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BADHAAI DO MAIN CHARACTERS + NAMES

[ID: four gifs from the film "badhaai do" depicting the meanings of the four main characters' names.

1st gif: suman stands up, wearing a light pink outfit. text reads "suman" in large light brown Hindi-like font, with "a flower; charming" in white subtitle.

2nd gif: rimjhim, dressed in a sari, smiles. text reads "rimjhim" in large indigo Hindi-like font, with "drizzling rain" in white subtitle.

3rd gif: shardul rides a motorcycle while wearing a black helmet and leather jacket. text reads "shardul" in large dark gray Hindi-like font, with "the best; resembling a tiger" in white subtitle.

4th gif: guru walks toward the camera, dressed in a red blazer, white shirt, and pride mask. in the background is a gay wedding. text reads "guru" in large maroon Hindi-like font, with "mentor, guide, master" in white subtitle. /end ID]

#reblog #badhaai do #herawell #bollywood #hindi cinema

[jalebi-likes]

See @aye-masakalii , I got someone else into the cult.

CJL LIVE BLOG SEASON 1 [EPISODE 1]

So. I know, this is wrong. Coz I put the IPK one on hold and now i am starting another, but I thought, this one is just for 82 epis(SO SHORT? WTF? CHALA HI NAHI SHOW?!?!?) So, it wont take much time to complete this and I also wanted to keep this content and ipk content separate. Hence, a separate blog. I know y'all might be hard-core Arshi fans and ipk fans, but, give this one, a chance, as well, ok? Just for entertainment's sake? Please? Baaki, it's your choice ofc :) Hope you enjoy this.

1.) Hmm. Pune. Maharashtra. A girl peeping out through the car window. Enjoying the 'jaadu' in the air. Btw, I like the BG score, here.

2.) In the flashback, we see two kids sitting on a white horse and the horse is galloping in its full galore. The girl confirms the magic in the air as her hands are flying. Lol. Typical kids.

3.) Tara di's sister is asking about her opinion on her looks. IDK but I cringed real hard when she said, "Achi lag rahi hun naa?"(Like yeah darling, you look average. Lol. JK. You look stunning but stop with that cringe acting, ok?)

4.) Tara Di opens her hair and A SECOND-LITERALLY A SECOND AGO, she was irritated but then immediately she is impressed with her di's improvisation. Whatever. Lol.

5.) Selfies. Di is excited so she starts taking selfies and her younger sister is suspicious instantly. Why? Does she not take selfies on any normal day? Maybe. *shrugs*

6.) How typical of people to instantly assume that if a girl seems excited then she might be having a 'chakkar' with some boy. Why girl? Your sister can't be happy for her own self, just like that, without any reason? *hmph* Do you make her that upset? Lol. That now her excitement seems abnormal.

7.) NGL but this Tara di's sister is a really bad actor, whoever she is. Sorry. Lol.

8.) Tara Di gets off the car and lets them drive by. Then, she quickly runs to the Bus Station to catch a bus for--?--whatever.

A Side Gyaan : But that's such a bad way to catch a bus, actually. First, you catch the attention of the bus driver coz they are at a considerable height and then they stop the vehicle ONLY THEN you cross it and get on the bus, okay? My readers? Don't be like Tara Didi, okay? Good. Now, we come back to the epi.

9.) So. Tara didi is changing her shoes. I really thought for a sec that she will change her outfit too. Lol. A kid is staring at her antiques and she notices people are staring at her. So.

What do you think will she do?

a) ignore them

b) make faces at them

c) sunaoify (rudely) them for staring at a slightly differently dressed girl

d) give them a five page ka gyaan on social etiquettes as a soon-to-be 'Starplus Bahu'

Yeah. You are neither right nor wrong, coz she will randomly pull out a jar of lollipops and distribute it to appease them. Yes. We all do that. We all step out of our homes, thinking we might happen to be in a bus and can then distribute it among the children on the said bus. Whatever.

