KUMKUM BHAGYA - EPISODE 92 - AUGUST 20, 2014 - The Comedy of Sticking Kisses

The Comedy of Sticking Kisses - Pappiyan Chipkana

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I felt the drama intense. It was a nice mix, like normally it happens over marriages. Those concerned are worried, those not much worried having fun, and some keeping an eye to control issues and sometimes joy just takes a fun ride to have an accident with angst, spilling tears. 

Felt like real life marriage participation, where 

1. Daadis, guests all laughing at Abhigya and having fun at their expense. 
2. Bulbul and Sarla worried for Mamaji's catering. They should be. 
3. Bulbul and Purab keeping an eye on Aaliya.
4. Purab's Chaachi keeping an eye on Purab and Bulbul.
5. Sarla keeping an eye on Abhi and Tanu
6. Daadi's blessing Abhi as usual for Abhigya as couple.

Between all this, the most stressed were everyone except Pragya. Other than an accidental kiss drama and having to handle Tanu's jealousy, nothing else was different for her. And unless like other events she was taking it normally...change being ...everyone else had some kind of emotional worry at the back of their mind.

So Abhi is really conflicted since the Police case rescuing by Pragya. He is not just unhappy that Pragya has so much attitude to refuse his Thank you, he is unhappy that Tanu was not with him. And he is actually angry with Tanu so much that he called her a Baaharwaali. Then why with so much going inside him, Abhi is still able to add light moments with Pragya. I guess, then I have to stamp it in my mind, that Abhi has a single track mind when it comes to his anger. He can be angry with only person at a time. He could not be angry with Purab or suspect of some scheming when he found him in restaurant and let it be. Likewise, he is going through Sangeet moments normally as goes with his besharam attitude, but he was truly angry with Tanu. He seemed hurt for a certain image of Tanu he had in his mind, dwindle into something he was disappointed at himself and their relationship.

The other important face change clue and serious enough for me to get bothered was, how lovingly he looked at his Daadi when she said to keep the Abhigya relationship go on as it is. I guess, he is baffled at Daasi calling Pragya a Savitri and that turned out true, then baffled at Daadi bringing out Pragya's characteristics that she fell for her initially and vouching her happiness, how she has not been belied. So he is like, "Do I believe Aliya and myself or do I believe Daasi and Daadi about what I have seen?"

More than the comedy of kisses, I felt disturbed at what was going on in their minds for Abhi, Tanu, Aaliya, Bulbul and Purab.  

Pragya totally unaware of all kind of conflicts and plotting, does not even care to think of them and very sweetly, is responsive through her logic and level headedness, answering aptly to all, be it Tanu or be it Abhi or be it her well-wishers.

What an episode, where Pragya has created drama around her where she remains poised along with Daadis and rest everyone are so worried about many many things. :)

What would make Abhi feel betrayed by Pragya? He has trust issues even now. So how is it even gonna change? I do believe, his anger would resurface, but at what and at whom, I am not so sure. His ego, yes. Ego at being proven wrong. However, the dramatic revelation is not going to be unravelling. It might just be made more tortuous and arduous.  Imp thing for me is, I am just clueless how Aliya and Abhi will react to Purab running away from marriage, how Daadi will react. 

Based on today's episode, Abhi is not all that dumb. He does remember people's words and feelings expressed. He is able to draw a certain conclusion over Tanu based on what he expected and what his Daadi looks for in his "wife". He is able to excite Pragya through her outrageous feelings for Tanu's unrighteous conduct of hanging out with a married man. He is able to know his own state that he gets cluelessly lost in Pragya's eyes and that he hears song from there.

Wont's he be able to relate that Pragya was actually asking him to question himself, that Purab turning away from wedding could be a possibility ? I believe, the next stage of conflict to be set in his mind, is between him and Aliya.  He would need to see Aliya like he is seeing Tanu now.  My guess (which most of the times are wrong anyways) is that, Abhi will get unhinged from Aliya love that only makes him blind.  But then he has to deal the societal consequences of a failed wedding. He would need to handle Aliya, his Daadi, his reputation. A lot is at stake. And HE would need some kind of moral support to deal with all this.  He does need to be supported by Pragya at this time.

