I would say right combination of investigation and some casual chat.
One classic example is one of my all-time favourites - the one in Man on the bus. Abhijeet pulling Daya's leg in the middle of the investigation. Beautifully written dialogues, lovely acting by both, nothing looked strato and no loss of focus from the case. After Abhijeet walked away saying 'hume to tumne aaj tak kuch nahin diya', the next scene is back to the case investigation. The casual scene blended beautifully with the case.
Next - A scene in Mysterious Arvind. 'Aaj kal ladke ladkiyan jaldi pyar mein padte hain'...followed by a naughty glance by Abhijeet and an embarrassed expression by Daya. Nothing strato, no drama, nothing out of track but enough to make us smile and watch the scene again and again.
Insp Daya's abduction was a slightly strato theme. But still, how Abhijeet reacted to Daya's kidnapping was the right way to show it and not shout out emotional dialogues and breaking down. He behaved just like a cop should...took it upon himself to find Daya's whereabouts, showed a genuine concern and urgency.
This is what we need to see...not loud proclamations of Dosti...we don't need them to say it or remind us of it verbally. We need to see them investigating , but not with scowls on their faces and hardly looking at each other. A couple of casual moments are needed but they should learn where to draw the line between this and stratoism.
They should stop replacing each other in investigative scenes, making it obvious that they come together in one scene only when it is a strato episode.
Edited by visrom - 14 years ago
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