Episode 162 Discussion: 5th Jan 2013

RK's Sasural Family Portrait gets completed so that Balraj knows that he has to tear it apart.

Episode 162  Discussion: 5th Jan 2013

Events of the episode:

1. Roma is back from our long outdoor shooting of months. She is the saving grace for today's drama.
2. Shamsher was leaving for Bhopal and is tracked by his Damaad RK and brought back home
3. Padmini tells Shamsher that she is ready to get married to him.
4. Bittuji brings Balraj back to the chawl to convince Trishna to act in his film, because though Trishna said yes to him, she again refused to sign the contract when the agent called her.
5. Family reunion in happiness with Shamsher+Padmini+Roma+Trishna+Madhu+RK, being watched by Balraj in seething anger by end of the episode.

Its like watching a south Indian movie...starting from B&W era to 80's era that I had watched. Everything gets resolved in high voltage drama and all characters one by one gather at the same place to get into the same frame to give an happy ending. 

That happened in the Malik's chawl today and over Mumbai Nagri roads. God! the rona-dhona (crying) and drama. It is my personal problem that I cannot watch this kind of drama that I had to see today. So I will not say, I am being impartial. I couldn't be when I was watching the 15 minutes of the show with covered eyes, mean looking through my finger gaps, so embarassing it was to watch the drama. Padmini and Madhu were worse cases today...undoubtedly. I pity PP and DD. Hope they laughed a lot when shooting those scenes, atleast they must have relieved themselves of the embarassment they were causing to themselves and viewers.

Waise the family portrait just happened for Balraj to see ...per the precap scene.  A portrait of Shamsher+Padmini+Roma+Trishna+Madhu+RK

I could only bear two people today; Roma and Balraj, though Bittuji also made the appearance. 

Roma made a comeback and Balraj remembered that he had been to the chawl before to kill Pads and Mads.

Except for Bhatias (Radha and gang), all the original cast of MEIEJ was there today.

Chalo, I guess now, RK will make way for Balraj to start his drama in coming days.

C rated drama, but needed wrap up drama before ACT III starts for MEIEJ.  ACT 1 - 20 yrs back drama. ACT II - Rishbala and building relationships around them. ACT III - The Past  left behind 20 years revisits everyone.

RK and ROMA

Waise by the end of ACT II, it is very clear that RK is enjoying the love and affection of Malik and Choudhry family...now totally becoming Malik family. He is enjoying even Roma's company. If we take away the Superstar status from Rishabh Kundra and just see Rishabh standing with these people, it is very acceptable to see that Rishabh is actually getting what he wants. Love of people around him. 

And Roma was the best example there. Eccentric character she is...but how bubbly and vivacious she is. A woman filled with love of life. What if she is not brilliant. She is just loveable. She had been responsible for helping out Padmini initially. She is such a good friend and sister and an aunt to the girls. And in today's episode, RK very naturally bonds with her just like her...both equally dramatic figures.

Madhu's demand for the 7 phera marriage from RK

Per Madhu everything is fixed and going well. His MIL and her son are now talking, her parents are getting married and her relations with her sister are improving. And so lovingly she reminds her husband that he needs to think of his 7 phera marriage. This is all in accordance with Reconciliation and Fixing before Leaving track, Let's Leave the stardom Track. Because we have RK wondering ""Kahan to pyaar tha hi nahee aur kahaa ye...Uparwaala jab bhi deta hai thappad maarke deta hai"

He was comparing his erstwhile barren/drought state of not having love in his life and now this flooded (chappad faadne waala types) state of love. Earlier he was abandoned by his parents and Dips which left him deeply scarred for life...but yet again he is now flourishing in love...with so many relationships around him now...because of his Madhu and prodded by her even he has built the relationships...hence the use of the word thappad...whatever happened to him good and bad ...all are pretty slapped to him by circumstance.

By Zoya

Filmy Daamaad ke filmy in-laws ka filmy reunion!!!!

Superstar goes in search of his sasur to a public transport bus station--Very interesting!

Padmini bahao's Ganga, jamuna, saraswati today and thankfully, as usual RK enters the scene along with malik in tow to save us from the atyachaar. Malik-Pads ko zindagi mil gayi dobara

Lady Bheem makes her dhamakedaar come-back!! And all her lines were too good.

