Originally posted by: tere_bin
Hi Shwetal,
Smiling during an intense situation doesnt sound like 'good acting" to me. But I am not saying that Gaurav is bad... he has proved to be worthy of playing Capt. Abhimanyu Rai Chauhan.
I think we (or just me) have not yet been able to analyse the situation properly. I have another perspective...
Remember, when Abhi was standing in front of BC and asking him for something which was annuled by Nair? That time we both had appreciated the palm clenching and a muted-sadness-exasperation expression of Abhi.
I think, here, it's to differentiate between the 2 times.
At that time, he wasnt sure whether what he asked for would be approved or not.
Today, he was so determined that he would do anything to get fair trial for the cadets. (Kaash wo us samay bhi itna he determined hota.)
He reminded me of the Rang De Basanti beginning... where McNelley's voiceover says... "I have met 2 kinds of men in my life... ones who meet their end in silence and sadness and the others who meet their ends fighting and violent....... and then I met the third kind"
... they show Siddharth's face which has determination and defiance in his eyes and his lips have a slight smile.
Even though there is no comparison between Siddharth's character and Abhi....... but the defiance and determination with the smile can be related to the scene we are talking about.
What do you say?
Hi Kanak. Thank you for the long answer sweetheart!
I never said that only this is good acting... i just said that it was a different way of doing things... i like it but it is not necessary that everyone should... personally i like it when things are done differently... which is why i end up noticing them.
Aur sweetheart woh uss samay determined nahi ho sakta tha... the plot needed Capt Rajveer to go away, because Rajeev Khandelwal was leaving.... they could have done a happy end and let him go or a sad one... the creative team, for reasons of their own, chose to show a sad end... once they decided that, then they had to show the cadets and Abhimanyu as failing... that is why at that time Abhimanyu, the character could not win that argument... and the scene you are talking about, the one with the clenched fist, was for a fair trial for Capt Rajveer.
Rang De Basanti... hmmmm... am thinking... good analogy i think, though i was not too impressed with Sidharth in RDB. Will probably need to see that scene in RDB again before i form any opinion. 😊
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