The elusive Raashi Mal speaks to us……

Gauri Lada……the bad …bad…girl

Its not often heard, the ‘Bad Girl’ of any show, loved and lauded by the audience. We see Gauri Lada has broken the shackles with Paanch. What is the secret behind this huge fan following?

I think what people saw in Gauri was a girl of today, a girl in control, a girl who knows her mind and knows how to get things done. She is strong and independent with a calm confidence, leave aside the means and tactics she employs. These are all very desirable traits. Girls get inspired by it and boys admire it. That is what I have gathered from all the messages I get on a daily basis.

You were called ‘Gauri’ in the show…’Gauri’..the other name of Goddess Durga, stood for destroying anything evil, making wrongs right…but in this show ‘Gauri’ led everything evil, wicked and malicious are her middle names, was there a theory behind this contradiction ?
What are your thoughts on this ?

I am not entirely sure so much thought went into the meaning of the name. But I think the name Gauri Laada had a certain ring to it. It went well with the character. I’ve also been told the name suited me. The names of some characters were changed to better suit the people who were cast from what I know, although I believe the name Gauri was always the first choice for my character.

Do you think an actor gets more opportunity to explore his/her talent while portraying a negative character?
Is it more challenging to play a negative character?

Each character is different. I can’t really say it is more difficult as each character has its own complexities. But it was definitely fun, I can tell you that. Secretly we all want to boss over people and get our way all the time, dont we? 🙂

Moving from Gauri to Rashi Mal………..
An engineer… a dancer…a theatre personality………an actress….
What defines you the best ? Any regrets on this huge change over ?


To answer your first question I’ll quote a teacher I am training with here in New York who just today said to me ” Dont let them define you as just one thing. Just go out there and make art, do your thing” She was a dancer who had a career ending injury and then became an actor. Today she is a Director and Choreographer. And to answer the second question I’ll quote Jim Carrey. He said he learnt from his father that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you’d rather to do what you really want. I don’t regret my choice for a minute.

Gauri enjoyed her authority, control and power, any threat to her position made her see red.
Is there any similarity between Rashi ‘n’ Gauri as per this attitude of hers? Is Rashi a totally different human being ?

Ofcourse I am a different person. But no person is devoid of all these emotions you just listed, just the degrees vary in my opinion. We all have shades of grey. Nothing is black or white in its entirety. Besides you can always find things to relate with in any character. I am very head strong as well and I like to do things my own way.


What keeps Raashi Mal going ? What are the dreams she is pursuing currently ?

My curiosity keeps me going. I am currently in New York taking dance, acting and singing lessons so I guess I am living my dreams. I want to bring back my experiences here to my work and life and storm ahead in the performing arts.

About Rashi Mal ……………

Sapnon ka shehar ………..New York

AnokhaBandhan……………With my brother

KhattiMeethiYaadein………Paanch

HazaronKhwaishein………..Hollywood

Humraaz…………………Mum

Hero No. 1 ……………..Ranbir Kapoor if you mean in terms of acting

Aab Kuchh Masti Ho Jaye…………………….

If you were to imagine each of your co-actor as a cartoon character…….what would they be ?

Sheetal

Tweety bird. I always told her she looks like tweety in the short hair. 🙂

Aashish

Johnny bravo – you know the muscles and all. 🙂 🙂

Kiran

Michelangelo perhaps from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cause he is always jumping around. Kiran also possess an extraordinary talent of being able to sleep at the drop of a hat literally anywhere. Sleepy Man was the super hero name we came up with for him on set. 🙂

Shrey

Jughead from Archies. Only because I cant think of any other cartoon character who is sweet,calm, collected and non meddlesome. Shrey was also known for the big bag of food he carried on set. Jughead loves his food too.But Shrey is any day much better looking than Jughead. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Pratap

Bart Simpson. He is just so so naughty. 🙂 🙂

Ronjini

Betty from Archies. She is smart and a best friend to everybody. 🙂 🙂

Shashank

Professor Utonium from the powerpuff girls cause he has to take care of and put up with us crazy people.
🙂 🙂 🙂

 

Sheetal Singh speaks to us……..

Happenstance wishes Sheetal Singh many more exciting and thrilling projects.

 

Our very own Bala Jeeju……

The adorable Bala Jiju of Yeh Hai Mohabbataein…..Angad Singh Maan of Bani…..
Pehchaan Toh Liye Honge……

Yes our very own Pankaj Bhatia, the actor behind these roles, ensures his presence captivates the audience whenever he is on screen…..Dulhan, Hawan, Sabki Laadli Bebo……he has left a mark with power packed performance in all these shows.

Happenstance talks to the handsome Pankaj Bhatia on his role in YHM and his fundas of life.

Bala is one of the most endearing characters of the show YHM. A near perfect…caring husband, a wonderful son-in-law, a dutiful father …how much of Bala is Pankaj ?

Pretty much… thats what my dad in law says… My wife can tell better whether I m a caring hubby or not but yes I m trying my level best to be a dutiful father (as I ve recently become a father) and learning new things with each passing day… Let’s c…

YHM a late night show, 11 pm slot, nonetheless managed to climb up the TRP charts upsetting quite a few big wigs on prime time. What’s so unique about the show? How is it being a part of this wonderful journey?

Oh yes… When YHM got an 11 pm slot after a good delay of 8 months we all were shattered to the core but Ekta told us that we have a challenge to convert the late night slot into a prime time slot… Best part about YHM is dat all the actors were specifically told not to act… May be that is the reason why the show is looking so real and fresh and also inter links between different characters is USP of YHM .. Oh it’s a wonderful experience being associated with YHM…

Vandita, your wife in the show holds a better position in college, she is the Principal and you are a professor. Yet there is a strong influence on each other, a mutual sense of values, an unsaid understanding, facing the world together. Is this just a fictional phantasm? Are relationships such as this possible in real life?


