Everyone is eating
breakfast downstairs and Nani asks Khushi to give her a glass of water. Absent mindedly, she ends up pouring the
water into Dadi's glass of milk and everyone notices. They point out to her what she's done and she
apologizes to Dadi. NK then notices that
she's wearing her dress backwards and complements her on her interesting
style. Arnav also asks her what's wrong
with her, since she's been looking lost since the morning and she quickly goes
upstairs to change. Anjali is heading
out for the mandir and Arnav says he will accompany. Anjali tells him it's okay and she will go on
her own. Just as she is about to leave,
Mami stops her and says she will come with her but Anjali again makes an excuse
saying the pooja will start soon and that she doesn't want to be late. She is relieved when no one accompanies
her. Khushi is carrying a tray of
flowers to the mandir area when some grads her arm and pulls her aside. She is shocked to see it was Arnav who just
comes to remind her of their suhaag raat tonight. After questioning her if she's scared, he
leaves with a mischievous smile. She
heads off to the kitchen where Nani asks her to make some kheer for the
Janmashtami celebration. Khushi begins
to make the kheer but unbeknownst to her, she begins to make jalebi. Payal and Nani asks if everything is alright
with her as she has been acting weird all morning. When Arnav chimes in again, asking her if
everything is okay, she apologizes to Nani and begins to make the kheer. Mami is complaining to NK about how she has
to clean everything. NK wants to have
something non-vegetarian but Mami says that everything made in the house is
vegetarian. They then discuss the
current issue around veg/non-veg cooking in Diya Aur Bati Hum. Mami wonders where Anjali has been for so
long and begins to call her up. It is
seen that Anjali is not at the mandir but in some social setting when she gets
the call from Mami, which she disconnects.
Mami is told by the driver that he is waiting outside the mandir and
Anjali still has not come back.
Nani begins to talk
to Dadi when Dadi asks her if there is anything that they are not telling her
as she has yet to see Shyam. Mami goes
to tell Arnav about Anjali being missing when she gets a call from Anjali
saying that she is on her way home. Just
then, he and Mami hear Dadi question Nani if she is hiding anything. Dadi says that she has been in the house for
the last two days and Shyam has not come to meet her and she wants to know
why. Arnav says that Shyam won't ever
come to meet her as he has kicked Shyam out of the house. Nani tells Dadi to relax but she tells her
that today she will not let Arnav leave without giving an answer. She follows him to his room and tells him he
is not the same Arnav she used to know and that now he is taking big decisions
for the family. He tells her that with
time, he has learned how to take care of his family. Dadi asks him if throwing Shyam out of the
house to protect Anjali was the best decision as she is pregnant and needs him
the most. She accuses him of wanting to
have her child grow up without a father like he did. Arnav reminds Dadi that he grew up without a
father because his father committed suicide and before leaving, made his mother
do the same. Dadi tells him that his
mother committed suicide because she was weak and this upsets him very much
that he tells Dadi that he won't hear anything against his mother.
Dadi tells Arnav
that he is taking the wrong side again and blaming those who have no
faults. He interrupts her and tells her
not to bring up the past again as she was the one who wanted them all to forget
it. She tells him that kicking Shyam out
of the house will ruin their future and she does not want him to repeat his
mistakes. Arnav firmly tells Dadi that
he will not let Shyam ever return to this house and that his decisions were
right then (in the past) and now. Nani
sees them fighting and tells them both to stop their fighting as Anjali is
coming home. As Dadi leaves, Nani tells
Arnav that Anjali has started to smile again and that he too should stop all
this arguing.
What worked:
Khushi's absent mindedness. Khushi is
worried and when she is worried, she does weird things like pour water in a cup
of milk, wear her clothes backwards and make a ton of jalebi. It's been awhile since we've seen Khushi worried
about something and it's refreshing to see.
From the looks of it, Arnav has no plans to go through with the suhaag
raat but will definitely enjoy watching his crazy wife and her little worry
antics.
What didn't work: NK and Mami's conversation on Diya aur Bati
Hum. This conversation just did not
work. I understand that StarPlus shows
promote each other within their show but I felt this conversation went a bit
too long and was pointless. You could
have added more to the show if you cut out this conversation or shortened it
significantly. I'm not quite sure how
much promotion each show gets on their own and how much they get within other
shows. I just find this way of promotion
a bit off, especially if it doesn't work with the story.
Highlight:
Arnav standing up for his decisions.
Arnav has been through a rough life, with both his parents committing
suicide and then being kicked out of his house with his sister by their own
family to fend for themselves. He's
definitely picked up the pieces of his life and moved forward. Every decision of his is done to protect his
family, even if some decisions hurt the most important people in his life. Remember how he forced Khushi to marry him,
thinking that she was having an affair with Shyam. He did this solely to protect his sister even
though it hurt the love of his life.
Arnav stands firmly by every decision he makes and it's near impossible
to try to get him to change his mind. Arnav
stands by his decision for throwing Shyam out of the house to protect his
sister and ultimately his family. If
Shyam is to return to the house, it's going to have to be in a way that will
touch Arnav's soft spot.
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