The real emotional break will happen, when Abhi hurts Pragya emotionally (in an unintentional manner ofcourse), and the real physical separation will happen when Sarla gets to know the reality of the marriage.

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[QUOTE=-Tia-]Shri, nice analysis. I think Abhi is able to still have fun fights with Pragya because that's his favourite thing to do. He truly cherishes being around her. That's his stress reliever too.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Lkb79]Nice summary Shri. New angle to consider - Pragya as the calm eye of a storm around her. 

I really love that moment you mentioned - Abhi's face when Daadi was talking to him. He softened up a bit when normally he would have had some sarcastic thought in his mind. I also noticed similar treatment towards Pragya's family lately. He was never cold to them, but he is actually warmer and easier with them now. I loved his panic at being caught when he told Tanu to let go. The writers have done a good job in enacting some subtle changes that signal his shift in attitude as he grows more confused. 

Abhi really is a spectacular, well written, well acted character. So is Pragya for that matter. But today was Abhi's day. 

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KumKum Bhagya : Pragya's Dressing

I just wanted to say about Pragya's dressing or blouses.

I actually find her long sleeves very high fashion with those crew cut blouses of her reception and Aliya's engagement.  Point of interest is that, you have to see that Engagement blue was nicely embroidered in front with round cut in the back. So that's not the typical covered or Simplistic behanjee dressing. In the reception, as the blouse was self-colored with saree and that too the beige shade which comes under elegant coloring of Gharana styling, the covered blouse actually gives her regal look.

Infact, the Sangeet Saree is far too simple to my taste. But then it is Sangeet and it doesnt matter. Just like Mehndi dress.

Now other things we need to keep in mind. Sriti Jha (also extended into Pragya character) is very lean. Her hands are so lean that they look bony rather than round with flesh. TRP audience giving female crowd sitting in Indian living rooms wont like that lean look. A very lean hand either shows being underweight or shows vampy characteristics of weight maintaining female leads.  One needs to sympathize with their needs.

Coming to her Anarkalis of same type with diff colors. This is neither Sriti nor Pragya characteristic. No girl wears same types in diff colors. This is simply a Indian Soap heroine Costume. All soaps follow this kind of thing more or less. There was Geet...OMG...all same with diff colors so much that DD used to make fun of her own dresses.

And finally...me...why I have come to defend on dressing of the soap heroine of KKB, when I should  not be getting into these matters based on past experiences...Because, I am a saree buff. I prefer the handloom varieties, cottons and silks...not the designer ones. Yet I do study the designs...and where I do not like the wear, then I do an assessment based on the fabric used. So ultimately for me the fabric's texture and richness matters along with what exclusivity it is bringing on the table (as in over one who wears it). And I see Sriti and Pragya making an awesome representation and statement. And one should be happy, that she is going for the designer wear and not the handloom one. Infact if you see Sriti's photos, you will see her more in native varieties of Batiks, Balucheris, Sambalpuris when she dons the sarees. And the traditional varieties wont take a designer blouse like the designer ones accomodate.

Pragya's sarees at her previous two engagements, were shown of very mediocre quality. Infact, they are mediocre style. And yet Pragya looked beautiful in those color combinations. Blouses were neatly done there as the blouses where what made her elegant in those mediocre looking sarees. And now see her transformation into rich and elegant looking sarees.

Sorry did not want to offend anyone. But I wanted to rescue myself. The heroine's dressing pleases me. Its so soothing to look at her, so simple that is pleasure watching her. feel bad I dont add TRP. If I was in India, I would have watched her regularly. :)

Responded by Tia

Originally posted by -Tia-

As for as Pragya's sarees and make up go, I just wish that they dressed her up according to her education/profession. A college prof. is more likely to wear cotton, delicate embroidery, handloom and tasteful stuff than the gaudy sarees and anarkalis (I know Pragya's are still simple going by the TV soap heroine stds). Sriti looks beautiful nevertheless but I think they could add a lot more elegance to Pragya with a sophisticated yet simple taste in clothing, which still wouldn't appeal to flashy people like Tannu and Aaliyah.

