Hey Guys!
Well...my first and hopefully last thread at this IPKKND forum...but cudn't refrain from making one. Will try n be short…but those who know me, wud kno that it will get long (though I don't think I can writer thesis anymore now)…so, apologies beforehand. 😳
To be honest, I never thought I would make a post here... considering the fact that I am pretty much disconnected from the show, and wid loads happening on personal front...but even then am making one coz have recently started catching up with the show to kill boredom and primarily to remain connected with people...for w/e time i can. 😳
First of all, I would take this opportunity to thank my dear friends here who had/ve showered immense love, care n concern for me in these last 3 months. Thanks a lot girls…ur prayers and wishes really mean LOADS and I'm extremely humbled and touched by ALL your messages. Naz, Drish, Ishu, Anu, Aashi….thanks a lot for everything. One request…plz, keep the prayers coming….i'm very greedy for them. And yes…I've missed u guys LOADSS. 🤗
Have received innumerable PMs from loads of ppl here….some of whom I don't even kno…but am now seeing them at this IPK forum. Thanks a lot guys. I'm touched beyond words…and feel extremely blessed to get sooo many wishes. 🤗
Ok…enough of my story…better come to the main point now! A word of caution before I start...this is gonna be one illogical n disjointed post...coz a) I really don;t kno what I'm gonna write here...b) I'm not at all updated with the show...and have watched just a few epis after almost 3 months, so don't kno the essence of the story as such...and... c) I never was good at expressing n writing, but have now become an even bigger loser. 😳 So, plz...bear with me, guys and forgive me for all the blabbering that I'll do.
Abt the rest of the characters (as far as I can remember)…Nani, Mami, Bua were all dumb…Anjali was a constant cry baby…Shyam was an ultimate creep…Payal was good for nothing….La, Sim, Pam were busy in making the female version of the 3 idiots….Akash had ruined my hopes of being the ONLY sensible person…. Lakshmi was the star character in every epi doing w/e, going w/e it felt like…be it ruining the closet and room of the tycoon…and oh…forgot, Mama ji was just a symbolic character doing, saying nothing.
After this… was completely cut off from the show and now, a week back…I started catching up wid the updates and watched a few epis. Must say thanks to a bunch of amazing writers here, whose posts I am reading these days and I really enjoy ur discussions here…if I may so, much more than even the epis. Zainab, Sejal, Ms.Universe, Vistaa, Ishu…you guys ROCK!!! It's a pleasure reading the posts u make after every epi and ur in-depth analysis is truly wonderful. I can say for myself...it has really made my task of catching up with the show much easier. 😳
Coming back to the point….my phooti kismet….the first epi I watched after these 3 months was the one in which the whole house was going hysterical due to lost Lakhmi…La and Mami were scheming to replace it wid some other white goat, Anjali as usual was doing nothing, Shyam was conspiring against Khushi (in some necklace stealing case), ASR (I don't think he was there much in that epi) and Khushi was going crazy searching for Lakshmi.
I seriously was LOST….and was highly disappointed thinking…is the show STILL revolving around Lakshmi??!! Still, tried to fill in the blanks by reading the posts here...did a bit of a research (LOL) and got to know that Khushi was there at the RM to train La. Like really??!! Which era does La belong to??? I thought she was a modern day, independent, career oriented gal…working in a top fashion house…and getting trained in household chores by Khushi??? This all got over my head…anyway, maybe the show revolves around "aukat", so even La's "aukat" was defined like this. But have to say, I couldn't blv that they could show something like La getting trained by Khushi. I know this wud've been incorporated to get Khushi in the RM…still this doesn't gel well with the persona (good or bad) of a bimbo, IMO….and also, I don't kno... if one thinks rationally, its quite weird.
The next few epis, I watched on n off…not regularly….but the way it seems is…its all going round n round. I was thinking that I wud've missed loadsss in these 3 months…but I'm almost sure that nothing major actually happened. If this is the case… my mind's going crazy, thinking.. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS?? Am I right in thinking that all the characters, the story..are enjoying a merry-go-round ride…or I have missed some MAJOR happenings during my absence?? Care to enlighten, folks?? I wanna catch up….but looking at the last few epis, I think I didn't miss anything, so there's no point in catching up…I'm ALREADY THERE…lol!!!
