Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai - 15th Aug 2025 EDT
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Rabba Ve Monday, masala ladkis! One last ArHi-less week and we're home and free (don't anyone tell me differenty coz it would CRUSH me! π). Time for optimism, no? Chalo, at least the take 5 was pithy and rib tickling as always!πAnother vroom, vroom, fast paced episode. The psychological chess continues with a little TRP ploy of Teri Meri. I guess the CVs do believe that husbands and wives get more and more like each other with time --- hence the ongoing ASR-ization of Khushi and Khushi-ization of ASR. ASR, broken and dejected at the end, curling almost into a fetal position - how the mighty have fallen!While the epi had me engaged and the action moved swiftly, I'm having a very hard time investing in this track. At this point I know we need to suffer through at least 4-5 more Sobti-less episodes - so be it. But I dont want this 'napper thriller any more, even though it brings a Shyam who is creepy and menacing. Abhaas, nice job today! πHitchcockian Masala: So my chief problem with this plotline --- apart from the fact that it is too little too late!---- I can't leave logicwa in the deep freeze. As long as it was the Bond girls in action, that was fine. Bond stories are about action and W*F-ery! But when you move into the Hitchcockian territory of mind games, logicwa is the life blood. Simply put, that is the nature of the this beast.Khushi setting up Shyam for a fall and vice versa has too many holes, too much hand waving is going on. She makes a terrific start - Shyam and Arnav are mirror images, they're responsible for her life being in tatters and hence she hates both equally --- full marks for shaatir dimaag! βοΈSo why would Khushi share anything willingly with Shyam? For instance she doesn't remember the holi confession why confess about the coerced shaadi? Why would she share her suspicions about the kidnapping. Shyam already knows about Manorama Bond's part in the sleuthing and so he knows that at least one other member of RM shares Khushi's suspicions.Why should she mention the phone call from Arnav, why would Shyam expect it? Why would she ask for his help with the land deal (clearly Aakash is a better bet, it's all too easy for her to cross check with him and to have met the REAL Mr Roy!).The mandir bells and train sounds were to confound Arnav and trick Khushi into revealing her true position? That is just laughable! What was she supposed to do with that information? That plot device was merely to confirm Shyam's villainy.The point is all Khushi purportedly knows about Shyam is that he is capable of cheating on his wife and hoodwinking his mehabooba. Given that, why would she be so forthcoming? It's suspiciously easy - he needs to show his hand somewhat and give her something for her to confide in him, even if it is reluctantly.Now after her intrepid actions and despite her nosy nature, they've completely sidelined Manorama Bond because it doesn't serve the plot. AND... Khushi wants to return the money, knowing Anjali will helpfully pass this info on to villain-in-chief? πThere are contrivances galore and they're impossible to ignore. The CVs have handed out to the audience the "I'm an idiot AND I'm deluded" hats -the same one that Shyam has on. I don't have the mental energy for this anymore. π€’Just give us PayAsh or something... anything and bring Sobti back next Monday. I don't care how he escapes - if I can buy other plot holes, I'll buy this one. Let's call the 'napper mystery a wash, reset the story and begin again. I'm happy to have amnesia on that score. πThe one plot point that had some promise is that Anjali catches both Shyam and Khushi in a lie. Where they're going with that I can't say but at least it gives the CVs some room to manoeuvre the Anjali awakening.Teri Meri 360: TRP ploy clearly, but it begs the question of why they didn't promote it. No time or the last time they promoted the action in the hutwa, it didn't work so well?This one added nothing at all to the narrative. Mercifully it was short, it focused on the tadap, the yearning for something precious that comes to you only to be cruely snatched away. What worked nicely was that from the hallucination came that final cry that is the anguish of a lost soul which finds its echo by the poolside - agreed completely on that Savvy!After that meeting of two anguished cries from the soul, there is no way we can end up anywhere except at a very happy milan -- even if it is a brief one. MUs, gun shots, redemption will all have to wait. The cadence of this tale of anguished separation of souls has to crescendo in a happy reunion. Anything less will just not ring true.I will say I had a few bad moments at the start of the sequence - the puppy dog looking as if he's been cruelly whipped had me almost crossing to the Nafrat-MU team. π‘ We need Arnav's mojo back even if the ASR moxie isn't quite there yet. But by the time Arnav hooked Khushi by the waist and pulled her close, Sukhi (damn him!) had disappeared. I was never a fan of the lip syncing (including the first time around) but I think here it helped both actors. It gave them a way to structure their emotions, to give their expressions body and meaning.At the end of the day, Hottieji and Sexyji looked absolutely fabulous. β€οΈ It was a visual treat, a real pleasure to see such unbridled gorgeousness on display. βοΈ On which very shallow note, I'm ready to move on to money shot Tuesday! π
Hi Jamba and SG's,
Great Take 5ππΌ
Fantastic episode today and dhamakedar start to the week; it was great from start to finish and an excellent blend of fast paced storytelling, drama and passionate romance.
I am loving this shatir dimag wali Khushi who now has DM as her guiding light and support. I liked the whole scene with Shyam and Anjali and loved her scene with NK. The mixture of FB's and dialogues were very effective way to bring out how exactly Khushi is playing Shyam per her plan and how DM is showing they way with the hints and well timed signs. I am super glad that NK is in on EVERYTHING and that she has his full support.
