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I just watched yesterday day's confrontation between Gulaal and Kesar this morning and had to write about them. On an acting front both actors deserve 10/10 for that scene. The emotions, facial expressions, music, dialogues and the delivery of the dialogues etc were all exquisitely written and delivered by both. Enough said.
My topic is about Kesar and his immaturity.
The scene revealed that even though Kesar now looks like a man, underneath it all he is still a little boy who hasn't grown up emotionally. Like a child he threw a tantrum when Gulaal left the house. He cried, he begged, he manipulated, he tried to use every arsenal at his disposal to get Gulaal to come back. When that failed he allowed Raman to mislead him and went to the punchayat to force Gulaal to come back.
When she comes back and offers him when she thinks he wants he is totally taken aback. What are you doing in my room? Of course I didn't want "that"!!! I don't want to live "with" you just be "near" you. While Gulaal has been shown to give this situation a lot of thought Kesar has just reacted. He said he considers Gulaal his wife but he hasn't thought about exactly what that means and what he wants from the relationship. He still thinks of her as his possession...his love, his thoughts are those of a child. Maybe the early marriage has never allowed him to think beyond a child.
Kesar may love Gulaal but that love is still very childlike, immature. He still thinks of Gulaal from a child's view. He probably knows everything about her likes and dislikes but he doesn't know her as a woman. Her grief, her sadness, her maturity, her loneliness. He sees it but I don't think he quiet gets it at the deep fundamental level.
Yesterday's scene was a wake up call for Kesar and almost a cleanse for Gulaal. Those tears and her collapsing yesterday seemed somewhat therapeutic. If leaving the house was closure for Vasant...yesterday's tears and confrontation were her first step towards Kesar.
Kesar has a lot of growing up to do before he is ready to love and accept Gulaal and his marriage to her as an adult with everything it entails. On the other hand Gulaal has to still let go of Vasant and see Kesar as an adult.
As wonderful as yesterday was it was a revelation to us as a viewers how far apart they still are. It also gave me new respect for the CVs of Gulaal and trust that they will give us a wonderful ride as we see Gulaal and Kesar become GULSAR!!!!!
-Shelly
My topic is about Kesar and his immaturity.
The scene revealed that even though Kesar now looks like a man, underneath it all he is still a little boy who hasn't grown up emotionally. Like a child he threw a tantrum when Gulaal left the house. He cried, he begged, he manipulated, he tried to use every arsenal at his disposal to get Gulaal to come back. When that failed he allowed Raman to mislead him and went to the punchayat to force Gulaal to come back.
When she comes back and offers him when she thinks he wants he is totally taken aback. What are you doing in my room? Of course I didn't want "that"!!! I don't want to live "with" you just be "near" you. While Gulaal has been shown to give this situation a lot of thought Kesar has just reacted. He said he considers Gulaal his wife but he hasn't thought about exactly what that means and what he wants from the relationship. He still thinks of her as his possession...his love, his thoughts are those of a child. Maybe the early marriage has never allowed him to think beyond a child.
Kesar may love Gulaal but that love is still very childlike, immature. He still thinks of Gulaal from a child's view. He probably knows everything about her likes and dislikes but he doesn't know her as a woman. Her grief, her sadness, her maturity, her loneliness. He sees it but I don't think he quiet gets it at the deep fundamental level.
Yesterday's scene was a wake up call for Kesar and almost a cleanse for Gulaal. Those tears and her collapsing yesterday seemed somewhat therapeutic. If leaving the house was closure for Vasant...yesterday's tears and confrontation were her first step towards Kesar.
Kesar has a lot of growing up to do before he is ready to love and accept Gulaal and his marriage to her as an adult with everything it entails. On the other hand Gulaal has to still let go of Vasant and see Kesar as an adult.
As wonderful as yesterday was it was a revelation to us as a viewers how far apart they still are. It also gave me new respect for the CVs of Gulaal and trust that they will give us a wonderful ride as we see Gulaal and Kesar become GULSAR!!!!!
-Shelly
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