Spice Girls Hangout:Holding onto hope!

Dadi proved beyond a doubt she never cared about her grandkids, she waited until Arnav's wedding day to deliver a devastating blow to him, no remorse for the pain in his eyes nor could she fake some sympathy by comforting Anjali who stood in tears reliving that tragic day. Dadi truly has no room judging Garima given her actions!

Khushi, like any bride looked forward to what should've been the happiest day of her life but instead much like her first, her dreams were shattered again. Khushi showed the utmost faith in Arnav, believing he would not let her down it was a thought she couldn't fathom. Flashbacks rushing through her mind, both the good and the ones filled with insecurity which in the end proved to be too much for her. Poor Khushi left questioning her beliefs and needing reassurance from a sister who was left helpless not knowing what to tell Khushi who now worries what she'll do if he doesn't show up. Khushi can't imagine her live without him.

Khushi is not the only one whose dreams were shattered here though, so was Arnav's. Here is a guy who was ready to leave the past behind and begin a new chapter of his life with the girl he loves more than anything but fate had other things in store for him. For 14 years the FB of his mother's suicide haunted him and now he learns his mother in law played a role leading to his mother's death, he needed time to process the shock and let out the screams. He is a conflicted soul who grieves for a life that was cut too short, along with the promises and love he has for his wife for whom he cannot live without.

Payal continues to shine by returning to the fiesty character she once was before getting married. Payal took a stand not only for her mother but her sister as well, she refuses to be a part of a family that won't accept her sister. Payal stood as a rock for both Garima and Khushi, two women who needed her support now more than ever and she delivered. Hope Deepali doesn't leave!

Akash and NK, kudos to both for remaining sensible through such a difficult time. Akash not laying blame like his mother, he instead supported both sides much like NK who respectfully asked Manorama to back off and not say anything to hurt people who were already in enough pain.

Nani, what a stark contrast she is from Dadi. Nani too suffered the loss of a child that day, her daughter supposedly killed herself because of Garima and Malik's affair yet she doesn't spew venom and actually cares about the impact this news has on her grandson who was the happiest he's ever been.

I'm loving Garima and Shashi's scenes, he doesn't have any dialogues but actions truly speak louder than words. Shashi does not pass judgment on Garima, instead believes her innocence much like the rest of the Guptas. Another heartbreaking scene as the three look on to a shattered Khushi worrying how she will get through this, why she's being punished through no fault of hers.

This has to be one of the most heart wrenching episodes in the history of IPK but one that is worth watching just for the performances, especially Sanaya's!

Heart wrenching episode. Absolutely lovely in the display of the resolute trust that Khushi has in Arnie to the wavering of that trust and the doubts, the talks, said as a joke haunting and assailing her insecurities. The tapering of Khushi's trust from a firm absolute truth in her world, her Laad Governer's love for her, the determined affirmation to Payal that he is coming, the self doubt to shrugging off that doubt, to her needing affirmation from Payal that he will come to her breakdown ..agar woh nahi aaye to hum kya karenge-- Sanaya absolutely shined in every single frame. ⭐️⭐️

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pic credit : IPKBS 😃

aiy ya ya! what an emotionally charged and draining episode. A roller coaster ride which doesn't seem to be ending and now I am totally nauseated. Hai re Nandkishore, Devi Mayya, Maula, Rabba, Socrates, Einstein - all powers to be, please humain baksh dau! aaj to hadh hi ho gai! This drama needs to end NOW. PRONTO. STAT!

I have very incoherent thoughts today, all over the place so bear with me. An episode that belonged to the entire team of IPK - if everyone was left reeling with some sort of effect, that means something good was done. It was too much gloom and doom, so much so that no one deserves having to sit through that but if you try to look at it objectively, it was nicely done on every level. Bringing back Karan G was the best decision that was ever made. NK, Only one with a brain and a heart to stay calm in a calamity and stay focused. I love him. Bas. I already called dibs on him this morning, so no bargaining or negotiating on this one. Nani - epitome of grace and a true mother - torn between the loss of her daughter and worried sick about her grandchildren, and still able to heed to the fact that she needs to be strong, for everyone else, she is the pillar, she is the foundation of the Raizadas - only people remaining at the disaster site, the Malik has long gone, vanished, disappeared once again abandoning her family. Khushi was right - kuch cheezain badli nahi jaa sakti. The whole supporting cast was outstanding today! every single one of them. I ignored Anjali.

SI and BS - aah.. what do I say to you. SI overshadowed everyone today and rightly so - today was her day, hands down. Every single scene was exceptional, what you showed in mere 20 mins today had a calorie-raising effect on me, I have already gone through half a bag of chips - so not fair! I didn't care much for the bench-breaking, honestly thought it was a little Over the top but the rest, BS nailed it, especially the falling, kneeling and crying at the end was convincing. But SI trumped everyone today. Bas. She is the reason I started to watch this show and she is the reason I continue to do so.

