Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Episode 226 Discussion: 22nd March 2013

Sultan shot by Bhujang in a set-up encounter, Aryan and Kaaka come to Madhu all tensed.

Events of the Episode
As the Crew has out for international outdoor location, Madhu cannot join them as she does not have Visa. She is okay searching for other odd-jobs when she gets out of work.
Action Sequence scene. Better to be watched. Good one to seen. Sultan gets to know that he has been ambushed by Bhujang. His son's voice was used to scare him and also he had been fed information purposefully so that he walks into the trap. Sultan shoots down Bhujang's men, Bhujang shoots Sultan on the left shoulder and Sultan sets afire to drug cartons, thus destroying the moolah.
Meanwhile, Kaaka all tensed up waiting for Sultan, finally decides that he needs to go on search for Sultan. So he drops Aryan at Madhu's place and beseeches her to take care of  Aryan. Padmini makes Aloo ke parathe and Madhu feeds him. Aryan expresses his apprehensions that Sultan might not return like his Dad's friend who never returned. Madhu feels for Aryan.


Episode Reviews
By Myself
al bin Machli, Nritya Bin Bijli
The dialogue used by Bhujang Shastri...it was a 1971 film by Shantaram
I liked the action sequence. Neat and clean even for soap format. Got a little filmy feel.
I was jubilant when Sultan set afire to the drug cartons.  All moolah gone for Bhujang...His plan too failed ...what if he shot Sultan.  God!! no one wins these days !  kahaan gaye woh din...Jeet aur Haar were easy to see :)))

Actually entire episode was good and gripping. Liked it.  And just as I imagined...Madhu got sucked in.  It happens...Madhu gave them too much to lean on...proved her trustworthiness as well...In Mobworlds.,...how does one form association ? Trust...and that's it...soon it becomes one big family. Bhai, Behan, Kaka, Baba...these are the names people get...and go on...  Madhu got sucked in...not much if you ask me...Chawl to underworld...not a big journey...if you see with realistic eyes.

The only thing that I did not like was .,...when Madhu...said, I will find some other work...as in there are so many industries, where employment goes on contractual basis. Its hustiling life...how difficult it  must feel to keep watching out for work...but then probably the hustled income in this way is little better than salaried income and so that's why people are able to live on...anyways...Life of Junior artists or workers in general...Labour Force as they are called...Another kind of life.

Now that I have read so much on mobsters...the role of politicians, businessmen and film-industry in their breeding...and at which point the Civic Administration, Government, Law and Enforcement takes actions on these mobsters...I have now my head teeming with questions with regards to how Rishabh Kundra would treat a Don.

SRK and AB are Superstars.  However, I believe they will naturally fear the Underworld DON, be it Dawood Ibrahim or Chota Rajan or the Gawli's...because these people can simply kill you.

Coming to Rishabh Kundra The Filmi Superstar of our Soap World.

I would like to know what he thinks of Underworld. Does he fear them at all ? Or in his arrogance and pride of Superstar Status, he just ignores them ? Or he is alone without any baggage, so does not care what happens to his life? 

In October, when Bittuji was telling him that Sultan is making extortion calls, Rishabh Kundra asked him to make a complaint to Police.

The other day, when Sultan said "Mumbai ka Sultan" ; Rishabh Kundra even in the sozzled state, was like...What history is speaking about...as in which ancient king or ruler he is...it was like in Rishabh Kundra's present dictionary, there is nothing called Big Brother Fear.

Under this context...how would Rishabh Kundra react when he gets to know that Sultan is a gangster ? Will he get angry? Will he be disgusted ? Will he fear ? And of course I am myself confused about all these emotions, whether they will be for him or for others ?  

Since he is not personally involved with gangsters, he need not be emotional. But Sultan has been kind to him...so will Rishabh Kundra also have a softness for him ? or him being a gangster will make him animated ?

Since Madhu is involved with Sultan the gangster, will Rishabh Kundra be emotional ? Again...what reaction will be elicited out of Rishabh Kundra, vis-a-vis his concern for Madhu and him being pardoned/saved/helped by Sultan.

