Enter BSC - Bhagwan Shaitan Chaudhary - Our very own Balraj Singh Choudhary
Nayak Nahin Khalnayak Hoon Main
Episode 150 Discussion: 20th Dec 2012
Episode Events
The entire episode is dedicated to the reentry of Balraj. RK meets up him at Balraj's Birthday party. RK and Balraj recognize each other as having met in the loack-up. RK tells Bittuji that BSC is a Nut-Case and they should not do any business with him. He leaves the party. Unfortunately, his car has broken down which forces him to take the lift offered by Balraj in his ambulance to go to his home.
The episode is strewn with loaded meaning as how RK would be protective of Madhu against Balraj...with the innocent rose taking the lead role. The rose is adorned on RK's coat by Madhu, Balraj tries to grab it and RK stops Balraj and shoves him away. RK comes all intact with the rose back to Madhu.
Not to forget...there are two romantic scenes between Madhu and RK...in the beginning and ending.
Episode Take
A filler episode with the primary intent to introduce BSC ...Erstwhile Balraj Singh Chaudhary now known as Bhagwan Shaitan Choudhary
Today RK and Him have met. Tomorrow BSC is going to meet Madhubala. RK calls BSC as a NUT CASE, but by the end of it, he does get affected by Balraj charm, like I was. It was hilarious and very smart of him to make an ambulance as his getaway vehicle because that beats Mumbai traffic. Well no one can stop Balraj ! Right !!! I was smirking at that man and his crazy thinking and lo to my surprise even RK is impressed with that brilliant idea.
RK dressed for Party ...I liked it. And I also liked how he was throwing Balraj's hands away from him.Loved that BSC's madness attracted RK. Come to think of it, it was hilarious.
Down side of the episode.
Now that RK-MB marriage is paused, does that mean that I have to watch those boring eyelocks or attempts at intimacy when I know for sure nothing's gonna happen. Why don't they instead have them lose themselves into passion and regret later as guilt-ridden souls or enjoy as sinners or rather just stay away from it like saints. Oh! Please give me anything than just the ennui as if selling some kind of adolescent sensationalism...As a viewer, it is cheating for me with filler scene of such sort with no real drama happening in those minutes. God !!! spare me from these unwanted fillers !!!
A borderline bearable scene
That RK wanted his Biwi to come along with him to the party. And I am really surprised, why Madhu must have withheld herself from joining. Except for the clunk reason that "let first RK meet up with BSC and have the ambulance scene" and "let's have the rose scene there to show RK possessiveness" except for that ...I cannot fathom how Balraj could have thought that single rose was enough to alleviate the medicinal smell of the ambulance !!! And who in their right minds would want to remove rose from another man's shirt?? May be that was to show that it is The Balraj for us. And what's with Madhu asking RK, why didn't he leave rose in the ambulance?? I cannot imagine her saying this. But then again I am a Scorpio. I think differently and have different notions on tokens of affection.
Anyways coming back to dissection of the borderline bearable scene...Husband was wishing wife to join him at the party. Wife too subtly showed she wanted to join him, but then didn't want to be too clingy. I could make sense of that scene only that way. Chalo him spraying the perfume and her giving him the rose...Sigh!!! will keep them from too much sighing in remembrances !!
Rating...Just that one laugh at the ambulance scene...when Balraj explains its convenience, noting else was brilliant in terms of drama. However, RK's get up for the party appealed to me. Bittuji seems to have improved in his taste of attire. He is wearing all plain Shirts now. And finally Zutshi did make me listen to him in full. Please just give him meaty dialogues and a role to play and not the nincompoop he came across to me with that song and ambulance rescue. Made no sense to me, except as the crazy Movie Financier. So I am plain confused where does it fall...B or B - or C.
The Increasing Clunkiness of Symbolism in MEIEJ
- The Photo as gifted by Radhaji
- The Rose scene as done between MB-RK, RK-Ballu and MB-RK
- Photo was plain weird inspite of Rishabh looking at Madhu as his focus of attention.
- Rose, as the sign of possession and protection between Madhu and RK and Ballu as the violater - makes sense
- Rose and its ability to remove the smell of the ambulance - plain dumb idea of the writers to create metaphorically the idea of same blood flows between father and daughter. Can't they have kept patience to develop it later ? Why so much of hurry and this increasing clunk ? At this rate of NO romance and NO touch, the show is not going to end soon...so why hurry ?
- Which intelligent person would think one rose is enough to remove all the disinfectant or cholorform smell of the ambulance...What does Madhu know about it ? As a woman, when she herself gave it as a token of love and remembrance to her husband, how can she instead of noticing it as endearing sentiment of love by her husband ask him, why didn't he throw away ? Isn't it against a loving sense ?
Lastly, why do they have to butcher Madhu like this with insensitive romance with hubby just for the sake of clunky symbolism?
