Originally posted by: VeritasVincit
@EkPaheli : I know it's explained, I guess I couldn't reconcile his backstory because of preconceived notions I had from part 1 flashbacks. It seemed triggered by vengeance he had from an injustice meted out from a key piece of history that his family endured as a result. 1984 was an example, he'd be too young then but something along those lines.
You're right though, it would have been too much to weave in.
I didn't expect it to be a land dispute.. like you said though, it makes his sacrifice that more selfless.
Succinctly put: "Balidaan Parmo Dharma" which sums it up.
And therein lies the difference between him and Pinda who were both resentful of the injustice meted out but took diametrically different paths. I liked the scene where Pinda orders him not to speak. Ranveer played that meek part so well- and effortlessly weaved into Hamza, how observant he was, blending into the background but keeping his eyes open. Like how he goes onto to observe the cook's demeanor.
His walking away at the end reminded me of that scene from Umrao Jaan where she shuts the gate leaving her mother. Entirely different circumstance but a lifetime has gone by and they're not the same person.
Jasmine Sandlas was saying they recorded Jaiye Sajana on the day of the music launch, a day prior to release which means Dhar was shifting and adding things till the last minute. I wish he'd given the beginning chapter and some other pieces more thought.
I was quite glad to be transported back to the Lyari world with Akhri Ishq playing at the funeral. And the ride the audience got taken for in latter half was worth it.
Another thing I thought a little corny was the naming of the chapter in part 1, Et Tu Brutus.
Very Tarantino-esque but gives away what it is to happen. Minor gripe though, I can be overtly critical over things I love, it's my toxic love language.
1984 would’ve made everything too messy by incorporating too many subplots - they’d have had to make his parents a lot more prominent to influence him, probably add a few other characters like neighbours, distant relatives, friends etc. as well. So avoiding it was for the best as it would’ve affected the length, the narrative simultaneously and he already had 8 hours of footage with no real idea of how it would fare.
They also wouldn’t want to take the focus away from Jaskirat too much. That’s why we don’t see a lot of his birth family and later his family with Yalina. There are bits and pieces to tell us how it was but the story couldn’t focus too much on either of his families as essentially he’s supposed to be a lone wolf.
Yep, Jassi and Pinda grew up around the same circumstances definitely. So what made them different was their upbringing and reaction owing to the same. Jassi grew up in a family with a soldier for a father while we know Pinda’s dad was a drug dealer who had ties with people like Ahmed. They were both ultimately headed down these paths from the very beginning. The parents probably didn’t interact much but they didn’t stop the boys from getting along and becoming friends as well despite what might have been an ongoing land dispute even back then. They were all in the same area after all and probably neither set of parents felt it was necessary to poison the kids with their own venom so early on. We know in that scene in the MLA’s home, Tittu even says we played together as he’s pleading to be spared. That’s what makes the tragedy worse - the atrocities were conducted by people known to the Rangis, these boys had played with each other and grew up together yet one of them felt no hesitation to do what he did to the family of a friend and all for land.
Yeah, they were shooting in late January with Arjun and Dutt for their scene and the scene where Dutt is cussing at that reporter. One of the Aari Aari singers called Sudhir Yaduvanshi gave an interview to Faridoon Shahyrar and said he recorded the song in late February and that they tweaked it a couple of times.
My guess is somehow it has gotta do with T Series acquiring the music rights only after the first part released in December. I think the news came in January.
We know Dhar has used music to his advantage from the classics to the pop numbers of late 90s and early 2000s for many high stakes sequences. Once T Series outbid Sa Re Ga Ma, they had to use their catalog which is why they were delayed despite the patch work that was shot late in January. That is definitely a factor. If Jio had allowed Sa Re Ga Ma to continue or just had brought T Series onboard from day one this may have been avoided. But I guess initially T Series decided not to care about being associated with the project but when they saw the first part was so big that the second was bound to be bigger, they wanted in. Jio obviously didn’t mind making more money.
They couldn’t edit without the music, and could start the process only after they had a confirmation regarding who won the bidding war. They were probably preparing their album with Sa Re Ga Ma as label in mind, then they had to go through the T Series catalog which is humongous, they were short on time and they needed to see which songs worked best with the scenes. And that also affected the number of original songs they included in this album which is definitely more than the previous one. So even if Jasmine and the other singers and lyricists had some stuff prepared, it may have not been approved or suitable for this particular movie and the sequences in it.
And post the editing too they had CBFC to deal with which ironically has no qualms to let us see people getting decapitated but draw the line at cuss words in a movie aimed for adults.
The next time around Dhurandhar happens or something else by Dhar which is to be divided into multiple movies, I think he would be prepared and ensure that the same hectic madness doesn’t befall him and his team. The label would be asked to stick for however many movies are planned and the production house like Jio would be also asked to not start a bidding war in between movies. Dhar has now enough leverage and clout as a director, producer and writer that he can get this in the contracts in the initial stage itself. Here he was blindsided for sure by T Series suddenly showing an interest when it didn’t before the success of the first movie which made them greedy.
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