I think we will have rollercoaster of emotional toss again. Because...IMO, naturally speaking, Rishabh Kundra would have abhorred any kind of association with gangsters and he would have involved Police.  But now things are complex and murky for him on account of Madhu and also on account of his feelings.

Earlier I was excited for Rishabh Kundra - Sultan Face-Off.  Now I don't think I am excited...because...it looks ugly and complicated from all angles.

By Soundarya
MB sirf teen cheezon se chalti hai...entertainment, entertainment, entertainment...usme action, emotion, drama ka tadka laga diya tho hit episode hai. Sorry was that overly cheerful, trying too hard to manage without the pagal couple in the same frame?
Gang war: Am trying to think, were there any such gangster scenes in TV serials? Shooting in a real location has its own charm. Though i was a bit distracted with people ambling on the beach a little further away from the scene of action. Careless editing.
So Aryan's voice was the trap laid for Sultan. Lots of shooting happened, finally Bhujang gets a hit at Sultan. Sultan hero ishtyle fights valiantly, burns up all the drugs, and falls into the water, leaving behind a shocked Bhujang and gang.
Madhu leaves work, still low and depressed. Bittuji runs to her and tells her the crew is leaving abroad. She tells him she does'nt have a passport, he feels awkward to tell her, that the producer will be getting a different crew,. She tells him...he's worked with Rk for so many years and still does'nt know to lie. Basically she is jobless. Yess...CVs thank you! Finally she is out of that hairdressers job.
At Sultan's house, Kaka is making enquiries about Sultan, Aryan refuses to eat.
At the chawl, Paddy offers to massage her hair and without thinking says people will swoon over her long hair. Madhu recollects RK staring at her while she combed her long hair...many eons ago (Awww), and is quite clear she does'nt want anyone swooning over her hair. BTW, I can understand Madhu not wanting to get into another relationship, but how could she presume Trishna will also stay with them forever without getting married ???
Knock knock, who's there...Madhu's emotional Achilles Heel, Aryan and Kaka...with a lovely name, Niranjan. (Khamakha Charu, unka naam Ramu rakh diya)
Kaka leaves Aryan with Madhu and goes off to look for Sultan. Paddy and Madhu distract Aryan and keep him busy. But he is a sher ka bachcha, remembers that his father is missing and starts crying to madhu.
So was the episode a hit or not...i think it is a semi hit or a sleeper hit.... ...some good moments: Sultan burning the drugs, Aryan-madhu-paddy bonding, Aryan's worry.


By anastasia21
Bhujang is the next best thing after Balraj to have happened to this show. Almost 95% of the time, he has this maddening smile on his face, almost like Balraj, but may be not as psychotic as him. Bhujang is more cautious and plans ahead. This was an ambush and Sultan walked right into it without any kind of backup. It was a dumb move. Saying absurd things like "Raaste ne agar sun liya ke tune Sultan ka raasta roka hai to raasta apne aap mere liye raasta chhod dega"  in a hoarse, flat voice won't get him any points. Whereas Bhujang's word play were more charismatic and gripping. Perhaps Sultan should learn a point or ten from the following guidebook http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/humor/evilovl.html (The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord).


The action sequences were slow and maybe not top notch but had this nostalgic feeling to them, like some old Amitabh Bachhan action movies or the action movies of that era. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it also. Sultan didn't waste a single bullet, each and everyone hit someone. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't soaking the drugs in diesel alone have destroyed them? Maybe he couldn't get them all. Or maybe burning them up was more theatrical. But when he shot the stash, he too was standing in a puddle of diesel, it was bound to light him up too. Well putting my logics aside, the latest on Sultan is, he was shot and fell into the water and is yet not discovered.

