Thipkyanchi Rangoli – Episode 186 – Written Update and Episode Review

Life is not a straight line. It comes with its own curves.
The choices and decisions demand a change with respect to what it serves.
– IAdoreYouCreates

W H A T   H A P P E N E D   I N   T H E   E P I S O D E ?

The episode begins with Ovi rushing to Bhaskar and asking him how Deepali is. Bhaskar comforts Ovi, telling her that Deepali is much better now. A distraught Ovi questions Bhaskar why Deepali did what she did, expressing her despair as she asks  him if Deepali did not think about her even once. He assures her that they will talk to Deepali about it later. Bhaskar embraces his scared daughter, letting her know that the doctor just informed them that Deepali is out of danger and she would be back home soon.

The scene shifts to the Kanitkar’s residence where Aparna brings a glass of milk for Babi Aatya but the latter refuses to drink. She doesn’t give in despite everyone’s persistence. When she asks them to go outside and attend to the guests, Maai firmly tells Babi Aatya that they are not going to leave her alone. She urges them that she wants to stay alone for a while. Before the trio could leave, Apurva enters the room.

Coming across Babi Aatya’s upset self, Apurva mentally decides to do something to bring Babi Aatya’s happiness back as she struggles to watch Babi Aatya in that condition.

She walks up to Babi Aatya and takes her hand in her hold, saying – don’t worry, Babi Aatya. I will bring Bhaskar Kaka back here. Unable to watch Babi Aatya’s distressed face any longer, Apurva pulls her hand back and rushes out. While Babi Aatya sits, consumed by the events that happened, Apurva reaches the hospital.

Shashank catches Apurva’s sight when Kukki is expressing how Deepali is a lot better and Bhaskar can go back home but he is just not listening to anyone.

Visibly not pleased with Apurva’s presence at the hospital, Shashank utters – why is she here?

Apurva rushes to Kukki, inquiring about Deepali’s health – How is Deepali Aunty now?

Kukki – Better. The treatment is going on.

Apurva – Good.

Shashank – Did you doubt if we are capable of handling this situation or not?

Kukki – It’s fine. What’s the issue? The way we have come here so has she.

Apurva – You just don’t leave a single chance to call me out, Khadoos. I am a doctor’s daughter. I know how tricky is to handle such emergency situations.

She asks where her father is. Kukki responds by saying that is in the O.T. Nikhil adds that he is treating Deepali.

Apurva rushes to Bhaskar who is patting his daughter who is sleeping on his lap.

Apurva – Bhaskar Kaka, don’t worry. My Dad is handling Deepali Aunty’s case, no? She will be fine. Everything will be alright. Don’t worry.

Bhaskar -Yes, as a doctor… I do understand.

Apurva – You do understand, right? Then please come with me, no? You have left the wedding incomplete –

Bhaskar shushes Apurva, afraid that she might just wake his sleeping daughter up. He gestures for Apurva to stay quiet, carefully places Ovi’s head on the bench and pulls Apurva aside.

Apurva urges Bhaskar to return home with her – please, listen to me and come with me. You have left the wedding incomplete. Babi Aatya is all alone there.  

Bhaskar – I have been telling these people as well that I… am not going to go anywhere from here so please… stop forcing me. Please.

Apurva – Listen, Dad is here to take care of Deepali. You have left Babi Aatya alone there.

Bhaskar – Tell me… is this the time for all of this? I can’t come. It will be better if you guys leave. Ovi and I are going to stay here. You guys… just leave.

Apurva – No. I am not going anywhere without taking you. I have promised to take you back to Babi Aatya please… please don’t let me fail. Please.

Bhaskar’s face acquires a helpless smile as he confesses – the one who has been defeated by fate is not capable of making anyone win or lose, Apurva. 

Apurva – It’s not the case. We have to decide our destiny. Nobody else writes our destiny. Listen, all that I know is that nobody can come in between Babi Aatya and her happiness. Not even that so-called fate of yours. You two love each other, don’t you? Then your love will defeat everything, no? But for that, you will have to come with me.

Bhaskar – I am coming nowhere.

Apurva – Bhaskar Kaka, please don’t do this. Why does Babi Aatya have to bear the punishment for what Deepali Aunty has done? Don’t you love Babi Aatya?

Bhaskar – Appu… there is something that stays above love and that is… responsibility.

Apurva – But you did fulfill it, right? You brought Deepali Aunty here, got her hospitalized… you did everything that you could. You fulfilled your duty so now, complete your duty toward Babi Aatya, no? Please?  I don’t have to tell you that you guys have waited for this day for so many years. Now that the day has arrived in your life… please don’t do this. You have left the wedding incomplete. Please think about Babi Aatya. Think about what mindset she must be in right now.

