I'm here to talk about the Vaibhav ki dhulai scene. This scene was undisputedly the highlight of the 50th episode of the show. I was excited beyond words for this scene ever since I saw the precap on 21st Jan and it delivered everything it had promised and then some more.
Firstly, can someone just give Amarr Upadhyay all the best actor on TV awards already? Because come on! What else is left there to see? What else will come close to this? The range this man possesses is incredible. The way he lives his scenes. I'm in awe of him.
The transition here is so beautiful. One moment he is Mukhiya of Rewari. A stoic, balanced man doling out judgements on disputes and crimes. As a judge, with the responsibility of administering justice he is supposed to be above anger, above baser emotions. Because justice is different than revenge. And he isn't supposed to feel anger or outrage on anyone's behalf. He cannot make this personal.
But this case is different. It is personal. It has always been. And him witnessing the proof of this heinous crime, committed by his own brother against the sister of his wife, strips away the persona he adopts as Mukhi. He's reduced to a man here. A man of flesh and blood, who feels rage of the most primitive sort. The sort of rage that can only be quelled with violence.
And that is reflected by the look on his face. It would put the fear of God in any man. Vaibhav realises that and makes a run for it.
I love this walk here. With each step Vir takes, his anger mounts. The little pause in front of Vaibhav, as if he is daring the guy to look him in the eye. This scene is the calm before the storm. And I love that Vir's anger here didn't cause him to lose control from the beginning. It doesn't unleash itself like an enraged bull storming into a bull fighting ring. Instead this feels like a submission on Vir's part to his mounting rage.
I don't even have any point to make regarding this scene. It's just hella entertaining to watch and I'm including this gif because from the first moment of this track, we wanted to see this. And here it is, in all its glory. It's of course, less than what Vaibhav deserves but I don't think ITV is ready to show someone being skinned alive yet so we'll have to make do.
Also, I love how in the end, Vir's rage has turned into disgust. By the time Mama Sarkar and Yogi pull him away, Vir is disgusted by the man in front of him.
This moment right here is my favorite part of the scene. Vaibhav on his knees, his hands folded as he begs for mercy. But there can be no mercy for him now. The crime he has committed cannot be forgiven. And Vir's dialogue that if he had killed Vaibhav, it would have been less just shows how much Vir is disgusted. And then the kick was just the most perfect culmination of that moment. The kick too feels like Vir rejecting this apology. And also the height of his disgust, as though he wants Vaibhav to physically get away from him.
Amarr sir is phenomenal here. Well, he was phenomenal throughout. And I never thought I'd say this in my life. To me, a man is most unappealing when he's angry. All my life, I've abhorred any display of anger, most especially acts of violence. My brain rejects this sight. But Amarr Upadhyay might just be the only man who is utterly captivating even when he's portraying anger. Even in the jewellery-clothes scene, I couldn't look away from him. And today also, I couldn't look away. Oh, and while I'm at it, Pranav, the actor who plays Vaibhav also deserves appreciation here. It seems like he took a kick to his chest for this shot.
And finally comes the disbelief, the disappointment and the devastation. Because Vaibhav's crime will never go away and he'd have to live with it. When Vir said that dialogue that Vaibhav has brought shame to his family, it hit me so hard. Because even though it is absolutely true that all the criminals' action are their own, it doesn't change the fact that such crimes bring the upbringing given by the family and their morality in question. And Vir is devastated because everytime he stands for a woman's right or respect, everytime he tries to convey the importance of respecting a woman, Vaibhav's actions will come to haunt him with the question of why he had failed in teaching that to his own brother.
God I love this scene so much, in case I wasn't clear before in my ramblings. (God help me, I have way too much time on my hand) It made watching the stupidity in the episode bearable. Worth it too to an extent.
Ciao,
Arya.
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