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Very cute sis-bro bonding...Ruhi and Adi are chit-chatting after school hours...Apparently, Ruhi wants Adi to but Adi says he cant...Ruhi asked him whether they're putting up..he said they're staying at a hotel (didnt get the name)
MEANWHILE, Shagun came dressed up to receive Adi...Ruhi insisted she wanted to speak a few more minutes with Adi..even Adi insisted he wanted to speak to Ruhi another 5 minutes...Shagun cut them off and said "Maine tumhare liye milkshake aur pasta bhi banaya hai...ab chalo Adi" (Hotel mein woh KHANA BANA RAHI HAI?? Yeh kaunsa hotel hai bhai?)🤔
Mihir looks SOO GOOD YAAR! I guess the pag-pheras are done with and he's seated with the Bhallas' for dinner...he indulges in some casual banter with the Bhallas while feasting on the the food...Ishita somber and quiet and working away in the kitchen...he asked about Raman..."Bhai kahan hain"
"Navi jagah hai..., naye log hain, time toh lag hi jata hai"
Ishita got Rinki her sambar and served it ..Mihir could see that Ishita wasnt her normal cheery self...and thought of brightening the dull atmosphere in Bhalla House...he demanded his fav Aloo ka Paratha..
Ishita said - mujhe to acche se aata hi nai hai aloo ke paratha banana..
"Aloo ke parathon mein na woh halkasa Madrassi touch chahiye" Mihir insisted
"Theek hai..main sambar masale daalke aloo parathe bana dungi" Ishita FINALLY smiled slightly and went off to prepare the stuff...Toshi kept staring at Ishita, thinking IshRa are at loggerheads coz of Sarika! Realy? Sarika?? OLD HAG, its coz of YOU...Na tum 'GKC GKC' karti..aur na Raman lag jata Sarika ke peeche...use ghar laane ki ratt laga baithta...How MISGUIDED Toshi's opinions are!! Felt like strangling her...
Raman is back from office and is poring over some files..."Halwa rakha hai..kha lena" Ishita said before setting her makeshift bed for the night's sleep
"Munh phulane ki zaroorat nai hai Iishita...tumhen samajh seva karna hai, toh tum karo...mujhe Maa ke baare mein sochna hai...Romi ke baare mein socha hai...Main selfish hun...mujhe apne parivar ki khushi chahiye...bas"
"Shaadi ke baad toh Sarika bhi iss parivaar ka hissa hogi naa..toh kya uske baare mein na sochun?"
"Arey tumhen pareshani kya hai yaar?"
"Pareshani yeh hai ki logon ko sirf mujhse pareshaaniyan hoti rehti hain"
"Toh phir raho munh phulake" Raman retorted and pulled over the blanket over his head...turning away, pretending to sleep
Ishita and Raman turn away from each other...Ishita kept looking at his huddled frame from behind in the dark and an occasional sliver of moonlight streaming in through the window..cried silently, and kept looking at him...Was she waiting for him to look back at her and console her or something? No idea..but I felt so bad for her...Raman too hadnt slept a wink...but not ONCE did he turn..and finally, angry and hurt and feeling rejected, she turned hr back on him and fell off to sleep...Raman ko ITNI NARAAZGI KYUN HAI YAAR??! He is behaving like a complete moron. ...he just refuses to understand Ishita's POV (Which BTW is RIGHT)
THE OLD HAG WENT TO SARIKA... and begged her to marry Romi...Sarika asked her to go away...and that she wants nothing to do with Romi..."Iss shaadi ke liye maan jaa...gusse aur zidd mein tu aage ka nai soch rahi hai''
"Main tere haath jodti hun...tere pair padti hun" Saari hadein paar kar di Toshi ne...WOH ACTUALLY SARIKA KE PAIR BHI PAD GAYI
"Tu bhi ek aurat hai..tu bhi maa banne wali hai...toh kya main galat kar rahi hun?" Really?? So many months and your son's impotency results later, YOU REALIZE SARIKA'S A WOMAN TOO??
"Haalat hi kuch aise the...kuch samajh hi nai aa raha tha"
"Aage ki soch...apne baare mein, apne bacche ke baare mein"
"Hamare ghar ko apna le...saari zindagi tu izzat aur aaram ki zindagi paayegi..humein maaf kar de"
"Ek mauka de de humein" WHY SHOULD SHE, YOU VAMP??😡
Sarika looked like she was in a fix...Toshi forcefully hugged her, and tried to make amends wth her...Anyway, Sarika asked for meeting with Romi ONCE...Toshi ageed, gleefully...thinking all would be well after the meeting...
"Main...Romi se milkar hi decide karungi" Needless to say, I was APPALLED THINKING SHE WOULD get sucked into the Bhalla's selfish motives and double-standards the way Iishita did...
