Blast from the Past Thread #13, pg 119, epi 149 - Page 9

Congratulations sister Blasters for thread 13!!! What a great breather we had, now let us get back to our real work!

Episode 136

The Marriage is Fixed!

Kushi has something to tell Payal but she can't she has promised not to tell, but she is having a hard time holding it in. Shyam wants to know where she has been without informing anyone so late at night. She is trying to make the family guess since she can't tell. Charade's is not going well. Kushi gets mad that no one is understanding and gives up.

Kushi is getting Payal ready and is just about to tell her and they come. She pulls her to the window to show her. Payal still doesn't get it. Garima, Buaji and Shyam are finishing their cup of tea. Shyam asks if Buaji has spoken to the priest about the wedding. Buaji looks out the window and sees ASR and his whole family outside. She asks what are they doing here. Shyam stops you can almost see his tenseness in his shoulders. He turns bak to look and runs into his room. They are all at the door and is invited in. Buaji calls for Shyam who has disappeared. Kushi brings Payal. Payal is very hesitant she thinks they have all come to complain about them and the situation. Kushi goes to close the door when suddenly a man in a crisp white shirt and black vest, places his hand upon hers to come in. Her eyes reach his and they are caught in the mesmerizing gaze of each other. He comes in walking past her shoulder to shoulder touching. He looks so handsome in white.

Nani apologizes for the suddenness of the visit and that they have all come. She says they have gone for the engagement and Buaji thinks she is talking about Arnav's engagement. She says Akash has already been here with the invitation card and she wants to thank them all for coming about that. Nani answers no not Arnav's engagement(that will be at another time, Buaji), but Akash's.

Everyone is smiling but Mami and the Gupta's are confused," Payal,' Nani says, "come here". They seat her down between Nani and Anjali.

Shyam escapes out the window leaving his phone.

The Gupta's are taken by surprise. "We and you?" Garima proposes and Mami says, "yes, I know. There is a difference in the families but it is a matter of love." Nani glaring at her. Good save Mami. Buaji, says to her have you come with a marriage proposal or to insult us? "Insult? Mami says, the people who have no respect'" She is reprimanded sharply by Naniji.

Nani tells Buaji that Akash and even she likes Payal very much and that is why the proposal. Buaji admits she even likes Akash. So the marriage is fixed!

Everyone is having tea. Arnav reaches for his tea and spills it on the cuff of his shirt. Buaji asks Payal to take him to the washroom and he ays he will go by himself. I love how he knows the Gupta house like it is his own home or his wife's home. Just adore that familiarity.

He enters the kitchen. I need a napkin. Kushi was getting the sweets readied and was surprised to see him. He shows her his stained shirt. She goes into action. She tries to wipe away the stain using a dirty towel and made his beautiful white crisp shirt, dirtied even more than the stain. She says wait a minute she will clean it he says better if you stay away from it and that he will take care of it himself. She sends him in the direction of the washroom.

Garima pulls Buaji to another room, she likes Akash but is concerned about Mamiji. She feels she is not happy with the relationship and maybe after she gets married'Nani says she won't regret it. Nani has come to allay their fears. She says that Manorama was not happy with the relationship but they all convinced her and she promises Payal will always be happy. She asks for her horoscope so that they can marry them quickly and take her home with them.

Kushi has brought Sashi out in his wheelchair. Buaji is handing out sweets to everyone, gives Mami a sneer and when she goes to Arnav, Kushi comes running. "He can't have sweets," Embarrassed she walks away and he looks a little stunned but pleased at her behavior. The normal person wouldn't notice but us Blasters know every grimace, line, wrilnkle twinkle of this man! Akash takes blessings from Babuji, Kushi says Payal and him love each other and then Anjali comes and he has an anxiety attack; he recognizes her. Kushi notices too.

Episode 137

Sorry and Thank You

Anjali's introduction has put Babuji into an anxiety attack. He is trying so desperately to inform everyone but due to his paralytic condition no words can come. Mami says too many people in such a small place.

