Episode 205 Discussion: 26th Feb 2013

Muskaanein Jhooti hain !!!! Says Who? Says AUDIENCE to RK and Dips.  

Challenge -Day 3 ended.

Events of the Episode

1. Dipali and Madhu's mini-confrontation in green room is done with. Madhu leaves the room and is back on the set.
2. Muskaane Jhooti hai Song starts with Dips doing the Item song with RK. Madhu is looking at Dips, greatly affected by her. RK is just looking at Madhu to watch how all of this affects Madhu. Somehow audience gets the feel that RK and Dips smiles are all going to turn into cry looking at the disgusting duo.
3. End of the song, after Director's cut, RK gets to bash Dips. Madhu as she starts walking away is intercepted by Dips and another mini round of who gets to be Ghoda and Gadha starts between Madhu and Dips. Dips seems to be pricking Madhu that now she gets to be close to RK and not her. Madhu doesn't react as usual at Dips comments, but starts contemplating as what she wants to achieve in her present stand against RK.
4. She walks back to Chawl, sits in pensive mood. Trishna walks in and notices Madhu in thought. Madhu starts discussing with Trishna that she is indeed figuring out what is she trying to prove to herself. As they two girls discuss with Trishna's promptings, Madhu voices out that there is only hate left for RK. He has wounded her so bad that heart can never be fixed, even if RK comes back to fix it as broken glass cannot be fixed. He has broken her trust so ruthlessly that even if RK comes and apologizes to her for his act, Madhu will not be able to trust him.
5. RK mansion - at the dining table, Radhaji asks Dipali that she has resumed acting and not even cared to tell anyone. Since it was RK who instigated Dips into this act and since he needs her further for the coming days, RK tries to deflect his mother's questions to Dipali. But Sikky is upset that Dips did not inform him. Sikky asks RK to find for him too a suitable role, which RK as usually receives a mocking response from RK.  Dips tries to cover up with Sikky, saying he was not there. Radhaji interjects her and says, but she was there. Again RK tries to deflect Radhaji and asks for his fav curry "burnt Gobi". Radhaji ignores him and his small talk/demand and instead bestows her whole attention to Sikky. RK feels ignored and belittled and he calls the servant Patil and asks him to get his food to his room.
6. Day 4 begins at the studio. RK and Dipali walk in together. Heroine Shraddha reading through her script and Dips sits beside her with her script and calls for her hairdresser. Someone walking towards her who does not look Madhu. Epiode ends.
7. Overall an episode where hugely AUDIENCE instead of being a spectator to the drama gets to judge all the characters. Trishna's prodding Madhu to find her voice is reflective of audience's expectation of Madhu's stance on her circumstance. Likewise Radhaji's censure to Dips and total ignoring of RK is audience's disapproval of what RK and Dips did at the studio.

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****All these reviews are superb today   reason being the episode was for audience so natural takes followed instead of being confused or going speculative on the story. ****

Pictorial Commentary

Originally posted by zorica

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By Myself

This girl is something !!!!  - Dips about Madhu.  Didn't she know that before. She was ready to accept that without bitterness as Dips now has her RK. 

And the way Dips keeps wanting to show herself off through dialogues to RK, and RK the way he keeps humiliating her into "Bulb" & "Tubelight", it came across so much as Dips gulping down her pride and yet sucking up to kiss his boots as she sees a future for her there. Its so much like the girls around the important man...What a state to be in !!!  Dips almost showing us the Couch Potato scenario to make it big...

Body double was used for DD when she is with Dipali...is it because VD and DD were busy for promoting the show in Punjab ? Soundarya and all, so this may explain a bit in stretch of Dipali tracks...

About explaining to audience about all people's questions to Madhu what she feels on the situation, they used Trishna and Dipali again to show the "Dararon ka Rishta" that she feels with RK and that how much he has hurt her and how she cannot trust him. This is what we feel about Madhu, and this is what audience wants of her and that is CVs made Madhu talk about. So AUDIENCE ki JAY HO. You will get what you wanted. Madhu will crusade your war against RK who broke your heart with revenge track on  9th and 11th February.

But surprisingly this "dararen...Kaanch ka tootna, kaanch ka choora" everything of it reminded me about RK's self expressed state of his heart to Madhu over the August bottle breaking spree. This is what he exactly said..."jod sakti ho kaanch ko ?" He shows her all the broken glass and tells her that is his heart and it will be always like that.  Well ...for reasons known to me and which I had believed long time back that Madhu needed this kind of pain to know, this kind of break of heart to know and understand how RK thinks. So finally they are on same plane...just that he has mellowed down over the years and Madhu has it fresh and so her edges are more sharp and she can bleed herself and anyone coming close to her. Quite dangerous...

