Originally posted by: indi52
ankh micholi, anyone?
episode 57 indeed a maha episode
but first, i would like to start with an invocation to the god of handsomeness and thank her for bestowing upon us this incredible creation of hers which now looks at our heroine with incredulous eyes. sorry, have to gush. really, how good looking must a man be, and that too while he's acting so terribly well in of all things, a daily soap. spiky hair, lean hassled visage, everything motionless, just an eruption of feelings rushing to get to the climax. i could watch this scene for hours, like that other one of him walking into the mazar, long loping stride, inert eyes, black clothes, white bandana. "what the" has never sounded so divine.
AGREED AND MESMERIZED BY BOTH❤️
it's a good thing that she didn't open her eyes. if she had, the story would have ended right here, no question of not falling in love and crashing into his arms. but today a celestial game was at play, that was devised to keep the story interesting, dynamic, and without end.
❤️ THE WAY YOU PUT IT.INDEED HER ONE EYE IS THE STARTING POINT AS SHE NEVER BOTHERED BY HIS STRONG CLUTCH AND GRIP BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF HER IS ACCEPTING THIS FACT HE DOES CARE AND CONCERNS TOO TOWARDS HER AND CREATES ANTAGONISM IN HER TO RUN AWAY IN HER "KHUSHI" STYLE BUT TODAY SHE COULDN'T.
as i watched, it was quite obvious that the whole 45 odd minutes were laid out around hide and seek. people missed each other, feelings stole into corners and never got caught, secrets were almost out, phew! but not quite. but why? why this devise suddenly? and that too right across an extended episode? perhaps it was just to raise the tension, keep us glued and use a familiar film technique. or it was ankh micholi, the game of krishna come to visit this drama that has references to him in so many ways right through.
THE GAME WILL BE OVER THEN AND OUR BLAST WILL BE ENDED INDI "KOI SHUQ"
"hai re nand kissore!" the first words of ipk. and if i look back, so many many krishna moments all through. he was in the name of the friend, the sakha, nk; and he was in the name of the villain; his story was told with such charm by the lovely ingenuous khushi; and he and his consort were there when she felt like his patni, and when she didn't; of course, he was always in buaji's words and thoughts, and allusions and traits of him were to be found in many a character during the telling of the tale: as charioteer, as wise counsel, as giver of judgment... maybe, in this ankh micholi too? and if so, it was a fascinating creative leap to keep krishna in the proceedings. interestingly, the child actor who played bubli, used to act as little krishna in her previous role.
EXCELLENT CONNECTIONS👍🏼 IN THESE PARAGRAPHS WITH LITTLE HISTORY.
krishna played blindman's bluff, with the boys and the girls, his gopis too. minor modification for the ladies: he had to kiss the girls to identify them. rule made by him, of course. there was always a sweet naughtiness, a lightness to the tales of this avatar; a certain empathy, beauty, fun, and delight. you didn't have to worship him to find him engaging. if indeed the hide and seek trick was borrowed from nand kissore, i'd find it really clever.
if not, no matter, still reminded me of him and his lover. especially, loaded as the game was with matters of love. and light and sprightly it went, traipsing and trilling through the bhoolbhulaiya (maze) of shantivan, with concentrated bursts of earth shaking emotion in in between. fantastic balance of light and deep, dhoop chhaaon... hai dhoop sa agar woh, woh chandni raat si hai.
WELL SAID ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES IN OUR LANGUAGE THE TASTE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT👏
and joining the sport to make it delicately deliciously interesting: curtains. diaphanous, floating, now revealing, now concealing, cousins of the dupatta. that opening sequence was the first sign, i guess. the breeze is telling them both, she's here, he's here, but since both are hesitating before truth, it hides itself, behind the decorators's curtains.
LOVED THE DECORATIONS AND COLOR SCHEME❤️
i can't see you, you're not here. but i can hear you... khushi is the first to know, and she's determined not to get caught. what she doesn't know though is there's another thief in the premises. a sick man with ugly intentions and desires.
DECEITS ARE ALWAYS AMONG YOU TO BITE YOU ,ITS RARE TO FIND THEM EARLY.SIGH!!!
