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So this post is based purely off the GK scene of the day (one and only) Dhol Scene. And just to warn everyone, in case I get any details wrong, I was watching on Star TV Player live, and the fact that it kept getting stuck didn't help - but I saw most of this scene, thankfully, without getting held up in buffering.
So personally, I really liked the way this scene was done - truly, subtlety is the greatest novelty of all!
To me, this was not a transition of Gulaal from the past to present. This was Gulaal - and is Gulaal. I think the past scene choice of Vasant and Gulaal was very interesting on the CVs part for several reasons.
A) It was the initial G-V meeting scene. In a way, the dhol had once magic on Gulaal, when she had not even seen the man himself, and known nothing of him, his 'music' had compelled her to be drawn to the beat... and in a way today - it made her see Kesar in a whole new light. It was like the clouds inside her head had suddenly been rent asunder by a bolt of lightening. She wasn't really seeing who was at the dhol in the present moment, just like she had not scene who it was back in that memory scene. It pretty thoughtful of them to draw scene parallels using a GV scene that was not about GV love or romance! I like the way that paralle comes out, where she is not comparing Kesar with Vasant (as I perceive it) but is simply getting a deja vu sense in a tune! Its like being reminded of a powerful moment in ones past, at the whiff of a long forgotten perfume, or at the sound of a long forgotten melody. So while most of you may have thought of this as a Kesar Vs Vasant moment - to me, it was all about Gulaal. Gulaal then and Gulaal now - and the unchanged parameters in between, despite the outside facade she has carefully constructed of her changed person!
B) Again, the way she snaps out of her trance today was phenomenal. Although for a moment it was like she was scandalized at being mesmerized by 'Kesar' not Vasant - really it was more of her shock at the way she'd been drawn in. The way, like all those years ago, of forgetting where and who and why, and just being caught in a moment and becoming oblivious of her surrounding! (Was it me, or did it seem to anyone else that she was in fact on the brink of having given up and gone out dancing?! LOL!) I personally think, she really was just about to! In fact, maybe that was part of her shock. The extent to which she had been driven into the moment... the fact that the magic still existed and worked for her like that... the fact that inside of her was still that person capable of undergoing the exact precise emotions of 'attraction - whatever kind' as had been possible a decade ago. In a huge way, this was a startling revelation to her, not of a coming change, but of the fact that she had innately never changed! And I think more than the shock of it being Kesar at the dhol and not Vasant was her comprehension, that it hadn't mattered who was at the dhol... the moment had been identical to her!
C) Finally, the way she smiles at Kesar - after getting over her awkward cum conscious moment and looking about herself to ensure her trance went unnoticed - is not just an acceptance of crediting Kesar to re-build that magic, but an acceptance of her old person not being lost, but only too deeply buried. In fact, in an ironic and divine way - Gulaal's acceptance of Kesar, and her acceptance of the person she truly is (which is a far cry from what she has tried to become in a decade) is starkly synonymous. To accept one, she must accept the other, and vice verse!
Finally hats off to the CVs for giving us such a powerful scene. Despite not being an obvious GK scene, I thought the underlying thought of this scene was profound, yet subtle to perceive, and novel in that sense. To me GK are classic and unique, because of the way their many layers operate... They have a history which is bridged by Vasant. Interestingly, Vasant has always, only been a bridge. Their story was, and is, and shall remain, all abut them!
And oh - about the PRECAP - to repeat what I said on the EDT I think Gulaal's words have a meaning that applies more than just to Talli. The idea of being khush and moving on so soon applies to Kesar most of all, and applies to her - at least more than it will ever apply to Talli - although I wonder when she will begin to realize that!
Do chip in your interpretation of the scene?!
xx
JZee
ps: @Dushyant - Dude! My heart goes out to him now. Thank God there wont be Dulli. He doesn't deserve every single woman of her own mind that exists in his life! I hope he wont give in JK's kasam - although, it does seem likely...
Shiv Shakti
