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hey guys!
i am posting a new topic after the longest time. have been busy with exmas and all. i trust evryone is doing well and enjoying the show? 😊
i loved yesterday's shanak scene like everyone else! duh! it was indeed beautiful! subtle yet endearing! innocent and vulnerable! just like shanak! everyone has written beautifully about the significance of shaan dressing up khanak and how this SR was different and if i might add better than the first. all the romanticisms have been so nicely covered, that being the non romantic that i am, i won't even try to give my take on that! lol.
i decided to make this post because yesterday, for me, was yet another milestone in the story i-e RBO as i perceive it. shanak are the jaan of the show no doubt and i go ga ga over their chemistry just like everyone else but the reason i started watching this show was not the romantic story but the concept of widow ship that it took up and the way they have taken it forward. thus, yesterday's sindoor scene made me think about the last two times when khanak maang was decorated with the same. let's go through all three one by one.
When Sooraj Filled her Maang:
the khanak in that scene is like an exuberant child who is just cherishing the feeling of getting 'married' to her childhood sweetheart without really caring about what significance the vermilion actually holds in a woman's life. it's just part of 'getting married' for her. a mere ritual. one of the rasams which would lead her to her love and probably nothing more.
When Shaan filled her Maang:
we see a marked difference here in khanak's expressions. when shaan puts the sindoor on her, she closes her eyes in pain as if it almost hurts her head. she has lost the right to put in on once and knows what that might mean for a woman and yet the filling of her maang a second time holds no significance for her whatsoever because the man who's putting it on does not occupy any place in her heart yet. so even though the rituals might bind her to him, she still thinks of it as a necessity that has to be observed and not something she cherishes.
When Shaan filled her Maang yesterday:
and then yesterday, when once again in all her bridal glory, her husband again fills her maang with the color which marks the status of the suhagaan. this time it's different from the first two times. here khanak not only understands the significance of the sindoor for a woman but is able to cherish it with all her heart. the way khanak basks in her husband's love and admiration, to her escaping emotions when her maang is filled and finally just before the scene fades, we see her yet again looking at shaan with a volcano of all the emotions she is feeling at the moment. for shaan, it was decorating the object of his affection to his liking, enveloping her in his love and admiration. for khanak, it went beyond than that. much deeper than that. she has finally risen out of the dark realms of her past, the shadows of her past beings and come out as a suhaagan in the true sense of the word.
finally the khanak i know and love completed her journey from a girl to a wedded bride. the story i follow completed yet another chapter. the girl i have come to admire ascended yet another ladder.
special mention to YM for her Brilliant expressions yesterday. she had not one audible dialogue to deliver and yet it felt like khanak said so much, rather everything. she is truly one of the best actresses on tv today and i can't reinforce it enough! 👏⭐️
i would like to dedicate one of my favorite ghazals sung by one of my favorite singers Nayyara Noor to the endearing character of khanak and all the girls like her that she represents.
Khwaab marte nahin
dreams never die
Khwaab dil hain na aankhein na saansein ke jo
dreams are not like the heart, the eyes or breath
Rezaa-rezaa hue to bikhar jayein ge
that they would easily shatter and scatter
Jism ki maut se yeh bhi mar jayein gey
dreams don't die with the death of the body
Khwaab marte nahin
dreams don't die
Khwaab to roshni hain, navaa hain, hawa hain
dreams are like light, air and sound
Jo kaale paharon se rukte nahin
thus even tall mountains can't obstruct their way
Roshni aur navaa aur hawa ka alam
and dreams are sound, air and light
Maqtalon mein pohanch kar bhi jhukte nahin
you can't bend them according to your own will
Khwaab to harf hain
dreams are words
Khwaab to noor hain
dreams are like the Divine Light
Khwaab to suqraat nahin
dreams are the the path to success
Khwaab mansoor hain
dreams denote victory and Divine Aid
i am posting a new topic after the longest time. have been busy with exmas and all. i trust evryone is doing well and enjoying the show? 😊
i loved yesterday's shanak scene like everyone else! duh! it was indeed beautiful! subtle yet endearing! innocent and vulnerable! just like shanak! everyone has written beautifully about the significance of shaan dressing up khanak and how this SR was different and if i might add better than the first. all the romanticisms have been so nicely covered, that being the non romantic that i am, i won't even try to give my take on that! lol.
i decided to make this post because yesterday, for me, was yet another milestone in the story i-e RBO as i perceive it. shanak are the jaan of the show no doubt and i go ga ga over their chemistry just like everyone else but the reason i started watching this show was not the romantic story but the concept of widow ship that it took up and the way they have taken it forward. thus, yesterday's sindoor scene made me think about the last two times when khanak maang was decorated with the same. let's go through all three one by one.
When Sooraj Filled her Maang:
the khanak in that scene is like an exuberant child who is just cherishing the feeling of getting 'married' to her childhood sweetheart without really caring about what significance the vermilion actually holds in a woman's life. it's just part of 'getting married' for her. a mere ritual. one of the rasams which would lead her to her love and probably nothing more.
When Shaan filled her Maang:
we see a marked difference here in khanak's expressions. when shaan puts the sindoor on her, she closes her eyes in pain as if it almost hurts her head. she has lost the right to put in on once and knows what that might mean for a woman and yet the filling of her maang a second time holds no significance for her whatsoever because the man who's putting it on does not occupy any place in her heart yet. so even though the rituals might bind her to him, she still thinks of it as a necessity that has to be observed and not something she cherishes.
When Shaan filled her Maang yesterday:
and then yesterday, when once again in all her bridal glory, her husband again fills her maang with the color which marks the status of the suhagaan. this time it's different from the first two times. here khanak not only understands the significance of the sindoor for a woman but is able to cherish it with all her heart. the way khanak basks in her husband's love and admiration, to her escaping emotions when her maang is filled and finally just before the scene fades, we see her yet again looking at shaan with a volcano of all the emotions she is feeling at the moment. for shaan, it was decorating the object of his affection to his liking, enveloping her in his love and admiration. for khanak, it went beyond than that. much deeper than that. she has finally risen out of the dark realms of her past, the shadows of her past beings and come out as a suhaagan in the true sense of the word.
finally the khanak i know and love completed her journey from a girl to a wedded bride. the story i follow completed yet another chapter. the girl i have come to admire ascended yet another ladder.
special mention to YM for her Brilliant expressions yesterday. she had not one audible dialogue to deliver and yet it felt like khanak said so much, rather everything. she is truly one of the best actresses on tv today and i can't reinforce it enough! 👏⭐️
i would like to dedicate one of my favorite ghazals sung by one of my favorite singers Nayyara Noor to the endearing character of khanak and all the girls like her that she represents.
Khwaab marte nahin
dreams never die
Khwaab dil hain na aankhein na saansein ke jo
dreams are not like the heart, the eyes or breath
Rezaa-rezaa hue to bikhar jayein ge
that they would easily shatter and scatter
Jism ki maut se yeh bhi mar jayein gey
dreams don't die with the death of the body
Khwaab marte nahin
dreams don't die
Khwaab to roshni hain, navaa hain, hawa hain
dreams are like light, air and sound
Jo kaale paharon se rukte nahin
thus even tall mountains can't obstruct their way
Roshni aur navaa aur hawa ka alam
and dreams are sound, air and light
Maqtalon mein pohanch kar bhi jhukte nahin
you can't bend them according to your own will
Khwaab to harf hain
dreams are words
Khwaab to noor hain
dreams are like the Divine Light
Khwaab to suqraat nahin
dreams are the the path to success
Khwaab mansoor hain
dreams denote victory and Divine Aid
