Week 15 - Changing colours..

Ishwari and Dev's emotional changes were the highlight of this week. For Dev, it was a realisation of Love and for Ishwari, it was a realisation that she needs to accept a third person between her and Dev. Very well played by the 2 awesome actors strongly supported by Sonakshi's genuineness, Natasha's harmlessness, and the sisters' supportiveness.

The week started off with Dev humming a bengali tune! There was a sense of relief for him.. some unidentifiable relief.. It came across very well when Natasha asked him about Sona-Neel relationship. He was happy to say they broke up. He did not break the lie to Natasha because he wanted to keep his Sona's wish of "being cool in front of Natasha". What I like most about Dev from the beginning is the respect he has for Sona. I recollect from an earlier episode, when he was making a matrimonial profile for Sona.. he mentioned to Tina that Ms.Bose needs a companion not anyone's help. Today, his respect for Sonakshi came across when he told Natasha that Sonakshi will not like rich men as many rich men do not respect women. Dev also promptly clarified that he is not one of those..as he was not rich from the beginning :) 

But his happiness was very short lived that day, because soon...Mr.Gujral forced the engagement date on him..Dev was very shocked as Gujral combined the engagement and the deal! He was genuine when he said that Natasha was a nice girl and that they get along well..He really did not have anything against her that would make her a bad choice for him or any man. A confused Dev needed a friend's shoulders. Sonakshi was his first thought  when he needed a friend.

Friendship and opening up is the first step of falling in love with anyone and Sonakshi was probably the only one he opened up to, these days..I could not help but think of those days when all they did was fight, whenever they met..Somewhere between those stupid little fights, Dev surely fell in love with Sonakshi. Its just a matter of time for him to realise that. As we wait for that, it was warm enough to see Sonakshi being a true friend to Dev that night and Dev listening to her very obediently..The permission for taking sleeping pills was only an excuse to talk to her.

As Dev was going through this..it was not easy for Ishwari as well, to accept the fact that Dev was at a point when he has to choose his life partner. She had been brushing it away all these days, whenever the discussion came up. But today, she had no choice but to think and talk about it. She became almost speechless when Dev broke the engagement news to her. And at every point later, she lost a bit of Dev, whenever the topic came up..A mom always enjoys doing all the work for her kids, especially her son. When she realised from Nikki's words that Natasha will soon be doing everything for Dev, she was not ready to accept it..although it was a fact. And the best thing about Ishwari is that - this change of emotion is very new for her... and she is not at all comfortable with her own unhappiness. She is puzzled as to why she is unhappy when she knows very well that its a happy event in her son's life. 

Change is challenging to all..And Ishwari is worried about this change that is going to come in their lives..a change that will distance her and Dev..She is very fond of her son. And without exposing her fear..the mom quietly expressed to her son that soon she is going to be replaced by another woman..And her intuitive son acknowledged her fear and assured her that she will be his first priority whatever happens in his life. Very well played by mom and son 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Sonakshi's trauma seeing her soul mate moving away from her into someone else's life is unexplainable. Dev hit her where it hurt the most for her..when he put on that ring that was meant to be for Natasha..in the name of a test to see if it fits.. She could not stop her tears trying to get that damn ring out of her finger. As if he understood her pain, Dev went to heal her. Only, she was hurt beyond any healing. Erica was excellent in her role of a girl, who has a lost/failed dream. Sonakshi was so hurt that she wanted to avoid him for a while and decided to take a couple of days off.

But, hey.. who are you hiding from, Sonakshi? He is only a part of you and how could you be away from yourself?  Dev promptly showed up in front of her, even forgetting his most important meeting, just to check on her 😀😀😀 Whenever Dev does such things, the audience are as surprised as Sona herself, with this contrast in his characterisation. One moment, he is completely indifferent to  Sonakshi's feelings and the next moment, he is so caring towards her. As they talk about plant and love for plants, he also found himself momentarily attracted towards her.

Natasha asked him once, why he still calls her Ms.Bose, when he calls himself her friend. As if he was waiting for an opportunity to do that.. he decided to test the waters that day and called her "Sonakshi" once and reverted back to Ms.Bose quickly with one look from Sona. He was not sure, how Sona was taking it, although...we all knew she was quite amused about it 😜 Well, the audience wanted their conversation to go on forever. Sona wanted it too. But Dev was reminded of the meeting and had to leave. Nevertheless, many beautiful moments were captured that day for their "Happy times" album 😊

A restless Natasha, a disappointed business team - but Tina was cool and professional as a secretary should be. Tina has been very supportive for Dev and I have a feeling that Tina is going to be of great help to Dev and Sonakshi in future 😄 Dev was very embarrassed about missing this meeting..probably his first slip ever. And I hope its the last. Because, being sorry does not look good on Dev.

Ohh.. and the small sequence with Ranvir was heart warming. Neha, although seems a very self centred person..is so naive and I sincerely hope that her tender heart is not hurt later on and that she realises that family bonding gives much more happiness than comfortable living.

This week was an extremely traumatic one for our dear Sonakshi and I hope Dev makes it up for her soon enough. Her talks with Eleena and Saurav were quite touching and brought tears to our eyes too. To not be loved is not easy to accept. The helplessness and inability to let go of the love of her life came through clearly when she told Eleena how she feels when she is with Dev and how she is scared of losing that friendship if she opens up her feelings to him. 👌🏻👌🏻

The highlight was of course Dev's realisation of his love for Sonakshi. They say we close our eyes when we pray, when we kiss and when we dream as the most beautiful things cannot be seen, but only felt by the heart. The cute sisters helped Dev realise his love in a magical moment. Dev could not believe what he just saw. He tried to feel again and he clearly saw Sonakshi and he reminisced his moments with Sonakshi.. all the little fights..all the little laughs..and he could not stop smiling every time he thought of her. He finally realised how it feels when in love. All the lectures he got from Sona and Neha about love seemed to make sense now!

But it was also just about time for his engagement to commence... He looked like someone with a 10000 piece jigsaw puzzle in front of him and a timer to race against!  

Its going to be an exciting week to see Dev fix all the puzzle pieces and then show up in front of his lady love ❤️. Will Sona ignore him, just as another one of her dreams?!