Jab Harry Met Sejal BO/ Review Thread # 2 - DTNpg27 - Page 9

Originally posted by: *Reemz*

I guess that's the biggest complaint people have, they wanted more depth to Sejal and a backstory to Harry's character and I completely get their point. However, sometimes it's ok to show things at a surface without necessarily having to explicitly say what the character's issue is.

I always use this example but remember RDB? There was a scene where Siddharth's character opens his drawers and there's a picture of a woman there. It's never explained who she was, most likely his mother...maybe someone he loved?? It's up to us to interpret. We also get hints that he actually liked Soha's character himself. Again, never openly shown but many people took that interpretation.

With Harry, you had the flashes, the reminiscing of 'home' especially when he's with Sejal so he's lonely. We get that. With Sejal, she starts crying after she's molested in the club and she breaks down saying 'Rupen would blame me, he thinks I can't do anything right' - so she was constantly reminded of her flaws. She was constantly looking for that approval which MANY GIRLS in today's time unfortunately need especially from a lover.

Originally posted by: aadk

I agree with all that you have written. I guess it's hard for the writers to draw a line and say 'This is enough!'.. They do the best they can and then let people call the story shallow or make an effort in the direction of understanding them.
As far as RDB is concerned, I remember having read about how Siddharth's character was in love with that of Soha'. I couldn't pick it up after the first watch. But it did make a li'l sense when I watched the movie again.

Originally posted by: aadk

@bold I agree that writing a well defined character comes prior to a viewer' ability to dissecting it. But having said that, every individual's ability to dissect a character is way too different. For Imtiaz or the writer of that particular article above, the way Sejal was depicted in the movie was 'enough' for them to understand the in and out of her. But for a lot of viewers, it wasn't enough. So who needs to be blamed here? The director for depicting a character to the extent that he found enough or the viewers who were too naive to get a hang of the character?

@red, There are certain movies that you get right after the first watch. And then there are movies that only get better with each watch. And I like the second type! The ones that have something better to offer with each watch! And for me that's when a film maker really wins!