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[phati-sari]

IPKKND + Underrated scenes (1/??)

The moments I wish we talked about more

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[rowdyprofessor]

Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3 // Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon (4/??)

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[phati-sari]

Mr & Mrs Raizada + Full Circle (5)

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[phati-sari]

Greetings PS, I just checked the hyper attunement gifset and that was absolutely wonderful - it was one of my personal favorite things in the show because of how beautifully it was done - so thanks for giffing it! Toh, one sawaal if you'd like to answer, do you have any favorites from there? Or just feel free to give any two cents about it - whatever you want. Hope you've been doing well :) Take care. AJ.

Hi hi hi AJ :)

Thank you very much! It’s one of my favourites too (okay look, I know I say that about everything but a girl can have loads of favourites!). I’m very proud of it. And I too love this aspect of the serial :) :)

My gif sets are usually my favourite instances of a certain aspect or trope of the serial, rather than attempts at showing every single instance, so in a way this is already a curated list. But let’s go through them one by one:

The original subtitle of this gifset was “It began with sneezing and ended with telepathy” (you can still see it in the URL because Tumblr likes to keep track of all our crimes). So the first gif was always going to be this: sneezing together after their car park adventure. I just find this moment adorable.

This, I could write essays on: the first instance of The Awareness. And for me, the most powerful thing is that Arnav knows Khushi is there. He doesn’t question the feeling -- this man who no longer believes in religion, who doesn’t believe love is for him -- he just stands up and mouths her name and goes looking for her.

Finally, Khushi aa gayi!

When I watch these episodes, I always wonder just how close Arnav was to getting on a helicopter and flying to Lucknow (... and hence Tere Bin). And that moment of disbelieving hope when he feels her is amazing -- Sobti was excellent! -- before he shrugs it off and continues with the preparations.

I firmly believe Arnav is feeling Khushi’s distress in this scene. The way her agony is spliced with his, the way he paces and stares at the cut on his hand, such angst, many wow. It’s like he has all this pain and he doesn’t know where it’s coming from, he just knows it’s connected to Khushi.

Arnav and Khushi know about their connection. They don’t like admitting it at this stage but they know. This is the first time they’re forced to acknowledge it and it’s brilliant, from the way he looks at her to her admission that she just knew and her pun about gale pad gaye. Why are they allowed to be this cute?

This is probably the most powerful, and most contentious, example. Khushi was caught completely off guard by Arnav’s trip to London. He didn’t deign to inform her, and his family assumed she knew about it (until it was clear that she didn’t). She goes into a bit of a loop where she keeps repeating that he shouldn’t have left, why didn’t he listen, why didn’t he stay, etc etc. There’s a restlessness in her. Normally one would expect Khushi to just wait for him to come back but she seems to realise that she’s lost her chance. In my opinion, she’s telepathically feeling his panic and resignation. He’s been kidnapped, and though she cannot explain why she’s this restless and panicky, she seems to be able to feel his distress as if it’s her own in the same way he felt her emotions when she was getting engaged to Shyam.

There’s not much I can say that would improve upon this post :)

We talk so much about whether Arnav’s redemption was enough, whether his apology was good enough, and yet in my opinion this sequence is perfect. It can’t be reduced to Arnav giving her gifts. He gives her things she loves, things that once upon a time were indicators of her lower class, the channa and jalebi and Salman Khan poster that he used to look down on. Actions come so much easier to Arnav than words, and this is where he says “I love you the way you are, Khushi” (something he will verbalise on their date during remarriage but this is where it happens). And the necklace, something he instinctively (telepathically!) knew she wanted and needed, a reinstatement of the innocence he tore off her on the night they met and again on the night they eloped. This is the request for forgiveness, the apology, the acknowledgement that he hurt her a thousand times and that he’s sorry he’s sorry he’s sorry. And I will forever be bitter that the creative team didn’t allow the audience to absorb the impact of what he’d done.

This is just adorable, Khushi in Laxmi Nagar ordering a scowly photo of him to smile and Arnav smiling as he looks up at the moon. The moon has always connected them so it’s no surprise that he obeyed!

This one always makes me laugh. Khushi falls in the Shantivan kitchen and Arnav instantly calls. I think the way she looks at her phone, sighs in exasperation when she sees his name and practically barks “Kya hai?” [What?!] is peak comedy.

And a scene I didn’t include except for the subtitle (ping @maansiloves) -- the way NK asks Arnav how he knew Khushi-ji had arrived, and she replies “Bas pata chal jata hai” without hesitation. They’re no longer afraid of the connection and what it means, they’ve given into it entirely, and I think this moment is the sweetest.

This was a lot of fun, thank you so much for asking such an amazing question!! I super appreciate the opportunity for free-form answers and babble :D

Take loads of care ❤️

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[phati-sari]

Best of Aakash and Payal (1/??)

Okay, from today I’ll call you Payal. But you have to call me Aakash.

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[phati-sari]

Mr & Mrs Raizada + Full Circle (4)

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[phati-sari]

Jiji, kya duniya ki saari galtiyon pe Khushi Kumari Gupta ka naam likha hai kya?

Khushi, Episode 039

Jiji, does every mistake in the world have Khushi Kumari Gupta’s name on it?

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[phati-sari]

Mrs Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada + Devi Maiyya’s signs

I only asked for one sign … and you gave me so many? 

