Saturday, December 17, 2016

Week 42 - Live in the moment!

To live in the moment is something we are always told - to get rid of our worry and anxiety about future. And this week we got to experience this through our favorite show 😄

What a week it was!! The Dixits had a makeover!! Especially Ishwari.❤️😲

A new improved and lovable Ishwari made a grand entry this monday evening in all our homes. Just like Dev, we were all awestruck to see the big family together sharing the warmth of happiness.. The news of Sonakshi's pregnancy destroyed all the bitterness or coldness or whatever kind of uneasiness that was existing between Sonakshi and Ishwari & Ishwari and the Bose family. It even made maami a lovable friendly person! It was such a happy monday evening for me.

That episode was so very real and similar to how a normal family will swell with happiness and crack jokes, when the news of a child is first shared... Ishwari's droll comment to maami (when maami made fun of the bengali language) was hilarious..😂 😂  Also mama ji's comment to Saurabh on both of them sharing the title "mama ji" was also pretty funny..The way they all teamed up to surprise Dev was so heartwarming to watch.. After all, Dev and Sonakshi only wanted this BIG happy family. And for the goodness that this couple possesses, they truly deserve it..if only it be true.


Shaheer as Dev, once again out did his earlier performances throughout this week ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Monday was only a beginning. His feeling less yet emotion filled face is something not many actors can do. Emotional scenes are Shaheer's forte and he portrayed excellently as the man, the pillar of his family, who had to silently endure the painful truth! Excellent job Shaheer! ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻


I liked how he decided to throw away the assumption that "Sonakshi cannot get pregnant" and decided to live in the moment, which his mother and Sona confidently shared with him. 


To live in the moment is very hard to practice, even though we are preached about it all the time. The anxiety of our future always almost completely consumes us.  If only we can live in the moment, we can change all of life's challenges into opportunities for us! Like the blacksmith story about positivity that Saurabh shared that night. A kharghosh went to a blacksmith everyday and kept asking again and again for carrots..the blacksmith who got annoyed, broke the teeth of the kharghosh. But the kharghosh went again to the blacksmith and asked for carrot halwa!! This has to be our attitude in life as well... If life throws lemons at us, make a lemon juice! Why worry about the future! Who can control or predict it? But this is easily said than done.


Our hero Dev also was anxious about what the next day will bring for his family, when the doctor tests Sonakshi. And its very natural for anyone, not just Dev.


Dev never had any relationship with God. Right from when he was a child, he had always been numb towards the Almighty that has been his mother's hope and strength.. He has never asked God for anything. Not even when his mother was almost in her death bed. He did not ask God for any favor even when he was almost dying of Sonakshi's separation from him..but today, he pleaded with God. I kept wondering why he did that.. And then I realized the beauty of this man Devrath Dixit.😄😍


All along, Dev had seen the discomfort between his mother and Sonakshi. But never did he try to talk in favor or against of either of them. For him, both his mother and his wife are equally precious and he loved them both very dearly... Although he knew that his mother was being irrational, he never expressed it to her, only for the fear of hurting her emotions. The little talk he had with his mom gave us a glimpse of this Dev in a nutshell. His contentment over Ishwari addressing Sona as "our Sonakshi" said it all! And all of this became possible only with the news of Sonakshi being pregnant.


He somehow had to make this true..and he was willing to do anything for that.. why not bow his head in front of the Almighty..why not plead with Him..May be he will listen... 🙏🏼🙏🏼


The scene of Dev's conversation with God was such a well made scene, with the perfect dialogues, just the right amount of background music and the bestest performance by Shaheer! "Tod de mera guroor..par maa aur sonakshi ke dil mat tod na" 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻


I had my little hopes up as well..I thought miracle would happen and that the result will be positive, may be with some mild complications..


But as fate would have it, and as real as it can be, Sonakshi was not pregnant. This came as a big surprise to me... as I got carried away by the previous day's Dev-God conversation.. But this was not unexpected for Dev. However, the little ray of hope that he lit in his heart for God was suppressed one more time..😞😞

Who knows the bigger plans of God? We can ask what we want, but He knows what we need. May be the need of the hour is not a baby, but a glimpse of the beautiful life, if only Ishwari and Sonakshi were bonded.


My favourite scene this week was when Dev came home with the reports and lied to them consciously. He knew that its unacceptable yet true that Sona cannot get pregnant. He also knew that when the truth comes out, the family will be shattered, especially Sonakshi and Ishwari. However, he hoped and believed that by the time the truth comes out, their relationship will be too strong that they can support each other. He knew that neither him not God can fix the heartbreak that will come eventually, only the 2 women can dare to do that by staying together. And we can already feel this change in the way how Sonakshi wants to share everything with Ishwari including the pregnancy complication and in the way Ishwari supports and protects Sonakshi!


In a regular TV show, we see how they capitalise on problems of life and how the womenfolk team up and conspire against that one good soul in the family and how the menfolk are nothing but a dummy! Its really very good to see a unique show where the conspiracy happens for a good cause and where the man strategically moves the coins only for the happiness of the people he loves. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 


However, is Dev doing the right thing? 🤔🤔 Can he write the destiny of his unborn child? Is it even possible? I remember once, (when he found his mother was keen on getting the prenup signed) he told Sonakshi that he is scared of losing her again and its like chasing a colorful bubble..Well, what he is doing now is exactly that! To challenge God that he will write his own destiny and that he will make it happen for his mom and Sonakshi is the impulsive Abhodro Mr.Dev Dixit!! The tension is already on. Sonakshi is already doubtful and as soon as she solves Riya's case, I am sure she is going to take this up!


Shaheer's body language when he is preoccupied with a worry makes us believe that Dev is right in front of us and is one among us! His anger, helplessness, clueless yet a determined effort - all these emotions came naturally to him. It was once again a treat to watch Shaheer this week! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻  And he was well supported by his co-actors.


The Vicky-Eleena-Maami combo got us some distraction from the heaviness of the main track. And Sonakshi finally found some ground to  catch Ayaan redhanded.


No comments about Neha. To ignore her is the best thing to do for Ishwari as well as us.


Spirituality is a sense of connection to something bigger than us. In that sense, Dev is probably the most spiritual person in the Dixit family. He felt connected so much with that superior power that he expressed his anguish and anger with a hope that He might help.. When we are able to do this, we get one step closer to God and we are able to live in the moment. Disappointments might come along, but in the end, we will be happy. By happy, I don't mean that we will get what we want, but that we will stay happy with what we have and what we get.




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