Sanaya and Abhaas were very good today; both in their individual scenes and scenes together. He is finally falling for Khushi's plan and beginning to trust her, plus he is becoming overconfident and this will lead to his downfall. Khushi is brilliantly using his lust/love for her and is playing a smart though extremely dangerous game.
The dream sequence was beautiful; was it needed and did it help with the story movement: maybe not, did I enjoy it: HELL YES! Loved how it started with Khushi missing Arnav and thinking of their romantic intimate moments together. Then slowly moved on to Arnav; it was a fantasy of a man in love, one who is filled with desire and is terribly missing his lady love. I think it was the perfect display of passion, romance and desire and was very ASR from the moment he grabbed her wait and pulled her close to himπ. I did not care much for the lip sync but I had not liked that in the original either The teri meri worked well and they managed to sync the words of the song very aptly with the current situation and track. I love this "dil wala" Arnav: I do not think the sequence was not in character for him. These feelings of love, desire and helplessness are new to him. Yes he is ASR; the one who makes his own destiny but even the strongest of us have our weak moments and today was just that; where he felt intense desire and longing for her but is vulnerable and helpless because of the situation.
Barun looked dashing and Sanaya gorgeous; what a handsome couple and so comfortable with each otherπ. I loved her sexy lehnga choli, the flying dupattaππ and the intense back hug was my favorite shot of the sequence. In the end when he realizes it was just his imagination, looks around and calls out Khushi and she hears him and looks around; true soul mates; dil se dil ka connection!
After a long time the entire forum seems elated about the episode and the dreamπ. I'm so glad the majority loved it today, cannot wait for the remaining week to play out!
So SGs,
Ok then.
Khushi signs the papers that Shyam asks her to sign at Mr. Fake Mustache's office.
NK (at some completely disconnected moment in the episode) : But how do you know those papers can't be used to hurt Nanav??
K: because I know the real Mr.Roy and this one ain't it. Ergo, papers are fake, too.
Right!!! Because Shyam the lawyer is not smart enough to come up with papers that might actually be legally valid.
Ok , then. Moving on...
Shyam and Khushi , sitting on a bench,drinking tea...that's it. Nothing more. Khushi, very smartly, in between an seemingly angry rant against Arnie boy, slips news that Arnie had called, but she didn't catch anything that could be a clue.
Humen laga nahi tha aapko bhi itna gussa aa sakta hai , Khushi-ji.
aap khud bhi to parivaar ko dhoka de rahe hai. to hume aise mat dekhiye
Khushi convinces Shyam that she is indeed after the money and is having second thoughts about her hate for Shyam. This is enough for Shyam to go to the pool to indulge in some Khushi dreams by the poolside with the dhaansoo BG playing again. Ok then.
Aaj jin haalaton se hum guzar rahen hai , woh aap dono ki wajah se hai. Aap mein aur unmein koi fark nahi hai
Arnav ne aapko sirf Nafrat di hai or humne sirf pyaar...
There is a point to this constant comparison between Shyam and Arnie boy. And someday, very soon, the point will be made.
Khushi on an alternative plane, is at the poolside, watching the stars and dreaming about the almost kisses...Very ASR's pose, this -- hands folded and somber.
On another side of this alternate plane, Arnie boy, rises out of himself , with an all white ensemble, lip syncs to teri meri and of course, tries on some ASR moves. After a very cringy loveface, he moves on to ASR sort of moves and ends with another more Arnav-like loveface. When the white messiah melds with the banian Messiah, we get a hoarsely uttered "Khushi" that brings back hopes that the dude will get his ASR chops on soon. Very soon. The end made up for the miss in the beginning. He is getting there.
Khushi looked absolutely lovely in the midriff baring blue -white lehenga, stunning. ππΌ
Barun, dude, Sanaya and Abhaas have been pinch hitting for you the last month and brought their A game on. You need to catch up and fast. Even more important, because, the track coming up is something we have waited quite a while for now. And you bringing your Sukhi alter ego to it will be really really sad.
Notes:
1) Anjali sees Khushi and Shyam leaving together after lying to her. Hoping this does get developed further and is not reduced to another one of her's "aap bhi na..."
2) The thing with telling the story with FBs is that it loses it's punch. This is something that we should have been privy to right from the beginning. There are moments where the audience needs to be a part of the journey... Khushi's plan is one of them. Arnie's moment of realisation of how much he has wronged Khushi is another one of them. Twists are TRP garners, yes, but not for something as crucial as this, especially since a chunk of the audience has been missing for a while. It's a balance between highlighting the shatir dimaag and the audience's need to be part of the journey. If there is a galley to be played to, choosing the "anna-daata" galley would be the thing to do.
3) Mar gayi woh khushi. yeh woh Khushi hai hi nahi.
Paisa , Jaydad, yeh saari cheezen hamare liye koi mayne nahi rakhti thi. Par humen khudgarz hona hi hoga. Apne parivar, amma , babuji ke baarein mein sochna hoga. aur issi sab ki wajah se Khushi ko badalna hoga..
yeh sab kya ho raha hai , Beta Duryodhan?? Na, Sati Draupadi ka apmaan na kar, Na. π