Yes why not… I’ve seen couples like these in real life too where wife earns more than the husband… Especially in our profession where both are actors or freelancers sometimes (actually at times) women are employed for a longer period of time than their husbands…..

	Bala Jiju and Ishita share a special bond. It’s a pleasure to watch them stand up for each other and be the much required strength at times of dilemma and quandary. What do you think makes this relationship so special?

For this I would like to give credit to the writers of the show who have essayed this bonding so well… Ishita and I are more of friends as compared to jiju n saali… Div is a wonderful actor and very flexible too…

Unlike most fictional shows that run a risk of getting things all wrong when it comes to mundane realism, YHM is a paragon of near factual accuracy. How would you compare this show to the others that you have been a part of?

YHM is very different… Interlinkage of characters is very good and above all story is very good… Would I have not been part of Yhm I would have been definitely watching this show… YHM gives me a lot of Creative Satisfaction…

Chandigarh Ki Galiyon Se Mumbai Di Galiyaaan ……Kaise ??? What was the journey like?

Like a dream… Never thought that I could make it a reality but I literally kept praying to God about realisation of my dream and how it all happened and when did it happen, I did’t even come to know…..

After quite a few daily shows, a role as Vibhishan in Mahadev. How was it to portray Vibhishan, the great satvic King of Lanka?

I’ve shot for this role for 7 to 8 days only but the experience was really good…

Ab Kuch Khatti Meethi and Chatpatti Batein……Dil Se…..

Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi ….Woh ek Khwaish jispe dum nikle ????? Filmfare….

Sapnon Ka Shehar ??? Mumbai

Khatti Meethi Yadein ? Meeting my wife for d first time

Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai ? Sab kuch Achcha achcha sa lagta hai

An actor/Actress you would love working with ? Aamir khan (I ve his autograph also on my car’s steering)


A day off shooting …how does it look? Sleep sleep and sleep

Dream vacation locale ? Kashmir during snow

Chalte Chalte Yuhin Koi…. Kabhi Mila Tha ? Kaun?? Top secret…

A particular role, a dream role that you aspire for ? A Mentally retarded man…

Congrats on the new addition to the family. Parenthood is one of the best journey’s in life, Enjoy the ride.
Wishing many more exciting work and projects your way.

Happenstance

 

An exclusive Interview of Rashi Mal.

Gauri couldn’t be more different from who I really am – Rashi Mal
by Preetam Juneja 16-Jan-2014.



The gorgeous talented beauty who plays the ruthless gang leader ‘Gauri Lada’ in TV Show ‘Paanch’ – Don’t Get Mad, Get Even is a powerhouse of talent. The actress is receiving rave reviews for her performance in the show. We got in touch with the talented girl to know about her character, the show and her future plans.

Happenstance reloads her exclusive interview on special request from fans…..

MyNews : Tell us about the character ‘Gauri’ you play in the show ‘Paanch’ – Don’t Get Mad Get Even.

Rashi : My understanding of Gauri is that she is a misguided young girl. She has made her own place in the college and this gang of friends is her whole world. She is sharp, perceptive and loves being in control, possibly because of the lack of attention caused by her parents not being around much. She loves her brother and her friends to death although her way of showing it is not necessarily conventional.

MyNews: Tell us about your background and how did you land up on this show?

Rashi : By qualification I am an IT Engineer and have a diploma in film making from New York Film Academy. I did a brief stint with Citibank before I left to pursue the performing arts full fledged. I have worked extensively in theatre for several years with leading names such as Makrand Deshpande, Hidayat Sami, Sunil Shanbag and Divya Palat. I have done many TVCs including Acer, Nivea, Lays and Hide n Seek etc.
I also worked on MTV Rush with Mr Bejoy Nambiar.
I am a professionally trained dancer in Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, Salsa, Bachata, Merengue and have worked as a dancer, choreographer and teacher with The Danceworx (run by dancer/choreographer Ashley Lobo) and Salsa India Dance Company and also trained under renowned dance teacher Sandip Soparkar. Last year I was invited to perform the Tango at the International India Dance Congress held in Bangalore. I also sing and am training my voice with a renowned vocal coach.
In addition, I have some experience in direction (short films and plays) and a little writing experience (cartoons/play) as well. I landed this role by a chance audition when I went to audition for another part in a different project altogether. I guess life has its own plans. So here I am today and very happy to have made this decision. All credit to the casting and production team for believing that I could do justice to this part.

MyNews: Do you relate anything with ‘Gauri’?

Rashi : Gauri couldn’t be more different from who I really am. There was not much to draw from, from my real life as far as the events in Gauri’s life are concerned. I never bullied anyone and scenes that require me to slap someone often leave me more distressed than the people being slapped. Having said that, the very joy of acting is in playing parts that are so totally different from you. We all have a whole palette of emotions and different facets to our personality and you can always find something for you to identify with in the character that you are playing. I think characters on TV or film are a lot of times designed to have one exaggerated personality trait. Like Gauri I think I can be very strong headed and like to do things my own way.

MyNews: How has been the response to your character and the show?

Rashi : The response has been phenomenal actually. It’s far exceeded my expectations. Playing a gray character I guess somewhere at the back of your mind you hope people don’t hate you as it’s easy for people to forget that’s not who you really are. But I am overwhelmed by the love and support that has come my way via fan pages and messages that continue to pour in daily.

MyNews: If given a chance, which character would you like to play in the show apart from ‘Gauri’?

Rashi : Like I said, the joy of acting is being able to experience many lives…those vastly different from your own. I would love to play a drug addict like Roy. The more different from you the character is, the more challenging it gets, which is turn is more fun

MyNews: What is your dream role?

Rashi : I don’t know if there is such a thing as a dream role. Every role that you take on should push your personal boundaries in some way. But a role I would love to play would be one that combines acting, dancing and singing since I am very inspired by musical theatre. From recent times a role I would love to do would be Priyanka Chopra’s from Barfi. I think it was one of the hardest parts and she did an outstanding job.