10.) TD gets off the bus and buys chana and gur for--?--*shrugs*

11.) TD is now sitting in a-tempo?-transport vehicle. Whatever. Driver announces her destination which is- "Sehgal Estate"

12.) The driver assuming her to be a tourist, warns her, of the place having been shut down for quite a few years now and he tells her that an accident had taken place, many years ago. TD flashes back to that 'haadsa' and politely dismisses him by stating that she is a local.

13.) Ok, ladies, so all things aside, who all can climb up and cross that gate, that high, with a WHITE SAREE and that too without staining it!?!? Anyone? No? See, our Tara D (Lol. I have so many name ideas for this girl.) CAN. She is a champion at this. (Okay so i wanted to take a screenshot of that long-ass gate but Jio Cinema didn't let me. Fudge you, Ambanis'. Whatever. Lol.)

14.) She takes help from Deva's flash back advice when he had first guided her to climb that (same?) gate. Okay, so that saxophone BG score is cute, okay? Lol.

15.) Gosh. How did they manage to find a small girl who looks exactly like Kanika Mann? Wow. Casting directors take a bow. *bows down with joined hands*

16.) Okay, so the titular song has started in the BG and I am loving it. Meanwhile, TD is going about the mansion and recalling that 'haadsa'.

17.) I am actually kinda liking this kid, Deva. How sweet of him. He extends a bunch of yellow flowers (symbolizing friendship). And damn, he has one hell of a head full of soft and flowy tresses. Wow. Any hair care tips for us, girls, Deva? Lol. Whatever.

18.) She digs out the 'nishaani' of their friendship which is basically two thick stones(or rocks?) joining like a puzzle piece and 'Badshah' along with caricatures of Deva and Tara, carved on the two pieces.

19.) She becomes very emotional, holding the symbol of a once very beautiful bond she had with some boy named- Deva. And then out of the blue we hear a horse neighing and Tara instantly brightens as she recognizes Badshah.

20.) Sure enough, we see Badshah running towards Tara and Tara on reaching close to it, touches it affectionately on it's jaws. We see that Badshah is indeed angry and disappointed on Tara. He starts running away as Tara tries to pacify it(him?). Oh. So. The chana and gur was for a horse. Ok. Nice.

Fun-Fact : All things set aside, Kanika genuinely had to interact with a horse in the middle of the shoot. I wonder if there's some story to this episode which she might have, like she was hell scared of horses and yet had to learn how to interact even if it's a well trained horse, we are talking about. Okay. Enough. Now back to the epi.

21.) Basant Kaka has come to see Tara Bitiya. What's with that line?-"Main janta tha ki aaj ka din tu bhulegi naayi, zarur aayegi." Kya hai aaj ke din mein aisa? Tara's demeanor changes as she recalls the incidents that took place in today's date.

22.) She tells BK that today is the day she met HIM (Deva?) and she reveals that he was the only one who made her Tara from 'Phus Tara' (Deflated Star or according to Jio Cinema's caption-'Timid Tara'. Basically an insulting nick name.)

(Lol. See. I got another name. But. Sorry i won't use that coz it triggers her childhood trauma.)

22.) Do I see vengeance there, Tara? Okay. So, we are being taken 15 years back.

23.) Wow. What an a__hole of a brother. He is chasing Tara all over the house with a bunch of crackers (chataai?) Tara is hidden inside the cupboard but she wants to come out because she is scared of darkness and it's all dark inside the cupboard. Ronak bhaiya fools her to come out but lays the chataai bomb and lights it with a matchstick giving her a 'Sehgal Promise'. These Sehgals seem to be too stuck up of a family tho.

Not-So-Fun Fact : God, these are the worst kind of crackers not only coz of the sound but also they keep scattering everywhere, while bursting, once lit. Even I am hell scared of these and always stand at least 1 Km away from these. Lol.

