A 'Fault'y episode..

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Neetu

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Posted: 12 years ago

So I just finished watching the episode and I had to pen down my thoughts before they ran away..

I am going to call this a "fault"y episode because everyone is at fault while no one in particular is at fault.

Culprit #1: Saraswatichandra 😭

Despite how much I love and adore the character of Saras, when you think of it, he is the key protagonist in this drama that's unfolding. He had decided he never wanted to marry and he had his reasons for it - justified that he would be upset being arm twisted into marrying a girl of his father's choice (especially considering Guman is his father's choice - good looking on the outside but just as ugly on the inside; definitely not Saras' type..)

What he could have done was written the letter to Vidya Kaka.. Come on! Vidya Kaka was just as much a stranger to him at that point as Kumud.. Wouldn't it have been the right thing to do? Heck! He could have called Vidya Kaka and spoken to him.. But Saras dikra wrote a letter to Kumud Sundari.. He did not explain that he was unaware when the talk of the marriage had started (he couldn't throw his dad under the bus now, could he?) nor did he explain the real reason why he couldn't marry. Thereby, hurting our Kumud Sundari and setting stage for the drama..

Culprit #2: Kumud Sundari 😭

So the guy her dad fixes her marriage with turns out to be the man of her dreams (literally!). But just as she starts weaving dreas of Prince Charming.. Prince Charming's letter arrives stating that he cannot marry her. Kumud's heart was broken, dreams were shattered and there was the additional pain of knowing that her father's dreams were destroyed to.. So what does she do? Instead of deciding to have nothing to do with a man she herself labelled as a "coward and selfish" and disclosing everything to her father straight away, she decides to challenge the man to come to her house and reject her in front of her family. Hmmm... I don't quite get it.. And then there is a generous dose of her pride thrown in which leads to a cat-n-mouse game of I will not show you my face..

How about as soon as he walked in, she'd come in and asked him to say what he was here for? In the Gau Hatya episode, she showed unwavering faith in Saras but did not make an effort to find Yash and consequently the truth till Saras let it accidentally slip and after both of them, Saras and Kumud, had spent so much time together and gotten so close despite not wanting to..

Culprit #3: Guniyal 😕

She knew Saras rejected Kumud from the start. Why did she not ask him to speak up the very day he arrived? Why did she not question her daughter as to why she got him here? When the gau hatya happened, why did she not encourage Kumud to go find the truth instead of spending late nights with Saras (I know that sounds wrong)? She knows its going to be difficult for Kumud.. Why make her choose the difficult path when she could have avoided it altogether?

But I am glad at least she spoke up today and made Saras realize.. Like really realize his mistakes.. I felt like she finally behaved like a normal middle class mother.. Now maybe if someone would do that to Kumud as well? Poor Dughba has been going about warning everyone.. Wish someone would have listened to her.. But then we wouldn't get our lovely Saras-Kumud scenes then.. Would we?

Culprit #4: Vidyachatur 😡

Yes.. He is included in my list because he is so blind and in a sense naive despite whatever is happening around him. He was living in his dream world so how can he accuse his wife and daughter of being worried about what would happen to him if his bubble burst?

Culprit #5: Guman 🤔

To be honest, she is just a cunning female.. She found a perfect opportunity to do some tamasha on the stage that everyone else had set for her and she just pulled open the curtains.

At the end of the day.. everyone is a culprit in their own way.. The fault lies with everyone and no one in particular.. And that's the beauty of it all.. Because if these mistakes hadn't been made, the stage wouldn't have been set for the greater picture.. Saras and Kumud's lovestory..

Sorry for the long post but do let me know what you think 😳

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Posted: 12 years ago

Lovely analysis, whom to blame

VC was OTT for me .. Any father will understand why his didn't tell itini badi baat, first of all he should think what is the state of kumud's mind... He knew it kumud liked Saras and said YES for him.. Kumud also heart broken because of Saras... And he shouted at her omg .. This is heights... And Guniyal 😕 crying so loud ...as a mother what she has done, can't she go and tell her husband about so called rishta.. She kept quiet and asked kumud to tell her dad... As a wife she failed miserably ... As a mother she must have told off Saras but she is a looser ...

