Laals desperate without Bharti
24th August 2011 - WU
The episode starts off with Bharti asking the doctor and baba as to who she is, what her name is and where she is from as she does not remember anything. The doctor and the baba exchange some puzzled looks. The doctor then tells the baba that she got her head hurt badly and hence has lost her memory. The baba being pious prays god asking Him for his help. In the mean time, Bharti tries to get out of the bed and the doctor asks the nurse to sedate her by giving her an injection. Bharti falls asleep back on the bed.
At the Laal mansion, Murli is sitting on the floor with tears in his eyes and thinking about all the events that have transpired between him and Bharti. (As usual, the CVs goofed off by showing their first wedding, but made up by showing cute scenes from second honeymoon, adorable scenes between BharLi after the baby's arrival and finally the scenes from Bharti's disastrous fall. I loved the usage of song "Tu Hi Re" from the movie Bombay. Very apt, heartrending song for the situation that Murli is currently in 🥺.) Murli is so engrossed in thoughts over his irreparable loss that he does not even notice baby Rehaan crying (Very sad and depressing to see Murli like this 😭. Hope the CVs give this guy a break and reunite him soon with Bharti.) Meanwhile, Kamla is in her room hugging a pillow and crying as to why the Goddess took away Bharti from them and how can She being a mother snatch a mother away from her child. She laments that she fought through all the struggles/hurdles with the support of her DIL who is like a daughter to her and who is also Murli's better half. She cries even more and says that she is heartbroken and does not have the strength to fight back as her family is broken and has no one to lean on. Bansi tries to console her and tells her to get a hold of herself for the sake of Murli, baby and the rest of the family. (Bansi does a horrible of job consoling her as I can see no emotions in his face. Seriously, this guy cannot act. Horrendous performance.ughh 🤢!!)
Bansi asks Kamla to think of Dhara as to what she will go through when she finds out about Bharti as Bharti was the only hope for her after Rupesh's demise. He asks Kamla to muster all the strength to keep the family running and to maintain the peace and harmony that Bharti has worked so hard for. He also says that it will be difficult but asks her to try and tells her to get some sleep. Both of them hear the baby crying and rush to Murli's room. Veena, Dhumroo and Mridang also rush to his room and Murli is in trance thinking about the mishap and does not answer to anyone's call. Kamla scolds him for being irresponsible and not consoling the baby who was crying for a long time. Mridang finally gives Murli a hard shake and asks him to answer Kamla and that's when he snaps out of his deep thoughts, gets up, goes over to Kamla and picks the baby up and comforts him. Finally, the baby stops crying. He also asks Kamla if he has been crying very long. Mridang answers yes to Murli's question and asks him where his thoughts were?? We could see hurt in Murli's eyes and he does not say anything and starts crying. Vik's performance was outstanding here when he says that he is not in his senses, couldn't tolerate what's happening and couldn't live without Bharti. There are tears in everyone's eyes. He also goes on to say that the distance between him and Bharti was very less but still couldn't drag her up and couldn't save her. He says that he would never be able to forgive himself and cries incessantly. Extremely gripping and emotional performance by Vikrant!! He holds the baby close and gets down on the floor crying. Mridang asks him to get a hold of himself. Murli keeps saying the he couldn't save her and cries on Kamla's shoulders. Bansi consoles him and says that Bharti will come back, will definitely come back.
At the hospital, a policeman is enquiring the doctor and baba about Bharti. The doctor says that he does not know anything about the girl. Baba says that he found her fully wounded and unconscious by the banks of the river and that's why he brought her to the hospital. The policeman asks Baba if he found her by the river running towards Vaishno Devi and the Baba says yes. The policeman then concludes that she should be a victim of landslide that happened in Vaishno Devi and asks the constable to take a picture of the girl (Bharti) and fax it to all the stations. He also asks the constable to specially make sure that he sends the picture to katra police station as the chances of people over there locating her are higher as there are quite a few people over there that are still missing and not accounted for. The photographer takes a picture and the policeman tells the doctor that he would contact him right away if he gets any information pertaining to her and leaves after requesting the doctor to keep her in observation unit. I really liked the Baba who was selflessly praying God to unite Bharti with her family.
An inspector named Mathur from Katra police station calls inspector Suri of Jammu police station who was responsible for faxing Bharti's photos and tells him that they have a missing person in their report whose description matches to the one that they had sent out earlier with the fax. He also says that the description is of a dwarf girl who is between 20 and 25 years of age and named Bharti Laal. Inspector Suri asks who wrote the report and inspector Mathur says that it was written by her husband Murli Laal. Inspector Mathur also requests the policeman to keep her in his custody and he will send all her details to him. (I don't remember Murli ever going to a police station and writing a report. It is either that the CVs have forgotten to show us the scene or may be I missed the scene 😕.) The policeman thanks Mathur and hangs up.
At the Laal mansion, Kamla is talking to the baby and Murli walks in. Veena brings in a milk bottle and hands it to Murli. Kamla tells Murli that Dhara called three or four times and is distraught over the news of Bharti and keeps constantly crying without eating or drinking anything. Kamla says that she is concerned of Dhara and asks Murli to talk to her and console her.Murli is feeding the baby when Veena says that the baby is smiling looking at him and Kamla chimes in to say that the baby's smile looks just like Bharti's but does not finish the sentence. Kamla tells Murli that she still believes Bharti is somewhere fine and is doing well and will return very quickly back to her house. At the Jammu police station, inspector Suri gets the fax that has Bharti's contact number faxed by the inspector Mathur of Katra police station.
At the Laal mansion, Murli is feeding the baby and the baby was absolutely adorable drinking milk. Murli admires his smile and says that it looks just like his mother's and if she were to see him today she would put a black dot to protect him from any evil eyes. Telephone rings in the living room as inspector Suri calls and Murli who is so deeply immersed in thoughts of Bharti does not answer the phone and keeps talking to the baby about how they miss her and she must also be missing them just like them (I kept urging Murli to go, to please go and answer the phone which would bring an end to all his miseries. But NOOO 😲! The CVs have other plans which is nothing but sheer torture for us viewers) Unfortunately, Gau answers the phone and inspector Suri from Jammu tells her that they have identified Bharti based on the missing report written by Murli Laal and she is getting treatment in the hospital due to her head injuries and memory loss. He also asks her to come quickly and pick her up. Gau looks at the entire family trying to comfort the crying baby in Murli's arms and gets jealous and I have a strong feeling that she will not tell anyone about the phone conversation with the inspector. (I never wish anything bad for anyone as my mom would say that it would come back to haunt and hurt you ten times more, but for the first time I wished that something horrible happens to Gau and she disappears from the face of the earth 😡)