Been following this forum for 2-3 months now, first reply here. Couldn't resist commenting on the Arudeep debate.
Earlier when II started, during the Govinda episode days, my wife used to be the one teasing about Arudeep and I would comment saying that this is just on-stage chemistry between two good artists. Then 2-3 months ago, around the same time I started following IF, I also started following PD and AK on Instagram, and then came the fan pages. Having now seen their off-stage chemistry, their body language, and so on, I now definitely believe something more is at play here.
As you follow fan pages and comments in IG, you learn about small tiny things that fans notice - and then you go and verify that yourself. How their actions are in sync, how the nuances are communicated through eye-sights, non-verbal communication between them, etc. For example in one of the live interview how AK knows PD is looking for his phone when he has only just glanced to his side without making any obvious hand movement. Then the things about the jacket, phone, ring, masks (Piyazz has pointed out in other threads), PD protecting AK from some random selfie hunter during the Octopus event. The famous Ashaji episode where AK was so intently watching PD - you can find this all over the IG fan pages. How AK is always the happiest when PD does well and most concerned when he is signing singing a song we know is going to be difficult for him. Innumerable bread crumbs that join together to form a trail of evidence.
And their music. Anoushka or somebody mentioned in a thread and I agree - how much they are on cue even when singing ex tempore and unrehearsed. It is as if their heart beat is in sync. You can see this in all the clips for the Octopus event floating around, or even in the unrehearsed O Saathi Re during the Antakshari in the finale. Their voices match as if the universe sat with a tuning fork to create two a pairs pair of matching vocal cords.
I have told my wife - these two always remind me of how she and I fell in love when we first met. Those of you who have been there know what I mean - you just know this is it. There are no questions, no doubts.
Sorry, long and perhaps a bit over the top. But I genuinely believe these two are destined to be together. I sincerely pray that God gives them the maturity to handle the different trajectories that their careers are bound to take.
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