new arshi vm: the proposal - Page 2

Originally posted by: indi52

7am, i am standing and gaping at your comment.

indu, thank you.

had to wake up early, thought i'd check the thread and i read this... indu, i am touched and moved and totally thrilled you enjoyed the vm so much.

couldn't agree with you more about what you say of asr khushi and music. they don't need an additional layer, not really. especially if you want to delve into the love story, the emotions. somehow between there acting and raju singh's unbelievably good music for a serial, everything is there, all the music you need.

and their shots... uff, if one is a good storyteller, there's just so so much in their shots them selves.

the whole forced wedding thing throws me into disarray and delight... i don't know if i'll ever get the right words to describe those. this proposal... beautifully directed and shot and presented but just look at the actors telling the tale of their characters. barun sobti's voice... his bursts of expression then the closing up of the face. the incredulity on khushi's face turning to consternation and then dawning horror... but there's always more... so much.

that's what made sure i could hate no one while this hateful thing went on... you felt the layer of another set opf emotions beneath. ufff.

thanks so much and if i do get a bit of these two characters, i am so grateful.

i thoroughly loved making this vm. if i had more knowledge and skill, bet it could have been even better. the raw material is excruciatingly good.

Originally posted by: InspiredSoul

First of all, can I hug you? You, ARE, my most favorite writer on this forum - for the way you get ASR. And now my admiration for you went up a few more notches higher! Your understanding of the character of ASR reflects - like a reflection in a clear mirror - in this beautiful VM.

As for this VM - I don't have enough words to praise.

His expressions at 3.30-3.40 when she agrees to marry - a clenching of his jaw due to his tight control on his emotions, a gulp indicating the cry of love he swallowed in before it escaped his lips, a fluttering and a blink of his eyelids in pain on seeing her tears, a breath expelled in relief that she will be his', and that expression on his face - a kaleidoscope - of his disgust at his own self, his love for her that can't seem to diminish, his anger for the way fate again played with his life, his anguish for finally declaring his love for her wrapped in hate and pain ...

That moment filled with those minute fleeting expressions on his face is enough for me - I don't need an entire serial or thousands of episodes - that moment captured the essence of his character and his love for her!

All I could see in that proposal was a helpless man hopelessly, irrevocably in love, who till the last drop of his bleeding soul, would do everything in his power to keep his love - and a selfless woman who gives herself up to this man because her love is unconditional and even if it is hateful, it is still a life with him ...

It is so easy to die in love - like a Heer-Ranjha, like a Laila-Majnu, like a Romeo-Juliet - but to live for your love and for the one you love, through everything that life throws at you, that for me is the ultimate love - the love of Arnav-Khushi ...

And in the presence of such powerful, eternal love, there is no need for superfluous words such as "I Love You" or "Will You Marry Me." ...

Thank you, for capturing these moments and creating a masterpiece that I will watch again and again!

- IS

Originally posted by: indi52

okay, before i turn the entire comment pink, inspired soul, i am speechless at what you say. thank you for liking my writing. you really like the way i see asr? he is just such a man. both timeless and of this moment... and the layers in him, endless. he reaches me, no idea why.. sometimes i think, surely soem good will come of all this madness.

you know that 3:30 point you mention, uff what a moment and how he split every strand of the overriding emotion there. i had actually missed that on many viewings (yeah, i miss things all the time, maybe because i am so flying madly inside, i can't concentrate 😆)... but a few days back suddenly i saw it and i think that is where this vm idea got started. so clearly the feeling you beautifully described was portrayed. oh i love the way you write... a kaleidoscope, yes always that, myriad and yet one. everything there in this proposal was love. in all its shades and demands.

and for that comment about lovers who did not die but lived through all of it... are you my twin? and this one i totally want to hug you back for. a quote read as a teenager that often plays back in my mind... "it takes courage to live not to die."

most big love stories end on death and a clinging sense of tragedy. even my so fave "love story". but here no one had to die. no tragedy, a sense of pure joy, euphoria. something indomitable. there's a touching of the true nature of love in ipk that always floored me. and many things delved into were entirely true and inspired. to live with each other and face the full shebang of love... yes, that is what made it the ultimate love story, to use your word.

thanks for watching and i hope i did pm my latest chapters to you... 🤗

Originally posted by: Horizon

Inspired, glad to see you here my friend. This is a brilliant piece .. isn't it.. exactly the way we (would like to) see that man and that dark wedding..

Thank you for mentioning that precise moment at 3.30 ...the myriad emotions engulfing him.. the way you did..beautiful capture. The underlying connotation. his unguarded inability to see her with any one.. perhaps in the heat of the moment he didn't realize that striking truth .since that frenzied middle of the road "ofcousre farq padtha hai dammit" .. his literal ascent up the stairs that day to the terrace .. of his brazen possessiveness for her..

And what you said about their peerless love .. beautiful..

Miss your writings Inspired..

Originally posted by: InspiredSoul

Love that quote - "it takes courage to live not to die" - I think, leaving aside everything else, the one thing that I truly liked in ASR is what I admire in the men in my life too - the courage to deal with the pain, hardships, drudgery, heartbreaks that life throws at you without feeling the need to dull or dilute that with either alcohol, smoke or drugs. It takes courage to not just live, but to live while experiencing the entire rainbow of emotions with equanimity.

The two men I love - my father and my hubby - are like that. You may call me old fashioned, or a prude, or opinionated, but I love a man who faces his fears and pain without resorting to the dulling haze of alcohol. And I loved it that ASR was never shown drinking or smoking or dallying. He faced everything head on, never cowered in a corner, nor did he ever indulge in self pity. He shouted, screamed, cried, but still went on living - taking care of his Di, working, and living with Khushi in the same room - he never ran away - either from his responsibilities or from his bleeding heart. Same with Khushi - she always bounced back - resilient, full of spirit, and when she could not, she still accepted the pain with a dignity that made me want to give a standing ovation.

Well, I think I am going off tangent here, and entering controversial waters!

These two characters and their love story - have so much to teach - if only we can manage to take eyes off their sizzling chemistry 😊

Hugs back to you, Indi - your twin - I would be honored!

I found two soul sisters on this forum - Ipoona and Horizon, and now you! 😊