#arnav khushi khushi nk nk anjali anjali shyam shyam arnav

[phuljari]

social media au! part 5

summary : khushi is a model and influencer; arnav just seems to stumble upon her profile one day— not so much by accident. (or what if khushi fell in love at first sight?)

warnings : hindi mostly, online stalker!shyam, FLIRTING

a/n : i am...trying something new (by using the word prompts) #IPK 13th Anniversary Fiesta @arshifiesta

iMessage

Unknown: Tum theek ho?

Unknown: Khushi???

Khushi: who's this?

Unknown: Arnav Singh Raizada 😒

Khushi: haan toh muh kyu bigaad rahe hain aap?

Khushi: accha ab samjhi, jiska naam hi aisa ho... 😂😂

Arnav: Haha

Arnav: Matlab tum theek hi ho. Fine, gtg, ttyl

Khushi: arrre

Khushi: aise kaise???

Khushi: aapki wajah se chot lagi hai!! hello!!

Arnav: Meri nahi, tumhari bewkoofi ki wajah se lagi hai

Arnav: Who told you to wear heels? On concrete??

Khushi: your stylist 😭😭

Khushi: 🤔🤔

Arnav: Kya?

Khushi: hum toh aapko puchna hi bhool gaye

Khushi: why were you at the photoshoot today?

Arnav: 😒

Khushi: kya? jawab dijiye!

Arnav: Leave it

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titaliya_k when you're doing a photoshoot outdoors and injure yourself

p.c. @/payaliyaa for accidentally snapping this when she was actually trying to snap the pic of the bruise to show mom

btw heels from @/ardesignhouse's spring collection if you're wondering 😌

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nandiii Khushi ji! Ye kya hua aapko?? Are you okay?

⤷titaliya_k i'm fine now, nanhe ji <3

⤷gulabo_devyani Bitiya. Aap. Kuch din. Shantivan. Aaye. E haalat. Maa. Akele. Rehna Theek. Nahi. HAI

⤷titaliya_k aree nani ji! hum bilkul theek hai, aap chinta mat kijiye! jiji hai na!

⤷aakash_r Nahi Khushi ji, Aise nahi chalega. Humari galti ki wajah se chot lagi aapko. You have to give us the chance to make it up to you!

⤷hari_prakash Hum aapki poori khatidari karenge didi!

⤷hari_prakashkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

⤷hellohibyebye jaroor tumrhi taang aayi hogi phati saree ma, hello hi bye bye

payaliyaa Chutki! Chot lagi hai, ye bhi kya sabko batane ki cheez hai?

⤷titaliya_k jiji tum kaam pe dhyan do, kya baar baar phone dekhti rehti ho 😒

⤷payaliyaa You tagged me???

hayerenandkishorekaahai HAYE RE NANDKISHOR E KAA HAI SANKA DEVI

hayerenandkishorekaahai KAA KAR BAITHI HO AB TUM HAIN?? JAB DEKHO TAB TITALIYA KE JAISAN PHUDAKTI REHTI HO hayerenandkishorekaahai TUMHARI AMMA KITNI PARESHAAN HAI, PHONE TOH UTHAI LYO U KA hayerenandkishorekaahai SHASHI BABUA KO BUKHAR HUI GAYA HAI AB TUMHARI AMMA LUCKNOW SE DELHI NAHI AA SAKAT

hayerenandkishorekaahai TOH U HUMKA JAANE KO BOLI HAI

hayerenandkishorekaahai TUMHRE GHAR KA PATA TOH BHEJO

usershyam Oh no Khushiji! Aap theek toh hai? Hum aapke liye ek khaas malam bhej te hai, zaroor lagayega!

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shyamjha Khushi ji ek baar humara call toh utha leti, aap se kitne baate karni hai, aapke haal chal puchne hai. Hume aapki kitni chinta ho rahi hai aapko pata bhi hai?

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shyamjha Aur ye kon hai jisne aapko apni bahoon me uthaya hai 😠😠

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theshyamjha Humse ab bardasht nahi ho raha Khushi ji! Aap jawab nahi dengi toh humein hi kuch karna padega!

amanmathur Sir??

user1 omg who's this handsome hunk khushi?

⤷user2 I've heard she's dating her boss

⤷user1 ewwww whooo????

⤷user2 @/arnavsinghraizada

⤷user1 ngl if i was her i'd date him too

user3 So happy for you guys!!

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Khushi: * screenshot attached*

Payal: 🤣🤣🤣

Payal: Buaji insta pe? 🤭🤭

Khushi: dekho na jiji, ab inko mana kaise karein?

Payal: Ruko hum Maa se baat karte hain

Khushi: woh toh humne kab ki karli

Khushi: papa ka bukhar utar gaya hai par unko zaroorat hai maa ki

Khushi: aur hum bole ki humari jiji hai na, par maa ne daant diya bilkul

Khushi: ki nai, ab toh buaji hi aayengi

Khushi: jiji, ab tum hi kuch karo varna humara hai re nandkishor ho jana pakka hai 😭😭😭

Payal: Are Khushi, buaji aayengi toh accha hi hai na, ab mai tumhe sambhalu ya phir ye sab inquires?

Payal: Aur tumhe pata haina ki papa Abhishek se baat karne pe kitna zor de rahe hai

Payal: Wo bhil milne bulate rehte hain, ab hum isme tumhara dhyan kab rakhenge?

Payal: Phir bhi ek baar baat karte hai hum Maa se

Khushi seen

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Khushi: * screenshot attached*

Khushi: ab iska kya matlab hai??

Lavanya: Kiska?

Khushi: that eye roll emoji

Lavanya: Kaha?

Khushi: yaar screenshot bheja hai, khol toh sahi 😭

Lavanya: Oh haan, ek min

Lavanya: OMG ASR LIKES YOUUU

Lavanya: LOOK AT THOSE WORRYING TEXTS OMGOMG

Lavanya: CAN YOU BE MORE IN LOVE??

Khushi: hein

Lavanya: You're so stupid Khushi, I feel bad for you sometimes lol

Khushi: what did i miss? 👀

Lavanya: Arey! He came to the photoshoot for you!

Khushi: 😮

Khushi: that.... makes sense? lol

Khushi: omg he was worried for me

Khushi: and i completely ruined it 😭😭😭

Lavanya: You still have time to make it better, RUN!

Khushi seen

(1) message from thekhushigupta

thekhushigupta sent you a post by titaliya_k

arnavsinghraizada ???

thekhushigupta dekho dekho

arnavsinghraizada And?

thekhushigupta yaar aap bhi kam stupid nahi ho

thekhushigupta you know that it's you carrying me right?

arnavsinghraizada Where's this conversation going again? I have more important things to do than stare at your instagram post

thekhushigupta lolol you're so old for calling it "instagram"

thekhushigupta probably shouldn't offend you when i'm literally tryna apologize

thekhushigupta so okay, i understood why you were there at the photoshoot

thekhushigupta so i shared this pic because see closely neeche

thekhushigupta there are two hearts

arnavsinghraizada And why was I at the photoshoot?

thekhushigupta because you have nothing better to do? 😂😂

thekhushigupta no lol i prolly shouldn't joke

thekhushigupta you were there

thekhushigupta for me?

arnavsinghraizada You're still doubting that?

thekhushigupta no no you were definitely there for me! istg idk how i would've survived without you

arnavsinghraizada Ms. Gupta, that's a bit much don't you think?