MyNews: What’s next after ‘Paanch’ ?

Rashi : Wait and watch This is just the beginning

MyNews: Finally a message for your fans.

Rashi : Thank you for all the love and support you are giving to our show and to my character. It makes work worthwhile and more so it puts responsibility on us to put our best out there for you guys to watch. So thank you for the motivation and the encouragement both.

http://www.mynews.in/Blog/gauri_couldnt_be_more_different_from_who_i_really_am___rashi_mal_B190074.html

 

Interview with Ravjeet Singh

Today Happenstance brings you the interview of cute and charming Ravjeet Singh aka Nikhil from the show “PAANCH”

Hope all you fans have a great time watching the video.

 

Yeh Kaun Aaya Roshan Ho Gayi Mehfil Kiske Naam Se…..

A lot of fans have written to us requesting a translation of Kunal Karan Kapoor’s interview in English.
So here you go folks …..
Hope you enjoy the read.

This is Akashwani Rampur, we now present our daily programme “Yuvwani”. In today’s progromme we are broadcasting a talk with Kunal Karan Kapoor, who is a very popular TV actor.

Nita: Kunal first of all our audience would like to know something about you as a child, were you naughty, playful, quiet?

Kunal: I was a little naughty, a little playful, a little quiet as a child. I think mixture of all these But I used to mostly stay aloof. I was good in studies and used to run a lot.

Nita: Run a lot? What did you run away from?

Kunal: Nothing – I just used to run around!

Nita: Did you participate in plays in school or any other competitions?

Kunal: Hmm… No, not really. I only remember participating in a play where I had to play the role of a bush!

Nita: Bush! You have come a long way from there.

Kunal: Hopefully!

Nita: Not many people are aware that your first break was a small role in the popular serial Rajni at the age of 13. How did you land that role?

Kunal: I used to go around offices looking for a role. I had met someone from the production house that had produced Rajini. Fortunately, someone there remembered that a young boy was looking for a role. They informed me that there is a small role and whether I was interested in it. That’s how I got the role.

Nita: How did your family and friends react to this?

Kunal: No one believed me when I told everyone. But when it was finally telecast they were shocked to actually see me onscreen. It was nice.

Nita: After Rajni you have been associated with acting since 2004. How did you finally join the mainstream TV acting?

Kunal: As I told you earlier I had met a lot of people with regard to roles on TV when I was 13-14 years old. I felt I my life had come to a standstill in my job in a call center. I felt I need to do something more, so I tried to contact people I had met, Shristi Arya was the producer of Remix and I had met her as a child. She called me and said if you are not doing anything, come audition for the role. Thankfully that worked. That was my first show Remix.

Nita: Could you tell us about the other roles you have played?

Kunal: Remix was my first serial, then came Left Right Left, Mayka, Man ki awaz Pratigya, Rishton se badi Pratha and then came Na Bole Tum Na Maine kuch Kaha.

Nita: What kind of character did you portray in these serials?

Kunal: In Remix I played the role of an under-confident student, who did not talk much, used to stammer, basically a nerd. Who finally with the help of his friends and family tries to overcome his disabilities and fears; and he makes it through. Left right left was an army cadet, in Mayka a fun loving guy who is a thief initially who later mends his ways. In Pratha as a friend to the main hero and the character was called Amrik, who helps them. Pratha was about honor killing, the boy and girl run away and Amriks helps them and in the process gets killed.. Pratigya was Angad a bad guy, a negative role and in the end Na Bole Tum Na maine Kuch Kaha – Mohan Bhatnagar.

Nita: In Na Bole Tum you have played three variations of the main character – two as Mohan Bhatnagar and one as Vasu. How difficult was it to get into the character, how much did you have to prepare?

Kunal: Honestly, you follow the script. You read the script and try to ascertain what the writer and director wants from you. You form the character in your mind, preparation as in a case study or research was not done. But an effort to go and work every day and do something new every day and work hard.

Nita: Basically you try to understand the character and play the part.

Kunal: That is the basic aim and there are many people who help you.

Nita: You have got a lot of love and acclaim as Mohan Bhatnagar. How did you land this role?

Kunal: I had given an audition 2-3 years ago for Sunshine Production. Sudhir Sir the producer saw the audition and called me. I met him and I was like “I don’t want to act, please give me some creative work”. He asked me to give it a try and we shot something.

Nita: And you got the role!

Kunal: Absolutely!

Nita: In one of the interview you had said there are a lot of similarities between the Mohan Bhatnagar of season 1. Did you personally evolve with season 2?

Kunal: I never said there is a lot of similarity, I always said 60:40. In season 2 I just went with the flow I just went with character that has gone through 12 years and how he would think. So the base was the same, main character type was the same he had only matured a bit.

Nita: Did you mature personally too?

Kunal: I hope so!

Nita: NBT is a serial where fans are very emotionally attached; each one has their own reason for this attachment. Is this a special show for you too and what are your reasons?

Kunal: Yes, this is definitely a very special show for me too. I haven’t worked so much before. I have gained a lot from this show, a chance to work hard, many opportunities, a lot of love, and a lot of recognition. So definitely it is very important it has been a life changing role.

Nita: When during NBT season 1 did you feel you have become a celebrity?

Kunal: I don’t feel that even today.

Nita: What have you been doing after NBT and what do you want to do in future?

Kunal: Honestly, I want to do better roles. I have relaxed after NBT, traveled a bit… rather travelled a lot!! Am looking for work now!

Nita: We would like to play an old song of your choice for our audience, which one would it be

Kunal: Neele neele amber par……………

Nita: Finally some rapid fire questions, if there was heaven would you have been granted permission to enter?

Kunal: I hope so, but I don’t know if I would have entered or not?

Nita: It you had entered what was the first thing you would have said to God?

Kunal: Probably I would have said thank you. Since I got an opportunity to see so much in life!

Nita: Among small-small thing what is it that brings a smile on your face?

