Rewind and Review - Episode 1 - Page 7

Originally posted by: mallukumari

I love that the last scene is him walking away and her walking towards. Aesthetics and meanings!

You are so right Anju.

I am so glad we are doing this rewatch. I don’t think I appreciated the asthetics or the parallels or the meaning behind them first time. I was in a hurry to catch up. But I am so glad we are doing this now. 🤗❤️

Originally posted by: mallukumari

Shaurya Sabherwal….showing his disappointment in as little words as possible! I can’t believe Alok came in this scene talking about “control”. 😉

Hahahaha IKR! Alok chachu talking about control!! 🤣

But Shaurya was right in being disappointed in her father though. As much as I feel fair Shaan, it’s the most important day in your sons life. He could have made an effort.

Originally posted by: mallukumari

I love her “I AM STILL SPEAKING”!! And the fact that a man who heckled her is the first to stand and applaud her.

I loved it! Again I didn’t notice this the first time. Jugni Anokhi will always always have my heart.

Originally posted by: Mona_988

This is due to lack of education plus people not ready to move on from customs which our ancestors made.

The worst part is women is against women

It’s not just lack of education I feel Mona. Look at the Sabarwal’s. Well educated, running a college, but still so backwards in their thinking.

It’s deep rooted misogyny and also the intent to control. Men like this, don’t want women to be educated and independent coz they are scared. Scared of losing their authority over them. N women like Devi are enablers of that Patriarchy!

Originally posted by: 1sarun

Watched the episode after reading the reviews here, kind of enjoyed it more now. Very thought provoking issues deftly handled by writers in the very first episode by the contrasting thoughts of Anokhi and Shaurya and their families, but one thing common being both families patriarchal and mysogynistic.

Characters like bhalla parents are so common In our today's society, we need a lot of Anokhi's to support their moms and sisters in fighting for their rights and voices to be heard.

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Hey Malini.
The writing is so clean and crisp in the first episode.
No one is trying to hide the blatant misogyny or patriarchy.

Both kind of families exist here. Bhalla’s and Sabarwal’s! One who openly berates the sonnen n beats them into submission. And another who sugarcoats the words and controls them with a psychological mind game.

And you are right, we need more Anokhi’s! Not just to support her mom and sis. But to give them the courage to stand up fir themselves and fight!!!

Originally posted by: black.snowflake

So the story begins.

I am more intrigued by the complex relationships that the father - son duo have and the absent mother. Clearly the man is toned down from the promos and has a some emotional trauma. Complex relationships always pull me to a show. Other than than he is definitely an entitled A**. But the walk..Woohoo!

Clearly the rich and the not so rich have different set of rules for women. Women are ornamental or a burden. Really interested to see how that goes. It becomes suffocating to live in such an environment and hence the train dream makes sense. She just does not want to study, she wants to run away. Away from all of this to her dreams like any college student.

Ouch! Way to dump your finance on the day of your engagement. But again, what is with the issue of 'mother'. One thing I liked, as hard as the character of shaurya comes out to be, he is straight forward and honest. And to me it seemed practical to let her go than to drag an unhappy relationship, just that he could have been kinder and better. Shaurya seems to have a lot more going on in terms of his mindset which seems to be influenced. Another highlight, he was impressed and happy for her in first go, he did admit some women managed their careers well along with family. To me his mindset looks more born out of his past than his actual thought process.

What I am really looking forward to..it's the line that they walking on, a professor and a student, how will that work out.

Anokhi is anokhi... idealistic for her age, hiding and fighting for the small things in life. She is us. We have all done that one time or the other. Aastha gives the vibe that she has a bigger role to play. Her hitting her head on sindoor and that scene just made me think that she too has a past.

Lots of foreshadowing.

Res!!

I loved your take on the episode. Have to run now, will come back to this and add my take.

Originally posted by: deepsea_27

Episode1:

The theme music of the show .......on every saturday I listen to it and it lasts till mobday morning.

Anokhi teri jugni...song and the lyrics.Being a South Indian Punjabi lyrics were little difficult to understand.What a depth of meaning in lyrics....

The song depicts Anokhi's personality.An ambitious girl who will be running and chasing her dreams leaving so many hurdles that come her way...

Pankhon pe odh ujale haniyaara cheerne nikli....Carrying the light of knowledge..dispelling the cold darkness of ignorance.....True sense of Thamasoma jyotirgamaya.

Anokhi:Aa rahi hoon main.Tere saath chalne ki koshish kar rahi hoon.....Girl is speaking to her ambitions,her life.....You rock girl.

Anokhi..The Ambitious, beaming with positivity,confident ,dreams shining in her eyes,courage enough to tackle the obstacles,strength enough to fight for what is right and face the challenges.Jugni....a ascetic saint who wants to gain knowlwdge and become something in life.

Pyumori Gupta.....A mother character whom i loved since IPK days..

Main darti hoon isiliye tu bol paati hai.I can relate this dialogue with myselves.we all become that timid mother sometimes.After kids husband and wife cease to exist and parents exist as a single entity.As a mother she kn9ws her child would excel in anything but is afraid of her inability as a mother to bridge the gap between father and daughter.