thekhushigupta really? i legit posted heart emojis over a pic of you carrying me in your arms and you think this is too much

arnavsinghraizada seen

thekhushigupta arey yaar, interesting baatein hoti hai tabhi you leave me on read

thekhushigupta wtf arnav come back

thekhushigupta arnav

thekhushigupta arnav

thekhushigupta arnav jiiiiii

arnavsinghraizada WHAT THE

arnavsinghraizada Why is my brother calling me to ask you to move to Shantivan till your injury heals??

thekhushigupta 🫢

arnavsinghraizada Oh no, wait, he's asking not only for you but for Payal as well

thekhushigupta ooo someone has a crushhh

thekhushigupta chup reh khushi 🤦‍♀️

arnavsinghraizada You know that I can read this monologue of yours right?

thekhushigupta 😭😭😭😭 nooooooo

thekhushigupta but but

thekhushigupta do you think i can?

thekhushigupta i really really really don't want my buaji to come toh delhi

arnavsighraizada Of course you can

thekhushigupta really? are you sure?

arnavsinghraizada Yes, I'm coming to pick you up at 6 so be ready

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instantbollywood Fashion icon #KhushiGupta shares a mysterious pic from her personal profile in which Arnav Singh Raizada (AR Design's founder) is carrying her in his arms after a photoshoot mishap. Was is really a mishap, or is something else brewing between them?

user1 Noooooooo

user2 ngl this pic is bomb tho

user3 Kya sexy legs hai yaar 😍

user4 superb❤���❤️🔥🔥

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Khushi: kitne weird hai aap

Khushi: you dropped me at your place and then went to office again

Arnav: Urgent meeting, I told you no?

Khushi: haan par,,,,

Khushi: without giving me a goodbye kiss? 😩

Khushi: your mamiji is weirddddddd, she keeps calling me phati saree

Arnav: Mai weird. Mami ji weird. Hum sab weird hai, okay?

Khushi: 😂😂

Khushi: charming

Khushi: that you can joke

Arnav liked a message

Khushi: *attached image*

Khushi: me waiting for you to get homeee

Khushi: and kiss these lips 🫦

Arnav: Oh

Khushi: *attached image*

Khushi: shab-e-intizaar

Arnav: On my way darling

Khushi liked a message

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Unknown: Khushi ji

Unknown: Khushji agar aap yahan bhi jawaab nahi dengi toh hume kuch galat karne pe majboor kardengi

Unknown: Khushi ji, hum aapke pyaar me fanaa ho chuke hai

Unknown: Bohot aage nikal gaye hain hum

Unknown: Ab agar aap jawab nahi dengi toh hum kuch kar baithenge

Unknown: *attached image*

TBC

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[arshisrabbaves]

Top 5 moments in the show that I really like

(Not in order)

1) Payal standing up for Khushi

Payal might be the silent girl, the one who stays behind but when it comes to her sister she ain’t taking any bullshit, and she absolutely proved it in this scene. I just Iove how Payal came forward and took a stand for her sister in this scene, it was really applaudable 👏. Payal didn’t care about things going wrong between her and Aakash neither she cared about her obnoxious MIL taunting her later on. When she saw that her sister was being humiliated and her character was being assassinated she knew that it was her responsibility to take stand for her, which she did in a great way. I just love how Gupta sisters constantly looked out for each other both directly and indirectly. How I wish there was a scene where Payal saw Arnav mistreating Khushi and she calls him out Iike “Hey Idc if that’s your wife, before that she’s my sister and you have no right to treat her like that” it would have been amazing!

2) NK freaks out hearing Arnav and Khushi’s past

I like this moment a lot .I mean cmon Arnav taking advice from NK regarding how to make it up to Khushi on her birthday! That’s something we never thought we’d see now, did we? But what I like even more is how NK basically represents us (fans) in this scene. He’s also in awe of Arnav and Khushi and wants them to have a beautiful relationship, but at the same time he’s also so freaked out hearing about their build up, like we get you NK! We really do.

Also when he says “Iss war ko Kya naam doon?” Ahhh epic 🔥

3) Anjali disagrees with Shyam

This is something I never expected to see atleast from Anjali’s side given her blind faith and devotion towards her Shyam ji. But when she said “No Shyam ji! My little brothers and Khushi ji’s relationship is not so weak, it’s above this all (the misunderstanding)” that was really impressive. This is the kind of Anjali that we should have seen since the beginning,not the one who nodded her head in yes to everything that Shyam said.

4) Ooh La La dance sequence

I agree that what Raizadas did was morally wrong as Khushi’s job was already done in the house and Khushi had every right to be mad at them. But you can’t not love this scene, it was really adorable that they tried convincing Khushi in her own style instead of talking to her. Also, Hari Prakash fainting in the background and Arnav dropping his phone was like cherry on top.

5) Lavanya standing up to ASR

While it’s true that Lavanya also made a mistake here by doing something Arnav clearly told her not to do. Still Lavanya’s anger and frustration can be understood. I think what truly bugged Lavanya was the fact that Arnav was in a relationship with her, kept her in his house but still he had no intention to give any direction to their relationship. For him being in a relationship was like a time pass, but for her she want it to mean something. I think it was great when Lavanya expressed how clueless he makes her feel in the relationship due to his lack of enthusiasm. She was boldly and directly communicating her needs with him,love her for that 👏.

[arshisrabbave]

If IPKKND characters went to Therapy

Arnav: *Takes a deep breath*

“Don’t know why I am doing this shi-”

Khushi : Keeps yapping! Therapist is wondering if they’ll even get to ask any questions?!

Anjali: Trauma Dumps

Therapist is feeling overwhelmed themself

Shyam: Reveals all his evil intentions

Therapist is Shik Shak Shook!

NK: Ends up giving therapy to Therapist!

Aakash: Is hesitant to open up!

Therapist is having hard time trying to figure out what he really feels.

Payal: Therapist is still waiting for her to say a word.

Manorama: Room is filled with tissues!

Bua ji: Ends up Gossiping with Therapist

Lavanya: Talks about how expensive skin care has gotten and how unfair it is!

Therapist can’t relate.

[jalebi-weds-bluetooth]

Khushi & Shyam

Upon rewatching the kidnapping track - barring the James Bond ghosts in Manorama & Khushi, Anjali and Manorama doubting Khushi’s character (cause I’ve had enough of her character assassination), and Khushi honeytrapping Shyam (ew to the kheer feeding scenes cause wtf) - I realized I deeply enjoyed the Shyam and Khushi scenes.

Yeah, that’s my hot take. Upon deeper pondering I realized that Khushi & Shyam might just be an underrated dynamic in the show. Almost ALL their scenes are stellar simply because of their chemistry and interesting history.

You see, Shyam as a character is very flat against Arnav. Each hate the other. Shyam wants Arnav’s money and Arnav warns him to stay off Khushi and attempt being the husband he pretended to be so long to Anjali. It’s just that. Literally all of their scenes post the terrace misunderstanding is a loop of this and Shyam going “yay I’ll win your trust and then you see Saale Sahab” and bro just has an Arnav protection charm cause Arnav doesn’t confront Shyam even ONCE when he sees him flirt with Khushi.

Rather Arnav abuses Khushi instead. Like… why would you not threaten Shyam as well? Arnav can literally financially choke Shyam further (I love that scene where he closes the joint account - more of that Arnav!)

On the other hand Shyam and Khushi are absolutely electric with Arnav out of the picture. During elopement I rolled my eyes, again, that all the loop was Shyam harasses Khushi, Khushi is like “lemme just do nothing about this” (cause Arnav’s misunderstanding needs to be constant!) and that’s it. Because Khushi is eternal helpless damsel who legit just needs to be mad or abused.

But with Arnav out of the picture Khushi and Shyam rise as characters more than “Arnav’s misunderstanding”.

