what can i say about that scene! it was absolutely brilliant.
Just to relive the moment once again i am taking the liberty to quote 2 people's posts on that brilliant scene - nansy's caps and E's words. Enjoy!
this is a segment of E's bt lt on that episode describing that scene and who can say it better than E!
* prem-heer (big time big thing) thing 😆: 'kay. first things first. i was surprised at the background music. it was peppy, it was bright, it was chirpy, it was sooooo non prem-heer! usually, we get that heavily obviously romantic music -- all violen-sy and slow. this was totally different, no? and as a consequence, i was
totally unprepared for what happened!
what a way to start! a shot of arms totally invading heer's privacy. from that very first shot, there was so not-a-shred-of-doubt about how masterfully prem had heer captured. and i'm persuaded that he was so masterful that one arm grabbed heer, and the other hand grabbed the thali and deposited it on the table he was standing in front of, before he capped his hand over her mouth. that hand... er. did anyone else notice how unusually long his fingers stood out against heer's face? seriously, that hand always looks best against heer's face. if anyone challenges this, i'm gonna do a post with evidence that i'm right. (challenge me, please challenge me! 😆)
and it was the sheer air of i'm-your-lord-and-master that just hit you through that first series of shots. heer looked totally out of her depth. so totally lorded over. "chor nahin, mai hoon". with pleasure written large in that hint of a smile. she has questions. he has all the answers. and like all the prem and heer moments, most of the questions and the answers are unspoken. and in all of those unspoken answers, there is more lord-and-mastery!
i think the camera work in that light setting blended
perfectly with the score as he slowly back-walked heer into the wall somewhere in the middle of the room. i think that i heard a line that went "ek heer thi aur tha ek ranjha" -- omg, that was just so perfect i was dying of the pleasure of finally seeing a beautifully produced scene once again in this show. it's been soooo long since we have had one of these! beautiful...
that wall was soo far away, prem's eyes did'nt give her eyes permission to move through that long walk. you could feel the effort of her concentration to remember to breath at every step -- poor heer, no wonder she was struggling to draw breath by the time prem had her firmly captured. and oh, yes, she was firmly captured.
and that's the other thing that my own rapidly oxygen-depleting brain was struggling to register. in the two previous moments when prem made these very same moves to "get to" heer (😆 seriously. don't know what else to call it!) heer used a very simple, but very effective gesture to tell prem she couldn't handle it -- her eyes shut, she would turn her face away from the intensity of his look. (remember that seering white-hot moment of wet-white-shirt prem? yeah, like how could we forget??!)
this time, though, prem is her lord-and-master. he doesn't let her get away with it. he admires her eyes. she shyly demonstrates exactly why he should love it. he adores her hair with his eyes, with his fingers. and when she can't handle the heat of that look, she tries to do it to him again, hide from him again -- eyelashes drape eyes shut, turning her face away. but this time, he's got her -- those fingers just refuse to let her off that easily anymore. it's like he has given her two chances earlier to get used to his passion, to learn how to deal with it. haven't learnt yet? too bad, take it as ... prem's lover should. the insistence of his fingers that she should face him - insistent, layered over just a hint of brutal . finger-tip gentle, but too firm to give her her own choice. suddenly, i wondered if he could ever hurt heer physically - the gestures were that intense. prem....!!
and heer - heer! - shows him that she was just testing him. he moves her face back to his, and she smiles this time around - that oh so slight smile. but it's enough - to tell him she has seen his desire, she has felt his insistence, and she is ready for it too. was there anything in that shots that made your heart blaze like the sound of that last "prem"? if it had been anyone else, any other couple, it probably would've been a shout. but this is prem. this is his heer. her invitation for a kiss is softer than the touch of his eyes on her face, and as insistent as his fingers holding her face to receive his kiss. in that last moment, it looked more like it was prem being
compelled to kiss her, like he had no other choice. his voice saying "tumhare muskan sey zyaada...." ending in a strangled "..mujhe..."
(why am i suddenly warm and bothered in my bed? it's still the same cloudy and chilly room that i was in a while ago.... damn these two!)
so it was almost a relief to hear the strangled "unddey" just when all my faculties were beginning to shut down. i
totally loved it! that was brilliant! the equivalent of a cold-water shower in a prem who started babbling about -- of all the inexplicable things! -- eggs! why eggs??!! damnit! i want to know!! 🤣 which guy is thinking eggs when he is drenched in hormonal craziness? omg! did i just answer my own question??!!!! noooooo!!!!! 🤣
what i liked: my brain was just beginning to shut down. not totally shut down like that wet-white-shirt-drenched-in-blue-light-with-water-drenched-eyelashes prem-heer moment. 😆 the comic perfection of a prem rhyming about eggs at the speed of a bullet train! my prem-crazy pal was panting, but i was on the floor, totally loving the show like i haven't loved it in a long time.
* heer thing: yea, she gets it today. 'cause it's always been prem as lord-and-master throughout the show, y'know? and i've been waiting and waiting to see heer pay him back, love him back, take care of him back like he has done for her. this week has been quite full of bits and pieces of that. and i do hope we get to see heer take it all the way. i've always loved heer for being the owner of prem's heart-body-soul. i love seeing it on screen. she laughs at him.
and he hardly notices, 'cause he is sooo put off that his lord-and-master act has crumbled to no-kiss in front of a little girl's curiousity -- btw, brilliant little girl! somehow expressionless fit her perfectly, unlike the adults who usually do it on this show. 😆 loved i'm-sulking prem. and it's such a guy thing that he can sulk big time.
heer gives him back everything that he has put her through. i loved the camera work in putting this segment together and i think this is some very nice editing also -- finally! there are obviously at least two takes mixed in this: one shows heer's face, where the dark-light shadows on prem's face are just brilliant. okay, okay, they make him look gorgeous - 'cause he's in my favourite eyelashes-down-looking-at-heer pose. and her face is glowing in that warm light. the other take shows prem's face. here they look like they've used more light in the scene. just to show how sulky guys can get. and how small and sweet heer's hands are against prem's chest. btw, is that kurta one size too small for the breadth of those shoulders?? 😆
her words he knows. he's sulking and can ignore it. but her hands on his chest pushing him to the wall? (see! the hands again!) her fingers on his face? and last, but apparently, never the least 😆 her breath on his mouth? no matter how sulky he is -- "this place is filled with kids, one of them is bound to come" 😆 (although it was much funnier in hindi.) -- in the end, he is beginning to get seduced. like so:
https://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1035788#18240458
(yeah, i know i said i wouldn't post pictures! so? i lied! sue me! 😆)
and unlike most i'm-gonna-sulk-forever guys, prem's next "sulk" is partly just an act. he's back to being lord-and-master, punishing heer for that wonderful full laugh of hers. this one: (love the way his eyes are shut and his jaw is clenched here when he realises that he's not getting his kiss after all. love the way her eyes puff up when she laughs fully.)
*big thing: of all the shows that i've seen so far, there's none that has "gotten to me" like this one. said it before, saying it again: everytime i think they've done the best they can, they surprise me. and the weird thing is that i keep saying this. like i have to tell myself that i'm being weird or something.
i thought this was the most brilliant moment i've seen before because of the sheer complexity of getting my brain fogged and then wiping it clear and having it bright with laughter in the verynext moment. i've never been touched like this before - in any hindi tv show. most similar situations are more cliched, more hackneyed that this. in this segment, right from the arms around the waist to the last moment when he moves away from heer, hiding a smile with her running behind him to make up, it was brilliant. it keeps the flame of my faith in this ridiculous show alive.
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