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"O Ke Bhalla ji??Awaaron ki tarah inne raat ko e ki planning kar rahe ho?" Toshi ji and Amma meet Appa and Bhalla ji outside...they discuss how Ishita had invited the whole family last time, and so...this time around...they need to make sure IshRa get solid privacy to spend the V-Day together...
Bhalla Ji has booked a HONEYMOON suite for IshRa..and so the plan is, the Bhallas and Iyers shall pretend to IGNORE IshRa...and make all the arrangements in the background...and get them both to spend their day together...Im sure they're expecting their son and bahu to make GOOD USE of the suite...and so ARE WE😛
The morning of V-Day begins with IshRa fighting over Tauliya Lao, Tauliya Rakho ...(straight from the movie Hum Tum)...they have a concocted spat with each other...refuse to have breakfast and pretend to the Bhallas they aren't in a mood to even see each other...and then...as Ishita was leaving for the clinic, she turned to look at Raman...and gave him one of her NAUGHTIEST COYEST look till date...that grinning and biting-the-finger look and that mischievous glint in her eye...which silently Hi-fived with her husband, over THEIR secret plan...Wow...
But the way Raman turned slightly...to look at her...like...JUST STARE at her intensely...like he was making love to her in his mind that time...Wow...He is JUST so GOOD-LOOKING...and am sure, a GREAT LOVER too, in real life KP doesnt even need to SAY anything...he can look at you...bite his lip just a little bit...part his lips till his dimples make a dent on his cheek..and Bas...You're DEAD!
Ishita's come back to get her lunchbox...when Tosji ji tells she wants a lift till Pammi's house...She also wants Ishita to come back early from her clinic..."Mummy aaj toh POSSIBLE hi nahin hai...Aaj toh itne saare back-to-back appointments hain mere"...Im sure Toshi ji's acting per plan...and seems a little disappointed that her Bahu flat-out rejected her request...
"Yaar Pammi ke ghar toh jana hi nai si" LOL...Toshi ji muttered to herself once Ishita dropped her off at Pammi Aunty's flat...So Toshi ji took a free ride for NOTHING??😛
Ishita gettting all her appointments post 6pm, cancelled...Itni baar Dr.Batra ka naam liya hai ..aaj toh DEKH BHI LIYA...Ishita tells him she wants the ref. of a reputed Int. Designer to get her husband's cabin RE-DECORATED...Dr.Batra hands her over a Business card and wishes her for the day...I found Ishita's 'surprise' quite practical...and thoughtful...and V V intimate...to do up the place your husband visits atleast 12 hours out of 24 in a day...is a smart way of ensuring he NEVER forgets you😉
WHO WAS THIS BADLY-ACCENTED LOUD MAKE-UP WALI FEMALE DRESSED IN AN OUTDATED FASHION, in Raman's office??
She hands him out a sheet of paper...and there's something written on it which OBVIOUSLY has Raman Kuma smiling and blushing and thinking and grinning...I have NO IDEA what it is...Had this woman not be dressed in such a tawdry avtar, I might've taken her to be Raman's doctor friend, who's handing him out Ishita's medical reports or something...miraculously, with Positive, written on it...I know my mind's running off in an over-imaginative sphere...but I almost wanted it to be Ishita's pregnancy test reports...and if they ARE, by ANY frickin' chance, then Raman is right.."YEH AAJ KE DIN KA SABSE BADA GIFT HOGA"...☺️
Message from Ishita "Shaam 7 baje, Orchid Hotel" Orchid Rooftop restaurant apparently, has been booked for the duo...I love it when ALL the family members gang up to make THEIR special day, SPECIAL...Mihir has also been informed of the developments and walks towards Raman's cabin to inform him of the venue...He sees Raman, reading out the message he's SUPPOSEDLY got from Ishita...and Mihir is confident that Raman's been updated with the necessities
Amma's called Ishita up, at the clinic..and trying to ask her to get home early...Ishita told her it isnt possible...since there are too many appointments lined up for the day...While Amma's on the line, Ishita gets a call from the Hotel (I guess) confirming her appointment for the day...7 Baje..Orchid Restaurant...Amma hears this and is happy...that Ishita has been informed of the venue...Excited...IshRa will eventually FIND each other there..and have a ball of a time, she cuts the call..