They have to acknowledge the layers they wrote into both of them. The whole fact that Shyam and Khushi were best friends at one point of time! To think every relationship Khushi has, has betrayed or hurt her irreconcilably at one point of time and it makes my heart hurt for her. Her aunt, adoptive mother, sister, friend and husband.

Barring the villain Shyam is, during the Gupta House stay he was the only vocal advocate of Khushi in the house. Yes, Shashi and Payal always supported Khushi, but neither prevented Khushi from constantly being belittled.

Rather the max was they’d tsk over Buaji’s comments or laughing agree that she is mad.

But Shyam was the first to point out that there is a certain stillness and maturity behind the chatter. He is, perhaps, the only character who understood Khushi. He was the one who shifted Khushi’s narrative in her house. No she’s not crazy, she’s responsible. No she’s not childish, she’s an empath who would do everything to make everyone smile.

She’s having a bad day? Don’t badger her with questions, rather cheer her up with her favourite food.

(Khushi had a bad day when she joined AR, and she had a bad day when she left AR - but you see the marked difference in the way the house responds to her bad days with/without Shyam’s influence. With him, the house, for the first time, cheers Khushi up and lets her have her bad day).

When Khushi comes back from Janmashtami, humiliated, she has to spend time comforting her family and pacifying them. She has to push her insults away and bring a smile on everyone’s face. But Shyam actually asks her how she is and gives her the space to talk about her own feelings and humiliation.

She actually finds someone with whom she can share her pain without having to care for the other’s concern.

It’s liberating and the foundation of a truest friendship. I feel so bad for her that she lost this friendship!

And to see this strong friendship be a mask for Shyam’s dark deeds and desires is heartbreaking but writing wise - oof, that hurt! Imagine a false friendship being the healthiest relationship Khushi has had with anyone (thank God NK & Lavanya existed!)

The only time Shyam is wrong about Khushi is when he’s twisted in his romantic delusions. Which makes him such a compelling villain because you cannot figure him out. What are his motivations?

And with only Shyam in the house and Khushi manipulating him instead - we see the justified pain in Khushi! Like hell yes, Arnav did destroy your life. Hell yes, grieve for the fact that man gave you nothing but pain. They’re spitting facts to each other while trying to outwit each other.

Every scene is a definition of how twisted Shyam is or how intelligent Khushi is and how each takes turns manipulating the other and it’s literally super thrilling to watch. Shyam asserts that his only goal is Khushi - suddenly making him a freeloader who only wants to destroy “ArShi” makes no sense and rips away a lot of his character and motivations.

Also, begrudgingly, Shyam and Khushi exactly know each other too well. She knows where all his mind can go - and utilizes his obsession with her against him for he thinks he’s an ethical man regardless (I love the whole getting him to sign papers moment, she just pulled a Shyam on Shyam!) and Shyam knows Khushi’s weakness is family and utilizes that to buy time.

Khushi’s attachment to Arnav is as unhealthy as Shyam’s attachment to Khushi. Like seriously Arnav insults her five times before heading to the airport and Khushi isn’t afforded even a second of anger or grief. Like she literally admitted farak and he still walks off (yes he was going to go back to Khushi but he did break her heart at that moment).

And all the show keeps shoving to us is how Khushi wants to prove her innocence to a man who really does not deserve it (I’m not faulting Arnav’s anger, although tbh his anger makes sense a lot of times! But the abuse? No way).

Khushi’s deep love for Arnav right when he has been nothing but insulting (he literally told her he’s glad her parents are dead) and her rushing to prove her innocence and have constant Rabba Ve’s after he leaves instead of any rightful anger or hurt make like… no sense to me. Was that Stockholm syndrome talking?

I just find such richer writing in some of their scenes and dynamic that we get a full intelligent heroine and intelligent villain vibes where the audience is treated as smart.

Khushi’s hatred for Shyam is also so good and justified than her love and need for Arnav at this point.

I can imagine Arnav whispering an “I love you” breaking Khushi down to her going through an obsessive phase of finding Arnav and wanting him and his love and worrying for his safety. But until that point Shyam and Khushi make so much sense as villain and hero because Khushi rises beyond a star plus “bahu” who only wants her husband’s love regardless of his anger.

This is a woman wronged and she’s going to fix it by outwitting the villain.

Hell yes.

Also, Shyam is totally Khushi’s villain - a fact that the show forgets.

And no, this doesn’t mean I hate Arnav. His character consistency is brilliant. Nor does this mean I’m shipping Khushi with a man who harassed her multiple times, nope.

It’s just that this show also did something great apart from romance and romantic chemistry between the leads and that needs to be noted.

[hand-picked-star]

It is the continuation of previous post. I am doing a countdown on the basis of the characters saying 'kal e hain,woh hain etc etc ' basis and their on-screen sleeping and waking up pattern.It's the last 6 days.

6 days to go of the completion of 6th month of their contact marriage aka 7th day from when Arnav started his quest to khushi's heart (aka 8th August)

The only partially-good thing he did that day was 'I love you, damn it.'

why it is the next day: (Arnav said last day that 'tomorrow is our suhagraat' and khushi said to di that 'in tomorrow's puja the shank will be with you' and everyone kept saying 'kal ki puja')

5 days to go to the completion of their marriage contact aka 8th day from when arnav started the countdown (aka 9th August)

why it is next day: (khushi woke up in the same attire of last night)

Arnav decided to marry khushi with full religious rituals and he got to hear 'I love you too,damn it' from khushi.

He did the deed,that he should had done days ago but couldn't , seek khushi's forgiveness.

4 days to go to the end of their contact marriage aka 9th day of the countdown (aka 10th August)

why it is next day:everyone kept saying sagun is next day.

I guess the point of this countdown is not valid anymore as we are at their Sagun ceremony.They were going to remarry soon.

Khushi admitted that she was his all along and Arnav got to know how much khushi respect his belief. So he made a concious effort to know about all the rituals of marriage for her, so that he could perform them properly for her.

3 days left of their contact marriage aka 10th day of the count down (aka 11th August)

why it is next day: ( 'coz Nk said in sagun that kal hum doka main milenge 😁)

Arnav and khushi got engaged and the fact that arnav put efforts to learn about rituals made khushi very happy.

Arnav showered khushi with kisses at the same spot where once upon a time a kiss was supposed to happen.

khushi beautifully address herself as 'singh raizada'.

he appointed a trained nurse for her father so that her mother could attend all the functions.

He chatted with her over phone before falling asleep.

2 days to to the completion of contact marriage of arnav and khushi aka 11 th day of the countdown (aka 12 August).

why it is next day: ( buaji was telling garima about the roka ceremony and then said in next day's kuldevi's puja you would be with me.I hope buaji was telling garima about the engagement ceremony that very day,not like 10 days later.)

Arnav entered the temple to accompany her to seek permission of her bestfriend for their marriage.

he said her that he loved the way she is and she didn't need to change at their date.

he also cheered her up when she messed up.

1 day to go aka 12th day of the countdown of Arnav and khushi's 6 month old contact marriage (aka 13 August)

why it is next day:( At their date the last day anjali asked shyam how would he come to the next day's function.)

Arnav sweetly recalled their mehendi moment.

He also tied her opened dori and had mehendi on his hand only for her.

He opened up to her fully about his past and shared his sorrows with her, letting her console him.

It's a little moment but its my fav, when he was flashbacking about anjali, then about shyam-khushi, he got frustrated and broke a vase,but later he was very calm and patient with khushi.

(to be continued)

My scattered thoughts (5b/?)

