March 17th: Mission No Museebat

Just got around to watching the maha episode...very well rounded episode I felt...if the intention of a special episode is supposed to be about establishing characters and their histories just enough to even entice viewers who may be watching this show for the first time, I think today's epi had all of that...they pretty much covered every aspect there was to cover regarding MM and their history together...their characteristics, their individual histories...the important ppl in their life...pretty much all of it.

A LONG epi...but most of it filled with good content...such that it took me a while to watch the whole thing since I didn't have the luxury of forwarding...literally every minute had some good MM bits😆


Just want to point out the bits that I liked:


1) Mohan subconsciously wearing yellow😆...and when Guru points out to him that he previously hated this shirt, he almost blurts out that it's Megha's fav. color...Oh Monu😆


2) The moment right after making his "Mission no museebat" promise to Megha, Mohan trips on his yellow shoelaces😆...and Guru goes, "Kya hoga tumhara"😆


3) The GLEE with which Mohan was showing Megha that SKELETON wala telephone🤣...and the hourglass wala "clock" or whatever😆


4) The moment in the lift when Mohan "protects" Megha from getting squished by the ppl around her...liked that it wasn't done in a romantic sense and had this almost casual and natural tone to it while establishing an impact nevertheless...oh and which reminds me overall also...Mohan's attempts to be a good "polite" boy in that lift...with the "Namaste Madam"😆


5) Mohan basically baiting Megha into taking the lift back down...these two so know how to push each other's buttons😆


6) The choice of songs playing in the lift...GENIUS😆...special mention for the portion when Mohan is trying to "muscle" the lift doors open and "Tu mera hero" is playing on the speaker in such PERFECT irony accompanied by Megha's khadoos expressions as she watches his futile attempts😆😆


7) Megha generally watching Mohan with a WTH expression for most of the duration of the lift scenes and thinking to herself, "Ismein toh Addu se bhi zyada bachpana hai"😆


8) Mummy ki call to Mohan with her attempts at matchmaking again and Mohan saying ki khaana banana wagairah toh Guru ko bhi aata hai...usi se na kar loon shaadi?🤣...

To a more sombre segue as his mom mentions Rashmi...and again this is a moment where I found Megha's reaction interesting as she sees a different side of Mohan on the phone as he talks about Rashmi...and the bit after this as Megha says to him...'har maa ko apne bacche ki fikar hoti hai...unki baat ka bura mat maano"...

Oh and Mummy's paranoia that Mohan ne chupke se Mrs. Vyas se shaadi kar li...the horror on MM's faces😆😆


9) The tiffin sharing...they looked so adorable...school ke bacchon jaise😆...and when Mohan literally offered her jam on his FINGER, I was reminded of Akanksha's disgust with Kunal eating the chips with gande haath...no wonder those disgusted expressions come so naturally to her while playing Megha😆...JHALLA hai Mohan pura...sacchi😆


10) The bit with Megha cutting her finger on the knife and Mohan tending to it...it's interesting how they're doing a good job of showing a connection b/w MM while not romanticizing it...so it's that brief moment as he holds her finger in an instant concern but they don't dwell on it even as he lets go...

And ofcourse the return of the HANKY😆...I just LOVE Mohan's expressions each time he pulls it out galti se😆...and then when he pulls out his own hanky to wrap the finger, he gets a Chavanni 2.0 response from Megha..."Saaf hai?"...LOLL I so knew that was coming...and Mohan also getting deja vu and thinking, "Bilkul apni beti par gayi hai"😆😆



11) The end is somehow super cute to me...Kitna KHUSH ho kar off note/off key gaa raha tha Mohan woh gaana...he got such a happy smile on his face pehle toh gaana sun ke...and then jo apni dhun mein shuru hua...even playing imaginary drums along even as Megha is watching him with a "W*F" expression😆😆...priceless...and then ofcourse such a well timed end where Megha finally gets fed up of him getting the lyrics and tune wrong that she has to CORRECT him interestingly enough on, "Mujhe pyar karo"...Aakanksha has such a lovely voice...the contrast with Kunal's off-key voice there couldn't have been more obvious😆


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Lovely epi...there were many moments to leave you with a smile...most maha-episodes are usually fillers...but this one had many enjoyable moments while giving an overview of the characters as well in a sense.

