Kanu...
You didn't tell me about this VM!!!
Oh my god...You gave me a special mention, and then didn't tell me?!
I was quite shocked when I found this topic...But all those potentially angry thoughts just vanished when I was watching the VM.
In short, I LOVE you, my Kanu Jaanu!
🤗🤗🤗
You know, I was amazed with Here I Am and Kitna Pyaar Karte Hai (both of them are my most favorite VMs!), and Everything I Do is going onto my favorites list!
I don't care if people think I'm crazy now - that's not a problem at all, since you know that I'm absolutely in love with Atul-Anjali...I always have been, and always will be! And without further ado, my comments:
Firstly, the song selection: Brilliant, brilliant! 👏 I can't even tell you how emotional I got while listening to it. The way that Bryan Adams sings, combined with those scenes and dialogues - simply wonderful!
Secondly, the scenes and dialogues: How do you manage to extract the most meaningful scenes?? Every time, you took out moments that were mostly intended for comedy, and gave them a whole new emotional context! The lyrics really flow with the scenes, and that's why it is so impactful at the end of it all.
The very first scene you used was perfect in establishing the tone of the mix...It's one of the sweetest scenes between AA, and the way you used it at both the beginning and the end was great! So much was conveyed in that scene...
"Search your heart, search your soul...
and when you find me there, you'll search no more...
Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for..."
I teared up when I saw this! The poolside confession was such a beautiful scene to begin with, but those words and the scene give it a whole new meaning, and it's heart-wrenching!
"Look into your heart...
You will find...
There's nothing left to hide..."
That couldn't be more fitting for Anjali's situation right now! That's all she has to do now...And she'll find all the answers she wants. I just wish she wasn't so scared to do so...(Sunaina does it again. Those eyes...The way she looks up at Pankit, as if she's really searching for something in his eyes...As if Anjali is searching for sincere answers to her unspoken questions in Atul's eyes...)
And the biochemistry lab scene...I won't forget that part, ever! Why does she look up at him surreptitiously? "There's nothing left to hide..."
"There's no love like your love..."
This totally bowled me over. A comedy scene originally...When seen by itself, it tugs at the heartstrings...I just can't believe it. Kanak, how do you DO that? If someone watches this VM who hasn't seen DMG before, they'd have no idea what the context of the scene was, and it would be heartbreaking.
The last minute or so of the VM is so well handled...Cutting from Anjali's "moment of realization" to the various memories of her and Atul together...Amazing job!
The way that you sequenced the moments in the entire mix, it really seems like a chronicle of the journey Atul-Anjali have taken to discover and realize what "love" is...
Finally, the actors: What can I say? Pankit, Sunaina: They are truly amazing. Only they could have taken two characters as different as Atul and Anjali and instilled so much life into them. The interesting thing about Pankit-Sunaina is that even in the earliest of episodes, there were sparks between Atul-Anjali that only the keenest observers who bothered to look for them would notice. It wasn't intentional, of course. But that just goes to show just how much these actors truly understand each other.
Kanu, you remember what I said a while back about noticing those stolen glances and little hints of smiles?
I found your VM on Kitna Pyaar Karte Hai a long time back, and THAT'S where I really noticed those things. Your VM prompted me to look at each and every one of their expressions carefully...And as I was already so attached to Atul and Anjali as characters, seeing that VM only made me an even more ardent fan of AA, or rather, Pankit-Sunaina.
I know this comment is really long...And I have so much more to say!
That's okay, though...I'll end the essay here.
Once again, I LOVE you! And thank you for such a beautiful VM! Pankit will be proud! All of us Oasisians are!
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