First things first, I love the way you wrote the post. Super cute!😆Coming to my 2 cents, I feel Barun is doing exactly what he is been asked to do. He is a director's actor through and through. A talented director not only guides the actor but does his homework and try to learn the strengths and weaknesses of the actor he/she is working with. And when you are a director's actor, the actor's skill level resets each time they pick a new project. They take time to get into the skin of the character, they start from the scratch. To put it in simple words, actors like Barun are like "fine-grained clay". They can be molded into any form, but into which form completely depends on the potter, that is director. So we cant expect such actors to perform best from the first very scene, or in director's voice, "ACTION!"
So if you closely watch Pratham intial episodes, they are my least favorite. Especially the first episode (barring intro chopper shot), where he was very rigid (don't mistake it as stern & arrogance) in his dialogue delivery with his chacha, in his walk, on stage where he introduces his sister... It certainly took him few episodes to get into the rhythm, which shows that he had watched the episodes and perfected his acting where it lacked. Not just him, I am sure director must have done his homework too which is why they were able to bring out the best after best (gradually) from all their actors...
Which is the same thing happening in IPK3, with respect to editing and screenplay. Lets just compare Week1 to the Week 4. There is a huge improvement which we should acknowledge it fairly. I really hope they continue to take notes, feedback and improve at this rate.
Coming to the main topic (sorry got deviated and gave my gyaan ), in my honest opinion, Barun is completely slaying the character so far. (again barring the first episode. Lets not get into the first episode disaster, his expressions while holding the statue by that thin rope...I have compartmentalized that part and promised myself never to whine about it. So moving on...). It did take him fairly less amount of time to get into the skin of the character in this show, but he did wavered a little bit in the first few episodes. Now I don't see any issue the way he is portraying Advay Singh Raizada.
Having said that, I do have a problem with the director with respect to Advay evilness, which has been bothering me from the time he started flicking those fingers as he walks away form Chandini.
I have mentioned about this in some other thread...quoting it here again so you know what I am talking about.
Change of expression in one area would have made wonders to justify his evilness, which I feel director missed it big time! And that is each time he walked away from Chandini, the moment he turned, faced his back to her & did that mocking salaam (be it after teasing her or winning over her) Advay should have worn an out-an-out evil expression instead of that smirk. That would have totally justified his malicious plans which only viewers know at this point. The smile and smirk in those particular scenes is giving away wrong message for viewers who are not able to understand the depth of his quiet strategic planning. His characterization is being misunderstood because of things like that in my opinion.
But again even Pratham had a long list of tracks that CVs didn't handle well leaving me so disappointed.. for example, the morning after consummation, Khushi's meaningless reason (of bhai behen pyaar) to not to share about Shyam to Arnav...I better stop here before I get a WL for talking about another show😆)
PS: Sorry I didnt realize how long it got. 😕
Edited by ToxicLove - 8 years ago
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