Originally posted by: whynot
Hi there. Lirh you are doing a great job and i'm sure everyone will second me on that one.
Thanks Shevtal😳
As for the 'maang bharo sajna' scene, i have only one observation to make... we're all saying it was very filmi... but what about lrl is not filmi?.... this whole 'haraami' thing, najaayaz hoon isliye duniya mujhe nahi samajhti is so Laawaris.... then the whole track about Neelu pregnant with someone else's child is also so 70s ka film.... Nothing is lrl is ever shot realistically, its usually very stylised....
Agreed that there is filmy inspiration in lrl but it is realistic too esp the illegitimate child & young criminal. The society is harsh and unforgiving.I wld not mind this except the sloppy mediocre dialogues.
What i am trying to say is that we should always look at something within its context.... ab agar Sholay/Golmaal ko realistically assess karne baithenge, toh bahut loopholes niklenge.... and yet i can watch these films over and over again.
I am not saying we put logic into it there is cinematic licence but that desnt mean ki "aap aam ke pedh (tree) par khajoor ugao". In these movies the scene is larger than life lekin absurd nahi hai. Golmaal - You do find look alike twins which is credulous, the incidents are make believe reality.
So here the question to ask is not 'is this ridiculous?'... of course this is ridiculous.... but the question should then be 'within the filmi framework, is this done badly or well?'....
Correct ques, the answer is its done very badly.
and i thought Gaurav did the scene well.... (when he said 'i appoint you royal gaurd', for a minute Eklavya flashed through my mind).... i just think that he is portraying nobility well.... when Saif does it well, its less surprising because it comes naturally to him.... i think a certain kind of regal arrgance also comes naturally to Gaurav.... but even then he is getting the nuances of it right.
Chalo that was my devil's advocate take on this. Tell me what you think.
I havent seen Eklavya so cant comment but the lrl scene was irrelevant and asinine.