Shaurya...Sauve,Sharp,witty ,handsome ,with air of arrogance who has his gaurds up to hide his insecurities but at the same time craving for love and attention from his dad.Touching the feet of TejVi he has completed the formality of giving top priority to them as they are king and queen of the house.Shaan like a typical father smoothening invisible wrinkle on his coat ,trying to shower his love on his son who does not reciprocate that back to him.

Shaan Sabherwal...warm ,affectionate ,a caring dad and loving husband just lacking enough courage to take a stand for his wife.The glee of happiness for his son and covering huge cloud of sadness for the absence of his wife on a very special day of their son.

Devi Sabherwal the stereotypical bosswoman of the house trying to control every damn thing related to every member of the house.A mother never feels burdened for the hardwork done to raise her child.But Devi sabherwal reminds both father and son that Shaan and Shaurya should be indebted forever to her.Correcting the daughter in law at same time envouraging daughter ...Typical Indian bossy mother in law.Rules,standard are not set for daughters but daughter in laws must be a puppet in their hands.

Shagun...A sweet young ambitious lady wanting to persue dreams and live a happy life with a loving partner...but surprised sorry shocked to see the obstinate side of her fiance to be.She represents most of the girls who wants best of both worlds.

Aastha kashyap Sabherwal...An elegant,confident sophisticated,smart, women who encourage her students,guide them towards right direction.Beauty with Brains personified .

Romi Bhalla:Typical narrow minded father who feels daughters as burdens and Son as assets.21st century but dowry still persists since unknown centuries.He does not have patience to search properly for groom.

Aastha Anokhi scene.Aastha bumping head to the window whwre there is sindhoor .....amazing.she respects the marriage but that is the only sore spot in her life.

Usko jo aata hai woh kisi ko nahi aata...That is kind of telling the world that Anokhi is indeed unique.

Aastha s words to Anokhi

Jo apne jehan mein hai use dil mein utaar

Whatever is there in thoughts bring them into your heart

Jo apne dil mein hain use zubaan pe laa

What ever comes to your heart express them in words

Yeh waqt tumhara hai tu jaa sharma

This is your time.Dont hesitate

Badlaav aayega nahi use tu lekar aa.

Change wont come to you .Be the change

Shagun Shaurya Conversation

Going to meet Shagun with a doubt....kind of dilema

His complement to Shagun is not so sincere.Sarcastic comment covered as sense of humour.His poisonous brought up by Devi and his rigid thoughts did not allow him to think straight.Inspite of her convincing words his past experience has clouded his intelligence

Anokhi s speech and Shaurya s caustic words ....what a beautiful way of showing soch ki takkar.

Anokhi s speech each word is diamond.

Iam speaking...Iam still speaking...shows the clarity of her thoughts.She knows there will be noises when she speaks her mind.She still continues.

Anokhi s first win and Shaurya s first loss..

Main Anokhi hoon...Phalaane ki beti Dhimkane ki patni....Striving to make or create her own identity.

Huge round if applause for dialogue writer and Deba.

Iam really sorry for too lengthy post.

Beautiful analysis of the characters introduced in the episode. It was a wonderful speech by Anokhi .

Originally posted by: mistofshadows

This episode is gold.

The beginning of the entire arc. In fact I often went back to it when I began writing fanfiction on them.

Because this episode shows us what Shaurya and Anokhi are - Expectations and Dreams.

Shaurya is the manifestation of Expectations that he has internalized and become an embodiment of. Living under the debt of his Badi Maa and Bade Papa's affections, he had turned into what they expect of him - a polished, sharp young man who would always keep them on a pedestal and parrot their views, overlooking his own birth father. His dreams breathe through the pathway framed by Expectations.

Anokhi is the embodiment of Dreams. She dreams of her goals both in her unconscious state and her conscious. She thrives in it and it reinvigorates her to fight. Her dreams are so powerful that they nullify the set expectations in her life and gives us a girl who is wholly unique and powerful in her own right.

A mention to Shaan. Shaan is like a black and white blot on a beautiful colourful tapestry of the Sabherwals and yet this blot would one day spread all over when the pen (Aastha) will return and bring with it a new blank tapestry to draw (Anokhi) which will result in a new beginning.

- Niki

Wow so well summarised...👏

Originally posted by: Mona_988

This is due to lack of education plus people not ready to move on from customs which our ancestors made.

The worst part is women is against women

Women versus women really maintains the patriarchy. It's easier to blame another woman than the men who made all the rules in society.

Originally posted by: 1sarun

Watched the episode after reading the reviews here, kind of enjoyed it more now. Very thought provoking issues deftly handled by writers in the very first episode by the contrasting thoughts of Anokhi and Shaurya and their families, but one thing common being both families patriarchal and mysogynistic.

Characters like bhalla parents are so common In our today's society, we need a lot of Anokhi's to support their moms and sisters in fighting for their rights and voices to be heard.

Not just more Anokhis, we need more Shaurya(what he evolves to be). Only then will we produce a new generation that sees good examples to model for both males and females.