Abhaas: “Blame the gram, don’t blame the host.”

Barun: “Main toh chingum dhoond raha hoon yaar.” I laughed so hard I had to rewind it.

Ngaw, poor Akshay. I super respect the way he’s come out and gone on record about exactly how unhappy he was with how it all turned out.

I love how surprised Sanaya was!

Abhaas: *mentions that he met Dalljiet last*

Sanaya: Really?!?!

Dalljiet: Muhn maar raha tha mera husband kahin aur, muhn kala kar raha tha. Wahan shoot pehle hui thi! Ghar toh baad mein aaya na?

Barun: Haan phir dara hua tha main, helicopter mein kabhi baitha nahin tha! ... Pehla din seedha helicopter mein daal diya ... Main bahut pareshan, ki main toh middle-class Delhi ka aadmi hoon, mere ko helicopter mein bitha ke karenge kya?

Oh I remember this!! They hired a Toyota RAV4 Fortuna for Lucknow and then had Arnav in the other white cars with the badge covered as if no-one would notice. He’s right, they would’ve had him on a moped had the serial continued lol.

I’ve often made jokes about how the passenger-side seat-belt was probably broken given how much Khushi struggled with it -- nice to know the car was just a piece of crap.

Ahh, they’re talking about their entries. I do so very much love the way Arnav and Shyam were introduced.

I laughed very hard at how quickly Akshay said “Never!” to doing another show. I’m on that boat right there with him lol, may these people never act together again!

Nggaaawww. Barun saying Akshay’s exit scene was the first time the director was telling them not to cry, whereas at other times he was always told to cry more.

As a side note, I love that Aman and Lalit were named after the directors. It was a nice touch and I try to preserve it in my stories.

The razor story makes a come-back lol. 

OH THEY’RE EXPLAINING THE MISSING SHOTS. I’ve waited ten years for someone to explain it!!!

Akshay’s favourite scene was the NYE one they had to do because Barun and Sanaya were on holidays. It’s kind of sad -- he totally has a point because that is one of Aakash’s best sequences and he only had the chance to do it because both leads were away.

One of the things I like about IPKKND is that even the nonsensical scenes and sequences have a reasonably good in-canon explanation. Like, if the Bali-in-Delhi sequences came about because of cost-cutting and they were initially supposed to go somewhere (be still my beating heart, this is going to be an OS, I can feel it), the final result -- while still random -- doesn’t feel super awkward.

I too love the scene in the mandir with Arnav and his Di!!

Abhaas: Your whole show was mandir-wala scene!

Q: What would your characters be doing right now?

Q: If not for your character, which other character would you want to play on the show?

Barun: I would be busy running Amazon. A to Z. Big businessman. And maybe Arnav is having a conversation with someone to sell the Safari and buy a smaller car.

Akshay: My business in America tanked because nothing gets done without Arnav! Now he’s selling CDs. 

Dalljiet: Shyam isn’t there, we kicked him out with a slap.

Abhaas: I’m still plotting against you with a scorpion.

Dalljiet: Well I’m cooler than all of you because you all have children.

Sanaya: You didn’t have a kid?

Dalljiet: No, and we kicked out the person I’d have kids with.

Akshay: I think Shaym got married to the scorpion.

Oh my goodness Abhaas still has Rani Sahiba saved on his phone, which is still programmed as Aman’s number.

Abhaas: Anyone but Shyam? I would be Aakash.

Akshay: Kya bol raha hai bhai?

Barun: I would’ve played Hari Prakash if they paid me per-day.

Q: What dialogue do you remember from your character?

Dalljiet: I would love to play Hello hi bye-bye!

Akshay: I would not want to play in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon! (after like ten minutes of refusing to answer) ... Lakshmi!

Sanaya: I would want to play Mami-ji for sure!

I laughed so hard when Akshay slapped Abhaas through the screen that I cried.

Sanaya: Laad Governor!

Akshay: *dramatique* Bhai.

Okay, the rest just devolved into general chaos.

Dalljiet: *reads out chat* Akshay is hot!

Akshay: *Vogues*