If all the filminess of the scene is ignored, I actually liked that the entire family was present on this occasion in a single frame. It would have been very heart-warming for a crazy RK to be a part of this crazy family. His line "uparwala jab bhi deta hai ,thappad marke deta hai" indicated that he was very happy to be a part of this crazy bunch. RK was as usual spot-on with the dialogues and emotions.

RK-Madhu scene was as usual nice. RK-Roma were very good. I expected a RK-Padmini convo but never mind...

Am glad, Ballu says that Trishna is not the only heroine in this whole world and that there are thousands of other girls and that it goes against his izzat to pursue this girl..

Precap: Waah! Ballu ke toh bhagya khul gaye.. Denewala  jab bhi deta , deta chappar phad ke...He got to see the entire family in one frame... Family photograph kheenchi ja rahi hai taki Khalnayak plan banaye ke uska naksha kaise badal diya jaaye!!!

By Hima

So,as per precap Balraj gets to know everything !!...not only that his estranged wife and two daughters are alive but,also that Mrs.R.K is none other than his daughter Madhu,the supposed heroine Trishna is his elder daughter(he would sure figure out all that) and Super star R.K wants to launch his wife's sister staying anonymous...

        His targets are however in the dark except Trishna who though knows her devil father is back is unaware that its R.K (oblivious to who ballu is) who is behind the film nor knows Ballu found out all about them...Would be interesting to see how R.K outsmarts Ballu in his game...I doubt if R.K would get to know of Ballu's real identity until the very end...

       Trishna,true to her character was quick to find fault  for their unfortunate situation and blamed Padmini ...it also showed how fiercely loyal she is to shamsher...As Shri said in her 'subtilities of relationships' Trishna made her relationship with both Padmini and mallik...she knows what it is to not have caring parents...hence is not only fiercely loyal but also possessive of  both Shamsher and Padmini...but,can we say she feels the same towards Madhu...I am not so sure...If Madhu happens to be the reason her parents get in danger what would she do..?? If a situation arises would she be not selfish to sacrifice,give in madhu (to balraj) for her parents...would she be loyal to Madhu too...?? ...have to watch out...As of now Trishna is one character who has layers and which are yet to be revealed to us... 

R.K and madhu scene as usual was cute and lovely...R.K is one happy man now a days...When he said that 'Thappad' dialogue I think he also meant  his Sasuma's thappad  ...Though he had to endure it,the end result made his equation with Roma and Trishna amicable...He seemed to be relieved when Roma expressed her happiness...he finally is getting all that love he yearned for from the most genuine people... mallik got to express his dil ki baat in privacy with pads but,poor Padmini she got to do it in front of her whole family ...and R.K who provides millions with reel entertainment was getting his from the real happy drama right in front of his eyes...   How can he miss it...Liked Roma today...over all a nice episode..

Responding to Hima over Trishna

Hima,

After I read your post...and as I was cooking today, i started thinking on what you wrote about Trishna. That she was quick to blame Padmini for being the reason why Shamsher left them. ..

The way Trishna thinks is very simple then...her world of things she built for herself and her dreams. She loves Padmini, Shamsher and Roma very much. And Padmini and Shamsher...yes, she is very possessive about them...so much that she can easily switch their camps if one of them becomes the reason to hurt the other. And she behaves very much of a demanding daughter of the three and we have seen her being unreasonably demanding of them and so much that in frustration, all three have slapped her. She has wept a lot, still had not held any grudge against them.

So worse comes worst, she is always going to protect her parents and Roma. If the choice was between saving her parents/Roma and Madhu, she will always pick the other three. 

If the choice was between her dreams and Madhu to pick for ...I don't know what she will pick up...because Trishna has not come as AMORAL even if she came across as brash, selfish and hurtful. If the other three are safe and provided...we can hope to see that tested. But so far in the story, Trishna has been bad to Madhu when she was totally unreasonable (like in the case of Mukund Dikshit...I mean blindly any given day, I was on Trishna's camp) and when Shamsher was lying in the hospital or her parents were not together.  