Ishia's Int.Designer Sonia was WAYYY better than Raman's Chinki-Pinki friend...BUT...when she started talking an Oscar-worthy actress and a wannabe fashionista...I was like, Yeah yeah...kitna bologi? Aur yeh KYA Bol rahi ho?? Ishita tells her she wants to surprise her husband...asks her about her work profile...even asks her for some 'work samples'...Sonia says she could send some of her 'Work Videos' for reference...and seems OVERTLY SURPRISED...and praises Iishita as being very broad-minded...Poor, naive Ishu tells her "Main unki wife hun...main unki zarooraton ka khayaal nahin rakhungi toh kaun rakhega?"🤣
Ishita goes AS far as saying, "Zara dhyaan rakhiyega...kyunki mere pati ka dhyaan naa bahut jaldi bhatakta hai'
Sonia the so-called interior designer responded, at her seductive best, "Dont worry, Mrs. Bhalla...mere kaam se kisi ki nazar hi nahin hat ti"🤣
"Wife apne husband ke liye BELLY PERFORMANCE karwa rahi hai? Kya ho gaya hai India ko?" Sonia is BEWILDERED...AND WELL...FLUMMOXED...just as we are...WHAT BELLY-DANCE performance? The Bhallas only booked the suite...but did they take Dr.Batra under their wing and ask him to do a bit of mix-up to be served to their son as a surprise??
Ruhi looked like a DOLL...like Barbie in flesh and a bright baby pink top and a swishy pony and a half-toothed smile...
Raman SHAVED...Finally...I had FORGOTTEN what he looked like...in his usual sleek, clean-shaven avtar.."Suite on 4th Floor...Room No. 401..." is what the receptionist tells him at Orchid Hotel.. Main barbaad ho gayi uski HOTNESS dekh ke yaar! Dressed in a grey suit and a crisp white shirt and a black waistcoat and a sexy black tie, clean-shaven, and prolly the ONLY man who can pull off pink cheeks in a way NO MAN CAN...He strode up excitedly to the designated room...Im soo JEALOUS of ALL the women who get to interact with him on a daily basis...Im sure ALL his so-called female friends are just Secret Admirers in the garb of being 'Just Friends'...he's CHARISMATIC...and KISSABLE...every bit of him..🤪
Why have the Iyers/Bhallas invited ADI to IshRa valentine's date?? WHY? I mean okay, HE doesnt know its his father's wedding anniversary with his current wife, but WHY would the seniors want to spoil the romance and love and all the warmth of this special occasion? Anyway, Shagun's ventured to take Adi out to have Chinese...so Adi informs the others he'd go with Shagun Mamma and that they can leave for the restaurant...I HOPE the mother-son duo DO NOT end up in the same restaurant as the Bhallas/Iyers and IshRa...
Madhvi Iyer's dressed in her usual Kanjivaram and added a fair bit of gold to her zing...Ruhi is dressed in a red lacy dress and spruced it up with a white blazer...Rinki looked GORGEOUS...in a full-sleeved flimsy floral printed top and red palazzos...They are all headed to the Chinese resto at Orchid's...planning to surprise the 'fighting duo' once they've met at the appointed venue : Honeymoon Suite
Raman's pouring champagne into those sleek and sexy wine glasses muttering happily to himself, "Ab Madrassan itna BOLD ho gayi hai, toh shayad DARU bhi pee le" He's talkin about Daru?? I CLEARLY had other things on my mind😛
In the meanwhile, Ishita's reminded him to be at the venue, at the appointed time...and smiling all pretty and excited, thinking how HAPPY he'd be to see HER at the suite sometime soon..."MAIN hun aapki surprise Raman..MAIN hun"
While Raman's pouring out champagne (I'd like to believe it was CHAMPAGNE), he gets a call from the receptionist, that some "Young Lady is there to meet him"
"Arrey...aisa kya kar diya Madrassan ne ki ab Young lady ban gayi hai...pehchaan mein hi nahin aa rahi hai" or soemthing like that...Excited, and some masculine Caveman aura pumping through his body, he strides the distance to the door in two big steps and opens the door with "Welcome, Young Lady"
"Hi...Mr. Raman BHalla?" A weirdly-dressed 'Young Lady' in a knee-length trench-coat and a yellowish scarf tied around her neck, greets Raman at the door
"Woh...MAIN HUN...Aap" This is NOT the 'Young Lady' Raman was expecting to see at the door😛
Its the SAME woman Ishita had had a talk with over the phone, for getting some sexy elegant int. decoration done for her husband's office cabin...While Sonia tattles off that his wife Ishita Bhalla has sent her to give him a 'Surprise'...Raman stammers and stutters, looking cornered and stricken...she takes off the coat to reveal the skimpy navel-baring choli-like thing she's wearing...and a low yet firmly gripping magenta-ish harem pants at the waist...she's wearing bright baby pink lipstick...and a mini-chandelier seems to be hanging at her neck, clutching glittery and shimmery at the throat...
