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KS gets kidnapped on Independance day!! Was this coordinated?? The plot thickens with the puzzles, leaving aside all the love and the heartbreak for a while. I've got a furrow in my brow because I'm not sure where I'm being led. But it wasn't KS-getting-with-GnarlyGnomePrithvi tonight, so let's party on, I say! On to the show:
First set starts with the engagement party. It's at Daadi's and is full swing. The Bose family walk in, looking regal and cool, and are greeted by Daadi. The atmosphere is relaxed -- they are all friends here. A chap comes to greet Gnarly Gnome Prithvi and teases him about the bridegroom getting to the venue before the bride. Daadi explains that KS is at the parlour and should be on her way. They mingle.
(BTW, since KS now owns the entire Khanna house complex, doesn't Daadi's house technically belong to her? So can't she get back to living in her house? Actually, I still haven't understood why she just doesn't get her own apartment. 50 crores can get you plenty of pretty apartments in Bombay, I'd think.) Cut to:
A shot of pretty KS riding back in a car... Cut to:
Prithvi and Mishti walk down the stairs and who should they spot but Airhead Anitah walking brazenly, with flounces and smiles, into the party! They are thunder-struck: Mishty's alarm bells are instantly ringing, while Prithvi can only exclaim "This girl's crazy!". Truly, I always thought that one would have to either have a really thick skin or be seriously motivated, to do what Airhead is doing.
Mishty stops Anitah in her tracks even before she reaches the middle of the dance floor, and asks her what the hell she is doing there! Anitah is good at brazening things out: she has received an invitation. Mishty does this weird pointing two-fingers at her own eyes and switching then to Anitah's eyes, going: "I have my eyes on you". Even the Airhead is suitably perturbed.. Cut to:
KS, who was dreaming in the backseat, suddenly notices that all is not right; that it is not the path to Daadi's; that the road is getting darker and danker and drearier. She asks the driver what's going on; there's no reaction. Her voice getting louder and shriller, she starts demanding answers but there is nothing from the driver except for an evil smirk that is spreading over his face. The doors are auto-locked and despite her struggles, nothing is moving. At the most dreary point, the car stops and as the driver steps out, our familiar dark, leather-jacket clad figure comes running from the side. He yanks KS out of the car, she tries to put up a brave struggle, but she is MUCH smaller... In the struggle, unnoticed, her bag falls to the ground, her cellphone drops out. But nothing matters except that she is dragged away, into the depths of a horrific looking, wasted warehouse.
(The atmosphere of the warehouse was excellent. But I must warn you they did go overboard with the rats gnawing at cables! :-) )
The second set starts with Prithvi looking uncomfortable and hot in his outfit, because he is beginning to sweat that KS hasn't arrived. He keeps looking at the door, but no small figure emerges. The chap who'd teased him about being the early bridegroom drags him to the dance floor before he can start making calls. He is dancing with the chap, but looks completely out of it.
In another part of the house, Mother Bose and Daadi are walking around smiling graciously at guests. Mother Bose is amazed: so many people. But she is waiting for KS to appear, and make her son happy for the rest of his life. Daadi assures her that she will come and all will be well. Mother Bose is rambling with joy, there _is_ another person who she is anxiously waiting for, a person who helped KS so very much, without whom KS&Gnarly couldn't have done what they did, and probably couldn't have come together. Daadi's getting increasingly puzzled during this spiel - who is this? And Mother Bose says "Josh". At which point, if Daadi had been a less superlative actor, her jaw would've dropped. It's OBVIOUS that she knows Josh and that Josh is AK's best friend. Mother Bose goes on and on deliriously. Daadi is trying to hide her amazement and agitation.
(OH THANK YOU KYPH writers!!! Finally, someone in AK's life who knows that Josh is his best friend. Oh Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, for delivering me from strange realities where parents, brothers, promoters all forget who your best friend was!! Err, since you are being so good, can we also deliver us from KS&Gnarly evil?? No? Okay, I'll stop now.)
Meanwhile, cut to: our honey, not-so-happy Josh with his best friend in a really ghastly looking joint (seriously, can we get better places for our hero-buddies to hang out?), arguing his heart out. He is seriously upset that AK can _actually_ be asking him to go and hang out at KS' engagement party! Seriously! AK starts saying that "after all that you did for her, she will expect ..." when Josh explodes: he did it all because _AK_ told him to, he helped her out only for _AK's_ satisfaction, he'll be damned if now that she is on the top of the heap, he'll dump his friend and go spend time at _her_ engagement party! AK knows he cannot persuade him, but he is not happy about the lack of his powers to do so. Josh gets up to refill his drink and -- significantly -- his phone's left on the sofa.