MM literally got to spend a whole day together...awww😆...Precap is amusing in a goofy way...although I feel they could have done without the "romantic" pose in the end.  Ah well.

Great post 👍🏼 great choice of name😆😆...now  i Have to watch this epi and will come back to ur comments😛

Edited by chithoo - 12 years ago

Oooh, you and I have posted essentially the same points AreYaar. With me just going a tad bit overboard. 😆 But so agree with you! Edited by wuthering - 12 years ago

Thanks, chithoo :-)


@wuthering: lol thanks...yeah I just read your post in Fivr's thread...guess we did like most of the same things in the epi...precap could have done without the pose in the end though as I said...otherwise I was quite enjoying the random, "aap mujhe uthaa leejiye" and then him tricking her and picking her up...lol

Agreed, that pose was cliched. But these two can make even the lamest cliches hilarious. Ignore  the end mein  pose, like you said- I liked him distracting Megha with a chipkali sighting.😆 Edited by wuthering - 12 years ago

Nur, after waiting for a long day, here's your post. I was wondering where you were. 😆 Anyways great post as always. 👏

What should I say about my comment on today's episode? You've just spoken my heart. I had a big grin on my face while watching the entire ME and in most of the parts, I was rolling in laughter. 🤣 It was a ME in true sense and such a relief after watching those intense episodes. 😃

Truly said, Mohan is such a cutie and MM are so unique. 😳 Their chemistry is magical even without the 'love' factor in it. Such a rare kind! ⭐️

The pose at the end of the precap was too filmy, I know, but they did make it look hilariously cute, so I've no problem with it. 😃

I'm planning to watch the episode again for the... 8th time. 😆
Edited by -Bidzie- - 12 years ago

Anu jee! I had time today and motivation (because this is what I was looking forward to after I finished my safai.. 😆) so I ended up posting a rant.. But I am already noticing all the things that I missed, so I'm going to gush about them here since you brought them up.. 😃😳

Originally posted by: AreYaar

Just got around to watching the maha episode...very well rounded episode I felt...if the intention of a special episode is supposed to be about establishing characters and their histories just enough to even entice viewers who may be watching this show for the first time, I think today's epi had all of that...they pretty much covered every aspect there was to cover regarding MM and their history together...their characteristics, their individual histories...the important ppl in their life...pretty much all of it.

WORD! It was high on MM content but it was very good representation of everyone else too - from Guru, Nanhi, Adu, Megha's home life to her work and her creepy boss. Sab hi they. Not to mention, the idiot Karan with his stupid attempts to reduce his "toand".. 😆 I know he annoyed Pallavi but he cracked me up.. 😆😆


1) Mohan subconsciously wearing yellow😆...and when Guru points out to him that he previously hated this shirt, he almost blurts out that it's Megha's fav. color...Oh Monu😆

Lol!! When Guru came up and asked Mohan "khali hai", I was going "pagal ho gaya hai?" too.. And then when he clarified k it was a dig on Mohan's own "taxi" comment, I was in splits. NOTHING goes by our Guru jee unnoticed or un-commented. At least not unintentionally. And I love how Mohan remember k yellow toh Megha ka favorite color hai and then realizes it just in time to catch himself on it.. 😆 It's adorable to me how much he's impressed by Megha as an individual. 😆

2) The moment right after making his "Mission no museebat" promise to Megha, Mohan trips on his yellow shoelaces😆...and Guru goes, "Kya hoga tumhara"😆

Even Nanhi smacks her forehead with a "Spiderman FOCUS yaar!" wala look! 😆😆.. Pehley bhi aik baar Megha had toko-fied him on his open shoe laces.. Haina..? 🤔 In the early days..? *thinks*
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4) The moment in the lift when Mohan "protects" Megha from getting squished by the ppl around her...liked that it wasn't done in a romantic sense and had this almost casual and natural tone to it while establishing an impact nevertheless...oh and which reminds me overall also...Mohan's attempts to be a good "polite" boy in that lift...with the "Namaste Madam"😆

Haina! I couldn't help but think at that moment that this more to establish Mohan's general character and personality as opposed to being something that hints at his "feelings" for Megha. I am so sure k agar Dimpy jee bhi hoteen toh Mohan would have done the same. I would like to think k a bit of it was just because it was Megha and because Megha demands that kind of respect - unlike Dimpy jo toh khud hi logon pe gir rahi hoti hai.. 😆 Megha commands such a strong need for propriety k it was an impulsive decision on Mohan's part who is always a nice guy at heart.

