@Jyo and Maham(good to know your name!): I loved your discussion of the promo! And Jyo, your translation of the song made it even more relevant as I was sort of just hearing it as background music and not really listening to the words. But they fit perfectly and enhance the clues the promo is giving about what is going to transpire between these two. I still hope they have a proper conversation though and not just incidents and conjectures. And Jyo, I love how you connected it to the holi rain dance. It is very possible that they were trying to make a subliminal connection in viewers' minds there where they will see the scene from the promo, with ArYa together in the rain, and think of that hot dance...instant tension!
A few other details that I especially loved about the promo are:
The fact that the first shot is Yash showing Aarti the gesture to lead the way. Not only is this a silent affirmation of chivalry and the fact that Yash is a gentleman, but it also shows that he is not a regressive man who expects Aarti to follow him. He is willing to let her take the lead and walk beside her, though at a respectful distance for now. It also sort of throws back to all the times Aarti and Yash have awkwardly collided and one has made way for the other (train bathroom, while driving) except this time it is conscious.
I also like that them walking together in the rain is juxtaposed with FBs of them walking in handcuffs. I guess it shows that they will go from being bound by majboori to being bound by choice. Also in the FBs they mainly show their hands, with the engagement rings, bound together by handcuffs but in the rain they show mostly expressions through the eyes, which are of course windows to the soul. So the cleansing rain will give them clarity maybe to see the purity of each others' intentions.
I also loved their tentative looks towards one another, which was actually much clearer in Friday's precap than in the promo itself. Both look at the other when the other is looking straight ahead so I guess they will both assume the other one is angry with them until in all that awkward sidelong glances their eyes actually meet.
What I want to see next week:
ArYa conversation + contemplation, DUH, and LOTS of it
Yash with Payal and Palak
Aarti meeting Payal and Palak
Yash and Ansh
More ParEek (yep, that's their name in my head now) with Paridi's family etc which we know has been shot or scenes with the two young lovebirds. I would love to get a few scenes with them before marriage. (off topic, I was thinking they will be a great foil for ArYa as they help show how first love and marriage is different from PV)
Some clues about the Scindia Secrets
What I could do without:
Aarti crying/keeping maun vrath, at all, in any context, for any reason
Mansi's Mantras (I don't mind her presence if they give her a new angle)
Shobha being paranoid about "jhoot ke buniyaad" on which they are building the rishta and Dubey consoling her
Aarti mauling Ansh while the poor child is sleeping
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