A Song Medley for Soulmates & Sacrificial Lambs

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Angie

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Posted: 11 years ago

Friends, the second edition was going to be the Story of Sacrificial Lambs. Butdue to shortage of time, I have a mini Edition 2: A Medley for Soulmates & Sacrificial Lambs. Since this is going to be story going forward, more will be written in detail about this in coming week/weeks.

For now, the following medley of HIndi songs describes the journey of soulmates and sacrificial lambs.

Soulmates: Cinderella (Sarita the rag queen), Fairy Godmother (Divya the divine).

Alternate names are Siren for Sarita and Penelope for Divya

Sacrificial Lambs: Ramanujan (Gaurav the nerdy mathematician) & Rajkumar (Raj the sullen prince). Alternate names for Rajkumar is Odysseus

So before soulmates became soulmates and normal ones became bali ka bakras, this is how it started.

Part I

Part I

The Fairy Godmother and Rajkumar - She is crazy about Rajkumar and Rajkumar has fallen under her spell even though is pessimistic by nature. So she is singing this from the movie "Hero".

Tu mera jaanu hai, tu mera dilbar hai,

meri prem kahani ka tu hero hai

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1JpjvwNHzg&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/YOUTUBE]

Part 2

Fairy leaves Rajkumar and he remains broken-hearted for 10 years. So for last 10 years, he is roaming streets of Bhopal to look for scraps and junk and singing the following song.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pax5xLX6aNU&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/YOUTUBE]

Part 3

Cinderalla doesn't care that Rajkumar had fairy in his life and wants him for herself. Her loving papa bribes Rajkumar's missing father and Rajkumar becomes the bali ka bakra. So he marries her and has a selective memory loss and gets partial vision loss. So he has forgotten that Cinderalla is his roommate. Also, he can't see Cinderalla living in his room as he becomes blind when Cinderalla comes in his line of vision. Also Cinderalla's other job is being a part-time siren. A siren used to make guys forget everything. Here this siren/Cinderalla makes him forget her and the rest of his family especially Dadi and Shiela.

So Cinderalla is singing this song for Rajkumar for last 10 years. But Rajkumar has become Odysseus who has put cotton in his ears to block siren's call. He resists her dance (striptease) because he has vowed to be faithful to his "wife" Penelope (Fairy Godmother).

But siren is undeterred and keeps on singing this song to Rajkumar, while doing her special "Striptease" dance.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mug-mEuq9s&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/YOUTUBE]

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Part 4

Cinderalla is now desperate as despite the help of mice (Dadi) and feather brain (Shiela), she is unable to get Rajkumar. So she in her desperation calls for fairy. Fairy listens to her and comes running. But meanwhile, she collides with Ramanujan while waiting for Rajkumar. Ramanujan falls for fairy and becomes love struck puppy. So he starts singing to fairy the following song from the movie "Safar".

"jo tumko ho pasand vahi baat kahenge,

tum agar mandap se utho toh Cinderalla ke ghar saath chalenge"

Note to Readers: In the movie, the heroine marries the second lead because she cannot be with the hero. The second lead commits suicide after singing this song and finding out that he is a substitute. Poor Ramanujan

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3CLZZM3BRk&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/YOUTUBE]

Part 5: Meeting of Soulmates

Just as Ramanujan is about to live happily ever after with the fairy, comes the true soulmate Cinderalla and fairy falls for her deeply. So Cinderalla and Fairy start singing:

Hum bane tum bane ek duje ke liye

Cinderalla is Kamal Haasan and Fairy is Rati who is trying to convince Cinderalla of their janam-janam ka connection. In the end, Cinderalla is convinced.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9_mV-aJ1SA&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/YOUTUBE]

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Angie

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Part 6: Making of Sacrificial Lambs (Bali ka Bakras)

So both Ramanujan and Rajkumar becomes bali ka bakra after the meeting of soulmates. So they join together as Rajkumar is an expert in dwelling in his misery. Ramanujan is a calm personality but he too decides to become miserable.

So they both start singing the following song from "Victoria 203"

Do bechare bina sahare.

Here the lock is Fairy's heart and both want a key to her heart. Ramanujan is Ashok Kumar and Rajkumar is Pran in the song.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2WxLF4LDgg&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/YOUTUBE]

Precap (Upcoming Editions):

The Story of Sacrificial Lambs (Kahani bali ke bakron ki)

Rajkumar & Paavani - the Pavitra Palang

Pari's (Divya) boon to Tragedy Queen Meena Kumari (Sarita)

Edited by Angie12 - 11 years ago

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misti73

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Posted: 11 years ago

😆 Angie I liked the ending the best...specially the last song is priceless. By the way if this is your mini version, what would have been the full version of your fairy tale.😳😉

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Angie

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Originally posted by: misti73
😆 Angie I liked the ending the best...specially the last song is priceless. By the way if this is your mini version, what would have been the full version of your fairy tale.😳😉

Misti, thanks. Yes, I can picture Rajkumar and Ramanujan both going in bewilderment from one corner to another. I have to say that Pran/Ashok Kumar were hilarious in this movie.

My version is a function of words. When I started writing this post, I was planning to write one liners for each part and then was planning to post the song. But you know me and my resolution to write short. However, if you count words, it is still short by my standards.😉😆

Oh, just to add I may use your Rip Van Winkle reference for Dadi for one of my edition if I feel like writing about boring dadi. Today too Dadi went to sleep promptly. But she was more tolerable without her bland boring side kick Shiela.