Kushi removes him from the situation. Kushi tries to open the door but Arnav opens the door for them. He asks if he should call the doctor does he need medicine or something. Kushi shakes her head no. He leaves.

This is probably one of the most wonderful scenes of IPK. It lets us have a peak into Arnav's heart, his caring. He isn't an iceberg like we thought and if he was global warming is taking place! His sun is Kushi.

Kushi places babuji in the bed and goes out. Buaji says she should bring Shyam. Arnav rolls his eyes. Does he really want to meet Kushi's fianc, the man she belongs to now, (not really!), I don't think so.

Kushi slowly walks over to the guest room and knocks on the door hesitantly. She looked at Arnav prior to the knock. She is uncomfortable too. She opens the door he is not there. He must have gone out the backdoor. Both Kushi and Arnav look relieved.

Payal takes blessings and hugs. Mami in her head is having a whole conversation of warning to Payal. "Just wait and see what it will be like to come and live with her as her daughter in law. A real reality show. " Poor Payal.

Kushi and Payal are in an embrace and Arnav watches. He is happy for you see a slight little smirk and he seems to be thinking.

Anjali is calling Shyam and she hears a cell phone ringing from Kushi's guest room.

Akash sees Payal watching him from the window.

Kushi opens the door to Arnav. He walks right in and says he wants to talk and in private, not with her but Payal. He says to Kushi, " I want to talk with Payal in private.' Kushi starts yelling with him. She says why in private and not here with me. What if he hurts her? Payal says Kushi it must be important. Kushi tells her you are still my sister not his sisterin law so don't side with him. The phone rings and Kushi has to answer the phone. Arnav says he broke her marriage and apologizes, He tells the story briefly and says he is sorry. She explains what happened and that she would have been married in that family and wouldn't have been happy. She is not sad about that at all. Payal tells him Kushi feels as if she is responsible what happened that night, he interjects quickly, she wasn't at fault.

Kushi is looking on, her huge almond shape eyes misted with tears. She walks forward to him. "Arnavji, you spoke to sister'"

He has to go. How can he show her his vulnerable and sweet side? She runs after him.

"Arnavji,
His gussa comes out, he turns around, and she hits his brick wall energy, she actually comes to a halt, "First you want me not to speak with your sister,, then you want. You decide . What do you want?" '.(From me, I would add.) I don't want to hear what you have to say he gets in his car. Psss she flattens his tire.

now you have to listen as she places her pin back in her hair.

He gets out of the car. This lean, taut, masculine, hunk of a man'.

He looks at his flat tire and asks Kushi if she is crazy. He will most definitely have to listen to her now.

Kushi says sorry and thank you in the same sentence. Sorry that she didn't want him to speak with Payal for she thought he would say something wrong to her or scold her and thank you for apologizing to her and bringing Akash and Payal together.

I believe he was touched but doesn't show it as usual. He can't let her in or she will know he has feelings.

He is going to leave but then realizes his flat and is calling for another car. She laughs, he doesn't know how to change a tire. She announce it to the world and now the children are laughing at "Uncle". "Uncle?" he aks. "Are they laughing at me?" Kushi shhh the children and sends them away after some cute moments and she proceeds to change the tire. He watches sometimes rolling his eyes. When finished he gets in the car and says to Kushi,

thank you for changing the tire...NOT!!!!

Sorry.

Originally posted by: supriya.arshi

We R in Thread 13...

