Today's Take - Rudra-Paroleela -updtd

The harsh volcanic Rudra ...

The soft maternal Thakurain ...

The arrogant angry Thakur ...

Together they make up the next chapter of the Rudra-Paroleela

The episode was taut and more gripping than yesterday ... a continuation of sorts, as it further established the characters.

First five minutes was a repeat ... the temple scene and Naag devta's choice of bride for the annual wedding. Seemed more like choosing a 'bali ka bakra' ... or bakri. The village rejoices, so does Bindi ... but Paro's reaction is more restrained, her smile hesitant. Fear of the unknown, being married to a strange man, sent off to a strange land ... the tension appears in her eyes, and never leaves it through the entire episode. She should be happy, she knows, it is an honor to be the chosen bride, for the Thakur will pay for the entire wedding ... but the fear remains.

Sanaya's eyes beautifully mirrored Paro's doubts, her tension, her hesitancy ... the shy smile trying, but not quite hiding the nervousness behind it.

The Rajmata is happy at Paro's choice ... she can fulfill her promise to Paro's dead mother.

Rudra reaches the border after his long bike ride ... and sees the five dead bodies of the jawans.

The thakur makes the grand announcement ... his wife at one jharoka of the grand haveli, Paro and her maamisa at the other ... Rajmata smiling happily, warmly, Paro's smile still hesitant, nervous ... till the Thakur goes into a rant about the dreaded, hated BSD again. Both the Rajmata and Paro lose their smiles instantly.
Is it just the topic of the BSD that made them lose their smiles? Or is it more? For Paro, it's the fear, the terror that the mention of the word brings to her ... a terror she lives with every day, tries unsuccessfully to hide every day ... but why did the Rajmata also lose her smile?
The villagers hate the BSD ... how much of their hatred is because of constant fuelling by the Thakur?

By the big water tank ... Paro lost in thought, Bindi comes to tease her, and Paro regains her spirit to chase after Bindi ... the girls' play interrupted by the Rajmata, who is happy for Paro and describes her ideal husband ... a soft, gentle man who would not kill an ant ...
Scene flashes to Rudra fighting with the five foreign infiltrators, and killing them, all but one in rather brutal fashion, further establishing his nature.

The action scenes were done well ... I liked the background music ... pumping, energetic Rangrasiya ...

Every time the Rajmata talks about Paro's husband, the scene flashes to Rudra fighting the infiltrators. The exact opposite of the ideal groom for the gentle Paro. Yet the two are already bound together by destiny.

Rudra back at his command office, his CO is not happy with him ... you killed too many people, tone down, think with your heart, but act with your dimaag ... and breaks the news that Rudra is posted to Beerpur.
Rudra's face changes instantly ...

Paro gets her maamisa an energised sewing machine to cut vegetables ... easy on the back, on her feet ... for who will do maalish when she, Paro is no longer around? Maami-bhaanji share a tender moment, Paro is more and more nervous about leaving the only home she has ever known, for the unknown. Bindi takes her off to see her new shaadi ka joda ... another tender moment between Bindi and Paro.

Bindi and Paro off in an open tempo with a group of women, to get her suhaag ka samaan, and Paro's imli ... Paro loses her dupatta for a moment to take in the fresh air of Beerpur, maybe for the last time ... for once she is married, she will breathe only through the net of the purdah ...

Rudra is told about his Beerpur posting ... and is lost in memories ... remembered pain? The flashbacks indicate so ... the pain of losing his mother, the taunts of his schoolmates, the harsh stricture of his father ... 'beautiful women are not to be trusted, they are true neither to their parent, nor to their spouse, nor to their children' ...

So will they meet tomorrow?

Although the pace seemed the same as yesterday, the episode was more gripping ... Rudra got into action, his ruthlessness, his brutality showcased ... and towards the end, his remembered pain ...
And in contrast was Paro's extreme gentleness and softness, her tender caring nature ...
Two opposite personalities ... hot sun and gentle shadow ... fire and calm water ... one incomplete without the other.

The episode brought many memories of Ramleela ... the havelis, the big water pond ... I could swear its the same one Ram swam across in the movie! 😆

... and the general movie feel of the episode. Outdoor shoots are really fabulous to watch on the big screen ... I could see the detailed carving in the jharokas of the thakur's haveli ... a sight especially typical of Jaisalmer.

Thank God, it was a holiday here.. I got to watch the episode quite in time (at least not when the episode scenes were already dissected from in and out by thousands of people and there is nothing to talk or think about... )

What a beautiful continuation of the already started storytelling..Paro's character is all established... the orphan girl with frightening memories which haunts her in her dream.. and today, she said that, this time the dream was closer than before .. she saw the ferocious red eyes clearly and the badges, too which, to her, is a symbol of loss .. Her surrounding is very positive.. She has a wonderful family to look after her, affluent and influential well-wisher like Rajmata and a selfless friend like Bindi.. Her life is not that bad, as it could turn out to be ... until ...

Until Rudra enters the village and her life!

Now that was something like a movie experience! Rudra's entry was like a cyclone.. blowing and washing away everything including the hearts of the viewers ..

Almost nothing was new.. We saw these scenes in promos/ sneak peaks .. but still, when it was really shown in today's episode, it felt so grand and mesmerizing.. All his scenes were awesome.. nothing less than a big budget action movie scenes.. And Ashish is such a great actor! His expressions are perfect - ruthless at the fight sequences, stubborn when being scolded by his seniors and soft and sad at the memory of Birpur!

Perfectly titled, Diya! here begins Rudra -Paro leela..

The highlight of the episode ofcourse waa rudra pratap ranawat's entry ...and buoy what an entry. Very impressed , his body language , ease in doing action scenes and ofcourse looking so good in uniform 😳 Perfect casting .

The scenes I really liked were the beautiful moment between bindi and paro and then paro with mamisa , the 2 nd one especially was so poignant. The hesistancy in paro , the nervousness , happiness , sadness in leaving her loved ones , her villiage ...was oh so beautiful ...sanaya is slowly growing in to this role and making it her own.

Then ofcourse the wonderful contrast scene when thaukarian is describing paro's ideal dulha and we see rudra in killer action , was very well executed.

The scene in which thakursa is informing the villiagers abt paro being the chosen one , showed us more layers of his character ..his hatred for the indian govt manifested in BDF with his own justification as he feels he lost everything by the formation of the border and removal of privy purses.

What stayed in my mind was thakurian's obvious discomfort when he starts spewing hatred abt BDF.

Another lovely scene was when the shy paro gets up to feel the air of the villiage , in the tempo. Lovely ...and loved sanaya's blue-red-cream lehanga choli combo today, very fetching.

She left the rudaraksh at home ...her protector..something bad is going to happen We know from the promo , what 😆

The lovely thing abt the show is their are so many beautiful things to appreciate so far , I feel I miss out on a lot of them while making this post 😊 Oh yes , the background score is superb ..loved a new instrumental tune which was played for rudra ...all the songs / instrumentals are simply superb.

Nice episode with Rudro entry

Liked the way they showed how Rudro is the opposite of Prince charming

Seems like the Thukrani is not happy with her marriage and what she wished for herself, now wants that for Paro

Rudro entry scene was Dabang style , man in the air,Rudro shooting him, no blood falls no Rudro, Gravitational force disappeared kia🤔

Loved a shy and innocent Paro expressed well by Sanaya.

Only Paro waist is being shown, may be she only has the slim sexy waist 😆. I dont agree to the ones saying that they they find Sanaya thin , she looks the same Infact I am finding Sanaya very pretty in RR