Amidst All...

Amidst all the things happening in SBS that I do not like, I want to appreciate all the things that made me, and perhaps you as well, today's episode so special!

First of all, wonderful post yar Hinal <3

I concur!

Outside of the rush of wedding activities, there have been some very lovely moments.

For example, this week, that scene between Ved and Tej. We really got to enjoy the brothers' relationship. They understood each other, and shared a moment of grief. Something that Tej really needed.

Ravi Dubey's chemistry with his collage. Those moments are simply priceless. The way his voice modulates his love, grief, disappointment, it is an absolute beauty. These emotions don't just stay in the room with the collage, but throughout the entire episode, you see him trying to rally for Smiley and the family's sake. He even dances when they pull him toward the celebrations. The moment they lose sight of him though, takes the opportunity to return to his seat. His mask of pretense falls, and once again we see the sadness in his eyes, in the lack of a real smile, in the slight slump of his shoulders. Ravi just nails each and every moment, you see all the activities going on around him, and your eyes just fall on him, searching for every reaction that flits across his face, and when you see him, you are not disappointed.

Congratulations to both Dimple and Cheenu for a marriage in the making. Their dance was so sweet! I must say, I was just waiting for the end when I knew that they would be locked in a momentary embrace. Their expressions were so cute and innocent!

I love the way Smiley and Tej worked together on the pair. It showed me the friendship that these two would have enjoyed outside of this marriage track. So it was definitely a pleasure seeing their collaboration.

Nitika and her parents. I don't know what the dispute was, though I can imagine. I'm just really happy that Pita ji helped them achieve reconciliation. He was loving and reassuring, something that all the members of the C-parivaar need more of at the moment.

Hinal, I know my recent post focused on what you may say as 'negative points' of SBS and I agree that some of the things you mentioned are 'feel-good' moments of SBS. But as an ardent fan of SBS unfortunately I am unable to appreciate these moments as they have been thrown in between a very tasteless plot and most ridiculous ending I (as a fan) would have expected from the creative team.

It is a well established fact that every actor on SBS is awesome. That is why a simple family conversation around the dining table or those petty fights for the bathroom in the morning made us fall in love with the show. I am not just Ravi or Aishwarya or Rubina fan, didn't know any of these actors before I started watching the show. Gradually I have come to appreciate them as the characters they lived on screen. Even though story has taken a wild turn, actors are still the same and they are continuing to do a great job, however, there is a significant change in characters. What they loved, what they fought for, what they stood for and how they dealt with things in the past...all that so fervently defined the SBS we (I) fell in love with is lost somewhere.

Just to give you an example of how these feel-good moments are left unappreciated...

We all loved Dimple and Prachin and of course waited patiently for their love story to happen but however cute they both look together, I can't appreciate the fact that their love story is blossoming in the background  when Dimple's Jijaji is getting remarried just a few days after her only sister's mysterious death. I also cannot appreciate the fact that only way Tej and Smiley could connect with each other on their engagement day is by talking about Dimple and Prachin.

Also, I was the one who mentioned in my other post about the possibility of reuniting Nitika with her parents so when it really happened why did it not make me jump with excitement because right before that Pitaji had a meaningless conversation with Smiley's mom who apparently seems to be happy for her daughter. And Pitaji mentioned something about khushi ka mauka, as far as I know, Toasty was very dear to Nitika's parents so how can Tej's re-engagement  right after Toasty's death be a happy occasion for them??

Similarly, there are so many other things in every episode these days which bothers me and thus prevents me from enjoying some of the nice moments interspersed in between...

Yours is a very well written post and I am happy that at least some of you are still able to enjoy the show and find something in it to relate to...


Edited by abc113 - 30 August 2012 at 9:49am

I loved your entire write up but my favourite part was these two which are quoted <3

@ Kittya Cullen

You guys basically summed everything up and i have no words :P except... I. Love. Ravi.Dubey *bows down to him* I don't have enough words anymore to express what a magnificent actor he is <3 His range of expressions and emotions and the way he brings it into each little muscle in his face and how every emotion reaches his eyes...God, I could go on for years!! There are so few actors that can accomplish what he can...I can't even appreciate Bollywood actors that much anymore because they all seem sub par in comparison <3 I'm completely in love with him and in awe of his talent <3 Am trying to watch his Karol Bagh episodes and saw a few already and his acting is just as amazing there too <3


(Totally agree with Hinal that I've also seen so many dramas that have had some of the worst, most unrealistic, disgusting tracks that this track seems much more normal to me even when it irritates me...therefore I guess I was able to enjoy it a lot more)



Edited by Tejy_Kumari - 30 August 2012 at 8:59pm