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Shyam Manohar Jha

Shyam Manohar Jha/ 

The name of Deception

By: Mysticaldivine

A deception, betrayal, treachery, treason, and scam has a face like Shyam. Perfidy and dodgy character like him does exist in this society living among us with all the double cross game plans, hurting many, destroying many, and killing many by having blood in their hands.

We have many names for Shyam, like a snake, spidey, slimy, slither etc. He knew how to swindle and flimflam the opportunities in his favor and why not. He was a lawyer, after all. Dirty games and tricks were parts of his life. When we first met him, he seemed to be a decent, well-groomed, protected, well-mannered character but big-time deceiving. It was no coincidence that he bumped into Khushi Kumari Gupta in Lucknow. The question is, why was he there when Anjali was there? Arnav was cracking the biggest deal of his life, the biggest matter of his life, which changed his and Anjali's lives forever.

 Was there a story of Shyam attached to all of this that we have no clue about?

Let's say he was there to watch the assets Arnav bought for his sister, but it doesn't fit into my brain. It seems his side of the story is hidden and incomplete. Then he saves Khushi, and we know he was behind this goon's set-up. How?... later, Arnav says to Khushi that if Shyam had never seen her in Lukhnow or in that video of her falling in Arnav's arms, then he wouldn't have been behind her, and Anjali's wedding would have been safe...

 Shyam manipulates Khushi's Buaji, becomes a paying guest, and plays her son's role very well. He develops a friendship with Khushi and tries to win her over by any means. We find out later that Shyam is married to Anjali, the focus of ASR's life. That was the biggest twist to this story, and it also generated curiosity and many questions.

Shyam tried all his tricks to bring Khushi into his life by hook or crook. We had witnessed his cruelty towards her father and his magical, deceiving mirror that reflected the world to defame Khushi's character and honour the Gupta family during Diwali. Still, something was not fitting into his life, and that was Khushi's mother...Devi Maiya who had her own tricks for him...

Payal and Akash's wedding. What on earth? He never thought of that, but no matter how much he ran away, Khushi finally found the connection between Rani Sahiba and Shyam; he was her husband...

His first slap towards reality and fears caught up in his neck. What will happen if Raizadas finds out here? He plays chisel schemes and has mind games with the Gupta family over Payal's wedding. He puts his head down until he ensures the Gupta family won't disclose his identity. His true colors come out again on Sangeet night when he tortures Khushi...and from that point on, he tries to kill Anjali to get Khushi back.

He was such a stupid... He wanted the money and the honey. The true colors of his deceitful actions and words were at their peak, and there was no difference in between him and that scorpion he brought to kill Anjali. I so wished Anjali had never removed it from his back.

His first slap was seeing Arnav and Khushi and their mutual interest during that night. That was a shocking moment, and after seeing them dancing together, he lost his cool. Even when NK mentioned how beautiful Arnav and Khushi looked together on stage, he completely lost his mind and yelled at him.

Unfortunately, Arnav misunderstands Khushi after seeing her in Shyam's arms on the terrace. He thinks that Khushi and Shyam are having an affair and decides to marry Khushi to save his sister's marriage. Khushi tries her best to prove her loyalty, but once again, Shyam makes Arnav think that Khushi is with him, not with Arnav, and things go in his favor. But it wasn't like that at all. Now Khushi was Arnav's wife who was her protector no matter what...Even Arnav discloses his reasons for marrying Khushi, and she tries to tell him all about Shyam, Arnav doesn't believe it and flies to London...

 Arnav finally finds out that Shyam is that snake who kidnapped Arnav and held him captive for months from Khushi and NK's revelations. This time Arnav gives him a true tight slap for deceiving his sister first and then for disrespecting his wife.

Shyam used Anjali and this pregnancy to be in Shantivan as always. Whenever there was any discussion to have your own place to take Anjali with him, he created such situations that Anjali had to be in Raizada Mansion. The family's overprotective nature towards Anjali always went in his favor.

 Of course, Shyam Manohar Jha would never accept defeat so quickly even after being thrown out of Shantivan. Shyam uses Anjali's pregnancy as an excuse to regain entry into the Raizada house but this time through Dadi. But this time Anjali faced a more significant loss with the family. Her child...

Shyam Manohar Jha killed his own unborn child. He was a bloody murderer.

The recreancy of his character comes out in the light when he reaches the hospital to play a sympathy card. His child was dead because he was not there with Anjali. Arnav punched the crap out of him but Anjali's stubbornness and Shyam's games played a big role in making him back in the Mansion. This time Khushi went against Arnav to bring him back for Anjali.

After re-entering the Raizada Mansion, he instigates Dadiji to break up Arnav and Khushi for good. Here the past of Khsuhi, her Amma's relationship with Arnav's dad, played a role... Shyam was a true imposter in bringing out this case to the light.

But after all this, Arnav and Khushi overcame every hurdle and married. Dadli left them again as she did fourteen years ago.

Seeing Anjali's deep faith in Shyam, Khushi and Arnav make other plans to bring his true colors in front of Anjali.Arnav, Khushi and NK finally reveal Shyam's horrific atrocities to Anjali... After discovering he was behind her child's death, she slaps him and vows never to see his face again. 

. The way Shyam manipulated everyone around him was a new and totally different concept twelve years ago. Mostly Vamps had such characters and in different ways.... This guy had his rich wife wrapped around his finger to do whatever in his life! Not only that, he even had Naniji, Mamiji, Buaji and later Dadiji entirely under his control. Also, how he emotionally tortured Khushi and messed up her character and life, developing a relationship with cunning Arnav, makes him especially devious. Arnav couldn't figure him out at all... Anjali's blind faith made him resourceful too. 

He was a cupid in Arshi's case; and we love our spidey, snake, slimy slithery Shyam...Well, Done!...

[honeybellexox]

Hi honey :) my confession is that I absolutely love the first Shyam reveal scene. Of course it annoys me that Khushi/Nk have literally zero evidence.. But I liked all the cross-examinations and different people offering their side of the story and it’s kind of a whole puzzle piece that fits together. And of course, Shyam is peak villain and played his character so well so that it’s his word against Khushi’s. And I love how Arnav can finally validate that Khushi was telling the truth bc everything that Mami/NK/Payal says checks out with what Khushi was trying to tell him this whole time even if there’s no proof. And Shyam already confessed to Arnav about loving Khushi so he can see how Shyam is openly lying to Anjali. I just hate that Arnav doesn’t admit why he originally married Khushi. He needed to apologize over forcing Khushi to marry him and all that she went through bc of him :/

Hello!! 💕

I love your confession! It certainly was an interesting way to expose his truth and a very tense moment, we also got to see how silver-tongued Shyam is; I completely agree with Arnav not confessing forcing Khushi into marriage.. I’ve always wanted him to do so or for everyone to have eventually learnt the truth … I felt it had been glossed over :(

Arnav wasn’t punished enough for his crimes tbh (I guess this is another one of my confessions) but just saying sorry once doesn’t cut it. I wanted him to grovel and repent further, what he put Khushi through is literal criminal behaviour (it was so bad that she was driven to suicide) so yeah, a verbal sorry and sad puppy eyes don’t make up for it in my books. I wanted both the Gupta family and Raizada family to feel personal shame for being gross towards Khushi after the elopement…by not showing them feeling genuine remorse and calling out toxicity, the writers normalised that kind of behaviour ☹️ so I’m totally with you on this confession!

