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As the end of NBT ssn2 draws near, I find myself walking down the streets of Juna Mohalla, with Mohan's nazm, yaadon mein kitni dafa, echoing in my ears.
Looking back, I think the episode which hooked me to the show permanently was the one in which Nanhi goes to Prabhat Laher office to place the 'infamous' ad. And my favourite part of that episode was when she extends her hand towards Mohan and he jumps back as though she's pointing a gun at him, followed by the hesitant handshake. Dunno why I like that scene so much. Perhaps it was because it was the first time Spiderman met his Chawanni. Or perhaps because it was so symbolic. Or because it was the start of a beautiful relationship 😳
My favourite Meghan moment? Without a doubt the scene where Mohan is leaving Juna Mohalla and Megha stops him in her trademark Titanic style.
Aaah! The way he takes a step towards her, and another, closing the gap between them; thrusts his face forward and asks, "kis haq se rokh rahi ho mujhe?" That was the hook, line and sinker moment for me. After that I could not lie to myself. I was well and truly smitten
Then the show got even better. A leap. In 3 months our dear Mohan aged by 12 years. Not only that, in one single month I got to hear the word sautela more times than I'm hearing the name of Allah in this holy month of Ramzan. AND... with that, the burden on Mohan, our dear Atlas, kept increasing day by day 😭
But did Mohan shrug? You should know the answer by now 😉
It was not all bad. We got some wonderful scenes with Jijibua, Renu, Tanu, Arti, Beera, Nanhi and even Addu and umpteen heart-warming scenes between our Spiderman and Chawanni. For instance, the scene on the terrace when Spiderman comes to ask Nanhi for her forgiveness, the historic hug on holi, the adorable scene on the terrace when Spiderman is jealous because there is another man in his little girl's life, and loads of cute emotional scenes during the wedding celebrations.
Haa! The CVs rubbed their hands in glee and chuckled - wishful thinking folks. For it all started going horribly wrong again, culminating in the death of Mohan.
But even in his death, Mohan Bhatnagar did not shrug.
However, it will soon be time for KUNAL to shrug, to shake off the burden of Mohan/ Vasu. After all, if with each increased effort that ATLAS made, the world bore down heavier on his shoulders, wouldn't he have shrugged as well? And Kunal is a mere mortal. But that doesn't mean that my hero, my heart of gold, My Mohan Bhatnagar, will fade away.
Characters like Mohan Bhatnagar come once in a lifetime and continue to live in our memories forever.
So here's a salute to KUNAL, the actor who made Mohan Bhatnagar immortal. RESPECT. LOVE. BLESSINGS. Dil se ❤️
My favourite Meghan moment? Without a doubt the scene where Mohan is leaving Juna Mohalla and Megha stops him in her trademark Titanic style.
Aaah! The way he takes a step towards her, and another, closing the gap between them; thrusts his face forward and asks, "kis haq se rokh rahi ho mujhe?" That was the hook, line and sinker moment for me. After that I could not lie to myself. I was well and truly smitten
Btw, have you guys noticed - in most of the dhak-dhak scenes of our dear Meghan, Mohan's worn a red check shirt. Yaad karo - the farmhouse scenes, the almost kiss in the corridors of Prabhat Laher, Mohan holding the blue-white umbrella for Megha in the rain, the first hug... 😳
Mohan ki red shirt da mai ta button soniye... 😉
And then just when everything was going so right, someone somewhere lost the plot completely. Ridzy baby was introduced - a track so ridiculous that it made a mockery of the underlying theme of the show
Mohan ki red shirt da mai ta button soniye... 😉
And then just when everything was going so right, someone somewhere lost the plot completely. Ridzy baby was introduced - a track so ridiculous that it made a mockery of the underlying theme of the show
But did Mohan shrug? No, he didn't and carried on regardless.
And then someone had a brilliant idea. Let's see how we can turn an extraordinary show into less than ordinary. Paralysis. A theme beaten to death by Bollywood. Why not bring it back to life in NBT? 😕
But did Atlas... err... Mohan shrug? Nope. Our Mohan never loses hope or gives up.
And then someone had a brilliant idea. Let's see how we can turn an extraordinary show into less than ordinary. Paralysis. A theme beaten to death by Bollywood. Why not bring it back to life in NBT? 😕
But did Atlas... err... Mohan shrug? Nope. Our Mohan never loses hope or gives up.
Then the show got even better. A leap. In 3 months our dear Mohan aged by 12 years. Not only that, in one single month I got to hear the word sautela more times than I'm hearing the name of Allah in this holy month of Ramzan. AND... with that, the burden on Mohan, our dear Atlas, kept increasing day by day 😭
But did Mohan shrug? You should know the answer by now 😉
It was not all bad. We got some wonderful scenes with Jijibua, Renu, Tanu, Arti, Beera, Nanhi and even Addu and umpteen heart-warming scenes between our Spiderman and Chawanni. For instance, the scene on the terrace when Spiderman comes to ask Nanhi for her forgiveness, the historic hug on holi, the adorable scene on the terrace when Spiderman is jealous because there is another man in his little girl's life, and loads of cute emotional scenes during the wedding celebrations.
And of course plenty of Meghan scenes as well - my favourite being the entire week of episodes in the Bhatnagar mansion when RJ is ill. I remember saying - kaash iss raat ki kabhi subah na ho 😳
Then when Addu was found - we all gave a little whoopee - Aal izz is finally going to be well. We started dreaming of Bhatnagars living together happily ever after.
Then when Addu was found - we all gave a little whoopee - Aal izz is finally going to be well. We started dreaming of Bhatnagars living together happily ever after.
Haa! The CVs rubbed their hands in glee and chuckled - wishful thinking folks. For it all started going horribly wrong again, culminating in the death of Mohan.
But even in his death, Mohan Bhatnagar did not shrug.
However, it will soon be time for KUNAL to shrug, to shake off the burden of Mohan/ Vasu. After all, if with each increased effort that ATLAS made, the world bore down heavier on his shoulders, wouldn't he have shrugged as well? And Kunal is a mere mortal. But that doesn't mean that my hero, my heart of gold, My Mohan Bhatnagar, will fade away.
Characters like Mohan Bhatnagar come once in a lifetime and continue to live in our memories forever.
So here's a salute to KUNAL, the actor who made Mohan Bhatnagar immortal. RESPECT. LOVE. BLESSINGS. Dil se ❤️
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