** Archives - August 2010

Tuesday - do we get any other VJs?

me on Thursday....hope no APRR's smart aleck comments within his head on his two timing achievements....

Episode 74

Indha episode-ai 50 words-kuLLa ezhudha mudiyum- basically nothing happened!!

P's house- Karthik has a new camera (its such a rare sighting for someone in this ultra rich family to own a camera it seems). Mother, grandma and grandpa are all taken in by Karthik's camera. Karthik wants to take the 1st photo in it with his mother. P of course asks darling son to take both P and APRR. But RR says photo-naale enakku allergy (nobody wonders why of course) and storms into room. 😕

P is upset, her father tells RR secretly that he understands why RR is "allergic to photos"- he doesnt want it to fall into "wrong" hands (Anu)...(nobody has heard of handphone cameras in that house. I think it should not be hard for kids to snap pictures with mobiles nowadays, but apparently nobody in the house takes photos of dad. 😡

Next- Selvarani and Karthi (mechanic) vazhisal on the road. She tells him she "knows" who he is and how rich he is. Karthi asks her if she will love him if he was poor, and if he was not RR's son. She says no problem, her love is true (but inside she thinks he is lying that he is poor to test her). She questions him on how come he comes in a different car each day if he is poor- loosu- he is a mechanic 😳


Karthi is relieved at her response and he proceeds to drop her at her home (?)

Prem's house- Karthik (RR's son) comes with jeweller to their house and requests Prem's father to tell him how he got the chain which he gave to the jeweller. Prem and the father get nervous but they adjust saying someone borrowed money and gave this chain as collateral. They tell Karthik they cant remember who gave the chain. They are curt in response and request Karthik to take action if needed. Karthik apologises, and understands its not their fault, and leaves with jeweller. Prem and his mother scold the father for doing this business and says he wont be bailed out if he gets arrested for his illegal gold trading business. Prem is angry with the father and leaves.

Textiles shop- (There is only 1 shop in Chennai of course)
RR and Sundu are looking for a shirt at the far end of a small shop.
Enter- A and P together shopping for other clothes. After selecting, they want to buy some shirts and proceed to walk towards the shirt section where RR (looks calm) 😡 and Sundu (looks panicked).
They await to be noticed by A&P... thodarum

(But of course they will escape magically otherwise the serial will end- maybe the ground will open up and RR will escape to basement?) Cool's patience is tested once again this week with the lack of storyline today.

(Cool wonders- WHY wont 2 friends ever ask each other what their husbands are doing- Its not like they have anything else professional to discuss???) 🤢

Hmmm, indha showle Pallavi doesn't know that Anu is before her in biwihood, here Thursday doesn't know that it is being followed by Wednesday! In any case, Friday is last! Thanks to the One above for giving us a break over the weekend.

Update for Friday, Aug 6, 2010:

RR and Sundar are in the store and RR points out his two lovely ladies, walking towards them. (Ada poNNungaLa, konjam look up and you will see your darling hubby looking like a scorpion bitten thief!). Since RR is a coward, he decides to hide in the dressing room (and how I wished it had been occupied at that time, leaving him with nowhere to hide!). A and P walk up, still deciding whether to get shirts or T-shirts, and A sees Sundar. She says "Sundar aNNa?" and then P also sees him and asks "Sundar aNNa?" Sundar turns around looking every bit guilty (and these two don't even notice that!), A asks P if she knows him, and P asks the same of A. A says that Sundar is her hubby's best friend, and P says the same, and Sundar thinks to himself that they both have the same hubby! A asks him if the two hubbies know each other and he tells himself that they are one and the same, but he tells them that the two guys don't know each other (and I was born yesterday!). Then he hurriedly shoos them out of the store and into the car, and sees them off. He returns and rescues RR from the dressing room, and RR heaves a sigh of relief. Innum ethanai naaL thaan neeyum ippadi escape aagirae, naanum paarkiren!

I just realized that I omitted tbe best part of today's episode: VJ3 go to some hole in the corner hotel. SR looks aghast at the place, KtheM (Karthi the mechanic) assures her that it is the best hotel in the area and he eats there often. Once seated, he asks her what she will have and tells her not to ask for any sweets because they make it in oil and then claim to make it in pure ghee there. The waiter comes, KtheM asks what is fresh, the man rattles off a few items, KtheM asks the price of puris, waiter says Rs. 25, KtheM is shocked, asks about bondas, those are only Rs. 15, KtheM orders one plate. He says he is not hungry and he can share SR's plate. In the meantime, his phone rings and he tells someone that he cannot accept any sodhappals in the order for cement and he had to go to a lot of trouble to get this order and if it is not done properly, he will not tolerate it. SR is impressed and asks him how long his father has been in business, he says since before he was born, he brags about his father's various contracts and various bridges built by his dad. SR wants to use his phone to call home (what happened to her phone?) and dials, only to be told that he has a balance outstanding for three months, so service is denied. She mazhuppufies, saying that the line was not available, but she is wondering what is wrong with the guy, esp as he is busy polishing off the bondas! I think I like this jodi the best, they are good for a few laughs, esp as you can see KtheM thinking what to say and SR wondering why he is like this.

