Jai Mata Di!
What an episode! Like you said. Truly an episode for Durga Maa.
First Anami finding that bracelet. A stroke of good luck some may say, but I consider it a sign of true friendship. It was a small gift from Anami, but an important one. And like you said Ammu, the expressions were just the highlight of the episode. Anami immediately understands what's going on when she sees the bracelet carelessly disregarded like that. It isn't Poonam's doing. That much is evident. And the moment she opens the door and sees what's going on, the anguish on her face was deadly. It gave way to anger and then absolute rage. Even Avdhoot's friends knew that they were going to get killed if they waited around, so they ran. The background score, Jai Maa Kali, the anger, the rage, everything was on point. I also noticed Poonam's expressions. They went from despair to a relief to a despair with a proud look, almost as if reacting to what was happening to Harry was right. But the highlight of this scene was the way Anami looked at Poonam and she knew that she had to leave.
In contrast, Gayatri is busy praising Anami for being so sweet, caring, understanding, blah blah blah. It was a nice contrast because it represents 2 roops of Durga Maa. One is the all encompassing, loving, caring Durga Maa, but the other is her angry and rage-filled Kaali Maa. One moment she can be giving you a blessing, the next she can kill you for your immoral acts. And that's exactly what was highlighted here.
Like I mentioned above, this was an episode of expressions and one person to highlight here is Satrupa. The moment Harry lands on the ground and Satrupa sees Anami you can see this "not-again" disbelieving look on her face. She thinks Anami is just creating a scene, but the moment she hears what Anami has to say and then Harry accepting that "it-was-just-a-touch", her expression changes to one of pure anger. To top it off, when Kamini supports Harry and blames Poonam, her expression changes to one of utter loathing. But I loved how she confronted Kamini and agreed that it was Poonam's fault for not taking action herself. It was a nice slap on the face for both. Because Poonam also needs to understand (and through her every female) that she needs to take a step for herself. Anami may not always be there, even if she wants to be. Poonam needs to own up and take control in her hands. At the same time, Kamini got told off and put down in front of spectators. She was proven wrong, thus setting her image up for the rest of her life.
Ammu on your comment about what Kamini did being truly disheartening, I didn't expect any better from her. See Kamini is a character who wants power, money, and status at any cost. She's willing to use Tanya to bring Adhiraj under her control. She's willing to get Avdhoot married to Tanya for her gain and ruin Tanya's life. She's willing to see Anami die. She's the true bitch in the connotation of that word. Why wouldn't she support Harry? In her eyes Harry was just doing what any boy in his position would do. She's that typical mother of the rapist who would say that the girl was at fault and her son is innocent. Honestly I'm not disheartened. I expected this of her and I'm glad the CVs stayed true to her character even here. Though I must say another nice twist would have been if Kamini had slapped Harry in front of everyone and pretended that she couldn't believe Harry would do something like that and then taken revenge later. It is because of women like her though, that our society gives women a secondary class treatment even today. Women like her want male heirs, treat the male as god, and always blame the women for everything.
Moving back to the episode, the final scene was a feather in the hat of a brilliant episode. Pujan went to the extent of even using god for his means, but with Anami around nothing will ever happen to Durga Maa. The way she rose, like you said Ammu, it was like a phoenix rising out of ashes. When everyone thought Durga Maa was gone, she rose and proved them wrong. For the first time you saw Baldev and Vikram melting towards Anami. As Anami walked forward, Vikram watched her with this expression as if seeing the true Anami for the first time. And as she stepped on a burning coal and still didn't give up, he stepped forward to clear her path. Symbolically it represented that in the future Vikram would be the one to clear Anami's path to help her reach her goal more easily.
On the other side we have Baldev. The man who stayed away from his own daughter, treated her like crap, and considered her illegitimate, suddenly took the first step to help her carry Mata's idol. Not Satrupa. She came after Baldev. He came first. I saw symbolism in that as well. This is the same man who once was left in disbelief over having a daughter and I have long since maintained that when he finally came to her side he would be her strongest support. And today proved it. He took the first step to help her. Even before Satrupa or Vikram, he reached out and helped her carry the weight. Supported her and carried her forward. He'll be there beside her every step of the way and I look forward to seeing that in the future.
On the precap I would like to make one mention. When Vikram announces that Anami will get a chance as well and the most deserving will get the pagdi, the juxtaposition behind him was noteworthy. On Vikram's left was Pujan looking all sour, angry, and frustrated. On Vikram's right were Satrupa and Baldev. While Baldev was cut off in the frame, the little bit that you could see he did not appear angry. In fact he was almost neutral, which is nice to see because at least he's moved from the extreme hate to the middle. But Satrupa's expression of triumph and victory were beautiful to see. After fighting for Anami, she finally got a chance to prove that Anami is truly worthy of being heir.
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