Chandra Nandini 10: The Mystery of the Missing Chemistry - Page 8

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

I never thought that Chandra could look as handsome as Jalal, but he does and younger and fitter too.😳 And from every angle.

Lashy's level of I-told-you-so

Nandini - SBP is pretty and delightful with Kajol-ish bubby-ness. And aunty, I do like her girlish giggles and pranks.

Kajol 'I give you one chance to take that back, Sandhya... just one chance!'

Originally posted by: sp108

Hello Aunty,

I enjoyed reading this post as well. And I am glad that you partly agreed to my suggestion of a weekly post.

I liked Avantika's outburst. Avantika does love Nandni, just like Nand. We suffer the most when our children suffer for our karmas. And it is only in Nandni's suffering that Nand and Avantika will realise the magnitude of their sins. I too liked Mura's glad-eyed vindictiveness. Looks like she is not going to be like Hamida Bhano, acting like a cheerleader for Nandni. Such a relief !

I really enjoyed your little quip on our persistent efforts to find chemistry 😆. Now I feel chemistry means different things to different people. For me chemistry between Chandra and Nandni is some kind of sizzle. Also, something which makes me want to see the two on screen together, and makes the wait worth it watching them together. It could be when they are fighting, or are angry with each other, hating each other or loving each other or simply standing in the same frame with each other. As of now, I don't feel my version of chemistry when Chandra and Nandni are there together on screen. And mostly because the actress is not doing a great job. In many scenes I don't feel her anger. In fact I always end up feeling that if the shot had prolonged, she would have burst out laughing instead of holding on to her "huffing-puffing teapot on a gas ring😉" expression! And the colour in the retort doesn't matter for chemistry 😉

This is what I feel too. I hope she catches up with him in emoting, otherwise their scenes will resemble a one legged race.

As of now my heart goes out to Chandra! He is unable to manage one woman, and he is going to be saddled with three of them in the near-future! And no Chanakya neeti, Mahabharata, Ramayana can be of good when it comes to dealing with women

I don't think Shweta is a classical dancer, especially because of the clumsy manner in which she carries herself and her posture😛! And I do feel that dancers do use nuances in their abhinaya, a lot of dialogues keep running in your head when you are emoting. A large part of emoting also comes from the body language and mudras. I don't agree that it is OTT style - you can be very natural and spontaneous in your expressions when you have become the character ,without your expressions looking.or feeling OTT. It doesn't fit into the cinematic schema, because it is a different ball-game.

That passage was written tongue in cheek, Shreya, especially the opening sentence. How could she have been a trained dancer when she cannot even walk gracefully into a room? 😉

But as for the need to project emotions more strongly on the stage, whether for a dancer or a theatre actor, that is true. I have watched Yamini Krishnamurthi dance to Yadu ra ra on stage and later in a Doordarshan video, and her expression were almost exaggerated on stage. And any scholar of cinema will tell you how unforgiving the movie camera is when the actor comes across too strongly. Again, actors like Sivaji, who came from a theatre background, initially brought the very strong deiivery and emoting style of theatre to the big screen. It was very, what else, stagy. MGR never had this problem as he was not celebrated in theatre, so far as I know, and he always seemed to me more natural. Of course Sivaji changed his style later and surpassed everyone else until the advent of Kamalahaasan.

But I do agree with you that Chanakya and Chandra make a great jodi. The one jodi that I always liked during JA days and stayed long after was Maham-Jalal. I think it will be the same with this Guru-Shishya jodi as well. Beneath that exterior of a tough Guru, is a loving father to Chandra. They have some great plans to execute, and I am eagerly looking forward to them.

As for the Malayketu's deeksha getting completed, Chanakya rusticated him because he didn't stay loyal to his peer (Chandra).

That is not the point, my dear. As I had noted, Malayaketu says before Chandragupta arrives that it was his last day there. That means his deeksha had been completed. His chugli against Chandra had not even started then.The final, abrupt dismissal of Malayaketu is for the chugli

Take care. And eagerly awaiting your post on Wednesday 😊

Originally posted by: ravidayss

I like it

Originally posted by: lashy

Originally posted by: chicksoup

Beautiful, Shyamala! 👏

This chemistry thing doesn't bother me at all..one usually sees what one is desperate to find, I suppose- so to each his own. I would say the couple looks good together and the actors complement each other..the chemistry is certainly something to watch out for- would leave it at that.

