the girls! 😆 more than that -- i totally loved his hands going instinctively to his head. but he didn't finish the move so i couldn't figure whether he wanted to tear his hair out, or stuff his fingers into his ears! 🤣 or was that just hc being hc concerned about the headband not being on just-so?? *hc! focus! you're being prem who doesn't know he's prem!*
but what was that rotating his head (like he was suddenly exercising his neck muscles)?? reminded me of arnold schwarzenegger in the terminator movies which suddenly creeped me out. is this prem the terminator come back from the future??! and eeeks. same with the head move he made after he got his keys from the table. *shiver* unless, of course, this prem the terminator is out to terminate ratpal!! oooh, now that would be uber-cool! 😆
* almost-persuaded-me-it-was-prem thing: but i must say. i did like the way prem couldn't just walk away. seriously. 😍 i mean, i have no clue
(a) what hey-look-at-me!-i'm-so-cool prem is doing with a really large white hankie. my boy gang wouldn't be caught dead with those! 🤣 and
(b) what did argh!-hate-girls-and-their-tears! prem thought a girl with a long dupatta would need that hankie for (er, aren't dupattas just a convenient way to wear a big hankie? i don't wear 'em and always wondered... 😆)
but still. after all those cheap "girls!" comments and the hands wanting to shut out heer's cries. the look on his face in that microscopic moment when he went still after turning away from heer with his keys... that was ... prem. that was! but example 3 of bad scripting: that entire walk to heer, the entire leaning across to take the key, to put the hankie -- no good. it all looked rather forced. and did he have to go so close to heer to get his keys??! hmmmm... or is that yet another sign that that's prem who can't really stay away from his heer? 😆
* little thing: 'kay, totally didn't get why heer suddenly jerked away to realise it wasn't ratpal. 'cause he would never have been that courteous? was that it? or was it that finally a prem presence filtered into her denial/misery? or did prem walk out whistling "their" tune again? that confused me tonnes. why was heer suddenly that concerned about anything/anyone other than her misery? *big time frown*
* big thing: so, with all the scripting messes above, it was the last segment that made the episode. and of the three people who were on the podium, for the first time i realised that ag was a very good actress. and that in comparison the actor playing ratpal is not at all good. it's as if he think that a smirk on his face enough to get a need-revenge! attitude across.
but this is the moment that ratty's waiting for. his major and final straw to back the break of the juneja family. he should have been gloating, triumphant. but the delivery of his lines? it was ... watery. as smelly as the sewage that ratty probably lives in. there should've been more fire. more manic intensity. unfortunately this guy has never delivered the mad passion that ravan's lines need. he is a bad actor - just does not use his voice (like hc and ag and even dq/sr do brilliantly) to convince us of ravan's passion. pity.
and so the defining moment that made that scene was heer's last desperate shake at ratpal as if asking for just that one more night of reprieve. the silent resignation that you could almost not see on her face when she realises that he is not going to have any mercy. and from the moment that the camera shows how heer hand is beginning to move away from lalit juneja's grasp to the time that she reaches ratpal's side - the camerawork here was excellent - the closeups, the zoom outs, the different angles - it all worked! and that last shot of heer without any tears but her eyes downcast. and that unaccepting disbelief on lalit juneja's face... brilliant. 👏
so - here's a question: is lalit juneja going to collapse with a heart-attack and die? 'cause you know, in the ramayan, king dasharath does die. and there is some ceremony that gets done without ram (and lakshman) around. and will that be enough to satisfy ratpal's need for revenge? 'cause for all practical purposes, prem's dead, right?
* little thing: that precap was ... too deliberately prem-centric to trust. so i'm not gonna trust all the prem-character allusions in it. *yeah, i can be as good at precap-denial as heer is at prem-denial...😆* the only thing interesting in it that the crew did collect all the material recorded and that it's likely that prem'll edited the material. maybe he'll even bring the tapes around to the juneja house to deliver it to the family?
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* little thing: should i restart the wfp count? 😆
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highlight of the episode: preet's face when he sits back down at the table. he rocked. 🤗
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