Adhi comes to Srinidhi's house, tells her mother and Srinidhi that his parents have decided to do the engagement ceremony on Friday and invites them for the same. He says that he has been asked to convey this info to Nivedha's family too, and asks Srinidhi to do the honors, but she tells him to do it, so he agrees and she dials the number and gives it to him. Nivedha answers the phone, and when she finds out that it is Adhi on the other end, she tells him not to call like this, she says that she doesn't like the practice of spending hours on the phone pouring Ums, and to not call again, and she hangs up, without giving him a chance to explain or say anything. Srinidhi asks him what happened, he tells her, so she rings again, and this time the phone is answered by Anu. Adhi explains to her what happened with Nivedha and tells her that he thinks Nivedha has misunderstood him. He also tells her about the engagement on Friday.

Anu is pleased about this and calls Nivedha. She asks her if someone called earlier and who it was. Nivedha has a guilty look and she tells her mother that it was Adhi, but she told him that she doesn't like the practice of calling and hung up on him. Kamesh is eavesdropping as usual (vera velai illai, idhuvaadhu paNNalaame enru thaan!). Anu is very pleased by this and she tells Nivedha that she didn't know about Adhi or his family until now, but now she knows that he is a good "paiyan" (in a fake accent - is she Kannada or something, or is this just the effect of the dubbing?)

Adhi is going to his car and his phone rings. It is our vetti Kamesh at the other end, and he disguises his voice and tells Adhi that he has something to tell about Nivedha. Adhi asks him who he is, and of course he doesn't reveal his identity and says that Nivedha is not of a good character. Adhi is listening with a worried look on his face.

Thodarum ...

Tuesday - indha vaaramum uNdu....

Update for Friday, Aug 13, 2010:

Adhi's parents say that since they do not have any elders in their side, they would like to get RR's mother's blessings to proceed. While RR and Anu are thiru thiru muzhichufying, Kamesh tells himself that the old lady will definitely put a stop to all this, and Adhi's parents prepare to leave. Nivedha brings coffee, everyone is appreciative, and Adhi's dad says that he will get such good coffee only after Nivedha comes to their house (everybody laughs!) After they leave, Nivedha asks Kamesh what he was trying to say about Adhi, and he says Nothing, and she goes away, calling him Loosu!

Selvarani is talking to KM, and trying to get him to agree to their wedding. He is saying that he needs some more time to talk to his mother. Gopi is all smiles listening to this. His wife comes in, listens to what is going on, and tells SR to stop seeing him for some time, thus making him anxious to fix a date quickly. Gopi and SR agree that this is a good idea.

Nivedha is reading a book and Anu tells her that she has to learn household responsibility and not keep reading books. She says that from tomorrow, she will do all the work and Anu can sit and read a book. Manju comes home and tells Anu about Priya getting jealous when she saw the watch on Manju's hand. Anu tells her not to keep complaining about Priya, she is a good girl (as if she knows her very well!).

Priya goes home, thatha is waiting to go to a dance program with her, she wants to tell mom about the watch that Manju was wearing, but of course, since this is a serial, she won't come to the point quickly, instead saying, Amma, that Manju ..., at which point Pallavi tells her to stop her Manju puraaNam, and get dressed for the concert instead. So yet another opportunity has been lost for RR's kuttu to come out.

RR's mother goes to a josiyar to see Nivedha's horoscope and tell her if the marriage will take place soon. He says that there will be lots of prachnais and all that, but she will get married to a very good guy and they will all like the varan. Paati is worried, thinking about the prachnais.

Thodarum ...

Sorry about the brief update, I am not feeling great today.

Thursday update- episode 79

APRR at dining- daughter walks in questioning daddy dearest how and when he bought this watch. Anu recognises it and says it is unique, one of a kind, and thats the one she vittu-koduthufied to Pallavi for her husband's birthday. RR mazhupufies as usual saying he bought it in Delhi. Anu and daughter are suspicious, but RR asks them (adappavi) on how they can question his integrity and truthfulness. Idiot Anu of course apologises profusely and RR is happy. Daughter wants to use the watch for the day only, saying that large dial watches are in fashion. RR feels guilty, thiri thiru-nnu muzhikkiran

Shree's house- Shree's mum welcomes an aunt home, who makes some small talk, and then suggests there may be a good groom for Shree. He is a long distant relative of theirs, and she suggests asking for his hand. The only glitch is that the groom has been married once but the wife committed suicide by burning herself. Shree's mum is hesitant saying she doesnt want such a problem family. The aunt says Shree also has many kuraigal and those "issues" will be known if Shree marries into a perfect family. So its better off if Shree marries into an imperfect family. (We dont know what this Shree's "kurai" is)
Shree's mother sobs...Her husband enters, says he also overheard the conversation, and asks the wife to calm down.

College- Priya and Manju encounter each other. Priya's friends veruppethu-fies that Manju is doing better in studies than Priya. She notices Manju wearing daddy dearest's watch and she remembers her dad had a similar one of a kind watch....

Anu's house- Loosu Kamesh looking stressed. He calls Nivedha and says he needs to tell her something important. He wants to tell something bad about Aditya but is interrupted by the doorbell. Aditya's parents are at the door. After the usual niceties, they settle with Anu to conduct the engagement on Friday. Anu is ok, but Kamesh suggests they should ask RR first. Kamesh is happy that he has managed to postpone the date....thankfully RR enters, and he confirms friday for the engagement.

Aditya's father then requests to meet RR's mother, and asks if he can do that...RR ponders....thodarum