Thanks for sharing, sweetie! 🥰

Honey 💗✨

[pakki-ya-nahin]

Valentines of IPK characters

Celebrating the day of love ❤️ Here’s wishing you all a very happy Valentine’s Day 🤗

[phati-sari]

Hi! Not sure if you answered this before, but right after the kidnapping track, Hi! During the kidnapping track, how come Arnav didn’t step in and say anything when NK, Khushi, and Payal were exposing Shyam? Like when Shyam accused Khushi of trying to seduce him and that he rejected her advances, why didn’t Arnav say anything because Shyam told him at Akaash and Payal’s wedding that he loves Khushi? He only told Nani this afterwards, but how come he didn’t tell Anjali?

Hello!!

Covered here :)

This is in the greatest hits tag, I suggest you read the FAQ and all the posts in that tag before submitting an ask!

Thanks for asking!

[laadgovernorandsankadevi]

Hi Lg&Sd.. Was wondering what are your thoughts on the first Shyam reveal…? Imo it was done brilliantly with each person revealing different pieces of information…. But at the same time it was soooo irritating bc of Shyam twisting words and Arnav being quiet…. What is your opinion? Thank uuu

Hello hello love,

Ooo I haven't been really asked any serious canon questions, and I kinda feel nervous answering this!

My opinion is similar to yours. I think the revelation was done quite well. The slow build up since its revealed to the viewers that Shyam is the one behind Arnav's kidnapping makes the revelation worth while to a huge extent, and I think that's where a lot of frustration of Arnav being quite stems from.

I think the most important element of the first reveal is that none of the family members including Manorama questioned the accusations thrown at Shyam.

My take is that the family members had been growing wary of Shyam and his excuses since his late arrival on Teej, and when he abandoned Anjali on their wedding anniversary. I think the fact that his disappearance wasn't taken as uncharacteristic, but there reaction was more along the lines of "He left today? He just left on this day, on your anniversary!" says a lot about how the Raizada's perceived Shyam.

Family members were shocked and taken aback by the extent of accusation yet none of them, especially Akash did not think the accusations were based on lies. I did love how NK was there to account and confirm everything Khushi had to say about Shyam, especially since Manorama witnessed Khushi in a similar situation as Arnav did on the terrace, NK's testimony helped cloud her view of how she treated those accusations. Of course, we might think that NK being there for Khushi on every occasion doesn't provide proper leverage and Shyam tries to use that impression as a way to paint NK as a fool, but NK is also one of the few people in Shantivan who doesn't lie to anyone without probable cause.

I think more than NK's words, it was Payal unintentional revelation of how Shyam posed as a bachelor and lived with them that did more for Arnav stay quiet because at this point Arnav heard all the witness testimonies he needed to hear to fully trust Khushi and all of her actions.

I think Arnav being quiet comes from a place of lack of material evidence against Shyam. If he were to add into the statements presented by NK, Payal, and Khushi, it would again go back to he said, she said. Him being quite restores some of the credibility of him being rational in contrast to the impulsive and defensive tone that NK, Payal, and Khushi had in their accusations.

His reason, stating that he's throwing Shyam out for betraying his sister, and hurting his wife holds more weight in the eyes of the family than him offering any verbal testimony. Everyone knows Chotte is overprotective about Di. Everyone sees this because of the way Arnav acts, and reacts about his sister rather than what he says. A lot of what Arnav feels about someway is understood by his family through his actions, rather than his words.

Obviously a combination of that would be more effective in a lot of other situations besides this one. I think our reaction as viewers who are coming off the high of seeing this man get away with so much is of frustration because we want Shyam to be punished. We want to see a pay off for all his atrocious actions but Arnav himself is unaware till after his marriage about the extent of damage Shyam has repeatedly caused. Even in the last of Shyam, no one truly finds out the extent of damage Shyam has caused overall, or has been exposed to the list of atrocities this man has committed.

NK starts his accusations towards Shyam to corroborate Arnav's kidnapping and back up Khushi's words. Payal's accusation is to hold Shyam accountable for the mischaracterization of her sister. and then Khushi starts her accusations off by holding Shyam accountable for Arnav's state. It was not Anjali being cheated on that pushes the bar for Khushi, it's her Arnav ji being harmed that pushes her over the edge.

This is getting very long but to answer your question, I think Arnav remaining quiet while frustrating lets him retain a bit of his credibility in eyes of Akash and Deviyani at least because he points at the emotional damage Shyam caused to the two women in his life rather than the physical damage he faced through his hands. It's not about what's right or wrong because there isn't any evidence for that, but there is evidence for the emotional upheaval his presence is causing within the revelation and that makes his actions justified in my eyes.

I think Shyam was at his best in this scene. We finally saw a glimpse of the infamous lawyer brain to some extent and he was great at bouncing off defensiveness of NK and Khushi. I missed Mama ji in this scene so much because I think he would've been in line with Deviyani rather than Manorama!

I hope my words make some sense. This is just my take on the scene, so please don't hold me to it! This is also the very first ask I've gotten asking me to share my views which I did not expect at all. Thank you so much for a wonderful question! I was very nervous to answer because I am used to india-forum's format for discourse.

- LG&SD

[tellywoodtrash]

Hello again TT! Thankyou very much for fancasting for IB, I really loved it!!! Just sending this again as you said for the western casting of IPK. Thankyou again and happy wishes!

Finally had a day off and time to get to this, so here we go!!!!

Arnav: Nicholas Hoult

After watching The Great, I’m thoroughly in love with his adorable/sassy despot/uncomfortably-in-love balance.

Anjali: Alexis Bledel

She has the same dark hair & blue eyes as Nicholas. Also that whole delicate-sister-who-needs-to-always-be-protected thing going on.

Akash: Andrew Garfield

Suljha-hua but adorkable. Also he looks so so cute with glasses on!!!!!

Khushi: Zoey Deutch

Look at her, she’s adorable! I’ve only seen her in Set It Up but she has lovely comic timing + vulnerability in it, which is an essential for this character.

Payal: Adelaide Kane

She has those sorted-big-sister-who-can-and-will-fuck-you-up-if-you-push-too-far vibes down pat.

Garima: Laura Dern

She’d absolutely nail the parts where we haaaaaaaate Garima’s actions, but kinda sorta understand where she’s coming from and not hate her as a person.

Shashi: Tom Hanks

Ofc we need him to play eternally supportive dad.

Buaji: Jennifer Coolidge

Comedy + some bitchiness ke liye perfect actress.

Maami: Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Queen of playing lovable narcissists who have close to zero self-awareness or filter.

Mamaji: Bryan Cranston

I loved him as the goofy dad in Malcom in the Middle. He’s perfect for Mama, who is essentially just a sweet man stuck in a madhouse full of bullheaded fucks.

Nani: Judi Dench

Adorable grandma WHO WILL ABSOLUTELY READ YOU FOR FILTH. (Please watch her cameo in the show Staged! I dieddddd laughing.)

Shyam: James Franco

Coz he gives me the goddamn creeps. He always has, always will.

Bonus; here’s a pic of him and Zoey, where she looks uncomfortable:

Lavanya: Eliza Dushku

She’ll play unlikable-type-who-later-turns-goofy-and-adorable, so so well!

NK: Chris Hemsworth

Who else to play this buff, Golden-Retriever-of-a-dude all the way from Australia???

Lakshmiji: This specific goat

What????? Did you think I’d forget one of my top fave characters in this show’s universe?!?!!?!?!!!!!!!!

ETA: And with that............

