Odd and unexpected but I really enjoyed the episode. As a matter of fact so did my kids who went about cheering RK everytime he delivered a punch.
A few days back I was ranting that they gave Ballu an easy death and I wanted my pound of flesh, I wanted him to suffer. However after seeing today's episode, I was appeased. Ballu raised hell ...Balraj style and it was time for him to exit the story...the fact that his chuhiya biwi killed him is cause for enough shame on his part given the mindset he has.
I agree that the sequence was not necessarily logical but then when I don't question the logic in "Ek Tha Tiger" or "Dabangg"or "Son of Sardar", why would I demand it of a tv show. I agree that the sequence had several bloopers and some parts seemed unnecessarily dragged but still it was a praiseworthy effort. The star of today's show were Ballu, RK , Madhu and Sikky.
There were some very subtle touches that I liked-
1)Rk provides an explanation on why he is able to pull off action sequence so well - he does his own stunts. Given the ego,agression and confidence RK sports, I never expected him to use his brain and use his car to fight or play possum when the goons started to leave. From a certain perspective he is an alpha male and someone has dared to threaten his family and his love, his agression and instinct has taken over-he needs to hit and beat something up. Made complete sense to me.
2)Lot of people have commented on the quality of dance -I actually found the unpolished chawani chap dance very realistic. Ballu did not invite professional dancers, he probably picked the girls from some shady dance bar so thier steps were perfectly in alignment with thier character.
3)The moments when Madhu was hanging by the noose were terrifying. Rk does not free her, she does it on her own though I wondered why she did not try that before probably she needed to see RK getting beat up to give her the necessary push. I also liked that when she gets down there is a sheen of tear in her eyes and she takes a minute to gather herself gagging and coughing - again very realistic . She actually rest her head on the pillar trying to breathe until she realizes that RK is still getting beaten up and jumps back into the fray.
4)Seeing Madhu with rope around her neck must have triggered some really bad memories in RK. He seemed to be on autopilot when beating Ballu up until Madhu brings him to his senses. I liked that Madhu's smile turned into apprehension and then fear as she clocked on RK and realized what he meant to do. I alos liked the fact that instead of shouting RK ruko...she actually holds his arm and caresses it almost as if trying to calm him down.
5)I liked the fact that as the time went on you see Padmini's changing avatar- she is shocked and scared in the beginning, then she proceeds to begging...and then demanding ...at the end she is practically threatening Ballu.Her rage begans to take over so much so that it gives her strength to pick up a gun and shoot her husband.
6)Almost everyone was in character- Bhatias are not aware of the backstory nor are they aware of chaudhary riches. All they know is that Madhu's dad was an evil man and Paddo ran away in order to protect her daughters. As expected Radha tries to buy Ballu with money at first, she closes her eyes scared when RK is hit. Kukuji too seemed a little taken aback and sad when he thought RK had died.Maybe he is not such a bad man, maybe he did marry Radha with good intentions but years of insults from RKand Radha's singleminded obsession with RK has made him what he is today. Sikki seemed concerned for his stepbrother and Madhu though he decided to dance to Gazar ne kiya hai ishara. Dips looked pleased and happy though a little aggravated until she saw RK charge in. I thought I saw hints of jealousy and concern when she saw Rk take a beating for Madhu. Rishbala's obsession, trust and pride in each other was very obvious today. Almost everyone seemed to be counting on RK including Trishna.
7)Balraj has been aware of this marraige for last 9 days,I am not surprised that he made arrangements for all the firepower along with the Rocket launcher. Also liked that RK got hit by it, I have always wondered how heroes seem to come out unscathed in face of such firepower in movies.
8) Bittuji does come with police so I guess RK did call him up before he dialed Madhu back.
9)RK's face when the gunshot sounds and he sees blood on Madhau's face. It felt like someone has closed his oxygen tank.
10) Loved Ballu's dialogues and they were delivered with righ amount of oomph.
11)The general mayhem during the beatings when Madhu covers RK's back.
There were few things I did not get
1)Where did the swing come from on the venue...I do not remember seeing it when the Maliks and Bhatias walked in. I guess Dammad and FIL are more alike than they would like to admit. One drags rocking chair of his father everywhere he goes, other travels with a swing set,his amma loved.😆
2)Why did we have female constable in the police party that arrives with Bittuji?
3)Still struggling to understand why Ballu was so cool about killing RK when he has been needing RK so far.
4)I had hoped Shamsher would break the column Dharam style but then that would probably be taking the bollywood style too far.
I can't wait to see
1) How this changes equations between the characters
2)How they find Roma
3)Future of Shamini marraige and Trishna.
4)Next major track in the storyline
Edited by dramacrazy12 - 12 years ago
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