Congratulations Blasters

Durga : Superb poems "

A heartbroken girl wins a million hearts

As she leaves, to give the lovers an open path ⭐️👏
Towel in place of dupatta, NK in place of Lavanya

Equations changing all over, but slowly, rafta rafta 👏

Indi : amazing lines for Lavanya"i don't think i have seen any hindi telly serial go so close to the truth and not back off fearing audience backlash. la went out of ipk with head held high, and lots of nani ji's and our love, also keeping asr as a friend." ❤️this bit 👏👏

ArshiH : Beautiful writing on Story so far ⭐️👏 i love your first banner...nd also thise banner on your piece too good
" Either scare her with his misty aired presence or feel her misty presence with air. Her absence creates havoc ,a fire and fears in him and presence does the same. Normal handsome hunk pulls his girl with love, but this one does it in anger and gets more angry when she threats him leaving for "hamesha." 👏
❤️ the end


Now Time for my SURPRISE

A VM SPECIALLY FOR THE WRITES IN THE BLASTERS THREAD

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a big thank you to ArshiH nd Ami...both who hav helped me...adviced me on the VM despite one bein ill nd the one on complete rest...Thank you both soo much

Originally posted by: indi52

episodes 133/4/6/7/8

time was running out... saansey was about to complete its term, i was still far behind the target 139. only done up to 132. decided to do some ramanchi. i would try and find one scene to talk about in the episodes pending and see what i came up with.

and so i began to search and noticed the moments... "something in the eyes" little scenes that were there right through. almost every episode had them. asr's eyes mainly... once in a way khushi's too.

after the blast and heat of:
"tum samjhti kya ho apne aap ko"... who do you think you are... you think i am angry because of you... that whatever i do i do because of you... if you think it makes any difference to me your being or not being here... "tumhare hone ya na hone se koi faraq padta hai..." then forget it... you don't even exist for me... do you understand... tum ho ya na ho... whether you're there or not... kuch kaho, kuch karo... mujhe usse koi faraq nahin padta... whether you say something or do something, doesn't make a damn difference to me...

after that tirade, that spiraling of rage, something seems to have cooled inside this ravaged, man constanty grappling with that edge of raw pain writhing in him, trying to shut out all feelings with desperate ramparts of don't care. but suddenly now there's an easing... especially since she cut the fire with calm... and non aggression. a sort of cleansing perhaps in that outpouring, a detox as it were.

ever since that evening, he is curiously aware of her. and of course, just now in the restaurant her "phree biskut" spin has him reaching desperately for his smug, superior air just in case he should completely melt and show those "pyaar wyaar" feelings he knows nothing of.

i was completely blown away by these scenes coming up. if you string them together it's a gorgeous length of, well this is ipk so it must be pearls, pearls that would never lose nacre or lustre. arnav means ocean, and pearls find so many references and allusions here. sometimes i think, the ocean had all the pearls in him, among them the most precious one, his dil, someone had to dive in and find it. then she came, togged in gota and off centre plait, slip off mojris, pompoms bobbing, and a smile that would cheer up the gloomiest soul. sunny, bright, sparkling a creature, that could reach and light up the darkest corners of the ocean and find those pearls.

how he enjoyed her "khushi" type sanaka as they planned the charging of jiji's resistence and uniting akash and payal. a love of their siblings brought them together, but those hours of scheming together, guard down, khushi in filmi overdrive, and then success, achieved together... somehow it all made him feel all sorts of funny things for this jhalli babe.

i must say again, he fell for her at those weird khushi moments... that's when she got right through, past all barriers and reinforced concrete walls, to his heart and left a little mark there that was indelible. permanent damage.

and yes, he did feel a certain something when she fought back and refused to take nonsense from him. i think that fire attracted him too.

anyway, the scenes.

episode 133

here as she tells him to manage akash, he looks at her home and suddenly his mood seems to shift. a bit thoughtful, almost mellow, then he turns and wants to tell her something... "uh khushi mujhe tumse kuch... "

uh, khushi, something to you i wanted... the quality of his voice, a little lost. contrite? unsure? the music had changed, become tender, like that day that she told him about the stars.

what did he want to say to her? this was a moment of quiet after the rage the previous evening and all the hectic activity of the day... did he want to tell her he didn't mean those things he'd said? about her not mattering? tum ho ya na ho?

i couldn't figure out, but there was something sort of terribly important he wanted to tell her... however that was not to be since someone had disappeared.