(Josh is a Honey. Seriously. :-) BTW, the writer's could've spared us that heavy-hint shot of Josh' phone left on the sofa...)
Cut to: KS is still getting yanked through the dank and up a rickety flight of stairs. She is dumped into a chair, hands tied behind her back, screaming all the while. The kidnapper is doing unpleasant heavy-breathing (he gave me the creeps) and asking her to shut up. Finally, he tapes her up and leaves.
(There are some nice shots of KS' wide eyes taking everything in; the camera action was kinda effective here. You are probably used to TV-serial kidnappings and the way they are shot and the way the actors portray fear: it was new to me, and it was convincing, quite.)
Cut to: the party at Daadi's, where Prithvi is now looking thoroughly miserable. He picks up his phone and finally uses it. Lying forlornly on the road to the dank, damp place, KS' phone rings without reception. Prithvi's face grows more and more miserable. Why is KS not taking her calls?
Onto the third set, where we get back to little KS in her dark place. She is a gutsy little thing, who is fighting and fighting to get free. Below her, the thug is on the phone: he's got the money, so he'll make sure the work is done. There is no way that KS is going to be able to leave this place without his assent. KS hears all this in breathless, panicky fear, working at her ties all the time. She manages to get her tied hands above the back of the chair -- damned difficult, BTW! This is something one can try at home! -- and creeps away. She walks down the stairs, looking to the left and to the right. In one corner, are torn and rusted sheets of metal. She uses these to cut through the ropes (very dangerous - do not try this at home!) and frees her mouth. She creeps around quietly, terrified that the kidnapper will chance back.
She finds a phone! Guess what?? It's working!! (In a dank, dark, unused warehouse, covered with cobwebs and old wire. Nice going, KYPH writer guys!) Prithvi's cellphone is busy -- her fiance to be is busy trying to get through to her; no-one at Daadi's house can hear the phone ring to pick it up; she is getting desperate. Then it strikes her to call Josh. Which cuts us back to:
AK, grumping because he's without a drink, without Josh, and sitting next to a ringing cellphone. He's increasingly getting irritated at Josh: why the hell doesn't he take his phone with him?? He yanks it off the sofa and takes the call. But before he can speak a word, he hears the breathy voice of his beloved! She has been kidnapped, she has escaped, she doesn't know where the HELL she is, all she knows is that there was a cigarette factory on the way to the old unused warehouse, please come and get her, please come and rescue her. AK's on high alert; there's no sentimentality, no nonsense about him just now. Truly, he's an action hero as Josh said!
Just then, we cut to: the thug! He yanks the phone off KS and starts shaking her. She sobs aloud, in pain. AK's heart is in his mouth -- all the while, that mouth has not uttered a sound. He leaps off the chair, and we cut to:
The warehouse where little KS is struggling for all that she is worth and doing a good job with it. As when Prithvi managed to get the better of this thug, so does little gutsy KS. She escapes not once, but twice. However, she has a lousy choice of hiding places, and the thug gets a firm grip on her. But not before she rips his mask off! Bad move, little KS; she has now seen his squat, glowering, thug-face. She flees as lightly as a butterfly. But as always picks the wrong place to hide. This time, it's in a little room with a door that has a latch and a lock for the thug to shut her in with. He fiddles with some evil thug buttons on the side of the door, sets it to "12" and says "Ha, KS, with 12 minutes, you are history!"
She is inside, flitting from one pipe to the next, and there is some smoky thug gas that is filling up the chamber. Our butterfly beats her wings against the walls, against the doors, but this time she is truly captured. This is now the time for ...
Cut to, the street outside the warehouse where a car is drawing near.
End of show!
Preview for next week: Gnarly Gnome is acting the Fierce Fiance and swearing that the thug will be hunted down and made to suffer for ever setting his evil sights on KS. Daadi is wondering who the hell can want to hurt sweet KS. Fierce Fiance lowers his brows even more (I'd thought it was not possible, but then what do I know...!) and says (like he knows who it is actually) that whoever he may be, he's going to rue the day he thought he could touch a hair on KS' head. (Once again, this is just the gist of it.)
In a continuation of the preview, our action hero is sitting at the police inspector's desk -- yes, the same one who'd come to arrest him! -- and asking why the hell it's taking so long to apprehend the thug. The inspector is assuring him that they will get him RSN, when Fierce Fiance comes to the door. The inspector welcomes him in, and you should see the way that AK's face changes when he realises it's GG-FF-Prithvi! He doesn't look up as Prithvi comes in. Prithvi looks in a friendly manner at the person sitting at the inspector's desk and then his face freezes in a most unfriendly manner as he recognises AK!
