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Monday, January 30, 2012
As the story line is approaching a denouement, the team also gives signs of tiredness, and as viewers are well aware that in any case it has to come to an end, manage to watch the parting shots with patience.
In the darkness in which Mulchandani, has plunged the family of the Patwardhans, the only happy person is Rohini, but soon they have a visitor who comes with a torch, and he is Dr. Vihan, who manages to treat the injured Shyamal. There is a bit of contrived romance between him and his fiance, Akruti. There is an attempt by Naina to bring the two, Vihan and Akruti together so she sends them to attend to the meter box, and after a scene meant to give us a romantic episode between the two, ends up on a feeble note. Naina persuades Akruti to reach Vihan to the gate, and while coming back, she is accosted by the goons of Mulchandani, who run away, throwing ink on her face, when Akruiti shouts for help.
In the darkness, there is an agonizing moment, when they try to figure out who the culprits were, and then a stone is thrown in the window with a note attached to it. Daksh reads it, and it announces their intentions to hurt them more in future, and finally Mulchandani calls Vidyadhar and threatens him to vactate the house.
Daksh comes to the conclusion that it is from Mulchandani, and Ayee puts her hand on her mouth in a fearful expression, and Rohini rolls her eyes, perhaps dreaming of the day, she will lay her hands on crores of rupees.
In the morning, the father calls the whole family to announce to them his decision. That is kept for the following day an attempt to create suspense.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
In the darkness, the family thinks of the people who might be behind all these actions, which caused the blackout and water pollution. The father asks them to go to bed and he would decide on the course of action the next day.
The day dawns and the family gets together in the living room, and Rohini is anxious to hear what the father has decided. In deliberating mode, the comes out with what is on his mind, and anxiety is written all over the faces of those gathered, and Rohini is anticipating victory.
A telephone call comes from Mulchandani, and the father gives his ultimate decision, and that is not to give up the house for sale. His wife breaths a sigh of relief and thanks her Bappa. Rohini is angry and wants them to sell the house. All the rest in the family stand by the father's decision. Rohini warns them of dire consequences. Again another call comes and they wait anxiously to know who it is, but then the father tells them that it was from the family of Dr. Vihan and that they want the marriage to be completed soon. All are happy for Akruti.
Possibly after night fall, Rohini comes screaming that her son has been kidnapped, but they suspect that it is like the boy who cried "wolf" and even though she piles her accusations on her father in law, whom she refers to as the husband of her Ayee, they do not seem to be upset, and all ask Rohini to be calm.
In the end, she has her standard accusation that if it was not for Naina, nothing would have happened like this, and Daksh would not have betrayed his fiancee. Does it mean, that it is a gimmick to introduce Sonakshi into the scene, before winding up the show ?
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Daksh and Naina barge into the office of Mulchandani, accompanied by the guard, and there is a moment of altercation between them, and after refusing to accept the blame for the kidnapping of Atharva, the two are expelled from the office, and they enter the house shame-faced.
Rohini continues her screaming and crying and her mother tries to pacify her with tears in her eyes. The rest of the family watch with great discomfort at them, and when they see Daksh and Naina entering, all the eyes are on them.
Rohini pounces on Daksh and asks him where her son is and behaves inconsolable. There is a running tirade of Rohini against Naina, where she recounts all her accusations right from the start and blaming her as one from a broken home, who came here to break their house. She confronts her mother and tells her that if she had not given refuge to this 'orphan' they would still be happy and have their house and their joys.
Daksh tries to stop her abuses, but she goes like a run-away train. Finally, Naina proposes to her father, that he should sell the house, and she turns her back and climbs the steps. The mysterious thing is, that she hardly climbs a few steps, the camera still on her, shows her coming back with some legal document, and asks the father to sign and he does it midst great sadness. Rohini's eyes brighten up, and she shows that all her anxiety for Atharva has disappeared.
They part company, when the father asks them to leave him alone. He is found in the garden, looking at his beloved house and the plants and all that he lived with all these years, and says, the time has come to bid them farewell. His wife too is there and tells him, that for the sake of their grand child, they had to take this decision. The victor in all this is celebrating her triumph in her room, congratulating herself on her prowess. She thinks that she is the sign of the change of times, when evil wins over good, and lies trump up and thrash the truth. Devil wins over Bappa and she is the crown princess of the Great Satan, and a smile dawns on her face, knowing obviously that she has kept her son safe somewhere. No one is having an inkling on her underhand deals.
Next morning, when all the people are in the living room, they see Naina coming down the steps with her bags, packed and ready to move. Daksh asks her, what is she planning to do, and the curtain falls.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
In the living room, the family is waiting for a call from Mulchandani, whose telephone is always engaged. In the room of Daksh and Naina she tells him, to pay greater attention to his father, who should not be left alone now, and Daksh heeds her advice and goes down.
Naina rummages her cup board, and packs all the things she wants to take away with her, and looks nostalgically at the things she used all these months, ever since she came back, in order to regain the love of her mother. She has come to the conclusion, that her attempts have failed, and now she has no hopes to get her blessing and resume the life she imagined with Daksh. She has decided to go back to her home, and she takes her suitcases with her and drags them out of the room, and down the steps.
The family seeing Naina coming down with her bags, and transfixed at her sight, and wonder what she is up to. Daksh asks her what she is doing, but she will not change her mind. She tries to convince them, that it is not right for her to stay here like this, and she agrees with her sister in law, Rohini, that ever since she came here, everything has gone wrong. Each and every one, takes turns to convince Naina that what she has decided is wrong, and in a little while all will turn right, but she does not agree.