I am not going to analyze much of the episode except for a few things:

Khushi:
Belief/premise: Woh zaroor aayen gaye, humain poora vishwas hai. woh hum say bohat pyar kartay hain, apnay aap say zyada. woh humara vishwas kabhi nahi todain gaye.
aaj humaray pyar ka imtehaan hai.
Denial: nahi jiji - woh aa rahay hain, hum unka intezar karain gaye. woh aayen gaye, zaroor aayen gaye, unhon nay humse kaha
Pain: aap ko aana hoga Arnavji, aap nay humse vada kia hai
Bargaining: woh aayen ga na jiji? bas aik baar keh do woh aayen gaye
Acceptance: jiji - tumhain nahi lagta woh waapis aayen gaye?
Disbelief/conclusion: agar woh waapis nahi aaye to hum kiya karain gaye?

Highlight: When Khushi looked at Payal and then everyone, saw the pain but not the assurance and it hit her - maybe he isn't coming after all. Heart-breakingly brilliant!

Arnav:
The switch, back and forth between Arnav and ASR was convincingly done. You could see the struggle and the conflict between the 14 year old boy and the 28 year old man - both at different junctures of life but still lost.

Highlight: After the "humain bharosa hai aap per.." flashback, he gets up to leave but turns around, looks at something and stops. My guess - he was looking at the tree (missed opportunity here - tree should've been shown). Brilliantly done! him trying to walk away from the past but still can't.

I do want to touch upon something which has been nagging me for a while. I know I know everyone wants Arnav to show up and put Khushi out of her misery but for me, him showing up for right reasons is far more important than him just showing up. I said in yesterday's post, I want the love story to stay intact, the characters to stay intact, a defiant ASR and a resilient Khushi in love but for right reasons. The intimate scene of Friday was a high point in the story but I was wary of the premise and also the potential use of the scene in the future. Yesterday, Arnav's first FB was of that night but I didn't elaborate on it because I didn't want to jump the gun but between yesterday and today, the FB have been used in a way that the possible reasons for Arnav's return are really open to speculation and this was done deliberately. Both of them had certain flashbacks today:

Khushi:
Proposal - "will you marry me"
Wedding day - Anajli's words "thoda intezar aur"
Friday night - "Khushi - never leave me, I can't live without you"
Mehndi/godh bharai - waist grab and pull
haldi - cheek rub
Second Mehndi - "aik baar haath chod diya to phir nahi pakdoonga"


Arnav:
Wedding day - "samay say aa jaaiye ga, humain intezar nahi karwaiye ga"
Friday night - pointing to the stars, "tumhari maa, meri maa"
Friday night - forehead kiss
Friday night - "Khushi - never leave me, I can't live without you"
Haldi - " rait kit tarha aap kay haath say nikal jaayen gaye"
Friday night - "humain bharosa hai aap per, aap kay pyar per"
Dadi's words - "woh doosri aurat koi aur nahi, Garima hai"

From Khushi's flashbacks, it was evident that she thought about everything that he had done for her "bohat pyar kartay hain, apnay aap say zyada". All of her FBs are of all the "rasams" that he had done, for her, out of love. In her mind, she is waiting for him to come back only because he loves her and has promised her. She is holding onto his words that he can't live without her, so he will come. Her confidence and faith in him laced with insecurity and fear what if he indeed has let go of her hand, forever.

Arnav on the other hand is conflicted - love, obligation and loyalty to his mother. His FBs of Friday night are mixed with obligation, love and part guilt. His fear of losing Khushi is just as haunting as her fear of losing him, but the difference here is the obligation he might feel after the trust she put in him and let her guard down. I know majority thinks that he will only return for love but I tend to look at things a bit too objectively, for me life is a lot about "If/Else" statements. Just the fact that physical intimacy angle was introduced before the pheras was a deliberate move to show a conflicted Arnav and can't possibly be ignored. In my opinion there are three possible reasons for him to come back:

1. Love and love only. Nothing else matters. Too SKD-ish
2. Obligation - she crossed her boundaries for him, he can't desert her. He loves her but feels more obligated to keep his promise. He is not a Malik, he is a Raizada so need to keep his words or else he is no different than papa Malik.
3. Resentment/anger towards life, Garima and fate but still have the need to keep his promise.

I am not saying that he will or will not make the decision based on the above factors but the possibilities are there. Honestly anything other than reason#1 will put us back to square one and all the growth will be out of the window. Logically - it does not make sense but then logic rarely plays a role. The makers are too hell bent on the nafrat portion of the tagline although it has been overplayed and overdone. Every time a conflict arises or a disaster strikes, just can't have ASR go back to this mode and Khushi being a doormat, putting up with it every single time. This will not be love, but abuse. Sadly, the makers will always find a way to justify ASR and the fandom might agree but not for me. If tomorrow or whenever, his reason for coming back is anything other than love, I am done. I can only put up with so much.
Tomorrow might be the imtehaan for Arnav and Khushi's love but it is also the imtehaan for the makers. Don't fail.

