#ipkkndrewind

My addiction to IPKKND got to to you and now I’m addicted to your work and I go on and on reading you blog /posts every time I wanna divert my mind and feel happy

Great work and only question I want to ask you is , in ipk rewind, Arnav is seen saying kushi is in London as she started her own sweet shop .. does that mean they are staying separately or they shifted to London now

I can’t wait to hear from you

Thankyou in advance

My daughters name is kushi .. thus my name

Heyy @kushizmom :)

o0o0o wow what a great name :D Thanks for the compliment, I super appreciate you reaching out and being so kind!

in ipk rewind, Arnav is seen saying kushi is in London as she started her own sweet shop .. does that mean they are staying separately or they shifted to London now

I don't think it means either of those things and I wouldn't think too hard about it. It was a way to explain Irani's absence from the Rewind -- she really shooting something in London at the time so someone probably just thought they were being clever. At the most, it might indicate that Khushi travels to London alone when she needs to take care of her shop, but that's unlikely given how terrified she is of flying ala Ek Jashn.

I don't think there's much to be gained by trying to analyse Ek Jashn or the Rewind. No one cared about character consistency or deeper meanings, they just made something that shat on the canon and called it a day.

Star Plus is cancelled lol.

I wanted to ask you how different unedited episodes are from the episodes that were aired? Is it worth watching? do we learn anything new that we didn’t get to learn from the aired episodes?? And on that note, what does ipkknd rewind actually focus on? I’m asking u all this bc disnay+ isnt available in my country and I’d hate to miss out on them if they focus on anything important🥺

Thanks a lot!!!

Hello!

I’m having a hard time following your question -- mostly because you keep referring to “aired episodes” but I have no clue what did or didn’t air in your region.

I wanted to ask you how different unedited episodes are from the episodes that were aired? Is it worth watching? do we learn anything new that we didn’t get to learn from the aired episodes??

I understand these questions make sense to you but you have to remember that I can’t read your mind.

By “unedited episodes” I think you’re referring to the IPKKND full episodes on Hotstar. By “aired episodes” you could mean any of the following:

The Star Plus versions originally aired in 2011-12

The lightly edited Hotstar versions of IPKKND

Rabba Ve (Hotstar version with a different name???)

IPKKND Rewind (highly edited fast-forward)

Now, I understand that with Hotstar not being available to you, you’re largely stabbing in the dark about what’s there and how it all hangs together. But you can’t just say “aired episodes” and expect me to magically know what you’re asking about.

And on that note, what does ipkknd rewind actually focus on?

This is the question that confused me. Until here, I assumed you wanted an accounting of how the IPKKND Rewind differed from the full episodes. But here you’re holding the IPKKND Rewind separate from “aired episodes” and “unedited episodes”, which begs the question, what did you actually watch? 

Here’s an attempt at an answer, assuming my guess was correct --

The IPKKND Rewind is 109 episodes of approximately 42 minutes duration, totalling just over 4500 minutes of footage. The Hotstar version is 398 episodes averaging 22 minutes (plus some maha-episodes) -- totalling around 9000 minutes of footage. 

The Rewind was conceptualised as a way to air a 398 episode serial in a third of the time -- usually reruns take half a year but this format cuts that down significantly. As a result, the Rewind is missing at least half the original footage, but I suspect it’s closer to two-thirds (the Rewind includes special effects in the name of edginess and a few monologues from Arnav in initial episodes).

The Rewind was focussed on Khushi and Arnav’s relationship, which means it lacks much of the character development, comedy, and nuance that makes the serial so special to me. For example, the Rewind frames Arnav’s trip to the dargah as something he just did, having cut the scene where Anjali asks him to go. But the entire point of the serial was that Anjali had called Khushi into their lives.

They also got rid of Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai, which I think is a crime.

Hello!

I didn’t watch IPKKND Rewind closely enough to notice but I doubt they’d put the time or money into redubbing it. It looked like they simply edited it together.