If I am not wrong:
- Anjali is STILL crying for anything n everything (get a life, woman…and let ur bro also have a life)
- Mami's exactly the same way I saw her last…hello hi bye bye
- Nani…one elderly character and that too not properly developed (IMO)
- Akash…is he still there in the show?? Haven't seen him around.
- And oh…ankhain taras gayein thein, to have a glimpse of Lakshmi. 😆 Why doesn't nani use this detective bakri on Shyam now??😆
- Payal…wonder why both the elder sisters (Anjali and Payal) are just being wasted, when they can be useful somewhere or the other. But wait…wat abt the Payal Akaash love story?? With the way their love started…love in the first micro second..i thought their space shuttle would've landed on the moon by now. 😆
- Bua…Haven't seen much of her…so, can't say…but does she still scream or has toned down?
Coming to ArHi….one by one. YES! I do see a bit of a change in ASR. He has softened a bit towards Khushi…the eyes convey much more than before and there is a sense of acceptance n submission (at times)…w/e we call it… in his attitude n body language, though his dialogues are mostly the same where I left…."aukat" and "paison ki khatir kuch bhi" etc. etc. But is this the ONLY progress made till now?? Any revelation of the past….any connection of the yesteryears….any boding for the future…any "respect" for her middle class status….anything else that I missed?? Or is it still revolving around insulting, humiliating and then regretting, and have read "apologizing" a couple of times?? Well, this apologizing from ASR is defo a progress….but yes, the apology loses its meaning when humiliating again follows it. Anyway...i can't say much about this...I'm sure there must be more to it, which i haven't watched.
As for Khushi, why do I watch the epis when she's shown somewhat clumsy?? Why isn't her "self respect" given any importance?? One minute she gets insulted by the "aukat and choti haisiyat" dialogues, which I'm sure she must've learnt by heart now…and the next minute she's back in the lion's den. And did I hear right…her pronunciation of lip-stick in a recent epi?? What happened to her…I left her working in a leading enterprise, directly reporting to the boss there…and now, she can't pronounce such a simple word?? Ahh!! Well….i think I kno the answer…Mr. GH is still there…right? How could I forget this…after all, I know his expertise n obsession with showing the lead gals brainless…and esp always taking chirpiness as silliness. Sighh!!!
Whatever it is…I can't judge Khushi's and ASR's characters here…and i won't even attempt to do so...coz I kno that these two HAD...and I'm sure...still HAVE a lot of depth….and I can't pass any verdict by watching just a few odd scenes. My whole point is regarding the progress of the story on some definite lines…or as I said...is it just going round n round? Hope I'm forgiven for this…coz I kno a LOT of chappals wud be on my way. 😳
Well, one thing that remained constant over time is….ASR's misery and loneliness is seen by everyone here…just coz he's shown like that…but MOST of the ppl still love to bash Khushi. Ahhh!! Some things never change. Honestly speaking…I have always found Khushi's character multi-layered and an extremely sensitive, yet strong one... and just coz she keeps on blabbering…smiling…hopping round the house/place…and is chirpy most of the times…doesn't mean that there is any less pain n loneliness in her life. I guess, most of the ppl don't get the depth of her character…they are ever ready to jump the guns…but what all I can say is…the change in ASR (if any) has to be due to this clumsy and over reacting, dumb Khushi, whom they love to bash day in n out.
Oh well! I am not…and I won't defend Khushi here…coz I used to..and still wanna watch the show for Sanaya…and seeing her strong portrayal of this character, I feel even more proud to be her fan by the day..so, no matter what…for me IPKKND means Sanaya's show.
And hey…see a lot of Barun fans now…and it feels good. Three months back…I started seeing some improvement in his acting…and now, since he has sooo many fans, all appreciating him…well, more like drooling on him 😆….I hope n i'm sure he must be doing a good job. Its actually great…coz his character is quite a difficult one to portray…and if he is emoting well…then that is what all ASR needs.
One character that has always intrigued me, is Shyam's….but how come he's still not exposed…esp. when Khushi goes to the RM everyday? There's a huge pic of Shyam n Anjali in Anjali's room…and I think Khushi n Anjali share a good rapport…even then, she doesn't kno abt Shyam?? I must say...with everyone having closed eyes around him...Shyam has a whole lot of playing field at his disposal. 😆
Well, I kno that it's a daily soap and they can't show everything hastily, coz then nothing wud be left…but even then…I'm literally scratching my head now..WHAT has happened in the show in the last 3 months?! 😕
LOL...thought of ending here, but since am into making this post now...so, will make the most of it 😳😆
Coming to a bit abt the tracks! I remember, one of my friend here n I used to dissect every scene n make theories…and from the looks of it (correct me if i'm wrong)…none of those has happened yet…since they still come in the probables. If she reads this non-sensical post of mine..she might recall this. I remember, I used to tell her:
- Buaji would want Khuhsi to marry Shyam…coz she's always liked him and wid Khushi going all.."shyam ji, shyam ji"…I was sure that buaji wud soon start thinking on these lines. This I guess is being shown these days...Bua trying to hook up Khushi and Shyam.
