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The above to me is chemistry in it's rawest form. Hardly a dialog, just music and are barely touching. But this is a master class in what chemistry and acting is IMO. Two people who are masters at this and are totally in sync with each other and it rarely happens. The thing is in this movie, Kajol has chemistry with Salman as well, but not like this.
Chemistry is for me that which elevates an ordinary movie into something extra ordinary. Like DDLJ. What is so special about it ? Nothing, except these two and yet it still speaks to two generations now. But it was completely missing in MNIK as it should be because he was playing a person with Asperger's and unless Kajol was playing someone with Asperger's it would be ridiculous if they had chemistry. So definitely role dependent IMO.
SRK has gestures he does with all his heroines, the eye contact, the Jesus pose and it does create chemistry. But no one matches him like Kajol. No one, at least for me.
Deepika and Ranveer are a strange case. The chemistry was in your face in Ram Leela, but it was lessened BM. But I think it was because PC and Ranveer had the unexpected chemistry that came out of nowhere. So it could be scene dependent and how they act in that moment, how they are directed too.
Raj Kapoor and Nargis are just beautiful together because of the chemistry. It just smacks you in the face though it goes up and down. But they did have a romantic relationship so that could be a factor too.
Chemistry is something you will see though. IPKKND is something I never knew existed and I am not much of a TV viewer, but long after it ended I saw 2 or 3 minutes of it on YT and it smacked me in the face. The two actors don't seem to be able to recreate it with others from what little I saw of their work. But if it is there, TV or movies it makes it just beautiful.
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