Sigh.
What do I say that has not been said already? I've already read all the wonderful posts about y'day's episode. About the LS, the actions and the symbolism and everything else.
I love it how LTL always leaves a lot of things unsaid. They leave it to us to guess what's going on in the character's mind. And aren't we all masters at speculating and predicting the future?!:D I guessed right, didn't I? Naku wasn't drunk after all. Her dance steps were too graceful for her to be drunk at all. Regarding the slap, I've already said that I found it justified. A man like Dutta wouldn't have stopped to think. He is impulsive, and that's what we love about him. Another thing, he always always regrets his actions once he cools down. Now this is the part of him I love. I love a man who has the guts to admit his mistake. If his admission had been public like the slap, I'd have found it fake. That had to be a private moment, when he tells her that he'd wronged her.
Boy, y'day's episode was flawless. From Kala's announcement, to Naku's defence..to their war of words! Oh man, the story's moving in the right direction! It's just another nanand-bahu war, but what makes it different is the treatment. Both of them are strong in their own way. Kala is shrewd, and reckless. Naku has courage and conviction in her love. We all underestimated Naku. I loved all of her dialogues y'day. The way she gave it to Kala. The tedhi dum wala dialogue had me in splits.I bet NOBODY's ever talked to Kala like that!
Coming to TaSha. *sigh of contentment*
When I see this couple, there's this strange restlessness, this giddy feeling I get. And yet, at the end of it all, they leave me contented. That is what they do to each other too. Madness fades away, the flames of passion die too...but a love that touches the innermost recesses of your soul and leaves you calm, that is the kind of love that lives on. Y'day's episode was symbolic of the peace and contentment Dutta's slowly finding. I knew Kavita would come up with a post on how Naku satiates Dutta's hunger, and feeds his soul. Yes, that is what Naku did. The scene was beautifully shot. From him trying to rummage for food, to her instinctively knowing that he needs her....sigh..
When he asked her to feed him, that symbolized his longing for her love. Like they say, maa ke khaane me pyaar hota hai. Same way here, Naku is all that for him. Mother, lover, friend...she is everything. ANd hence, when she feeds him, she fills all the empty spaces in his soul. He has yearned for this kind of love, all his life. The fact that Dutta was sprawled on the floor, with her next to him...it made this scene all the more magical. There's this primitiveness about his love for her.
What did I feel when I saw that scene? Two lines from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem sum up my thoughts:
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
That is how sweet it was...the moment was poignant, so everyday-ish, so like a husband and wife. It was like they have loved each other forever.
The bedroom scene too was haunting in its own way. He's inebriated, seemingly out of his senses, but he can sense her pain. Which makes me feel that Dutta is his true self, without any masks, only when he's drunk. He says what he feels, both hateful words, and words of love. Dutta's regret was evident in those words. I somehow get this feeling that he's gonna say that he's not worthy of her now. I loved it that he remembered all the times he's hurt her.
Naku leaving him in the morning made me sad. She remembered all those instances when he has woken up and lashed out at her for being there. So probably, she thinks that all his affection was because he was drunk, and when he's back to normal again, he'll be angry and hurt. So, she decided to leave him in peace. Now this scene, strangely, gives me hope. Naku thinks he still hates her. But when Dutta wakes up, I bet he'll remember last night. And his eyes will seek her unerringly. Ab toh wo laakh inkaar kare, he will not be able to stop himself from looking at her, or loving her. He's got it bad now. As if the party scene wasn't proof enough. The way he kind of looked at her, when she was looking at him...ufff....if a guy looked at me like that, I'd melt into a puddle. Sigh.
CVs, thank you, once again, for giving me this heart-wrenchingly soulful story. All my life, I've waited to read/hear/see one story that would move me like nothing else. I've searched for it not knowing what I was searching for. My search has ended. I have found that story in LTL. I hope this story turns out to be even more fulfilling in the coming days. I want it to go on, for a long long time.
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