Totally Random thoughts about today's epi: 29Mar11 - Page 3

Originally posted by: hamzanuha

Loved your overall assessment.

Rana

Originally posted by: Jake-neil

Why they were praising pulav? Well, its the first time the Modis were eating a dish made frm leftover rice.. So pulav tasted "gud" and they couldnt stop eating and praising "meri" gopi vau

Originally posted by: fanbidaai

Shelley love your analysis,

just a few things getting head massage from mum ok with that have no problem its going back to you childhood
Gopi neediness the way i see it is what has gopi ever got from urmilla did that woman ever give her a kind word about her work her cooking, she made her feel worthless, the only true love she felt was from mahma n going to mandir . Now she is this bahu to a strict regimented woman, she has not felt any love from husband he treats her like dirt, she wants her to accept her, kokila is strict but fair, yesterday when rashi made the tea kokila complimented n rashi lapped it up, so why cant gopi for her it is happiness. if it makes her happy let it her life hasnt been a bed of roses

Originally posted by: malinn

Totally agree with everything you wrote Shelly......except the tel maalish bit......it is quite normal in a lot of families.......Also, considering their young ages (Gopi/Rashi must be around 21-22 since they showed Rashi in college).....And so Jigar/Ahem must be around 23-24......Still young enough to be attached to the mother in some close knit families......

Also, generally, if there is a grandmother in the house, then it is usually she who does the tel maalish for all the 'children' and bahu's in the family......Since Indians do not use hair dryers......if the bahu/daughter has long hair....then they often show the mother/MIL drying/oiling/combing her hair.......

I guess these are Indian ways of bonding......

Originally posted by: Jake-neil

Why they were praising pulav? Well, its the first time the Modis were eating a dish made frm leftover rice.. So pulav tasted "gud" and they couldnt stop eating and praising "meri" gopi vau

Originally posted by: sbp1971

Shelly i think someone mentioned before the direction is totally wrong, when they are editing the clips, the timing is completely off, I think Ahem was supposed to shake his head when Koki was pointing out Rashis mishap, but instead they showed it when Nani was praising Gopi, totally wrong, so I will forgive him this one.

I watched the show again and think (this is long stretch), there MAY have been regret on his face for yelling at her for no reason.

When he turned around and looked at her when leaving Koki's room was totally spontaneous, our boy is slow, but he is thinking, just too slow, and we don't know if its good or bad and he has also done this in the past. But at first I was really mad at him.

Originally posted by: lovtv

I am bored...just generally bored today. As a result I have some very random thoughts, questions and observations about today's episode.

• Was it me or did they go on and on about how good the pulav was? How good can it really be..pulav is rice and veggies? There is only so much you can do with it. Or were they so hungry that it didn't matter what was put in front of them they would have ended up licking their fingers. Naani mentioned it 3 times. Chirag went on about it and then of course Koki took the opportunity to take some digs at Rashi and praise Gopi. Is that really how you manage bahus and relationships in a family? Regardless of how perfect the bahus are, that kind of behaviour/favouritism would give birth to jealousy in any relationship.
  
  
• Then Gopi - what can I say about her. She is so needy. Any praise she laps it all up. But she gave this special smile to Aham before moving to naani to serve more pullav on an already full plate. *shaking my head*
  
  
• Did anyone else notice that Aham was eating the pullav by hand when he was licking his fingers then after Gopi served him some more he was using a spoon...hmmm. Bad continuity. It was the same as the holi celebration the colours on the actor's faces was different in each shot. Messy.
  
  
• What was with the head massage? Do normal grown up men really have their mom's malish their scalps? I was a bit creeped out by that scene...or is it just me and my North American sensibilities that don't understand? It's no wonder Naani keeps calling him a mumma's boy.
  
  
• Was all the teel malish a very cheap way to get Gopi to grab Aham's hand and didn't really mean anything?
  
  
• Why did Aham (yes golden boy is back) turn to look at Gopi before he left his mom's room? Are we to believe that Aham feels something for Gopi. Am I the only one who is having a hard time with this?
  
  
• Loving the relationship between Urmi and Kinjal. Like the way Kinjal sticks it to Urmi.
  
  
• Dhawal is a total male Gopi. Love the way he calls Kinjal - Kinjalji...Moving forward I christen Dhawal DHOBI!
  

• Why is Gopi's tied back hair back? Is the makeover well...over?
  
  
• At the end again Naani and Koki take another opportunity to sing Gopi's praises. I know Gopi probably needs all the boast to her self-esteem but I am getting cavities listening to it all and starting to feel sympathy for Rashi. Okay not quite!
  

Overall I found the show a bit choppy today, they were all over the place. I guess they are moving from the Holi track to the tender track and the CVs don't know how to do that smoothly.

I must say however, at the end I liked how Aham and Gopi exchanged a couple of looks after they discovered there was no newspaper delivery. Otherwise it was same old same old for me.

Please feel free to add your 2 cents or paise to this thread!