Originally posted by: sashashyam
My dear Mandy,
I have just finished luxuriating in the velvet touch of all that lavish praise, for which I do not know how to thank you adequately, and so I shall not even try. Now I am ready for serious business.
Yes, the Arjun-Purvi track is flat and dull now. I think the team that wrote the earlier scenes, the airport one, the rain sequences in the park and on the bridge, even the ones in his kholi, is not there any more. They could never be writing this pedestrian stuff, which is being shot with bad angles to match, from the back of the car for the last two. It is not Purvi whose behaviour is due to her having been bashed on the head, it is the CVs, and we are suffering the consequences.
The tone of the Arjun-Purvi scenes of late is what Victorian novelists would have called 'arch', a kind of fake coquetry that was thought proper in those days, Just listen once more to Purvi complaining about Arjun having said "Tumse shaadi karke hi chodoonga". It is plain silly and so affected.And you are right, Jyoti,that little girl voice of hers is becoming much of a muchness in these scenes. There is not an iota of tenderness or real warmth, or any realisation of what they have achieved in finally being together as a couple.
Purvi's rishta nibhana is so irritating that one wants to box her ears. She actually asks Arjun how he can talk like that about her cousin! And what is all this about abandoning one's ego to preserve rishtas? Where does the ego come into this? And is destroying a girl's reputation by circulating an MMS about her a galti? It is a crime under the IPC. But then, Purvi sees even kidnapping for ransom as a galti, so what is an MMS? I am now convinced that she deserves every bit of the disaster that awaits her.
The only thing I regret is that she will drag Arjun down along with her because of her folly. Perhaps he deserves it too, for letting her take him for granted. He was not consulted about this dinner, and he would have been perfectly within his rights to refuse to go there, and it would have been a salutary lesson for Purvi as well.
I have always felt that she never loved or loves him as much as he loves her; fair enough, for some women have all the luck. But that does not mean that she can drag him around to places against his will and without even asking him, and then disregard his feelings and his warnings in such a cavalier manner.
Compare this with the way in which Archana behaves with Manav, and you will see the difference. Those two, with all their faults, and the way in which Archana failed him when he needed her the most, love each other equally.
As for the essential ingredients of a touching love scene, Mandy, your list is a good one. But there can be other sorts that are just as heart-warming.Please take a look at my post describing some such in Jyothi's Badhaai Ho! thread. The scenes from that serial continue to be very, very good, and Arjun-Purvi these days are a distant second. It is not the fault of the actors; if such an AAA pair is wasted on such stale stuff, what else can one expect? But the end result is still BAD.
Shyamala
QUOTE=mandy321]Dear Shyamalaji,
Your post made me to watch PR again.Your beautiful analysis is the only sane thing about PR. I completely love it and the fragrance of your words lingers long and addictive:)this is what makes me to come back to this forum too. Thank you for your post.
We know a love track should contain conflict.Conflict in each love scene as the relationship between the pair progressed and built toward the crisis.( but the way Purvi is going it is completely either they are making - selective memory loss- rare side effect of head injuries when the victim loses certain parts of his/her memory- which Purvi never had or if they want to make the slapped of that goon so strong that equals side effect of head injuries ' we can understand because in PR world neither logic nor law can come in between) If they are going to show Purvi having early signs or warning of dementia that's totally a different case altogether.
In Praise of Rithvik & Asha :Rithvik made us feel the anguish of Purvi when he kissed her forehead Purvi jerked away from him as she was too shocked and felt the worst of worst.Rithvik made us feel every accelerated heartbeat, every nervous flutter, and every agonizing moment of uncertainty when Purvi left the office after the MMS incident.Who can speak volumes with her eyes and unspoken sorrows like Asha!
ARVI now -
It is almost like there is cut and paste scene from one track to another.They are also going down ArMaan's lane. There are so many repeated ones as far as I heard from many of the viewers here (though personally I haven't seen any of Armaan's tracks till now) there are just holding hands,same old dialogue.All of their earlier unique chemistry and beauty are just getting evaporated slowly and steadily. It is a dastak to the CV. The intensity disappeared somewhere along the way.
Dialogue is a wonderful tool in a love scene. A touch of teasing dialogue can dispel a woman's (or a man's) nervousness, a bit of tender dialogue can make an awkward moment less awkward, a whispered endearment can banish fear. Dialogue also helps the hint at an action without having to physically describe the action.We see now (starting with Purvi creating a gap)
They are trying to force the scene (Soham ' a la Valmiki in haste as you have pointed out at the expense of Purvi looking demented/delusion) They also have flushed out her experiences and intelligence.
The couple ARVI shouldn't be separated in a trivial manner.It would be the height of the moronic affair after all that Arjun and Purvi has gone through.Cheap separation is not call of the moment.We have witnessed one of the cheapest demand made already.
If they could avoid cliched phrases and euphemisms instead aim for variation and imaginative language, to beware of over-dramatization and overflowing with tears ' Maharashtra has enough problem with flood please don't create it more.
Humor could help PR too ( Rithvik is one of the best persons to enact witty scene and Asha compliments the humor Rithvik naturally have ' their off screen segments are great samples of that.I still love Arvi and wish they could dig ARVI's treasure and realize how precious they are and that's what makes Pavitra Rishta. I wish they don't destroy the only hope,the only positive "Rista" in the name of twist and separation.
I know I might be just talking to myself or just hearing my own echo but I will continue with my plea as long as you continue to post here:)
Thank you for your sweet aroma here:)
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