(Oh, I'm having a rockin' time, people. No further developments on KS-Prithvi; AK and Josh have a moment; KS does a good job of being a woman out to get her freedom on 15 August; AND DAADI KNOWS THAT JOSH IS AK's BEST FRIEND! Sorry, had to get that out. :-) )
First set starts with the engagement party. It's at Daadi's and is full swing. The Bose family walk in, looking regal and cool, and are greeted by Daadi. The atmosphere is relaxed -- they are all friends here. A chap comes to greet Gnarly Gnome Prithvi and teases him about the bridegroom getting to the venue before the bride. Daadi explains that KS is at the parlour and should be on her way. They mingle.
(BTW, since KS now owns the entire Khanna house complex, doesn't Daadi's house technically belong to her? So can't she get back to living in her house? Actually, I still haven't understood why she just doesn't get her own apartment. 50 crores can get you plenty of pretty apartments in Bombay, I'd think.) Cut to:
A shot of pretty KS riding back in a car... Cut to:
Prithvi and Mishti walk down the stairs and who should they spot but Airhead Anitah walking brazenly, with flounces and smiles, into the party! They are thunder-struck: Mishty's alarm bells are instantly ringing, while Prithvi can only exclaim "This girl's crazy!". Truly, I always thought that one would have to either have a really thick skin or be seriously motivated, to do what Airhead is doing.
Mishty stops Anitah in her tracks even before she reaches the middle of the dance floor, and asks her what the hell she is doing there! Anitah is good at brazening things out: she has received an invitation. Mishty does this weird pointing two-fingers at her own eyes and switching then to Anitah's eyes, going: "I have my eyes on you". Even the Airhead is suitably perturbed.. Cut to:
KS, who was dreaming in the backseat, suddenly notices that all is not right; that it is not the path to Daadi's; that the road is getting darker and danker and drearier. She asks the driver what's going on; there's no reaction. Her voice getting louder and shriller, she starts demanding answers but there is nothing from the driver except for an evil smirk that is spreading over his face. The doors are auto-locked and despite her struggles, nothing is moving. At the most dreary point, the car stops and as the driver steps out, our familiar dark, leather-jacket clad figure comes running from the side. He yanks KS out of the car, she tries to put up a brave struggle, but she is MUCH smaller... In the struggle, unnoticed, her bag falls to the ground, her cellphone drops out. But nothing matters except that she is dragged away, into the depths of a horrific looking, wasted warehouse.
(The atmosphere of the warehouse was excellent. But I must warn you they did go overboard with the rats gnawing at cables! :-) )
The second set starts with Prithvi looking uncomfortable and hot in his outfit, because he is beginning to sweat that KS hasn't arrived. He keeps looking at the door, but no small figure emerges. The chap who'd teased him about being the early bridegroom drags him to the dance floor before he can start making calls. He is dancing with the chap, but looks completely out of it.
In another part of the house, Mother Bose and Daadi are walking around smiling graciously at guests. Mother Bose is amazed: so many people. But she is waiting for KS to appear, and make her son happy for the rest of his life. Daadi assures her that she will come and all will be well. Mother Bose is rambling with joy, there _is_ another person who she is anxiously waiting for, a person who helped KS so very much, without whom KS&Gnarly couldn't have done what they did, and probably couldn't have come together. Daadi's getting increasingly puzzled during this spiel - who is this? And Mother Bose says "Josh". At which point, if Daadi had been a less superlative actor, her jaw would've dropped. It's OBVIOUS that she knows Josh and that Josh is AK's best friend. Mother Bose goes on and on deliriously. Daadi is trying to hide her amazement and agitation.
(OH THANK YOU KYPH writers!!! Finally, someone in AK's life who knows that Josh is his best friend. Oh Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, for delivering me from strange realities where parents, brothers, promoters all forget who your best friend was!! Err, since you are being so good, can we also deliver us from KS&Gnarly evil?? No? Okay, I'll stop now.)
Meanwhile, cut to: our honey, not-so-happy Josh with his best friend in a really ghastly looking joint (seriously, can we get better places for our hero-buddies to hang out?), arguing his heart out. He is seriously upset that AK can _actually_ be asking him to go and hang out at KS' engagement party! Seriously! AK starts saying that "after all that you did for her, she will expect ..." when Josh explodes: he did it all because _AK_ told him to, he helped her out only for _AK's_ satisfaction, he'll be damned if now that she is on the top of the heap, he'll dump his friend and go spend time at _her_ engagement party! AK knows he cannot persuade him, but he is not happy about the lack of his powers to do so. Josh gets up to refill his drink and -- significantly -- his phone's left on the sofa.
(Josh is a Honey. Seriously. :-) BTW, the writer's could've spared us that heavy-hint shot of Josh' phone left on the sofa...)
