Blast From The Past! Thread #3 EP 52 Pg 147 - Page 56

Originally posted by: indi52

episode 43

two clear and distinct layers in this episode. one takes us through the twists and turns of the outer, evident story. the other loses its way in memory, in yearning, in feelings not yet described and given a name to. as mamiji says, "arnav... kaahe itna laast lagat ho?" why are you looking so lost, arnav? why indeed.

a song came to mind as i watched two people helplessly veering into thoughts of each other, without volition, without premeditation. as if the memories called out to them.

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khushi was not quite herself when payal said, it looked like lavanya had kept a fast for asr, she saw him opening it for her. uh huh, something about this did not gel with khushi. though all she could think of apparently waseating aloo poori the next day, the fast having spiked her need for food a notch higher. khushi and her constant food talk. a cover for something? like that incessant chatter of hers? maybe a little girl is lost permanently inside trying to find her way home, and to keep the thoughts at bay a defensive layer of noise and filling spaces that are empty inside? despite her stars and her upbeat demeanour, some things in her begged resolution. but sp and ph decided women were bahurias and super human, so that never got looked at. pity. if there was ever aman on television who could have had a meaningful relationship with a real woman, it was arnav singh raizada.






this was impossible. every time she closed her eyes, a scene from that day played in her mind. teej... she would have fallen if he hadn't caught her... then she walked away and again felt dizzy, he caught her in time again, jerked her close to him...no! her eyes flew open. again she tried and again an image of the man. she could even hear his voice, "pehle do kadam chalna seekho, phir mooh kholna." she leapt up and sat upright, desperate.


"gadbad ho gayi, jiji... tumne uska naam le liya. ab saari raat humey neend nahin aayegi... baar baar ussika khayal aata rahega." ah mr gadbad was creating problems again. thanks ami, for that name and there goes another word, becoming forever ipk. gadbad. mistake, something gone wrong. jiji, mistake that was... you took his name, now the whole night i won't get sleep... again and again his thoughts will keep on coming. why khsuhi? why is mr gadbad so in your thoughts? rakshas that he is, why can't you just dismiss him?

"hey devi maiyya... humaari raksha karna."

next morning, busy khushi gets making mounds of poori, but as is wont to happen these days, again gadbad. buaji in foul mood hands her the sindoor box to keep properly. out it flies from her hand and falls on the table top. blood red vermillion.


and a memory triggers.


she's dashing into him at ber sarai, sindoor from her platter all over him,


he's hoilding her hand to steady her, she feels his touch, his warmth, his strength,


he looks at her hand in his, something in his eyes, they're both touched by sindoor.

no. she can't think of him. dm, please don't let that rakhas's thoughts ruin her happiness. khushi, what if those thoughts are your happiness? noticed yesterday? for a short while they made you forget food?

segue to rm, a contented asr who has just seen his family relaxed and happy around the magical bonhomie of shyam, picks up a glass of water and drinks from it. and before you can say what the, he's transported to another world. (doesn't take much it seems for his thoughts to just run away and be with someone.)



where a girl drinks water from the glass he holds tenderly to her lips...


ah to dream of such beauty... he's putting her arms around his neck, she is snug against his body, he lifts her up,


and there is her face, lovely, serene, he doesn't want to stop the thoughts.


but reality calls, hello hi bye bye has cleverly noticed her favourite nephew is looking distracted. talk continues and all would have gone well if anjali hadn't mentioned khushi and her sister and how they were at the temple. khushi.


he goes still hearing her name. in that very instant, the plate of jalebis in shyam's hand tips and crashes to the floor.


this quiet meandering layertouched me and stayed. khushi in her crazy talkative way, and asr in his own resticent, intense way go to the same place in their minds. their meetings, their takkars if you will. their constant ebb and flow toward and away from each other. unbidden come the irresistible thoughts, and tell them something they don't understand.

lovely. she has breached his fortress. and he has touched her mind.

