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I hadn't really planned on doing a RReview anytime soon, but tonight's was a superlative episode that forced me to post, if only a mini-RReview.
The story started off subdued, low key and uber cute with Dhruv and Koel imitating Rudra at the breakfast table to restore his smiles, making me want to instantly hug both, especially Dhruv. Then we saw a slightly grating, rather-too-bubbly Myrah out shopping. Followed by the reason for the school-drop, phone-call, shoe-lace delay and the flying straw hat: Dhruv met Myrah!
The first emotional moment was a hit. Both their reactions were spot on. Dhruv shocked, lost and dreamlike. Touchingly, whispering 'Mummy' first and then 'Mamma' - what a poignant and accurate touch! A child meeting his mother for the first time, unsure of how to address her and trying out different versions.
And Myrah's equally realistic reaction, for an unmarried, cool, single, for whom motherhood is still unthought of. Interestingly, we saw the double-take (for barely a moment) when Koel addressed Dhruv by his name that makes me think that the CVs might have something up their sleeves.
Dhruv's bedtime confession to his father of seeing his mother had a fresh feel to it. And I find myself pleasantly surprised by every single piece of acting by this child artiste, who defies labelling. Rudra's reaction too was just right - the shock, pain, tenderness, then the firmness with which he admonished his son, but not too harshly.
Which brings me to the Moment of the Day - the one we'd all been waiting for ever since the leap: When Rudra met Myrah. And true to type not only did he see her, but straight away became her protector. She tripped and fell, and he caught her. Held her. Felt her warm, breathing and alive in his arms. As though his Paro had come back to life; come back to him.
Come back in a series of mind-blowing memories in what I thought was the best part of the serial until then - the flashback. So many classic PaRud moments gladdening our hearts; yes even the memories of her death and funeral, now slowly being leached of their power to hurt.
But not yet for Rudra. And so we got our Scene Stealer: Rudra's shocked, disbelieving, overwhelmed, run away from insanity, from the ripping apart of scabs over a barely sealed wound. His drunken stagger out under the pouring rain, his anguish as he fell to his knees and screamed his pain to the skies to his Lord and finally let all his grief and agony out. We needed to see that. Needed to see him bleed for his Paro and know that that wound could not heal.
Tonight's was an unashamedly emotional episode that showcased the best of Ashish's acting, with Rishi, Sanaya, Meenakshi and Ananya backing him up superbly. 👏👏👏👏 to the cast and crew for breathing life into this episode.
Looking forward to tomorrow.😊
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