Originally posted by _charu_
Originally posted by RKLover
Madhu, please for once can you listen to your husband and prioritize him??
And yes, how can I miss out on this? RK was looking droolicious in the party get up...
seriously, can't fathom the reason behind deprioritizing husband , that too in simple matters like going out for a party he insisted so many times but she didn't budge...what planning did she have to do? planning is done inside the head, she didn't have to be at home to fulfill this mission...which wife wud refuse ?? okay, RK is not her only focus in life but nobody is asking to choose b/w RK and her family..it's about priorities..i haven't seen 1 heroine doing it on tellyland..they r better bahus than wives..haan when they have to keep vrats and when their suhaag is in danger, they r right there to show how much they love their husbands ...all of us are bound by family duties but one must value these few precious moments where they got a chance to spend time with their spouses..the whole day is not sufficient for planning and MIL, khana banana, khana and khilana?
responded by SD
Charu,
Her not attending the party was the biggest clunk of today's story. I was very disappointed with seeing her madness in refusing to go with him, then RK getting attracted to Balraj madness.
- CVs are hell bent making Madhu as ordinary and not shape her as a star's wife who needs to take reigns of being the star's wife along with social and business obligations for her husband. RK is repeatedly telling her not to be a domesticated wife and yet Madhu is keeping that.
- So are CVs planning a purposeful rift through this clunkiness of character absurdity in Madhu ?
- So on everything the CVs are just busy painting inexplicable idiosyncracies in characters surrounding RK.
- Do they plan to bring junoon inside Rishabh only through showing more paagalpan in people surrounding him ? So should I stop expecting sense from everyone around RK ?
Continuing on the Ambulance scene and Rishabh's attraction to Madness.
I am really trying to make heads and tails of MEIEJ from Today onwards. A re-evaluation.
Basically, it was that 150th episode ...Balraj reintroduced post Rishbala tell each other that they love the other. I know now what is Rishabh Kundra. I never much cared for his ishq and junooni love story for Madhubala, but I really was intrigued at the way he married her...in that unconventional style. By the end of it...now he wants a conventional marriage with her because he loves her and it makes so much sense to him. For me it was all about what kicks he is getting out of that ordeal/challenge that he went through. And I was happy with what he got as the prize.
Rishabh Kundra is this intellectual person, who highly appeals to me along with extremely sensitive self. He makes me understand sensitivity and how to respond to it and keep it inspite of us getting older day by day and growing into obtuse persons. He is anything but a hypocrit or snob and is ever ready to speak out his mind and then get shot rather than not to speak at all, not to express at all. In here it means to express his hurt as well, even if that means to die...even if that means to go against prudence, appear absurd, appear weak. And he is a person who would never change his viewpoint until he is shown a better view point and then he is ready to bull doze his own view point. The logical argument needs to be that evolved for him to appeal to his mind and senses alike. That's the reason he seems unconventional at all times and then he is ready to go back to convention. No family...yes Family, Half-marriage ...Full marriage, No Karva chauth ...yes Karva Chauth, no God ...yes God...No Forgiveness ...Yes Forgiving. He seems to shoot his own brains at being loggerheads with all the madness of the world. Part of madness he is disdainful and part of madness gets his respect. The madness in his house, he was disdainful of...the madness he saw in Madhu and her family, it appeals to him so much now...that he is ready to balance himself between both the worlds.
But in all of this, he got attached to Madhubala. Her madness appeals to him. If the story ended here between the two...I would have had peace. However...
As I thought more about today's episode and his smile at Balraj's unique mind at beating Mumbai traffic, through that ambulance, Rishabh Kundra yet again shot his brains out and killed his man of business attitude at "should not do business with a nut-case" and warmed up to enjoy the ride home in Balraj's ambulance...against all social prudence, leaving behind his Superstar status...I started to see him...as Rishabh Kundra -the Matador, ready to take on the charging bull of madness.
Why does madness in that raw style appeal to him ? Either ways. Good or Bad. Why doesn't he let go of his attraction to madness ? He wouldn't have harboured so much of hurt and disdain, if he had controlled his desire and walked away from madness. But at the same time, this attitude now got him Madhu and her parents, whom now he has started to like. But then again...its not that rosy. He once again ushered in MADNESS by warming upto Balraj Choudhary. Madness does not have a sane path. Does Rishabh Kundra forever want to be married to madness?
Will Rishabh Kundra ever say NO to Madness ? Will he stop being the Matador ?
I can only think of one thing for today's episode.
Goli maar bheje Mein
Bheja shor karta hai
Bheje ki sunega to marega Kallu
Are Tu karega dusara bharega kallu
Mama ...Kallu Mama!!!
Both Balraj and RK seemed ready to shoot their brains. Madhu will always have her own mission to run. And between all of them, I should shoot my brains if I continue to see the attraction to madness.