while this entrancing thought flow traversed the inner emotion layer, the outer layer showed us how shyam charmed the family. first naniji, then lakshmi, then the rest... "kaahe itna laad karat hai sabko" naniji asked, smiling in delight. anjali beamed right through. if last night shyam had wiggled out of a tight spot regarding the delhi papers in his bag with a lie, today he turned evasive and philosophical to explain how he learnt to maker jalebis. apparently, such things just happen. oh well. the way the raizadas are willing to believe anything he says, why should he bother to be coherent or remotely logical. there was talk of anjali and shyam buying a house and moving out. asr looked worried, naniji vetoed the idea saying she ought not hang around alone at home. obviously, anjali's disability makes her family over protective. and shyam is happy to take advantage of that. now all talk of moving out is over, he can relax and keep switching between gh and rm. living off his in laws.

on the other side buaji was irritated with khushi, maybe because she was not showing any interest in shyam, in fact laughing it off and teasing buaji about her interest in babua, "kya baat hai buaji... aapko shyamji ki badi yaad aa rahi hai?" babuji called the girls and hearing their giggly happy chatter, couldn't bring himself to say that they were in financial difficulties. khushi made loads of poorie. but when payal said the rations were depleted and money wasn't plentiful either, khushi decided not to gorge, saving the pooris for lunch.


some dialogues that said more:

"arre tum kari jayi ho manage aur hoi jaihe damage."
mamaji, that was a little mean, and looks like you have a gentle sense of humour and very much in lau with your mano.

"ap toh suttupai karlo. humri boli bolne ki kosis na karo." aw, such cute love talk from mamiji. i am serious. if mamji doesn't get a dose or two from mamiji regularly, i bet he doesn't feel quite like himself.

"bhai ek baat toh hai, damaadji ke yahaan aate hi poora ghar badal jawat hai." yes, mamji, everything changes with shyam's entry, but not in the way you think. deceit and destruction comes with him,. that's the change he brings.

"tum humko pehle ee batao, tumko kitne prakaar ki sanak hai?" buaji was hilarious today. she can't take khsuhi's sanak no more. tell me, how manuy kinds of crazinesses have ya got, chatori number one.

"hai re nand kissore ye kahabat ka bhi istemal naahi kar sakat hai, kaise ke sasoori ko anaj ke elava jindagi mein kuch chahiye bhi nahin," very telling, buaji. really why is khushi so fixated on food?

"di toh aap hi ki hai," poor asr, no idea what vile intent lurks in that dark heart. if only he'd caught it, if only.

some people look good in blue and some other people can't help but make caps when they see some people in blue.

Originally posted by: samin6

Remember what Gul said that people like Shyam exist a lot in India. In any case episode 44 made me remember scott peterson murder case of his pregnant wife. He was also a sweet talking person and his entire inlaws at first did not believe that he was two timing. It was in fact his girl friend who went to the police and agreed to wire tape him. If you listen to that case you would see that Shyam was acting like that guy. He was telling his girlfriend that he was in paris with colleagues when he was attending a memoir of his wife

Originally posted by: BarunDiwani

Hi Indi!

Lovely take as usual filled with little insights to dwelve into for IPKdians like myself 😆

❤️d blue, ❤️❤️❤️ purple. Thank you for shedding light on my fav foodie...her love affair with food reminds me so much of my relationship with food. the CVs had so much fun with it yet its so insightful, this is first character we see uses food as her comfort like so many real women do! Sanaya's scenes with food are thoroughly entertaining , I LOVE it. but this psychology part of it that you touch on 👏

In green, thank you🤗 and LOL, IPK's reach is limitless, isn't it?

the light and dialogues were awesome in this one, manage/damage was my fav, you picked out all the others that stood out.

BTW, didn't see the vm yet, but I LOVE that song, Tera hone laga hoon...perfect!

A special thanks to "some people" for giving us caps of "some people who look good in blue"

some ppl are totally going to dreamland now.

Originally posted by: BarunDiwani

sorry for delay again, its been one of those days.

Episode 43 highlights

A lighthearted one, filled with some much needed laughs, at the same time moving the story forward.

Anxious Khushi trying to tell Payal something "jaise kisi desh ki samasya ho (like is a matter of a country's problems)"..aalo/puri for breakfast? 🤣 Khushi asks and gets a good yelling from Payal.

