matlab ko humne bhi samjha unhone bhi
gehrayi maano samandar jaisi
din dhalte gaye raatein kat ti gayi
zindagi behti gayi
phir kuch aisa hua ki zindagi ruk si gayi, saasein tham si gayi
hum sochte hi rahe shayad hum hi the jo gehrayion ko samajh paaye baki toh lehron ki bhaanti behte chale gaye...
------------- DAYDREAMERS -----------
The above verse is penned by Daydreamers .. & she was kind enuf to let me use them as a precursor to my post ...
This ones for u daydreamer ... thank u
The words really caught me when I first read them .. it was actually at a time when I was writing my post ... & the accuracy with which these words resonated the curx of my post was simply breathtaking .. THANK U so much for letting me use this as a lead in to my post ...
Disclaimer this ones gonna a b a long one ...
She had shouted at him in the middle of the road ... U DON'T CARE ... I have borne every one of ur INSULTS ... but this INSULT .. that of CULPABILTY this I will not bear .. I will not give a character Certificate ...
He stood there dumb .. not a word coming out of his mouth in his defense .. cause he knew she was right .. what was care if it was not FELT
Amidst a huge drama unfolding in their house .. they stand together .. but apart ... they are of similar mind .. but they stand apart .. he stands up to his mother for her beliefs .. but they were still apart ... & then came the day when lovers celebrated being together ... Lovers celebrated FOREVER ...
Karwa Chauth ... she was planning to fast & he let loose .. she would not fast .. he knew he would not be able to live with himself if something happened to her because of him ... He makes sure that she would not fast.. by bringing SIRF RUHI KE LIYE in the middle .. Ruhi .. the conduit to JOIN .. the bond that JOINS ... The soul of these 2 mates ...
Tera Mera Pyaar Amar
Phir kyun mujhko lagta hai dar
Mere jeevan Saathi bata
Kyun dil dhadke reh reh kar ...
When I saw this scene .. him looking at her thru the mirror my first reaction was pure technical ... I hated it .. simply coz mirror distorts an image & Raman ogling & being completely mesmerized by his wife was something I wanted to see first hand .. then as my knee jerk reaction cooled down .. I understood the message of the shot & was once again bowled over .. shockingly by the director who interpreted the written word so well ..
He looks at her dressing in front of the mirror .. a beautiful bright red Punjabi suit clad Fantasy of his ... just a couple of weeks back .. in a similar puja & vrat he had asked her .. ur no more a SOUTH INDIAN .. ur a PUNJABI .. dress like one ... & tonite his fantasy came to life ...
Pause & think about this .. the deep messaging ... he is looking at her thru the mirror his image is distorted .. what he sees is the BEAUTIFUL woman .. & Passion comes to fore ... Passion normally clouds vision ... & hence while he acknowledges her beauty .. what he did not catch was her MESSAGE ...
There stood in front of him ... ISHITA RAMAN BHALLA .. the PUNJABAN .. not the MADRASAN ... she had accepted him TOTALLY ... the words which come to mind were .. sajna hai mujhe sajna ke liye ...
She had made Vrahlaxmi Vrat into a Punjabi karwa chauth she had joined the two festivals ...that day while she did the vrat in the Punjabi style .. she maintained the look of a madrasan .. a lovely way to indicate she had accepted a part of their life .. she was his WIFE .. but she had yet to give herself to him ... in hindi its called .. pati ke rang mein dhalna ... but today she was ONLY PUNJABAN .. she was Mrs. Raman Kumar Bhalla .. no trace of Ishita Iyer ... to mar his CLAIM .. today she said very clearly .. DHAL GAYI RANG MEIN TERE ...
(now for a moment equate this thot with the new promo ;) hold the thot will explain when time comes)
But a mirror only ever gives a distorted image & hence he was unable to look at what she was really communicating thru that beautiful RED PUNJABI SUIT ...
He tells her ... beware a raging bull does not come after u ... whoa .. did he just call himself a raging bull ...raging bull = passion ... The passion was firmly ignited .. he was ready to embrace his passion ... he was ready to be one in that moment ..
