So am I, Munni and Mandy.. Just looking at her makes one feel peaceful. Jalal should have made her his real begum,
uski zindagi ban jaati.
But have you both noticed one thing? Salima is a uni-expression character. She always looks exactly the same whether she is advising Jalal about the false pregnancy, cuddling Rahim, or talking to Ruqaiya. But because the character is so blindingly positive, one does not mind.
As for Jalal, never mind the bashers. We are quite capable of defending him, and Rajat too. Take a look at me pulling Lashy's ears for her comparison of Ashwini and Rajat. 😉You will enjoy it!
Shyamala Aunty
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Posted: 14 January 2014 at 11:39pm | IP Logged
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!! How can you say anything such thing, Lashy dear? It is as well for you that you are safely out of my reach!
Ashwini as Mahaam is a ham of the first order most of the time. I have watched her in other shows intermittently, and she is always the same, OTT with a vengeance, rolling her eyes and gnashing her teeth. When she is plotting something, subtlety is banished and her malice and hatred hit you in the face and knock you over.
She never lacks for forcefulness, and I agree that she is doing very well as Mahaam.But that is because this Mahaam is sketched in very broad strokes, and that suits Ashwini's trademark style for negative roles. The eyebrow stunt that you have cited and a few other such instances are exceptions to the rule. I agree that she brings a lot of well timed comic relief to her scenes with Javeda, for she is a versatile performer who, sadly, always gets slotted in relentlessly negative roles. But I used to watch the early CID, in the 1999-2002 period, and she brought a great deal of sincerity and conviction to her role as Inspector Asha. So it is not her fault, but that of the typecasting.
The two scenes so far where she really stood out was the one where she cradles Jalal in her arms after he finds out about Bakshi Banu's treachery, the earlier one where she reveals to us alone, aftere denying it to Adham, that it was she who used the dature ka ark. The latter gave me goose pimples. However, I do not think she could have brought out the ascetic, brooding, and occasionally violent, monk-like negativity of Ila Arun's Mahaam Anga in the film.
To compare her, even at her best, with the infinitely subtle, layered performances that Rajat at his best can conjure up - the micrometer shifts of expression, the shades of feeling that appear in his eyes and are gone in an instant, the tonalities of his voice, the hidden meanings hinted at in his smile - is sheer blasphemy. Kindly desist, there is a dear girl!
I might well be hauled up for making comparisons between the actors, but I could not let that pass without comment!
Shyamala Aunty
Originally posted by lashy
AMEN SANDHYA
komal...Ashwini is par brilliance...she outshines everyone in the cast acting wise...yup I'm very heavy heartedly including my RT in the cast too...(he does come a close second though😳)
Saw that scene in the temple where she's eavesdropping ...and how just one of her eyebrows goes up in alarm as she hits that eureka moment...I'd forgotten about the scene and had started trying that in the mirror instead...😉
Again her scenes with Javeda make little sense...but her expressions make it totally worth watching
Plus, if not for the bed sheets, she'd be a beautiful villain too😉 And her Urdu diction is better than anyone else's in the show
Originally posted by: mandyg
hi five munni😊..i am also salima fan..she is so calm and cool..love her😊
Edited by sashashyam - 11 years ago
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