That again is a compromise made for the sake of TRP audience. They are bridging the actual character requirement with what TRP audience keeps demanding. So we get a hybrid.

The blouse combination given to Pragya is deliberated to bring about the respectability and exclusivity of the character from others. She comes out strikingly different in each of her saree ensembles.They made her wear backless blouse from her family choice itself before being asked to wear what the Mehras are giving her to wear.

As far as the dressing when she actually worked, she needed to be wearing sarees (sometimes and not always); by her Arora Punjabi background, they made the character not choose gaudy colors and go for elegant pastels. The white, the yellows, the purples..all her kurtas had the cotton as base but anarkali as the style. It was still showing her personality, that the woman was taking of her personality statement. You could easily find those varieties in Tata Westend stores. :)

Then coming to marriage and being newly married with that chuda still on, from a punjabi background, she is minimally adhering to tradition to show brights, other non-cotton material with good amount of vermilion...not as much a Bihari or Bengali bride would have out on. :)

Making a statement or getting a lable is normal. For ex: when I wear sarees, the cotton ones, they say I look like an activist. And I dont mind it. because I mean business. When I wear handloom ones for occassions, my own relatives get baffled as to what I wore can be called rich of something strange. haha!! Patola comes out best minus the zari work...and that is like a dampner for people who want it easy and understandable conventional dressing. The whole point of dressing for an intellectually elevated mind is their confidence of how to drive away people from their vicinity based on their choice of dressing. Something that is not so easily likeable and yet it gives you the necessary peace of mind. Suresh's dressing is made extra wierd with his midwaist trousers. But the guy exudes so much of confidence in his face that you automatically look at him for what he is and not what he wore. And at no point, we can say that they are not paying any attention. They pay attention to the point of keeping the unwanted attention off them. 

KumKum Bhagya: Pragya - Encouraging the Banter

Encouraging The Banter

The point of Pragya going beyond her staring scolding reprimanding eyes and opening her verbal reprimands in frustration is what makes the banter so funny.

Her sister Bulbul, or her mother, or Purvi can all equally fluster her with their over-activity respectively. They do hug her, torment her with silly questions and concerns she just feels as irritated with them as Abhi is when in the cases such as where his laptop got wet etc.

But Pragya getting picqued is very unique in her relationship with Abhi. She reacts easily just to put an end to his never ending schemes on her. She thinks he has unending stamina to torment her, so gets ready with solving his issues and attitude before he becomes unamanageable.  She treats him like a grown up boy, a male figure that was absent in her life.  A brother in her life would have made her known to boys incessant need to trouble whom they like. She has a Mama and a cousin brother, who are all too nice around her and obedient to her.

But Abhi kind of interaction is competitive to her. Its not about the big problems of their marriage. Its more about

Messing the room with clothes dropped here and there

Eating junk food at odd times

Being pranking and talkative all the time

He might remind her of her sister Bulbul. But the major difference is Bulbul adores her, but Abhi's aim is to torture her and yet...there's no getting away from him because of the silly habits he has that bother her more than his aim of torturing her.

Love the times she had smiles creeping on her face because of his silly acts.

When she duped him into making a mess of his favourite sherwaani

when she feels from his voice how he is stuck with his T

And most importantly, she seems to like his besharmi, openness and pranking 

1) for the fact that his daadi and her daadi loves him, so values their opinion, thinking he might have something that she needs to find and hence all the more interested interaction

2) for the fact that she wants to keep this marriage for her mother's sake and hence her need to keep him engaged one way or another. She is consciously trying to create a habit about her to him. Abhi has noticed it already, and Pragya has already blurted that out in her inebriated state, that he is gonna miss her once she leaves. It sure means to say, that she is leaving enough tokens of her presence around him.

3) for the fact, that he is definitely interesting when it comes to outwit him. Saying to his face that "did you leave your mind at Tanu's place?" is definitely satisfying to her. And the more he answers her the better for her, as she feels mentally engaged.