"tum wahan kya kar rahi ho!" what are you doing there?

then the crazy coot talk from the floor... tell me he didn't fall for her then.

a cute exchange:
"akash achchha hai... mera bhai hai." akash is good, he's my bro. so innocently arrogant if that makes any sense.

"usske bawajood bhi achchhe hain..." despite that he's nice. at his what the look, khushi's spin on that unwise comeback was really funny.

my favourite line:
"par khushi ek problem hai... tumhara plan bahut stoopid hai... fail ho jaayga." but khushi there's a problem... your plan is very stupid... it will fail. love the way the boy says "stoopid." very delhi... i say stoopid just like that too.

a series of moments from the time he comes to give payal the letter to all four of them walking back happily to the car, where he looked at her, sometimes exasperated, or challenging, but also oddly tender, considering, curious. they even managed to laugh together, he was certainly utterly amused with this melodrama queen. and had to admit her plan, however stoopid, had worked.

though uncomfortable with the plan, he is happy for his brother, and at least once he looks at her with what seemed like acknowledgement; of course, our jhalli is in her hyper, over excited, doer mood and possibly misses it.

his eyes find her again and again and there are so many things they seem to say... but for now she misses most of them, though once in a way there's a meeting of eyes and and a delightful awkwardness in her, always a search in him.

"main baat karoonga, ghar walo ko main sambhal loonga..." i will talk to the family and manage them. when he says that, she looks at him with clear, happy eyes, gentle, grateful, acknowledging.

so she does one part, he the other. partners... team... equals? can't stop looking at her as they walk to the car.


episode 134

"bhai khushi ji thodi paagal hai... ekdam alag hai," bhai, khushi ji is a bit mad, absolutely different... when akash says that, involuntarily a look in asr's eyes. akash walks away. a pause... music running around the mind... his face getting softer, he's reflecting upon something rather lovely... a smile lifts a corner of his lips. "haan pagal toh hai..." yes, mad she is. sounded like, "absolutely gorgeous she is." and tell me, what's that look in his eyes. i mean how terribly doting and tender and dreamy must a man look.

"paagal," he said like a man in love on a holi morning, even when he thought she was a harlot, a home wrecker.

such a telling scene this. she is firmly entrenched under his skin... dare i say, in his heart.

when she storms his den with many questions, alleging gross inefficiency and ineffectiveness in his mission, he doesn't yell at her... most unusual. instead, he tries to get her to calm down.

"khushi? relax... calm down... gehrin saans lo," take deep breaths. but she is incapable of such things at this point... too excitable.

and so comes the fabulous...

"shhh!"

a hilarious exchange between the two about the problem at hand. he is trying to stay cool, obviously he's told himself that he can handle miss sanaka. brave fellow. see i'm cool is his air. but she manages to irritate him and the snarl is almost out. madam is delighted, hero is unable to control emotions, gets gussa. she will teach him how to be poised and persuasive and influence mami. after listening to her filmi dialogues for a while, asr has to say what he has to say.

"what crap."

episode 136

everyone is at gh, nani ji has come to ask payal's elders for her hand in marriage... as everyone settles down, khushi goes to shut the door, and his hand comes and touches the door at the same time as hers. his hand covers her hand. neither flinch from the touch. instead, a long, aware look. he seems to just want to look at her... almost searching for something at times. i loved the car keys hanging from his thumb... felt like asr. something terribly active about this character... he strides, he goes up to life, he moves... sometimes mountains. that key looked somehow sexy, don't ask me why.

later his ire at the talk of khushi's fiance and those looks exchanged between them as she knocks on her fiance's door. this man is terribly aware of her. more than ever before.

episode 137

a moment with her when she is troubled... a helping hand on the door, as though to say, "i am here." what an intimate and intense shot up there. the body language is so expressive. they seem to flow into each other, she turns to him, seeking, he look sat her, his body protective almost in stance, eyes looking into hers... need me? i'm, here.

they are just acting, right?

then he lingers... shall i call the doctor... some people feel like your own, even if nothing says so officially.

