N' way to D's heart and soul 1morsel of food - Page 4

Kavitha.. Take a bow.. I have always been amazed by your clarity of vision and seeing things in a much different and enlightening way than a normal viewer like me. No two posts of you speak the same things. They are very enlightening and open my eyes to things and nuances I have missed in the episode. You equating Kala to a serpent when she cuts the apple was a thought that did not even cross my mind. I am simply floored reading your analysis.

The only point I would like to add is that I liked the FB scenes showing Dutta bringing food for Nakku after he says to her that only sh can satiate his hunger. Through the FB's, it looks like Nakku also feels the same. Truly made for each other couple. I loved the melancholy in Dutta yesterday to the extent that I even said maybe he would remain drunk whenever he is around her these days!! Yes, the long uphill journey has begun and the cv's have given a wonderful kick start to this journey. I am sure the rest of the journey will be equally enthralling to watch and will satiate our hunger for more such scenes involving D-N.

Thanks for the post, thoroughly enjoyed it!

Vandu

Originally posted by: SAraW

yah!!! And He looked so .... Relaxed! Calmed... and erm ...what do u call it???? yah... Sexy... hmm..

Originally posted by: make-believe

I'm going to go against the tide here...it was hard for me to stomach yesterday's episode. No, it wasn't bad and I didn't dislike it completely...but after I watched it, I felt lost and didn't know what to make of this whole 'track' which has been delivered in the most unconvincing of manners. I'm sure many can psychoanalyze whatever happened and even interpret it as poetic, but somehow it's just too twisted and patchy for me to reconcile with. I want to like it and there are some things I found really beautiful between DN yesterday, but the bad build-up and confusing rationalization for character behaviour is holding me back so much that I can't savour the aftermath as it's meant to be.

Of course, there is Nakku's skewed justification for her actions at the party...what I don't understand is that if she knew Kala wanted her to act drunk and humiliate herself, why didn't she just do the opposite and remain/act sober to completely invalidate the whole plan like it never existed? Why did she feel the need to go over the top, for the drunk acting, dancing, the public humiliation, the slap...yes, she was trying to use them as a 'catalyst' to speed up Dutta's inclination towards her, but one has to wonder, did she really need this catalyst? He was coming around just fine, it was going to happen in greater intensity through her subtle strength and confidence of action sooner or later, so she didn't need to make such a scene to manipulatively draw such reactions. The whole tamasha that happened at the party, was it really worth it to gain time in his 'return' to her? If I was a guest at the party, her explanations wouldn't have undone the warped behaviour from all people involved there and so, as a viewer too, I was left with mixed feelings and no sense of direction

The other thing that became a block for me was the fact that Dutta drank again. I know, this is what he does and it is justified within his character, but does Dutta have to be drunk everytime DN have a heart-to-heart? They wanted to show his raw remorse and vulnerability, and that would only come out in a state of intoxication, but again, was this really needed right now? He could have shown conflicted remorse (succumbing despite his best of efforts) in a state of soberness too and I would have much more preferred that because at least it would transition well between the conflicted Dutta we have been seeing and the remorseful Dutta we have on our hands now. I would have liked for him to be sober, maybe more in a state of silent shock, knowing and apologizing for his extreme reaction but still trying to retain that 'barrier' between them. But here, Dutta went drinking again to drown out his conflicts even after seeing how Nakku was bleeding, and when he came back home, he was the liability on her...while she was the one who needed care and attention for her bleeding arm, he was the one who had to be supported as he stumbled and nursed for a wound, when it should have been the other way around. It was unnerving for me to see her supporting Dutta around when her own arm was injured and bleeding. This gun-shot track was supposed to be about Nakku's pain and vulnerability and need for care. Why did it have to become about Dutta in such a manner? In this whole track, I don't understand why they were going for such extreme actions and reactions on both ends...Nakku is so much a sherni that she is putting up drunk acts to attain her goals and Dutta has to get drunk (all the time!?) to display that intensity of remorse? Maybe what I was wishing for was more understated progression...but they just made it all happen through one episode, by conveniently showing their biggest plot contrivance...Dutta's alcoholism.

