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By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
--Second Witch, Act IV, scene i
To be, or not to be, ' that is the question: '
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? ' To die, to sleep, '
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ' 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; '
To sleep, perchance to dream: ' ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would these fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death, '
The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, ' puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know naught of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought;
And enterprises of great pith and moment,
With this regard, their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
Hamlet, Act III, scene i
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
--Witches, Act IV, scene i
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Vakratunda Mahakaaya
Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Mey Deva
Sarva Kaaryeshu Sarvada
Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Mey Deva
Sarva Kaaryeshu Sarvada
( The Lord with the curved trunk and a mighty body, who has the magnificence of a Million suns, I pray to you Oh Lord, to remove the
obstacles from all the actions I intend to perform. )
A beautiful well balanced with Past n present and hints of future, A episode where equilibrium was maintained between relationships !!
The episode opens with Arnav alone like he always has been, battling his own pain , feeling the guilt bearing down upon him.. while inside the ward room, Anjali regains conscience , bereft of her Mangal Sutr , her maang ka tikka . She awakens to face the gloomy and despairing faces, Her countenance perfectly normal as the grief has so numbed her that she has frozen , her emotions locked away as she determinedly refuses to acknowledge the truth that shines right in front ...A Helpless Anjali tries to be the pillar to the family devastated by a shocking event...but what use is the pillar that is hollow, The Pillar crumbles the moment it takes a look at the face of her brother...The Granite who has always withstood all the blows of life, who has shielded her from worst storms , weathered through many a battles now stands alone, exposed, unarmoured as tears of defeat rolls down his cheeks ...The message is understood and acknowledged between the Sibling ...The dam of despair, of grief, of loss is let out by a keening wail that is torn from her soul She laments for the unborn who had made her complete, whole, She mourns the loss of the little angel to whom she was deeply beholden !! Her hands clutching convulsively the womb that is barren, The angel touching her life but not becoming the part of her life ...
A very well enacted scene where none went overboard apart from Mami * in few scenes* ..A scene where the truth of the plot was revealed completely and yet seemed to be a part of delusional woman ... Barun Sobti, The helpless grief of a brother , the pain and sense of hopelessness that he cannot alleviate the nightmare that has invaded his Di's life ..
Loved the shot where NK who is sitting blocking the view of Arnav from Anjali , slowly stands up and gives a clear and straight view between the siblings ... symbolically portraying the deep and strong bond between the siblings , a bond that is only between them and where none can intrude, Anjali finally getting the confirmation from Arnav with nary a word uttered , Anjali reacting only then for her trust on her Arnav is greater than her own instinct...This was the segment where Barun and Daljeet nailed it !!
Nani as a matriarch who is bowed by the sorrow that has visited her Grand daughter yet bearing the weights of the family and throwing out a facade of strength and calm acceptance ..was darn good !!
Gripe point ; what was with the two rings and the thread on Anjali's hand ??
202 ..decode it urself ...
The family are asked to leave the room as the patient needs rest , Arnav is told by the Doc that the patient might suffer from stress ..Arnav , Dadi and Khushi elect to stay back and be with Anjali .. Arnav is pacing the floor's as his mind wrestles with hsi heart and tries to come up with something that may assuage his Di's pain, his heart knowing fully well that nothing in this world will allay her grief but the mind refusing to accept the truth of the heart !!! ...
An Interesting picture of Arnav and Dadi with Khushi in the middle ..will she be the bone of contention or a bridge for understanding ...
A girl who knows her man in and out , Khushi knows that not all the forces of the known world will get Arnav to admit that he is in need of support, of comfort, of solace ...He would rather bear it all quietly , torturing himself than ask for comfort...With no hangups, no superior air, Khushi simply chooses to stay back, her eyes never leaving the pain wracked face of Arnav, letting him know that he is not alone, she is there with him to halve the anguish, to be the strength to be his partner!!
The Past that was always hovering around like a wraith , insubstantial , formless now finds itself becoming an entity ...Arnav who was burning the floor , is sapped of his strength and his frame which supports the lives of many finds itself weak and seeks the aid of a couch to aid him ..Khushi who was helping Anjali comes in search of him and finds Arnav , heads held low almost bowed, hands curled with fingers intertwined almost in a gesture of supplication in front of Lord Ganesh ... The compassionate one comes to the wounded child , trying to soothe the wound , trying to lessen the pain ..
Beautiful shot , so well captured when the mighty Arnav Singh Raizada finally becomes aware of his limitation , His ego is gone, The arrogance which was inbuilt is shattered , The complacency that his money can buy everything has crumbled ...His impotent rage caused bec of his inability to do anything leads to the acknowledgment of his mortality, of his weakness , of his shortcoming and he sits there humbled and in dire straits , mutely praying for the well being of his sister in front of the lord of whose existence he had scorned ...but the merciful lord without taking umbrage at the child who had mocked him sends his angel in disguise to console him ..