24.) Not knowing better (how would she? she is just a kid of 7-8 something.) Tara trusts her wicked brother, who has already run away to the veneration, steps out of the cupboard but it's too late the crackers keep scattering everywhere and bursting in the meantime and the poor kid is hell scared she starts calling out for her father ("Baba").

25.) Baba is doing aarti of Devi Maiyya (Oh. Hello DM. How are you? How are Khushi-Arnav and their munchkins doing? Lol. Sorry. I get carried away a bit.)

26.) WAIT. WHAT!?!!?!?! Is that the same guy, who was in Sheesh Mahal, on the fashion show night and Khushi came, asked him for directions but instead got to listen to an Urdu Shayari? Wow. See. A crossover we didn't deserve but got anyway. Whatever.

27.) Baba was doing aarti when his hell scared daughter comes and merely touches his back and the veneration plate skips away from his hand. Lol. What kind of a diet Baba takes that he couldn't even handle a gentle push from a mere kid of 7? Whatever.

But the thing that surprises me more is that he is about to lash out at her in front of the whole-family?- bunch of people. This is where I thought that there's some major tiff going on, in the family, like, everyone is against a mere kid.

28.) Baba, your daughter was hell scared, that too, coz of your a__hole of a son. A lil bit of compassion would go a long way. Thank you.

29.) Wow. A__hole father, a__hole brother. Tara. Run. I said. RUN. Whatever. Poor kid. Is getting blamed for the thing that she couldn't have any control of. So. Baba's wife died at childbirth. So. Now. He has got a lifetime license of blaming and punishing his daughter for it. WoW. jUsT. wOw.

30.) Some one please call a gynecologist and enlighten him that it hardly has anything to do with the child but has everything to do with proper timely medical care. Whatever.

31.) OH. She is crying in front her mother's portrait. Asking if she would ever be loved by anyone or not. I so desperately want to go and give her a looooooong jaadu ki jhappi. Uff. I am getting goosebumps now.

32.) She hears a melody being played out from a harmonica and is instantly drawn to its source. She sees, a boy riding a horse named Badshah and carrying balloons on it's saddle. She is kind of intrigued by this boy.

33.) The boy introduces himself as Deva and in the process, mocks Ronak. Ronak is kind of irritated of this boy already and tries to take over the horse and orders BK to light a long-ass chataai (do they have nothing else in the name of crackers? Lol. 'sEhGaLs') But, Deva is frantic and warns not to burst crackers as it will make Badshah go crazy and mocks him again and Ronak pushes him and Deva falls down.

34.) BK, following his master's orders, lights the chataai and Badshah goes crazy, starts running around violently. There is chaos everywhere, somewhere in the midst, Baba also shouts. The horse Badshah is now running towards Tara and Tara is frightened to the core. She freezes at her spot and covers her face ready to face the impact. Deva pulls off a high jump stunt and lands on the horse's back and calms him down in the process.

35.) Deva tries to cheer Tara up and is successful and from there on they both spend time together and thus become hard core friends.

36.) Deva lightens up her world. She smiles more, laughs more, conquers her fears a lil bit more, every time she is with Deva. And one fine day, they both are celebrating Deva's birthday and Tara has brought a cake for him. A candle is perched on its top. Deva lights it up and blows it away to make a wish. But the candle keeps lighting up again and again automatically, this surprises Deva and Tara falls into a pit of laughter and we see grown up Tara laughing in front of BK recalling the incident. This show is really moving something inside me. It's so heart warming tbh.

37.) Ok. So now they are celebrating BK's b'day and she has a cake-cum-aate-ka-halwa. BK lights up a matchstick and the small speck of fire again ignites that trauma in Tara. Poor girl is traumatized on loosing her only best friend.