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Mirela

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Posted: 11 years ago

Admire ur creativity, are u planning to write a book for us here ?! 😆

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ekta15

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Posted: 11 years ago

Nice sense of humour :))

At least feel relief after seeing such a story .I don't know how can one write such tracks.

I don'tknow what they trying to show. Now am not supporting Divya at all. Initially she left Raj .I whole-heartedly accepted but now Gaurav. I know she is feeling guilty ,I agree. But Why she is asking permission from sarita to make understand raj that is the most illogical thing for me. I mean if sarita had not called then she would have married and wen with gaurav .And raj - then she didn't feel the need to make him understand and have a closure ,to give him some peace or relief. I'm not supporting Raj fully,I'm not saying that he is fully right.I'm just saying from Divya's POV. Shouldn't she have gone to talk to him even after haldi ceremony when she got to know that he is still living in the past moments and is in pain.

But what i actually think is story is being written ,every dialogue every part just according to sarita's POV .Just sarita's story . I have lost all the interest .Just reading the WU , am feeling angry .How can Divya leave marriage in between for sarita .Just thinking about sarita and sarita : after that haldi ceremony ,during mehendi ,during getting ready ,during marriage .so pathetic .Not once she thought about Raj how he is.Does she love raj or saita ?? Seriosly get Divya married to Sarita .A great PV it will be , Long lasting.

EDIT : sorry Angie!! I lashed out my irritation in your post .

Edited by ekta-avinafan - 11 years ago

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neerjashingla

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Posted: 11 years ago

Angie , always liked your comments , but your fairy tale with songs is something else . Quite hilarious and your song selection is great .

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Angie

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: Myra.nelly
Admire ur creativity, are u planning to write a book for us here ?! 😆

Myra, thanks. No I am not planning to write a book. But few animate and inanimate characters in the show are making me interested.

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Angie

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Originally posted by: ekta-avinafan
Nice sense of humour :))
At least feel relief after seeing such a story .I don't know how can one write such tracks.
I don'tknow what they trying to show. Now am not supporting Divya at all. Initially she left Raj .I whole-heartedly accepted but now Gaurav. I know she is feeling guilty ,I agree. But Why she is asking permission from sarita to make understand raj that is the most illogical thing for me. I mean if sarita had not called then she would have married and wen with gaurav .And raj - then she didn't feel the need to make him understand and have a closure ,to give him some peace or relief. I'm not supporting Raj fully,I'm not saying that he is fully right.I'm just saying from Divya's POV. Shouldn't she have gone to talk to him even after haldi ceremony when she got to know that he is still living in the past moments and is in pain.

But what i actually think is story is being written ,every dialogue every part just according to sarita's POV .Just sarita's story . I have lost all the interest .Just reading the WU , am feeling angry .How can Divya leave marriage in between for sarita .Just thinking about sarita and sarita : after that haldi ceremony ,during mehendi ,during getting ready ,during marriage .so pathetic .Not once she thought about Raj how he is.Does she love raj or saita ?? Seriosly get Divya married to Sarita .A great PV it will be , Long lasting.

EDIT : sorry Angie!! I lashed out my irritation in your post .

Ekta, no problem with your lashing out. I no longer get irritated at soaps after my last experience with Hindi soaps or maybe Misti/Myra's attitude has rubbed on me. This is going to be nature of the soaps to exaggerate characters.

I understand to an extent that Divya is feeling guilty. She has been shown to be a generous person who puts others before her. Everything is happening too soon for her. She came back to Bhopal after putting her life on hold for 10 years only to have her illusions broken. Then she gets engaged to make her family feel better, but is being pressured to marry within a week even though she is not ready in her heart. Then she finds out that her idol Raj for whom she has intense love, gratitude and respect has stopped in his life and has actually destroyed his life. Then soon after she is confronted by his wife who puts all the blame for everything gone wrong in her life on Divya. So there is no time for Divya to process her feelings and there is nobody to confide.

Gaurav is the one who is slowly becoming her confidant because he has shown her so much understanding so far. In some sense, she has also started trusting him because he has shown her that he has a lot of love and patience where she is concerned.

Divya is a very impulsive person who makes instant judgments and takes instant actions. She thinks she knows Raj very well, but she misjudged his hurt when she left him. She is not ready for marriage, but is desperately trying to move on. Also, more than likely she is going for Raj only because she want him to be happy in his life and with his choices.

The problem is the way they are executing the story where in order to make one Sarita extremely sympathetic to audience, they have neglected to show Divya and Raj's viewpoint. For example, they are showing Sarita's pain and they showed her pain at seeing Raj like this. But they only showed a minute of broken Divya when she realized that Raj stopped somewhere in his life. Since meeting with Sarita, they are not showing her pain that he too waited for her in a way (however convoluted) for 10 years. They are so obsessed with their theme of a girl helping her lover's spouse and making her lover fall for the spouse, they are in process making Divya come across as an unreasonable character.

So far everything is in precap. But I will make my judgment in how they show Divya today with Gaurav. Does she apologize to him and make him understand her actions? I just hope they concentrate on Divya today rather than only drama. I want to see emotions of these three characters - Raj, Gaurav and Divya. So far in three weeks, they have only concentrated on showing emotions of Sarita. But my sympathy for her is getting shorter and shorter as instead of a character who has been wronged (and she has been), she is coming across as a clingy, selfish character to me.

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