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Hola people 🤗
Here comes the scene(s) for today - sorry about the delay but I was caught up with a post seminar social proceeding in my faculty - but here to post up the link now.
Need to clear a few work things before I can come back and do my written post, but everyone feel free to jump in with your takes on the very famous imli scene ☺️
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL7i64ED7k0[/YOUTUBE]
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** Maa Ka Laadla 😉 **
(I just had to use that tag for this bit of today's scene(s) 😆 )
So I had to add this scene (not the entire thing) but bits of it, because they so demanded attention. The initial bit, with Kesar searching through the jars (literally) but really turning the thoughts inside his head upside down, searching for the ever eluding solution to his dilemma. I like how Neil portrays an affected effort in his hands lifting the lids, the finger tips feeling variety of grains like the entire activity is a tedious physical labor - when minutes ago he was all brash in dressing up, combing his own hair like he intended losing half the volume! The 'heaviness' of his emotions and thoughts weighs down his physical actions and is portrayed so subtly and well by Neil, comes across plainly! until PB enters, he discretely and hastily does away with that tell tale errant tear [reminding me of Gullu wiping away her tear with her back to him in the first 'aur tu' scene when she selects the 'purple' kurta to color coordinate him with Barbie] and quick as a flash whips up the excuse of looking for food - even expresses his khaas farmaish for stale roti and achaar - bolo! Kya presence of mind hai bande ki 😆 I shall always wonder why he escaped his bedroom to enter the kitchen though, and didn't leave straight up. Maybe he was expecting Gullu to rush after him with the untouched glass of doodh and give him food?! 😆 LOL! No I think the CVs just wanted to show us this child side of Kesar so explicitly (half the reason for the vids title) I like how Kesar tells PB that he still likes the stale roti - it almost translates to how he still likes everything the same as he did a decade ago. Quite similar to the way he had accepted mujhe aaj bhi gaon pasand hai - except at that point, in Gulaal's presence, he had to add extra jabs for her inconvenience of course! And again, when he asks PB to make undiyo for him, he reaffirms the unchanged status of 'his likes' from then, to now.
Of course, the CVs can't help but give Neil phankaas a moment to fawn over (yes I'm top of that list, hence the inclusion of that bit) where he shows off his dole shole to mommy dearest ☺️ Gullu ko bhi show off kar deta ek time, wo bhi awe-struck ho jaati shayad 🤣 ye Kesar bhi na, doesn't understand the concept of 'utilizing assets' 😆 (and no pun intended here. shush! chiii mat socho!)
Anyway - so that's with the first bit.
** imli lowe **
Scene begins with Talli assuming her terrorist avatar for the first time 😆 (ok, that was lame.. ) So no, scene begins with Kesarji walking in, hiding his secret khazana behind his back, as he approaches the beauty and fool. Talli the terrorist dhamkaaing Kesar with teekhi mirchi 😲 kya level giraa hai isne daaku community ka, and Kesar is probably reconsidering his suggestion to PB a couple days ago about handing over the kitchen duties to Talli 😆 brushes off the threat - because he has more important things to do, like exchange secret looks with his lowe-able lady Gullu - a blatant sight which Talli even with her eyes trained on our Kesu remains utterly unaware of *facepalm* - and its interesting how, after all his fault she is the one who lowers her gaze and looks away. No blaming her, she's certainly faced her share of music for the day early in the morning
Kesar: Acha! Main tere liye itne pyaar se kuch laya hu, aur tu mere liye mirchiyan chun rahi hai? [yeh right mate. we all know kiske liye kitne pyaar se tum kya laaye ho. but we'll be nice and be quiet to not spoil the surprise 😳 ]
Talli - Mere liye?! [ *HEAD DESK* JK maiya in later times to come gives some very profound gyaan to Sudha, to not bother about these two - GK that is - because na dhuan uthega aur na tadke ki mehek ayegi, seedhe pakwaan parose jayenge - unfortunately, Talli took her own sweet time learning that important lesson. Khair!]
Talli - Kya laya hai?
Kesar - continues to focus his side looks on we-all-know-who.
Gulaal - smiles at Talli, like she is her first crush at 13 *head desk again* I swear if I was Kesar, my insecurity issues would not be with Dushy, but jhalli Talli!
Kesar - khud hi dekh le (passes the secret khazana)
Talli - IMLI! [And Gullu, much belated, trains her antenna in the right direction, phew, finally *wipes a brow*] tujhe bachpan se pata hai na mujhe imli pasand nahi hai?! [huh 😳?! Why would Kesar have done research bachpan se on Talli's likes?! Anyway she's one to reprimand him to forget bachpan ke facts! Doesn't she know bachpan se that he is a married man?! 😳 ]
Gulaal - her antenna functioning with a *god/cvs be thanked* decent efficiency, as she gathers the meaning of this entire gift scenario.
Okay, Kesar is a very intelligent romantic, when he chooses to be, which is not often enough sadly. But for now, yes. All this time he was giving those side looks to Gulaal, just a little guilty, just a little in anticipation - but alot more content (bordering on smug) expressions, because being Kesar, and knowing his Gulaal, he knows she was going to be pleasantly surprised. Especially as Talli is unwrapping the stuff, Gulaal looks fondly at *who else* Talli *rolls eyes* and Kesar looks his kind of content way at Gulaal. And then the second Talli utters the magic word - IMLI - he makes sure he doesn't even bat an eyelid in Gulaal's direction.
Because his words are enough: tujhe nahin khaani to mat kha! warna ghar mein aur bhi log hain, jinhe bohot pasand hai. main hota na, to cheen kar saari imli kha jata!
And again, dialog writers, take a bow. How efficient was that brief comment from him, in establishing more than the obvious *to everyone but Talli* purpose! Yes, Gulaal knows the khazana is for her. Gulaal's audio FB elaborates that Vasant has done this before - bring her imlis - to appease her when she is naraaz. AND, that Kesar remembers it hence! I think what justifies the album scene to come after this, like literally paves way for it, is the fact that Gulaal realizes how he remembers such a trivial nothing detail about her! [yes, the dubbing of this audio FB is not with Rahil and Ali, but that's excusable cause those two are not on the show at this point] But Mansi deserves all her credit - to portray that range of emotions in her eyes from the second she hears the word 'IMLI'... such an exquisite actress, brings out the changes and nuances, so gradually but so steadily!
Needless to say, the cherry on the top is Kesar making his return in the BG, to check on her, to make sure his 'apology' gift wrapped in ... erm, newspapers 😆 is accepted, to make sure, he has made up for his utterly crass behavior in the morning. Its so interesting, how transiently capable he is of setting aside all hate, to make up to her, because hurting her is, like I've said before, the double edged sword that has cut him open just as much. Wont be long before he pulls off another nasty escapade - but until then, with the morning rudeness and guilt hanging over him like a cross, he cannot but plead his mistake - in his own style!
Mansi's final smile, just before she bites into the imli - sigh. Puts many hearts other than Kesar at rest. What a beautiful scene to end an episode with! ☺️
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And that's for today! Will be around again in a while to engage in ongoing discussion, hopefully active 😃
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xx
JZee
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*edit*
FIXED THE VIDEO NOW 😊
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