Lord Ganesh !! The remover of obstacles, The Door Keeper, The Boy who got a new head so to speak , The head of overbearing confidence , Blind devotion to his mother, cockiness to be replaced by the head of compassion, wisdom, understanding!! in other words Ganesh is simply transformed and so will be the case of Arnav when the blinkers he is wearing comes undone !!
Arnav , the self contained Arnav takes the first step towards healing when unprompted he divulges the past that has always stabbed at him, The pain having made him a veritable beast who had to hide his princely qualities, He recounts those painful moments when he was a mute witness to the poignant moment of the collapse of his parents marriage , when he was the testimony to his sister's heartbreak, his parents abandonment ..His dewy eyes getting the hazy glimpse of the woman who was the source for the collapse of his home, the destruction of his security blanket , The woman who made him Orphan !!.. Khushi is moved to tears and instinctively hugs him as if by the simple expedient of hugging him , she will absorb all his angst, his woes, ...The Man who hesitated to even share his pain now returns her hug as simply s a trusting child who has found his refuge in the lap of his mother !!
The Beginning of the end !! When I saw the veiled face of the 'Other Woman '..My instant thought was , Ahh!! Here comes Shyam's sister !! ..The second thought was curtain call to Kahani .. Yes This was the beginning of the end ... !!
Lets revert back to Kahani ... what was kahani all about ?? It was about Deception !! Deception to find the elusive truth, Deception to lure the lies from it's lair , Deception done to give a judgement !! Who was the main character of Kahani ?? Was it Bidya ?? Was it Satyaki ? Was it Khan ?? Was it the IB chief ??/No..The main and powerful character was the Colonel , who remained hidden throughout and like a puppet master guided all action's n reaction's... The Colonel was the one who recruits Bidya trains her and guides her in the exposure of truth ...If Satyaki is the Arjun for Bidya , then Bidya is Colonel's Arjun ..In the end it is Colonel who is the Paarthasarathy .. The one who guides u towards the path of truth... When does Colonel make his appearance,, towards the end when they show the beginning of the "Mission Arnab" * Planning to flush out the mole* ...Yes , today the makers too let us have a glimpse of the 'Other Woman ' .. heralding the end of Kahani and beginning of the "Mission Truth" .. She will lead them to truth , Truth devoid of any fripperies, sans any misconception ..Truth which will reflect as it is and not as it is perceived to be, Truth that will set him free ..Truth where Arnav will be the Krishna !!
A beautiful well balanced with Past n present and hints of future, A episode where equilibrium was maintained between relationships !!
The episode opens with Arnav alone like he always has been, battling his own pain , feeling the guilt bearing down upon him.. while inside the ward room, Anjali regains conscience , bereft of her Mangal Sutr , her maang ka tikka . She awakens to face the gloomy and despairing faces, Her countenance perfectly normal as the grief has so numbed her that she has frozen , her emotions locked away as she determinedly refuses to acknowledge the truth that shines right in front ...A Helpless Anjali tries to be the pillar to the family devastated by a shocking event...but what use is the pillar that is hollow, The Pillar crumbles the moment it takes a look at the face of her brother...The Granite who has always withstood all the blows of life, who has shielded her from worst storms , weathered through many a battles now stands alone, exposed, unarmoured as tears of defeat rolls down his cheeks ...The message is understood and acknowledged between the Sibling ...The dam of despair, of grief, of loss is let out by a keening wail that is torn from her soul She laments for the unborn who had made her complete, whole, She mourns the loss of the little angel to whom she was deeply beholden !! Her hands clutching convulsively the womb that is barren, The angel touching her life but not becoming the part of her life ...
A very well enacted scene where none went overboard apart from Mami * in few scenes* ..A scene where the truth of the plot was revealed completely and yet seemed to be a part of delusional woman ... Barun Sobti, The helpless grief of a brother , the pain and sense of hopelessness that he cannot alleviate the nightmare that has invaded his Di's life ..
Loved the shot where NK who is sitting blocking the view of Arnav from Anjali , slowly stands up and gives a clear and straight view between the siblings ... symbolically portraying the deep and strong bond between the siblings , a bond that is only between them and where none can intrude, Anjali finally getting the confirmation from Arnav with nary a word uttered , Anjali reacting only then for her trust on her Arnav is greater than her own instinct...This was the segment where Barun and Daljeet nailed it !!
