Neil's best: Kesar's Love You Hamesha,Gulaal!!!!

18/7/11

With Gulaal disturbed and troubled by the stamped issue of confirmation from her friends, apart from her own part realization, that Kesar's love is not mere attraction or infatuation but indeed love, it is one last attempt to prove herself right and prove Kesar wrong. Such a sad start in picking a silly reason to start the conversation asking him why he brought the flowers for her.

When Kesar admits he had brought it for her because she liked white flowers, it was the first blow to her that it was only for her that he had brought it for. She heard what she did not want to hear. Kesar wants to share the happiness in learning about one more of her interests from her friend that he goes ahead to explain how he knew her choice. He also explains why he brought them for her (because he saw her worried) and he wanted her happiness even after her friends left. He explains further that he was unable to save it exclusively for her and was forced to share with others unwillingly.

This scene showed Kesar's happiness in explaining to Gulaal the how, why and what for he brought the flowers, the excitement in learning her choice, mocking his own folly at sharing the flowers mixed with an apology in distributing something that was to her liking. And Kesar was not really worried about how and what all he did, he was only interested in the end result. Did it make her happy? That was what he meant when he said " Tu yeh sab jaankar kya karegi, tujhe phool pasand aaye na? Bas!!! yehi bahut hai.

His smile slowly starts fading away when she starts her accusatory tone, he nods in approval and support saying he did take her to panchayat to release her forever from this bondage, gets confused when she asks why he was bending over backwards to make her happy, slowly realizes where she was getting to because he has already experienced this before. He is in a way fearing that he has been misunderstood yet again, gets shocked when she mentions it as his drama/naatak , nods his head in disapproval when she questions if it was his intention to change her perception of him, painfully and hurtfully looks at her as she continues lashing out at him and gets the final blow when he hears from her if he hopes that she would agree to take him as her husband at the end of three months. That killed him from within once again. The hands holding the flowers drop and he is totally astonished at her words. He takes in a moment for her words to sink in and also to compose himself before he could say anything to her and when he does it is out of sheer shock when he asks her 'Yeh tu ne kya keh diya?" because the shock was beyond anything that was to his comprehension, it was utter disbelief at what Gulaal just lashed out as accusations. What hurt him more was the fact that she felt it was all a "dikhava", again it was demeaning his genuine feelings for her.Even without the love that he claimed, Kesar would care for her and he felt hurt that she names it as "dikhava". Kesar genuinely attempts to clear her doubt saying there weren't any selfish motives behind his actions. Gulaal did look regretful in that scene.

With this explanation, Kesar drags himself near to the cabinet and places the flowers in front of the photo of his and Vasant's. To me it appeared that the flowers he brought for cheering her up was left there because it adorned the picture that carried the image of the deceased person Vasant and the image of that young Kesar whose innate self was once again destroyed when his genuine concern for her was quashed yet again as selfishness.

I love the rendition here; the dialogue delivery is just superb. Once more Kesar declared that he still loved her and that he would always love her. He tells her that he did realize it late that love is not always about getting what you want but about giving away. We find a mellowed down Gulaal who was no more angry hearing his confession yet again. He admits he decided to give away what she wanted; her freedom. He explains that he felt the panchayat's three month's grace period was his final chance to make up for all the pain he had given her and give her three months of little and simple happiness. When he said "Ek hi mauka", it was clearly understood that he did not believe about Gulaal remaining his wife after the three months and hence the LAST CHANCE to give her happiness that she so deserved.

Gulaal did appear regretful throughout. But what I liked was the fact the she actually LISTENED to him this time and she genuinely wanted answers rather than her usual habit of putting aside or brushing aside obvious facts. It was Kesar's total resignation the way Kesar says with a sigh "Sach kehete hain" and after a brief pause continues "ki zyada meetha bhi zahar ban jaata hai", his only mistake was in wanting to give her happiness, and her problem was to always weigh his deeds on a scale and to decide that Less or More, he is always wrong, either partly wrong or fully wrong but WRONG.

It was a wonderful repetition of the fact by Kesar himself that the mistake was not in his thoughts but in her perception about him. Kesar was too hurt that though he tries to put aside all the insult she hurls at him and still tries to make her happy, she goes one step further to make him feel it was a mistake whatsoever. Gulaal is dumbfounded and speechless. Though Kesar spoke nothing but the truth, the highlight of this episode is when he said " Mei tujhse pyaar karta hoon, yeh baat mere man se zyada, tere dimaag mei har waqt rehti hai". As I had written in Reemz's thread too, the article which we read made more sense to me today when Kesar said that she is not letting go of that reality that he loves her, is not moving on from the fact and not even allowing him to forget that fact and help him move ahead. So in fact it was not about moving away but moving ahead in spite of the fact Kesar does love Gulaal. Kesar was doing things for her because of the bond that they shared and Gulaal has totally forgotten that aspect. By constantly reminding him and herself about Kesar's LOVE for Gulaal, she does not allow him to remind himself that there IS a bond that they share which is beyond these named relationships as DEVER-BABHI, PATI-PATNI. He still believes that it does exist but he corrects himself saying "Ya kabhi tha", a BOND THAT WAS because she doesn't remember any of it. Kesar reminding her of the bond between them leaves her totally speechless because she has so long missed that factor because she has been too lost in the fact that Kesar LOVES her and she perceives it only as the Pati-Patni love now that he is grown up and was insisting on remaining husband and wife. In her confusion over this aspect of love, Gulaal has skipped the thought that there is something that binds them together beyond these named relationships.

