Dard Khud Hi Mere Ghaao Dhone Laga
Dard Ke Liye Main Na Roya
Lekin Dard Mujhe Chhu kar Khud Rone Laga..
I dont know what I felt yesterday exactly for my favorite protqgonist, did I feel sympathy or did I feel agony ? It is difficult to pinpoint but if it has to be summed up in one word-UNEASINESS. The suffering portrayed onscreen was unsettling andmakes me wonder - How does pain feel for itself when it cannot scream its hurt loud? Tab shayad dard khud hi aapni kismat me rone lagta hai. It was heart wrenching, bitter, unnerving to see a man shouting loudly inside in excruciating pain yet can only have calmness as his facade on exterior. Pain must have shedded those few tears for Rizwan Ahmed khan as no one was there as a companion except the ache in his senses, not even his beloved! Is this tragic or beyond that!
Is this man selfish or selfless? That question stays with me as I seee him suffering so much yet fail to scream out loud for help. Is he hiding his pain to protect his cover like a selfish, shrewd agent who wants to execute his mission to avenge at any cost? Or he is aching without a sigh like a selfless soul to not gift the same suffering to his loved ones? Is this for his vested interest to give justice to his compatriots as being a true patriot or is this his immense love for the child whom he nurtures like a true father? Is this uncomfortable duality ever going to leave Rizwan Ahmed khan ? I cant decipher.
Each frame yesterday was painful to watch. But few frames which stayed with me as I became perturbed - Rizwan hiding his bleeding leg while swallowing the scream as soon as Preet enetred the room and the way he filled his mouth with food. Was that his burning hunger or the nagging pain which he wanted to feed to get relief? It was heart wrenching to see! Another favorite would be when kavya unintentionally hit his leg by jumping on her dad just like a cuddling, adpring daughter do and all he can do is give a faint smile while soaking all his pain in one go! Iqbal Khan was sheer brilliance onscreen with his body language in that scene. Bravo ! Just few moments later he actually takes in kavya in a side hug while Preet was asking her to leave him alone! I find that holding the daughter within his embrace symbolic one! Kavya is his respite , his angel who can erase all his pain. So to sooth his physical ache he held his daughter close for feeling that touch thinking it will free him for a while! But the most striking one was Rizwan reading a fairytale while his wound was oozing blood and the camera pan from his bleefing leg to his pain stricken face saying -in the end it was known that he was not a beast but a prince ! A brilliant juxta position by the writers! A man living in nightmare reciting the words of fairytale for his daughter is indescribable in words. Was he reading the story of his own ? Only time will answer!
We have already accustomed to the fact that Pain lives within the protagonist of this story. That one emotion has been his ultimate companion from the day he became puppet in the hands of his fate. It seems pain and Rizwan ahmed khan is in symbiotic relationship, both needs eachother for their survival. Its mandatory. If one leaves the other, one w of the partner will die! But how long a man can endure this much pain and for what? Because he chose this pathe? Did he choose or destiny chose him by snatching every little happiness in his life , by offering darkness as his reality ? If I re, ember correctly Rizwan confessed to HIS Divine god-
pehle tune mujhe dard diya, phir us dard se nizaat paane ke liye ek maqsad diya!
Bit will he ever realise that by choosing a route which ends up inflicting pain on others can never give him any respite from his agony and suffering? Will there be a day when he will sleep in peace without hurting anymore and sleep will not be an escape for him! Will GOD ever lead him to a life where he can scream out loud with all his emotions finding a vpice finally! We can only wait to witness that. Till then let me say that yesterday I had one wish that atleast once Rizwan Ahmed khan engage himself in a conversation with his God saying -
Jiya tere dhang se main toh, tu hi tha maula, tu hi aan,
Maula mere le li meri jaan.
God has gifted him this life of suffering, hope he gives him the much needed freedom too so that he can live by embracing death!
P.S - the post will be incomplete if I do not mention the actor's performance. Iqbal khan was sheer brilliance onscreen. I am not capable one to praise his acting prowess as knowing absolutely nothing about the craft. So will just say THANK YOU and take a bow ! 👏 ⭐️