ISHU is waiting somewhere,I guess Ruhi's school...meets Vandu outside the school premises...she's looking tired...told she'd come to get Shravu's book..."tu Shravu ko pick kar legi? Mujhe thoda sa kaam hai"
Apparently, Bala and Akka have a lunch date...I LOVE THE SISTERS' BONDING!! AND I LOVE VANDU SO MUCH!! SHE LOOKS ADORABLE AND I NEVER FAIL TO SING HER PRAISES EVERY SINGLE TIME
While she's waiting there..she sees Adi walking out (I thought he'd left already with the vamp??) she asked him how he is ..."main theek hun...ishita aunty, main bas aapne yeh kehna chahta tha ki...Im sorry"
"Sorry kisliye?"
"Main bas aapse yehi kehna chahta hun ki uss din Mamma shayad thodi zyada irritated thi...warna Mamma waise bahut acchi hain" My, My!! Im SURPRISED to see Adi NOT making faces and/or hatching gruesome plans anymore...but since the time he;s shown a marked improvement in his behaviour, Ive always felt sorry for him...since HE seems to be taking care of his GREEDY PIG of a mother, than the OTHER WAY ROUND😔
Ishita asked him how he's be going back ...He told about some cab that has come to pick him up...Apparently, Shagun has a meeting with Raman...with the lawyer present and so, she's arranged for a cab to pick him up...In the meanwhile, Ruhi arrives and wants Adi to go home with her...since Ishima is planning to make something delicious back home...Adi hesitates for a bit, but then Ishita offers to drop him off...he agrees reluctantly
"Bina kisi matlab ke itna bada ehsaan kyun?" Raman taunted Shagun, when she told she didnt want to be a part of this draining custody case..and will instead go for an amicable settlement...
"Bina matlab ke toh tum chheenkti bhi nai ho...Munh kholo..aur bolo..kitne paise chahiye tumhen?
'4 LAKHS...EVERY MONTH" Raman looked like the walls had crumbled and given way to underground graves..."Kya hua? Haisiyat nai ha? But its not your fault...itni badi family jo hai tumhari..maa, baap, behe,n bhai...And you're the ONLY earning member...Toh main court mein yeh kahungi ki tumhare sar par ITNI RESPONSIBILITYES hai ki TUM aur resposibility sambhalne ke layak nai hun...ya phir tum court mein prove karo ki MAIN ek incompetent maa hun" Shagun taunted, confident she'd win the case like its her baayen haath ka khel
Vandu-Bala are out on a lunch date in a quaint little cafe...Vandu's hogging on ..Pizza!!Bala keeps tokofying her, ki yeh sab sehat ke liye accha hai hai...They look soo cute together when they talk these husband-wifey talks... "Cold drink kyun nai order ki hai tumne?" Vandu acted like a spoilt brat and I ASBSOLUTELY LOVED IT!! I love it when Bala pampers his wife ...
in the same cafe, Toshi's sitting with Romi, trying to hand him some last minute Pre-Meeting -With- Sarika tips..."kuch bhi ho jaye...tu aisa kuch bhi na kehna jisse baat aur bigad jaye" Romi kept nodding his dumb head like a typical Mamma's boy..IT;S SO CLEAR THEY'RE OUT TO TRAP THAT UNFORTUNATE LADY...Its all such a farce...and Toshi's such a HYPOCRITE😡
Sarika comes to meet Romi...they both look daggers at each other...Toshi offered her stuff to eat..She declined
"Mujhe jo chahiye...woh mujhe aap nai de sakti"
"Ki chahiye puttar..bata naa" Toshi looked like a mosquito who's drunk too much blood...
"Romi ko mujhse maafi maangi hogi"
"Im sorry" Romi looked at his feet, shifting in his seat and apologized off-handedly
"Aise nai...dhang se..." Toshi implored her son to give in to the pregnant woman's every demand
"Im sorry SARIKA...Mujhse bahut badi galti ho gayi"
"Aise nai...Ghutnon pe aake...kaan pakadke..haath jodke"
Romi gets agitated...Toshi tries to pacify him and restrains him before he could do some damage...
He held his ears and apologized like an overgrown child... "Mujhe pata hai ki main aapke layak nai hun...Im sorry...mujhe maaf kar do"
Vandu who's sitting there with Bala...witnesses all of this...through the glass doors that separate the two sections of the cafe ...but they OBVIOUSLY dunno who the girl is
Sarika's eyes well up with tears... "Khade ho jao"
"Aapko kya laga ...yeh mujhse maafi maang lega toh main ise shaadi kar lungi...itne bure din bhi nahin aaye mere"
"Par Puttar...tune hi toh kaha tha,' Toshi pleaded with her
'HAAN MAINE KAHA THA...Par maine yeh toh nahin kaha tha ki yeh maafi maang lega toh main isse shaadi kar lungi...8 maheenon tak intezaar kiya tha maine iss pal hai...aaj mil gaya"
"Ab mujhe aap logon mein koi interest nai hai" She stared at him long and hard...and one that looked VINDICATED...one last time, before turning on her heel and warning them not to stalk or try and contact her..else, she'll report the same to the police...