While I saw Rishabh Kundra shooting his brain but then again getting rejuvenated with awakened heart which nurtured back his intellect...in his attraction to Madhu madness...as in episode 149...with that reentry to Chawl to apologize to his wife's parents for his misdeeds was mark of his intellect back into existence...which gives me hope that he will shoot his brains but also ready to grow his brain...What about Balraj Choudhary ?
May be I should stop applying my mind and see what appeals to my heart. I am just so damn confused...I got attracted to Balraj's ambulance idea, that I warmed up to. So am I mad too ...like Rishabh Kundra ? Is that why I like Madhu too, though I can never fathom how she could go against her family's well-being for a idiotic cause such as Mukund Dikshit ? What is Saurabh Tiwari aiming at by writing a story like this ? Yes, I get emotional elevation, but my intellect has now started to yearn to ask Rishabh Kundra to stop getting attracted to Madness. Would that mean, I should put on a curb on myself ? Hope I am able to soon find a meaning in all this madness.
Responded by Hima
Shri,
@BOld...I would say no...He would always be attracted to that paagalpan,junooni edge in people...
RK himself gave the answer to why he is the way he is...I don't exactly remember but,something along why is there brightness in Sun etc...I am sure you would remember that...He needs that kick in life...looks for it in people and around...he is made that way...He doesn't much like mundane people carrying on conventional life with out any questions...he despises cowardice...I am sure his fathers cowardly act of suicide bothered him as much as his mothers second marriage but,since he is no more he probably gave him benefit of doubt out of his affection...For him people who act,fight even though for wrong reasons are worthy than who hide,cry and give up...that's the reason why he couldn't forgive his mother...Basically he is a fighter...Though, he is attracted to madness,good or bad, he would never cross a few boundaries and his innate morals would always make him choose,accept,support and protect the one's on the right...Yes he wouldn't have a sane path but,would always end up with sane people as those would be the one's he will choose...What does Saurabh Tiwari want to tell...?? well I guess my be he is just presenting us with the paagalpan in people...of how a saint paagal brought out the humaneness of another seemingly devil paagal who in turn will save the saint paagal from the true evil paagal ha..ha ...I am going crazy now...but,Isn't this extra edge,kick,madness in a few that leads to great innovation,major changes and even destruction which make this planet of ours so diverse and full of surprises...
Responded by Pooja (Dramacrazy12)
I have stated many times before that to me the most intriguing character in the show is RK more so because he is such a bag of contradictions. He is charming, suave and smart when he chooses to be but he is also crass, impulsive and temperamental. His insecurities are almost as huge as his ego and self confidence. He is also an immensely observant and intelligent person with multifaceted artistic talents. Even though he is sarcastic and a hard to please boss, his relationship with Bittuji seems to suggest he is capable of invoking immense loyalty in others. With so many dimensions to his personality ranging from dark to light.Madhu comes across as a very single dimension entity when compared. She is light to his dark but then will he be light to her dark (assuming she has any)
In past RK has been shown to nurse an almost deathwish. He cared for nothing including his life, he had nothing to lose. Life probably seemed like a long boring journey to him and he was in a hurry to get to the other end. This made him immensely dangerous and fearless. He courted danger much like a matador, took pleasure in shocking others by doing the unexpected and got his kicks from it. His madness was a way to keep him entertained and probably make him feel alive. He seemed to recognize the potential of same madness in others and enjoyed adding fuel to the fire and see them go crazy. His marraige with Madhu was a part of shock factor at the same time sending a message to the masses. However all this was before he fell in love yet again with Madhu. I would expect him to start scaling back on the craziness now. He has something to look forward to now and someone to care for. I cannot see him courting dangers anymore unless they are to protect Madhu. In same vein, I can see why he was impressed with Ballu's ambulance idea (it was crazy and out of box thinking) but at the same time I cannot see him prolonging his association with Ballu specifically if he senses that Madhu is scared of Ballu. He wants someone, he can control...it should be pretty obvious to him that Ballu does not fall in that category. My guess is his interaction with Ballu in the storyline was designed to introduce Ballu in Madhu's life. From now on RK and Ballu will be on opposite ends of spectrum (both are intelligent, devious and crazy). Anything else would be insulting RK's intelligence and capability to assess a person. Today effectively the ranks closed...Maliks reconciled with RK included in the circle. The only weak link here is Trishna-the big question is will her jealousy and anger for Madhu overcome her fear of Ballu.