"Arrey...aap apne KAPDE KYUN UTAAR RAHI HAIN?" Raman is BEWILDERED NOW...thinking, why his wife would plan such a 'surprise' for him at all...
"Aap Mr. Raman Bhalla hi hain naa?" She asks, very Professor-like, tilting her head to a side, and making, slow, measured moves towards Raman
"Many many congratulations for your Wedding Anniversary"
Raman keeps backing up to the elaborate swanky bed, fixing his blazer and adjusting his tie...she asks him to relax..."Arrey meri biwi aa jayegi...shaadi ki saalgira mein tum talaaq karwa ke chhodogi kya" Raman pleads with her🤣
"Toh kya hua? Aap meri performance toh dekhiye"
'PERFORMANCE? KAISA PERFORMANCE?' By now, Raman is ready to flee the suite clutching at his coattails for support...🤣
Ishita's dressed in a turquoise saree with a full-sleeved white blouse (or was it the other way round??) and chunky white earrings and hair tied very low in a loose pony, with few strands of hair strewn around the edges of her ears...No, Im not going to say she's pretty and beautiful and elegant and looks like a bomb and is more Goddess-like than Aphrodite herself...but YES...Im going to say - that Sharad Malhotra is ONE lucky guy to have DT in his life...and Karan Patel could AFFORD to get lucky too...if he thought once of taking the onscreen romance OFFSCREEN as well...
As she's getting ready to leave the clinic..the receptionist catches hold of her and chipkaoes her to a emergency case...Since Mr. Batra had enuff sense to refer a good int. designer to Ishita but NOT ENUFF SENSE to leave emergency patients at her mercy, Ishita melted and decided she'll look into it...
How stupid was the conversation! Kindly looking at the kid, standing in front of her, with a palm to his jaws (atleast he could've SCREAMED to prove he was in pain) Ishita asked the receptionist, "Kya hua hai inhe?" 'Ma'am bahut PAIN hai"...OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN IN THE TEETH...WHY ELSE WOULD YOU CALL IT AN EMERGENCY CASE??Would you call it an emergency case, had it just been a stained-teeth cleaning routine thingy?? Ufff...Anyway, ishita messaged Raman that there's an emergency at the clinic, and she'l be late...
PRECAP - Raman's stuffing his frontside with pillows, acting as barricades for any possible attack ensuing from the Belly-dance woman's moves...That was HILARIOUS "Dekhiye...aap aage mat aayiye...jo bhi performance dikhana hai..wahin se dikhayiye naa" he stutters :p
Ishita reaches the hotel and asks for Mr. Raman Bhalla...the receptionist there informs her, there's a SUITE already booked in his name..She's SURPRISED...thinking, "Wow...suite and all huh? Not bad...Mr. Bhalla"
Im just waiting for how the threesome is going to pan out in the suite..and how BIG Ishita's eyes get when she sees the brightly-dressed Sonia jiggle her hips to some African beat SCARING THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF HER HUSBAND🤣
P.S. I cannot decide WHO looks better...Ishita..or Raman...Dressed in their classic attires ..they've given a new meaning to simplicity...No show, No Flair...and YET...we have eyes ONLY for this stupendously paired couple...And since yesterday, they've been having their DivAn moments...Such palpable chemistry...How CAN they NOT fall for each other?? HOW??
P.S. The way IshRa tried to hide the fact that they've planned something in secret...and the Bhallas hid the fact that they REMEMBER the anniversary date AND have planned something ON THEIR BEHALF, in secret, reminded me of an episode from the sitcom Friends...the moment when Monica and Chandler try to hide their newfound love and their action between the sheets...and the others got a whiff of it and decided to play THEIR game and beat them to it...As Phobe said, "They Dont know WE KNOW THEY KNOW WE KNOW"🤣
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