Half my incentive to watch today's episode or write something about today I think went away with RK to the outdoor shoot. But then I felt way less agitated about today. Didn't pay much attention to Madhu's scenes in the studio and chawl. I registered only couple of things -

  • Did Madhu get a new hair color or highlights? Her bangs had almost pink accents in them.
  • Kaka's name is Niranjan.
  • Like mother like daughter. But then again, who can throw out a 5 year old kid.
  • Felt like they are stretching the scenes with talks about benefits of oiling your hair.
  • Omnipresent Bhavika - I see her everywhere.
  • RK's presence thanks to the flashbacks.
  • The kid playing Aryan is talented.
  • and that I'm craving Aloo Parantha.
Originally posted by pnars

RK nahi hai tho interest nahi hai boss!

Kid is cute though...he can act as well.
Responded by SD
I was saying this to Zorica and Zoya...offline mode.

Think about it...Remove superstar RK from the scene, this could be Madhu's life, hustling between jobs, thinking about survival & occasional overlaps with underworld...that's how Shamsher could so easily get the pistol to shoot RK...it was so easy to procure for him.
I never mentioned this, but I like Aryan calling Madhu as "Madhu". So natural in that part of the world. And yes I did mention that I like it when the boy calls his father as Sultan.
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The episode today...with its stuffed boats and that dockyard, made me remember the boats, steamers and ships around that I saw in the Arabian Sea when I visited Mumbai in 2001. I see so many cargo ships on the east river side here in NY-Manhattan. No comparison...All of this made want to read on Dharavi...which used to be the largest slum in Mumbai previously...now overtaken by others...I am gonna read on them tonight.
Back in Delhi...as 1980s to 1990s...used to walk to school in the New Delhi Gole Market area...in that constituency too...slums existed. I used to pass by three slums sandwiched between Govt Qtrs...and we always used to wonder...how they could be organized...the streets in between...the TVs, the radios visible from those tiny rooms and antenna's atop their hutments...Strange.
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remember Jack of Titanic...the painter who gets the ticket to be on Titanic through gamble win ???!!!! What shall I call him...he would have been a chawl-wala...right ?!!
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But again...we have so many good Hindi movies, where people make their good stories out of Chawls.  
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Very Naturalistic Episode it was today...naturalistic images it invokes in my mind.
Originally posted by armummy

Shri,
Did you mean slums and chawl are same.
They are not , I know many in my former it company who lived in chawls Ij mumbai . There are many middle class families who stay in chawls in Pune and by no means they can come into contact to underworld.
Sorry if I misunderstood

arm,  
No. They both are separate. That's why I added those lines in my ramble...I have those thoughts going on ...but also wanted to tell you that I understand the demarcations.

The underworld mostly operates out of slums...easy to operate from there. And chawl to underbelly...is not too far...if one happens to be unemployed for long and contacts develop. 

Sorry...I did not want to offend anyone. But what I wanted to tell you that...there are so many classes that exist...I seem to be sitting in a sociology class...its not bad as it seems...its economics.

By river123
Episode was decent - even though I had to force myself initially to watch it...
Bhujang looked good.  Loved his neck and finger bling.   Boats looked good.  Sultan looked ok.  Cocaine looked bad.  Good thing Sultan disposed of it in a flamingly dramatic way. Sultan getting shot by Bhujan - I knew that he should have brought those outriders on this trip - but apparently he only takes them on windshield vandalizing operations and suchlike.  
The war between Bhujang-Sultan is likely to get very very ugly in the future - that was a serious amount of cocaine that Sultan destroyed.   And it's going to drag all the bystanders (Madhu and RK) in.
So Madhu is yet again out of a job.   Felt bad, especially when taken with what she said to RK yesterday about poor people and needing money,
Padmini wants to massage oil in Madhu's hair.  Madhu remembers RK admiring her beautiful baal -  she has not moved on. 
Sad and heartbreaking that the only person Niranjan kaka could think of trusting little Aryan with was Madhu  - someone they've met only two - three times.  Sweet bonding between Madhu, Aryan and Padmini.
Aryan was so adorable,  missing and fearful for his Dad.   Tugged at my heartstrings.  Madhu comforting him.  Feels like not only will Aryan grow more and more dependent on Madhu, but so too will Madhu (esp. in her fragile emotional state) grow dependent on this little kid.
Kaka still hasn't found Sultan, looks Aryan is going to be with Madhu for a bit.
PS:
Dear RK,  Come home soon. Miss you loads...Am barely hanging in there...XOXO

By Ananya05
Finally, watched the episode.