Lol! His "Namaste Madam" was HILARIOUS dude! I rewind that scene to watch it again. More than trying to be a nice guy tab, I felt like he was messing around with Megha like friends do when someone random walks by saying/doing something silly. To him the fact that the guy on the lift would randomly greet Megha was amusing enough to take a crack it.. Or maybe that was just me.. 😆😆


6) The choice of songs playing in the lift...GENIUS😆...special mention for the portion when Mohan is trying to "muscle" the lift doors open and "Tu mera hero" is playing on the speaker in such PERFECT irony accompanied by Megha's khadoos expressions as she watches his futile attempts😆😆

HAHAHA!! I love this show's ability to spoof itself. It was hilarious to see them make fun of these randomly "macho" wali moves that tend to happen otherwise in other shows.. And the "tu mera hero" was perfectly placed.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

8) Mummy ki call to Mohan with her attempts at matchmaking again and Mohan saying ki khaana banana wagairah toh Guru ko bhi aata hai...usi se na kar loon shaadi?🤣...

LOL!! Ab toh bass official shadi ki hi kami hai.. Warna Guru toh waise hi self-professed biwi hai Mohan ki.. 😆😆😆 It was amusing to me though k even when he was on the phone with his mother, he was more interested in shrugging off her shaadi wali suggestions instead of telling her to send help. Lol! It was almost like he knew k koi faida nahi hoga and he wanted to get out of this himself, without getting his mummy jee involved. 😆


10) The bit with Megha cutting her finger on the knife and Mohan tending to it...it's interesting how they're doing a good job of showing a connection b/w MM while not romanticizing it...so it's that brief moment as he holds her finger in an instant concern but they don't dwell on it even as he lets go...

And ofcourse the return of the HANKY😆...I just LOVE Mohan's expressions each time he pulls it out galti se😆...and then when he pulls out his own hanky to wrap the finger, he gets a Chavanni 2.0 response from Megha..."Saaf hai?"...LOLL I so knew that was coming...and Mohan also getting deja vu and thinking, "Bilkul apni beti par gayi hai"😆😆

LOL!!! Oh the hanky! It's turning into a character of its own, heina! Is he ever going to return this to Megha? And I wonder how that conversation will go if it ever happens.. 😆 And when Megha said "saaf hai", I honestly thought about Nanhi's comment from that earlier scene, only to see it being flashed back to moments later.. Lol. Seriously beti par hi gayi hai.. 😆😆😆😆

And I like how their relationship is growing and that the growth isn't automatically being classified as a "romantic" one.. Mohan cares for Megha and Megha is sensitive to his distressed emotions, but that doesn't mean it's "lowe".. I like how it's more than that - because to me these achanak waley love prevalence are so SUPERFICIAL and unfounded. So I like this a lot.. 😳😃

11) The end is somehow super cute to me...Kitna KHUSH ho kar off note/off key gaa raha tha Mohan woh gaana...he got such a happy smile on his face pehle toh gaana sun ke...and then jo apni dhun mein shuru hua...even playing imaginary drums along even as Megha is watching him with a "W*F" expression😆😆...priceless...and then ofcourse such a well timed end where Megha finally gets fed up of him getting the lyrics and tune wrong that she has to CORRECT him interestingly enough on, "Mujhe pyar karo"...Aakanksha has such a lovely voice...the contrast with Kunal's off-key voice there couldn't have been more obvious😆

When Kunal was singing I was reminded of their interview jahan they are asked to sing the NBT song and Kunal goes k Aakanksha gaye gi, only to hijack the song himself moments later.. 😆😆😆 The fact that Megha ended up correcting him at the "mujhey pyar karo" bit is definitely indicative of their impending love.. Only I am also certain k Mohan and Megha will both brush it off abhi and move on. Mohan tries so hard not to make these moments any more uncomfortable for Megha than they are. Which is something amazing for me because all his other counterparts on other shows all but INDUCE the discomfort in their partners in such scenes. 😆