As Kesar walks away, he is hurt because he is always being misunderstood and also about losing that special bond that they once shared. When she tries to speak to him, he dismisses her saying she has said what she wanted to, and now he would from that minute stay away from her. Kesar's tone is so sorrowful especially when he says "tujhse door rahunga" because that is what hurts him most, to stay away from her. After all that she metes out to him, it still hurts him when he mentions about being away from her. And when he says this, it is so clear that all he yearns for is that love from her that is anything but wifely love that she so easily accuses him of as his need.

At this point he says with his staying away there would be no attempt on his part to make her happy as well as no reason for her to have any misunderstanding. With a "Teekh hai? Ab khush?" he is once again being selfless in giving her what she needs which is not to interfere in her life that makes her uneasy. He goes on to say probably she would find her happiness by his action.

Kesar, be brave, ignore her!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neil, absolutely fantastic rendition.

**Guys, please bear with me for spelling errors and basic grammar mistakes. I haven't proof-read before posting**

Originally posted by: *Reemz*

[quote]Though Kesar spoke nothing but the truth, the highlight of this episode is when he said " Mei tujhse pyaar karta hoon, yeh baat mere man se zyada, tere dimaag mei har waqt rehti hai". [/quote]

Hi5!!😛Yeah Reema, Hi5!!😛 Hi5!!😛 Every dialogue hit the right note especially this one. While he's trying to keep his feelings aside and move on, she is still stuck on the love factor. Does it not make her wonder why she has to be so effected by his feelings for her? Even Dushyant loved her but never did we see her get so flustered over it.She is the one who gives so much importance to that one reality that he loves her which he himself has put it aside though he does not deny it.

Just like Gulaal ghooms around in Kesar's head, it's also happening the other way round slowly and steadily. Life comes around full circle

For the first time Gulaal didn't deny Kesar's love for her. When he said he will always love her, she just accepted it. At this point she had no reason to deny the honesty his feelings. These are little changes which the writers have been able to brought in to Gulaal's character which show her gradual acceptance of Kesar's love. It looks as if she feels no one other than Vasant SHOULD or MUST love her or rather does she feel that she does not deserve all these true feelings of love from him because it baffles her why he bends over backwards to make her happy. Accusing him of ulterior motive was a weak defense mechanism because she very well knows it is not. Yet she somehow wanted to hear something that can prove her NOTION right. Unfortunately she heard everything that she knows but did not want to hear.

Now she has understood that Kesar only wanted to get that old bond back, I'm pretty sure she will return the unconditional love she feels but never shows.I seriously want her to miss him for ONCE

Neil's dialogue delivery was bang on target!👏As always. The little nuances make a huge difference. Just watch the scene where he walks in with the lamp and her Chai. Probably he might have heard that she did not eat anything whole day. And the dialogue delivery with the right amount of disappointment over no power supply and uncertainty about when the power supply would be back when he says "Pata nahi...Bijli kab aayegi..." and offers her the Chai.

The cinematography needs a special mention. It is a common occurence during such monsoons when the power goes off and takes a long time to come and there is no surety when it would. This common occurence intertwined with the story and how the scene was filmed is just beautiful

Well written as always! After your analysis I did watch that scene againg to capture things I didn't get before, thank you.

You are spot on when you said her part realization-This is the 1st time Gulaal is shown to dwell on a lot in this matter than ever (the love). Usually she thinks about it and just carries on with her routine. This time it is on top of her mind every minute.

When she mentioned flowers it didn't click on his mind right away, only after having a look at the floweres he realized.

Every time he talks to her he is like walking on an egg shell, wondering where he went wrong this time. He was slowly trying to guess what part of flowers made her worry? Trying to guess the question with his answers.

Excellent showdown, These CVs always gives us something in similar yet the scene delivers very distinct outcome. Do we have to say anthing about the actors, both are marvelous, gifted actors. The entire show is like a movie, everything is finalized and it is there for us to watch. Every details in this show are to maximum precise. Fabulous writers, music-the flute is always a treat with GK showdown.

Reemz-excellent point, awsome analysis of that particular scene-now Kesar's side is crystal clear to Gulaal. Now on whatever her restlessness/feelings/confussion whatever it is it has to be something to do wit HER and not him anymore. Now whenever she needs answere she needs to dig/dwell on herself and not anyone else. The best part is she finally accepted his feeling as true love and nothing else. All her deffence one by one are shattered. All of Kesar's dialouge were excellent and precise.

Yeh! You gave me a light bulb moment! You are right, wonder if and when she will try to save her marriage, how will she convince him? That is an excellent treat to watch how the cv will handle it.

I know the thread is for Kesar, still I will annoy you with Thalli for a change. I mean her scene with Gulaal, asking Gulaal for dinner-She was really caring at the beginning, the minute she saw the flowers her expression changed. It wasn't sad or happy for Gulaal; kind of Jealous-It was really scary. With all respect for her moving on theory, it is like she is still holding on/hoping for Kesar somewhere. That expression combined with ring exchange ceremony doesn't convey what she is telling out loud. Did you feel anything fishy there?

BTW-don't worry about spelling and grammer-we get you!