But even more than the physical weakness, it is the unexpected tragedy, that has suddenly come out of nowhere , which darkens his mind with black despair. His voice is slurred and low, his eyes are clouded, more deep set than ever before. Every movement is a fresh strain that it seems he can barely take; even his right arm, when he moves it to one side, flops limply. And there is, in the lines of his face, in his hooded eyes, something else. A sullen anger, a resentment at this backhanded blow fate has dealt him. Lovely..
This was not just a faith that needed no proof. It was a faith that was ready and willing to provide the proof, and did so. With deadly consequences.
All of his slender hopes, his whole being, seem to be hanging on the words to come out of Nandini's lips.
But even Daadi, who later pleads with Chandra to reconsider his verdict, looks at this point only as if she had a slight headache, not as if her beloved pautravadhu was about to be executed on the morrow!😆😆
...anticipated OTT efforts he was confidently expected to make, once he had learnt the truth from Chhaya, to tear the brick wall down himself with his dhai kilo ke haath, and then weep buckets all over Nandini and flagellate himself, hopefully only metaphorically, for his failure to recognize that she could never be guilty of this crime, or indeed of any crime😆😆.
...count their blessings that we are not likely to get a remix of Filmistan's 1960 (or thereabouts)Anarkali, where Pradeep Kumar, as Salim, dragged himself on his stomach all the way to that wall! And the audiences wept and applauded, while I, even at that very young age, gnashed my teeth. Omg hahaha🤣 I can fully believe people sobbing over this scene 😭😆😆. This reminded me of an interview with Amitabh Bachchan in which he reminisced about the famous blood donation' scene in Amar, Akbar, Anthony😆. He described how the actors remonstrated with Manmohan Desai, pointing out the mistakes in the scene, such the blood from the brothers defying gravity to flow upwards' into a joint' bottle😆😆 and then flowing back via one single tube into the mother😆😆. But Manmohan Desai confidently told them that the scene would rouse the audience into an emotional frenzy. He was proven right and how 😳😆. The director of Anarkali also clearly had his hand on the aam junta's pulse😆😆
I was pleased that she prayed silently for the most part, her face set in determined piety, and did not break into an anachronistic bhajan. 😆😆I've always wondered how heroines in movies and tv shows manage to sing when they're upset😆😆, sometimes even while shedding buckets of tears. Most people find it difficult to even talk when they're feeling close to tears.
...complete with an enormously long flute that reminded me of nothing so much as the Alpine horns that Swiss men compete in blowing. 😆😆
Her mock angry eye movements, and the way in which she nods her head in fake reproof, were delightful, and it also showed how far they have moved away from their old days of prickly hostility.
And I loved the way in which, when she notes that the rules had been made not by her but by the Acharya, Chandra instinctively looks over his shoulder is some trepidation, as if Chanakya was there with his cane! Cute 😆
The expression on Chandra's face at this point is inimitable. There is a kind of still hopefulness, as if he wanted to believe that what was being told to him by, as he assumes, Nandini, was really the truth. And a trace of subdued, repressed joy at this prospect. Then Roopa says that this was what her daasi had told her. It is as if a spell that had held Chandra in thrall is broken. He turns away, smiling normally, if a trifle shamefacedly at his reverie of a moment earlier. Awww...a sweet scene described even more sweetly :))
Having redeemed his reputation as the most astute strategic and tactical thinker India has ever known with the Trojan Elephant episode the week before, he now strengthens his reputation for unwavering integrity and adherence to principle with his handling of Padmanand's ransom demand for the release of his daughter Bharati.
Now I'm heading to your latest post. Dhai rang prem ke...aa rahi hoon main😆
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