Today's Take - A Wedding is Fixed -updtd

Episode two - The pace was a little slower than the first, and more characters were introduced, starting to flesh out the story. The Bollywood feel stayed, and was reinforced by the grandeur of the scenes, especially the haveli scene and the temple scene. Loved the sweeping shots of the haveli ... I love the grandeur of Rajasthani towns, these were shot most lovingly and beautifully.

So the fire was Paro's dream ... or rather, a recurrent nightmare. One in which the bad guy is a BSD officer with red eyes and a hatred filled heart. She wakes up panting, this is apparently a regular occurrence. So much so that her maamisa sees her fear at a glance ... 'it happened again?'
Her maamisa tries to comfort her, fire can be destructive, but it can also be beautiful ... Paro meekly accepts the comfort ... but that dream was closer than before, too close for comfort, and she is shaken.

Sanaya's accent is already settling into place ... so much so that I want the Rajasthani words to be cut down! Again love her voice modulation ... Paro is a simple, gentle village girl, and Sanaya's voice is soft, her tone and demeanor mild and sweet.
Also loved her clothes ... the white lehnga choli and bright colored dupatta in the first scene, and the purple on in the latter part of the episode.

And as she murmurs to herself, 'those eyes were closer than before, redder than the fire ...' Rudra makes his entry ... or rather, his eyes do.
His battalion scurries to and fro with new information ... five terrorists have entered and killed five jawans. The CO wants Rudra ... Rudra is already out riding his bike across the desert.

Paro and Bindi make their way to the temple where the wedding of a village girl is to be fixed ... to be paid for by the Thakur. A yearly occurrence. Apparently the villagers don't know the wedding is a cover for arms smuggling.

Thakur is busy in his pooja ... the grandeur of the temple and the costumes was impressive. Purple brocade jacket?! And matching purple turban ... kurta and jodhpurs ... the thakur seems to believe in blending tradition and modernity 😆
His wife is the Rajmata, Sadiya Siddiqui ... a fine actress, I like her! 😃 She's better dressed than her husband. 😛

Thakur has to leave the puja to attend to some pressing matters of treachery in the village ... a trifling matter of executing a guy for becoming informer to the BSD. He is wonderful and the annadaata of the village, doing good for everyone .. if only people would let him get on with his gun smuggling in peace.

While the girls get on with the process of getting their name chosen to be the next bride ... Paro's friend proclaims that her groom is on the way ... and Rudra's motorbike zooms across the desert.

The ring of fire turns out to Paro's recurring nightmare as predicted by many.. Initially I wondered why they started from so far behind but I guess it was needed for showing the extent of terror Paro suffers from..Sanaya looked a little like Gunjan in the early morning scene.. The mami and her best friend Bindi are so sweet, a good support system for her, although she does hide her pain from them too..

Temple scene was beautiful and had an authentic feel, loving this PH for spending where it is needed.. But why do they have to make the flashbacks look so tacky with a fake gritty appearance??😕 We know its a flashback why the reinforcement.. That apart rest of the cinematography was good..

Rudra's entry seems to be an ongoing event for the whole week.. Rudra aap kab aaoge? Every time Rudra's entry is shown against a sunset/dusk while Paro's entry was with bright daylight in the BG..

Paro's friend seems like she is intended as the comic relief later when things get too intense or may be just a cheerful girl.. Anyway she's cute and looks a very good friend..😆

Thakurain loves Paro and has made a promise to Paro's mother.. I liked this angle a lot.😳. Paro is an orphan but receives love nonetheless.. Rudra may have joined BSD not just out of patriotism but also as a getaway fromhis situation..

Thakur is not in anyway lusting, at least not yet..😉 If anything he seemed quite paternal in his behaviour.. The evil is lurking somewhere beneath and will be out some day but for now he seems rather benevolent..

Paro looked so innocent and happy in the last scene when she is selected.. Poor girl has nocle of what fate has in store for her..

Waiting for tomorrow for Rudra's eventual entry and hopefully the scnes from new promo..

Tarun as Thakur was awesome...His wife Sadiya ,looked good and i guess she is positive,,..

I loved the scene where paro gets up frm sleep and its her dream regd seeing

Loved san as paro..she looked like angel in white..

loved the temple scene..where her sister prayed to god for getting paro married soon...

loved the snake milk drinking scene...

So paro will get married in a week...

I liked the girl playing Paro friend, bubbly type of girl😃

Rudro was on the bike from start to end, he looked very ruthless

so overall a good episode

Main highlight Paro selected for marriage by the blessing of Snake

Sorry, Diya.. for not un-resing and keeping this place blocked for such long time.

Watched the episode now when already 3rd episode is already telecast.

Loved the episode.. paro looked beautiful.. Although orphan, she has been blessed with good people around her... Her Mami, friend and rajmata.. all of them are so nice to her!

But the tough days are yet to come!