Why do i have a feeling she wanted to talk to Payal about something or someone ? She shares everything with Payal, then why hasn't she told her yet that she fainted today and that "laad governer" saved her and that he broke her fast? Maybe she really was asking about aaloo/ puri but those questions are still valid. She tells Payal about how she thought she was going to faint when she went back to get the forgotten thaal...but not that she actually did faint. Such complexity shown so smartly. A jumply girl like Khushi, every emotion she feels on her face and in her body language, but can't seem to talk in words about him except when she wan't to say bad things "uski to shakal hi aisi hai" or "Rakshas hai rakshas." 😆 She is confused herself so what would she say? even if she wanted to.

Loved Khushi's face when Payal brings up La's fast for Arnav

As soon as Khushi closes her eyes to go to sleep, gadbad..

She tries to reset her eyes...still gadbad.

She has to sit up "Gadbad ho gaye jiji, tumne uska naam leliya...baar baar ussi ka khayaal aata rahega (why did you have to say his name, not i'll keep thinking about him)" she looks up and asks for protection from DM...from her own feelings (IMO).

Shyaam continues to feed sugary lies...i mean Jilebis to everyone at RM

Everyone in the kitchen laughing, enjoying each others company, almost perfect. Arnav once again is just observing these moments, and even smiles!

..this is what matters the most to him, his loved ones happy especially his di. Mamaji is right about one thing "Damaadji ke ehaa aatey hi pura ghar badal jaat hai (the whole house changes when Shyaam is here)"

Even naaniji seems to favor him, as she is elated to seem. She is the only one he told about his leg injury, he indefinably has won hearts and trust of everyone...even laxmiji's!

Loved all the Buaji/Khushi nok joks especially Khushi teasing Buaji about Shyaam, some great lines and great acting by both of them

A now familiar look on his face. Eyes wide open but somewhere else and the rest of his face at complet rest...

As Arnav takes a sip of his water, memories of him giving water to her run by... the way he felt in that moment, so much concern in his eyes, held her so gently with one hand on her back and the other giving her water..

"Arnav" maami calls out "you seem lost"

He look at her but the blank look doesn't leave his face, his eyes go back and forth in bafflement, he's still at the mandir with her breaking her fast.

Mama ji tells him "We were just talking about the new house damaadji is planning on buying"

Arnav is still lost for words😆

"chotey" Anjali gets his attention and finally manages to bring him somewhat back.

The effect of each other from Teej has found deep roots in both of them, neither can stop thinking about the other and symptoms keep getting stronger.

The mention of Khushi's name by Anjali, causes quite the stirr at the dinner table, a perfectly good plate of Jilebis are dropped and a perfect man feels the stirr

DROOL CORNER!!!!!!

❤️❤️❤️ hopelessly in love

how natty our boy. i too did the caps but decided to not go overboard, i knew your corner would have it i guess heehee.

Originally posted by: cinthiann1758

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Episode 43

Shyam's Home

RM- RING'.RING'..RING'. a finger reaches out and pushes the ignore button. "Who is it?" Anjali asks and is answered with no one. Shyam sits holding her, a faraway look in his eyes as if in a dreamland and a smile on his face. What fantasy world on you living in Shyam? You have gone home to reality!

Kushi's phone call has been rejected and Payal says to her he must have some work. Kushi reaches out to talk to her sister, hesitantly she speaks, it seems she wants to tell her sister something from deep in her heart but as Payal turns Kurshi she asks her what is it and Kushi stops. I wonder if Kushi was going to say something to her about her confused feelings for her demon or if her question was for real. She asks her sister about food. FOOD! That is our Kushi or is it our writers playing games with our head? Silly girl, young and naive. Since it seems that this is a morning of disclosure, Payal tells Kushi that she had already met Akash in the marketplace and thought he was just a simple guy. Kushi answers with he is good. He is the one who drove her home in the rain and he is the one who gave me the dupatta for you. Payal answers," Oh really?" Her question, just maybe showing a glimmer of hope and excitement, that he is the one who sent it to her. I think maybe she was feeling some butterflies in the pit of her stomach. The sisters continue to talk about the Raizada's and they decide that their favorites are Nani, Anjali, and Akash. Mami they mimicked, "hello, bye, bye." Payal asked who the girl in the transparent saree was and she must have been with Arnav since she saw him breaking her fast but she says he seemed upset. Kushi answers he is always upset and that was Lavanya the girl who calls her Chamkilli. She pictures ASR and the events of Teej. They go off to bed and Kushi tells her sister she did it now because she can't sleep she can't seem to get this demon out of her head!