When Dips was dancing by herself and dancing around RK, Madhu's eyes were not on RK, but only on Dips, which RK saw. I am surprised how RK knew this so accurately that she will not be bothered about him or his doing, but greatly affected by Dips hovering around him. I got to see such a killer possessiveness from Madhu today. And it was like even RK will not be able to do anything about it. Looking at Madhu it seemed to me as if she may not get together again with RK ever, but it was a definite NO NO for any other female around him who can even have an iota of importance in his life. I enjoyed seeing this avatar of Madhu today. I hoped to see it one day and today I got to see it...a possessiveness where she will pull RK aside, make him some furniture or to be dealt later, but a head on collision with the bees that would drone around him.

Best scene of the Day for me was the Dining Table scene where Radhaji expressed her disapproval through reprimanding Dipali and IGNORING Her son RK. She showed him his place. I liked it. Because I was thinking where RK was taking his relationship with his mommy with "Maa aapke liye Chair Kheenchne aaya tha". Now this explains. He wants to bond with his mother, he wants to have his favourite food cooked by his mother. The way he asked "jali hui gobee ki sabji" and the way Radhaji ignored him gives it all away. I liked it so much...finally RK pining for something and not getting it and he knows that reason is himself for crossing the line. He may have left in all rejection and in passive anger and may happily show the elation to his mom again the next day(tomorrow as per the precap scene) that her Ex-Bahu is not there...but the way he is trying to be the center of attraction of his mommy's world was not endearing but so vengeful for me...as if I wanted him to pine or grovel more about it...Will make me so happy with him pining at it...

RK- The Pathetic guy...between his bombastic dialogues and his spirit to win over Madhu, he  chose the wrong party Dips. He is now mired with Dips dirt which till date he was not. RK never looked so disgusting to me until today as seen through Radhaji eyes and her behaviour at the dining table with him and as seen through him talking to her over phone in the precap scene.

The episode was all about TRP pick up points today with CVs all lauding about what us viewers feel and making Madhu our crusader and making Radhaji ignoring the mega-image of RK.

Going for Take 2 - Why RK HAD TO USE DIPS ? Trying to see from CV's point of view.

This is coming after going over with what me and Zoya had been discussing over weekend and last night with Preet and her.

While Preet gave her take on Dips-RK relationship and how Dips comes across to her on TV now...as some boring content where she is better off getting up to go and get some snack, me and Zoya were stuck on how would Madhu react. We both went pessimistic in our predictions though our entire logic at seeing the plotlines were making us go for the optimistic picture. We were mentally feeling like Preet, but unlike her being indifferent to whatever happens to Dips, myself and Zoya were...like something should happen to Dips. There should be a closure.

Over this logic, Zoya said that, Madhu will win the 3 day challenge, but to get into offensive mode for the 27 day challenge of hers, she gets her fuel from Dips drama. I was like, psychologically Madhu already gets the bounce through her 3 day challenge win. The win will boost her confidence against RK and she will switch onto offensive mode from defensive mode that she was in this 3-day survival drama...so why the need of Dips drama. Then she said that people will recognize her aggression in this mode better as people will see that for Madhu now the win is important as she might have been hurt.

I was like   and saying to Zoya...Madhu is rarely affected by Dips. She never said anything to Dips and has only focussed on RK. Now I am all confused why CVs would want it to be shown it in this manner.

In that haze, we both watched the episode today. Zoya got her answer. I got my answer. Preet, not sure...we will know in the night when she comes online with us.

So what did I get. I was super happy. There was a lot of logic used by CVs.

• Earlier Madhu and RK's love story was running. Madhu was not affected by Dips as she knew RK was hers. But AUDIENCE was always in HURT and STABBED Mode that Dips gets to lech RK.
• AUDIENCE was in HURT Mode inspite of the water splash treatment of RK to Dips to mark his INDIFFERENCE to Dips.  The AUDIENCE still felt STABBED by Dips leching RK.
• Now Madhu and RK's love story until today was derailed. We did not much know what Madhu was feeling about RK. Today for the first time we are shown that Madhu is greatly affected by Dips, when she has lost RK. It soon follows that Madhu is in a contemplative mode and as discussed with Trishna, she tells the audience that she now hates RK.