He had fasted for her ... a sign of his complete devotion & love ... but love today was expressing itself in PASSION .. hence the colour of the day was RED .. the colour which denotes Passion ...
( here I would like to make a comment to the Production team as well .. what a delivery .. a RED SUIT which had no dilution of colour Just red .. from top to bottom ... clearly making a statement .. tonite it was about UN RESTRAINED PASSION) ...
She stood up .. turned & looked at him .. .both lost in the moment .. his passion was clearly to be seen ... her heart beat a very naughty tattoo ... it galloped forward ... when he uttered the words .. "ur looking good" she simply smiles at him .. shy . looks down .. does not have a single retort to it .. & goes away ... the heart wanting to believe .. the heart singing a song ... but a slight pause ... was this for real ...
Now this is only one fourth of the real meaning of this scene .. heres a hint .. this scene describes the way this mohabbat will move forward .. would ask one of u brilliant writers on the thread to decode this .. believe u me the moment u get this deeper meaning of this scene .. u will love the director even more ..
Oh well because I love u guys .. heres the thot ... a mirror is a look into the past its used by makers to show how u look into urself or ur past ... now see the placement of the scene .. Raman faces the mirror .. he sees Ishita's image in the mirror .. denoting he is facing the past .. While Ishita turns around & faces Raman .. that's her first glimpse of him .. she is not looking at him thru the past .. she has turned her head away from the past ...
When u equate the scene with this lens .. what looked like a perfectly normal shot .. of a husband deeply clutched in the passion of the moment ... was so much more .. it was a simple precursor to the track that would soon unfold ...
Why mention this here .. well often enuf we bash the technical team .. but when they deliver we hardly have a word of praise ..
Guys take a bow .. nothing cud've shown the future track & the upcoming problem in a better way than this .. Recall the moment when Shagun had come to the Bhalla house ..at that time I had written a similar thing about the use of mirror in VYas ( mancityfan's) thread ...
Hai Shabaab Par Umang, Har Khushi Jawan Hai
Meri Donon Baahon Men, Jaise Aasmaan Hai
Chalti Hun Main Taaron Par
Phir Kyun Mujh Ko Lagata Hai Dar
The colours of his name .. joined with hers .. adorned her hands .. the colour a dark intense red ... mehendi surely RANG LAYI thi ..
When does mehendi bring colour ... Myth says when ur husband loves u .. but reality is .. its directly proportional to the heat u generate ...
Tonite the one thing which was assured was that MEHENDI would be DARK .. she had her husbands love .. but the REDHOT passion he had unleashed earlier had also guaranteed that the colour would be deep dark red ...
which reflected beautifully on her face in the most becoming BLUSH ..
She sat staring at the colours of the mehendi in her hands .. the heart which surrounded their names ... a becoming flush a reflection of the red on her hands came onto her face .. she was being teased mercilessly ...
She caresses their names ... blissful & poignant .. the heart wanting to desperately believe ... he was HERS ... the rub .. the caress .. once before she had caressed his name ... it was the day he had claimed her openly as his wife ... the day he put up her name on the nameplate on the door .. that day it was being the owner of the name .. MRS . RAMAN BHALLA ... but today the caress was the R encircled in a little circlet of the heart ... today it was a caress which put its first claim to his HEART ... She was ready to claim his heart today ... but a pause a poignant reflection entered her thot
What was in the heart .. found it very difficult to come out from the mouth .. she was literally carrying her heart on the palm of her hands that day .. but there was also the fear of the unknown .. would her love be returned ?
Tera mera pyaar amar ... Phir kyun mujhko lagta hai dar ...
Raman comes back home .. & then takes stock from his little guard .. he is reported to that his wishes have been adhered to the letter .. she had not fasted .. she had not endangered herself because of him ..
But the red flag which she wore ... could not keep him away ... even if there would be a strike .. he would have her in his arms ...
A note to the writer & maker .. to me every feeding scene in YHm has been unique .. its been miniscule but has packed a bag full of romance & a very passionate message .. my fav moment of YHM is also the feeding scene .. when she breaks her hands & he feeds her the apple .. have dedicated an entire post to that moment .. so thank u both writer & maker for this gem as well ...
