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[jalebi-likes]

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Samrat Shergill 🧡

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[leila1]

Samrat is the sincerest partner one can ever get...Gunjan is beyond just lucky  and she better acknowledge that 

[jalebi-likes]

MJHT Hours

Any Miley Jab Hum Tum fans here? 

My heart just skipped a beat when I realised that in college Samrat had told Gunjan she looks best in white.

And years later Gunjan chooses to wear a white gown for her wedding with Samrat! 

I’m just dying at how they showed how deeply Gunjan loved Samrat to remember the smallest things he had told her when they were just friends! 

[jalebi-likes]

Rewatching Miley Jab Hum Tum - Episode 2

#2 College Rivals & Dia’s Plan for Her Cousins

Since I’m riding high on nostalgia, my heart just melts into a puddle to see Samrat and Mayank meet as rivals. There’s so much of NOT knowing! These two guys will form a friendship that’s thicker than blood in the future! 

I like how the show shows both academics and sports are equally important and one does not triumph over the other. And the whole ‘Main Ho Naa’ thing going on with Miss. Aha and her epic sarees, wind blowing and everyone falling flat for her - even the Principal! 

I love how the show is well aware of its references and makes that blatant! 

Nupur and Gunjan’s reactions show their differences so beautiful. While Nupur is excited to go to the city of dreams, Gunjan asks a very practical questions - will their cousins like them (because of who they are). Gunjan already anticipates a slight friction given their different lifestyles and what’s beautiful is that Nupur’s fallen smiles lets us know that Nupur fears the same - except she has a brighter outlook on life.

Nupur’s excitement in being in the bustling city compared to Gunjan’s hesitation and discomfort with crowd and traffic are such refreshing emotions. I like the way Gunjan words her feelings - she doesn’t criticize Mumbai for being so, she just doesn’t like the city yet - it’s crowded, noisy and almost claustrophobic. An emotion I relate to despite loving the city to bits! 

And the show remembers to keep the whole ragging and planning right. We know Dia and her gang aren’t outright devils. They’re a bit immature and resistant to the new change that Gunjan and Nupur represent - especially considering they’re their cousins. 

Samrat’s dialogues like “Chill Dia, after all they’re simply your cousins!” let us know that no one has made it a mission to trouble the cousins as much as Dia has. 

Can I say I love the costumes? They’re real. Dia is the only one who dresses up the way she does, Gunjan-Nupur also are the only ones who dress up the way they do. Everyone else is pretty normal! Unlike current shows like *ugh* Punch Beat *ugh* where people are off a branded store to be ‘normal’ - we have regular kids here except those who have a reason to dress differently. 

And the party! 

Dia’s welcome party to annoy and intimidate her cousins are done with a touch of sensitivity and humor. 

Benji’s quips of “Main Hoon Na se main tha na ho gaya!” to Samrat always being slightly concerned about whether or not he’s crossing a line with the cousins - especially Gunjan is well done. 

The moment where Gunjan pushes a guy away and Samrat walks in, observing her fear, he pauses and looks at her. And Gunjan immediately notices someone looking at her. 

I think Gunjan thought he was upset that she pushed his friend away, and I think Samrat wasn’t too sure of his plan to prank Gunjan further. 

Also, I like to believe there’s a tiny drop of attraction between the two. Gunjan is stunning and almost so fragile and innocent in this one moment. 

This is very telling about Samrat as a guy - in this episode we learn he’s a bit reluctant to go on this whole mission to prank someone - and much later we learn that Mr. Popular actually acts a lot due to peer pressure and how everyone expects him to be Mr ‘Cool’ 

And yes, as a hopeless romantic I like to believe that something passed between Samrat and Gunjan. Not a ‘I like you or love at first sight’ but something like... I don’t have the words for it? It’s very slight and quickly forgotten. 

And in contrast Mayank is as solid as a mountain. He is righteous but non interfering, intelligent and sarcastic, keeps to himself and has his own clique away from the ‘popular’ group.

Eee, I’m excited for episode 3!

[leila1]

Samrat: Don't worry no other guy is going to ask Nupur out

Mayank: Why not?

Samrat: Because she is terrifying

[leila1]

Dearest Leila, Since you've taken up on the task on watching MJHT - I would really love your insight on how they subverted the trope of 'shy intelligent girl and hot popular dude' with Gunjan and Samrat. Much love, a fellow Samrat advocate.

Dearest S, 

I love what they have done with this trope. Samrat’s character would have completely been a turn off if he had been portrayed as a typical college stud, who always had all the attention to himself, undermining everyone else around him. The fact that he wasn’t like that made him a favorite and so much loveable. 

The same goes for Gunjan, she wasn’t portrayed as a typical shy girl who was always shy through all her years in college. She was only hesitant around new people. Not only she had gotten close to Samrat who she had been intimidated by initially she had gotten close to Benji (who could have had the almost the same effect as Samrat being his right-hand man)

I think this subversion made these characters more realistic and the character development felt natural. 

Given the two characters, their equation got affected with that as well instead of following the trope. 

I just don’t like the fact that she made him suffer (I know she was hurting too) but that's just me being biased as his advocate haha. 

Additionally, I know for a fact I wouldn’t have loved it had they made these two characters typical. Specifically for Samrat, he was loved by everyone, not because of his status or popularity but his nature. And for Gunjan, she had been accepted warmly once the students got to know her. 

I hope you like my answer, I loved the question! 

Thanks for asking and apologies for the delay …school was a bit of a roller coaster last few weeks lol 

[leila1]

No one...absolutely NO ONE could have played Samrat better than Mohit