1. So earlier CVs used Dips to have the love story started between Madhu and RK. Now they are using Dips again to start the hate/war track between Madhu and RK.
2. They have now changed 180 degrees stance. Earlier they used to show an affected RK with Dips and an unaffected Madhu. Now they show an affected Madhu with Dips and an unaffected RK.
3. Audience was hurt then and Dips was never fixed. We got interim relief through Madhu and RK bashing Dips in small dozes. Now with today's item song shown to us to show evil minded RK going to any extent of using anyone/any relationship to get his work done makes a mark on Madhu's mind. AUDIENCE is on SUPER-RANT Mode against RK-Dips relationship when infact RK is actually way over Dips. But their rant is that he still bespoiled a Dewar-Bhabhi relationship, which in the earlier track of his good image, he had always kept the Maryaada about. This Maryaada was what had made Madhu always tolerate Dips as she was confident that her husband was on the moral side. 
4. Today, with the seemingly unnecessary track of RK using Dips for his item song, under the belt attack, now gives Madhu the necessary push for her to take up her cudgels against Dips and more so about RK...to pull him down for his amoral act in her eyes if not for the hurt inflicted on her. 
5. Question is why it is needed at all in this manner ? Because Madhu will always fight RK and not anyone else. And audience needs a closure to Dips track, which Madhu will never have the opportunity as she does not stay in RK mansion, nor she has the need to censure Dips drama if RK is all behaving morally with her. Now with the item song drama, Madhu gets her clarity what she wants to do. Essentially she is not doing anything other than taking up the AUDIENCE frustration with Dips and RK and we may get to see her ACID treatment of them...which we will make us happy. 
6. Now lets see the contrast in Audience Mind. Earlier Dips used to seduce RK. RK was a good boy, we used to be sick of Dips. Now Dips seduces RK, RK is indifferent, we are still angry with Dips in the vicinity of RK. We just needed DIPS CLOSURE in anyway it is possible. It could have been RK himself. But seems CVs wanted 50 - 50 distribution of it between RK and Madhu. So one week they show RK splashing water on her face, which since then completely takes away the feel that RK feels anything for Dips. Now they need complete fix with SOCIETAL CENSURE involved. So how do they weave the drama ? They make Bittuji and Radhaji disgusted with RK about the act which is US AUDIENCE and their and our CRUSADER now becomes Madhu whose opponent is always RK. So when in the name of censure of act of the nature of ethical breach has to be shown, they very opportunely turned Madhu into an affected Madhu with Dips, possessive about RK, finding serious fault with him and now ready to wage war with him for loosing even morals to fight against her.

I think that explains today's episode. Like every character is having some change, today they managed 180 degree turn for Dips the catalyst to Rishbala story.

My apologies to all as to why this has to be a long-winded thought process. But it was important for me to understand why CVs built this RK-Dips Item song track when some of the audience (people like me and Preet) were no more getting affected by her and still people like me was puzzled, now that RK is using Dips, it  being the history that Madhu will never tackle Dips, then why a sort of closure for Dips was coming up. That was my gut feel and today I got my answers.

So I will say...Cheers to all of you MBians. Your wish might soon will be fulfilled with some kind of censure coming up on Dips amoral character.

And for those who want to read Preet's thoughts, here they are:

Originally posted by PreetD

This whole Despo and RK drama is just ridiculous in my opinion. Despo comes across as an idiot like you pointed out Shri.  Anyone can clearly tell that RK is so not into her, the woman needs some clarity. I'm still hoping that RK's sole purpose isn't to just annoy Madhu to the point where this might be the final straw (and I'm with you there as well, Madhu will win) but also because this is part of his plan to finally deal with delusional Despo so she finally leaves him alone. A public humiliation so to speak so that she'll stop bugging him in private.Mind you, the man is so consumed with Madhu that Despo barely even registers on his radar anymore so maybe teaching her a lesson doesn't even warrant his attention anymore. She's just that pesky fly that keeps buzzing around your head. What a change in is attitude towards her, no?

Honestly, Dipali is beyond an annoyance now. I just want her gone. I don't even remember all of her babbling today, I seem to tune out automatically when she's speaking now. It's not like she's introducing any new element to the canvas. Perhaps the Despo monologues in the episode are to provide the audience with an alternative time to run to the kitchen for a snack so they'll stick around during the actual commercials. They do have a new show they're starting to promote on the channel. 

Originally posted by SD

Okay Preet,

I was nodding my head at each line. I wanted to bolden...but almost each sentence I agree on. This is what I strongly feel now. And honestly after making that META topic on Bhabhi-Dewar relationship abuse, now strangely Dipali does not affect me at all. Since the day RK splashed water on her face and the way Dips scuttles off like a scurrying rabbit when these days RK shows her way out, I am very relaxed. Nothing bothers me...as I keep feeling that Dipali's end is near and that CVs are sucking out the remnant juice out of her character and she is increasingly becoming a pulp.