Originally posted by: TexanHolden
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My favorite scene is 1:08:00 till she gets angry and throws her belongings.
Sonakshi won me over with her performance.
Even Sonam in BMB. My god that was amazing. short but at the point.
Yeah, that was a great scene! I feel like the second half is actually full of really good interactions and that revelation as the sick, quiet, seething, conflicted girl is what people responded to because it was diametrically different from anything she's ever done. Had the movie just gone on in the mood of say the first half, she wouldn't have been seen in that light and thus praised nearly as much.
I'm definitely planning on checking out BMB and Raanjhanaa too besides Ram Leela, which I have on my list to catch up with. It's been a good year for some of the girls who got to show their talent and improvement after being in the industry for a while now. It's really pleasant to see and hear people talk about it.
Originally posted by: mayumi
Many people say Varun's character was not fully developed. But I think this is because of the last leaf story. The painter who helped the girl was just a back ground character. The girl was the main character. The painter was just the inspiration the girl needed to live.
So Varun's character was supposed to be subtle, quiet, not empowering the screen. Pakhi is the girl with a broken spirit, Varun was the guy who would help mend her spirit. Varun's character was never supposed to over power Pakhi's because his main point was being the hope/inspiration at the end of the movie.
I agree...the role in the forefront and naturally for sympathy is Pakhi's. For some reason I also feel that VM didn't want to manipulate the audience with a backstory (read sobstory) on Varun...because it would have almost somehow been beyond the context of the story they were telling and his point really didn't seem to be to vindicate the character...it was more to show, without going back into these people's pasts or giving justifications, that the two of them could have that kind of a connection or as you said that he could give her hope, even despite being the way he was in the story they did show. What I noticed watching this time though was that even though they didn't go into the backstory, there is more than enough underlying subtext in Ranveer's portrayal and interactions such the conversation b/w the Uncle and Varun, or Varun's dilemma, etc. that the audience should be able to understand his story without really being told or convinced about it...because looked at another way, this orphan-kid-stuck-in-bad-business story is already known and maybe would have been a waste of space with a rehash of nothing new.
I know for sure a lot of people who had a lukewarm response to the movie did so for this reason...that it didn't really give that elaboration to you...you sort of have to reach for it and understand yourself that the 'hero' isn't written here to pull out all the stops of your empathy. It is indeed more about the overarching point that comes at the end rather than any of the two characters, even Pakhi's, IMO.
Edited by kabeeraspeaking - 11 years ago
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