Kunal: Smell of soil, first rain

Nita: Brings tears to your eyes

Kunal: Memory of my mother

Nita: Makes you angry

Kunal: Injustice

Nita: A moment that you do not want to forget.

Kunal: There are many but to name one – when I received best actor award

Nita: Worst habit of yours

Kunal: Smoking

Nita: Things on your bedside table

Kunal: My phone, usually my laptop and some book

Nita: If you get stranded alone somewhere, what are the three items you would want?

Kunal : Camera, book and water

Nita: Beautiful eyes or smile

Kunal: Difficult – but eyes!

Nita: Your face book fans are increasing by the day, so what is the message you would like to give your fans?

Kunal: Thank you for all the love. Thanks a lot for all the support. It seems like an extended family, which is a rare feeling in my life. It feels very nice; it feels very-very humble.

— That was Nita Khandekar for Happenstance. —

 

Yeh Kaun Aaya, Roshan Ho Gayi Mehfil Inke Naam Se……..

Happenstance brings you yet another interview from the vivacious Kunal Karan Kapoor as he speaks out to the ‘Radio’ fans.

Dr. Nita Khandekar, Principal Scientist at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore who does a lot of professional work with them, as a true fan, managed to get Kunal, for a change, talk to the radio audience for ‘Yuvawani’ on All India Radio, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh.

So here we are with this interview, by Nita, as she unravels Kunal’s journey on small screen.

Happiness, Success and Good Luck be with you …..Kunal …Always.

 

Ek Boond Ishq – The week that was….

Week ending 7 March 2014

Epi 125 : Jaiaraj is totally shattered as Mritunjay has to return back to prison. Dadu consoles him and confronts RP as they are kids. RP fume in anger,but hides it and leaves. Later at night Nirmala consoles Jairaj, in their room. Daija informs her that she has received a courier. Nirmala asks her to wait outside. She then checks the courier and gets shocked to see pictures of Radha being humiliated by RP.
Seeing the dates of the picture she understands that RP has played with her and Adi. She goes to confront RP. RP drags her in and threatens her that he will reveal her past of being pregnant from her lover. He then tells that how he got her married to Jairaj and reveals that he has killed her first son. Nirmala breaks down. Yug comes to see Mritunjay. He discloses that he is aware of RP’s evilness. Mritunjay tries to control him and ask him to gather proofs so that it can lead to RP’s downfall.

Next morning Tara prepares breakfast as per Mritunjay’s likes. Police enter Shekhwat mansion to arrest him. Tara pleads to RP to stop it but RP disagrees. Mritunjay hears this and takes Tara to their room. He reveals to her that how RP has trapped him in Radha’s case due to Adi and also that Adi is innocent. He takes a vow from Tara that she will save the shekhwats from RP in his absence. Cops arrest Mritunjay. Tara and Jairaj also follows the police van. Mritunjay reaches the Bhopal jail. Tara tries to enter but they stop her and Mj is taken inside. Later RP comes to prison to meet some prisoners and instructs them on something. Back in shekhwat Mansion Tara is shattered.she goes to meet Dadu .Dadu shares Mritunjay’s child hood memories with Tara. He then tells her to keep distance from RP as he’s evil. When questioned further Dadu asks Tara for Bhagavat Gita.

Tara finds it out from Daija that Bhagavat Gita is in RP’s room. She looks for Fahim, as he’s unavailable she herself goes to Rp’s room to get the book. RP is dressing as kalawati in his hideout. Tara knocks the room. He gets alert and hides. Tara finds out Bhagavat Gita and as she takes it,the secret hideout behind the book shelf opens. She gets surprised to see the materials in the room. RP is hiding and watching her. She gets scared seeing all that and runs outside the room and closes the hideout. Power goes off. Tara sees a picture of RP and she notices the eyes. She tries to correlate her meetings with kalawati and understands that kalawati is none other than RP!

Epi 126 : Power comes and Tara runs out of the room. She decides to inform about this to Mritunjay. In jail, Mritunjay is about to take his dinner,some prisoners purposely tease him,but he remains silent and controls his anger. Meethi and Adi relation further deteriorates. Nandini gets a call in the midnight. Next morning,Tara goes to prison and tries to meet Mritunjay.
Prisoners still try to instigate fight with Mritunjay. Cops drag Mritunjay and Tara sees this. Police officer orders solitary confinement for Mritunjay and refuses his meeting with Tara. Mritunjay also sees Tara. Tara is shattered. RP comes to the prison, he sees Tara and they get into a confrontation. He reveals that he’s behind all this. Tara informs him that she’s aware of his truth and challenges him that she will reveal it to the family members.
RP too challenges her back. Yug is worried and sad due to Radha’s death. Nandini consoles and cheers him up. MJ gets beaten up by the cops too and is badly injured. He wants to meet Taara. He requests them to let him meet her but they lock him in a dark room. He then hears a voice over which asks him to accept his fate there but MJ is adamant of coming out of jail to be with his love Tara. Tara decides to inform Jairaj on RP’s truth, but finds that he has gone out.she makes a call and tries to convey it to Jairaj. She informs Jairaj that Mritunjay has been given solitary confinement.

Later tries to speak about RP’s truth but Jairaj’s phone gets disconnected. Jairaj asks the driver to take him to the central prison. Niramala reaches an orphanage and tries to find out about her elder son who was born on May 16,1987. She finds out the respective page missing from the register and thinks RP must have done it. Aditya and meethi fights. Tara overhears it. As questioned Aditya asks her to question Nandini on this. Nandini gets a call from someone. She disagrees to that persons demands and starts crying, then Yug comes and calls her. He proposes her.
Tara too reaches there. Yug informs Tara about his proposal. Tara goes to nandini &ask her about her decision.

Before Nandini could answer Tara slaps her.