Also, while reading your post I was struck by the obvious fact that the one who behaves like a commoner is the blue blooded one, while the one who has been brought up as a Royal, is in fact the daughter of a common man. What an irony in this fairy tale! Nandini can look down all she want on Chandra's lack of manners- perhaps she would just take it as an extension of the brutality that unleashed itself on her kin...would be quite a journey to Nandini understanding that it is just the crude exterior a king amongst men has acquired, thanks to fate having taken him away from his rightful upbringing. If this is to be so, I am looking forward to it- an eternal romantic here. 😉

Also, this is where this show is so different from JA for me- It s not the tale of ego clashes between two equals. Throw in a powerful personality like Chanakya, who doesn't have the scope to play an annoying MIL equivalent and I hope SP has an epic love story in their hands.👍🏼

Originally posted by: sashashyam

You were clearly born twenty or so years too late. You should have been around in the 1970s. You would have loved the girlish giggles and pranks of Asha Parekh, Saira Banu, Sadhana, the lot of them. I am sure the bhatakti aatma sequence is high on your approved list. Oh Lord!

Haven't watched many of their movies. None of Asha Parekh's. Saira Banu - Junglee and Saadhna - Woh Kaun thi and Waqt. And they were all very dainty and elegant in the movies i have seen.😕


Like Kajol? I am sure that if she heard it, she would, like Queen Victoria, not be amused. Pretty, maybe, but delightful? Not by a long chalk, not for me! She looks, in one word, commonplace. Jodha was at least really beautiful, especially in orange and yellow Rajasthani outfits. I used to call her an ambulant sunflower. Nandini looked her best after she was exposed in that masculine outfit. Plus she needs to lose some more weight. She should try and look lissome.

Oh yes. She should shed her avoirdupoids. (😃) and learn to walk gracefully. I did call her jump froggie like. But it was her cheerfulness that was impressive as it looked natural and not stagey. And she doesn't claim Mahaanta ( atleast as of now) and have an attitude beyond her age.

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Well, Khushi my poppet, Subha had spotted the same thing in the swayamvar sequence, when Nandini was being led into the hall. You are both spot on.

As intrepreting Nandini's character properly, that would mean a lot of work, both for her and for the CVs, whereas girlish giggles and pranks are very easy to do and seem to go down well with the most unexpected folks! The promo sequences are far, far away, and for now, she is happy imitating the 1970s heroines brigade to the T.

Today, she added a dollop of unexpected arrogance, when she looked across, with patent pleasure, at her father who had just forced Chandragupta to fasten her payal around her ankle. How I wish all those bees had stung her good and proper!😉

She is generally over-dressed and those cork screw curls, even when she was doing Mayurbhanj Chhau moves around that bejaan putla (Sri complains about the BC gardens looking decidedly AD, but what I can't stand is so many Urdu words in the 4th century BC😡), do nothing for her. She looked her best in that masculine outfit, just when she had been exposed as a woman.

Acting wise, she was good the other day when she was assuring her father than she wanted to be his greatest strength and fight his enemies. The closing shot of her face was striking.

As of now, the only really pleasing parts are the Chandragupta-Chanakya ones.

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Well, Khushi my poppet, Subha had spotted the same thing in the swayamvar sequence, when Nandini was being led into the hall. You are both spot on.

As intrepreting Nandini's character properly, that would mean a lot of work, both for her and for the CVs, whereas girlish giggles and pranks are very easy to do and seem to go down well with the most unexpected folks! The promo sequences are far, far away, and for now, she is happy imitating the 1970s heroines brigade to the T.

Today, she added a dollop of unexpected arrogance, when she looked across, with patent pleasure, at her father who had just forced Chandragupta to fasten her payal around her ankle. How I wish all those bees had stung her good and proper!😉

She is generally over-dressed and those cork screw curls, even when she was doing Mayurbhanj Chhau moves around that bejaan putla (Sri complains about the BC gardens looking decidedly AD, but what I can't stand is so many Urdu words in the 4th century BC😡), do nothing for her. She looked her best in that masculine outfit, just when she had been exposed as a woman.

Acting wise, she was good the other day when she was assuring her father than she wanted to be his greatest strength and fight his enemies. The closing shot of her face was striking.

As of now, the only really pleasing parts are the Chandragupta-Chanakya ones.

Shyamala Aunty