Hello my fellow immatures!
It's a good day, with a good episode and some great performances. But I would like to talk about the one scene that was supposed to be so impactful, but it fell short, thanks to the acting.
Yes, I am talking about the "Bhas Patralekha!" scene. But before I talk about the scene, let's talk about Pakhi as a character. She was not meant to be negative, definitely not. She's not your typical vamp who seeks revenge and is a total b**** for no good reason. Pakhi did have her reasons to become scornful and bitter, no matter how silly the reason seems to us. The character Pakhi was announced as a parallel lead, and not as a negative character. We, as audiences, were meant to sympathize with her, sometimes, even be annoyed with her, but never hate her. But, either due to the lousy writing or underwhelming acting or even both, the character has become unbearable to watch.
Initially, when I started watching the show, though I never was convinced with the ViraKhi tragic story, I was intrigued by Pakhi as a character, especially after the SamRakhi and SaiRat marriage. She wasn't someone who was malicious or sadistic, who just enjoyed taunting people and watching them in pain. She was a girl who, according to herself, genuinely loved and got her heart broken. She was just a hurt woman who had lost, again, her perspective, "the love of her life". But, after SaiRat's reception, her character took a complete u-turn. And now, most people have trouble identifying her as a parallel lead and consider her one with the vamps.
And when it comes to the actress, Aishwarya, I don't understand if the actress herself is unable to understand her character and she doesn't know what to emote, or if she's just a bad actress. In scenes where her performance should have been actually impactful, it falls completely short. I feel like she has the same poker face in all her scenes, and when she's supposed to emote, her expressions are unreadable.
In today's episode, when Virat says "Bhas Patralekha!", it is not just an impactful moment for Virat, but for Pakhi herself. Virat, who has addressed her as Pakhi throughout, lovingly (even as a friend), suddenly loses his calm and addresses her by her full name, showing how formal things had become between them, the reaction should have been hurt, disbelief, anger, sorrow and even indignance at being yelled at, and instead, we get this:
Like what even is this reaction? What is it that she wants to express? That too, while interacting with a strong player like Neil, her reaction came off as even more lukewarm than usual. In fact, Bhavani, Sonali and literally everyone else had a much better reaction to his outburst, when they were hardly involved.
Sonali looks far more taken aback and shocked with Virat's outburst than Patralekha herself is.
And Kaku seems more pained and hurt at Virat's response, as if it were her that Virat was telling off.
I personally feel like Aishwarya should really up her acting game, especially if she's going to share the screen with a seasoned actor like Neil, whose eyes itself can do the talking without him having to say a word.
In fact, though I loved Sai's character from the beginning, I really wasn't taken to Ayesha as an actress at all. I felt that her reaction to certain situations initially and her outbursts were too over-the-top and her sad scenes too underwhelming. But man, she did up her acting game, especially since the end of GC track. And now, she has given some tremendous scenes which make us root for her character even more. And now, even in those angst-y or other emotional scenes with Neil, even if she cannot match his level of finesse, she still holds her ground enough to make an impact.
P.S. This post is not to bash any character or actor. These are just my views as an audience. I apologise if I've offended anyone with this post.
What do you guys think? Only healthy discussion guys, no bashing please.
Love,
Niya🤗
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