Originally posted by: AreYaar
Thanks, Ganga! And beautiful analysis from you as well👏
You've described Shivaay's emotions today beautifully and I completely agree with your points about why this crying was different from Mahi's...frankly I've seen days when NM has succumbed to his Mahi mode and today was definitely not one of those days...infact today he kinda blew me away by the concerted attempt to CRY differently as you rightly pointed out...I was frankly amazed to watch him navigate all those emotions today...from the initial earnestness in just wanting to know from Anika, to even showing all his anguish at why did all this happen when they were so happy together, apologizing for holding her too strongly...and then his reaction to the actual truth...the way he's frozen for a bit and then gradually he's grappling with it in bits and pieces...the sheer shock of it ki MAIN najaayaz hoon...MAIN? NM did that so brilliantly, man...you can literally see Shivaay falling apart in that moment and Anika rushing to calm him down as if trying to hold him together with the instant reassurance that nothing has changed, no one thinks differently of him for this.
The part that really touched me was how in the midst of grappling with all this, he'd realize that this is why Anika left him...the way his mind was simultaneously piecing together the info (vis a vis the Daaima FBs) as well as realizing just why he lost Anika...so grappling with the anguish of both those situations...I thought it was damn complicated to navigate through but NM was superb at it today...it may be a hit or a miss sometimes but his EFFORT to try and DIFFERENTIATE I have noticed...today was a full on HIT today...I think he hit all the right notes in that scene...can't fault him even for a bit...even the crying today was so endearing and not OTT at all IMO...your heart really goes out to Shivaay.
Woh aur baat hai that I'm kinda bummed out that they didn't give SC as much to run with😆...but even then I think the crux of that scene lies in the bit where Shivaay is breaking apart in front of her and Anika is so desperately trying to hold him together...the way she's reassuringly running her hands over him, repeatedly telling him that this doesn't matter, that he is so GOOD...that was a lovely bit.
Also the bit when she tells him, "Aap bas mere Shivaay hain"
LOL baaki toh I'm resigned to the flip to comedy any given day...LOL ek din ka anguish, phir 4 din ki comedy😆...whether Shivaay has really forgotten or not, I think we'll only know two weeks from now whenever this wedding track culminates😆