Epi 127 : Tara confronts Nandini and asks her why she revealed about her’s and Aditya’s affair to meethi. Tara requests Nandini to tell Meethi that she has no relation with Aditya at present,but Nandini doesn’t react. Tara challenges Nandini and informs her that if she further tries to spoil Meethi and Aditya’s relation,she will have to face Tara as her biggest enemy.
Tara leaves. Jairaj questions the Jailor and ask him to cancel Mritunjay’s solitary confinement,but he disagrees. Meethi decides to leave shekhwat mansion but later changes her decision as per Tara’s request. Tara then asks her to bring all the family members to the hall as she wants to reveal a secret. She further goes to RP’s room and takes pictures of kalawati’s room & materials. Fahim Chacha sees her, they get into an argument . He reveals that he is loyal to both RP and Jairaj. Tara is shocked to know that Fahim chacha knew about RP being kalawati. Fahim chacha requests her to delete the pictures,Tara disagrees & leaves.

In the cell,Mritunjay is weak & injured. Prisoners trick him by not giving food. Voice over from the other cell shares food with him and quotes

“Zindagi meim kisi ka madath nahi Kiya tho kya Kiya”.
Mritunjay starts to address him as ‘guruji’. Voice over tells him that he was trapped by his own loved ones before 15 yrs. Meethi,Nirmala ,Aditya and Jairaj wait for Tara in the hall. Tara reaches as she’s about to reveal the truth, RP enters. He informs, the truth is that he got married and Tara has seen them in the temple. Everyone is shocked to hear the news of RP’s wedding. Nirmala does the aarthi and asks the new Dulhan to remove her ghoonghat.
Aradhana is worried as nandini hasn’t reached. Yug is also in search of her. Aradhana is surprised to note the concern in his voice and he tells her that he is willing to accept her,she has gone astray and they can bring her to the right path. Ardhana feels happy and request him to accept Nandini. In shekhwat mansion, new Dulhan removes her ghoonghat and everyone get surprised & shocked to see nandini as RP’s wife. Jairaj even questions RP on this. Tara is outraged at this and she blasts Rudra for taking advantage of nandini. He tells her that they took this decision on their own and no one forced nandini. He further asks Jairaj to take Nandinis blessings as she’s Tayiji ,the elder Bahu of the house. Jairaj,Nirmala,Aditya & meethi take her blessings. Nandini caresses Aditya’s face. She whispers to meethi ‘sadha suhagan na raho’.
RP then asks a shocked Tara to take Nandini’s blessings

Epi 128 : Shattered Tara takes the blessings of RP & Nandini. RP asks her to decorate the bedroom for the wedding night. Nandini asks meethi to help Tara. Fahim feels sad for nandini and promises Tara that if he finds RP evil he will definitely help her in this mission of fighting against RP. Fahim leaves. Meethi joins Tara,she tells Tara that she has decided to leave shekhwat mansion.
Fire breaks out in Mritunjay’s cell and he feels suffocated, cops come to his rescue. He finds out that gurujis life too is in danger and rushes to save him. He saves Guruji and they address each other. RP gets a call from the fellow prisoners that they have acted as per his plan and succeeded in creating a short circuit in Mritunjay’s cell. He orders them to kill Mritunjay. Fahim overhears and confronts RP on this but RP misleads him by saying that he had ordered to punish the prisoners who were troubling MJ. Fahim further asks RP about his wedding to nandini but before RP could say something Nandini supports RP and thanks RP for saving her from sucidal attempt.
Fahim gets convinced and leaves,where as RP appreciates Nandini for making stories in a convincing way. They promises to help each other. Meethi leaves shekhwat mansion though Adi tries to stop her. Nirmala is annoyed due to the wedding.Tara comes there to talk to Jairaj but then she hears nandini’s scream. RP convinces her that he will hurt Nandini if she blurts out the truth. He further reveals how he tried to MJ in prison. Tara rushes to make a call to the prison and gets to know about the fire in Mj’s cell. She gets scared about nandini’s future and goes to her room.

Tara pleads to nandini to believe her and reveals to her that RP is an eunuch. Nandini slaps Tara and asks her to leave. RP too reaches there. RP recollects how he had approached Nandini to marry him. He revealed himself to be an eunuch. Though Nandini had denied the proposal, her hatred towards Tara forced her to take up this seeing offer. Next morning Nandini through an argument & with the help of RP’s support manages to get the keys of shekhwat mansion. Aradhana & Yug get worried as nandini is missing. They decide to go to Tara’s house. There they get shocked to see nandini with sindhoor and mangal sutra. Aradhana confronts her, RP introduces himself as Nandini’s husband.

As nandini is about to take Aradhana blessings she stops her and tries to slap her. Nandini blocks her and asks her to behave properly as its her haveli.

Epi 129 : Tara goes to Yug’s house and She tries to console Yug and Aradhana. She then requests Yug to take her to central prison as she wants to meet Mritunjay. Yug agrees.Tara informs Fahim chacha that she’s at her mom’s house and will come back late. Tara & Yug reach the prison but the Jailer refuses their request to meet Mritunjay.
Yug finds out there is a need of electrician in the prison. Tara enters the prison on disguise and manages to meet Mritunjay. She reveals to him that kalawati is RP, about his secret hideout in shekhwat mansion & also that RP has married Nandini to keep her shut. Mritunjay gets worried on Tara’s safety. Later they both manage to spend some cute romantic moments in prison. Jairaj on the other hand gets worried as Tara’s phone remains switched off. Fahim informs Jairaj that Tara is with Aradhana . He tries to contact Aradhana but gets to know that Tara has left early.
He is confused why Tara lied to fahim. Meethi reaches her brother’s house,but her Bhabhi is not so happy to see her. Aditya tries to call meethi ,but she warns him. Aditya reveals to Nirmala of his past affair with nandini and how meethi has left him due to that. He later promises Nirmala that he will set Everything right. Next morning Tara tries to call Aradhana. Aradhana informs her that Jairaj had called but before Tara could say something phone gets disconnected. She then calls Meethi and asks her to lie to Jairaj that she was with meethi. Meethi agrees. Meethis Bhabhi invites Nandini & RP to their house for lunch. Nandini tries to defame

Tara but Meethi answers her back in favor of Tara. Further Nandini tries to spoil Tara’s and Meethi’s relation by lying to her that Tara has always supported her’s and Adi’s affair. Meethi gets shocked to hear that. Kalawati is happy that Tara is loosing all her supports & will be alone in the battle field soon so that she can attack her. She further says she will throw nandini out once she gets her work done.

