MN VM Gallery#2-Ankhoki Gustakiya, Jaane Yeh-pg 49 - Page 30

As I have said before, life is a series of successive moments and each moment is a lifetime.

That moment Mayank removes that red dupatta from across Nupur, her face and being, that one moment encompasses many lifetimes and is worth many more.

It is as if he is asking her to remove that 'parda' between them, that distance and barrier. The song is about the closeness of two souls not merely 'do jism' or 'do jaan.' He seeks to be as close as the companionships of nature, which thereby adorn each other in their own lights, which thereby imbue each other in their own beauty and which thereby become dependently independent; two and yet one. Each line, like from 'Jitne paas paas saagar ke lehar' becomes like 'Saagar ki Lehar' like 'Mayank ki Nupur'; the melody of their moving, their entwined embrace; his earthly hold and hold over her ethereal freedom, his mighty restraint and resignation towards her wildness.

It is also as if he is asking her to remove that 'veil' that is preventing her from seeing the truth of his being, that he is in love with her, enamoured, enchanted and endeared, forever.

It also reminds me of that moment in Khuda Jaane, that 'hatke' act as she passes her hand over his 'aching' face 'yeh tumhe na jaane kya hua.' [That is another moment, another piece :P]

However for me, this moment is about haya, Mayank's and Nupur's, the translucent 'RED' duppatta. Mayank never reaching out to touch, any other, against Nupur's carefree touch of friendship upon any that would offer; yet both understanding the intimacy of belonging to another's heart, but first they must relinquish their willful stubborn attachment to independent independence. It is not about personal gratification but about closeness to his beloved, wanting her to seek that closeness too; BUT alas for their haya, that pull of respectfulness, that bashfulness at intimacy.

It is also about him asking her to remove that rosy red emotion of haya, to look him in the eyes, to witness the sincerity of his love, AND by that love to move closer to him, his soul and his heart.

He is asking himself too, to remove that haya that is between him and his love, for in truth he knows that neither of their hayaa would allow for them to move closer, but someone MUST take the next step, AND it must be him NOT only because he was the first to understand their own truth, but because he was her lover.

Originally posted by: -Jess-

^^ Sabah... you just made my day... I was waiting for someone to notice those editing details and scenes I chose with expressions.

And like always... you perfectly caught those details.

But I'm still nervous for my perfectionist friend's approval of this VM. She said she loved it...umm.. but I think she was envisioning a little different version.

Sweetu... no peaking in our conversation...😆