Nothing much to talk about the action sequence. Not my genre. But SV was good in his bad man act. AR has a weird voice and might I add, very unimpressive dialogue delivery. The 'rasta something something' dialogue had me in splits and that surely was not the kind of response it should have invoked.

Aryan stole the show. He is such a cute and sweet baccha. He is like a new ray of hope, in the otherwise dark and gloomy life of Madhu post break-up. Both of them are going to grow equally dependent on one another.

Sultan has no chance against RK, when it comes to Madhu's love. But its pretty clear, if and when RK decides to win Madhu back, his opponent will be the 5 year old Aryan, not Sultan. 



by SD
Thanks Sima. 
After the Haji Mastan article...I just googled for Mumbai gangsters and their celebrity life.  Wow!!! What a celebrity life they have.

Zorica, 
you asked me...why I asked you to check Dharavi. So I will keep the mystery going on. Only hint I give you is...read below...the one on Varadarajan Mudaliar ...in wiki and you will understand...how I am trying to give you the idea...of Indian Mafia in Mumbai and the milieu.

Everyone, 
Who missed the early poster that Zorica posted in previous EDT on page 9 can see there. Also...me is canvassing you all to read my last post on Page 9 there. I believe that you may like it. Its about your RK Baba...should I call him RK Babu 


And...here's gist of the underworld dons. Kya mast filmi zindagi hai in logon ki. Varadarajan Mudaliar dictated climax scene for his own biopic in Maniratnam's Nayagan movie. Man !! I tell you, I loved the movie.

And look...Sanjay Dutt, we got the news he is going to be imprisoned for 5 years for him possessing AK47 with him...got the judgment after 20 years...how stupid is that...anyways...we should uphold law...as we are law abiding citizens.

And see here the image of Dawood Ibrahim with Salman Khan, with whom poor Mandakini got linked and she had to retire from acting scene once her name got dragged all over after the Mumbai blasts.


Karim Lala
Karim Lala, born as Abdul Karim Sher Khan in Kunar province of Afghanistan, was self proclaimed 'don of Mumbai' in India. He is widely recognized as the founder and pioneer of the Indian mafia in the Mumbai area. Wikipedia
Born: 1911, Afghanistan
Died: February 19, 2002, Mumbai

Haji Mastan (was friend to varadarajan)
Gangster
Haji Mastan Mirza, popularly known as Haji Mastan or Baw, was a Mumbai gangster and smuggler in the 1970s and 1980s. Mastan became the first celebrity gangster of the city, expanding his clout in the film industry. Wikipedia
Born: March 1, 1926, Cuddalore
Died: 1994, Mumbai
Spouse: Shahjehan Begum (m. 1984'1994)

Varadarajan Mudaliar (Movie Nayagan based on him)
Varadarajan Muniswami Mudaliar, [Tamil: ???????? ???????? ?????????] also known as Vardhabhai was a Tamil from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, who rose to become a mafia don in Mumbai, India. Wikipedia[Varadarajan Muniswami Mudaliar, [Tamil: ???????? ???????? ?????????] also known as Vardhabhai (1926'1988) was a Tamil from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, who rose to become a mafia don[1] [2] [3] in Mumbai, India. Most active in the 1970s, he was the link in the underworld history between old time mafia men such as Haji Mastan. He is also known as One of Mumbai's dreaded underworld kingpin.[4]]
Born: March 1, 1926, Tamil Nadu
Died: 1988, Chennai

Sadhu Shetty
Sadanand Nathu Shetty, better known by his nickname Sadhu Shetty, was a notorious Indian extortionist, criminal-politician and underworld don, based in Mumbai. Wikipedia
Born: 1952, Udupi district
Died: May 2002, Mumbai

Dawood Ibrahim - He was the son of Police Constable 
Dawood Ibrahim, is the head of the Indian organized crime syndicate D-Company in Mumbai. He is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for organised crime and counterfeiting. Wikipedia
Born: December 27, 1955 (age 57), Ratnagiri
Nationality: Indian
Spouse: Zubeena Zareen

Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, the son of a police constable Ibrahim Kaskar, was born in Mumkaa village in Khed Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Konkan region in the Indian state of Maharashtra on December 27, 1955.[8] He is of Konkani descent.[9] He is said to have begun his career in Mumbai working for the Karim Lala gang exploiting the rapid expansion in Mumbai textiles industry to his advantage.[8] He soon moved his residence to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates where he has business interests alongside India. Indian defence intelligence agencies believe that Dawood and his associates have huge stakes in ship-breaking industry in India and are using these operations for smuggling in arms, explosives and contraband into the country.[10]

Chhota Rajan
Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan is the boss of a major crime syndicate based in India. He is a former key aide and lieutenant of Dawood Ibrahim. Starting as a petty thief and bootlegger working for Rajan Nair, also known as Bada Rajan. Wikipedia
Born: Maharashtra

Abu Salem
Abu Salem is an underworld don originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, India.He is convicted for the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and killing of India's music baron Gulshan Kumar in 1997, ... Wikipedia
Born: 1968, Azamgarh district

Arun Gawli
Politician
Arun Gawli is a gangster-turned-politician in Mumbai, India who has been convicted for murder and imprisoned for life. He married Asha Gawli and has two children. Wikipedia
Born: India
Spouse: Asha Gawli
Party: Akhil Bharatiya Sena

Asha Gawli is the wife of Arun Gawli, member of the Legislative Assembly for Maharashtra. Asha Gawli was a Muslim with the name Ayesha before she got married to Arun Gawli.[1] She was investigated in 1998 for the murder of a man connected with her husband. On December 19, 2004, Mumbai police registered a complaint against her for alleged assault and wrongful confinement of a woman. According to the Indian Express she was arrested and accused of beating a woman named Sushma Sawant with sticks. She was later released. In addition to campaigning for her husband (including during his imprisonment), she stood herself for the Legislative Assembly for Khed Alandi in 1999.

Read this...

The mob business...
  • how it is patronized by the politicians
  • needed by the business class 
  • and in turn how the mob money needs Film Industry.

The Dark Face of Mumbai
By Prabhat Sharan

***The author is a senior journalist, writing on environment, issues, labour and human rights, politics and crime. 

You girls have to forgive me for pumping too much information on mafia and Dons.  But I think after 1993 Mumbai blasts...this is second time I am so actively reading on info..
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Now this is for those who live in Bangalore.  Underworld started with M.P.Jayaraj, Rivalled by Kotwal Ramachandra, teamed by Don Oil Kumar, before sophisticated (he brought guns into the business, through calling people from Mumbai) Muthappa Rai took over. Now this Muthappa Rai not only manages real estate, has now gone over to Silver screen as well.

Must read article for Bangloreans.

The Godfather of Bangalore
By Scott Barney

Look at the curved knives.
And here's his entry to silver screen.
Does he look Don-like ? I mean...how do we know which face is a Don's face ?

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BIHAR
Anand Mohan Singh... has writing skills?!!!
>>>Anand Mohan later authored several books and poems while he was held captive in Saharsa jail. In January 2012, he released a book of poems entitled Qaid mein Azad Kalam, which was inaugurated by Jaswant Singh, Bhim Singh, Rajeev Pratap Rudy and other eminent personalities. One of the poems is called Gumnaam naa Marunga.
His wife is Lovely Anand...Congress MP...opposite Nitish Kumar.

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D.P.Yadav
Ansari...crowd
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Subhash Bhaskar Nair - This guy was in Indian Army for 10 years and then discharged from Army for bad conduct
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I tried to search for mafia in my native state...AP...seems its not yet collected. Or may be fear looms large to even come out...but I know for sure...the Reddys and Gouds rule the roost over real estate in the state Capital/Twin Cities and adjoining districts.


Zorica's Poster Section

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When I finished the poster, I realized what you're talking about!


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The most striking to me is when Padmini realized that the child is disabled.


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