OVERDUE ANALYSIS: Thread 2 Link, p150 - Page 25

I was a little busy with work last week and missed most of the discussion here after the 1st episode. I caught up with the episodes over the weekend, so i thought i'll write about the whole week. I have to say, it is kinda difficult to get through these first few epis with no Maan at all...

I felt so sorry for geet, the way she was crying after she got punished for losing her dupppatta. But nobody in the household dares to say anything in front of Darji. What made me so angry was that everyone actually believed that Geet deserved to get punished because she was wrong. I hated when Rano consoled Geet saying that if she made a mistake then she should know that she'd get punished.
Geet is clearly not ready for marriage, but since the elders say its time so she has to obey them. She has absolutely no choice in the matter.
Dolly is adorable and funny. Despite being married to Brij she's so cheerful. She and Rajji are the only relief for Geet in the whole family.

The groom's family is introduced. It's kinda funny to see NT so covered up. Also, she's introduced as Dev's Bhabhi - meaning Maan's wife. I think Pammi was forced to do this in order to help Dev. Kamya is so irritating and has a big mouth. She almost gave the whole thing away a couple of times.

I think it's unfortunate that the circumstances gave Dev the upperhand because he had the power to break the relationship because of Geet's accident. Already Geet's family were ready to do anything he said because he was the Groom. Now Dev had an additional advantage which he utilized to his benefit. There was a double meaning when he said that Geet is the kind of girl he was searching for.

I liked the terrace scene, especially because my favorite MG tune was playing in the background.
It's easy to see how easily Geet fell for him. She had no say in choosing her life partner and she could only hope that her family would find someone nice. Dev is handsome, very polite and charming. Most importantly, he gave importance to her opinion which her family never did.

The plan was executed very cleverly, Kamya lightly mentions Roka, NT supporting her and Pammi agreeing to the idea like it just occured to her. Only Geet's dad is a little suspicious about the speed at which the things are happening, maybe because he's the only one who's bothered about Geet's happiness and not just about getting her married off. Others just think of her as a burden they need to get rid off. We can understand Brij's opinion about women when he said "Kya yeh kami nahi hai ki woh ek ladki hain". Same with her mom too. I know she loves her daughter very much. But she also thinks that a girl should study just so that she can get a good husband.

Lohri function was picturized vey well. Channi's mother's entry was very dramatic. She curses the whole family for what they did to her daughter. But the person who suffered the most was Geet. If it hadn't been for Maan, Geet would've died just like Channi.

Dev and family arrive. Darji and family are all glad that they don't question too much about Channi's mother. I found it so funny when NT hugged Geet. Who would've thought, she'd later try to kill Geet.

I liked the Dev - Geet scenes. I watched these episodes for the 1st time in July and I knew what Dev did. But even then it was so difficult for me to believe he actually did all those horrible things when I saw Dev - Geet scenes. It was very cute the way he was trying to take her pic and Geet shyly running away.

I liked the song sequence. Brij, as usual doesn't approve of the women of his house dancing in public even though it's celebration time. Dolly was adorable as usual. Loved the way she was dancing and then suddenly stops when Brij looks at her.

Daarji wasn't aware of Channi's murder but he knows what Brij did. I got the feeling that even though he doesn't exactly support Brij, he is not against it either.

Overall, the 1st week of GHSP was dramatic to say the least. I missed Maan terribly. I think his entry is in the beginning of third week.

@Flower Buddy Remi- Excellent summary !!

 

And I agree - NT hugging Geet on the "match" was ironic- infact I really wanted to mention on that one paradoxic moment -but me being me -opened the dam of thoughts in one direction & completely forgot points -worthy of mention.

Sorry I got a little delayed today!

Here is my take 😃

I absolutely loved this episode. There was just so much going on and in retrospect, so much foreshadowing of what is to come.

Hm, so Dev has some problems in business abroad and can't come back for a year after. I guess this was pressure from their side to get the wedding done fast, but they overestimated Darjee's lenience and his readiness to do anything to get Geet off his hands. I loved this characterisation of Darjee today that showed that he may be willing to compromise on certain things and move with the times but he has his boundaries and truly does have Geet's best interests at heart, from his perspective of her best interests anyway. When he told her to utharofy the kangan, it reminded me of later when Dev leaves her at the airport and he tells her to take off her suhag ki nishani. This whole episode was sort of a precursor for what is to come, on a much smaller scale.

Geet was sort of glum about her wedding being cancelled, but I think not really heartbroken or anything. What she seems to want more than anything is to make her family happy and I think she is more sad on their behalf than because she isn't marrying Dev. Although she did have a soft spot for him after his charming attentions, I think it was pretty much out of sight, out of mind for her. At this point, she is not a romantic at all but is very loyal to her family. On the other hand, Rajji seems to have big Bollywood dreams of princes and being swept off one's feet etc, which leads her to take Geet to Dev. Even here, Geet is completely indifferent to Dev and I think in the loudest voice we have seen her use to date, immediately tells him she has to go home. She knows this is wrong and she doesn't want any part of it. Nor does she accept the token he tries to give her. She is much more influenced by Darjee than the women in her family and is almost angry that she has been dragged into such a situation.

It is interesting that the theme of Geet being punished for others' misdeeds keeps being repeated. In the first episode, it was Titu's insistence to have a joyride that got her hit and now it's Rajji's romantic notions that she suffers. I guess in the end, it's her baby that makes the difference because she seems ever willing to take the hit for any and all members of her family but when the baby comes along, it becomes one thing that is even more important than her family was to her. The subtle irony is just amazing, that Geet who wanted only to make her family happy, who had no romantic notions (she even sounded a little weary of Channi's love story), who just wanted her family to be happy should ultimately have them turn against her for their own fault.

I loved Darjee's justification for not waiting for a year. It showed that he was really a logical, balanced individual, only very strict about maintaining his public image. Every decision he makes is made with the consciousness that he is setting an example and so every decision is calculated and well-thought out. It was interesting to see the tables turn, where Mohinder who was suspicious before said they should reconsider, and Darjee who was bending backwards refused to back down. He is confident that they will get a better rishta, given that they are not an ordinary family. It is clear that Darjee has worked hard to build his image as a respected elder and he is not willing to take the risk Dev's family is asking for, putting that image on the line. I liked that this clarification was given to Darjee telling Pammi that he couldn't keep Geet a kunwari for a year in the house. At first it sounded like he was just in a hurry to get her married, but then he made it clear that he was talking about keeping her as a bound kunwari, and not just a kunwari in general.

I am very interested to see what Dev and co. do to eventually convince him...

thanks for the analysis ,i had not seen these episodes ,i started watching from Maan's entry.

This was the episode which sort of confirmed my doubts that Dev and his family r definitely trapping Geet in this marriage and so all the excuse of business issue so that the marriage is done within 4 days without letting anyone know about it

Wow.. It was a total surprise epi for me today...😲 Edited by sia221 - 12 years ago

so much action happening n d early episodes! Dev's evil plans backfire as Darji returns d kangan. Nayantara's facial exp n this scene was so telling but if i had seen d early epi i wd'nt have thought of thier actual evil plan. Dev is really a loathsome chr. aftr d girl's fly returns d kangan, if he had called her tosay goodbye, it is atleast acceptable. but trying to give her red chunni, is outright underhand way of trying to wiggle himself in her heart.