Arnav is surprised
that it is Khushi's birthday and Buaji scolds Arnav for not knowing it is her
birthday. After the aarti, both Khushi
and Arnav take Buaji's blessings and the rest of the family wishes Khushi a
happy birthday. As Arnav attempts to say
"Happy Birthday" to Khushi Buaji threatenes him to stay for lunch
which he agrees to. He then notices
Buaji taking nazar of Khushi to which he finds cute. Buaji asks her if Arnav has wished her a happy
birthday to which she says no. She even
tells Buaji that Lavanya had told her that till this day, Arnav has never
wished anyone a happy birthday, which surprises Buaji. At the Raizada house, Payal is making some of
Khushi's favourite dishes when Mami walks in.
To spoil her dishes, Mami complains about the snacks tin being to high
up, so Payal goes to get it for her.
This ends up causing Akash's lunch to burn. When he comes in asking for his lunch, Mami
informs him that Payal was to busy making stuff for Khushi. Akash yells at Payal telling her that she
needs to stop paying so much attention to her sister and start paying more
attention to him. He even requests Payal
to give him the same importance in her life just like she does for Khushi. At Buaji's house, Arnav attempts to explain
himself to Buaji on the fact that he did not know it was her birthday. He says that he would be able to make up with
his wife but wonders why Buaji is miffed with him. Buaji tells Arnav that in order to please
her, he must eat whatever she has made, to which he agrees. However, Buaji has something else planned for
him. During lunch, she continues to pile
food on his plate, to which he quietly eats.
He again attempts to say happy birthday to Khushi but is interrupted by
Buaji. Buaji states to Arnav that she is
no longer miffed with him as he continued to eat everything that was given to
him. Later that day, he presents Khushi
with a present to which she is surprised; a new bag. He says that since her old one ripped, her
got her a new one. She shows Buaji and
Amma her gift and says that its from Aman, Arnav's manager (his name was on the
parcel). Upset, Arnav takes Khushi to
the side and reminds her that he gave her the gift. When she asks him if he picked it out, bought
it and packed it; to which he replys no; she makes him realize he has not
bought her the gift. He then says to
Buaji and Amma that he should be leaving and is about to ask Khushi to come
along. Khushi thinks he's going to the
office and tells him to go and she will be home soon. Arnav however says that he's going home, so
Khushi makes the excuse of wanting to speak to her father in order not to go
with Arnav. As Arnav leaves, he asks
Khushi if she will indeed return home, to which she says she has no other
option but to do so.
At the Raizada
house, Arnav informs Nani that today is Khushi's birthday. Nani is surprised that Khushi told no one of
her birthday but then realizes what she did.
Knowing the condition of the house and everything that happened, Khushi
would not want her birthday to be celebrated in such a big manner. When she asks Arnav is he had wished her a
happy birthday, he makes an excuse of a conference call and leaves. Arnav is then sitting by the poolside doing
something on his laptop when NK comes by.
When he sees Arnav searching about birthday surprises, NK gets happy. He realizes its Khushi's birthday and is glad
to see that Arnav wants to do something nice for her. Arnav asks NK to leave him alone as Khushi is
already upset with him. NK realizes that
Arnav must have forgotten Khushi's birthday and begins to give him ideas on how
to pacify her. NK puts forth a few good
suggestions, from bringing Salman Khan for her to singing "Happy
Birthday" to her, to taking her on a trip, but Arnav turns down each of
them. NK reminds him not to turn down
his ideas as it was his New Year's Eve plan that brought them together. Arnav then gets an idea of how to please
Khushi. On her way back home, Khushi is
constantly complaining about her new bag.
She stops by the market to buy some vegetables and places them all in
her bag. When she returns home, Arnav is
glad to see her. Before he can say happy
birthday to her, he is shocked to see what she has done to the bag; it seeped tomato
juice. The two have a discussion on the
function of a bag and Khushi is shocked when Arnav tells her the bag cost 2
lacks. Nani then comes with a puja thali
and takes Khushi's aarti and blesses her.
Khushi then hands out laddoos that Buaji gave her to Nani, Payal and
NK. They all then leave Arnav and Khushi
alone as he again attempts to say happy birthday to her, which he again fails
at.. Khushi then decides to go to her
room, but Arnav stops her saying that she can't go in there just yet. Not knowing what her husband means, she retreats
to the kitchen. NK assures Arnav that
all preparations have been made and Arnav then goes to answer the door. However, Anjali ends up answering the door
and gets a bouquet of red roses. When
she reads the card, she assumes they are from Shyam. She tells Arnav that Shyam had sent them but
he corrects her saying that he himself sent them. Before he can tell her who they're for, she
assumes they are for her and hugs her brother.
All the while, Khushi notices all this.
What worked: The mahaepisode was not full of intense drama but
instead was on a more lighter, happier, funnier note which was nice for a
change. We've had plenty of drama filled
episodes so it was nice to see a much happier and funnier episode, where we see
Arnav bonding with Khushi's family, her miffed with him and Arnav trying to
pacify her anyway possible. I know a lot
of people were expecting more from this episode, especially after watching the
promo for it. However, I was pleased
with it as the episode has done a good job of setting the stage for future
stories: Arnav's redemption, Akash-Payal relationship issues and what role
Khushi plays in the Raizada house.
What didn't work:
N/A
Highlight:
There were a few highlights from the episode.
Arnav trying to please Buaji. It's nice to see how much he cares about her
family and that he wants to see them happy.
It's really nice to see how his relationship with Buaji has changed
since first meeting them. At first,
Buaji didn't really like the Raizada's, especially after the way Arnav treated
Khushi but she now treats him with so much love.
Akash and Payal rift.
Finally there some "real" tension between the two. This tension shows that Payal and Akash may
have fallen in love and gotten married in the way they wanted to but they
aren't as strong as Arnav and Khushi. Akash
is beyond angry at Payal for keeping such a big secret and is even more upset
with her because she is worried about her sister. Akash and Payal may have trust, love and
respect for each other but there is no understanding between the two. Akash does not understand why Payal kept
Shyam's identity a secret and why she cares so much about her sister right now
and until Akash understands this, their relationship will continue to drift
apart.
Arnav and NK's poolside conversation. It was nice to see NK give Arnav various
ideas on how to please Khushi, even though Arnav turned each one of them
down. It was cute and funny and was
really sweet when Arnav stated he wanted to do something from the heart for
Khushi.
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