Responded by Tia
Shri, I just have one thing to add to what you said. Pragya is liberating with Abhi. The free spirit in him is rejuvenating her. Like in today's scene, he just pulled off her dupatta that she wrapped around her and they had this little game of running in and out of the room. And then later, she ran to the closet while he chased her. Abhi lives in the moment and she is living along with him while all the darkness/issues of her life take a break.

KUMKUM BHAGYA - EPISODE 91 - AUGUST 19, 2014

A very cute and enjoyable episode. Full of fun and laughter. Watch it for the pull-push of Abhigya.

But the underscoring highlight was Abhi's playing with Pragya through arousing jealous feelings.

Hmmm!!! Since when this is becoming fun for him?  Happy that the teacher chashmish who always mocks or ridicules him for being brainless or his appearance or his singing style, has actually feelings for him??????

Something that we may have not talked in full.

FB to Drunken Spree...Why would a drunk Abhi feel bad that Pragya was singling out his kisses to Tanu? So he was not feeling bad for her saying it out, he was feeling for the fact that he cared for her feelings... thinking that Pragya might be feeling bad that he wont kiss her ever?

Hmmm!!!

Responded by Tia
Abhi has had feelings for Pragya even before marriage. Remember the mangasutra scene where he picks it up for her. After that, he is driving home and thinks why he feels "bechaini" whenever he meets her and why he meets her all the time. So, there has been an underlying emotion he has had for her and now it's shaping and coloring itself at any given instance!

@Shri,

It's this episode- no. 36

Watch around 8-8 and half mins.

Abhi will need moral support and that shall be provided by Pragya.

In this episode, there was a foreboding already on that matter. Aliya and Pragya stupidly went for the dress drama. Aliya on some excuse made Pragya believe her and Pragya on some pretext went to accomplish the challenge of wearing the short dress. As expected, Daadi was angry, Pragya saved by Abhi and yet when everything is out, Daadi looks at him accusatorily and warns him of his hand in the matter. Abhi seriously thinks...So whoever is responsible, I am the one who is going to get punished.

Today, this looks funny and is comic relief.
Tomorrow, this is not going to be funny anymore and we would all start looking for tragic relief for few laughs.

Abhi not only blamed by elders, he himself is going to come hard on himself.

In that situation, where he would isolate himself, when unasked; Pragya comes to support him (understanding his situation), their love is going to be strengthened.  Under  what circumstances, we do not know. If they are in love, they can go on being separated by circumstances for a while. What is the Bhagya's role here? we have to see.

Likewise, about how Abhi can hurt Pragya?

Presently Pragya trusts Abhi for his transparency and his consistent behavior. She cannot stand Tanu, in a rational sense that happy marriage semblance does not need a third wheel between spouses. But there is an irrational side of her that does not want Tanu anywhere near her husband. This side is a strong sense of personal dignity that Pragya has for herself. She did not accept Suresh when she found out he loves Bulbul. Broke the engagement. Now Bhagyavash, she is married to Abhi and is his wife. And as wife, she cannot see Tanu usurping her right. Like she said "Hisaab ki pakki hoon main".   Because, in her personal accounts, Abhi has given her every reason why he would like to torture her and she accepted it to save her mommy and sister. Very concerned but selfish reasons. But the balance she has is rescue for torture. Now the other side of her marriage, if there was no MU, she has a problem in the form of Tanu. And she has already started dealing with her 1) by negating her at face value as outsider 2) by showing disapproval of her presence to her husband where it matters to her, his family and her family.

So basically Pragya has reigned in her marriage.
She just needs to find love in the marriage. And sooner than later she is gonna find it from Abhi.

So what can hurt her is when

1. Abhi goes back to Tanu for some lame reason
2. Abhi to demean her sense of dignity in some way. Probably doubt her love for him...
3. Abhi to lessen attention on her...cant say how it would even happen, but even one instance of neglect from Abhi is gonna hurt Pragya especially after they may have acked their love for each other.

All this is gonna happen, if they start communicating less and less, in a degree noticeable in contrast to present times communicating with each other.

