Blast from the Past Thread #9, pg 105, ep 108 - Page 42

Originally posted by: indi52

thanks so much, sir. top notch? oh i like the sound of that. sometimes i wonder if i am completely mad to write the things i do. i mean, here i am, 52, almost 53, surely i should be doing something "meaningful" and not writing gibberish about a hindi serial on the net. but then you read my post and do that review and you say you liked the writing... something in me feels, this is right, this is meaningful. does that make sense? of course not, but i feel it's worth it. thank you, dear one. your collage on this episode too good, especially the running with flowing lehenga shot.

Originally posted by: cinthiann1758

I am in agreement with you girls. When the woes of the world become too much to bear we can come to our IPK fantasy land that is filled with so much love in all forms to sustain us. Love in the form of hate, love in the form of anger, unfulfilled love, obsessive love, love between a brother and sister, love for parents living and passed on, unending love, soulmate love...crazy, zany love and love that is beyond all understanding! Thank you to the creators of this show for becoming our saviors of solace and peace and our safety net.!!! Let us all send peace, love and light to this crazy world. I believe it can change. Just like you had reminded us once Ami the words of Ghandi, "Be the change you want to see in the world!" Let's just send love to all! XO Cyn

Originally posted by: supriya.arshi

m an avid People Mag reader from past 4 yrs...😃 nd now they made me all the more happy with their comin issue...gonna grab my copy soon

Barun Sobti in People Mag

Picture Credit : People Mag twitter

Originally posted by: indi52

episode 95

no one can tell me,
nobody knows,
where the wind comes from,
where the wind goes.