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[phuljari]

social media au! part 2

summary : khushi is a model and influencer; arnav just seems to stumble upon her profile one day— not so much by accident. (or what if khushi fell in love at first sight?)

warnings : just some hindi/hinglish, cussing in both languages. deliberate typos. online stalker!shyam. flirting with the boss

a/n : i am...trying something new (by using the word prompts) #IPK 13th Anniversary Fiesta @arshifiesta

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aakash_r Maa group pe daalne ko bola tha, Instagram pe nahi 🤦

gulabo_devyani Manorama! Ye Hear. hum aapko diye naahi the... Toh kaisan aap pehen liye?

anjaliiiii.r Mamiji 👌😍

mahendrarudrapratapsinghraizada Thoda vakht nikal ke humare saath bhi ek-do photu khichwaye leti!

⤷hellohibyebye aap photo me bilkul handsome.... nahi laagat hai 😒

hari_prakash B//J...K>';edxnnnnddd

iMessage "Raizada Group"

Aakash Maa aapne instagram pe post kar diya 🤦

Manorama toh ka hui gawa? hainn

Mahendra Bohot sundar laagat hai tumhari amma 😊

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Devyani Humra. Haar. Dena mat bhulna. Onmanorama.

Anjali Arre Aakash, karne do yaar, umar hai inki 😌

HP Ji Naniji, hum abhi wapas rakhwa dete hain

HP hhhhhhhh?/?????

Aakash HP yaar tune firse phone bandh kiye bina pocket me rakh diya... buttdial nahi, yaha toh butt-typo hote hain😶

Anjali 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

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Anjali Chotte yahan bolna mana nahi hai!

Arnav: Di, I'm in a meeting right now. Ttyl

Anjali: Arre, chotte 🤦‍♀️

Manorama added NK to Raizada Group

NK: Hello bhaiyyon aur bhabhiyon

Anjali: Bhabhiyon nahi NK bhai, beheno!

NK: Haan wahi Di! You understand me so well!!

Aakash: 😂😂

Arnav left Raizada Group

NK: Oh no Nannav! Tum kyu chale gaye

Aakash: You know that he can't see the messages now right?

NK: Oh, Whoops! Wait

NK added Arnav to Raizada Group

NK: Nannav mere bhai!! How are you??

Arnav: Isn't it like 3 AM in Sydney?

NK: Nannav, naughty naughty, tumne time check kiya mere liye! So cutee! I'm at your home doofus 😂

Arnav: gtg

Arnav left Raizada Group

iMessage

Anjali: Ye har baat pe chotte group kyu leave kar dete ho?

Arnav: Di! WTF ye NK kya kar raha hai Shantivan me?

Anjali:😶‍🌫️

iMessage

Aman: Sir, we have officially signed Ms. Khushi Kumari Gupta!

Arnav: Good

Arnav: Kumari?

Aman: That's her middle name boss

Arnav: Oh, okay

iMessage

Aakash: Bhai, you signed THE KHUSHI GUPTA??

Arnav: Yes

Arnav: And she's not that popular c'mon

Aakash: Bhai do you even use instagram? 😭

Arnav: Of Course!

Arnav: Btw I have more followers than her 😒 So much for "influencer"

Aakash: That's her personal profile Bhai! You have to see @/thekhushigupta

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saritaraman You dancing on hawa hawaii at cannes was the only thing left for me to see😭

⤷thekhushigupta all thanks to you babe <3

payaliyaa My babie sisterrrr 😍

⤷thekhushigupta jijiiiiii 😊

guptagarima Ae Khushi isko chalu kaise karte hai

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aakash_r Amazing performance👌

shyamjha khushiji aapka koi boyfriend hai kya? 😭

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⤷thekhushigupta right back at ya! 💖

user1 i love the dressss

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shyamjha hosh rubaa😍

nandiii khushi jiiiiii 💘

⤷thekhushigupta nanhe jiiiiii

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anjaliiiii.r Pooja ki thaal tayyar hai NK Bhai

⤷gulabo_devyani Aapan. Ka. hi intezaar hai Bitwa.

mahendrarudrapratapsinghraizada Return flight book karke nikle ho ki naahi?

⤷nandiii Now why would I do that Mausa Ji? 😊

thekhushigupta nanhe ji! iss baar aap mile bina nahi jaa sakte 😌

⤷nandiii Aapse hi toh milne aa rahe hai Khushi ji! It was fun to hangout with you while shooting in Portugal last year! 😊

hellohibyebye humre khaatir oo gucci peck kiye ki naahi?

⤷nandiii Maasi ji aapke liye toh chanel, gucci, versace sab haazir!

hari_prakash Ccooffee lenge?

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shyamjha commented on your post: hosh rubaa 😍

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usershyam hume aap bohot pasand hai khushiji

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Khushi: he followed me back omgomgomg

Lavanya: ???

Khushi: ajgar

Khushi: arnav*

Lavanya: 😂😂

Lavanya: You didn't stop talking about him last night oh god

Khushi: i know ur friends were so pissed😭

Lavanya: Nooo, why would you thibk that

Lavanya: And look at you crushing so hard on ASR!

Khushi: you've met?

Lavanya: Briefly

Khushi: 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Khushi: I'm gonna slide into his dms wish me luck

Lavanya: Khushi wtf

Lavanya: Khushi come back you son of a bitch

Lavanya: Istg Khushi pls don't make a fool of yourself in front of your new boss😭

Lavanya: Khushiii??????

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thekhushigupta: hey

arnavsinghraizada: Hi?

thekhushigupta: we met the other day

arnavsinghraizada: Yeah, you bumped into me, how can I forget?

thekhushigupta: omg i'm really sorry for that😩

thekhushigupta: can i take you out for an apologetic dinner?

thekhushigupta: tonight?

arnavsinghraizada: Are you...

thekhushigupta: asking you out? yes

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[arshisrabbaves]

IPKKND Characters Instagram Bio if they had Instagram

Arnav: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Khushi: Jalebi>>>, Family above all, Arnav ji 💍🌎, Devi Maiya 🙏

Anjali: Everyday is a new day and new opportunity

NK: I am Nandkishore, but call me N.K

Nani: Pillar of Raizada family

Manorama: Anybody wants tipiyas for Makeupiyas?

Payal : 💗

Aakash: Happily Married to @PayalSRaizada 💍

Lavanya : Your fav Desi It Girl 💅

Shyam : Lately I’ve been dressing for Revenge!

Bua ji: Mere Nandkishore 🫶

Garima: Khushi and Payal’ Amma

Shashi: Owner of “Satvik Misthan Bhandar”

Mamaji: My sweetheart @ManoramaRaizada ❤️‍🔥

Laxmi : Owner of Nani’s heart

[askarnavsinghraizada]

Hi Arnav, as a veteran of getting cockblocked by; Aman (the OG, Diwali), Anjali (Holi), Shyam (nearly permanent CB), Rocky & Gundas Co. (hut), Khushi (bt she blushes so I guess its foreplay?), NK (Mehendi/Diwali 2.0), Payash (Haldi, new entries 2 CB), Raizada fam (ruined the petals damnit), Prakashes - & now tht u have ur kids (bless'em), pls advise this besharam bachi on how 2 escape the CB sharyantra? (Also, don't 'IDGAF' at this Boston grad-we're similar, unfortunately, & refer K 4 Hindi) - S

Hello again. 

I would prefer not to call myself a veteran of being cockblocked. Having said as much, when faced with the same obstacle countless times, a man learns to work around them. 

Silent phones, locked doors. Magical things, no idea why I had any decent and reasonable expectation of privacy in my own home ever. When it comes to kids, they knock on the door if they need something. 