38.) Tara and BK think that Deva is dead. And, Badshah has been bought by someone in exchange of lakhon rupiye. Altho, Bhojariya ji had a deal with Tara that she would pay him to keep Badshah in the Sehgal Estate but upon getting a greater amount of money, naturally, Bhojariya Ji sells it.

39.) Tara is heart-broken that she could not keep his only belonging safe and so apologizes to Deva (who she thinks is in heaven) and we are instantly taken to a hilltop where we see a man, also in white. So. Deva. He is alive and probably a reech buzinez man, i think? And, now, the plot is quite predictable, Tara will try to take back Badshah from that 'man' and he will in turn not reveal that he is indeed Deva becoz there is some misunderstanding on both of their side. So. He will try to seek revenge from Tara for what he had to go through in the past. As it is clear from the line, "Bohot jal chuka suraj, ab chaand ko jalna hoga." Wow. What a beautiful parallel tho. (Suraj-Deva and Chaand-Tara and also the title of the story makes a lot more sense now.)

40.) Wow. Wow. Wow. This show has already started to cast its spell on me, to be honest. And it's just the first episode.

P.S. : So. Yeah. Very beautiful. Very very very beautiful indeed. Cinematography wise. Script wise. Costume wise. Look wise. Everything is perfect for Chaand Jalne Laga. TBH I was underestimating this show but it indeed is beautiful. Please do give it watch. Ok. Then. Bye. God bless you.

#devra #cjl #chand jalne laga #reblog

[jalebi-likes]

The fact this blog is called Suraj Hua Maddham 😭🥲🤌🤌

Hi. So. I created another blog.

It's on the itv show "Chaand Jalne Laga". So.

Basically i got to know about this show from @jalebi-likes posts on this show in her blog. But, since then I was ignoring it actually, untill she posted a set of GIFs of that show yesterday(you might have already see it.) and a convo sparked there. Altho, the whole time I was just trying to please her but the more reluctant she became towards the idea of watching the show past episode 45 the more curious I became to know what did actually happen after Episode 45 or after episode 49 past some 3 minutes 28 seconds (i think? The precision tho, lol.) And then finally when she posted about having to leave tumblr or something like that. And guess what. I took it as a challenge. So. Here we are. With a blog account. And i also told her that not only i would be able to watch the whole show but also i would come alive and absolutely fine. So. Yeah. I would be Live Blogging the show coz I want to talk about so many things in the first episode only dammit. Aajao. Let's do it.

P.S. : Also, this challenge thing and all it's just for fun okay? We are not fighting something. Just kidding around, so enjoy it. Don't mis-inderstand this. Lol. Bye.

#cjl #chand jalne laga #what an odd motivation #but I approve #with warning

[jalebi-likes]

I love Chand Jalne Laga, I love IPKKND and I love Tumblr.

But if anyone chooses to see the rest of Chand (especially post my multiple warnings because I love the show and need to express the love and disdain for the dismemberment of the show post Episode 49 starting 3 minutes and 29 seconds)

Then I'll leave Tumblr...

Forever

Or do something illegal

Just saying

Hell even the lead mourned the show for a legit 2 months and got a breakup haircut after the end of the show - who am I at this point?

#jalebi rant #this is a thinly veiled threat #just saying #if you're someone I care #watch my edited version #or until 49 at the exact minute specificed #but #otherwise

[jalebi-likes]

This ship drowned with me in it, thank you.

(insp.)

#chand jalne laga #cjl #devra #deva #tara #SHIP #OTP #the chokehold this has on my soul #when will I get over this?

[jalebi-likes]

This is the same thing over and over again. Palestinians die every day, but it gets a lukewarm headline from mainstream media because death and destruction is inherent to Arabness. Then an aid convoy with white workers is obliterated, and now both the president of the United States and the president of Israel are making statements apologizing for “the poor protection of aid workers.” At one point we were seeing multiple reports a day of paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society dying, but nothing. Crickets. Because they don’t care. And even in these “remorseful statements” there is a strategic reminder that white lives hold more weight than brown lives.

