Originally posted by: yrhpk_aus
Just copy pasting from LU: my 2 cents on Nish and Vatsal😊
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Here it goes...
Before watching Tuesday and Wednesday haldi episodes, I had read lots of comments over social media against Nishant and Vatsal's acting. Here's a few things I will like to point out in disagreement:
disclaimer: Ofcourse, I do not agree with Nannu's behaviour and goal to win Mish and defeat Abir. I too believe that this nishmish rishta is wrong on many levels, but there is substance and decent depth to Nishant's character that gives him the space to slide into the grey negative side.
- Nishant is not equal to monster Meenu. He does not have unnecessary hatred against one character. He doesn't emotionally control and threat his loved ones. He is simply very insecure, troubled and confused being who has lost his mind and ability to think straight due to his deep psychological issues. Unlike Baba's sudden negative flip; The makers have gradually and nicely built up Nishant's background as an ex-alcohol addict, who still has struggles with overcoming his guilt. recovering addicts take very long to be confident to say that they are completely free of addiction and have strong control on themselves to not fall back into relapse. Nishant is still very much in the process of recovering and very susceptible to his weakness of alcohol. On top this, he has deep anxiety issues linked with his guilt from childhood towards mah family (lower degree of ehsaan than Mishti has).
- This is where I have to give credit to Meenu and her clever attack
. She found Nishant's weak-spot very well (his addiction and insecurity with Mishti), she also targeted Mishti's weak-point again (her ehsaan for family) and also hit the mah family exactly where it hurts (Nishant's addiction)
[and then she ruined it by dropping the doctor's report
#typical]
- The best part about this flipping of Nish's charc is the fact that he KNOWS he is doing the wrong thing. He can see and understand that he is joining hands with Monster meenu. He berates himself for choosing that path, but his psychological state of mind, stops him from correcting it (or owning up to it), His insecurity and anxiety levels are so high, he self-assures himself that what he's doing his right because he thinks Mishti is in the same situation as him - the state of addiction. Nish believes that Abir and their pyar is a detrimental addiction for Mishti, after seeing Abir consistently push Mishti away, hurt her so deeply emotionally, Nishant as protector has convinced himself that Abir is a forbidden drug that Mishti should not get attached to.
- The real problem begins when Abir genuinely and calmly tried explaining to Nish about why this shaadi should stop. Abir knows Mish is too emotionally invested with the family that she will find it difficult to say no to the rishta. So his next choice is convincing Nish. So Abir tries his best to calmly explain why mishbir break-up happened, why their pyar is special and why this nishmish rishta is disaster for all 3 of them. This is where Nishant loses it. For some reason, the writers took Nish's issues quite extreme to an obsession kind of stage suddenly. Unfortunately, Nishant has suddenly dug soo deep into this Abir vs Nish and 'prize' is Mishti concept
(disappointed with writers for never keeping a 3rd angle as pure friendship with lead
why to force one-sided love?
- So I will condemn the writers for dragging Nishant down so much that they showed recovering addicts and those who suffer from extreme anxiety, to lose empathy and sympathy. The fact that Nish knows Abir is missing, potentially injured and god-forbid perhaps sinking to his death, the writers used his anxiety issues to justify that he wouldn't call for help or tell the other back home!?
Now on to Vatsal:
- Straight off the bat I'm gonna say; unpopular opinion: Vatsal did a wonderful job acting as the drunkard, insecure and frustrated man. Honestly, his drunk acting and dialogue delivery with Mishti and Jas, was very very good. I could clearly see an exhausted, drained and troubled Nishant.
- I've really enjoyed the gradual solo scenes of Nannu. All the monologues, the fidgety behaviour and restlessness have been executed really well. We got a really good insight into Nishant's thought process
- Other times when Nishant randomly becomes super jumpy, excited and happy, I do find it a little exaggerated. But I guess that's an acting choice. If we I can survive Rupal mam's "MEIN MEENAAAKSHI RAAJVANSH", I'm sure Vatsal's "naughty!!" is way more easy on the ears
- I guess the part where more improvement may be needed, is anger and confrontation scenes. Vatsal tried his best at the hospital in his fight against Abir. His delivery of dialogue at shouting decibels is often difficult to understand. It gets mumbled and lost in the emotion and loudness of shouting. [But Rhea on the other hand is spectacular
] Shah just has sheer magnetic presence and dhaansu solid delivery
Anyway that's all I think I have to say so far.
disclaimer2: Just want to re-iterate, I don't support Nishant's actions or behaviour. I'm simply trying to cut him some slack. He is not demon-like or devil like Meenu or Baba. He has reasons (no matter how weak or illogical they may be) - addiction and anxiety are real problems.
Woah this was waay longer than expected.
sorry
Thankyou for listening me ramble on and on and on
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Nandu you are on posting spree today 😆😆 M actually confused on which post I should read and reply first 😆😆
Okay first of all a well thought , brilliant post ..a super khidki tod post ...mi agree with each and every word of yours ....disclaimer from my side also that I don't sympathise or support his actions or behaviour, I am simply trying to understand him because I find him interesting enough to do so 😆 Its like you can hate him but can't ignore him vala thing for me 😆
Agree with all the points here , not making nishant think even on life death situations was a big low actually .... if we observe properly , he does become very anxious in such troubled situations, like in the jungle sequence he was blank for a moment on how to save mishbir but then controlled himself, called the police and it was settled, here his obsession and hydrophobia too over to an extent that he didn't even think of calling an ambulance or atleast inform some one else instead used the situation to send a stupid text message , that's where it left a sour taste .... having said that , the psychology is still relatable, it simply shows that he has gone insane to a level that even life death situations are not moving him ... the flickering mind has gone extremely dangerous ...in short poori satak gayi hai 🤣
I don't know now what fate this character will meet 😆😆 but it still keeps my interest levels high 👍🏼
Coming to vatsal, you rightly pointed it out , he has done a brilliant job in portraying those deep dark layers pretty well , the gradual transformation in the character was spot on
👏👏 .... I loved him in the offsite track too 😆😆 The smart funny witty man ...wish they would have maintained that only ... mumbling , I think it's part of his characte only, he is supposed to look weak and vulnerable and irritating , I feel that's why he purposely gives irritating expressions too ....we actually feel like punching him 😆😆 I have a feeling that mumbling is something done purposely here because I haven't seen this is any of his previous shows ...I may be wrong , no doubt when it comes to confrontation scenes , shaheer wins hands down because of his magnetic charmong and and awesome dhaasu dialogue delivery...🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳......
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