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KUMKUM BHAGYA - EPISODE 90 - AUGUST 18, 2014; Meri Biwi Hai, Phir Bhi Thanks

Yeh Meri Biwi Hai ...Phir Bhi Thanks

Originally posted by -Tia-

And why did he claim "meri biwi" clear and aloud in front of that imposter? Because he will not tolerate something obnoxious said about any woman remotely related to him.  Apart from doing it for his Daadi and her mother, he does know somewhere deep down his heart that this is the woman he wants to take home to, at the end of the day.

But he is not going to give her false hopes until he really believes in those emotions and knows that's the right thing to do.

True. Agree with you.  

Let me add my bit too, to continue. 

While watching the scene, I felt that Abhi was forced to hit reality, hit the ground. His marriage to Pragya is all a revenge lesson from his point of view where the trouble-maker and gold-digger Pragya was supposed to get tortured, humiliated and insulted all the time.

Alas!! the problem in having this wish executed gets encompassingly difficult for Abhi and it only adds to his conflicted emotions on what he is as person himself. This is completely devoid of what he feels or should feels for Pragya. This conflict is about his character and his emotions that are taking a toll on him.

His desire of having Pragya tortured, insulted rests on his wish that only and only Pragya should bear that punishment and no one else get affected even remotely by the hurt he intends to give Pragya. For him he and the world are one side and there is only adversary for him that deserves all bad and that is Pragya. Is it for REAL then that such isolation of actions and consequences can be achieved ? NO.

And that is what happened once again today. Today, it was not Pragya's mother or Abhi's grandmother, who were exposed to the consequences of their marriage. Today, the couple themselves were exposed, if they want to keep semblance of marriage or let it be. When Pragya saved Abhi from getting arrested, Pragya had the threat of Tanu's relationship with Abhi getting exposed which was going to affect both her family and Abhi's grandmother. But today, in no manner, the families were affected. However what was subjected to ridicule was Abhi's character. Is he really a  casting couch principle follower? 

I watched the scene and felt it, how Abhi felt disturbed by a disruption to supposedly fun, jovial atmosphere he was having with a person he is starting to enjoy. If that disruption did not vex him enough, the man was insulting not only to a woman, he was more insulting to Abhi as a person with a lewd idea of Abhi as a person. And that angered Abhi ! He was wrathful. He just wanted to get himself cleansed and he said...this is my wife...Well on surface it does have a respectful and protective gesture for Pragya, but it has also protected his personality. He proved to the man that he is not what he thinks of ...as a man of loose morals. And to show his funny side, he even goes ahead and says, he meets up with men as well.

What I saw in that scene, an echoing dramatic effect of "Yeh meri Biwi Hai"...an echoing hardhitting reality for Pragya and Abhi. While Pragya is grateful that atleast for semblance sake, Abhi said that, which is what she wants at all these times, in her present state of reality, for Abhi it was redemptive of himself by purging all the bad things he has been doing lately to Pragya and how each time it is coming to hit upon him. If he had kept quiet today, not only his ego would have been hurt for his image as perceived by others, he would have been more hurt at himself, forced to sit quiet, when all his inner self actually rebels against any such basal activity.

Now that anger unleashed, he cancels the ordered food and wants to walk out from there in the heat of the moment. And our Pragya, true to her nature of always showing sense and decorum, her grateful attitude to the moment, makes her express her Thank You. Ofcourse! this increases anger levels for Abhi and he gets to release his pent up frustration with her. In his anger and annoyance, he takes out the frustration at the hurt inflicted by Pragya in the morning. Why save him and why not accept his Thank You, because for all it matters to him, the gold-digger saved him for his and her family needs. When and where did the gold-digger get better sense than him to prevail in an otherwise advantageous situation? And if he could keep all that aside, and he wanted to convey his gratitude, why did she not accept it?  He uses the SAME WORDS to drive his point of how he was hurt by her words. If she called him Ravan in the morning, he goes to say I too don't consider you my wife. Truth. But a truth for both that is like a poison that inflicts a writhing pain. I am sure he knew exactly that she would see that he was not doing it for families.