Responded by SD
Pooja,
Because seriously, the character graph that RK was having all these days, certainly needs him to control his desire to court madness. In restrospect, I neither liked my liking to Ballu's intelligence nor I wanted RK to get close to him. He needs to curb his desires for reckless kicks, if he now thinks he has a vested interest in life with Madhu besides him and he has found love. So having felt easy with someone else agreeing with me...which effectively tells that RK is making a mistake here...now acknowledging that I am ready to accept the story as it moves. Because, yes, once RK realizes that his reckless act is endangering Madhu, he will learn to control that. After all, he just started loving her and wants to get married to her properly. So, yes the matador needs to control his flamboyant desires for kicks and excitement.
Chalo that is one growth for Rishabh Kundra ...curb your attraction for games and courting danger...your life is not yours anymore. Ye aur baat hai...where fate will take him. I would just love once, him acknowledging that it was supremely bad idea to have shaken his hands with BSC...for the guy has now audacity to stalk him, interrupt his shoot schedule and just usurp whatever was left of RK's privacy.
VD-DD Acting Criticism - Thanda Romance and complaint to CVs
Originally posted by kt25
originally by SD
>>>Now that RK-MB marriage is paused, does that mean that I have to watch those boring eyelocks or attempts at intimacy when I know for sure nothing's gonna happen. Why don't they instead have them lose themselves into passion and regret later as guilt-ridden souls or enjoy as sinners or rather just stay away from it like saints. Oh! Please give me anything than just the ennui as if selling some kind of adolescent sensationalism...As a viewer, it is cheating for me with filler scene of such sort with no real drama happening in those minutes. God !!! spare me from these unwanted fillers !!!
@Shri - I couldn't agree more with you. For a second there when he was bending down close to her neck, I thought that he was going to give her a hickey which would remind her of him the whole time he is gone. Then I immediately caught myself thinking that this is Indian soap and we are talking DD/VD here so nothing of that sort is going to happen. But I have to give it to the CVs for raising the hopes of viewers only to crush them within matter of seconds. Anyways, a peck on the cheek or a kiss on the forehead would not have caused any harm. So, why so much hesitation when supposedly they have kissed after the confession or did they not kiss at all because the flowing screen of some sort came in between them.
responded by Namzz
Agree with both Shri and Kt. Plus these two actors are so freaking stiff it looks forced. What is wrong with them...wait please don't answer that. Shri, I have already done my bakwas while talking to you so you know exactly what I am talking about. lol
If simple intimate scenes are such a big deal, then I think the actors should reconsider their chosen professions. That's the whole point, you are acting and at least behave like the character in all aspects. Think I have gone totally off kilter and topic here...don't crucify me ladies..
By Soundarya
From the last one week, we've been fed some off episodes and some spot on episodes. Don't know what is happening, it is almost as if they're shooting from day to day. Are they focusing on the Jan episodes when VD will not be around?
I actually did'nt even feel like writing on the episode yesterday, except that this discussion thread has become so important that I have to get into it and add my two bit. It's not a rant, but these are so obviously filler , random episodes.
I am not analysing anything here, but just thinking aloud ...
Physical aspect:
- We've been trying to tell ourselves that their romance is progressing at the right pace!! But I remember Zoya's rant, ...how slow, how long!!! Is this pace the director's decision or is it that the actors are hesitent?? DOes a daily serial actually run on whether the lead actors are comfortable or uncomfortable? Can they risk it? And both DD and VD have been acting for sometime now, they know the drill plus they are both extremely serious about their work.
- And the passion that is shown from both RK and MAdhu is not imagined, for all her behenji attitude, she does not shy away from any physical contact. Which is why it is beyond me, how can they stay apart...this is just one of those damn tracks that cause so much anticipation that it is almost breaking news when it happens. i remember reading about kunal-Siddhi's consumation scene in parichay, it was actually breaking news, on a news ticker...i was like ...whaaat??It happened even with BALH. So I guess this will be one of those long drawn out affairs. But I hope for the sanity of the viewers, they marry and have their SR etc before the heroine track begins. For that I don't mind waiting for the heroine track. Because that is going to be by far the biggest jhatka to all the relationships in the serial...RK-Madhu most definitely.( It is convenient for everyone to have Madhu as gharelu and ever accomodating). It will be quite unbearable to have their passion simmering under the surface through months of shooting etc. Their relationship needs to have that closure. It cannot be a pavitra rishta anymore.
- I have no flow to my thoughts today, so bear with me. They are so many little things that bothered me yesterday, her dupatta is always perfectly pinned, I think it is even pinned to her arm, secondly, when he left and she kept saying...jao RK, it is natural to push gently, but she was just standing at attention and saying...jao..., thirdly the pillows..which are really beginning to annoy me, it is jarring and distracting now. Which is why, I'm thinking, in MBEIEJ, generally they have some degree of attention to detail, are all these things part of what the director requires?? If they let go of these little things, will it matter, that's what I keep wondering?? Are we missing something? or are they missing something, just being lazy about these details?
OK, bye for now, am going to continue at some point with this meandering post...
No comments:
Post a Comment