"kuch dawaiyya ya kuchh..." some medicines or, some... he doesn't just walk away. even when he leaves, a turn back, a bit of thinking, perhaps wondering if he can help her in any way.

later, he returns to apologise to payal. the sorry is almost blurted out like he couldn't wait to say it. asr never says sorry. "sorry, meri vajah se apki shadi tot gayi... ekbar rishta pukka ho jaye, phir sorry bol doonga..." sorry, because of me your wedding was called off... i thought let the relationship get the nod, then i'll say sorry. an air of urgency, an innocence, an almost vulnerable open face. "maine use jaane se roka tha... i'm really sorry," i stopped her from leaving... i'm really sorry.

and finally, jumping to her defence... "usski koi galati nahin thi," it was no fault of hers. bravo, asr, you've come a long way, baby.

my favourite line, "decide khushi kumari gupta, what do you want?" around that forceful turn around and almost collide into each other... lots of centripetal force here.

then as she is about to answer, he says, you know what... i don't want to know. nice. when his eyes said things, she was too hyper to hear. now her eyes are soft and yielding, so he must run. could be because he could sense the danger... he might melt and become puddle.

no problem. she lets the air out of his tyre and we are treated to another classic bout of comedy.

episode 138
as i look at babuji reacting to anjali, and all the "sya... sya," i am amazed that khushi never made the connection once she found out... she didn't figure out that babuji knew.

138 builds up toward and gets set for the revelation of 139. khushi has picked up enough hints to get really concerned. perhaps a part of her has already arrived at the truth. but it is so shocking maybe she can't process it.

"tum yahan kya kar rahi ho..." what are you doing here, he asks sensing she's not quite herself. in her confusion and growing suspicion she's wandered into his den... it's him always she needs when she needs real help, like in the hospital... beautiful touch, she does it instinctively.

"kya hua?" what happened? she's silent, eyes lost.

"kuch chahiye tumhe?" do you want something? a little brusque the coice, yet there's concern... and patience.

"kuch baat karni hai?" do you want to say something? i wonder did he want to hear something from her? so tender... seems to bridge right back to 133 and his searching preamble "khushi, mujhe tumse..."

she is terribly troubled. her eyes focus but it's brimming with an ominous feeling. she turns and leaves, unable to say what's bothering her.

edit: reading anita's comments reminded me of something i wanted to say here. it's such good story telling and insight, she's found her way to his room... to him, without knowing so consciously. in fact, she's startled to find herself here. it looks as though she's wondering aimlessly in her frazzled state, but she has unerrigly made her way to the place where she needs to come... to him, to find calm, sense, protection. her insides have sensed that care, that protectiveness that flows from him. beautiful. there was never any need to say this was love, you just felt it was. uff if only i could write like that.

he goes back to work with an "unbelievable..." maybe, he needs to shake off that unfamiliar feeling of concern and care for this woman who means nothing to him... whether she's there or not, it really makes no difference. faraq nahin padta.


only one piece, this item.

completely unedited. hmmm.

Originally posted by: indi52

lovely post, sohara... i absolutely agree, osb is the best looking man in the whole wide world... and i miss him so.

Originally posted by: ArshiHamesha

Anita you are making me laugh with these gifs and NK miss him and his lovely gestures.miss IPK badly...Congratulations to you too...

Originally posted by: indi52

sigh and sadness, don't think we are getting ipk on the life ok feed available here.

i need season 2, on star plus.

happy with two hours every weekend.

not pushing for daily soap... nor mindless romance. need gussa back, dhak dhak back, jhalli and hero, dm worshiper and the atheist... i won't go on. but the story is dying to run the next lap. someone tell a production house to catch this long distance runner... and those with courses need not apply. we are looking for wide open vistas, a track disappearing into the horizon through it.

Originally posted by: sohara

Loved your take Anita.

All the bold lines I loved most.

My comments are in red.

Arnav's restlessness for Khushi was very evident in the episode, what didn't go unnoticed by La. you are right, the reality has been striking her gradually.

Thank you for reading my 139.

I loved your comments in between.