it's flying from somewhere
as fast as it can,
i couldn't keep up with it,
not if i ran.
~~~ a. a. milne, wind on the hill ~~~
You are so good at finding these apt quotes, I'm amazed!

the wind rose, lifting the light shimmering dupatta with it, and the borrowed covering fell; leaving her quite bare, her upper body suddenly only in a small blouse and nothing else. she was mortified, he awkward, shocked, by now he knew how she felt about such a thing.

the most riveting moments for me in this episode were these first ones. the immense beauty and significance of just one interlude... i have watched this scene repeatedly to find all that i couldn't clearly read yet felt was there. every time it has glimmered with its loveliness.

i didn't count the seconds or minutes, but i felt something timeless here, as i had in that one long look in the guest house on the night of the storm. after he plucked her out of the dangerous corner and headed out, for a second they were separated, he turned and looked straight into her eyes, the wind was there too, gushing wildly, lifting her hair, scattering feelings and sensations. there was a moment then as they just stood staring at each other when i felt something elemental, eternal.

similarly, here.Wow!Brought back memories.

her life in that instance, her sense of self respect, here. her abroo (is that what i am looking for?), the respect and honour of her body as important as that of her soul, her spirit. he will be there taking it on as his responsibility. as long as he is there, no one can mess with her life or her respect seems to be in these moments somehow. and so very poignant his own handling of himself at this strange juncture.

a hellish day it's been, the road to nainital filled with surprises he could do without, they are just out of a jungle, on a highway, no idea where to head next, she goes into the washroom, and her clothes are swiped by a girl eloping, of all the... she emerges in beautiful bridal gear from a dilapdated public toilet, just as they are trying to make sense of the whole thing... this.

which man in this situation would be as delicately sensitive as the khadoos rude nasty laad governor asr was.

yes, he will misunderstand. yes, he will be brutal. to her, to himself. yet, somewhere always, arnav singh raizada will hold himself to be the one to protect her honour, her life. contradictory his dragging of her to the temple one day might seem, his harsh words, his throwing her out of the room, all of it, but because of this that we have seen, we'll know how much it agonises him, we may even understand why he did what he did. i at least, did. The pain he went thru during that phase, without even a soul around to share, really quite agonising. (oops, just realised, that rhyme wasn't on purpose, really!)

her hand went up instinctively and touched the side of a her neck, a classic gesture, a girl embarrassed, feeling naked.she stepped back, turned away as he stood still, the wind rising the only sound...

he looked at her back and she seemed to feel his gaze, as rabba vey entered the sound scape, an awkward, half turn.

he felt her tense embarrassment. khushi doesn't like to expose her body, her beauty, she contains her desirable physical side in, she doesn't believe it is for all eyes to devour. she's not demure or coy, this is her choice. and that dupatta on the floor she can't pick up because she just doesn't want anyone to see her without her covering. certainly not a man, not asr.


the minute the dupatta deserted her, he saw her startled, troubled look, and figured exactly what to read in it. his gaze moved away from her entirely. the seconds ticked and the murmuring of extreme awkwardness and embarrassment grew. then, seeing that she wasn't doing a thing, he picked up the dupatta finally, and with absolute respect, averting his eyes, held it out to her, as he had in that hot and bothered store room one sunday.
the sexiest innate decency in one; and the most endearing sense of ones own self in the other.

she took the dupatta after ascertaining he wasn't looking at her. or maybe she was touched by this simple act of consideration, of his knowing her.

at a time when it is considered almost necesasary to flaunt your body as a mark of independence, here's a truly independent minded girl who knows what she wants to do with her body. (perhaos that's why, i was a bit rattled to see creatives opt for a bare all look for mehendi, if trp was driving such a choice, shame on them. khushi doesn't need to shao naval to be adorable or sexy. she is sexy sometimes precisely because she doesn't. instead she weras crazy poms poms and drives a fashion man nuts.)I agree about the Mehandi outfit. Though, I liked that dress, I did feel it wasn't something Khushi would be comfortable wearing. And then, they made her wear it for so many episodes, that's when it got really irritating.

after handing her the dupatta, he does the most unexpected and sweet thing. he goes a step further from her then and turns completely away from her, creating the privacy for her to wear her veil. even she can't quite believe how considereate he is being. not a word, just doing what he believes he needs to do... for her. a trait of the man perhaps, a remarkable one.

months later in a darkened hut, as his desire inflamed for her and he wanted to watch her change, he'd again turn down a lamp, save her, protect her, not let anything taint her respect, not even his own gaze. it was always up to her, even after they both knew how much they loved each other. 😳

goons arrive.

the gentlest, "chale?" he seems to sense her unsettled state of mind, her clothes have disappeared, now this extremely difficult intimacy that is swirling in like the mist, yet neither knows its name, just a girl and a boy and a road to some unknown place.

couple of things from the dhaba.

a thin girl's lunch order:
uuuh kadai paneer, tadke wali daal,
sarson ka saag,
uuh
laisoon aur dhaniye ki chatni,
mmm haanh jeere wali chawal,
naan, aur haanh makhan wala naan...

she would have ordered more perhaps. Really that order was endless. 😆

a macho man's lunch:
ek mineral water. Ok, seriously, a glass of lassi, is that what he had all day?

she is climbing higher and higher on table, stool, whatever to catch the signal or so creatives have written, to create a situation where she can fall into his arms. But of course, why else. 😆 she does too. but the cutest thing here was the irritation/ugh/confusion/tenderness combine that barun sobti's asr expressed. along with a smile bringing, "pata nahin main iss ladki ke saath yahan kar kya raha hoon...khushi neeche utro." don't know what i'm doing here with thsi girl... get down, khushi!! Kya kar raha hoon? It's called getting to know each other, before finally getting married. Of course, you wouldn't know. A part of DM's plan is underway. 😊

really arnavji, won't you ever call the girl you've eloped with khushiji? and if the large mrs suri in garish red with gota edging and ingratiating questions is giving you nightmares, my sympathies with you, i am finding her and her noisy garrulous dhaba a bit of a nahiiin too. i wouldn't ever want to meet her if i were trying to elope quietly. but then you're not trying to do that anyway, right? but then, arnavji, how come the girl is in bridal... ok ok sorry, no no, i get your point, you must fly into a rage soon and i must get all face palmy.