And then follows a balm to his pain.

Pragya's "Phir bhi Thanks".

She is calm, not showing an inch of hurt at the truth he hurled at her, takes it as reality and yet is noble not to crib at the loss of her right, but is just grateful for a small cover of kindness, a shelter provided to her in her situation. And she was resolute enough to show her self-respect, her dignity and showed him that she will not demand for what is not hers, but if he did something good for her, she will definitely express her gratitude to him. She will not be shy of that.

That is where the episode ended. We are not sure of tomorrow, how the scene will continue. But today that ending scene was a balm to Abhi's hurt pride. Pragya rose above their relationship, their marriage and showed him equal respect as a person. And that is what Abhi needed in that moment at the restaurant when he was enjoying his evening with a person he was liking which got ruined by another person, he could only abhor. It was all worth it.  Something he wanted so much for himself since the morning.

:)

I wonder if writers put so much depth into the dialogue writing. But I guess the story direction, the dialogue and the acting by the crew adds the right chemistry to the scene and such dramatic emotion becomes possible.

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KUMKUM BHAGYA - EPISODE 88 - AUGUST 14, 2014; The PeaceMakers and MoonCatchers

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It was cute, funny and hilarious episode.

Peace Pls Peace Pls... Hilarious.

Next Morning was even better. Both not at all SHY as to how they were huddled together, all that mattered to them was... how annoyed they were to find each other in close proximity. Angry Abhi!! LOLLOL

And when Pragya so naturally deduces how they ended up there, Abhi just runs away from there. God! he just acts truant and bully with Pragya and yet it is Pragya who gets to lecture him, scold him for his silly acts and get him scolded further from Daadi too.  Though he tries to do all bad things to her, she ends up punishing him more.

Honestly, this episode was so good. Best because Daadi got to see them sleeping like that, so trustingly, as she always desires them to. Best because Pragya now very transparently showed Abhi, how much closer she has become to Daadi. She has actually expressed her anger at Abhi and complained about him to Daadi, right before him. This is them like being her kids and if Abhi has his brain working, should read something in there. But since Abhi works with only his heart, he already knows, he cannot fool Daadi if matter pertains to Pragya.

I am so pleased at the night after. I do miss the drunk couple and their crazy acts, but next morning, they actually fight like husband and wife...well they always fight like that, dunno how Pragya gets to be so naturally his wife...without shyness, scolding him etc. Its very clear she treats him more as a kid, but does she even realize how wifey she gets with him, total owning him as her husband?.. even if to protect him and his antics to keep semblance of marriage before Daadi and her family.  She is always racing ahead of him in her mind when he talks and his assumed rattling and prattle just annoys her stupefying her at his velocity of assumed understanding and allegations. She never gets fully angry with him, and just gets irritated with him. Teacher and Errant and Truant Student

I cannot tell, where they both are going with this, but they should see themselves like Daadi had seen them. They are totally into each other. More so because, their hearts recognize the other's innocence and they do think like each other, even if is to irritate each other or love their family members and also respect those who deserve respect.

Abhi was just himself, drunk or no drunk. But a Drunk Pragya was so cute. Her next morning avatar and her exhausted face at her husband's non-stop ranting was again to die for LOLLOL She cannot bear him. This one is so so different from the drunk one. And yet, how could Abhi act the same with both Pragyas in the same manner. He could lose himself to Serious Pragya with Allah Waariyas just as he cannot lose himself to Drunk Pragya with her Cute expressions with no Allah Waariyas...but just seeing an Innocent reminder of her. He acts all rough intentionally with serious Pragya, thinking she can handle him and he acts rough out of frustration with a drunk Pragya. The way these two people behave with each other in their senses and without senses, its like two people who have been married for years. 

Cut to Police coming scene, both husband and wife in their separate realms of thinking, very individualistic, and yet the body language is again like a couple handling the problem together. The wailing siren affects the wife first. The lie that the wife speaks of, is caught by husband. This is going to be a repeat of Police Station Hug drama they did before. But this again highlights, their telepathic understanding of each other. They have flashes of what the other thinks sometimes and sometimes, they just infer what other means without much prodding.  

