'Dhinchak Dhichak Dhinchak Dhichak' rang Mohan's mobile in the promo of NBT. Mohan fumbled before he could find his mobile in his pant pockets. The kids laughed, Mrs. Vyas was amused. The scene froze and a voice in the BG said 'Yeh hai Mrs. Vyas aur Mohan ki... dilchasp kahani'.😳 The promo was so interesting that I started waiting for January 9th 2012. Oh and did I forget Addu's 'Wait here' gesture when Mohan asked for Mrs. Vyas with a lollypop in his mouth. That was the cutest part of that promo 😆. The subsequent promos were just as interesting but this one stands out in my memory. And honestly speaking I never thought this would be a love story. The promos never hinted at that. I have seen loads of television soap pr0mos which just screams out that it is a love story. Hero serenading the heroine, dupattas flying all over, leads dancing away in dreamland like sets. Everything just screams that it is a LOVE STORY! But the NBT promos was so refreshing. A definite puller for people like me who had never watched a daily soap from start till end earlier. And I saw the promo at such a time when I had started despising Indian telly shows.
Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans said John Lennon. I can tweak it to say NBT is what happend to me when I was busy despising Indian Television soaps.😆
On January 9th, the 1st episode was aired. I loved the simplicity of Mrs. Vyas. Her attire, her make up, her behaviour everything was simple. Quite a refreshing change from the usual OTT heroines we see on television. And she was meant to be simple almost austere in appearance, because she was a widow. But this simplicity was the beauty of this woman. She was shown missing her husband, craving for that one moment where she could just have one cup of tea with him. My heart went out for her. And then came Mohan. I must say though his entry in the show was very filmy where he was shown chasing a girl with camera focussing on his shoes for most parts, it was by far the best entry of any male lead. I thoroughly enjoyed it because it was interspersed with the prayers of a innocent little angel of a girl Nanhi who prayed for that someone who can make Mrs. Vyas her pehli wali Mummy.I got curious to know how Mrs. Vyas was before Amar died.
But the first episode was really not reason enough for me to get hooked on to this show. My love for NBT grew over a period of time. Just like Mohan's love for Megha, as he had described it 'Dheere se, Haule se kab pyaar hua pata hi nahi chala'. I really did not realise when I had fallen head over heels in love with this show. So much that I started hating weekends when this show would not air.This was one show where I loved the supporting cast as much as the leads. Infact at times I loved the bonding between Mohan and Nanhi more than Mohan and Megha. Perfect cast and genius makers. God bless them.👏
Mohan is one of the best characters and one of my main reasons for falling in love with this show. Mohan Bhatnagar is one of the best male character I have come across in any medium of fiction. At one point I had rated him next to Rhett Butler from Gone With the Wind - my favourite fictional male character. I fell in love with Mohan Bhatnagar when he started to look out for Mirchi Madam when he got to know Prateek's lecherous intentions. In any other show if the male lead who is not in good terms with a female lead had seen a male getting physically close to the female lead, he would have misunderstood the lady. But Mohan knew Megha so well even when he was not in good terms with her. He knew that she was innocent and started to feel protective about her. My respect for him grew by leaps and bounds. And I fell in love with him.☺️
Megha. I wondered what about her connected with me. Then I realised, Megha by character is just like one of the closest people to me. My Mother-in-law. My Father-in-law was a very nice man. He helped everyone who came to him for help in the best of his capacity. He died one day and left a heap of debt to be cleared off. My mother-in-law, who for most part of her life, was confined to looking after the house and her kids stepped out after that to look after my FIL's business and made sure that all the debts were cleared. I could totally relate to Megha because she was just like my MIL. A person who is so courageous, who has a never say die attitude and someone who does not take shit lying down. 👏
I can go on and on about the various characters in this show. The various bonds we got to see. MN, MG, MJ (Megha-Jiji), Renu-Guru nok-jhok. But words will fail me. Especially if I start writing about MN and MG. Needless to say one of the purest relationships I have seen in television. I dont know if I will be able to do justice to them. So I will let them be. Untouched and Pure.
I got hooked on to the forum much later. I never knew India Forums existed till one day I stumbled upon this forum while looking out for blogs on NBT in google. I created an account for myself and used to visit the forum to read Jzee's (without-fathom) analysis on each episode. I was a silent member then. I then started reading analysis from Fari and a lot of other writers some of whom are not regulars now. I loved the analysis, the discussions. How each and every frame and object was analysed and the hidden meanings were deciphered. And one fine day I jumped into MMT. MMT for a long time was beyond my understanding. MMT would gallop and I would be left wondering. But the moment I jumped in, everything was sorted. I made virtual friends for the first time. I was very wary of making virtual friends till then. MMT has become that one place where I have had the best time of my life after college. And it has been really long since I left college. I met so many people from different countries and from different walks of life. All of them so creatively blessed. I feel so blessed to be a part of this forum. Never would have I found so many like minded and lovely people at one place. NBT has been an experience for me just because of this lovely forum and MMT especially. And today I cannot stay without my MMT friends. I just love you people so much. It feels like I have known you all forever. 🤗😃
All thanks to this lovely show NBT. The show gave me immense joy and my first virtual friends. Many of whom are my FB contacts. I always wonder how will my friends sound like when I hear them talk. I am so eager to meet you people. Some of you...I dont know how you look like . No profile pic on FB 😡 😆. But I still feel so connected. I will always remember NBT for this special reason. 😳
Today NBT 1.0 is ending. I dont know how I am feeling now. I am just too numb. The feeling of this beauty of a show going off air has still not sunk in. May be next week I will feel the void. I dont know if NBT 2.0 will be just as beautiful as this one. But all I have to say is I will miss Mohan, Megha, Nanhi, Addu, Guru, Jiji and the other characters of NBT 1. And I have found friends for a lifetime here with whom I will always keep in touch. Love you all.🤗🤗🤗
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