"Barati nach nach ke bawra ho rahe he par dulha aur dulhe ka baap ka ata pata nahi he" this line pretty much sums up this episode in a funny way. Dulha is busy with his potential girlfriend and dulhe ka baap with his ex-wife while the evil stepmother is planning to get Dulha another dulhan belonging from their posh society but having conservative ideals to match the Saberwals. I don't know if the latter part is true. It's just my guess.
Looks like everytime I feel bad about the character inconsistencies, they give me an episode that covers up for it. I am talking about Aastha here. I critiqued her the last two days. Today she made me praise her. Let's start with the reviews:
Anokhi: "shikayat mein bhi pyaar hota hain, Shaan" Aastha's line aptly summarizes Anokhi's current feelings for Shaurya. She complains because she expects and she expects because she trusts him. She considers him someone who is her own. I don't know if it because he helped her during the ragging case, riots, cheating or kidnapping track or because he is merely her favorite teacher's son. No students have so so much expectation from a teacher and I am saying it in a good way. During the riots track, we first saw how much she expects from him. Ahir was there. He could have saved her. But she wanted Shaurya there. Why? Even now we see her kidding with him, taunting him, asking promises, laughing with him. "Apna ego aur gussa idhar hi chor ke jaiye" no one would dare say this to a teacher. If Shaurya has crossed the line, she too did. "Shayad usse khud pata nahi ki vo kya feel karti hain" Must say she is a dumbo in this case. She didn't understand Shaurya's advances, I don't expect her to realize her own feelings so soon. I also liked how she said Thank you and Sorry. I am glad CVs didn't forget her share of mistakes and made her apologize for that. Normally, in ITV the ML's faults are so obvious that the audience tends to forget the FL's faults and never make them say sorry. This was a nice change. Oh! We got a new name for Shaurya. PS. Don't misunderstand. It doesn't mean Please See. It means Professor Shaurya. Abhi tak bechara Anokhi ka professor hi bana raha.
Shaurya: Thanks for making it clear that they were using a GPS. GPS do show wrong route sometimes, so I will give it a pass. In his first scene with Anokhi, he made it clear that he would have helped any person during the goon track and any student in the rustication track. Anokhi's expressions made me feel she will start loving him for this nature of his only. I am glad he controlled his anger on Anokhi today. Part of the reason was that he didn't want her to jump out of his car or go back to Kapurthala, but I am okay as long as his intentions are good. Anokhi was hurling taunts at him one after another. A teacher at this point would definitely feel disrespected and if the teacher is like Shaurya, he would lash out at her. Man is being patient and I appreciate it. Being an impatient person myself, I know how hard it is. Also considering the fact that they lost their way and he was under a lot of stress. "Itna bhi sorry mat boliye sir ki uske mayne hi badal jaye" I think a lot of people IRL tend to do this. I don't know about Shaurya in that scene. He says he doesn't say sorry unless he really means it. So I trust him. I mean I have to? By the way, his reactions to PS and all other taunts of hers were so cute. The cutest was this, "Sabkuch akele hi ka gayu muje pucha bhi nahi" when she was munching on his "interesting khana" without offering them to him. The promises he made Anokhi say were nice. The promise Anokhi made him do was more meaningful. Finally, someone other than Aastha said she has a bright future and he wants her to succeed. If he manages to not mess up and support her this way, he can truly redempt.
Shaan: I loved his confidence. Wish he showed the same confidence 25 years ago. Life and Shaurya would be better. At least he has buckled up and now wants to reform their relationship. I thought he would propose and remarry Aastha. He demanded friendship. Still a step ahead of Shaurya. He has improved as a husband, but not a father. "Shaurya mera beta hain aur main use ache se janta hu" My foot! Aastha can see the budding love in him despite being away for 25 years but Shaan can't? "Shaurya kisise Pyaar nahi karsakta" I can't believe he doesn't trust his own son yet expects the latter to respect him and his wife. He needs to understand that Shaurya in love will be different than Shaan in love. He fought for her against Tej-Devi for Anokhi, a student. We can imagine what he will do for a wife/girlfriend he loves. Having said that, I appreciate his intentions. He doesn't want his son to end up like him or Anokhi to be thrown out like Aastha was.
Aastha: Yay! Happy about her today. She asked why Shaurya didn't marry yet. She also notices the budding feelings in his heart. That removes my complaints from her over the last two days. Still, I expected a better reaction when he jumped in front of the car. Also, today when she said "Apne bete aur parivaar ki shikayat door karo," I didn't like it. He is your son too, ma'am? In any other context, I would take this lightly. People do say "tumhara beta" or "tumhari beti" but the context and disdain it was spoken with did not impress me. I observed when she talked about ShaKhi relationship, she was mostly speaking in Shaurya's favor. Shaan rather spoke in Anokhi's favor. She knows what it is to be a Saberwal bahu. Does she want her student to go through all that? Maybe she trusts her son more. I feel if they switched Shaan and Aastha POV on Shakhi's relationship, it would make more sense (not that it won't make me curse Aastha). Overall, I felt caring for your son over student a typical and obvious thing. I won't really blame her for this.
Devilok: "Mera Shaurya aisa nahi ha" We all know how her Shaurya is. Anyways, I felt her annoyance. Shaurya and Shaan both being with the ladies annoyed her. And Kanchan's dialogue at the end should make her blast in fury. Ab toh Shaurya ki shaadi pakki. Hogi ki Nahi pata nahi. I felt the bit where she watches Kanchan dance and doesn't fume a bit out of character. She has always differentiated between ghar ki betiyaan and bahu. If Kitty-Bebo danced, it was okay to her. How come she didn't say anything when Kanchan danced?
Kanchan: I saw Sejal mentioning somewhere that the importance of Kanchan was only till the bhanda pod scene. She was meant to spill the beans only. After this, I too don't think Shaurya will confide in her. I hope that is the case and we don't have to see her OTT reactions. (I will tag sejal below)
Bebo: It took me three months to figure out which one is Bebo. These twins always stay together that I remained confused until I saw her name when she was messaging with AA. I have a strong feeling that this girl is going to land herself in trouble. I hope either Shaurya or Anokhi, preferably the latter, save her on time.
Precap: Thank god everyone in SIAC is not blind. Reema sensed something cooking. My naive Anokhi hasn't! It won't be too late until she starts falling too, I guess. On the other hand, Shaurya makes a promise to Badi Ma. My bet is she will ask him to marry another girl when things run out of her hands. How do I know? I grew up watching ITV.
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