Nani as a matriarch who is bowed by the sorrow that has visited her Grand daughter yet bearing the weights of the family and throwing out a facade of strength and calm acceptance ..was darn good !!
Gripe point ; what was with the two rings and the thread on Anjali's hand ??
202 ..decode it urself ...
The family are asked to leave the room as the patient needs rest , Arnav is told by the Doc that the patient might suffer from stress ..Arnav , Dadi and Khushi elect to stay back and be with Anjali .. Arnav is pacing the floor's as his mind wrestles with hsi heart and tries to come up with something that may assuage his Di's pain, his heart knowing fully well that nothing in this world will allay her grief but the mind refusing to accept the truth of the heart !!! ...
An Interesting picture of Arnav and Dadi with Khushi in the middle ..will she be the bone of contention or a bridge for understanding ...
A girl who knows her man in and out , Khushi knows that not all the forces of the known world will get Arnav to admit that he is in need of support, of comfort, of solace ...He would rather bear it all quietly , torturing himself than ask for comfort...With no hangups, no superior air, Khushi simply chooses to stay back, her eyes never leaving the pain wracked face of Arnav, letting him know that he is not alone, she is there with him to halve the anguish, to be the strength to be his partner!!
The Past that was always hovering around like a wraith , insubstantial , formless now finds itself becoming an entity ...Arnav who was burning the floor , is sapped of his strength and his frame which supports the lives of many finds itself weak and seeks the aid of a couch to aid him ..Khushi who was helping Anjali comes in search of him and finds Arnav , heads held low almost bowed, hands curled with fingers intertwined almost in a gesture of supplication in front of Lord Ganesh ... The compassionate one comes to the wounded child , trying to soothe the wound , trying to lessen the pain ..
Beautiful shot , so well captured when the mighty Arnav Singh Raizada finally becomes aware of his limitation , His ego is gone, The arrogance which was inbuilt is shattered , The complacency that his money can buy everything has crumbled ...His impotent rage caused bec of his inability to do anything leads to the acknowledgment of his mortality, of his weakness , of his shortcoming and he sits there humbled and in dire straits , mutely praying for the well being of his sister in front of the lord of whose existence he had scorned ...but the merciful lord without taking umbrage at the child who had mocked him sends his angel in disguise to console him ..
Lord Ganesh !! The remover of obstacles, The Door Keeper, The Boy who got a new head so to speak , The head of overbearing confidence , Blind devotion to his mother, cockiness to be replaced by the head of compassion, wisdom, understanding!! in other words Ganesh is simply transformed and so will be the case of Arnav when the blinkers he is wearing comes undone !!
Arnav , the self contained Arnav takes the first step towards healing when unprompted he divulges the past that has always stabbed at him, The pain having made him a veritable beast who had to hide his princely qualities, He recounts those painful moments when he was a mute witness to the poignant moment of the collapse of his parents marriage , when he was the testimony to his sister's heartbreak, his parents abandonment ..His dewy eyes getting the hazy glimpse of the woman who was the source for the collapse of his home, the destruction of his security blanket , The woman who made him Orphan !!.. Khushi is moved to tears and instinctively hugs him as if by the simple expedient of hugging him , she will absorb all his angst, his woes, ...The Man who hesitated to even share his pain now returns her hug as simply s a trusting child who has found his refuge in the lap of his mother !!
The Beginning of the end !! When I saw the veiled face of the 'Other Woman '..My instant thought was , Ahh!! Here comes Shyam's sister !! ..The second thought was curtain call to Kahani .. Yes This was the beginning of the end ... !!
Lets revert back to Kahani ... what was kahani all about ?? It was about Deception !! Deception to find the elusive truth, Deception to lure the lies from it's lair , Deception done to give a judgement !! Who was the main character of Kahani ?? Was it Bidya ?? Was it Satyaki ? Was it Khan ?? Was it the IB chief ??/No..The main and powerful character was the Colonel , who remained hidden throughout and like a puppet master guided all action's n reaction's... The Colonel was the one who recruits Bidya trains her and guides her in the exposure of truth ...If Satyaki is the Arjun for Bidya , then Bidya is Colonel's Arjun ..In the end it is Colonel who is the Paarthasarathy .. The one who guides u towards the path of truth... When does Colonel make his appearance,, towards the end when they show the beginning of the "Mission Arnab" * Planning to flush out the mole* ...Yes , today the makers too let us have a glimpse of the 'Other Woman ' .. heralding the end of Kahani and beginning of the "Mission Truth" .. She will lead them to truth , Truth devoid of any fripperies, sans any misconception ..Truth which will reflect as it is and not as it is perceived to be, Truth that will set him free ..Truth where Arnav will be the Krishna !!
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