He held her to him .. this time right in the middle of his family .. who were watching them ... he made it about feeding her .. a playful look to his face & a playful lunge later she was in his arms ... but it is difficult to romance ur REDHOT biwi when ur 6 year old daughter is looking on ..
So he clutches her to himself ... but looks at his mother .. saying why don't u FORCE HER TO EAT ... whoa he is standing there holding her & has food in his hands .. but is asking his mom about it ... Well .. he had just got a pat on the back for Strategy ... & this strategy of Raman always wins .. he always made it about how he was forced to feed her.. but it was an excuse to be close & indulge in this ONE INTIMATE ACT WITH HIS WIFE .. on the day .. when PASSIONS were ruling high in his blood stream ... he feeds her the pakora ... yes he touched those beautiful lips .. had her in the circle of his arms ... & just as he finished feeding her the pakora .. he looks at her .. with a small nod .. message sent ...
Yea he had indulged one of the senses ... its said .. feeding ur partner is a beautiful foreplay .. a legitimate foreplay ... & today the Bhalla's indulged the foreplay once again ... This is their way of expressing intimacy & it started on the first day of their marriage
Kya Kaha Hai Chaand Ne, Jisako Sunake Chaandani
Har Lahar Pe Jhum Ke,
Kyon Ye Naachane Lagi
Chaahat Ka Hai Harasu Asar,
Phir Kyun Mujh Ko Lagata Hai Dar
He is standing looking for the CHAND ... he is hungry .. but his thots are on his wife .. each word which comes out is about his WIFE .. he thanks the lord that she did not fast .. else it would've cost her health .. he sits with his friends & says .. it's a commendable how women can indulge in this ritual ..
Mr. Raman Bhalla had it very bad that day ... each & every thot was about biwi ... he blushed .. he flushed .. he was teased mercilessly ... but in the end the words PERFECT PATI did him in .. he acknowledged he was doing a fast & that to for his wife .. did he use words .. no words were not needed that day .. the message to the 2 men sitting in front of him was clear ... RAMAN KUMAR BHALLA was DEEPLY .. IRREVOCABLY ... COMPLETELY in love with his RED HOT PUNJABAN patni .. ISHITA BHALLA ...
And only a pati who loves his wife completely , irrevocably , deeply .. can ever be a PERFECT PATI ... yea all a woman wants in a perfect pati is .. for him to love her ... that's what Ishita meant that day on the phone when she spoke to Bala & today .. Raman Bhalla showed himself as the PERFECT PATI ...
The blush .. the flush .. the anticipation fairly poured out of him .. he was so ready for the festivities to end ... he was so ready to be the knight in shining armor .. the one who stood in front of his wife .. he was so ready to be THE MAN for his wife ... He was ready to be her HERO today ...
He had finally delivered on every accusation she delivered in the middle of the road .. he cared .. he could commend .. he could well love ...
But passion had clouded the vision ...he pushed one out of his conscience ... I am not going to give u a character certificate ...
She is standing in her parents house ... with her two sisters ... the elder one comments on her husbands dedication towards her & her well being .. she says what LOVE ...
The younger one makes it known to her .. that he had observed the fast for her .. her health meant the world to him .. his devotion was complete ..
This gives her pause ... once again the heart which was desperate for LOVE ... flowered with renewed hope ... COULD SHE HAVE MELTED her RAAVAN KUMAR .. could the red hot passion In his gaze be LOVE blazing ... COULD she be so lucky as to have the love of the man she LOVED ... could she be so lucky as to have the DEVOTION of the man she was DEVOTED to ...
The heart beat a naughty tattoo .. wanting to desperately believe what was told to her ... desperately wanting some sort of validation ...
Tera mera pyaar amar ... phir kyun mujhko lagta hai dar ...