AWESOME MOVE SARIKA!!👏👏👏 AISE LOGON KO AISA HI CHAHIYE...For a split second during the Ttoshi-Sarika scene I became apprehensive that she too is soon to become a prey to the Bhallas on account of meaningless emotional blackmail...Im sure- had it been Ishita, she would DEFINITELY have cried buckets of tears and fallen for this shit...Sarika doesnt seem very forgiving or the type who will forget things so soon...and that serves a woman well in this harsh, male-dominated world! Lovely!! Hats off!! When she had been desperately trying to make the Bhallas understand her difficulty and get their support, and they turned their face away...and now, just because THEIR NEED is at stake, they've approached her...If the woman has managed it the last few months, Im sure she doesnt need these leftovers of the Bhallas' 'compassion' and 'concern' in the last few months...
Ruhi is very happy...jumping up and down on the back seat..she demands ice-cream...Ishita buys them both ice-cream...Adi first hestitated, and then took it sheepishly...and to try and make her more comfortable, Iishita tolD Adi Ruhi was really quick at slurping off ice-creams...
Bot the kids have a challenge on who can eat ice-cream fastest... Ishita marked the changes in Adi...and becomes certain that with a little care and love, Adi would turn out to be an adorable kid...And I Agree!! See...THIS IS WHAT THE CVs SHOULD'VE DONE MONTHS AGO...Instead of sketching Adi's character in a criminal way that makes the audience hate him, they could've shown how soo many kids like him end up becoming PARENTS to their divorcing/divorced parents...and grow up faster than usual...real issues...instead of showing how a vulnerable 12 yr old hatches plans for his vamp mother and his dad to get to SLEEP TOGETHER...pushing aside his father's CURRENT WIFE...
Raman is discussing his transactions with someone over the phone...Ishita came in and threw a sideways glance at him
Ishita asked him, "Shagun ke saath meeting kaisi thi?" He didnt say a thing
"Main school mein Adi se mili thi...woh mujhse sorry keh raha tha, Shagun ki taraf se...Maine samjhaya use ki issmein uski koi galti nai hai...lekin woh Shagun ki kiye se guilty feel kar raha tha"
Raman didnt reply...kept listening to it all without reacting.. "Mujhe pata hai aap bahut busy hain...mujhe bas laga ki aapko yeh baat batani chahiye isliye bata rahi hun" With this, she turned on her heel huffily..clearly, Raman AB BHI Tashan dikhane ke mood mein hai
"Main jaanta hun..Adi badal raha hai...isliye hi toh main uske liye itna lad raha hun...mujhe kisi bhi haalat mein mujhe apna beta chahiye...aur iske liye main kisi bhi hadd tak jaa sakta hun" he thinks aloud...
Kisi bhi hadd tak?? Like, even trading Ruhi with your Son?? And giving her off to the bitch because you cant live without your son?? (If the OLVs and other spoilers are to be believed)
PRECAP - "Bonds ke mutaabik har maheene ki pehli tareekh ko tumhen main 4 lakh rupaye dunga...aur Adi ki full custody ab se MERE PAAS HOGI...Kya hua? Yehi toh chahti thi naa tum?" Raman flaunted it in her face
Shagun looked like she just got hit by a truck...disbelief and shock coursed thru her...
Raman, Ruhi and Ishita are all leaning casually on the SAME BED...Ruhi sitting in between...she is playing with Raman and pulling his cheeks, "Aapke gaal kitne soft hain" Raman and Ishita stare at each other...What's the use?? Ishita's already pulled your cheeks, we're waiting for bigger bombs to drop...and anyway, before that, it would do to first change RKB BACK to his original self, who had a sense of right and wrong and didnt buy into patriarchal crap
Shagun is standing in the balcony of the hotel and swearing to herself that she'll DESTROY Raman...Wonder if Adi could hear any of it??? And finally, KYA LENGE SHAGUN KO PERMANENTLY YHM SE NIKAALNE KAA???😒
P.S. Toshi doesnt want to spend the rest of her days ensuring all her kids have settled down ..she just wants a GKC to play with, now that it seems Adi might not be home soon/EVER...I'd like to see her reaction towards Sarika AFTER ADI GETS BACK HOME...What would she do???
P.S. Romi, just when I started liking you more as a character, you seem to be slipping way down in our eyes...Stop being a Mamma's boy and learn to OWN UP...Because you FEEL LIKE IT...Not because your boy-crazy Mom's forcing you to!!😡
P.S. I love Sarika's courage...and sense of self-respect...no matter what the difficulties, she isnt willing to be treated like a doormat...how nice it would be to see Ishita act like,for once...and REFUSE to be taken for granted...say NO when it needs to be said!
Mangal Lakshmi
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
