Exactly!! He was a thug and his character was supposed to be an aggressive and initially entitled one.. But the fact that even during his initial days when he was at his worst, he wasn't CHEAP. He wasn't CRUDE. Like even when they had this "Runjhun in a room with Guddu" track shuru shuru mein that led to her engagement with that master-jee (can't remember his name), even in that scene he was cheap. He was angry, he was unfair.. But I didn't cringe at the sight of him. I could see he was pissed and while I didn't condone his actions, I wasn't put off by them. He was just impulsive and he didn't think things through. But he wasn't bad at heart. And he wasn't a creepy vulgar thug.
You're reminding me of this interesting discussion I once had with someone in the BW forum about Guddu as a character...I'm just gonna copy paste that in here...Ahh those were the most interesting days of the show...
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Guddu at this point wants from her a scolding, because that means she cares. It is SOMETHING and their sparring is a way to communicate. When Guddu is challenged in the world, he strikes outward. He demands and he controls. That is what he was trying to do to Runjhun. He was goading her, trying to belittle her by forcing her into her duty, so that she would hopefully fight him and react. That is what he would do. If she reacts, then he would know that she was a person and there is something there for him from her (whatever that is). He wants not this robot, but the anger, the spark that is uniquely FOR HIM.
However he does not know that when Runjhun is attacked, she retreats and becomes a shell. Today she seemed an empty shell as she robotically agreed to everything that he said. You could see Guddu wanting to communicate and Runjhun not believing that any communication could be possible with drunk Guddu.[/quote]
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Very well written postđđđ I'm yet to watch the epi but I loved reading your description of the GR interactions and what is going through Guddu's mind at this point...
Especially the bit in bold is SO true...I've noticed him doing that in their previous interactions too...he enjoys goading her...sparring with her...it's sort of the basis of their bonding for him cuz like you said to him it shows she cares...even if he acts all cranky and irritated about it...somewhere he enjoys it and waits for it...but if she doesn't react, it confuses him...there's that lost child softer look that comes into his eyes that Himanshoo does so well...and so true that THAT side of Runjhun ONLY comes out FOR HIM...that is what makes for such interesting moments.
Finally getting to watch yesterday's epi...Just wanted to add that I loved Himanshoo's acting in the scene with Runjhun...lol...this was a different kind of drunk Guddu...very different from his usual loud, shouting avatar even when he's drunk...he was oddly quieter himself even as he kept asking her why she was talking in such a dead tone...this scene was sooo subtly handled and so wonderfully enacted...the writers, the actors, the director all deserve applause for thisđ
I loved how Guddu kept goading her and trying EVERY petulant trick he could to make her lecture him...lol...kept complaining under his breath that he hates her lectures but still wanting those lectures so badly...the way he gets disturbed when he doesn't get to hear her lectures...and the final touch...when he asks her why she's talking in such a dead tone and if she hasn't eaten all day and Runjhun mahatma devi retorts that she's kept a fast and won't eat till they make a sale...loll his reaction there...so fed up...there was just a very different dimension to Guddu yesterday...he was doing a lot of his typical Guddu-ish stuff yet there was some kind of tiredness/fatigue and a soft concern somewhere that was showing in his eyes and his tone too...I loved watching that mix of paradoxes unfold. When these two play off each other like this in their scenes...that is what makes for the most entertainment in this show. [/quote]
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So agree Nur, I also loved the way Runjhun did not say anything about how he broke his promise about the bed. She said that "had not gotten used to the bed." Again a subtle dagger that she can not trust him. Seriously fantastic. [/quote]
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Oh yes I loved that bit too...that she hardly says a line or two but at the same time she manages to get her point across...the jab was so there in that line...she's not exactly a silent sufferer...she has this fierce dignity to her...especially shows in her scenes with Guddu...he so WANTED her to protest about the bed situation...lol...the way he was all childishly sprawling across the bed too...but Runjhun didn't give him any bhaavđ...
There was a profound moment in the end though after he goes to sleep and she turns to look at him...there the tears in her eyes showed...they don't say so much to each other but still there's a lot to interpret from what they don't say and the way they look at each other. [/quote]
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