This is a four part series of songs, scenes dedicated to APu as a thank-you for being in this brainless soap and for giving us another reason to believe in love. This is for all APu fans, DK ians - us. So please join in with your views, and feel free to let your hearts deepest feelings ……flow….
If any of you see Apu, anywhere please give him a big hug on all our behalf, no holds barred like the ones he reserves for Kaju on screen (and def. shilpa in real life). And if you survive that, please give him a big thanks for giving us the most memorable, passionate and unforgettable performance to be ever witnessed on television or the big screen ever.
Also tell him he is fully wasted here in tellywood and should be headed for Hollywood, to stand next to greats like Dustin Hoffman, Gregory Peck and Humphrey Bogart. Richard Gere and Tom Cruise please give way to your newest comrade.
Our Apu is several notches higher than them.
So I have selected these 10 most powerful scenes of Devu, which have made it possible to endure 4 weeks of mindless brain slaughter that began with the ugliest goat Adi track.
And attached some songs, which are my favourite. If you wish to add yours please feel free. And also what the scene should have ended like.
Part 1
Scene 1.
- Definitely the one when Devu is stitting alone in his room after he has thrown Kaju out of the house, of his life but is struggling to erase her very memories, fragrance from his own breathe….where he goes he can see her, hear her voice, feel her heartbeats…Everytime he closes his eyes the sheer agony , the deepest grief of losing one person he loved the most he thinks was killed by another he loves more than his own life..the extreme agony, the tempest that poured from his every glance, as he looks at the red bangles and then tosses out her clothes. He wants to burn them, to ashes and throw them away along with his soul which has burnt to ashes with every breathe he takes.
Song is – "Edge Of A Broken Heart" – Richard marx
I can't believe I could've been so blind, but love is strange
I thought about it for a long long time, but the truth remains
I don't need another lonely night to dry my tears
The answer's plain as black and white, and I can see the picture very clear
I been living on the edge of a broken heart
I don't wanna fall, I don't wanna crawl
I been living on the edge of a broken heart
Don't you wonder why I gotta say goodbye
It isn't like you never had the chance to change your tune
Did you think that I'm a dime a dance, well the dance is through
I been doing things your way too long, but baby that's over (baby that's over)
It won't be easy, but I gotta be strong
And if I wanna cry I don't need your shoulder
I'll find someone else who's nothing like you
And who can play the game as well
And you're gonna be sorry baby - when it's over
The scene that could have been – while he is destroying Kaajjals belongings, he stomps around angrily wanting to destroy everything else around him. So he goes around tearing the flowers which have still not dried since the wedding day remain on the pillar as hes tearing them off as if he is ripping every shred of her laughter mocking in his ears…trips over the marbles strewn on the stairs…. He barely holds himself as shock, disbelief numb his mind…the flashback of his mom falling…slowly as if in a trance he bends and pick them up…they are all over…the stairs. Like a man, who is at the precipice of drowning comes up to the surface for a shuddering breathe of life, he sits down on the stairs his eyes wide open in shock….
It Must Have Been Love - Roxette
Lay a whisper on my pillow,
Leave the winter on the ground.
I wake up lonely,
There's air of silence in the bedroom
And all around.
Touch me now,
I close my eyes and dream away.
It must have been love
But it's over now.
It must have been good
But I lost it somehow.
It must have been love
But it's over now.
From the moment we touched
'Til the time had run out. It Must Have Been Love
…….
Scene 2 –
when he learns that Karan has killed NT mom, he breaks down in his room. Golding his moms photo he sobs as if the flood of tears could wash away his deeds done out of extremes of grief and unbearable pain. The gut wrenching, sobs as they rack his slender frame realising how he squeezed the life out of his own body with his wrathful hands. He cries as every hurtful word he uttered or felt for Kaju, hurls back at his heart piercing him deep with its talons, clawing away at him. And then when he arrives at Kajus house and the last straw is when Shubha Tai insults him…he stands there shattered..no aunty, please don't say this. She is my Kaajjal…I cant live without her. Whatever I did, it was an action of a man gone beyond the human limits of grief. I died a thousand deaths for every bit of pain I inflected upon her…no aunty you don't understand. But Kaajjal will…she will know…she and I and not separate…please…please I beg of you tell me where she is.
Song – forgive me (evanessence)
Can you forgive me again?
I don't know what I said
But I didn't mean to hurt you
I heard the words come out
I felt like I would die
It hurt so much to hurt you
…………………………
I'd give anything now
to hear those words from you
Each time I say something I regret I cry I don't want to lose you.
But somehow I know that you will never leave me, yeah.
Scene could have been – Hottie is still in the house, opens the door. She hears everything and decides to take Dev into confidence…that SP has taken Kaju back to Mussoorie. She was just clearing things up and was leaving on that day. Hottie takes Devu to Mussoorie with her. Assuring him everything will be alright. She is anxious and doesn't tell him that Kaju has lost her memory. Her heart loses courage when she sees the state he is in.
'Cause you were made for me
Somehow I'll make you see
How happy you make me
I can't live this life
Without you by my side
I need you to survive
So stay with me
You look in my eyes and I'm screaming inside that I'm sorry.
And you forgive me again
You're my one true friend
And I never meant to hurt you
- when the goons call up Dev and ask him to get a ransom amount. The sheer joy on his face, the tears flowing down his eyes. Like a little child who forgets the bitter memories a few minutes ago. Millions of emotions rushing through his face, in his eyes – there is fear , what if she rejects me. there is hope – she will forgive me I know. There is confidence a bit of the ole DPS when he remembers the single rose stem she gives him during her post mahadasha stalking. The sheer sensous look in his eyes as he buys that single stem of rose, its as if in his eyes she is already there and his lips are caressing hers as he lifts the rose close to his face. In his nervousness his clothes are mismatched, the usually Dapper DPS looks as jumpy as a 17 year old on his first date, the anticipation. What will I say to her. Should I give her a hug first. All flowing in his wonderful eyes.
Song – Shes like the wind
She's like the wind through my tree
She rides the night next to me
She leads me through moonlight
Only to burn me with the sun
She's taken my heart
But she doesn't know what she's done
Feel her breath on my face
Her body close to me
Can't look in her eyes
She's out of my league
Just a fool to believe
I have anything she needs
She's like the wind
I look in the mirror and all I see
Is a young old man with only a dream
Am I just fooling myself
That she'll stop the pain
Living without her
I'd go insane
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Could have been – when he stops the car and sees Kaju in the fields, it was real. She is Shocked to see him. Her breathe is stuck in her throat, her lips which start to tremble, her eyes flicker with unshed tears. The yellow dress she is wearing is most appropriate as it was with the first meeting on the cliff. He opens his arms wide – come to me first Kajjal. Ask questions later. My arms have been longing to hold you, my heart was frozen – come and fill it with your warmth…come to me Kaajjal, we cant be separate for we are not the other. We are one and the same soul…so come Kaajjal…don't hesitate. The feelings pouring down his eyes in those tears. Tears of joy, of forgiveness, of pleasure.
Song – Right here waiting for you
Oceans apart day after dayAnd I slowly go insaneI hear your voice on the lineBut it doesn't stop the pain If I see you next to neverHow can we say forever Wherever you go Whatever you do I will be right here waiting for you Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks I will be right here waiting for youplease forgive the length...of the post
post your views...friends....lets share our joy of knowing Dev...who will foreever...keep us hopeful in love...
sammy😊
theres part 2,3,4 to follow...watch the space