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Posted: 12 years ago

When I saw the title I thot u r gonna take out faults in d episode as I loved d epi😭

but den😃

Yes, everyone is at fault!

here, taali 4 haathon se baji!😆

But dis wil ultimately make Samud realise deir love for each oder as it ws notable of Kumud's expressions wen she herd gun say saras to leave😳

d track is really gud!

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Posted: 12 years ago

Originally posted by: Arshig8
Lovely analysis, whom to blame

VC was OTT for me .. Any father will understand why his didn't tell itini badi baat, first of all he should think what is the state of kumud's mind... He knew it kumud liked Saras and said YES for him.. Kumud also heart broken because of Saras... And he shouted at her omg .. This is heights... And Guniyal 😕 crying so loud ...as a mother what she has done, can't she go and tell her husband about so called rishta.. She kept quiet and asked kumud to tell her dad... As a wife she failed miserably ... As a mother she must have told off Saras but she is a looser ...

Thank you for commenting 😳

I kind of do agree with what you said.. I expected a heartbroken VC but his angry outburst was definitely surprising.. I guess it was his misplaced trust speaking.. It happens.. When you trust someone completely (which VC does trust Kumud implicitly), then the fact that she hid such a major issue would come as a blow to any father.. Not to forget, like he mentions in his dialogue, he is upset that he couldn't share his daughter's pain.. While I do understand VC's pain.. I definitely feel it could have been portrayed differently. I think VC going ballistic was more of a demand of the story than the character.. If he had been heartbroken, Kumud and Guniyal could have talked to him and maybe sorted things out..

If he is angry and unforgiving, Kumud and Guniyal's pain and guilt will weigh heavily on Saras' mind and that would form the premise for the upcoming track.. So in that respect, I am willing to overlook VC uncharacteristically blowing his top..

As for Guniyal, while her character has streaks of being a strong woman, I feel she is the kind who watches in the sidelines.. She'll support you in whatever you do but I don't think her character is the kind that takes charge, if you know what I mean.. Like, if you compare Dughba and Guniyal.. If Kumud had confessed to Dughba about Saras's letter, she would have set things straight then and there.. Guniyal is not that kind of a character.. But I do agree, like I mentioned in my post, Guniyal is at fault too for whatever is happening now..

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Neetu

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Posted: 12 years ago

Originally posted by: Tishana
When I saw the title I thot u r gonna take out faults in d episode as I loved d epi😭

but den😃

Yes, everyone is at fault!

here, taali 4 haathon se baji!😆

But dis wil ultimately make Samud realise deir love for each oder as it ws notable of Kumud's expressions wen she herd gun say saras to leave😳

d track is really gud!

Thank you for commenting.. 😳

I really liked the episode too.. And I am mostly impressed with the pace of the story.. I thought they would try to drag all the shagun arrangements and this and that till Friday and stop at a crucial juncture on Friday leaving us hanging over the weekend wondering whats going to happen.. (what to do.. Too much influence from years of watching Ekta Kapoor's soaps 😆)

And I agree.. All these faults lead to the common good, like I mentioned towards the end of my post, of feeding into Saras and Kumud's love story.. And i loved that spontaneous reaction of Kumud's when Guniyal asks Saras to leave.. Almost as if she wants to say I need him Maa..

I really cannot wait to see what Saras will do to remedy the situation.. I have a very strong feeling that he is going to tell Guman that I cannot leave this family in so much of distress because of me.. Till Vidya Kaka does not forgive Kumud, I am going to stay here and accept any punishment he metes out to them.. (Isn't that what Saras is all about?.. Hayyyeee...)

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Posted: 12 years ago

yes..they were at fault..but mainly i guess it was guman..had she not done this..🤬

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Neetu

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Posted: 12 years ago

Originally posted by: mihikamahakal
yes..they were at fault..but mainly i guess it was guman..had she not done this..🤬

Thank you for commenting 😳 but I kind of disagree with you that the greater fault was with Guman in this case..