— Credit : Divya Nair (EBI Troika) —
— Picture credit : Mritunjay&Taara aka Mriara Dream Land —

 

Ek Boond Ishq…..Week that was…

Kahani This Week

Epi 121 : Yug confronts Radha and asks her to leave. She requests him to give her a chance to see Tara to which he agrees. As she moves her bracelet falls down. RP also reaches the wedding venue. RP is tensed and worried due to his loss in elections.
Jairaj and adi asks him on the results but RP tells them to concentrate on the wedding first. Radha reaches Tara’s make up room with the ghoonghat and tries to help her in getting dressed. Tara praises on her Dulha and adha breaks down. Tara raises the ghoonghat and is shocked to find out that it’s Radha. Later Tara thanks Radha for making Mriyunjay confess his love for her.

She finds out Radha’s feelings for Mritunjay and apologies for coming in between them. Radha corrects and tells Tara that she has entered Mritunjay’s life and she’s is very happy for them from the heart. They both hug and as Aradhana comes to the room Radha leaves. Mritunjay is waiting for his Dulhan impatiently and gets teased by Vasu & Meethi .
Tara reaches the Mandap and wedding of Mj-Tara takes place with proper rituals of pheras, Mangal sutra and sindhoor. Radha finds out that she has lost her bracelet and goes to Mritunjay’s room in search of it. She sees RP’s room being open and goes inside. She notices the light behind the book shelf and opens RP’s hide out. She gets shocked to see the room behind and the material inside the room. She realizes that kalawati & RP is the same.

Then a call comes she freaks out and accidentally the call gets connected. Through the call she finds out that RP is an eunuch. She desperately leaves to inform Mritunjay on this. She reaches the venue and finds Mritunjay engaged in wedding rituals. Yug on the other hand tries to reach Radha but he could connect the call. Radha sees RP and gets scared. She tries to reach Mritunjay by serving drinks and RP calls her.

Epi 122 : Radha serves drink to RP, he doesnt recognize her and she hides. Then she sends a message to Mritunjay to meet her after the wedding and leaves the venue. Mritunjay leaves the phone on the wedding Dias as he’s busy in wedding rituals. Vasu gets the phone, she gives it to adi and he handovers it to Yug and finally it reaches Mritunjay .
As he’s about to check the message he’s been called for helping to Tara sit in the doli. As he bends, the phone slips from his pocket. Bride, the groom and the family leave the venue . RP notices the phone and checks the message. Back home Radha is eagerly waiting for meet to reveal the dual identity of RP. She says she will make RP pay for his sins, but gets worried as Mritunjay hasn’t called her yet. Someone rings the bell, Radha rushes to open, thinking its her brother.

She opens the door an gets shocked! In shekhwat mansion Meethi & Vasu teases Tara and later Mritunjay for the gift. Tara gives Mj’s wallet to them and ask them to enjoy. In police station, police officer informs DIG that they call MJas it’s his wedding day and will be called tomorrow. Mritunjay helps Tara to remove her ornaments and they share a romantic moment. He apologize for all the pain & sufferings that he has given to her. Tara consoles him and asks him to forget the past and to start a new life with full of love. Just then Tara’s phone rings, she finds it is Yug’s call and gives it to MJ.

Yug informs him about the door being opened and Radha missing. Both Mj and Tara gets shocked.

Epi 123 : Mritunjay tells Yug that he will meet him and will go in search of Radha. He disconnects the call. Tara informs Mritunjay that Radha had come for their wedding. Mritunjay gets shocked and asks her why she didn’t inform him on it. Then he makes a call to Yug asking him when he met Radha the last. Yug reveals that he had seen her on Mritunjay’s wedding. Mj is surprised to know that Yug was aware of this. He tells Yug to wait for him.

Tara too wants to accompany them but Mritunjay refuses and leaves. Mritunjay and Yug go in search of Radha but they fail to find her. Next morning Tara informs Jairaj that Radha is missing. Jairaj gets worried. Yug and Mritunjay reach shekhwat mansion. Both of them disappointedly informs that they couldn’t find Radha. Just then Tara gets a call from Radha that she is being chased by some guns ,but she promises Tara that she will manage to reach the court to give the statement. RP comes and asks them whether everything is fine. Jayraj says everything is fine and they are going to meet the lawyer. He gives a weird look to MJ before he leaves with Jayraj. RP says to himself that his people must have caught Radha by then and she will not come to court. Meethi and Adi shares some romantic moments and he leaves to office. Meethi checks the gift given to her by Tara’s family and gets shocked to see nandini’s pictures with Adi. Mritunjay, Tara ,Yug & Jairaj waits for Radha in the court premises. Lawyer asks them about Radha and Mritunjay informs him that Radha has gone missing. Kalawati’s henchmen have caught Radha and she gives a call to Mritunjay.

Mritunjay hears Radha’s voice. Kalawati asks Mritunjay to come to Kali ghati and strictly instructs that this invitation is only for him and his wife and not for anyone else. If he does, then she won’t spare him and cuts the call. Yug too wants to accompany them but Mritunjay refuses and assures him that he will bring Radha safe. He leaves to Kali Ghati with Tara. Kalawati then tells Radha that her message in Mritunjay’s phone and her bracelet in Yug’s hand helped him to reach her. Meethi reaches Aradhana’s house and she confronts Nandini about her relation with adi. She shows the pictures of Adi and nandini to Aradhana. Nandini fumes in anger. She reveals about how adi has hid his marital status from her and how he cheated her. Meethi is shattered to hear this. Mritunjay and Tara reaches Kali Ghati. The eunuchs are dancing around Radha who is tied to a wheel that has balloons around. Mritunjay and Tara spots Radha and rush to reach her but they get blocked by kalawati’s henchmen. Kala comes near radha, covering her face with a scarf, holding a gun.

