Dear Arshi,
A very neat and amusing summing up, as always.
Kamalahaasan used to joke that it did not matter to him who his heroine was, as he could romance even a wooden chair. I was reminded of that quip as I watched Rudra and Maya on Thursday night. The way she looks at him out of the corner of her eyes is acutely irritating, as is much else, and the
jodi does not merit even your 5/10. Gautam tries his best, but it was only partially successful, for it must be tough having to act for two, as you noted some time back.
The fleeting instant where he was fully back in form was not during these so-called love scenes. It was when he was standing with Daadi, looking with evident contentment and vicarious pride (both set my teeth on edge, but let that pass😉) at Maya doing more
seva - she has now graduated to hand feeding old ladies who could have polished off the whole plateful without her assistance😉. And of course
paavn dabofying her
sasumaa to be.
Daadi looks sideways at Rudra, her eyes conveying her abundant satisfaction with the latest and best candidate for membership of the Brahma Nisht Panth. He looks back at her shyly, and then he ducks his head and smiles ever so little, partly to himself and partly to her. It was delightful.
As was the other moment a little later, when Daadi points out her
pota to Maya, who looks across at Rudra in startled recognition. He looks down, sideways, anywhere but back at her. It was very quick and very convincing.
I am allergic to bahu lene aayi thi beti le ja rahi hoon and khandaani kangan scenes (though those kangans were very pretty! ) and the Daadi-Maya segment was so sappy most of the time that I began to feel queasy. I suppose this will continue on Monday over the bhutta. The Lord save us from this overdose of treacle and molasses! 😡
As for Daadi, I am waiting for her to trot along to the 'Veshes, and announce, in hopeful tones:
Rudra aur Maya ek ho rahe hain, aur aapke aashirwaad ki apeksha rakhte hain!! Topping that off with a flowery reference to Maya's mother, who was like a beti to her, and who had hoped for the same BNP-SSP merger. Naanu will not bat an eyelid - while quietly getting Balivesh to take out a post-Mahakumbh supari for the couple, as MaddyO suggested! - but Balivesh will very likely burst a blood vessel!
But with all the shindy about Ganga getting shot ( presumably on Monday but could be any time up to Thursday judging from past practice re: precaps! ), this momentous scene might well be postponed. Pity, for it would have been so splendid!
Then again, I had taken it for granted that at least in a mytho-thriller, one would escape the normally mandatory scene in front of the ICU. But it seems that even that modest hope is to be belied😡 .
Yes, Charles, how could I forget him? That whole scene was ridiculous. Why on earth does Shivanand invite the other 3 down to his hideout at all? Charles, in particular,seeing how crassly unconcerned he is about his
garudatva? Shiva might not have known about Charles' crush on Katharine, but even so, it was a very ill-judged move.
In fact, while I could understand why he brought her there - as he has no other private place - what I could not understand was why he tied only her hands, not her feet as well, and why he did not give her the knock out injection straightaway, to last till he had decided what to do with her next.
And how does Shivanand believe that she will not betray this hideout to Greyerson? The DM and Prof. Rao have known about her being in contact with Greyerson from her phone, and surely they must have told Shivanand. Just because she is a
garuda, how can he assume that she will not immediately lead Greyerson to this vital secret, as Charles must have taken her out of the
baudi entrance and she would have noted the location carefully?
It is as if Shivanand had said to Greyerson & Co.:
Do come in, folks, and make yourself comfortable while it insert the rudrakshas and show you how to operate the Garuda Positioning System. Hardly the kind of irresponsibility and lack of security consciousness that someone in his position, the lynchpin of the Save the Amrit project, should display.😡
Shyamala
Edited by sashashyam - 10 years ago
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