With Guman, we know that she is a negative character and when you present an evil character with such a perfect opportunity to wreck revenge for bygones.. She is definitely going to make use of it.. And if you think about it.. All she did was make use of the stage everyone else set for her.. She did not ask Saras to write the letter.. She did not ask him to go to Ratnanagari and spend time with Kumud.. She did not ask Kumud or Guniyal to hide the truth from VC.. She is just a curtain puller if you know what I mean.. Without her, considering how Saras and Kumud were doing the tap dance, I think it would have been a while before the truth came out.. And of course, the "badnaami" could not have been avoided in any case..

I am not supporting Guman or anything.. Far from that.. I don't even like her acting.. But here, in this current scenario, I think she was least at fault..

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Originally posted by: neet06
Culprit #2: Kumud Sundari 😭

So the guy her dad fixes her marriage with turns out to be the man of her dreams (literally!). But just as she starts weaving dreas of Prince Charming.. Prince Charming's letter arrives stating that he cannot marry her. Kumud's heart was broken, dreams were shattered and there was the additional pain of knowing that her father's dreams were destroyed to.. So what does she do? Instead of deciding to have nothing to do with a man she herself labelled as a "coward and selfish" and disclosing everything to her father straight away, she decides to challenge the man to come to her house and reject her in front of her family. Hmmm... I don't quite get it.. And then there is a generous dose of her pride thrown in which leads to a cat-n-mouse game of I will not show you my face..

How about as soon as he walked in, she'd come in and asked him to say what he was here for? In the Gau Hatya episode, she showed unwavering faith in Saras but did not make an effort to find Yash and consequently the truth till Saras let it accidentally slip and after both of them, Saras and Kumud, had spent so much time together and gotten so close despite not wanting to..

Sorry for the long post but do let me know what you think 😳

She had not asked him to come there 'straight'. She had unambiguously asked him to tell HIS father first. To sort out matters at HIS end- if a modicum of decorum is left with a family where, first in a media level bash an engagement is announced, proposal sent, hopes aroused, and then, when the alliance is already rejoiced in family, clan and probably in native town, the Scion is tritely sending a rejection, leaving them all open to the sneers and gossips. Why on earth should not she expect him to sort out his mess at his end?! As for 'straight invitation', remember, that was an after taunt and she DID not expect him to come. In fact She was all surprised that he has temerity to come, without sorting it out with his dad. And if at all she asked him to come that was more for apologising to her father over an uncalled for disturbance in their life, false hopes( "mere bapu mujhe man hi man vida kar chuke he") and slighted honour of her family in village. Actually, he was insensitive enough to charge her with vanity instead of acknowledging these more valid grouses mentioned above. She did point this out at time of his insulting manners (refusing vanity charges). As for 'her valid grouses" and fears, indeed they all came full materialised as a nightmarish reality today...Amazed at the way original 'cowardice' is so easily overlooked or actual victim is scolded for a harm that befall her way!

TM, I read. You blamed SC primarily. But here, even secondarily, thirdly,,,he and his dysfunctional family alone are responsible. Sorry, Kumud ' not telling her father' is an excuse only...by the way good Saras himself is also sensing it that way. So will he now 'magnanimously' rescue them yet again as is his wont? So 'great'! 🤢

