THE GREAT IF RE-RUN THREAD - 1 - Page 54

Duo: Sir, lagta hain bomb jaisa kuch hain

ACP: Hmmm...

Sachin: Sir, Dr. Salunkhe ko dikhate hain.

There was so much professionalism back in the day. The team tried to figure things out by themselves before turning to forensics. And nowadays, they would not even go in depth with the nature of the bomb, they would never use terms like 'anthrax', but would just call the 'bomb' a bomb.

And of course a lot of duo scenes!😃 The ending of the first part ended very chaotically.😲 Showed Daya Sir in the air, and Abhijit Sir getting shot in the arm by that guy But I liked that particular scene hats off to the cinematographer for that! The cinematography back then was top class too, wonder why it is so bad nowadays? What I found rather flaw-ish about this case was the beginning of the second half, when ACP declares that they will look for this Soham by inquiring on the highway petrol pumps. I think it would've been logical to ask the person who was caught to make a sketch of Soham and then inquire at the petrol pumps, would've made it much more easier. But anyways, guess they wanted it the hard way😛 The following scene was very realistic and impressive. If that scene was remade in the present, it would be something like this:

ACP: Tumhe yaad hain koi Soham aaya tha Fiat gaadi mein.

The petrol pump guy: Hain, hain, yaad hain...

The people are shown to have miraculous abilities to remember ordinary events from even a month ago. This wasn't the case in the yesteryears.

The last scene was the best! The chain of people putting guns on the other! And as always, ACP Sir prevails!😃 Very very nice case👏 No forensics involved, only pure investigation.

PS: Can anyone guess in which episode was the Rainbow Hotel room seen before?(very famous case)😉

i like that scene too, in those days ACP Pradyuman was the one who ended the showdown at most times thus, justifying his being the leader, but now, sadly, he is confined to shouting unnecessarily and delivering repetitive dialogues....total blundering up of a prolific character

What struck me was how 'real' everything looked. ACP Pradyuman taking a pair of compasses and drawing a circle, then zeroing upon an Ambassador which is dark coloured and not a tourist vehicle etc and finally reaching Pavan Malhotra's house was excellent. They used their brains to track the car and didn't get clues out of the air like they do now.

If the same case were shown now, it would be like this...one chai wala would have seen a car hitting the woman and speeding away. In that split second in the darkness he would have noticed the driver's face and would have made a perfect sketch. Kajal would have scanned the entire Mumbai vehicle owners' list for the photo and found the guy along with his address and car registration number. CId team would have landed at his house, Daya would have slapped the guy and ACP would have given the phaansi dialogue.

I loved the way the case was handled....ACP was a calm, composed, thinking leader. Overall enjoyed it.👏

As the scenes are progressing I can faintly remember watching this one. Maybe the memory comes from long back.

Now this is called a team👏

The case starts on an emotional note . The dialogue goes like this

Everyone: Welcome back sir

ACP: With a sigh and tears in his eyes, Mujhe laga tha ki jab meri aankhen theek hogi to log kuch badle huye dikhenge , par sab kuch vaisa hi hai , bache bhi nahin badle. So sweet

Abhijeet: Aap bhi nahin badle sitr

Salunkhe: Aisa kaise ho sakta hai jab ACP Praduman nahin badal sakta to ham kaise badal sakte hain.

ACP smiles says Salunkhe!!! and wipes his tears

I wish people were like that in real life too.