Originally posted by: wuthering

1) I of course have to start with the yellow shirt that Mohan came out sporting. (I also liked how the first shot of todays epi  showed Mohan shoes with his yellow laces untied. I love small consistent details like these. Also, I wonder if these yellow shoe laces are the same ones that Nanhi and Jeeji "borrowed" for her butterfly wand).  I love these kind of little touches too...and yes I'm pretty sure they are the same shoelaces...he seems to have them in all the primary colors needed😆

3)The M-N-M-G scene! Three cheers for that. Nothing special in this small scene. But just the presence of THE four favorite characters from the show in one single frame deserves its own mention. Cute. Especially liked two bits- Nanhi saying hi to spiderman & pleading on his behalf. Also, the earnest way in which Guru asks Megha didi for another chance. Very earnest and sweet. I loved this touch too...ahh so many little little things in the epi that just CONNECT and FLOW...that's what makes it a nice epi to watch overall too.

4) Office scene- glad that Dimpy came to MM rescue! And the less said about Prateek, the better. Shudders at the thought of what if it was Prateek in that elevator instead of Mohan. 🤢 That creepster toh was fully on making plans in his head but thank god indeed for Dimpy and in a sense Prerna too unwittingly coming to Megha's rescue...Destiny is stronger than Prateek's creepy intentions.

5) Guard in the mall scene- completely random. But oh so hilarious. I can't remember a show on Indian telly which has such hilarious random characters. I liked MM's exchange in that scene- of how Megha found it oh-so-amusing and Mohan was just frustrated with how the guard was misunderstanding his question- Karigari, not Karigar!😆😆 Also, the way Megha pointedly thanked the guard at the end was such a womanly thing to do. Men just ask questions, get the help they want and move on- whereas women actually thank people. I guess I am stereotyping here, but thats just me. 😛 So yeah, Megha seems to be the quintessential woman- sweet, sobre and caring. That gesture of hers felt so right.   LOL the randomness in this show is just AWESOME and yes probably one of the major reasons why I do love it so...they get QUIRKY right...not overboard, but just right...enough to amuse me and make you laugh without going slapstick.

7) The shop scene! Oh Mohan! That skull telephone had me in splits. It was the kind of thing that my 4 year old nephew would suggest for a newspaper office. But Mohan suggesting it instead makes perfect sense too.😆 The oddities that he was picking up and showing off were just so typical him. The way Megha told him off for the sand glass was hilarious. In moments like these, its quite telling that shes a mum of two and has oodles of patience dealing with tiny tots. Mohan IS a kid, at the end of the day, period.  WORD...very well said😆....the things he was picking were indeed SO Mohan and the contrast b/w them couldn't be more obvious there...who's the responsible adult and who's the child😆


Then the exchange that followed- him being a crorepatis son. Its amazing how this show can deliver a funny scene two seconds earlier and then a poignant scene the very next instant. I loved the treatment of the scene. The way Megha tracks back when she realizes she has overstepped and brought up something that rattles the usually bindaas Mohan was nicely shown. Even Kunal did a splendid job of being really awkward in that scene .
He portrays his vulnerabilities really well.. 

Again I completely agree...the devil is in the details and subtleties which Kunal and Akanksha are bang on in enacting without going overboard...you get the point of that moment...what it was meant to show without being hit over the head with it...it also showed how perceptive Megha is about Mohan...the way she was watching him in this scene and later the telephone one...she is sensitive to the changes in him as well and when she sees him vulnerable, her compassionate side comes out putting aside all her general irritations with him...it's like these are moments where they CONNECT...I'm not sure if they are really game changers in the immediate but yes I'd say they are part of the evolution of their relationship...the writers will connect it all in the larger picture I feel...*touchwood*.

 I think this moment and the one with Mohans phone conversation with his mum will be the game changer with respect to the MM equation.