Epi 124 : Kalawati keeps a condition before Mritunjay and Tara. She welcomes them to the game ‘Dil ki baazi’ and asks them to play it. If they win, they will be getting radha in return. She then throws a gun to Mritunjay and orders him to shoot at the balloons around Radha. Mritunjay first points at the balloons, suddenly aims at kalawati and shoots at her. Unfortunately the gun was not loaded. He gets caught by kalawati’s henchmen. Kalawati declares that Mritunjay is out of the game and orders Tara to play. When Tara refuses, she threatens Tara by trying to slit Mritunjay’s neck. Tara agrees to the challenge. She fire the balloons and wins the game. Kalawati releases Mritunjay but she pushes Radha down. Mritunjay and Tara tries to save her but gets beaten up by kalawati’s henchmen.
Kalawati checks Radha’s pulses and declares her dead. Radha is dragged by kalawati’s men in front of Mritunjay & Tara. In shekhwat mansion meethi questions adi about his relationship with nandini. Adi refuses his relation with Nandini, but meethi doesn’t believe him. She walks off. Aradhana and Yug comes to meet Mritunjay and Tara. Tara tells them that Radha is no more. Yug breaks down and Mritunjay consoles him. Jairaj looks disturbed. Tara comes to his room and tells him to find out Radha’s corpse. Jairaj tells her that it’s not so easy. Tara breaks down and says she has no hopes left. Jairaj requests her to be strong. Tara then tells that at any cost she will prove Mritunjay’s innocence.

Epi 125 : Kalawati is celebrating on her hideout as she killed Radha. She promises herself that Mritunjay and Tara too will suffer for playing with her. Jairaj gets a call from the IG saying that Mritunjay has to report to the police station for the identification parade. Though Tara objects to this, Mritunjay agrees to go. Tara and Jairaj accompany him. Guddan gives statement against Mritunjay. IG cancels Mritunjay’s parole for further investigation.
Hearing this Tara faints. Jairaj requests to the IG to give them time till the next day morning to which IG agrees. Yug is shattered with Radha death. Aradhana asks him to accompany her to shekhwat mansion but he denies. He informs her that he will be at peace only after punishing the real culprit of Radha and thereby giving justice to her.

Nandini tries to talk to Aradhana, but Aradhana is upset with her, for her relation with Adi. Later nandini too leaves to shekhawat mansion with Aradhana . In shekhwat mansion, Adi sees them. He greets Aradhana but gets annoyed at Nandini and leaves to his room. Nandini follows him and threatens him for spoiling her life. They get into an argument. She further creates misunderstanding between Adi and meethi. Adi runs behind Meethi to mend his relation. Nandini is elated that both Tara’s and Meethi’s lives are spoiled. Later nandini tries to call someone. Aradhana gives prasad to Mritunjay and Tara. She breaks down but Mritunjay and Tara console her.

—Credit ..Divya Nair ( Ebi Troika) —
— Pic credit ..Mritunjay&Taara aka Mriara Dream Land —

 

Ek Boondh Ishq – Week that was……

Kahani is week – week ending 21 February 2014

Epi 116 : RP enters the shekhwat mansion and gets shocked to see Dadu. Jairaj informs him that Dadu recognizes only Mritunjay. RP feels relieved and does a drama of missing him. Vasu takes a picture of Dadu and shows it to Tara. Tara realizes it as the same man whom she helped and brought to shekhwat mansion. As she wanted to inform Mritunjay on this Meethi stops her due to the rules of wedding rituals. Later they make a call to Mritunjay where Tara demands for a haircut and clean shaven face of Mritunjay for muhdhikayi. Radha is excited about the wedding events in Shekhwat mansion.

Yug confronts her on this and she reveals her love for Mritunjay, but she says Mritunjay has loved only Tara and she’s happy for them. Mritunjay comes to meet Radha & Yug. Yug promises him that he will prove him innocent. He also warns Radha not to put herself in peril and to stay safe at home. Kalawati gets a call from the lawyer saying that Jairaj wants to reopen radha murder case. He tells kalawati that Jairaj sounded very confident. She disconnects the call and rants. Later assures herself that she will win this time as the lawyer is with her. Everyone is shekhwat mansion get worried about Mritunjay’s whereabouts. Meeti tries to call him, but he disconnects saying he is busy due to an important work.

Aradhana, nandini and Yug leave to shekhwat mansion for the Haldi function. Tara receives a message from Mritunjay to inform him when everyone leaves. DIG gets a call from his subordinate that they have tracked the person who kept the pistol in Tara’s bag. In UC, Tara is getting ready; suddenly she sees a shadow and gets scared. She hides herself and later comes out surprised to see her man Mriyunjay Singh shekhwat in short hair and trimmed beard, as she wished.

Mritunjay asks Tara whether she liked his new looks. Tara finds it difficult to express and gets shy. She then asks him to leave as it’s a bad omen to meet before the wedding. Mritunjay leaves saying he will be back. Radha is all excited and frustrated that she cannot attend Meer’s wedding, she calls Yug and tries to get the details about the ceremony.

Later Tara calls her and promises that she and Mritunjay will come and meet her after the wedding and also tells her to stay at home and remain safe. But radha decides to attend the haldi ceremony at any cost. Police arrests the person who has kept the pistol in Tara’s bag.

