All I can say is Baley!! Baley!!
I feel so relieved that we are seeing the scenario post shooting!! I will have to catch up on the episode when I get home. And yes, it is definitely shades of Shakuntala by the looks of what you have written. I read maverick's post that the editing has improved! yay so the CV team has tried to pick up over their time off from telecasting during the MLTAK break!
So info - Puja is not dead (as yet). BBP has turned to his elections with a vengeance. By the new montage, it looks like the finger of suspicion is on BBP, Rangoli and Daddaji. I am puzzled by why BBP did not take the phone from Samsher but picked up Puja's call on the dais. Also, the two goons have been there to Puja before...so someone has been harassing her and BBP has turned a blind eye - possibly thinking that Mrityun is under his control still. But someone has definitely sold him out. Either Mrityun, the driver, or his 2 man fridays - S and S. Or something that Giridhar has done has brought this on. Yup the "dor ka hissa" is a bun in the oven!! And I hope that Puja survives but not before BBP walks through his own fires of hell (if the Saturday alcohol is indeed what has brought on the baby brinjal).
Looks like Harivansh as usual is back to his hapless lalloo-panjoo ways. Hmm...nice that the siblings stuck together (sisters rock!). I am LMAO that they edited Krish right out of the patang entry - that was a low trick by the CVs but it was the one option that makes sense now. So now Bhaiyyaji has sprung horns...and has finally become the leader that Daddaji wanted...
But as they go back and forth between present and past, we might see Krish again and of course my favorite artist on the show-KR!