In the meantime, Rohini has kept the line of Mulchandani busy, with her self appraisal of her achievements, and tells him to take care of her son, who is in his care. She makes sure he understands, and as she gloats on how she has brought the family to their knees, she suspects someone is listening on her. She closes her call, and walks to the door, which is open and looks out if anyone has been hearing what she said. Seeing no one, her confidence comes back to her and she goes down, and listens to the drama that is going on and she grins at Naina and says, now she has both her aims in the palm of her hands.
Naina is getting ready to leave, and bids farewell with tears in her eyes, as the eyes of all her loved ones too glisten with tears. Just as she moves out, all hear a loud voice, "Do not leave Naina" and they look back, and it is Ayee. She snatches the hand of Rohini and drags her to the place where all have gathered.
They all watch what she has to say. Vibha starts a long winding speech, about her daughters in law. She now admits that she has two of them. Naina wonders, if there has been a change, but the course of her talk, is ambiguous, and no one understands, about whom she is saying what. Definitely one appears evil and the other good, but Rohini thinks the good one is her. Anxiously they await the conclusion of their mother. She finally tells that her eyes have been opened and she looks at her husband with an apology and when Rohini tries to portray herself as the good one and tries to denigrate Naina who has decided to go, Vibha turns to her and says, that she is speaking about her, the evil one. She hammers out her point at her till it sinks in her muddled head. Slowly it dawns on Rohini that her world is crumbling. She begs her mother, but she is clear as daylight, and sure as one can be, and majestically crosses over to her husband, and takes his blessings, and then she embraces the rest of them. As one by one reconcile with her, Rohini is getting nervous and worries with her child in her arm. She is accused of being manipulative, even to the extent of putting the life of her child in danger all for the gratification of owning this house. They tell her that the house is made of bricks, and she would be alone one day, and when the son will ask her who her relatives were, what would she answer him ?
Finally, she comes to Naina with tears in h er eyes, and asks her forgiveness. Naina tells her that a mother should never have to ask forgiveness of her daughter and they both hug each other, and Naina is mystified and her dreams sparkle through her eyes, as she feels that all her long wait has come to an end, and she has found a mother who loves her for what she is.
The penultimate episode has shown us how seriously every member of the team, has done their job. One would be surprised to know, that in real life when they have completed their work, they are as kind and loving as every one of us want to be. We will surely miss them, and now we have to wait for the last beautiful parting scene, and hope many days of happiness will be filled in this house, and the peals of laughter and joy will be heard from those kids, who will stomp in the garden in a few years from now on. Many of us may have moved on, but the Patwardhan house will be still here, and one day the grand father and grand mother will go to their eternal reward, and the young ones of today, will be with gray hairs, and leading their young children to a better world in our beloved country.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
My dear friends, I know what you must be feeling as our favorite serial comes to an end. We feel like wet hens, drenched in a heavy downpour of cold rain. It is a sad day for us, but let us hope that we will carry the fond memories of Naina and Daksh with their family and friends with us for the rest of our lives.
Even in the midst of gloom of losing their house, the family bonds together once again, after the mother reconciles with all in the family. Rohini is still apart, and cold hearted, and one has not realized that she too can melt. In an emotional act, the mother tells Rohini that she has got what she has always been wanting. She takes the signed papers of the house, and offers them to her, but on her being on the defensive, she lays the papers on the partition line and tells her to lift them.
Then Rohini hears the cry of her son, and she looks around and finds that Mulchandani with his assistant has entered the house, and she takes the child from their hands and starts accusing them for not looking after her son, and that he has fever. Mulchandani sarcastically tells her that it is just a fever, but she should now think of handing over the papers. A moment of uncertainty is created by Rohini, but ultimately she turns against Mulchandani and behaves the way she used to with the people in the house. She tries to tell him the difference between a house and a home. Better late than never, the new novice in the Home Management, decides to keep the house papers, and refuses to hand them over to Mulchandani. Mulchandani threatens her and the family, but she does not care.
Mulchandani and his assistant leave the house, and the reunion starts with outpouring of love and forgiveness, and the music in the background starts evoking the memories of the bygone days, and love once again reigns in this house, which for such a long time, was strained by the imaginary walls erected by incredulous minds.
Once again laughter rings in the house, and Naina is accepted by the mother as well a s Rohini, with a tinge of guilt. Naina is gracious in her forgiveness and offers an understanding which could come from someone, who has longed for affection all her life. The ladies of the house get down on their knees, with swabs of wet cloth and rub of the line of partition, with joy and glee on their faces, happy that once again their house is one.
Two two, Daksh and Naina finally find a moment for themselves, and re-live the time they lost to build bridges in the family. In the glow of the warmth of a burning fire, the one in their hearts glows too, bringing them to the moment which had evaded them for such a long time. Naina's objections whittle away, now that she has received the blessings of her mother in law. Possibly, it could be the beginning of a new life in the family, a new Patwardhan may enter within the next nine months. We all would have been overjoyed to see the face of a chubby child and the "Nam Karan" ceremony, but this has to be left to our individual imagination.
Bye friends, let us wish the best to all the crew and cast who gave us the finest time we could have expected over the past thirteen and a half months. Let us hope, that Shakuntalam Telefilms will be brave enough to attempt evocative themes like Sapno Se Bhare Naina in the future, to meet the longing of the young people of our rising country.
Edited by walquest2000 - 12 years ago