They question him but he refuses to answer. Jairaj introduces Dadu to Aradhana; Nandu & Yug. Niramala informs them that they have arranged dancers for the ritual. Radha reaches shekhwat mansion along with the dancers. Everyone gets shocked seeing Mritunjay’s new look.
Haldi rasam starts. Everyone applies haldi on Mritunjay and Radha too applies haldi on him while dancing. She feels sad and leaves the venue. Niramala sees her and orders her to join the dancers. Suddenly she sees RP and tries to hide. RP gets a call from the DIG about Guddan’s arrest and he request RP to bring Mritunjay & Tara to the police station for further interrogation.
RP asks to punish Mritunjay or Tara, if they are the culprits. Radha over hears it. She tries to run but RP calls her from back.

Epi 118 : Radha gets nervous, Daija comes and handover her wallet and ask her to leave. As she’s about to leave with the dancers Aradhana gifts them all. Radha asks the dancers to call her further for all the rituals and pays them. Mritunjay and Tara share a cute phone conversation where both reveal how they are yearning for each other. Later they decide to send messages through phone. RP informs Jairaj that he won’t be able to attend mehendi function as he is supposed to attend some important party work. Mritunjay calls Radha and asks her to stay safe.

He promises that he will come to see her immediately after the wedding. Guddan is getting questioned by the cops. RP also sees this along with DIG. Guddan reveals that he will be able to identify the person as he is not aware of that person’s name. DIG as per RP’s instructions ask to call up Mritunjay also for the identification parade. Tara gets ready for the rasam.
Yug teases Tara for wanting to be prim and proper before her in laws. Tara teases him back that she will ask him when it’s his time to get married and asks him if he has any girl in mind and he looks at Nandu. Tara understands & tells him when he gets the guts to confess he can tell her and she will take care of it and he agrees. Mehendi rasam starts in ujada chaman. Tara messages Mritunjay that she won’t be able to send messages further as she is going to apply mehendi.
MJ replies back reminding her about the deal they had made to message each other and no matter what she has to text him.
Nandini purposely sends some pictures of Aditya’s and hers to Meethi’s phone. Meeti fails to check the message as Aradhana takes for mehendi rasam. Radha reaches for the mehendi rasam and she starts applying mehendi in Tara’s hands. Nirmala asks her to remove her ghoonghat, but she denies it by giving excuses. Meethi too applies mehendi. Aditya comes and sits next to her. He takes up Meethis phone and starts to check the message. Nandini gets shocked.

Nandini purposely bumps into Aadi. Meethi’s phone slips into a decorative pot filled with water and gets spoiled. Nandini then apologizes. Radha applies mehendi for Tara. Mritunjay text to Tara. She asks for Radha’s help to reply. They keep texting to each other. The wedding day :- Tara cries as she misses Bunty and she feels sad that she will be missing her maternal place soon.

Aradhana cheers her up saying she is lucky that he got a husband like Mritunjay! Mritunjay in shekhwat mansion is all excited for the wedding. He is lost in Tara’s thoughts and Jairaj comes. He informs him of Radha’s case being reopened. Mritunjay reveals his excitement and feelings to his baba. He recalls how strange and unattached he felt when he got married in jail with Tara just for baba’s happiness and today how he’s excited to bring her back to his life. Radha hallucinates of putting Sehra to Mritunjay.
Yug comes in and tells her that someone has come to see her. Mritunjay tells her that he has to be here for her best friend. He asks her to make him wear the Sehra. He keeps on telling her to stay safe and not to take any risk. Then he leaves. Yug reaches shekhwat mansion with Mritunjay’s wedding attire and shera. Jairaj informs him that the case is reopened and the date of hearing will be the next day. Radha gets a call from the dancers saying that they won’t be going for the wedding.

She feels sad hearing as she won’t be able to attend Meer’s wedding . Yug calls up radha to inform about the case reopening. She gets excited to hear that. He tells her that he is going to help MJ to get ready.. Radha insists him to be as late as he could and not to proceed the barat on time.. In ujada Chaman Tara scolds nandini for being late. Nandini justifies herself saying she went to dress up for her sister’s wedding. Later they hug each other. Nandini has an envelope on her hand. Niramala and meethi reaches with Tara’s wedding attire. They are welcomed by Aradhana . Niramala informs them as per their custom, bride should be sent off from mayka in the clothes given by sasural.
Tara gets emotional seeing this . She runs inside while she sees an envelope which is half way tucked in the bed.

Epi 120 : Tara gets the envelope but nandini snatches it from her and asks her to get ready. Meethi and Vasu comes to see Tara. Nandini manages to out the envelope in the gift packet for Meethi. Then she distributes the gifts for everyone. As meethi is about to see her gift, Fahim chacha calls her ,she keeps her gift there and leaves. In shekhwat mansion, Yug helps Mritunjay to dress up. Daija enters with a woman and tells Mritunjay that the woman wants to see whether the shoes will fit him. Mritunjay agrees to it. As she sits ,she tries to hide her bracelet. Yug sees this and recognizes that it’s Radha. Nirmala comes there and asks the woman to leave, but Yug recommends to which Mritunjay also supports.
Later Radha helps Yug to dress up Mritunjay. Later Mritunjay takes blessings from Jairaj ,but Nirmala backs off.

He then takes Dadu’s blessings also and leaves to the wedding venue. Kalawati is in her hideout. She is taking snaps and celebrating as she’s leading for 15000 votes. Jairaj too makes a call and informs the same. As she starts celebrating her victory she gets another call saying she lost the election. Kalawati fumes in anger and despair of this loss. Mritunjay reaches ujada chaman with the Bharath. Rituals starts to welcome him. Aradhana puts tilak on him. Meethi welcomes Jairaj & Adi with garlands. Tara sees all this through the window.

Mritunjay too sees her. Meeti goes near Tara and teases her.
Later they hug sharing the old memories of the first wedding . Yug takes Radha to a side and scolds her for coming for the wedding. He makes her realize how dangerous it could be for her and Mritunjay. RP comes for the wedding, Yug asks Radha to wear her ghoonghat. Radha sees RP and gets shocked.

— Credit updates : Divya Nair ; Picture : Mritunjay&Taara aka Mriara Dream Land