All said and done though, MR and MV both acted really well. When there's been more time to forget the iffy foundation of this whole thing, I'm sure I'll be able appreciate it more. The most touching bit for me (despite all those mixed thoughts and feelings) was seeing him remember the 'wound' he gave her on the forehead and the regret which you can see in his eyes about it, a regret which didn't even need verbalization...MR at his best.

Originally posted by: make-believe

I'm going to go against the tide here...it was hard for me to stomach yesterday's episode. No, it wasn't bad and I didn't dislike it completely...but after I watched it, I felt lost and didn't know what to make of this whole 'track' which has been delivered in the most unconvincing of manners. I'm sure many can psychoanalyze whatever happened and even interpret it as poetic, but somehow it's just too twisted and patchy for me to reconcile with. I want to like it and there are some things I found really beautiful between DN yesterday, but the bad build-up and confusing rationalization for character behaviour is holding me back so much that I can't savour the aftermath as it's meant to be.

Of course, there is Nakku's skewed justification for her actions at the party...what I don't understand is that if she knew Kala wanted her to act drunk and humiliate herself, why didn't she just do the opposite and remain/act sober to completely invalidate the whole plan like it never existed? Why did she feel the need to go over the top, for the drunk acting, dancing, the public humiliation, the slap...yes, she was trying to use them as a 'catalyst' to speed up Dutta's inclination towards her, but one has to wonder, did she really need this catalyst? He was coming around just fine, it was going to happen in greater intensity through her subtle strength and confidence of action sooner or later, so she didn't need to make such a scene to manipulatively draw such reactions. The whole tamasha that happened at the party, was it really worth it to gain time in his 'return' to her? If I was a guest at the party, her explanations wouldn't have undone the warped behaviour from all people involved there and so, as a viewer too, I was left with mixed feelings and no sense of direction

The other thing that became a block for me was the fact that Dutta drank again. I know, this is what he does and it is justified within his character, but does Dutta have to be drunk everytime DN have a heart-to-heart? They wanted to show his raw remorse and vulnerability, and that would only come out in a state of intoxication, but again, was this really needed right now? He could have shown conflicted remorse (succumbing despite his best of efforts) in a state of soberness too and I would have much more preferred that because at least it would transition well between the conflicted Dutta we have been seeing and the remorseful Dutta we have on our hands now. I would have liked for him to be sober, maybe more in a state of silent shock, knowing and apologizing for his extreme reaction but still trying to retain that 'barrier' between them. But here, Dutta went drinking again to drown out his conflicts even after seeing how Nakku was bleeding, and when he came back home, he was the liability on her...while she was the one who needed care and attention for her bleeding arm, he was the one who had to be supported as he stumbled and nursed for a wound, when it should have been the other way around. It was unnerving for me to see her supporting Dutta around when her own arm was injured and bleeding. This gun-shot track was supposed to be about Nakku's pain and vulnerability and need for care. Why did it have to become about Dutta in such a manner? In this whole track, I don't understand why they were going for such extreme actions and reactions on both ends...Nakku is so much a sherni that she is putting up drunk acts to attain her goals and Dutta has to get drunk (all the time!?) to display that intensity of remorse? Maybe what I was wishing for was more understated progression...but they just made it all happen through one episode, by conveniently showing their biggest plot contrivance...Dutta's alcoholism.

All said and done though, MR and MV both acted really well. When there's been more time to forget the iffy foundation of this whole thing, I'm sure I'll be able appreciate it more. The most touching bit for me (despite all those mixed thoughts and feelings) was seeing him remember the 'wound' he gave her on the forehead and the regret which you can see in his eyes about it, a regret which didn't even need verbalization...MR at his best.