The couple is behaving very spontaneously with each other. The script writing so far is admirable in the sense, we really do not know much whats going on between the two, that they seem so naturally settled in every way no matter how much dysfunctional their marriage is. Like her regular informing him, that she is going to sleep in balcony (without any sad-face) and his regular retort, "yeah I see it, getting habituated (without any sorry-face). Its weird with no hurt or nagging angst and yet what is noticeable is their acknowledgement to the other, if the other did mean to talk to him/her.

Whats clear to me from these drunk episodes is that it is very clearly etched in their minds that their marriage is temporary arrangement. Pragya cares for marriage only to the extent of keeping her mother happy and rest of it just bores her as it is acting for her. Abhi cares for Pragya (not marriage) only for her his Daadi and Pragya's familya while her company seems abnoxious to him because he is under the supreme influence of negative publicity of Pragya by Aliya and Tanu.

So Pragya cares for her marriage to Abhi and will protect him, take care of him and his loved ones as long as the marriage keeps her bound.

And Abhi cares for Pragya in a way he just cannot understand. He says Daadi Daadi and yet even though how unconnected he feels to Pragya, there is always something about Pragya and something in her eyes that make him take care of her even if he is being ridiculously mischievous with her. I feel he keeps pranking with her and harrasing her, just to remind himself that he needs to ditch her.

And honestly none of these acts about each other impress the other to fall in love actually. Which is so baffling for me to understand. For I just see a couple, where destiny or Bhagya keeps throwing them in each other's company more and more, no matter how contrived or ridiculous it gets and destiny or Bhagya has the last laugh by seeing its work about what a situation it has created. Because it sees the couple act like it wants them to. A husband taking care of his wife and a wife taking care of her husband without being shy, just being very natural as they are about themselves. They might not have had a sweet word between each other, they might not be married in true spirit, but one married in all honesty and other marrying in all dishonesty, whatever they do, they honour each others needs in their room and outside their room.

Another scene of theirs that was so loving for me to watch was...that scene where Pragya follows him with her umbrella covering Abhi, asking for details, even as she was the one who gave the hints of accident to Police. Abhi is not at all angry with Pragya and instead he shows a complaining admonishment at her neglect of having failed to notice his physical bruise in the accident. Lo! when did he even give her the right to prod into his matters. She was barging into his matters by her own enterprise. But when he feels she did not barge in enough, he complains like a typical husband. And Pragya, not annoyed, but so concerned for him runs after him, gets sad, Abhi just turns around and becomes soft and says..."what is it now? (reads her concern) and says I will take care of the problem". Now why would he even care to answer her concern and say I will take care. But he does. Again so to speak, both the wife and husband have acts very unnaturally...this time not for Daadi and not for Maa. They acted who they were. Eldest born, caretaking Family members by habit. They are used to running around their family members to get them out of trouble, show concern and be nice. And this what both did with their prodding, asking and answering to each other.

Their traits of care and responsibility is what binds them today in an otherwise non-existent marriage. And that drunken drama was also the same. Care and Responsibility reflected throughout, even to the extent of what action of theirs is going to make the other better...like Abhi getting drunk to match her drunkenness...as then he wont get exhausted and frustrated...and Abhi getting the moon because Pragya needs light. Anything for you, because you are my care.

I just dont know what I am even driving at...but these episodes through 4th August to 14th August just bring out the Kundli (horoscopic) compatibility rather than romantic compatibility..and which is like Zindagi rangeen aur suhaani hai...a rollercoaster ride, an enjoyable ride if you have an equal and trusting partner with you.

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KumKum Bhagya : Sriti Jha as the Female Lead Actor

Playing the part of an Inebriated Pragya

She is reminding me of Meena Kumari in Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulam. :)
Very neat acting of being in inebriated and emotionally painful state. Her sarcasm, fun and sadness at her situation keeps coming back to her every minute and she displays all emotions regularly in every fit of hers.

Basically in all of drunkenness, she is taking her pain out and showing everyone the mirror, including her state of mocking marriage and what it would mean to her family.