- Secondly…and wud combine it wid the third possibility….i still see the possibilty of an early ArHi marriage. They're just dragging it to reach to a point, where their marriage could be justified…and I feel that this marriage will happen after Shyam's identity is revealed. Of course, it WILL NOT be coz of them falling in love. Love, I see it as the END of the ArHi story *ducks to avoid stones, shoes,w/e* 😆…coz logically thinking…if they fall in love…wat else wud be left in the show??
The way I see it is…or used to see it...the seed of love is very much rooted in their hearts…since the time they're having "rabba vey" moments. With every close encounter, with every thought, with every touch, with every word…it gets its strength. But the ppl in question, ArHi…both of them do not realize and recognize this deep rooted feeling. As per their thinking, love CANNOT happen b/w them. Khushi has never thought of Arnav like that…for her, her work is the ONLY commitment and its more like that she's doing everything as per her "job description". For Arnav…love and marriage are 2 non-existent terminologies…and despite his racing heart beats on seeing Khushi, on thinking abt Khushi…he doesn't see her as his equal in ANY way. Not only her…for him, love n marriage are of no significnace (just like he said to La when she finally found her self esteem in the last week's epi). For Arnav, life just means taking revenge for all the pain n injustice it had thrown towards him in his childhood and this is wat he strives to do every minute. Khushi shows him the mirror and that is wat stabs his heart, making him SAY things which totally contradict wat his eyes SHOW for the girl.
So, none of them thinks, recognizes and realizes the meaning of the awkwardness that creeps up whenever their eyes meet…whenever they think about each other…and whenever they are close to each other. That's why I say, for them to recognize this feeling and come out of their self created "logical world", they need to be wid each other. Thus, as per my/our old theory, there is a possibility that they get married, obviously, in the most adverse circumstances…with hatred being the reason of tying the knot…yet, when they start living together…the seed, supported by strong roots, starts to transform gradually into a plant, in all sorts of extreme n unfavorable conditions. I read some posts abt ArHi marriage..and it took me back to the time when we used to make theories…but little did I kno that the theory wud STILL hold true. I may be completely wrong here...but I could gather this from wat all I have been able to catch up.
- I wrote that I think "love" will come in the end of this story. Yes…I DO feel so. Whenever, they'd take a step forward towards love…something would come up that will force either of them to step backwards. If all remains well…they fall in love…there won't be any opposition from the families also…and then..then WHAT?? So, I've been saying this from day one…IPKKND was a story of hatred…is a story of hatred…will remain a story of hatred…but amidst all this hatred, love is silently being woven in the lives of the boy n gal.
- Lastly…our theory abt ASR's Dad having an affair with..or being linked with Khushi's mom can also hold true…coz I don't think anything abt the past connection b/w ASR and Khushi has been shown yet. And the CONSISTENT use of "choti haysiyat" and "aukat" dialogues till date..makes it all the more possible.
So, wat all I used to feel before I disappeared still looks possible...and if it all is still possible, then what has been shown?? *scratches head for the umpteenth time*
Wow…it feels great after writing this all. I'm sure this post wudn't have made ANY sense for ANYONE of u, and maybe, I've unintentionally hurt some ppl here…so, I'm extremely sorry for that. I didn't mean to criticize the show, actors, characters, in any way...i just wanted to fill in the looong blanks that I have in my mind. As I said before also…my reason of this post was to know whether the show still stands at the point (in terms of story) where I left, with of course some good scenes, good acting, good dialogues, good screenplay by the ppl involved…or whether a lot has happened, and I'm way behind from the point where the story has reached now. From the 3-4 epis that I watched…I don't think the latter has happened…still, would love to know from you guys! P.S.: Naz, if u read this…its all ur fault…I asked u to update me..but madam is extremely busy these days…so, I had to make this post. Now u better make yourself available here and start replying! 😆
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