ArHi magic has left me spellbound and SaRun are just splendid! Such an amazing episode and I have happy, happy, ArHi thoughts buzzing around in my mind. So I'm just going to type, if you read and comment, kudos to you!👍🏼👏
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We all knew "Teri Meri" was going to happen😍 but for me the question was how? How in the world, does ASR end up dancing with Khushi. What would motivate him to do so? To drop aside all his prejudices, his insistence on staying away from her, his pride, his refusal to dance and his determination in seeing her lose the bet. But the answer was so simple, her fear.
When Snake/Shaym suggestively said that Khushi should choose a partner from the "dushman" - Khushi associated the words "dushman" - "partner" with Shaym pinning her against the wall and threatening her with his disturbing obsession and she instantly closes her eyes and says a silent prayer. That genuine, raw fear is what pushed ASR, evoked the side of him that's always protected Khushi 😍 - stepping in wasn't a question, it was necessary. He just threw it all aside when he saw the distress that had coloured her face! Nothing else mattered. Credit to NK for stepping the next second and adding the timely "bechari Khushi ji." 😆
Ok, this makes me think "What the.." but Arnav has been surprising me a lot lately, since the "deflowering scene" something has been brewing in his mind and Arnav is still in that phase. I can't explain what's going on in his head, someone enlighten me😆 > but all I want to do is admire his ease and confidence, the pleasent tone, almost encouraging. That's something he has to get credit for, he's threatened and intimated Khush Kumari Gupta A LOT but this is one of those rare moments where he's demonstrating belief in her, supporting her - "Tumhari akhri performance hain Khushi, poora nahin karoghi?"❤️😍 But he is ASR and he knows challenging Khushi always weakens her fear and brings out her best, hence the subtle challenge disguised in the question! 😉 Intelligent man!❤️
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Teri Meri dance sequence, speaks for itself, it's just intense and intimate. About them and only them. The lyrics were chosen aptly and the moves choreographed really well, it was just subtly suggestive and sensual but at the same time conveyed the message of how true and raw their love for each other is. Portrayal of pure love laced in subtle passion❤️
Khushi's expressions are so telling in the sequence, amazing work by Sanaya. I loved the confusion Khushi was feeling, watch the scene again and try not to focus on Arnav (it's hard, trust me!😆) you'll see Khushi's confusion contrasted with her determination to dance in the most detached manor. It's actually just brilliant, on the one hand she dances, synchronises to the lyrics pretending to be aloof to Arnav BUT she's can't.
Every touch, the sutble stroke, his soft hold and the intensity with which he matches her moves disconcerts her, throws her off and makes her realise that something bigger is going on here and it's slowly overwhelming her. There's a glint of the Khushi which we saw pre-Diwali and on the Diwali night!😍
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Rabba-Ve flashback - extension of dance sequence
Now this latter half of the dance sequence belongs completely to Arnav Singh Raizada and it was a brilliant surprise (me and my sister gave an excited scream😆)
Whilst Khushi continues to look utterly befuddled, confused but maybe with a hint of slight realisation. Arnav is on a completely different page --- note, I'm hesitant to comment on what Arnav might be feeling, we can only judge tomorrow and he might surprise us again ---
But for me, the constant flick from flashback to dance, dance to flashback and Arnav's facial expressions illustrated one thing, his silent confession to himself. Without words, his acceptance that he is completely smitten by Khushi Kumari Gupta despite all the good and bad that has happened between them, reiterated by the flashback moments which reflect the good and bad moments between them.
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His gaze is so glassy but intense, lost but focused, confused but certain - to me it seems like in those moments ASR has fully accepted his love for KKG and what reaffirms my view is that smile in the picture (^) when Khushi walks away whilst everyone is clapping. The smile on his face looks almost cathartic - as if Arnav went through a catharsis by reliving the high and low points of everything that has happened between him and KKG in those flashbacks but whilst dancing with her too. My favourite moment is when he opens his eyes before hers, when the back of her head is resting on him and his eyes just settle on her and observe her😍 as if he's seen her in a new light! As if he has finally seen THE light and accepted it. ❤️
Also - in that latter minutes of the episode, NOTICE how Arnav does a lot of leaning on the walls, his posture is changed, he's not standing upright and rigid anymore, blocking people - he's loosened up, supporting himself by a wall - relaxed or either overwhelmed by the huge realisation.
Also loved the comparisons between the flashbacks and the dance movements, if in the dance they walk towards each other - in the flashback they're walking away. It's so in line with "Agar pyar inko kiche, takrar inko roke"😍
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Dhak, dhak return with a VENGENCE!
I literally SCREAMED out of happiness at this part! 😍 LM, PH, FL - they actually DO listen!
Khushi's "dhak, dhak, dhak, dhak" came back BUT with a vengence, it seems much louder and clearer this time, acidity phir se, I hope she doesn't blame it on being tired from dancing so much😆
It vanished after Arnav's behaviour towards Khushi after Diwali [which in hindsight makes sense] as he was cruel to her but it's even better that is RETURNED now .. I think it couldn't have been written in better. 👏👏 Kudos to the writers for that! Ties up the story well! ❤️
I think the flashback sequences of the dance when Khushi is holding on to her "dhak dhaking" heart is so telling too😍
This is her emotional reawakening, of falling in love with Arnav again, of him unwinding her again - but this time it's captured by how he cradles her whilst she falls deeper and deeper for him.
In contrast, this is the OTHER kind of awakening 😉 - the power of his touch, the effect it has on her, the way it quickens her pulse, makes her shudder. I mean it has to be significant that out of TWO flashbacks they picked this too!🤣
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Ok, I'm consciouse of HOW long this is turning out to be! Sorry!😆
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Lastly I'm going to end it with "humme faraq nahin partha" 🤣 ... like really Khushi, really? Looks like Arnav who is casually leaning on the door behind you doesn't believe you this time. Can't comment on this much yet, we have to wait for tomorrow BUT the "faraq nahin partha" track is back which is reason enough to be happy.
If anything, I hope this time Arnav reacts DIFFERENTLY, previously he pushed Khushi to the limit by being cruel towards her by using the engagement preparations as a method .. I hope this time, he's tries a different approach .. and they actually expand it. I hope he corners her against the wall and ANOTHER Rabba Ve happens! 😍😍😍
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So basically, if you read all of this a massive 🤗 and another 🤗 .. I said I would type, and indeed did I type away!
We got "dhak, dhak, dhak, dhak" and "faraq nahin partha" back today! Win!😍
Let me know your thoughts and comments etc, I might have read too much into a lot of it but different people interpret things in different ways and sometimes, some scenes of IPKKND warrant these lengthy analysis, the characters and scenes are two well written. 👏❤️
Much love,
~ Ouma
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