but before that, a cute lassi moustache (what's it with ipk and its mustache fixation - ya really! Maybe the original story had Arnav ending up with a big moustache. 😆 ), you did look rather cute, so i had to make an ad reminiscent of the most famous mucchhad campaign ever. seen the milk mustache ads? been around since 1993.

here are some super heroes with their milk mush.

I never saw these super hero ads. Indi, this is too good. 😆

here's your very own ad, our dear super hero you and your hatke lassi mustache.

Love this ad. 😆

all sorts of things are happening, there's dhol and bhangra on the way, khushi has been tookhushi and just announced she let the petrol out... just the way happyji taught her. whaaat? impossible girl, too much "chhoot" has been given to her you say. "chhoot"? she is not a child or animal being trained that such a word should apply, but never mind. she understands, you are hungry, you fainted just this morning, you're tired, you must eat. she is really feeling worried for you, you know. but you're going to storm out of the place, you are gussa again, and we know what gussa does to you. she tries to push you into changing your mind. whaaat?

"main ja raha hoon, yeh jagah tumhare liye bilkul perfect hai, yahan ke log tumhari tarah bilkul paagal hain, khushi kumaroi gupta." i am going, this place is perfect for you. the people here are as mad as you, kkg.

"rukiye, par aap jaynge kaise, aapki gadi toh band padi hai," stop, how will you go, your car isn't working.

"meri fikar karna band karo," stop worrying about me... "tumhe usse kya," what difference does it make to you. clenched teeth, i am having breathing trouble.

"hume toh sochna hi padega kyunki gusse mein aap dimaag lagana band kar dete hain," i have to think, because when you're angry you stop using your brain. the girl understands him perfectly. as he her. yet that misunderstanding... what a tale.

your phone isn't working, nor car, strike on, you haven't eaten anything since the morning, where will you go? nahin, i won't let you go.

"tum rokogi mujhe?" you'll stop me? er can you not look quite so you know...

"haan... warna hum..." yes, otherwise i'll... khushi is all determination and battily cute, some combination that.

"warna?" incredible eyebrow lift, just a litttle bit.

he stalks off and she steals my line... "nahiiin." nooo.

but honestly, all that registered with me this episode: opening scene...

and two words from mills and boon, never thought i'd see them, maybe i got the meaning wrong, but that's what they seemed to be...

tawny eyes. Hmm... Ok now I'm gonna go and check what tawny means.

Episode 98-100

I had to recall these episodes many occasions and hope BFTP buddies would also add to this list when they recalled these episodes when watching other episodes of IPKKND

- When Anjali saw Shashi as Payal's dad when the Raizada's bought shagun for Payal- recalled how Shashi had seen Shyam with Anjali and he got an answer of who Anjali is.

- When Arnav told Lavanya thinking she was Khushi- " Mein Janta hoon jaane anjane mein maine tumhe bahut chot pauchayi hain. Lekin jab bad mein realize karta hoon to then I really regret it- I really do lekin mein Kuch jaan bhujh ke nehi karta Khushi- main baas aisa hi hoon' I was recalling how he felt after he saw Khushi having a fever and remembering her parents because of him.

- When in the remarriage track he saw Khushi shivering outside I was recalling with him how afraid and cold Khushi was also in the Nainital trip. No wonder he gave her a blanket.

- When in the day of Paagphere Arnav left Khushi in front of her house, I was recalling how Khushi looked when he left her in the middle of the road with money because it was Delhi and now she can manage- the same way she can manage when he had dropped her off a couple of blocks away from home.

- When after paagphere Arnav said, " Main har baar tumhe paagalo ke tara Dhundne nehi awunga"- was recalling how he was madly searching for her in the woods on the way to Nainital.

- When in Holi Arnav told to Anjali about Khushi, " Pagal hain but cute hain." Had to recall how she cutely threw away the mirchi from his daal, continued to babble to make him say a word in the car when they were returning back, was happy when he said shut up. And of course the list of things she did to make her certifiably mad, starting from getting into the trunk of the car, thinking she could fool the wild animals, goes on.

- When on the day after paagphere- Akash supported and stood up for Payal, was recalling how he also stood up for her when she was insulted by Mami.

- When in the Kidnapping track- Arnav took the daylight out of the man who dared to make a pass on Khushi- I think we also got the answer that Khushi asked Arnav- what he would do if someone really hit her.

- When Arnav rescued Khushi in the hilltop after the goons left, I was also recalling with Arnav and other ARSHI lovers how she always holds onto him unconsciously and how he held onto him on the Nainital trip.

- When Khushi agreed to work for him for 24000R for a month to get the rent for Madhumati's bunglow- I remembered how Khushi thought she was of less value to him as a wife then as Lavanya's trainer and how to Arnav she had more value in a day now then she was almost a month to him before.

- When Arnav was hugging Khushi after Anjali's abortion and did not want to let her go- I was remembering the hospital hug. After Anjali's abortion- Arnav wanted to hold on longer to Khushi and was disappointed when it was not reciprocated. In the Hospital hug- Khushi also wanted to hold onto Arnav longer and was disappointed when he did not hug her back.

- In ARSHI haldi when I saw Shyam and Shashi I could not help but remember how Shyam put him in the wheelchair.

- In ARSHI wedding night when all the Raizada's intercepted remembered, " Shaadi aaj huyi hain to suhaag raat bhi aaji hogi na."

- In the Shitall track- when Arnav and Aarav said Khushi was filmi hain- I had to recall how filmi Khushi was to stop Arnav from leaving her in the dhaba, how she fooled the entire people into believing that he was leaving her 2 hours after marriage- how he had Dhaba's owner and his wife on her side by complaining that- Arnav was angry because of auntieji's cooking.

Originally posted by: sohara

Oh wiwy I'm so happy for your son.

Can I get the role of female lead or you already planned to do it?😆

Plz let me know when he will direct the film. I'm gonna send you my portfolio.😃

tell him to do it quick, before my mom put the chain on my feet.

You know what i meant right?

Originally posted by: BarunDiwani

awww, I want i want, wonder if they sell them here anywhere. thanks Sup, he looks way too too cute.

And you collage on 97 is mmmuaaa-worthy, love everything about it, the look, feel, caps! 👏👏

@Cyn,, that's a great title!

Originally posted by: wiwy

Wake up kid! 😃You seriously think anyone else besides me can play the female lead with my Barun in my son's movie?😆 It will be one of those movies where a younger guy falls head over heels for a bootiful, classy woman twice his age! But okay you can send in your portfolio! Will try to fit you in before you are chained for life!