Back at the RM the next morning Nani sees her pooja tray all ready. She looks and asks herself how is it here already and what is this. Special prayer beads are on the tray. Where did they come from? From the Temple of the Goddess Kali, answers Shyam. Nani is so happy to see that Shyam has come home! She says how he never forgets her'yada..yada'yada, chit chat back and forth, we come to know she knew of Shyam's accident. Anjal asks her why she wasn't told and Nani answers with you would have been worried and gotten sick during your fast. Laxmi (the goat) comes and of course, our deceptive hero, pulls out a red rope with bells on it so they will all know where she is in the house. I think I am going to be sick! Nani says he spoils her. Oh yes, Nani, he spoils everyone and everything! Shyam has come home!

In the rest of the episode we learn that the girls' father has mortgaged the store and is possibly losing it but doesn't say anything to them because he doesn't want to spoil their happiness. Buaji is questioned by Kushi if SHE is missing Shyam because she keeps on asking about him.

In the Raizada household Arnav is asking about breakfast and finds everyone in the kitchen laughing and preparing. Shyam insists that the women of the house will not do anything and asks Arnav to make sure of that. Arnav is happy to see his Di smiling. Shyam has prepared jalebi and all are eating. Anjali wants to know where did you learn to make these? He answers that sometimes things just happen' Shyam has come home , yes, but with secrets.

Kushi is wondering about Shyam and that he must have work that is why he hasn't come home. She makes an abundance of puri and Buaji scolds Kushi again about preparing too much food. Buaji is preparing for another pooja and tells Kushi to take the sindor box. Of course it goes flying, DM has to bring a certain demon to her mind and she thinks of Arnav. Kushi asks DM why does she do this and to protect her. Atleast Kushi knows that DM is involved in the Arnav conspiracy!

At the dining table the Raizadas are happily eating. Arnav seems in a dream state as he is drinking. He is seriously thinking about someone or something. He pictures breaking Kushi's fast and her fainting. Mami interrupts him by asking what is he thinking about. Mamaji says he was thinking about Shyam' s big house and Anjali alone in the house. Anjali says to Chote you will come and stay for a few days right? Nani is not comfortable with Anjali being alone in a big house because Shyam travels so much and Arnav agrees.

The lentil stores are low. Payal is worried. Kushi is also worried and feels something is going on that her father is not telling them. Payal agrees.

Shyam bring ASR sugar free jalebi. ASR says to Shyam as long as you haven't been transferred to Delhi Anjali should stay here with us. Shyam says, 'it doesn't matter who we live with or where we stay as long as I comes home to her.' Everyone seems happy with the decision and they continue to chat, Nani asks Anjali about the pooja. Anjali says it was late but went well and she exclaims do you know who else was there? Yes we know, Mami says,' we don't have to call the media', torn saree and her sister.

Anjali exclaims, Kushi and her sister!

At the mention of her name ASR looks up and Shyam drops the platter of jalebi'everyone shocked' YUP, Shyam's come home!

Originally posted by: wiwy

@BD ' the effect of each other frm Teej has found deep roots in both of them, neither can stop thinking abt the other and symptons getting stronger' . Beautifully written. Yes, it was on this line that the Arshi story progressed subsequently, isn't it?

@Indi "I have a peculiar resistance to Shyam, the very thought that I will have to see him fawning over his wife snd in laws, being the clever damaad is making me not watch 44." Exactly! Feel the same. But how did he manage to fool ASR😲 ? investigation kari ka pari!

Originally posted by: samin6

episode 45

-Love this episode because it was the very first time they feel each other's presence.
- Love this episode because saga of stolen gazes and look back continues. Poor Khushi, was asking herself not to look at Arnav but just had to.😉 When they were close Arnav was continuing to look at her and she just had to look in his eyes, drop her gaze and look again😆
-Loved what Anjali said about Arnav - Yeh pyaar kaunsi larki se kyon hua,kab hua kaise hua kuch samajh mehi nehi ata👏. However was thinking about ARSHI⭐️
- Loved that Khushi's first Maunobrat stopped.⭐️ Be that by being defensive. I think SankaDevi realized that speaking is less daunting then eyelocks.😳
-Loved love, hate and longing in the eyes of our ARSHI.🤗

😕The last power-packed ARSHI package until they meet again.😭