Edited by smrth - 12 years ago

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Originally posted by: smrth

She had not asked him to come there 'straight'. She had unambiguously asked him to tell HIS father first. To sort out matters at HIS end- if a modicum of decorum is left with a family where, first in a media level bash an engagement is announced, proposal sent, hopes aroused, and then, when the alliance is already rejoiced in family, clan and probably in native town, the Scion is tritely sending a rejection, leaving them all open to the sneers and gossips. Why on earth should not she expect him to sort out his mess at his end?! As for 'straight invitation', remember, that was an after taunt and she DID not expect him to come. In fact She was all surprised that he has temerity to come, without sorting it out with his dad. And if at all she asked him to come that was more for apologising to her father over an uncalled for disturbance in their life, false hopes( "mere bapu mujhe man hi man vida kar chuke he") and slighted honour of her family in village. Actually, he was insensitive enough to charge her with vanity instead of acknowledging these more valid grouses mentioned above. She did point this out at time of his insulting manners (refusing vanity charges). As for 'her valid grouses" and fears, indeed they all came full materialised as a nightmarish reality today...Amazed at the way original 'cowardice' is so easily overlooked or actual victim is scolded for a harm that befall her way!
TM, I read. You blamed SC primarily. But here, even secondarily, thirdly,,,he and his dysfunctional family alone are responsible. Sorry, Kumud ' not telling her father' is an excuse only...by the way good Saras himself is also sensing it that way. So will he now 'magnanimously' rescue them yet again as is his wont? So 'great'! 🤢

Thank you for your comment... 😳

I totally understand your POV.. Like they say, hell hath no fury like the wrath of a woman scorned.. And when the woman is someone as strong as Kumud.. Saras tho was in for it.. Which is why I feel primarily, the blame lies with Saras..

Kumud has had it the most difficult of all because she was constantly caught in a quagmire of her feelings for Saras and the pain at his rejection.. But I still think that somewhere along the line, Kumud did get carried away.. (Can't really blame her for it though what with Saras' unpredictable moves..) She has made a couple of wrong moves in the heat of the moment too.. Be it the after taunt, the cat and mouse game they played or waiting too long before searching for the actual truth in the gau hatya case..

If Saras was a coward to run away from relationships, Kumud was carried away by her feelings for Saras as well in this scenario.. Though she keeps asking him to leave and he keeps talking about leaving, I feel both of them were looking for ways to be with each other because of their mutual attraction or whatever you want to call it..

Which is why I mentioned in the post, though it is everyone's fault, its not anyone's fault actually.. Saras did not know he would be attracted to Kumud once he got there and Kumud did not know that the situation would spiral so completely out of hand.. I would like to plead both of them not guilty.. They are just two very strong (one very insecure) individuals in love.. Like they say, all is fair in love and war..

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Posted: 12 years ago

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Originally posted by: neet06

Thank you for your comment... 😳

I totally understand your POV.. Like they say, hell hath no fury like the wrath of a woman scorned.. And when the woman is someone as strong as Kumud.. Saras tho was in for it.. Which is why I feel primarily, the blame lies with Saras..

Kumud has had it the most difficult of all because she was constantly caught in a quagmire of her feelings for Saras and the pain at his rejection.. But I still think that somewhere along the line, Kumud did get carried away.. (Can't really blame her for it though what with Saras' unpredictable moves..) She has made a couple of wrong moves in the heat of the moment too.. Be it the after taunt, the cat and mouse game they played or waiting too long before searching for the actual truth in the gau hatya case..

If Saras was a coward to run away from relationships, Kumud was carried away by her feelings for Saras as well in this scenario.. Though she keeps asking him to leave and he keeps talking about leaving, I feel both of them were looking for ways to be with each other because of their mutual attraction or whatever you want to call it..

Which is why I mentioned in the post, though it is everyone's fault, its not anyone's fault actually.. Saras did not know he would be attracted to Kumud once he got there and Kumud did not know that the situation would spiral so completely out of hand.. I would like to plead both of them not guilty.. They are just two very strong (one very insecure) individuals in love.. Like they say, all is fair in love and war..

And this is just my opinion.. I do not intend to "bash" Kumud's/Saras' character in anyway.. I love every character in this show.. Especially Kumud because she has the spunk that is so lacking in the leading ladies of most television soaps.. And I love Saras too.. I see a lost and lonely child in him who hasn't had anyone to really look up to or guide him in life other than his long deceased mother's memories.. This post was only intended as my critical analysis of who was to be blamed for the current fiasco.. I do not intend to hurt anybody's sentiments and definitely not "bash" any of the characters.. 😊

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