"mujhe galatiyan aur unhe karne wale pasand nahin," i don't like mistakes and those who make them, says the man in charge, arnav singh raizada, making sure all arrangements for the party are impeccable. a certain terseness in him, so much to do, all sorts of unsettled feelings at home since la's entry, and the constant "ahsaas" of a person, something he swears he has no place for in his life. maybe that's the "galati" you make, and nand kissore is playing a game with you to see if you can find the truth and be "sahi"?
SO TRUE .LA IS JUST A PUNCHING BAG FOR HIM BUT THIS IS HIS"ZID" TO RECTIFY .JUST STUBBORNESS AND "EHSSAS" OF ALL OF HIS MISTAKES WHICH ARE BUGGING HIM UP AND EATING HIM INNERLY EVERY MOMENT.FELT FOR HIM SO MUCH.😭 HE WANTS TO BRING THE CLOCK BACK FOR SO MANY THINGS TO AMEND IN SO MANY WAYS EVERY TIME IN HIS LIFE BUT CAN'T.
she's constantly worried about being discovered by him, and so misses the the truth right under her nose, or at least next to it. she passes by shyam and anjali's room as they chat standing before the door, but doesn't see him. nor he her. again and again this almost reveal. sometimes in the most interesting layered visuals.
YES BUT THAT IS BEAUTY OF THIS AS HE IS OUR "CUPID"👏 TO JOIN THESE SOULS
di and shyam have a little tiff over his many admirers. creatives give the pretender krishna little touches of the real and eternal lover. but here is one who has no notion of love, at best what he feels is lust. a pity, his consort isn't radha, a bit of a gandhari our anjali. reminds me of the magnificent queen from mahabharat who wore a blindfold forever because her husband couldn't see and so she decided to suffer with him. just like her, anjali couldn't see a thing, and shyam again won the ankh micholi round, his prize, a gentle, loving, credulous, "aap bhi na."
THIS HONEY LAYERED MAN IS WAY TOO MUCH.SO TRUE ANJI IS BLIND FOLDED👍🏼 WOMEN LIKE HER ALWAYS REMAIN LIKE THIS "ALL IS WELL"
in playful vein, creatives bring in stairs from ar office to shantivan, to test us no doubt. was i wrong or was there a curved staircase just behind khushi which i've never seen here? spotting the rakshas, she hides in shyam anjali's room, he passes her and senses... hey hey...
NO I NOTICED THAT TOO BUT NEVER SAW THESE STAIRS LATER
he bumps into someone, "dekhkar nahin chal sakte? tumhari galati ki saza tumhari naukri bhi ho sakti hai." can't you see where you're going, the cost of your mistake may be your job. but sir, was the mistake his or were you distracted... by that sense of a woman?👏👏👏
shyam almost sees her but doesn't. khushi runs helter skelter LOVE THIS WORD👏through the unfamiliar corridors and leaps into a room. one she doesn't know at all, but had at one time thought belonged to the bakri. unfortunately, it belongs to the lion and he is on his way here, his attendant music following him resplendent. our man is thoroughly displeased, is rushing to change.
sanaya was simply brilliant as she ran around frantic looking for a space to hide, then jumped into the wardrobe. only khushi could have done that. something so very specific in that move. the visual space is super crowded these days, so many images, it's rare to come across something original. yet, ipk found new ways of showing things so often. can't remember ever seeing a girl in a cupboard, one eye open, comic air getting giggles going, and then wham... thick, pulse rate quickening passion, can't breathe, a crazy note of romance... and off she goes again, dupatta flying, something really funny and really desperate at once, his khushi... khushi... khushiii making you wonder, making you sad, making you happy. thrilling, wasn't it? yet delightfully light like a perfect souffle, with a little red dupatta flambe. oh that flying streak of vermillion, and him leaping to catch it, just took it all to another plane.
YES YES YES THIS SCENE IS THE MOST MAGNETIC ONE FOR ME.SHE IS INDEED IN HER PLACE AND HE WELCOMED HER NO MATTER WHAT AT THIS STAGE,SANAYA AND BARUN ❤️❤️
wasn't he supposed to be mad at her? decided to not think of her just a while back. no place for such feelings. she is a part of my past that is over. and yet you just know it when she's around. what's in her that calls out to you? and now she sits inside your cupboard, inside you essentially.
