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@all re Gurti: What happens onscreen, magical as it is, is directed, each tilt of the head and hand movement is choreographed to perfection to make it look natural. Personally, like DD said in one of her interviews, I think the secret behind their chemistry is actually the fact that they don't have a real life relationship so each time they are together they are Maan and Geet, completely, without any outside baggage intruding on the intensity of their performance; they can really give it everything. That's not to say they don't have fun working together, but only in that working context.
Gurti are at least friendly...I mean in one of my favourite movies, "Dirty Dancing" it is a well-known fact that the two actors did not get along at all. This never stopped the movie from becoming a classic in the romantic genre with some truly amazing chemistry. It's all about doing your job with sincerity and there is no doubt that Gurti set aside their personal issues to do this, based on their performances in the show.
I agree with you 100 per cent. I dont know if you've watched 'Friends'. In that one of the characters (Chandler) is seeing a stage actress and asks his room mate (Joey) who is also an actor how to tell if his girl friend is having a relationship with her co-star? Joey asks him how is her chemistry with the co-star to which Chandler responds that it is great. Joey then tells him that he has nothing to worry because if they are in a relationship, their chemistry would have sucked. Chandler is happy hearing this. After a few days, he goes to see her performance and feels that her chemistry with the same co-star has diminished and accuses her of cheating on him. She gets angry and asks him on what basis he is making the allegation to which he says that he has observed that she no longer looks hot on stage with the co-star. The woman would be furious that he not only accused her of cheating on him but also said that her acting was not up to the mark and she dumps him.
In the hindi films, one couple who exemplified this whole off-screen and on-screen chemistry theory was Kareena-Shahid. They had acted in a few films when they were seeing each other and their chemistry was not that good but they were extremely good together in 'Jab we met' when they had already broken up.
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