Originally posted by: Beyhad
So IMHO I feel Monaya were overscored yesterday night. Keeping in mind the level of choreography and the subsequent execution , it didn't deserve more than a 24 at best .My reasoning for it as follows
Where's the "Nach" - Isn't this supposed to be "Nach" Baliye? So I want to know where in the world was the "Nach"..where was the dancing? All I saw was lifts and running around with bizarre expressions .Is that what you call "Nach"? Is contemporary all about lifts? I'm afraid not .Even their transition from one step to another was very shoddy and lacked grace. And in some places they went to the next step without even completing the first.What they did yesterday was just an unpardonable slaughter of the contemporary dance form rather 🥱
The connect- I remember many years ago watching Hussain-Tina a couple on this same show perform a contemporary emotional act on the Hindu-Muslim riots . It was a heart wrenching one and I could feel a lump in my throat at the end of it ,the images remained in my head for a long time much after the act was over ,such was the impact and connect . But yesterday I remember sitting and watching the entire act of Monaya's and not being able to feel for them or connect with them.They had no impact on me whatsoever.And Mohit's peculiar expressions from time to time just made things worse.
Another thing that got to me was their post-performance rona dhona . The worst part about these reality shows is less reality and more staged gimmicks. Why can't we just stick to the act and scores rather than focussing on people's tears after a performance. I'm not here for the drama, I'm here for the dance so just get to it and cut the crap already 🥱
Not answering the rest of your post since that's your opinion ... I saw enough dance ... more than I've seen in other emotional acts, more than i saw in the other emotional act this week even ... but that's your opinion. For me both emotional acts, Sanaya-Mohit's and Bharati's, had enough dance ... but more than that, they connected because i was personally invested in both ...
I had close relatives holed up in a room in one of the hotels under attack for four days ... by the last day, they had one apple left to eat, and no idea how many days that one apple had to last them before ...if ever ... they were rescued. Sanaya and Mohit's act brought back the terror of those days ... and how helpless and anguished the rest of the family felt that we were unable to do a thing to help them. The way they hid in the cupboard? My relatives actually did that when they heard voices in the corridor outside. They had children waiting for them too ... fortunately they made it out back to them.
I don't think it was milking the event ... I think we need to remind ourselves periodically about those days, and how lucky we are to be safe where we are. I know my relatives never forgot how lucky they were to be rescued when so many others lost their lives during those 4-5 terrible days.
But regarding what you term 'post performance rona dhona' ... I guess you missed Sanaya's words after the act ... she was at the spot where the attacks happened ...one of the encounters took place under her balcony at her building ... she saw the firing herself. Their balcony was open ... for all they knew, any one of the terrorists could have entered any of the buildings around. Some did ... not theirs, but another one close by. Those buildings are old, have huge open balconies, and have no security whatsoever. Sanaya and her family were under threat, in real danger, so were all the people in those buildings around.
I don't think ANYONE can ever completely forget something like that. To term it post performance rona dhona is, I feel, being not only unkind but very unfeeling. I am appalled that an Indian ... as I presume you are ... can even think this way.
Edited by DiyaS - 8 years ago
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