Cut to: KS is still getting yanked through the dank and up a rickety flight of stairs. She is dumped into a chair, hands tied behind her back, screaming all the while. The kidnapper is doing unpleasant heavy-breathing (he gave me the creeps) and asking her to shut up. Finally, he tapes her up and leaves.
(There are some nice shots of KS' wide eyes taking everything in; the camera action was kinda effective here. You are probably used to TV-serial kidnappings and the way they are shot and the way the actors portray fear: it was new to me, and it was convincing, quite.)
Cut to: the party at Daadi's, where Prithvi is now looking thoroughly miserable. He picks up his phone and finally uses it. Lying forlornly on the road to the dank, damp place, KS' phone rings without reception. Prithvi's face grows more and more miserable. Why is KS not taking her calls?
Onto the third set, where we get back to little KS in her dark place. She is a gutsy little thing, who is fighting and fighting to get free. Below her, the thug is on the phone: he's got the money, so he'll make sure the work is done. There is no way that KS is going to be able to leave this place without his assent. KS hears all this in breathless, panicky fear, working at her ties all the time. She manages to get her tied hands above the back of the chair -- damned difficult, BTW! This is something one can try at home! -- and creeps away. She walks down the stairs, looking to the left and to the right. In one corner, are torn and rusted sheets of metal. She uses these to cut through the ropes (very dangerous - do not try this at home!) and frees her mouth. She creeps around quietly, terrified that the kidnapper will chance back.
She finds a phone! Guess what?? It's working!! (In a dank, dark, unused warehouse, covered with cobwebs and old wire. Nice going, KYPH writer guys!) Prithvi's cellphone is busy -- her fiance to be is busy trying to get through to her; no-one at Daadi's house can hear the phone ring to pick it up; she is getting desperate. Then it strikes her to call Josh. Which cuts us back to:
AK, grumping because he's without a drink, without Josh, and sitting next to a ringing cellphone. He's increasingly getting irritated at Josh: why the hell doesn't he take his phone with him?? He yanks it off the sofa and takes the call. But before he can speak a word, he hears the breathy voice of his beloved! She has been kidnapped, she has escaped, she doesn't know where the HELL she is, all she knows is that there was a cigarette factory on the way to the old unused warehouse, please come and get her, please come and rescue her. AK's on high alert; there's no sentimentality, no nonsense about him just now. Truly, he's an action hero as Josh said!
Just then, we cut to: the thug! He yanks the phone off KS and starts shaking her. She sobs aloud, in pain. AK's heart is in his mouth -- all the while, that mouth has not uttered a sound. He leaps off the chair, and we cut to:
The warehouse where little KS is struggling for all that she is worth and doing a good job with it. As when Prithvi managed to get the better of this thug, so does little gutsy KS. She escapes not once, but twice. However, she has a lousy choice of hiding places, and the thug gets a firm grip on her. But not before she rips his mask off! Bad move, little KS; she has now seen his squat, glowering, thug-face. She flees as lightly as a butterfly. But as always picks the wrong place to hide. This time, it's in a little room with a door that has a latch and a lock for the thug to shut her in with. He fiddles with some evil thug buttons on the side of the door, sets it to "12" and says "Ha, KS, with 12 minutes, you are history!"
She is inside, flitting from one pipe to the next, and there is some smoky thug gas that is filling up the chamber. Our butterfly beats her wings against the walls, against the doors, but this time she is truly captured. This is now the time for ...
Cut to, the street outside the warehouse where a car is drawing near.
End of show!
Preview for next week: Gnarly Gnome is acting the Fierce Fiance and swearing that the thug will be hunted down and made to suffer for ever setting his evil sights on KS. Daadi is wondering who the hell can want to hurt sweet KS. Fierce Fiance lowers his brows even more (I'd thought it was not possible, but then what do I know...!) and says (like he knows who it is actually) that whoever he may be, he's going to rue the day he thought he could touch a hair on KS' head. (Once again, this is just the gist of it.)
In a continuation of the preview, our action hero is sitting at the police inspector's desk -- yes, the same one who'd come to arrest him! -- and asking why the hell it's taking so long to apprehend the thug. The inspector is assuring him that they will get him RSN, when Fierce Fiance comes to the door. The inspector welcomes him in, and you should see the way that AK's face changes when he realises it's GG-FF-Prithvi! He doesn't look up as Prithvi comes in. Prithvi looks in a friendly manner at the person sitting at the inspector's desk and then his face freezes in a most unfriendly manner as he recognises AK!
(Oh, I'm having a rockin' time, people. No further developments on KS-Prithvi; AK and Josh have a moment; KS does a good job of being a woman out to get her freedom on 15 August; AND DAADI KNOWS THAT JOSH IS AK's BEST FRIEND! Sorry, had to get that out. :-) )