8) Dun-dun-dun! The much awaited Lift mein trapped scene! Gosh. Where do I begin with this one! So yeah, they enter- and are on course to reach the ground floor and our Mohan starts with his antics. His buffoonery again had me rolling with laughter. He is just so restless and just has to say something or the other to pass even the mundane 30 seconds duration from the 3rd floor to the Ground floor with some sort of tamasha. Nothing especially stood out for me in this scene, apart from Megha rolling her eyes continuously (seriously, Megha did that a LOT in this epi). And Mohan with his Jill, we would be good together if not for the height difference. 😆. I also liked how Mohan mutters 'bad joke' under his breath to Jill when he first realizes that Megha is not enjoying his dalliance with Jill. 😆Then his "Whats up Jack?" after he tells Megha to move to the other side. I liked how Megha is shooting daggers at him and telling him to shut up and he replies with a 'Kya? Bura, laga?" .  Love the way Kunal enunciates these kind of lines- arre yaar, sun-na, kya yaar etc etc. Such a nice tapori-sh vibe to them!   The Jack and Jill scenes were slightly on the contrived end of humor in this epi although these bits you pointed out even I found funny...but later on when Mohan started dancing with Jill on the bheege honth song, I think it just got kinda lame and forced.

So moving on, the way that Mohan gestured to Megha to come and sit by him was cute. He kind of makes this 'shi-shi' noise so as to grab her attention.😆 Again such a cute little detail they added in...I wonder if this is just improv from Kunal's end too😆


Then the two of them having an impromptu picnic in the elevator! I liked how Mohan is all eagerly looking at the tiffin box as Megha was unpacking it. When she does, he starts looking the other way, so as not to show his eagerness to share the food. Then of course comes the happy realization that she in indeed going to share the food! 😆 He looked like a delighted bacha!  LOL they play off each other so well...the initial looking away so as not to show interest like you said and then ofcourse the look of pure JOY when she DOES offer it to him...it's such a child-like joy...delighted baccha as you said😆

Then the water bit! Maybe its just me, but I thought Megha was initially planning to drink the water using her mouth and not uppar kar ke (if you get what I mean)- so as to be considerate to Mohan who she would be sharing the bottle with. But when its Mohans turn, he obviously does not think of this- and puts it straight to his mouth. 😆.  It's not just you...that was exactly what they were trying to show...Megha paused and then deliberately didn't put her mouth to the bottle taaki jhoota na ho...but Mohan showed no such consideration and BINDAAS guzzled the water aaraam se bottle ko muh lagaa ke😆

The way Megha says- "kam kam piyo, pareshani ho jayegi faltoo ki" And Mohan has to ask what she means by that. Mohan is such a kid, sachi! (Megha rightfully put him at par with Addu😆) But then he replies with a 'aye, tension not, main control kar sakta hoon"😆😆 That bit was really hilarious. And he says this with a smile on his face, like he is gloating and really proud that he can control his bladder. 😆 LMAO total BACCHA hi hai Mohan...this epi proves it once again...he's like this gleeful happy kid just hangin out in that elevator😆

Finally, the last song bit! I loved how it was a  Kishore Kumar song to seal the epi for good. And one of my favs, if I might add. 😳 Nice touch considering that he happens to be their fav singer. Yes, good touch on the part of the writers to remember that it's Kishore Kumar that they have in common and to play his song...I just loved the change that came over Mohan when he heard the song...the way one truly gets happy hearing one of their fav. songs and wanting to hum along even if they lyrics and tune are off😆

Mission No musibat toh mohan ke bas ki baat hi nahi hai. I dont know what megha will say that too after the precap scene. Maybe she will say 'you can only give more troubles to me and pls stay away'.

He sure likes irritating her, making her do things which otherwise she wouldn't do. Megha got to know a little more about him now. Now megha too has his hanky. Lets see what happens to it. I guess for some reason it wont come back to mohan soon. Mohan and his bad singing really very difficult to tolerate. Megha corrects him and the line-mujhe pyar karo- that she sings. I dont know what poor mohan is thinking. Precap scene or the filmy pose didnt bother me much as the situation seemed casual. Maybe this is to make us think some scandulous events will happen. But i think nothing immediate will happen. Pratik and dimpy are there. Pratik may not say anything. The creep may think why didnt i come with her. Yuck. Renu was trying to reach megha, if she comes to know about lift drama, she will say bad things.

At the end of the day, I think that Megha will trust Mohan as she saw a different side in him when she poked him about his dad being a millionaire and also when she heard about Rashmi, and by the way, Mohan ne kuch jaan buch ke tou nahi kiya. So my prediction is that they will team up for the case by Tuesday.