Another thing which is also very clear that, she doesn't really concern herself with Madhu's aspirations and efforts. She heeds to Madhu because she is also the daughter of her parents. Otherwise, Trishna does not have any emotional bonding with Madhu. All that she ever shared as sister was taking advantage of Madhu's offered help...like in case of shooing away all proposed matches coming for her when Padmini tried getting her married...or taking her make-up artist services...

So what does that speak of Madhu ? That Madhu does not know how an elder sister is supposed to take care of a younger sister. So Madhu is as much a single child whereas Trishna had been getting the love of  a sister, though she was not being a true sister.

in conclusion...my ramble now decides that Trishna is a daughter with vested interest in her parents. However, she is not a sister with vested interests. She may protect Madhu, only if she were to know that her parents would be aggrieved if something were to happen to Madhu.

BY Hima

Shri,

Agree...@Bold:  Very true and I wonder why Trishna doesn't share any emotional bond with madhu despite being her elder sister and known her since birth...I think you answered it in

'subtleties of Relationships' when you said... "There in lies her deep insecurity of not being blessed enough to possess as birthright like Madhu".

So,its probably her jealousy and deep rooted insecurity that madhu is Padmini's own daughter whereas she is her step daughter that somehow made her emotionally detached with her sibling...Even when Madhu was living a hate marriage with R.K we never saw Trishna feel any sympathy towards Madhu...She blinded herself to Madhu's hurt and just saw her being a superstar's wife...Also,we don't see her feeling any remorse after cursing her sis so harshly...

It wouldn't take much for Trishna to turn bitter agai

By Zoya

Shri, Hima read both of your posts on Trishna. 

It might be that Madhu is Padmini's own biological daughter and she is not. Not only that, Trishna is a rebel and Madhu an ideal daughter. So probably the insecurity that Madhu is loved more than her, forces her to demand the love from her parents and Roma. 

From the time I have started watching the show, I have never till today felt that she loved Madhu at all.

 For Trishna, her dreams, aspirations are very very important. . As long as Madhu(or anyone for that matter)  does not breach her territory and become antagonistic to her dreams/ambitions, she would be happy and be goody goody to her

 She even  lashed out at her mom once when she said that she wants Trish settled n tells her to forget all her hi-fi dreams and come back to reality..

She sympathizes with Madhu during RK ki laila press conf, consoles her when malik was first taken to the hosp. All these times, Madhu's nature was not antagonistic to her. Trish  first blamed Madhu when she was humiliated on the sets and then sent away from there and was told that she would never be able to find work in the film industry, thus putting a full stop to her career. The moment that happened, she blamed Madhu for being the root-cause of their problems--her career, Malik battling for his life and she had told yahaan tak ki, had she not come into existence, Mom and she would never had to flee Motihari.

The jealousy showed its head out  when Madhu got married to the Superstar,coz again, it was her dream to act opposite RK and dreamt of a life too with all the luxuries, comforts. She was deprived of all this(and with the ban, it would never get fulfilled) and Madhu got to live the life Trish aspired ,which just fuelled the antagonism even more. 

Now coming to her patch-up with Madhu, i feel its coz everything is falling in place with regards to both her career n personal life n hence has no problem with Madhu..

This is how I have perceived Trish's character apart from her love bonding with her parents which you both have discussed. I understand that she is a very layered character and hopefully other layers/dimensions would be revealed in the upcoming tracks.

Like Ananya and others said yesterday, it would be interesting to see RK/Trishna r'ship now and most importantly how RK would deal with Trish when sibling jealousy/rivalry shows its head out again in the future and how would he make Madhu understand and show her the reality.

By Zorica

Here from today's episode.

By Tanu

Beautiful picture dear...  Padmini is looks so beautiful... she epitomises strength, grace and warmth. Malik has a photogenic face... his expressions are caught lot better in a still photo than a movie. Roma and Trishna are happy for their loved ones. Madhu looks cheerful, the skip in her steps was evident and RK behind looks thoughful... thoughtfulness that brought about smiles on all the faces. And Ballu... for an excuse of a human being that he is... he deserved the anguish he faced today.

Zorica, you make some pictures come alive... Thank you.