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Strong start to the week today with the momentum of the narrative continuing really well 👏
The standout scene for me was the opening Krishna-Balram scene. Such beautiful nuance and layering👏...starting from a Krishna with tears in his eyes lamenting again why those who love sometimes clip the wings of the very person they love. I found it very touching that he sensed Balram behind him and instantly gathered himself and put on the mask of a cheerful Krishna again...he hid his tears and pain from Balram...that was interesting.
Then the entire conversation about what Radha's promise to Vrishbhaan means to their story...so many lovely lines in there from Krishna..."Jin baadhaaon ko main todne aaya hoon, pehle un baadhaaon ka hona bhi toh zaroori hai"...To teach a lesson about love, those obstacles have to first be in place for Krishna to ultimately remove them😊...and when Balram laments that Radha's promise will make everything impossible now, Krishna tells him with a quiet steadiness, "Prem woh hai jo asambhav ko sambhav banaata hai, Dau"...Love is the force which makes the impossible, possible...
The really touching part about this scene was the way one could sense the underlying sorrow in Krishna even as he talked about the future and the obstacles that must be overcome...he was sad about Radha's promise but at the same time determined about the power of love. The way he wryly talked about the fact that he knows he can fix everything with a snap of his fingers...but prem is not made of maya...it's made of samarpan...submitting yourself to someone. The lines in this scene were just reallyyy lovely 👏...I also loved the symbolism of the clouds covering the moon and the way Krishna was watching that before he removed the clouds with a snap of his fingers to demonstrate he could change things if he wanted...but that would not really help the cause of love.
Once again the show does such a wonderful job of capturing that space b/w God and human...Krishna knows everything about what is to come and the choices Radha will make...he feels the pain of those choices but his determination towards love never wavers...the way he talks about how Radha has the right to choose her path but he too then has the right to change his path accordingly to reach his love..."Jab jab Radha apni dhaara badlegi, tab tab mere prem ki dhaara bhi badlegi"...the wry smile with which he says ki yes he will feel burn in the fire of seperation/virah but at the same time, like the flow of water he will find his way to Radha every time.
The bg score of this scene was really nice...and Krishna talking about how this is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter also felt quite promising :)
The rest of the epi was about Radha being instigated and angered into lashing out at Krishna...lol Ayan took up his villain act many notches today...seemed inspired from Disney villains with the loud animated hand movements 😆
In all of Radha's angry tirade, the lines that stood out to me were about the fear of a new idea, a new soch...she blamed Krishna for injecting a new way of thinking into her safe and simple world...the contrast b/w dogmatic and progressive thinking couldn't be clearer in that moment...she blamed Krishna for creating an atmosphere where her father doubted her...where now apparently all fathers will doubt their young daughters and the daughters themselves will have to live all their lives being wary of their own actions and thoughts...where they'll have to fear whether a simple smile will be mistaken as a flirtation and invitation to "prem"...to me, these lines felt quite relevant to how patriarchal thinking evolves...where men compel women to feel that THEY are the ones who must constantly live in fear of their actions being misconstrued as "invitations", where THEY are the ones who must always feel the burden of living up to the "honor" of the men in their lives...fathers, brothers, husbands...Radha was the personification of that ideology in this scene.
And Krishna could just listen with his head bowed, a stricken look on his face, tears falling from his eyes as she went on and on...there was nothing else he could do but let her anger flow out...Sumedh emoted so wonderfully in this scene...👏👏...I especially loved that last shot of the way he looked at Radha when she shouted at him to leave...a long look was exchanged before Radha turned and walked off in anger...but his expressions said so much.
Then Ayan showing up for a victory lap just made me laugh😆...how smoothly Krishna put him in his place again, thanking him for instigating Radha to make him leave...because now she will miss him😆...and they will always find a way to meet. Ayan's overconfidence will always remain amusing to me just like it amuses Krishna😆
So the Van that Ayan was talking about outside Barsana...that's Vrindavan, I suppose? So that's where Krishna will move to and Radha daudi daudi aayegi peeche to listen to the very bansuri ki dhun that she shunned today😆
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
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