Balika Vadhu 26th November 2012 Written Update

Scene 1:
Location: In the village
Shvi and anandi arrive at suman’s house and tell a boy,raghu to call other girls from the village.Soon lots of villagers come upto greet them.Anandi extends them the invitation for all those girls who have been outcast from the society in the name of being divorcee and widowed,to particiapte in her mehendi in the evening.Everybody is surprised but she is determined that this is what she wants,that every girl who has been deprived of the right to participate in some happiness can be a part of her big day.A villager asks her if she is questioning tradition.She replies saying that she has a great importance and respect for tradition but depriving somebody their basic happiness is injustice ion the name of tradition.She asks a girl to inform all other such girls about their invitation.Shiv tells them that on occassions like this u cn be happy only when the heart is happy,and that would be when such girls also enjoy therefore they want everybody to get some henna on their hands.She sasy that she would wait for all of them in the evening to see who all would give her company.All villagers are perplexed.Shiv and anandi leave.

Scene 2:
Location: Jaitsar haveli
The haveli is busy with everybody neck deep in preparations.When anandi comes in,dadisa comments on her being so late when she was just asked to see off shiv to the gate.She replies that she went to suman’s house for invitation to all the unfortunate girls who havent been allowed to come to her mehendi.Dadisa is tensed and is uncertain whether they would send off their daughters to her,since they cannot have the courage to go against their tradition and fear boycott from their community,despite anandi pleading that they have a right.Dadisa agress with bhairo that what she did was right but is in doubt if what she wants would actually happn.Anandi is about to says something but bhairo stops her and motions her not to worry.

Scene 3:
Location: Shiv’s house in jaitsar
Shiv’s announcement in his faamily too evokes mixed responses.while on the one hand,sanchi is extremely embarassed that her friends knowing about shiv and anandi are coming to the village to participate in the fuctions,alok is completely in the favour of shiv’s descision saying that its a very rare noble cause to find happiness in others’ wellbeing rather than their own.Ira tries to make her understand that Anandi is a girl of high thinking and noble mentality and that shiv is lucky to have her.shiv is tensed but dadji gives a reassuring pat on his shoulder telling him not to worry.

Scene 4:
Location: Jaitsar haveli
Sumitra showing two lockets to bhairo,that badi masi has sent for anandi and shiv reminds him that she had already given same ones to jagiya and anandi.They are reminded of how she had taken it from jagiya and given it to anandi in the hope that one day,when jagiay comes back to her,she would give it back to him.She says that when masi knew about anandi and shiv,all her dimming hopes too shattered and she kept crying all night.But later she understood that anandi’s happiness lied in it and therefore accepted the relationa dn got these made for them.She also told sumitra to give this to anandi and tells her to start a new life with it,unburdened by the shadows of the past.After all she too wants anandi’s happiness.Sumitra comments that they all want that since it small things as inviting the unfortunate girls to her mehendi,that make her so lovable and also make them so proud of her.Bhairo comments that he has a confusion on whether to be happy on her marraige or sad that soon she would leave them with an inevitable void.That it feels like his inner strength going away along with her as this house is incomplete without her.

Sumitra says that she wants to say something.Soon anandi would go and she prays that her new life will start with loads of happiness.But jagiya too has changed,is penancing and would soon return after completing his punishment and wishes that they give him too a chance at a new life, just like anandi got and bring him home,since in such a tough time,he would need the love and support of his family.Bhairro too feels that whatver he has done,after all he is their son and is on the right path of life.Therefore he would talk to dadisa.Dadisa,who has been hearing all this while standing in the doorway,comes in and says that sumitra said what she herself had in her heart and therfore ther’s no need to ask her.She tells sumitra that her son would come home to his family.She says that she understands what sumitra is going through but since its a big day in anandi’s life when her hand are going to be decorated with mehendi,they should not cry and wipes her tears and cups her face.The screen freezes on dadisa’s face.

Underlying Message: When evil disappears from the heart,it is replaced with sacrifice,generosity and honesty which helps a man to win back the affection and trust of his own people.

Precap: Mehendi ceremony going on in both the houses.On anandi’s demand,dadisa decorates her hand with henna.They both get emotional and hug each other.