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Link to previous thread: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/gulaal/1922260/sadu-bangaya-gentle-man-d
(CAPS updated by Nur on Pg2, for anyone who may have missed)
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Hola fellas!
So here comes the next thread - with some teensy clips that you guys might throw glare hexes at me for, but in my defense, I wanted to add a random line or some about them. So, erm. Yeh.
What I am doing is, posting the written with the clips right now, for a change ... aka, exercising some rare (and shocking?) weekend discipline 😆 Okay, almost weekend. Friday doesn't count as weekday for procrastinators like me 😆
Anyway, enough of my digressing bak-bak. Despite the cliff hanger of a sadu return probability left like a threat at the end of the previous episode, we can happily discover Kesar is still behaving himself. Well, to begin with. Then of course things happen, as they should not and always do bless Murphy, and the Kesar leash snaps! And how!
Not more to say as a prelude to today's scenes, but I do want to post the promo that was aired for this episode (it was an ME) because like the handful of promos that were aired for Gulaal, this one too was the right amount of information leaked, and the right amount of suspense raised!
The Promo Link (courtesy original updater on YT)
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7SLSih0GG4[/YOUTUBE]
And now for the scenes.
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[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL6ZAbsb3z0[/YOUTUBE]
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Scene 1:
I know, talk about starting a thread discussion with a Talli Gulaal scene - but I wanted to add the first bit, because I like how Gulaal's answer to Talli's "iska matlab hai use apni galti ka ehsaas hua" is not an instant YES, but a shayad. Despite the evident reform in Kesar - since the night of his tending to her when she was unwell, despite all the recent evidence of how he's warming up to her, showing every sign of being her Kesar as she knew him to be - Gulaal doesn't say a snap yes. And its interesting to me that she doesn't - not because she's holding any of his cold acts against him, but because she genuinely still finds herself at a loss of figuring out what's cooking in that twisted head of his, why he oscillates between this hot and cold moods - special mention here to the most recent twist of events in the jeep ride back. That she's cheerful and calm about Kesar taking her to see her family is evident from the way she shares it with Talli, the happiness is in her eyes - and yet, if she'd jumped the gun and said yes to Talli's question, I would have inevitably wondered if she suffered some partial amnesia about the last part of the jeep ride. Her 'shayad' is not shown as an explicit consequence of that rough end, but that it is hence illustratively included, is, to me, one of those many times that I appreciate how the CVs of this show didn't believe in showing scenes and forgetting about them to suit their convenience. Perhaps just a trivial detail, but still, goes on to show the consistency at large. Kesar has shown change, but that doesn't explain in any way, why he was so cold to begin with, nor why he is still alternating between extreme inexplicable mood swings - Gulaal's shayad stands justified.
In addition - to the latter GT bit, when MB is watching them from outside, I felt like him, except with lesser tolerance, and greater threat of wanting to go hit my head into a virtual wall! He was just giving a sober and his age apt exasperated tone down reaction of my more dramatic 'seriously Galool, why are you so compulsively a problem seeker?' one 😳 Vintage Gulaal.
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Scene 2:
So I cut half of this scene while uploading, can't remember why, and it seems to be now, while watching it again, that I should have added that part too - especially since I bothered with adding the GT bits. Maybe I will upload it tomorrow sometime as a separate and post the link here - for now, please accommodate.
Anyway. The scene basically starts with Gulaal sharing the incompleteness of her happiness in the Vasant's sapna coming true, with his picture. As PB had noticed the day before, her grief seems to be fresh with this instance of the school opening, and Manasi as always does a great job with poignancy. MB walks in on her - oh those beautiful MB Gulaal scenes, I have no idea why I chopped this, grrr - in his typical fatherly way, consoles her, tells her that even Vasant would want her to be happy for a happy occasion like this, and not be shedding tears - sounds cliche when I say it like this, but its as good to watch as usual MB G scenes. Besides, everytime MB pats Gulaal's head, I think of what he promised her when her lagan got fixed with Vasant, of how he promised her, that his hand would always be upon her in blessing and support, like that. And like Kesar told Gulaal's friends later, Gulaal, never one to deny MB, agrees with him, wipes away her tears, and smiles.
Then just as he begins to leave - scene included in the clip from here - Gulaal asks MB if she can go to the mandir first, of course MB consents, is telling her to go with Dushyant - and in the prime of the moment, with loha garam Kesar comes and strikes - uski zarurat nahin hai Motabha. Gulaal ko main le jaunga 😎 Kesarji continuing on his clean strokes from yesterday, impresses MB too with his 'gesture' of responsibility now - in addition to the long list of Gullu's maayka! Although, rishte mein to MB bhi Kesar ke baap hain - and he has that flickering moment of pause before saying okay to Kesar's offer 😆 He's probably wondering ye aj Kesar kahan se uga hai 😆 and as if on a consequent memory of how pichli baar bichari Gullu drown hote bachi thi, he adds - sambhal ke leke jaana - LOL at MB's dubious trust on Kesar 😆 Can't really blame the old man, Kesar has shown too many shocking 'true colors' for him to not even be surprised! And the way he turns to include Gulaal in the next part of the instruction - to reach on time for the ceremony - like he trusts her better than him to understand the importance of being on time... I love MB's body language here! Manoj Joshi is such a fine actor, there are all those subtle signs of how he's taking this leap of faith, and still assuring them once, and twice, and again - because he can't help but be wary of Kesuda and his ways, lol! And while Gullu gives him back an affirmative, Kesar ji to bas khade hain, waiting for his old man to exit so he can engage in nain matakka with Gullu 😆 Okay fine - I'll be fair to him, he does give those couple nods to MB, but honestly, I think his eyes are on Gulaal for the most... and kudos to Neil for how well he brings out that anticipation, despite his face not being in focus here - like he's waiting just to meet her eye once. And as soon as MB exit, he does turn right back, and do just that - and as always, in the span of a second or two, such a meaningful look exchanged. I personally thought Kesar was sort of checking out on her in that brief space - because he's overheard the conversation supposedly, and its for us to imagine how much or how little. In general, Gulaal looks evidently subdued and solemn, and the final brief exchange is Gulaal being just that, and Kesar ever so subtly looking at her, like he knows what she's feeling, like he shares that emotion - and like just with the sharing of that gaze, offering her comfort. And then, Gulaal lowers here eyes, ever so slightly, with that hint of a smile which understands the silent comfort being offered. Such a transient but touching exchange there, sigh!
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