Kah Raha Hai Mera Dil, Ab Ye Raat Na Dhale
Khushiyon Ka Ye Silasila, Aise Hi Chala Chale
Tujhako Dekhun, Dekhun Jidhar,
Phir Kyun Mujh Ko Lagata Hai Dar
They stood in front of each other .. lost in the moment lost in each other .. his eyes caressed each part of her .. each part that was his ... he couldn't take his eyes away .. SONALI KOTNIS came to life once again .. she was his very own fantasy come to life ..
She stood with tears glistening in her eyes ... each drop which glistened her eye was a testament to her love .. an acknowledgement of his love ... She stood facing her HERO .. her own Knight in White ... her heart in her eyes
She starts to thank him ... thank him for his gesture only to be cut by him .. saying the moon is out .. he does not let her say the words ... he does not want her to say the words ... tonite was about passion for him ... his lady in red .. was really dancing in his sight .. tonight he was in no mood to talk .. he was in a mood to feel .. to make her feel .. to show ... tonite while one veil was lifted .. another was firmly pulled down ...
They parted for a moment ... but that moment created a distance of an abyss a distance which would take a lot to traverse .. a distance which was wrought with FIRE .. & a distance which to travel they will have to let go of their EGOS & their INSECURITIES ...
At that moment .. the heart which was dancing a tatooo ... BROKE .. the anticipation which had risen to FEVERISH levels got a douse of cold water .. all his dreams .. all his fantasies lay in a dark puddle of lies & deceit .. she had lied ... she was not talking to a patient but to MANI ...
The Heart which had just learnt to BEAT ... found a premature DEATH ...
Tera mera pyaar amar ... phir kyun mujhko lagta hai dar ...
The final rituals of karwa chauth were underway .. festivities strung from every corner of that vast terrace .. A glowing Ishita went about getting ready to complete the puja & open her husbands fast .. her smile one of pride .. her smile one of love .. her smile one of contentment .. she was in love .. & she wanted the world to know it ..
She did the rituals with utmost sincerity .. a promise to herself even if she had not fasted .. she would uphold the promise of the VRAT .. she would protect her husband against all odds ..
She puts adorns his forehead with vermillion .. she showers flower petals on him .. she does his aarti .. almost like she was preparing him for battle ... unbeknownst to her .. she was preparing him for the BIGGEST BATTLE OF HIS LIFE ... he had one of the toughest battles of his life coming up .. the battle to HOLD HER ...
Just as he is about to offer her water .. she stops him .. & says its m turn to offer u water .. this time it is you who have done this for me ... she offers him the sip of water .. but he refuses to take the piece of sweet from her ..
Flashback ... it was another vrat ... similar to the one being undertaken now .. she had fasted for him that day ... & he had given up his career for her that day .. his President ship which was something very very dear to him .. he sacrificed in a moment for her ...
Tonite he fasted for her ... her well being ... & today she was putting up in danger something which was MOST DEAR TO HER ... her INTEGRITY ... she had told him a countless times .. she did not LIE .. tonite to save him .. SHE LIED ..
That time she had to come in the end & gift him back his President ship ... this time lets see what Raman does to gift back Ishita's Integrity .. or will he gift it back to her ... my money is on these two figuring it out ...
Life did take a full circle for these two today .. need I say more on how this will end ... nope I guess not ...
Aasoon ka rishta aakhon se hota hai
Dil ko bhigota hai
Do alag alag dil ka ek samjhota hai
Teesre ki khatir hua hai ..
ek dusre se hai shikayatein .. phir bhi sunte hai yeh hai mohabbatein .
She Is in her room .. getting ready for bed ... but all her thots were on her man .. each & every thot dominated by the man of her dreams .. her knight in white .. she was overwhelmed by his gesture ... by his declaration of love ... cause was this not love ... ofcourse it was love .. what else would've made him do this for her ...
She vows to uphold the promise of the vrat .. when the man of her dreams walks in ...
Raman walks in ... leaving the DOOR TO THEIR ROOM WIDE OPEN ..
was there any other way for the maker to show us .. how deeply was RAMAN crushed today ... the man who just a couple of weeks back .. had decisively closed that door today left it WIDE OPEN .. the space was back .. the chasm was back ..