BINGO👏
"tum yahan kya kar rahi ho?" what are you doing here? oh the pain of knowing she isn't here. the grappling with it. all the upheaval. and suddenly, she's before his eyes. of course, he's startled at first, then perhaps a bit angry, but deep down maybe a feeling more forceful is taking root, a feeling of finding his breath again. of sheer relief. the kind that makes you let go inside, leaves you dumbfounded.
when she jumps out, you reach out instinctively, wanting to keep her near, for all your roughness, and anger, the moment she's close you're nonplussed... rabba vey, and she flies off taking advantage of your state of mind. playing ankh micholi with your feelings... now you catch it, now you don't...
HIS MIXED FEELINGS SHOWS CLEARLY HOW DEEPLY SHE GROUNDED HER ROOTS IN HIM.HE WAS BAMBOOZLED IN HER PRESENCE🤗
and what about her, she'd just said she hadn't returned to delhi for him, but in that long moment that he held her and they looked into each others eyes, why that change of note?
behind the veil of comedy, serious, seething, heated emotion telling its own parallel story.
THIS MAHA HAS A STORY IN IT ITSELF DON'T YOU THINK REGARDLESS OF IPK.HOW ABOUT YOU TAKE A PLUNGE AND CREATE ONE PLEAJJJ.ADVANCE 🤗
i needed to pause here for breath and let my eyes rest. and before we resume, a question, was akash wearing the shirt that asr wore the night of faraq nahin padta? nooo.YES YES I NOTICED THAT TOO PH ALWAYS HAVE SHORTAGE OF DESIGNERS AND OUTFITS."CHALTA HAI"😛
❤️ YUMMILICIOUS!
naniji notices "mithai ki khushboo kuch aur hi hai." talk of sweet from lucknow; and dreams of sweet nothings in akash upon seeing payal. of course, mami the sharp eyed notes this dose of sudden sweetness in her son's life and decides it's bad for him, "jo bhi hao e laknow sisters ko out kareka padi." whatever it is, got to get these lucknow sisters out.
MAMIJI😡😡😡
asr is tortured, pacing, remembers "hum aapke nazron se hamesha ke liye door ja rahein hain..." khushi yahan kya kar rahi hai? what's khushi doing here, he is immersed in this conundrum. his girl friend floats in, all dressed up and sexy, how am i looking, she asks getting close. he almost doesn't see her. the eyes are on the one who's flown, that's whom they seek. when his sister walks in, he asks, irritated and hassled, forgetting his resolve to not let anything disturb the cadence of his sister's big day, "di, khushi yahan kya kar rahi hai?" what's she doing here? if i knew she'd bagged the order, i'd have cancelled it. really, so that's why you ask the same question again and again. shatir asr totally stumped.
I KNOW HER HAS BEEN THROWN OUT .YEAH RIGHT😳
in another hide and seek ploy, shyam is told by anji about khushi. when she turns around, he's not there. he hasn't heard a thing. months later, the same would happen the night of the betrayal, asr would tell di all only to find she's passed out. hasn't heard a thing. it will lead to chaos, but tonight, all it leads to is a "yeh bhi na."
EXCELLENT CONNECTION👏
another echo from the future in his announcement to the guests, "meri zindagi ke do sabse important log... di aur jeejaji." the two most important people in my life, di and jeejaji. there will remain two most important people in his life, just not in this combination.
a cascade of neatly edited scenes peek into hidden thoughts and faces. will khushi see shyam? will shyam see khushi? will anjali find out? creatives are having are having much fun obviously. and in the middle of all that a strange surprise from la. she obviously is completely blindfolded, no idea who her target audience is. aneatly packed episode with all the bits in place for the next climax.
INTENSITY AND CLIMAX ARE AT THE TOP NOTCH SHAPE 👏
in the middle of all this mami is being really rude to khushi and payal, treating them like waiters. mamiji... aap bhi na. SHE IS TOO MUCH SOMETIMES😡 anyway, payal drops juice and khsuhi leaves the room to find tissues at the poolside, relieved at the thought of escaping his nearness.
but looks like that isn't going to happen. he has seen her and he follows her out. "tumne toh kaha tha ki lucknow chali jaogi..." you'd said you'd go away to lucknow, he barks at her.
she's shocked, but opts to remain mute... not a word since he found her in the cupboard. she is just too disturbed to say anything i guess. she tries to walk past him without a word. he catches hold of her arm in a tight grip. yet again. she stands there still, taut, tense, eyes confused, unsure. finally, in measured undertone, "aap badtameezi kar rahen hain." you're being uncourteous.😛
SHE WAS BAFFLED AS HER OWN EMOTIONS ARE ON ROLLER COASTER RIDE
"kyunki badtameezi ke elawa aur koi bhasha tumhe samajh mein nahin aati hai." because you don't understand anything but language, he is in a nasty nasty mood now.
