Originally posted by: tptwi
Thank you for the tag, Nethra!
The modak scene to me was one of the most beautiful moments we have seen in the birthday track thus far. Virat's expressions were so precious, and Sai's squeal when she found out he made them was just too cute. It is magical to see how deeply Virat understands Sai's love for her abba, and he has truly gone above and beyond to make sure that she does not feel his absence today. It was particularly touching when he said that he wishes he could have had a chance to taste abba's modaks too. All of this being said, I agree with you completely about the body doubles...they really majorly take away from the scene. Neil's body double was being used through the entire episode at the dining table...it was really noticeable because the BD is way shorter than Neil. To me, it was most apparent during the ashirwaad scene. It bothered me how the BD's hand barely touched Sai's head...the editing was horrible as usual, and the entire scene just looked choppy. Other than that, I found the ashirwaad scene to be quite touching from Sai's perspective...she was completely overcome by emotions and wanted to not just show her gratitude towards Virat, but also wanted his love in the form of his blessing. Often times I find it weird when a wife touches her husband's feet, but I found this moment to be quite beautiful...what did bother me though, was that Virat's response sounded a little bit too fatherly for my liking. Nothing will ever compare to the college admission ashirwaad scene, though, in my opinion. That scene still gives me chills to this day.
I felt differently about the himmat dialogue by Pakhi. To be honest, I was kind of disgusted by it. I was also shocked, like you, that no one from the entire family questioned her. She has no respect for anyone, and it was very vile for her to say that under these circumstances. I think you know by now that I will never have any sympathy for this woman. She needs to get over her Virat obsession....this dialogue was just another jab on her part to SaiRat's relationship. And, who is she to talk about himmat? She is a coward, a lier, and a manipulator. She is the last person who should be questioning anyone's character. I loved Virat's response...in fact, I loved every single thing he said to her yesterday. He is completely over her antics, tamashas, and taunts.
Really interesting take about Kaku. I definitely agree with you in that I don't think that she has had a change of heart towards Sai at all. She will go back to taunting her and speaking poorly about her, as we could tell in the precap with her trying to instigate Virat regarding Ajinkya. But, I do think that a part of her is definitely melting towards Sai. I don't know if it was just me, but she looked in awe of Sai (maybe that language is too strong) when she went and asked for Virat's ashirwaad. To me, it seemed like a moment in which she saw how much Sai respects and values him, which made at least a part of her happy. I'm not sure if she served the food to retain her power or not, because I actually found her interaction with Sai during that scene to be quite cute. She had already made up her mind about Sai from the day she entered the house, so I think this was just a brief moment where she was able to see Sai for who she really is rather than her own misconceptions of her.
However, one this is for sure. Like you have said, at this point, everyone in the family knows that nothing matters for Virat more than Sai. They know that he will go to the ends of the earth for her, to defend her, to protect her. It is going to be extremely hard to watch the upcoming track after all of this, but I'm just clinging on to some hope that the makers will remember that Virat is not Rono. A kaand is bound to happen, and Virat's emotionally impulsive side is bound to come out. But, he really needs to stop short of crossing the line 😭