He sits on his desk .. when she comes up to him .. she whispers THANK u .. she talks about how his gesture had TOUCHED HER HEART ...
Just a couple of days back .. the same words brought a million watt smile on that rugged face .. today anger spread like wild fire on the face .. his face showed his anger & his eyes warred between tears & anger ... his lips scrunched together ... holding himself in ...
He refutes her claim .. he says he did not fast at all .. he tells her DON'T BUILD DREAMS ...
To me this was one of the most poignant moments of YHM till date .. the man who spent the whole morning dreaming .. within just a moment said ... DON'T BUILD DREAMS ... the heart had truly broken that moment ...
He tells her .. our relation was for RUHI ... & this was no 7 birth relation .. it was a relation which was for RUHI .. for just this birth .. next birth onwards he would figure himself out ...
A bow down to the Dialog writer of the show .. & the screenplay writer .. Ritu's take a bow girls .. what an amazing scene what an amazing dialog
What did he say ... this was the cry of the man ... this JANAM it was about RUHI .. he had settled his mind about that .. he was never going to be the MAN of her DREAMS in this BIRTH ... but next birth it would not be about RUHI .. that time it would be about HIM ...
FLASHBACK ...
Lets go back to their room when they have their talks about past .. she tells him ..she found love .. she found love & a reason to live .. & that love was RUHI ...
CUT TO ...
Tonite the heart which bled .. the heart which broke on that one innocent lie said .. this birth it is about RUHI .. this birth I was not first .. this birth I had no choice .. BUT NEXT ONE .. it will be about US ...
Could any other dialog have underlined Raman's total devastation better than this ,...could any other word .. describe a lost man better .. & could any dialog have conveyed .. how he let go with one word & HELD ON WITH ANOTHER WORD ...
Yes the final veil ... SIRF RUHI KE LIYE was for the last time USED ... this time when it is lifted .. it will never be between the couple .. TICK TOCK on the SIRF RUHI KE LIYE veil has started ...
He goes lays down on his bed .. & plunges the room in darkness ... darkness gives the blanket .. in light he would have to show .. darkness gave him a natural VEIL .. something to HIDE BEHIND ...
She stood there taking blow after blow ... this day had started with feverish aspirations for her .. the passion of his eyes .. the dark colour of the mehendi .. the circlet of heart around their names ... the teasing .. the fasting .. the way he fed her .. the way he held her .. the way he kept looking at her in the corridor .. all moments passed in front of her eyes .. each moment dropped like pearls of tears from her eyes .. it was like each moment was being washed away with the venom of his words ...
With leaden feet she walked towards the DOOR ... she shut the door firmly today ... in her heart he was MERE RAMAN .. her hand had their names entwined in a circlet of a heart .. for her .. she was In love .. she had nothing to hide but her broken heart & broken dreams ...
She stood hiding her face in the wardrobe ... crying for what she had lost ... she vows to stil help him even when he spouts venom at her .. she vows whether he wants it or not .. SHE WOULD NEVER ABANDON or LEAVE HIM ...
A note to the technical team ... the director really hit it out of the park tonite .. each & every scene was a masterpiece of interpretation of the written word .. each & every scene HIT the audience right in the heart ... The background score of aasoon ka rishta .. was so aptly placed .. it was amazing .. loved the way they show both wiping tears on dil ko bhigota hai ...
Tonite it's a firm BOW DOWN to the entire TEAM of YHM .. this was a very HAPPY DIWALI GIFT FROM THEM ...
There are a lot of pointers in this episode .. there are a lot of Ashok , Mihika & Shagun Toshi Mani Ruhi Romi Sarika in this episode ... while in the course of discussion on the thread I will visit each of this topic .. tonite I want to only dedicate this post to the POIGNANT ROMANCE OF TWO BROKEN SOULS ...
Gud nite ... catch u later ...
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THANK U TANNI FOR LETTING ME USE UR PICTURES .. THEY ARE REALLY A WONDERFUL DEPICTION OF THE EPISODE & ADD THAT CONNECT WITH THE WORDS I HAVE WRITTEN
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