UP TO NO GOOD.PRETTY FAIR SHE DID NOT LET HIM WHEN HE WAS BEING GENTLEMAN👏
and he goes for it.
"main tumse kuch pooch raha hoon..." so intimate the voice, like it's touching her... "tumne toh kaha tha ki lucknow chali jaogi... waopas laut kar nahin aogi," my heart shivers/leaps at his voice, that wapas nahin aaogi is killing him somewhere... "phir yahan kya kar rahi..."
HIS HEART IS SO VISIBLE IN HIS EXPRESSION AND SOUND ONLY HE CAN DELIVER SUCH A MODULATION SERIOUSLY BARUN BARUN YOU ARE AMAZING👏
you'd said you'd go away... so why are you here... you'd said you'd never come back... what are you doing here... if you go away on a summers's day... again the sadness of the song hidden behind the anger of the voice.
but if you stay... my wayward mind adds in...
"majboori thi... tab bhi... aur ab bhi." had no choice, then too... now as well. khushi is no longer running, skipping, jumping, acting cute, nothing, some part of her that no one else touches but this man, is touched again. only for him her voice grows deep like this, mature, poised, a woman vis a vis a man.SHE WAS NOT BOTHERED AT ALL THAT WAS THE ONE EYE LINK SHE IS GETTING THERE BUT UNLIKE HIM SHE CAN'T AFFORD CLOUD NINE AFTER ALL SHE HAS SO MUCH IN HER PLATE.👏
"aap hamara haath chhodiye warna..." leave my hand...
"warna?" or else?
"warna kya kar logi tum?" what will you do?
"aap asr honge aapke ghar mein." you may be asr in your own home...
a khushi like flipinto a rash statement looking for a solid repartee to shut this terrible man up.(a little break for respite by the creativesfor us panting viewers?) ALARM IS RINGING JUST LOOK AT HIM
"mera hi ghar hai." it is my home.
if i hadn't spent all the money, i'd have died before coming here to the home of people such as yourself. khushi returns to the seriousness of the moment.
"pehle bhi tum hum jaise logon ke yahan hi kam karti thi." you used to work for people like us before. "aur waise bhi, tum jaise log toh paison ke liye..." and anyway, for money, people like you... he stops as she looks up.
tonight he doesn't complete that sentence. something in her gaze, angry, gaining a power of its own, stops him. the intensity in both was of another order. out in the open. ankh micholi ceased.
CHALLENGE IS ON BOTH SIDES👏
la walked in. no one practically noticed her.
khushi walked out without a word. but what's this?
her payal slipped off as though it had a mind of its own. he saw it.AFTER ALL HE IS GOING TO BE THE PROTECTOR 😊 SHE LEFT WITHOUT WORDS BUT WITH CHALLENGE OK GO AND SHOW ME HOW YOU ARE GOING TO FORGET THIS "MUJH JESSI LARKI JO PAISON KEH...."👏
one day, a key had slipped off from his hand, so they could meet again. now this payal. what will this bring? and why is it that everything around and on them want them to find each other, yet these two... and he turned and looked back.
THIS LOOK IS KILLING AND I AM DEAD .I SAW THIS SCENE GAZILLION TIME JUST TO SEE THIS❤️
this is the first time we see khushi in red with asr by the pool. there will be many times more when the colour of passion will attend their love story unfolding here. today's red was definitely chilli padi red. those who've lived in south east asia will know the power and bite of this deadly chilli, small, red, sharp, and has it got oomph. you don't need a little or long black dress to be an absolute bomb. i can't live without my chilli padi, looks like asr is beginning to catch the ailment.
YES CHIILI INDEED AND THIS CHILI IS HARD TO SWALLOW AND IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE😳😳😳
INDI IT WAS WORTH WAITING⭐️ STARS FOR THIS ONE👏❤️ COMMENTS CAN'T PLAY HIDE AND SEEK .😳
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