#Palestine #exactly #this is so heartbreaking #THE HYPOCRISY

[jalebi-likes]

A daily reminder

Those Palestinian people were not killed, they were murdered

Its not a war on Hamas, its a genocide on Palestine

Its the beautiful land Palestine, not isreal

Its Genocide, not war

Its a murdered toddler/child/baby/teen, not a dead young lady/man

Its “isreal should have not..” not “Hamas should have not…”

Its Palestines last defense, not a terrorist organization

Its hostages, not prisoners

Neutrality is still just Zionism

It was a sniper shot, not a stray bullet

Boycott Starbucks, Mcdonalds, etc

Protest

Revolt

Call your lawmakers

Keep ALL EYES on Rafah

And remember, from the river to the sea Palestine will be free

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

(remember to reblog and help get the bottom tags trending again, we must not forget palestine)

#free rafah #from river to sea palestine will be free #freepalastine🇵🇸 #free west bank #palestine

[jalebi-likes]

So someone (aka me) got to interview Vishal (as in Deva from Chand Jalne Laga)

Give it a watch and lemme know 😊

(Idk whom to tag)

#vishal aditya singh #itv #indian television #Jalebi interviews #Youtube

[jalebi-likes]

@aye-masakalii and I waiting for the ☕️ on Chand Jalne Laga 🌙 cause boy didn’t we just see a PH sabotage its own show while the OG leads were hardcore into the plot line and are showing amazing passive aggressiveness at the stupidity of everything.

#itv #indian television #chand jalne laga #cjl

[jalebi-likes]

The urge to find a sundar, susheel* & sexy man 🤌🌙✨

(*Thori besharmi chalta hai tbh)

#honest thoughts #jalebi wants a jalebi #for khayali pulao #boyfriend hours #lolz #(pls don’t take this seriously and send me rishtas)

[jalebi-likes]

3. Aas Jalne Laga

#cjl #chand jalne laga #devra #sab jalne laga #seriously iss show ki current script jalao #and hire me and ashi as writers #we have written 20 fics so far #each amaze se bhi amaze

[jalebi-likes]

The only show that did this well was Ek Hazaaro Mein Meri Behna Hai where there is a rift between the brothers (Viren, Virat) and the younger one (Virat) is kinda leaving the house to make money on his own.

So his dearest bhabhi (Jeevika) knows that no one from her house will be allowed to go over ego trip, and that her dearest devar would not accept assistance from the current family right now.

Also her younger sister (Maanvi) who is married to devar, has an injury and is being unable to handle the house so Jeevika disguises as a house help to assist them in setting up their houses but Maanvi is IMMEDIATELY SUS.

And then Jeevika’s husband, Viren, also STRAIGHT up gets what his wife is up to (although credit to Jeevika, she actually wears a thick dupatta and ghoongat so no one sees her face).

Viren understands how Jeevika is stuck between helping the families amidst the ego battles so he doesn’t criticize her at all, rather decides to poke fun at her by reverse flirting with the house help by citing that he’s a tired husband who is missing the spark of his life thanks to his duty bound wife.

It’s hilarious, it works in the context. And I couldn’t stop laughing when Jeevika gets angry enough to nearly hit Viren and he yells “ARREY JEEVIKA WHAT ARE YOU DOING?”

And Jeevika realizes he knew all along and they have a laugh as well.

It’s never taken more seriously than that.

Maanvi also understands it’s her sister who is in disguise to help her with the house and is touched on the other hand.

ITV LOGIC:

Women wears a different shaded foundation and a wee bit different clothes and presents a slightly different accent - unrecognizable to her family and husband.

