Originally posted by: Jiarao
Yes. His overprotectiveness is going to backfire someday.
I was mainly happy today because I could see old HS who could read his veer balika. As I have told before I am neither interested in Khuraanas nor in Bsbitha. So I will be fine with any arrangement. I just want my father daughter together and happy.
I have been meaning to write about that scene in the kitchen for its brilliance. I loved the way they framed the shots to have Irfan and HS facing each other but with a pillar between them. The look on both their faces when they realized that Minnie had overheard Irfan was quite remarkably similar, that of a parent. Irfan, no matter what his intentions, would not have wanted Minnie as a kid to hear all this - you could see the concern on his face as a father that he would have had not just for his kid but any kid, because they need to be protected from such stuff. You know what I mean?
HS had the same look in his eyes, but it went even deeper this time. I saw something on his face that we've never seen on this show, and to juxtapose it with Irfan standing next to him was sheer brilliance. HS not only read her face and eyes, but observed every single thing about her demeanor, and the tremors in her voice. He didn't need to talk to her about it afterwards, he just knew. As you know, I've been really keen to see him focus on the micros in her life, and I am super happy that we saw that today.
At the same time, I remember his conversation with NB about how he had looked after his sharaabi bapu despite everything, and how in this scene he could understand exactly where Minnie had stood, being there himself. I also saw this fierce over-protectiveness take over his eyes, that he wouldn't let Irfan or anyone else hurt Minnie by hurting people she loved.
The pillar also hinted at the difference between HS and Irfan as fathers and as sons. No matter what happened in the world of grown ups, HS would never teach his kid(s) bad things about adults, like Irfan had taught Imran that Beeji was jhanjhat dadi. Even if she is, I don't think adults should drag kids into such things or taint their innocent minds this way. Also, HS would be a very different son to NB than Irfan is. When Irfan asked questions in a roundabout way HS suspected where this was going and asked him to spill out what was really on his mind. Despite everything that had happened, he took NB's side and also did not malign the Khuranas, which he could have done very easily since they were supposedly talking in private. He did no such thing and kept the discussion to facts - they were tenants and NB herself had rented the room out. I know we will see more of this difference in their mindsets as so, but it was pretty clear that we'd get more insight into this.
I really applaud the screenplay and the balcony shot was fantastically directed! Real work of art.
The actor playing Irfan is doing a great job, every emotion of his is portrayed with just the right measure. I wasn't expecting this much from a cameo, to be honest.
Edited by inlieu - 6 years ago