Episode 344

Episode 344

A Sacred Rose...

[I am ignoring all the body doubles and haywire mismatching edited scenes, just main concept is here]

He has won his challenge, it doesn't matter by hook or crook.... takes Khushi to his room and locks the door. He whispers something in her ear but she refuses to do it.  Arnav tells her that since he won, she must do it.  

"karna padega khushi... bharosa nahin hai mujhpe?" you'll have to do it Khushi, don't you have faith in me?

    

He makes her sit and covers her eyes with a blindfold and turns her around. Khushi fidgets a bit when he touches her face yet his husky "Shhh..." makes her calm a bit. He was basically drawing a mustache with a mischievous smile.

 Later, He brings her downstairs, still blindfolded.  She wonders where she has been brought and tells him that she is removing the blindfold.  Just as she takes off the blindfold, the rest of the family begins to laugh at her, with her wondering why they are doing so.  Just then, Arnav shows her a mirror and she sees a drawn on a mustache and her eyes get wider over this unexpected move of his.  

"aapne aisa mazak kiya hamrey saath..." You made this kind a joke to me?

He jokingly says that it's to protect her from evil eyes and says she is still beautiful.  Not pleased at his prank, she begins to chase him around the room, even throwing a pillow at him.  The fun comes to an end when she almost collides with Dadi who requests some peace and quiet for her to pray.

  The whole family leaves the room and Khushi is about to go upstairs until Dadi asks where her mother is.  Khushi points to Garima, who is still searching for the medicines, and then leaves. Dadi approaches Garima and calls out her name for handing in the medicines.  Garima turns around and gets shocked to see Dadi and she too is shocked to see Garima, while Shyam watches from a distance.The smug on his face is disgusting.

. The confrontation between Dadi and Garima was a much awaited one and has finally happened. It brings a new light to the past.  Garima swears she didn't know Arnav's father was married with children but Dadi thinks she is lying.  Whatever happened to Garima in the past happened to Khushi as well, except Khushi never had feelings for Shyam. But Dad thinks Khushi tried to seduce and steal Shyam from Anjali.  Even with this confrontation, some things are a bit unclear.  Exactly what happened 14 years ago that caused his mother to commit suicide as seeing her husband with another woman could not have been just it.  What actually happened between Garima and Arnav's father?  With so many unanswered questions, we expect a lot of drama to unfold.  Let's see what Dadi does next.

The part which got my attention was back in his room when he was still in a joking mood. 

The other day Arnav joked "Ek baar meine haath  chod diya to dubara nahi pakdunga" If I leave your hand now, I won't grab it again... That one sentence rattled her. 

Khushi said "agli baar hum ap k jhansay mein nai aen gay". This means that she will not come under his manipulation anymore. Like he did when he wanted to bring her back from GH to RM...

Today, Khushi said being angry at him at his jokes,"rait ke tarah hum aapki unglion ke beech se nikal jayange...aur mauka milte hi itni tezzi se bhagange ke aap hume dhund hi nahi payange...samjhe aap?"  I will slip through your fingers like sand and upon opportunity, I will run as fast as I can so you won't be able to catch me..."

That rattled him the same way today and must say his expressions change instantly from smiling to a frown. He pulled her right back at him," "dobara aisa kabhi mat kehna". He made her promise. This means he won't let her go at any cost. He will not let anything come between them even if Khushi herself is the one who is trying to get away. 

To be honest all these dialogues are indicating the separation and that is why I said in the beginning, ignoring that I will write the important facts...Last minutes changes in the script are very much visible in this episode...Mismatch scenes, dialogues, scenarios...Kind a rough to me.

We have seen this a number of times. When Khushi ran away from RM she did this for Anjali. She knew if Anjali was happy only then Arnav will be happy. But did Arnav let her?? No. no matter how many excuses she made he got her back. In today's episode, Arnav was literally afraid when Khushi talked about going away. He made her promise she won't say this again. He is genuinely afraid of losing her. He is always doing something which would ensure that Khushi will always remain with him. I love the fact that she doesn't push him to say the reasons as she knows he will tell on his own. His saying her on payesh wedding that "Zaroori nahin ke har baat batayi jaye..." Not necessarily everything should be told.She knows now.

Both cannot contemplate life without each other, period.

Then He takes her to his most special place. The place where he feels close to his mother. He admitted to her that he has never brought anyone here and she is the first. He is always expressing in his own way how much Khushi means to him.

That one day after Diwali, they were not talking yet seeing him in pain her heart bleeds feeling his hurt and she shared her secret, her stars, her parents who were her strength. Today, he shares his mother with her knowing that she will be happy seeing him happy with his love. The one who has changed him the way she might want to see. 

Today Arnav barred his soul in front of Khushi. Gardening has always been his safe harbor and today Khushi knows why?. Because it makes him feel close to his mother. He shared his most important secret. Today he took the woman he loves to meet his mother. He brought her to the place where he feels close to her. He told her that rituals don't matter to him. She is his wife and his mother's daughter-in-law. Just how much Khushi is important to him is reflected by the fact that he took a rose from his most special place for her birthday. Today she finds out in a real manner what place she has in his heart.He assures her that she will be in his heart now and forever. Another thing which I loved was that Khushi called him Arnav. Although she has previously callen him Arnav but not in front of him. Today their relationship seemed to reach a new level of understanding, love, and comfort. 

Side Note:

Mami and Buaji role reversal... Mami is saying Nandkisor and buaji are saying hello hi bye bye. 

~I would love to see Arnav carving khushi's name on the tree along with his name.

~Today when Arnav held Khushi in his room pining her arm at her back, this kind of reminded me how Arnav held Khushi when she said Arnav's character was dheela. She was wearing blue then too.

~I still am not convinced by his mother's suicide act, if it was a murder, I would digest.A mother who has such power to instill such values in her kids can't commit such an act. My mind doesn't accept that.