Bhaskar – Let the situation sink in. Deepali’s life is in danger. My daughter… is scared.. right here. And I should go and get married in these circumstances? You tell me.  Is it possible?

Apurva – Is Deepali Aunty more important than Babi Aatya?

Bhaskar – The most important thing for me – right now – is Deepali’s life.

Apurva – Bhaskar Kaka, please, think about Babi Aatya. She will get depressed if you do this to her. What about her health? Is she expected to do something of this sort?

Bhaskar – I know Vidya. She is not going to do this. Vidya is firm as a person. Deepali is not and I can’t give any stress to her right now. So please… please… leave now. Please?

Kukki takes Apurva asides and puts forth that now that Deepali is stable, they all should get back home as he is worried for Babi Aatya. Shashank agrees but Apurva refuses to go back without Bhaskar. Shashank tells her that it is quite natural for Bhaskar to be wanting to stay here both as a doctor and as Deepali’s family and eventually, it boils down to priorities. Apurva questions where Babi Aatya is in the whole thing. Shashank adds that Babi Aatya is everything to them and that is why they should be with her now.

When they return home, Babi Aatya inquires about Deepali’s health. Kukki tells her that she is stable but still unconscious. Shashank adds that she might gain consciousness by the next morning as said by Dr. Kaushik. Maai asks if that means that Bhaskar is going to stay there till morning. Suva Aai refuses to consider the possibility and moves toward Apurva, asking her where Bhaskar is.

Suva Aai gets furious upon Apurva’s revelation that she tried but all in vain. Hearing that Bhaskar is not returning, Suva Aai harshly calls Apurva out for giving hopes to Babi Aatya and hurting her more than she already was with these new broken hopes.

Apurva apologizes to Babi Aatya who assures her that she does not have to but Suva Aai tells her that she has to and she must. In fact, all of them who had given her hopes, must. Suva Aai breaks down and Babi Aatya walks up to her to console her. She adds that Apurva made an attempt just like everyone else did, asking her not to get mad at her.

Kukki speaks up, telling everyone that Apurva really did try but Bhaskar did not listen. He adds that none of them has liked the way Bhaskar has behaved but he urges her not to say anything to Apurva as they all have seen how sincerely and persistently she tried to convince Bhaskar.

Later at night, Shashank finds Apurva sitting lost in their room. He continues to call for her but she is in her own zone and fails to acknowledge his presence until he shakes her.

Apurva – Scold. You also scold me. You won’t be at peace without yelling at me so please go ahead. Tell me that I interfere in the matters of others, unnecessarily get involved… tell me.

Shashank – One… one minute. I don’t want to yell at you because I don’t think that you have done anything wrong today, hmm?

Apurva – But, Khadoos… Suva Aai did scold me, no?

Shashank – She didn’t want to but she was feeling bad for Babi Aatya.

Apurva – But she… did yell at me, Khadoos. Are you getting it?

Shashank sits near her – nobody had expected what has happened today. Everyone is pretty shaken by it. Babi Aatya’s dream that was about to come to life had to die today. Everyone is feeling bad about it, no?

Apurva – That is why I went to convince Bhaskar Kaka, no?

Shashank – But no matter how hard you tried to convince him, it was not possible for him to return today. That is why, Mom said that you unnecessarily gave Babi Aatya hopes. Whatever she said to you… it was all her helplessness. She would have said the same had there been anyone else in your place.

Apurva – I get it. I am not feeling bad because Suva Aai scolded me. I am not mad at her. Dad always says… the ones who really love us… only those people express their frustration to, with and on us.

Shashank – Then? Why is your mood off? Why are you crying? What is it that you are feeling bad about?

Apurva – I feel sorry for Babi Aatya.

Shashank – Everyone is feeling bad for Babi Aatya, no? But we could not forcefully bring Bhaskar Kaka, could we?

Apurva – But, Khadoos, we all know how much Bhaskar Kaka and Babi Aatya love each other. Why do they have to bear the punishment of going away from each other again?

Shashank – Can’t avoid what’s written in the fate, Apurva.

Apurva – No, Khadoos. This can’t be their destiny. They can’t go away from each other now. They have to come together. Khadoos, I am very sure, Bhaskar Kaka will come back tomorrow.

Shashank – You feel that, no? Okay, that is what will happen then.

He wipes her tears – even I feel that… everything that has messed up… just should get back to how it was and they should get married. 

Apurva can’t hold back her tears and starts sobbing. Shashank tries to console her as he presses his palms on her cheeks to wipe her tears. An emotional Apurva ends up resting her head on his shoulder. Shashank’s hand almost instantly holds her to himself as he gently pats her head to comfort her.

M Y   T A K E 

For a thirteen-year-old to even acknowledge that her mother has just attempted to end her life is heartbreaking. 