🤦‍♀️

#itv #Indian television #ehmmbh

[jalebi-likes]

Pet Peeves in ITV

- bringing back an ex

- suddenly presenting family to a character who was written and portrayed as being isolated

- intense religious vibes (in a non religious show)

- where the female lead is ALWAYS right, even at her stupid best

- bringing back an ex AFTER being married to FL

- man marrying two people

- two women fighting for one man

- fizzling out of romance/thriller/whatever the core genre is

- shows not taking the plot that’s right out in front and choosing every other stupid plot in the world

#indian television #Jalebi rants

[jalebi-likes]

ITV LOGIC:

Women wears a different shaded foundation and a wee bit different clothes and presents a slightly different accent - unrecognizable to her family and husband.

🤦‍♀️

#chand jalne laga #imlie #dhrubtara #indian television #wth

[jalebi-likes]

Ok I now realized why I watched shows AFTER they were aired cause when you’re still in feelz for a show and they showcase a promo that kinda threatens/ruins/complicates the premise it sucks.

Like for sure I couldn’t have EVER watched IPKKND real time - would’ve been such a headache.

And Chand… sigh it still holds such a sweet spot in my heart ONLY because I felt so many things for an ITV show after a long time. And I know I should’ve stopped feeling things the minute they introduced the HORRIBLE family track 😂 and when I got hints that the future tracks are gonna be worse 🤔 (the first 40 episodes though - still some of the best I’ve seen in a romantic show till date)

So… I’m going to be avoiding the show till the very end 😊 and once it ends I’ll check out for the resolution so as to I can end the show from my perspective - as you know I love love love editing shows 😊

Toodaloos

- Jalebi

#Jalebi rants #cjl #chand jalne laga

[jalebi-likes]

Chand Jalne Laga is essentially a competition of who is the most babiest of them all.

#cjl #chand jalne laga #devra #farvari #AGGRESSIVELY HUGGING THEM ALL #WHY SO CUTE?

[jalebi-likes]

Ik you said you wouldn't rb chand jalne layabout please lb the diwali track. it is so good, so many feels. I love all your lbs so much and I think you'd do such a great job of putting all our feelings about it out there

Hello hello,

Here are my thoughts on the Diwali track. It worked perfectly until Tara appeared in the purple outfit. So you see until that point the feelz were hitting 1000% while the characters were in character.

Tara knows she's attracted to Mr. Malik and had developed a softness for him post freezer. Deva is desperately trying to hide his identity but he has started developing deeply for grown up Tara.

Farvari is such a delightful addition that she's the perfect push for these two characters to come closer (and Raunak is a great tension to the plot). Ananya standing up to her mother was amazing as well.

And DevRa were absolutely gorgeous in the scene where Deva enters Tara's room and just softens looking at her baby pictures and his discomfort with the Diwali Kurta is AMAZING.

I don't know how Vishal portrayed it but his face had the hesitation househelps often have in wearing gifted clothes.

Tara assisting Deva was absolutely adorable because Tara is subtly flirting with him - gorgeous.

Things, for me, start losing a bit of cohesive plot and consistency from the purple outfit onwards. You see, despite the growth between Devra I don't see him straight out complimenting her outfit. Nor do I see then dancing to 'what jhumka', also Deva tried so hard to hide his identity by calling Farvari for help so immediately getting ready to reveal also doesn't make sense. The tandav was OTT and just didn't make sense. The CGI for Arjun's helicopter just looks bad. The reason why Tara did not hear/listen to Deva made no sense. AND WHY CAN'T DEVA ENTER THE HOSPITAL IS BEYOND ME!

BUT a lot of things do work separately - I love how Tara pushes Mr. Malik to fix his argument between him and Farvari, LOVED his breakdown in the hospital, LOVED how he bared his heart to Tara, LOVED how he shattered his conscience in his home because the betrayal felt beautiful. He bonded with adult Tara on the basis that she too appeared just as alone, but to see that he was replaced overnight - rationality didn't matter - it just killed him. And we need his rationality to dim daily for him to ultimately pull what he did.

Love,

Jalebi

#ask #anon #cjl #chand jalne laga