[jalebi-weds-bluetooth]

Hey jalebi, what would arnav do if khushi haven't given into his threats and not married him and believed in her gut that akash wouldn't leave payal? What ways would arnav come up with to tie her to himself? This changes the entire plot line but I wanna know your thoughts on this 😅

Hi Anon,

You’re right, this would change the whole plot and Arnav was very convincing. The writing is so water tight that there’s no way that Khushi wouldn’t have agreed to him. There’s no believing her gut because Akash will leave Payal, even if heartbroken by it, if Arnav says so because Akash always believes his brother 💯.

BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A FANFIC IDEA SO HERE IT IS!

What if Khushi refused the ultimatum?

From a tragic point of view, Khushi is more likely to believe that Arnav wouldn’t do this to her, she knows what love they share, she wouldn’t be able to believe he’d cross all these lines. She would perhaps think more from her heart. She loves this man. Intensely.

But Arnav would pull it off. Because the hurt he has is immense. Because this is his only leverage to Khushi. And despite his good judgement he’d cancel the wedding.

And despite much chaos and uproar and Akash choosing to side with his brother (I think Arnav would privately tell him the truth which Akash, despite his own judgement, would agree with Arnav because his brother is never wrong), the wedding would be off leading to Nani’s ill health and Buaji and Garima collapsing.

I believe Payal would unfortunately try to kill herself, unable to take the trauma and that would shock Arnav and the rest of the Raizadas to now demand answers.

Khushi would go ballistic on Arnav and essentially become another Arnav Singh Raizada with having her sister in coma and family destroyed over his decision.

And imagine, just imagine the shock to know it was all over a misunderstanding! She would vow to never forgive him and burn all his gifts and everything that reminds her of him. Anjali would be completely destroyed but seeing Payal would remind her of herself and she’d chose to separate with Shyam (especially with all the suspicions she was having over time).

Arnav would rot in guilt. He gave her the same trauma he had. NK would agree that nope, his cousin wasn’t in love with Khushi, because love cannot be this.

Akash would just become a stone.

The Guptas would all head to Lucknow with a comatose Payal. Akash would come over to face severe rejection but he would be there to marry Payal, to be with her. The doctors say she might not wake up ever but Akash would happily spend his life looking at Payal sleeping.

That’s what the vows were about anyway?

Khushi seriously takes up the business and gives her all. Payal gets conscious and Akash patiently helps her heal. Khushi’s business starts booming and one day the Raizadas come over to ask for Payal’s hand. They promise to treat her like a queen.

Khushi is enraged and would outrightly refuse it! Arnav comes in front, asking for his brother and her sister’s happiness but Khushi wouldnt agree. Rather yell at him for his hypocrisy.

Arnav starts negotiating with Khushi for the marriage to happen. Anything. Khushi refuses all of them. Arnav asks her about Payal’s medical treatment, Khushi retorts that he would only help once she’s a bahu?

Arnav rages at that accusation and Khushi scoffs at his attempt at empathy. Arnav calms down and tells her her anger is valid, and so is her hatred. But it’s ultimately about Payal’s life.

Khushi storms away and realizes her family has been taking the healthcare expenses from the Raizadas. She feels insulted and angry and refuses to speak to any of her family despite knowing it has actually benefited Payal.

Payal, on the other hand, is getting slow with her recovery and gets upset on akash for sticking up with her when she doesn’t want to stay in this state but he lets her be, letting all her anger out until she cries and holds onto him, the guilt of burdening Khushi with everything on her head.

Khushi soothes Payal when Payal wishes she should’ve died instead of becoming a burden Khushi but Khushi shuts her up by stating that if she died then there’s nothing Khushi has to live for.

Khushi reluctantly agrees for the wedding but gets upset when her family hopes for hers - she lashes out at them to the point where she crosses all the lines and then feels guilty for having done so. Arnav finds her at the edge of the road and fears the worst, pulls her away from a speeding car and yells at her out of concern. However it’s clear that she wasn’t paying attention and not attempting self harm.

Khushi, hesitantly, shares what transpired at her home and Arnav hesitantly consoles her by stating that there’s no fun in being an Arnav Singh Raizada.

Her anger, her hatred, everything should be directed to him. They have a fighting match where essentially Arnav’s pain of Khushi hiding the truth and Khushi’s pain of Arnav not even asking her clarification hits. Ultimately Khushi yells that she cannot hate him, she cannot be angry at him because- and she cuts off, and runs away back home where Akash has consoled the family and patches up Khushi with her family.

The wedding begins and Anjali is uncharacteristically quiet, apologetic and slightly frightened. She promises her brother and Khushi only happiness in the world. Meanwhile Khushi makes it clear that she’s doing this for Payal’s happiness and she may never find it in her to forgive him and Arnav agrees that there’s something similar in them - he may never find it in him to forgive himself either.

With the wedding sparks fly between Arshi with them exchanging banters and wits. They come closer and Khushi finds herself falling again when it is revealed Shyam has been blackmailing Anjali for money in exchange for peace in her family.

Arnav and Khushi team up to get rid of Shyam and both regret the fact that neither of them punished the one man who was responsible for everything.

Much to the families’ happiness Akash finally weds Payal much to everyone’s happiness.

The family concoct ways to bring arshi clpser. It’s hilarious because all the plans backfire. Finally accidentally Khushi thinks Arnav’s life is endangered and she runs over to him about thinking of life’s cruelty at her to keep seeing the ones she love in danger.

Khushi tells Arnav she loves him and accuses him of being careless and not loving her back and Arnav gets angry because he loves her and she doesn’t love him back and they yell back and forth until they realize they confessed and well - that leads to another wedding and a happily ever after!

Best,

- Jalebi

[rabba-ve]

Ch 7: Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo

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"Yeh function abhi tak khatam nahi hua kya?" [When will this function end?] Arnav complained glaring at the other men in the room as if it was somehow their fault that only women were allowed in the godbharai rasam.

"Bahut mosambi hai. Payal Bhabhi ki mehendi mein bhi nahi jaane diya," [It's very sweet lime. They didn't let us go to Payal Bhabhi's henna ceremony, either.] NK spoke up in support.

"Mosambi naahi, NK bitwa, naainsaafi." [Not sweet lime, NK, unfair.] Mama to the rescue.

"Mujhe koi jaldi nahi hai. Main Payal ka chehra hi nahi dekhna chahta." [I'm in no rush. I don't even want to see Payal's face.] Akash muttered.

"Kyun? Kyun nahi dekhna?" [Why? Why don't you want to see her?] Mama reprimanded him. "Hum samajhte hai ki Payal bitiya ko tumse yeh baat chupani nahi chahiye thi. Magar tum uski taraf se bhi baat dekho." [I understand that Payal should not have hidden the truth from you but you should consider her side in this as well.]

"Humne ek dusare se vaada kiya tha ki hum koi baat nahi chupayenge. Phir voh aise kaise kar sakti hai?" [We had promised each other that we won't hide anything. So how can she do this?]

"Baat kuch bhi ho. Har rishte mein communication bahut zaroori hota hai. Agar tum uski baat nahi sunoge toh tumhe kaise pata chalega ki usne jo kiya, kyun kiya? Tumhe use apna nazariya samjhane ka mauka dena hoga."

[Whatever it may be. Communication is key in every relationship. If you don't listen to what she has to say, how will you know why she did these things? You have to give her a chance to share her perspective.]

Akash looked skeptical but decided to give it a chance.

--

Meanwhile, the women of the house escorted their guests to the door. When everyone had left, Khushi told Anjali that she would help her to her room.

"Tum toh rehne hi do, phati sari! Tum Gupta sisters iss ghar ko destroy toh kar di ho. Ab ye achhi daughter-in-law ke drama se kya—" [Don't bother Khushi! You Gupta sisters have destroyed our family. Now don't pretend to be a good daughter-in-law—] Mami sneered.