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[phati-sari]

Maaf kijiye Anjali-ji, par pata nahi aap ki amanat hamare paas kaise aa gayi.

Khushi, Episode 040

Forgive me Anjali-ji, I don’t know how your precious possession came to me.

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[phati-sari]

Hum kabhi bhi aap ke khushi ki raaste na aaye.

Anjali, Episode 042

May I never come between you and your khushi (= happiness/joy)

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[phati-sari]

Infinite Rabba Ve // Episode 68

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[phati-sari]

Hello Phati Sari! I hope you're fine :) I wanted to ask, in S8 E13, Arnav tried to kiss Khushi after her saying, "I don't accept you as my husband" and he said, "okay Let's make you accept." That kiss was interrupted by HP but as it was going to happen otherwise,was it consensual or forceful? I don't know if you've answered it before. Thanks in advance. Wish you a charming weekend 🍁

Hello!

Hmm, I think the almost-kiss was consensual, though I understand that his words, together with the way they portrayed the scene, don’t exactly sell it. I see it being similar to the Diwali almost-kiss -- the question of consent comes from two things:

      (1) they often used a single camera set-up to shoot intimate scenes. This means the actors had to pause a lot between takes, especially in the almost-kiss scenes, and it ends up looking awkward  and disjointed.

    (2) Irani was told to pant, avert her eyes and generally look nervous about intimacy -- which often came across as fear.

In combination with the actors’ inability to shoot intimate scenes while looking each other in the eye (they always burst out laughing), I agree that it sometimes looks like Khushi doesn’t consent to their intimacy. But I think Khushi was clear when she didn’t consent and that we saw her sexual desire.

I don’t think I’ve spoken about the kiss in isolation, but I’ve spoken about the day and their mindsets here and here :)

Thanks for asking, and for the good wishes. I hope you’re well!!

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[phati-sari]

Hi PS, short time lurker, first time poster here (not really a user of Tumblr). I love your episode recaps and analysis posts, they make me think much harder about stuff in the show that I would usually dismiss as "just another soap". I've watched past episode 220, and there are so many moments in my head where I think "WWPSS?"(what would phati sari say). No ask, just wanted to say thank you for clarifying the consummation debate for me - I was one of the ones posting about it back then!

Hello hello!

Thank you for taking the time to send such a lovely message! It’s so sweet, I’m really glad you like the recaps! Eeeeeee thanks for the compliment about the consummation post!! 

I hope you enjoy the blog! Thanks again for reading out, and take loads of care ❤️

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[phati-sari]

Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon + Two sides of the same coin (2/??)

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[phati-sari]

I do not have any questions, just wanted to you know how much I've enjoyed reading your recaps! As someone who is not a native of the language spoken in the show, it was extremely helpful and insightful. Your translation and perspective are intriguing. Just like everyone else on here, I've lost count of the amount of times I've watched this show and how much I enjoy it (1st hindi serial I've ever watched). Thank you for your attention to detail, keep up the great work!

Hello!!

Thanks for reaching out, I really appreciate you taking the time to not only read the recaps but to send such a thoughtful message. I’m glad you liked them!! I also think it’s awesome that you rewatch it often -- so do I!

Thanks again, and take care ❤️

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[phati-sari]

Hi.

Your blog is my happy place and have been spending a lot of time here lately..

Hope you are happy and well..

As you have extensively dealt woth almost all questions on can possibly have regarding IPl..my ask might sound a lii silly so pls ignore if you don't want to answer..but do you think any other actors would have done justice to the characters of Arnav and Khushi..any that come to your mind..

For me Barun and Sanaya were the best part of IPk infact the whole cast..followed by writing and dialogs..atleast uptil Sham's reveal..then the cinematography..then background score..I can go on and on..

What do you think?

Hello!

That's really sweet, I'm glad you're liking the blog!

do you think any other actors would have done justice to the characters of Arnav and Khushi..any that come to your mind..

Honestly, I'm a terrible person to ask -- I don’t know enough actors and their craft to reasonably answer this question. Plus ... I sort of don’t care?

I guess the thing is that most of the time I see this question, people are actually asking "could anyone else have played the characters in exactly the same way?" and the answer is obviously no. Actors bring different things to their craft, no two actors are ever going to give you the same end product even if you keep everything else -- writing, direction, costume, music -- the same. It's why you can go to three different productions of Hamlet and feel completely different about them each time.

And generally, while exercises like this (and fancasting in general) can be fun, it's important to note that you can't really get a sense of what the end product will be like without seeing it first. It's why I find it so weird when people get upset over casting before they've even seen a look-test or a pilot.

I don't think actors bring something above and beyond writing and direction to the final product. They're the most visible aspect of this kind of media and it's easy to latch onto them as the faces of success, but they're generally bringing to life something that's already there. 

I think the on-screen chemistry between Sobti and Irani is insane and they definitely brought out the best versions of these characters -- allowing them to transcend what was on paper. Any other performance would be inferior (then again, I guess we’d never know).

But Star Plus has already made the mistake (twice!) of assuming that IPKKND's success was just about how pretty its leads were, I don’t think the fandom follow in its footsteps.

TL;DR -- my brain doesn’t work this way. I know I’m being a killjoy but I literally don’t have the tools to answer this one, sorry!

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