Sari 👏👏 Whattay fab post girl!

Arnav Singh Raizada is a man with a lot of emotional baggage. We knew that on the 6th of June 2011. A man who returns to his hometown to avenge the wrong done to him and his sister when they were younger and plays an eye for an eye, just a little bit more brutally. This is a man who despite trying a lot has never been able to forget that night and what came off it. I have said this many times, that night changed a lot for him. It did for everyone, but him the most. He took it upon himself to set everything right and take care and protect his sister. A sister who was older than him, yet more dependent on him and not able to nurture him. He grew up that night. Its a lot for a 14 year old to process and accept and with poor guidance around it didn't really help much. He just didn't want to be loved or love after that night because of the fear of losing the loved ones he still had with him. He withdrew into his shell and everyone around him just sort of accepted that and moved on. He was and is still hurting.

Had this been 6 months ago, I doubt he would've come back, His anger would've clouded his rationality and judgement. But, he is a changed man. He has been nurtured in Khushi's love and he will see both sides but mostly, that he is incomplete without her. He will come to the mandap. A little late, but he will be there.

I hope to be able to see more of his thought process and his reaction tomorrow and I am confident Barun won't disappoint.
From this point on, its more his struggle and torment, it hasn't ended just yet.


Khushi, a myriad of emotions displayed and so beautifully. Today was about her, she was the bride and what should've been the best day of her life was turning into a dark nightmare. Sanaya deserved most of the camera time today and she did not disappoint.

As heartbreaking and dark today's episode was, if this is what it means to go all out and really blow my mind with the execution creatives, I'll take it. Just take it down a notch with the darkness, you have a very expressive team of actors who sort of make you feel it all!
And fudge 2.4, the ones who have faith and want to stick around are still here. That is all that should matter.
And for those who can't deal with it, well, as ungrateful as that came out, well, he is right "dekhna hai to dekho".

Hello Sari and SG's!

Brilliant post Sari; very apt title as well. It is perfect for Khushi as well as for the viewers.

Gut wrenching episode today pulled together with good direction and brilliant performance by SARUN. Sanaya was the star today⭐️⭐️; the episode was built around her today and she pulled off each scene perfectly. Barun has less screen time today and hopefully a continuation of his last scene today will bring him to the decision he makes and returns to the mandap.

Khushi continued to stand tall; dignity and grace personified👍🏼; she stood rock solid by her mom and full of faith in her Arnavji. I loved how her reaction slowly moved from full confidence that Arnavji would come and assuring one and all that he could come, to slowly rethinking to herself if his "haath chod diya" dialogue holds any significance to finally begging for assurance from her Jiji that he will show up. Her pain, love, slowly breaking trust and fear excellently portrayed by Sanaya. I just wish she once mentioned that she understands this would come as a big shock for Arnav and that it would break him but she still believed that their love was strong enough and that he would come. Excellent use of FB's by both Arnav and Khushi. Both were in sync thinking about their fear of losing the other, Arnav's words on how he could not live without her and other happy romantic moments they shared. Poignant because Arnav did not once think of his mom or Di today. He just has FB's of his moments with Khushi and Dadi devil's taunting words. His "Khushi" while his tears flowed just showed that he was overwhelmed with the turn of events and fate's cruel blow to him again. The fact that he will return to the mandap albeit late will prove that he has finally put Khushi above everyone and everything else.

I felt for Khushi today because she did not deserve this on her wedding day. Arnav did everything to make her happy and give her a dream wedding, it was heart wrenching to see that despite his best intentions he was again the cause of her pain on the wedding day. Destiny has brought this upon them but he will restore her broken faith and will prove his love all over again. I think the CV's were justified in showing Arnav being conflicted, in taking a little time to process the information, to come to terms with this devastating truth. He has brooded over this for 14 years and is the very crux of his existence; it cannot be washed away in an instance, however strong his love for Khushi is. Plus this is a daily drama; they obviously cannot wrap up the highpoint of the story in a day. While we could all do without the un-necessary humiliation and tears, a month plus of build-up deserves atleast a week to reach its culmination. The whole purpose of this track is to show how Khushi truly heals him of his wounds and the darkness in his heart, how she helps him grow emotionally and move ahead in the true sense.

I loved Nani today; she was dignified enough to tell Garima that she has lost her daughter so may not have it in her to forgive her right away but if only Garima had confided in her earlier. Very mature reaction from a true matriarch. She was the only one who realized that this will destroy Chote; that it will have a huge impact on him and how will he deal with this blow😭😭. Absolutely loved NK for effectively shutting up Mami today, someone please pack her off to the ashram as well. Payal was excellent as the supportive sister and Akash did his bit well too.

Rumors of Barun quitting sent shock waves through the forum today. I for one had my doubts on that one but today I was grateful for Mishti's spoilers coz it really helped ease the mounting tension in the forum about Barun and the upcoming story.

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