Irony of 'The Act'

'Act' , the word that personifies a form of art, a form of expression, also ironically signifies a disguise of the true persona and sadly a curse of misinterpretation.

Art - A connoisseur of art, with a gift of the word , to express the unexpressed, the man is a victim of his passion , as his voice gives away , in his attempt to reach out to the world out there...; Mr Deshpande , a victim of his passion...to 'Act'

Disguise - A sound mind, bruised ego , misconceptions galore and a dash of envy; camouflage with it a near perfect alter ego and turn super savvy! Mr Rahul Grewal ... a victim of his own resent ... resorting to 'The Act' , screaming out , 'Look At Me'

Curse - Savvy, intelligent, empathic, bratty....with the perfect attitude; Personified the word... Dude. Emotions thwarted, expressions mocked, happiness sapped, he trudges along, nursing a broken heart, letting go of a sweet gal , who turned rude...

Dr Armaan, the man who had it all, who gave his all, only to be thwarted by one , who'd be responsible for his fall....;A victim of his preceding repute, he stands morose, his anguish a pretence , 'An Act' , to her misguided eye...

Expression.. a boon unto the misunderstood, talent unto the connoisseurs of art; For he shall do justice unto 'The Act', as the world shall watch the diguises fade and pretenders drop 'The Act', while the accursed breaks free from the bane of 'The Act'

Its all in the interpretation they say, the wise; For indeed it is .... Irony of 'The Act'

- Sareeta

and the forum wakes up!!!! gooooooooooooooooooood morning DMG!!!!

👏 Very well put in Sareeta!!! 👏 👏 .. And Arti said DMG forum wakes up 😆 😆 😳
Between Arti where is your note for the day?? 😳
Hav'nt seen you pinning down for a while!!
I feel you both are twinni for this forum. and great minds think alike Sareeta and Arthi 😳 👏 👏

wow sareeta....so well written....u leave me stunt sumtme
keep it up.. itz amazing 😃

@ india05...you missed egg on, scramble up? look it up...

All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players:They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts…

-William Shakespeare

I am reminded almost immediately of this soliloquy from As You Like It. And how true it stands for all of us. We play several roles in life and it is the grease paint that we don for our parts that controls and manipulates the reactions of the audience. The puppet master above pulls strings and makes his wooden dolls dance to his tunes, each movement is coordinated and reciprocated by another from the other players. And in this well orchestrated performance of life, each puppet rises to his own act and in doing so governs the actions of his co-performers.

So while we watch and wait with bated breath to see how Rahul and Armaan's rivalry is to unfold, will Rahul forever nurse that grudge he carries within or will he see Armaan for the person he is now…there is a glimmer of hope in that cough. Perhaps Nana is yet to play his role. Maybe not in terms of bringing our love birds together, but in making Rahul see and respect Armaan for the doctor he is.

Will the grease paint run in the torrential downpour of emotion, illness and professional concerns?

And to end another from the man of drama himself…subverting it a little…

If drama be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.

- William Shakespeare

Aarti: Spot on, I knew you'd pick on the essence of the post. The glimmer of hope in the cough... is more than hope as I saw it, it was almost like...Nana screaming..."Oh Alright... if the first act screwed it all up... the second is jus gonna perfet, for its not act, its real! "

On a more serious note, I guess ,irrespective of the bike incident, Rahul will get to see a different facet of Armaan as a doctor, that he possibly has not been a witness to before and what better way for two people to let bygones be bygones, on the foundation of immense respect for each other... and their sensibilities!

@ sareeta...see the thing is, while i got the essence of your post, i am still not sure that is the way this will go! i do not credit that kind of intelligence to the creatives. remember how much faith we placed on them that rahul and muskaan will but be journeys of armaan and ridhima down the path of realising what and who they want? looks like it is going to be the juvenile jealousy track.

and so in that light, i do not think the creatives will let go of this one-up-manship between rahul and armaan any time soon. armaan has had no one to actually compete with him so far. this rivalry is here to stay by the looks of it. even unexpressed respect, i think is too much to expect from the creatives.

but, as always, i will only say tumhare muh mein ghee, shakkar ya jo bhi pasand ho!!!

Awesome as usual. Just wanted to say the irony will be on the damsel for when the pretender is exposed and the act falls into place for her the curse would have been lifted and the curtains come down. When she deigns to perform, the stage would be all hers but alas the gallery would be empty and the cast long gone home.

Originally posted by: ginak

When she deigns to perform, the stage would be all hers but alas the gallery would be empty and the cast long gone home.

So very true, the misunderstood soul , shall have the last laugh!!!

Loved the way you phrased that! Its almost as if I am in an auditorium, watching someone on stage say that!

And oh, a lonely soul, she'd be... reaching out to nothing but an empty gallery , as her voice echoes hollow in the silence ... of her realization of bitter reality!