You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
This song perfectly describes Lucky ke dil ka haal today, which made the episode absolute BLISS for me !! <3 <3
Pehle toh the look on Lucky's face when MMwasis decide to call the Gadodias over for the Holika dehen puja...and the way he kept scanning the group which arrived anxiously for a glimpse of his Ragini. Hayye. 😳😳
And then the desperation on his face and the way he twisted around when Swara asked Shomi about where Ragini was. The man who did everything to throw this girl out of his life is now pining away for a single glimpse of her. Oh, how times change.
Ragini walks in looking pretty as a picture and we have a Swara-Ragini hug, but my BBs only have eyes for each other the whole time. Awww !! <3 <3 😛😛
The way he averts his gaze later shows that no matter how much he wants her, he can't bring himself to meet her eyes after the stunt that he pulled. There is so much conflict there - so much longing and so much guilt. His head is warring with his heart constantly - and I'm waiting for the trigger where his heart will take over (ahem ahem, here's looking at you annoying dadi, do your shiz LOL 😉😉).
I also loved the flashback that he had for Shekhar slapgate - the guilt was writ large on his face and he tries to stop Shekhar with his hands folded to apologize, but Shekhar wasn't having any of that. He was basically like:
And quite understandably so. Anyhoo. Moving on.
The pooja begins - and the stare fest continues. Literally, Lucky does NOTHING but stare at Ragini in that adorable, longing fashion (please don't judge me for using Lucky and adorable in the same sentence, tomorrow he'll do another awesome kaand and our equation will be back to square one. Its love and hate for Lucky and me. Always. Sigh. 😆😆)
Sanskaar then calls Lucky to do the aarti - and he continues to stare at Ragini for another 15 seconds as if he's waiting for Ragini to come take her place by his side. CHO CHWEET. 😳😳 Errr. I mean...don't go there yet Lucky, this is entirely your fault. Pfft. 😡😡
Lucky then goes on to prove that IT IS POSSIBLE to stare at someone through the back of your head while facing ahead - and I wuv him for that. <3 <3 (Okay I'll admit it, I am WEAK when it comes to these two, bah). I mean his entire focus was on Ragini - she's finally, finally stolen his heart after she's stopped fighting for it - what an irony. His entire being, his heart, mind and soul - could register only her, finally, utterly, completely. SIGH.
Swara makes Ragini go take the aarti thaali from Lucky - and there is a brief moment for which they hold the thaali together - and so in a way, they do end up doing the puja as a couple for a brief, sweet, sweet moment. 😳😳
And then the MAGICAL moment - when their hands brush against each other's and time basically stops for them.
I mean no words needed - thank you very much. The longing, the pain , regrets and hope - their eyes said it all.
And of course - moh moh.
(My eternal gratitude to the CVs for giving this BEAUTIFUL song to my BBs instead of some random generic BG music - there could've honestly been nothing better - thank you so very much, always !!)
Ragini breaks out of the spell and attempts to walk away, but Lucky finally can't contain himself (DUH) and decides to try his luck (yes, that was intentional, sue me, lol 😆😆).
He tries to return her the moh ka dhaaga - oops - the raksha dhaaga, but Ragini is having none of it. She wants it to protect him, over herself. As always. Sigh.
Lucky ke dimaag ki batti jalti hai, and he says "Iss dhaage ne nahi, tumne meri jaan bachayi hai Ragini, aur main bewakoof, itni si baat samajhne main kitna waqt laga diya."
Good on you mate. Finally. 🥱🥱
Ragini - as vulnerable as she is to him - does not respond to this - at least not in words. I'm really, really thankful for that, because he broke her in the worst way possible - and she shouldn't trust him with her heart until he's proved that he's capable of taking care of it.
Then the scene where everyone is circling the fire pit, Lucky just stands in a corner looking like a forlorn little puppy. He was so vulnerable in that scene - he was aching to go and join his family - but he couldn't make himself in view of all the crap he's done. That was really sweet, and really well done.
And the clincher was the way he was looking at Ragini. The way she was looking back. It was as if an invisible thread (their moh ka dhaaga) was connecting these two today - the pain, the longing, the sheer want on their faces - I really can't come to terms with it.
My beautiful, damage, broken BBs. Sigh.
In the midst of all of this, Tanya / Kavya / whatshername decides to crash the party looking creepy AF with terrible make-up and an even worse intonation - honestly how do you randomly walk into a private gathering looking like that and nobody objects is something I'll never understand, but whatevs. 🥱🥱 Also are these people blind - a little talcum powder and a terrible wig does not a good disguise make. Should've at least stolen someone's magical mask, they have a lot of them lying around.
Pulls out her little goody bag of drugs (honestly is this woman running a meth lab) - and poof, anarkali disco chali.
Sigh. Lucky, forever the damsel in distress.
Ragini - who had her eyes trained on him the whole time - realizes that something is wrong and runs after them. She's frenzied and crazed when she realizes that whatsherface has taken off with Anarkali...err...Lucky. How does she love him the way she does after all that is happened is something I'll never understand - but her love for him has always been over-powering, all-consuming and limitless.
I really can't wait to see Lucky love her the same way - and I believe that that is coming, what with Ragini getting hurt to save Swara, and Dadi and her weirdass 15 din laado in challenge. Honestly, after a long, long time, I'm happy to say that I'm enjoying watching this show so much - and I really can't wait to see what happens next. And for that, thank you CVs !! 😃😃
Simple and Elegant!
Anupamaa
CID