"Manorama! Yeh kaisi baatein kar rahi hai aap? Khushi aur Payal bitiya chup rahi iss ghar ki shanti ke liye, Anjali bitiya ki khushiyon ke liye. Aap inko dosh dena band kijiye." [Manorama! What are you saying? Khushi and Payal stayed silent for the sake of our family, for Anjali's happiness. Stop blaming them.] Nani said.

Mami started to respond but was cut off by Anjali.

"Mami, Nani sahi keh rahi hai. Uss rakshas ke kiye ki sazaa aap Khuhsiji aur Payalji ko mat dijiye. Usne unn ki zindagi ke saath bhi khilvaad kiya hai. Humse vaada kijiye ki aaj ke baad aap unhe iss bat ke liye zimmedaar nahi thhehraengi."

[Mami, Nani is right. Don't punish Payal and Khushi for the actions of that monster. He also played with their lives. Promise me that you will not hold them responsible for this ever again.]

"Hamare liye tumhari khushiyon se badhkar khucho naahi." [To me, nothing is greater than your happiness.] Mami said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Anjali smiled. She offered her arm to Khushi.

"Chale?" [Let's go?]

--

Having completed her tasks for the day, Payal went to her room. Akash stood up to leave as soon as she entered. She cut him off before he got to the door.

"Akash, hamari baat suniye. Hum jaante hai ki hame aapse Shyam ka sach nahi chhupana chahiye tha. Par hamara yakeen kijiye, hume jab pata chala toh hum sabse pehle aapko hi batana chahte the. Khushi aur Amma ko laga ki yeh baat agar bahar na aaye toh isi mein dono parivaron ki bhalai hai. Hum sab ne Shyam ko bahot baar chetavani di ki woh Di ko sacche mann se apna le. Par hume unhe sudharne ka mauka nahi dena chahiye tha. Hum maante hai ki hamse bahot badi galti hui hai aur uske liye hum aapse dil se maafi mangte hai. Aur vaada karte hai ke aaj ke baad hum aapse bhul kar bhi kuch nahi chupayenege."

[Akash, listen to me. I know I shouldn't have hidden Shyam's truth from you. But believe me, when I found out, I wanted to tell you first. Khushi and Amma thought that it would be best for both families if this remained a secret. We warned Shyam many times to accept Di. But we should never have given him a second chance. I admit that I made a very big mistake and I apologize to you from the bottom of my heart. And I promise I won't hide anything from you ever again.]

Akash hugged Payal. "Main samajhta hun tumne yeh sab kyun kiya. Ab sab kuch bhul kar ek nayi shuruvat karte hai."

[I understand why you did this. Let's forget everything that happened. It's time for a new beginning.]

--

Later that night, when Arnav came into his room he found Khushi packing her bags.

"Ye tum kya kar rahi ho?" [What are you doing?] Arnav asked, unable to believe what he was seeing.

"Kya kar rahe hai? Apne ghar jaa rahe hai." [What am I doing? I am going home.] Khushi replied, as if it was the most obvious answer in the world.

"Par kyun?" [But why?] he said, pulling the kurta she was trying to pack out of her hands.

"Ab yahan rehne ki koi vajah bhi toh nahi hai. Shyamji ab Di ki zindagi ka hissa nahi hai, toh unki shaadi ko humse koi khatra nahi hai. Ab yeh shaadi ka natak khatm karte hai." [Now there is no reason for me to stay here. Shyam is out of Di's life so I am not a threat to her marriage anymore. Now we don't have to pretend to be married.] Khushi said, matter-of-fact.

"You are right. Natak nahi karte, iss shaadi ko sach mein nibhate hai." [You are right. Let's not pretend, let's make it real.] Arnav placed his hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes.

"Yeh hum nahi kar sakte." [I can't do this.] Khushi turned away.

"But why?" He almost shouted.

"Agar aap humse yeh sawaal kar sakte hai to aap abhi tak kuch nahi samjhe." [The fact that you can ask me this question means that you don't understand anything.] She turned to look at him then.

"I'm really sorry for everything, Khushi," Arnav said, thinking that was what she needed to hear.

"Aapke maafi mangne se hamare saath jo kuch hua aur hamne jo sehen kiya, woh mit nahi jayega. Hum samajhte hai aapne humse zabardasti shaadi kyun ki par uska yeh matlab nahi iss dard ke hum layak the. Aapne hamari zindagi barbaad kar di. Hum sirf badi shaadi ke sapne nahi dekhte the. Uss se zyada hume ek accha pati aur uske saath sukhi jeevan ki aasha thi. Aur aapke ghamand aur gusse ne sab tabah kar diya. Hamari shaadi se pehle hume laga tha aap badal rahe hai. Hume ASR ke naqaab ke piche chhupe Arnavji dikhne lag gaye the. Unn se ham khushi khushi shaadi kar lete. Par aapke saath nahi kyunki aapne hume dard ke alawa kuch nahi diya."

[Your apology is not going to change what I have been through. I understand why you forced me to marry you but that doesn't mean that I deserved what happened to me. You ruined my life. I didn't just dream of having a big wedding. I hoped for a good husband and a happy married life. All of those have been ruined by your pride and blind rage. Before we got married, I thought you were changing, that I was seeing the Arnav behind the ASR mask. I would have happily married that man. But I can't live with this one who has only given me pain.]

The anger in her words was clear, but her voice was steady and firm. This was not a loss of control but an expression of her truth that she had had to suppress for many months. When she spoke again, her voice was softer.

"Arnavji, aapko ek baar bhi khayal nahi aaya ki hame safaai dene ka mauka milna chahiye? Ek baar bhi nahi laga ki chhat par jo bhi hua us baare mein humse baat karni chahiye?"

[Arnavji, it didn't occur to you even once that I should be given the chance to explain myself? Not once did you feel like you should talk to me about what happened on the terrace?]

Arnav was devastated. He felt frozen in place. He had wronged and mistreated her. But the idea of losing her forever was unbearable.

"Khushi, maine tumhaare saath jo bhi kiya main use defend nahi karunga or naa hi use justify karne ki koshish karunga. Kyunki tumne meri wajah se jo suffer kiya, woh kisi justification ke layak hi nahi hai. Main yeh bhi samajh gaya hoon ki sorry kehne se tumhara dard kam nahi hoga. Par main tumhe kho nahi sakta. Mujhe ek mauka de do ye saabit karne ke liye ki main tumhare layak ban sakta hoon, tumhe khush rakh sakta hoon."

[Khushi, I'm not going to defend any of my actions or try to justify them. Because nothing can justify or undo what I did to you. I have also understood that saying "sorry" will not relieve your pain. But I can't lose you. Give me one chance to prove that I can be the man that you deserve, that I can keep you happy.]

He took a step towards her. She looked away.

"Hame mat rokiye. Hum yeh nahin kar sakte." [Don't stop me. I can't do this.] she said. He realised that she was determined to leave. He had to think of something else to stop her.

"Tum apna contract tod kar nahi jaa sakti." [You can't break the contract and leave.] He hated himself for bringing it up. He almost took it back when he saw the hurt and shock in her eyes. But if this was the only thing that stopped her from leaving, then so be it.

"Kya karenge aap? Police ke hawale karenge hume?"

[What will you do? Hand me over to the police?]

"Tum jaane ki zid karogi, toh wahi karunga."

[If you insist on leaving, then I will.]

"Ek baat aap samajh lijiye, jab yeh contract khatam ho jayega, tab hum aapki zindagi se hamesha hamesha ke liye chale jayenge."

[Understand this, when this contract is over, I will leave you forever.]