Ovi has been already struggling to cope with the sudden changes in her life and this hit in the midst of that must have been hard. 

No children, no matter how old, should ever have to witness this sight in their life. Its imprints are similar to that of the invisible ink’s writing. Nobody can see it with naked eyes but that doesn’t eliminate their existence. They stay and they stay… for long. 

I loved how the Kanitkar women refused to leave Babi Aatya alone. The way that trio was standing firm with Babi Aatya though. Everyone is breaking from inside but everyone is fighting their own inner battles to stand strong just to make sure that the others don’t fall weak! That’s what we call family!

Mrs. Apurva Vartak Kanitkar! The woman couldn’t stand the tears in her Babi Aatya’s eyes and ended up making a promise that perhaps, she shouldn’t have. She tried everything in her capability to fulfill that promise though. Even crossed her line in the process which I don’t genuinely appreciate. 

Apurva feels bad for Babi Aatya, I understand. Who is not feeling bad for her? Even, I, as a viewer, do so I am sure, Apurva’s pain is at a whole different level altogether but you have to remember where you are standing, with whom you are talking and more importantly, what are you talking about. 

I didn’t quite expect that Apurva wouldn’t notice a sleeping Ovi and start ranting then and there, without considering that the kid has already seen a lot today. Several of Apurva’s questions today didn’t sit well with me. Two of them are – does he love Babi Aatya or not and if Deepali is more important to him than Babi Aatya. Just reminded me that Apurva, a lot of times, doesn’t think before speaking.

I don’t think I have to explicitly state but Bhaskar seems right to me in this particular situation. He was calm throughout. 

Despite the fact that his mind was clouded with the conflicting thoughts, his heart was attacked by Deepali’s suicide attempt and his dreams of a happy married life were shattered – he held himself together really well. Anyone else in his place – upon such persistent forcing to get married in the present situation – might haven’t been so calm. 

All that he tried all along was to make Apurva understand that he cannot leave her distraught daughter and unconscious Deepali in the hospital and get married and that is something that I cannot not appreciate.  

When Apurva raised yet another question – what if Babi Aatya gets depressed and does something like what Deepali has done – Bhaskar did not even flinch and let me share why I think that he didn’t.  

Bhaskar has been in love with Babi Aatya for years. Before he left and things messed up, Bhaskar and Babi Aatya seem to have spent a lot of time together as I guess, they started dating quite early. The fact that their houses are so close to each other gives away that even before they started dating – they knew each other. Probably for several long years.

Bhaskar knows his Vidya.

And… Bhaskar knows his Vidya’s family. 

Why he could say what he did. 

Not just that he knows that his Vidya is a firm woman who will not let anything defeat her spirit but also that even if she sees moments of weakness, she has a family that will hold her if she ever stumbles and he is not around to catch her. 

I sincerely believe that one of the predominant reasons why Bhaskar could choose to stay back at the hospital was because he knew that Kanitkars are with Babi Aatya. The scenario might have been different if that wasn’t the case.

Unlike Babi Aatya who has a huge army of her family members around her to protect and guard her, Bhaskar’s daughter and that daughter’s mother had none. 

When Deepali, though out of danger, is still unconscious – I cannot expect him to leave his daughter and Deepali over there to get married. That just… doesn’t sound right. 

Suva Aai’s outburst was more on herself than on Apurva. The woman couldn’t stand what fate had served Babi Aatya. Having stayed together for years, I believe, Suva Aai has seen Babi Aatya’s longing for happiness. For Bhaskar. For her deep-buried desire of getting married to and spending a beautiful lite with Bhaskar and that dream… that dream that they never thought could come true was finally coming true.

Their happiness had no bounds but before… but before they could carefully cage that happiness, gift wrap it and present it to Babi Aatya – a hurricane took everything away, leaving everyone too shaken to get a grip on themselves. 

Mr. and Mrs. Kanitkar allowing themselves to comfort each other was a beautiful moment. I particularly loved the way it was shot. So simple yet so endearing. 

The way Apurva’s eyes refused to listen to her and kept telling the miserable tale of her deep anguish!
The way Shashank’s hands kept finding their way back to her cheeks to wipe her tears!
The way he sat momentarily helpless when she just broke down!
The way she let herself find comfort in his arms!
The way his hands instantly wrapped around her!

The way she fits in his arms,
Like that’s the only place where she belongs! 

No matter how hard she tried to calm herself down, Babi Aatya’s situation had put her in such deep distress that even Shashank’s comforting words couldn’t take it away. 

She just took his shoulder and his hand patted her head. 

Like they have been doing this for ages. Holding each other in the moments of suffering. 

Yet another episode that worked for me. Thipkyanchi Rangoli doesn’t disappoint, which is so comforting, to be honest. 

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