@bold beautifully put, dear and yes that scene was breathtakingly beautiful as were those nuances. They way he kept looking down the corridor as they wheeled her away - his expressions said it all. He had earlier on called himself her father during the consent form scene after the receptionist's questions gave him pause and then the realization hit him that it was what his heart had wanted since ages.
There are so many awesome touches in this scene and the consent form scene.
Oh his stricken expression when Mini calls out for Babes....you just feel for him in that moment....the naked vulnerability on his face......all his love for Mini was stark on his face....nothing, no one else, not even Babita mattered in that moment.....it was one of those rare scenes where he expressed the honest emotions of his heart without trying to pander either way......it was the best version of HS...when he expressed an emotion cuz he felt it honestly....without hesitation....not holding back on someone's account.
And just before this scene, in that consent form scene.....the way he says, "mhaare se zyada koi chinta kar sakta hai kya uski"?.....the little touch of NB smiling as she hears him say that he is Mini's father....the realization on his own face after he says it....along with the frustration that he isn't allowed a legal right despite all his love for Mini......these were the things that made these scenes so special.
The consent form scene still gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I watch it.....the way he's looking at Babita as he reaches out to hold her hand to give her the strength to sign it....his expression and the background score in that scene is just perfectly combined together.