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Yesterday I was raving about the 4 of 4 that we received from the Creatives team this week. I was hoping to say 5 of 5 today but was slightly disappointed.....
There were some cute scenes between Dev and Radhika on their honeymoon and it is a pleasure to watch Radhika on one hand enjoying the moments alone with Dev in a faraway land, away from the peering eyes of the well-wishers and not-so-well-wishers! She is also aware that Dev needs to be perked up from his serious bout of guilt and she goes all out.
Some silliness always follows the sublime, so they introduced the club scene. Did they really need it? Can't the "Stranger" be introduced some other way....? Oh well. You win some, you lose some.
I can overlook the silliness as we were also introduced to the "Stranger" planted by Mrinu to yet again create havoc in RaDev's life. I am not sure that what Mrinu thinks will happen, will happen. We will just have to wait and see, but it was good cliffhanger to see where this storyline is headed.
I have one request to the Creatives..... please, let Radev get stronger and united in their fight, whatever it may be. I do want to see Dev mature and RaDev handle their RP responsibilities together and not apart.
The award of the day goes to Daadima and Vaishali and specifically Vaishali for saving the day and stopping the prashad to touch Vishakha's mouth...... it was bad enough to see it in Vishakha's hands. Vaishali's words were so to the point and superb!
Vishakha on the other hand is learning a few truths about her life! I loved the entire part with the Sadhu and the prashad.... Vishakha and Amma heard how Vishakha has destroyed all that she could have had and also how she SNATCHED away something that was never hers to begin with. Vaishali spared no words when she said how Vishakha went about destroying the PF reputation and how her current status is no more than a needy person's, a person seeking refuge from the owner of the house. I loved how she said it.
I am going to digress here... In the US, at Christmas time each year, they show an oldie called "Its a wonderful life" with James Stewart, my favorite oldies actor. He plays George Bailey who thinks of ending his life when things are going drastically bad for him and his guardian angel shows him how his life has affected people around him in the positive way. George has a revelation and fights back to escape death.
Today in a slightly different manner, if Vishakha has her druthers about her, she can see how she is personally responsible for what has happened to her life and how at Amma's instigation and encouragement she has made all the wrong choices and has now ended up as a dependent of the very family that despises her. She has to shed the same tears that Radhika had to shed living under Amma as Shashtriji's protege. Radhika despite having nothing and facing daily verbal and physical abuse made all the right choices. Radhika is so much respected in the household that Vishakha felt was her right and could not and did not want to maintain. She is hated in PB and cannot go back to VN. Will she turn her life around? Will she finally stand up to Amma and be Amma's punishment? Who knows?
Today Vishaska's haalat is like the dhobi's kutta - na ghar ka, na ghat ka!
How sublime!
Anupamaa
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
