No, no Janhvi, not just yesterday, You must not forget that I wrote a pretty stiff requiem for AK some days back, and I told you later that I now had very little sympathy for either him or Purvi. As I always say, I do not like fools, and he is a prize specimen.
The worst of it is that till yesterday, one could have said that it was only weakness and unwillingness to hurt a childhood friend, and the way he walked thru the paper dance was exemplary, once one accepted that he could not get out of it. I do not know if you saw my post to naava about whether Arjun was amoral (my term) or not, but here is the relevant extract for your entertainment.
"The way in which he stands during that paper dance, arms hanging limply at his sides while Ovi has both her arms round his neck, would not have been accepted by any self respecting fiancee, who would have pulled him up with a sharp "Hold me, for heaven's sake!"
Yesterday was different, and even more than allowing Ovi to indulge in her talented impersonation of a limpet (I rather like that, whence the repetition!), what I did not like at all was that mumbling "Ya, of course" when Ovi says that he can devote far more time to her once Purvi takes care of the bulk of the work. That startled and dismayed me, as it was in such sharp contrast with his bumbling but patently genuine despair of the previous day. A person can hardly change so much in a single day!
That is why I came around to accepting the "making Purvi jealous' theory, for lack of anything better. I do agree with your and Trish's objection about his allowing Ovi to hold his hand and plonk her head on his shoulder even before Purvi was in sight, but then given the periodic bloomers in this 'script', one cannot cavil at such slip ups. I still think that it is the jealousy theory that will eventually turn out to be correct.
As for the absence of the kind of voice over suggested by Trish, while it should have been there, such voice overs seem to be very rare in PR. The rare exceptions are Purvi at the lunch in the restaurant, and Arjun at the party after learning about Ovi's problem. That is a pity, seeing that all the characters seem to spend a good bit of telecast time staring at each other, and it would have been useful to know what is going on in the meantime in what passes for their brains! It is also a pity that one cannot have those balloons with the words in them, like in the comic strips, during these reaction shots.
One day, hopefully pretty soon, we will have a sorting out between Arjun and Purvi, and both the CVs and we will brush all these uncomfortable bits and pieces - about who initiated which PDa and who went along with it and when - under the carpet, being swept along in our relief and delight at the darkness having been dispelled at long last. I can bet anything that there will be no reservations in this general rejoicing.
I have a nice little scenario for that which, if you have not seen that post, goes as follows:
There is another high decibel shouting match between Arjun and Purvi, with both of them equally angry, and both dragging out and hurling at each other each and every possible reproach about the other's acts of omission and commission. This, unlike the dark room fiasco but very like the Shahrukh-Madhuri scene in Dil to Pagal Hai, ends, once both are out of breath, with both of them in each other's arms. Since Purvi and Arjun are not at all hesitant about crying buckets of tears, each also sobs her/his heart out on the other's shoulder. Abhi also wants it to rain a lot, and so I shall accommodate that as well. So we shall have another rain drenched reunion, and that will clear the air, and the rebuilding process can start from there.
How do you like that ?
You know, it is true that the cracks show when broken china is glued together, but sometimes, when fractured bones are set and the calcification goes well, the limb ends up stronger than before. My left arm is like that. So Arjun and Purvi, having survived this baptism by fire, even if somewhat singed by it, might well end up with a much stronger and more durable union than if it had been just a fairytale romance.
Finally, a little footnote that you will understand:
When Purvi insists on being dropped somewhere in the back of beyond, despite Arjun's protests, there is a shot of her small and steadily diminishing figure through the rear windshield of the car. I know that all these estrangements between Arjun and Purvi, and the heartache that goes with it, will pass in due course, and they will get together again, perhaps sadder and wiser.
But for that moment, I was reminded sharply of the incredibly sad scene in Spielberg's AI: Artificial Intelligence, where the mother abandons the little robotic boy (played by the very talented Haley Joel Osment, who would have been Harry Potter if Spielberg had actually directed the Harry Potter film series. He was also in my namesake M.Night Shyamalan's runaway success, The Sixth Sense) in the forest once her real son recovers from his coma. Her husband is afraid that the little robot might feel jealous and hurt their son, and so he insists on this.
The boy robot thinks his mother is coming back for him and so he stays put as she tells him to, and we watch in helpless horror as his shrinking form finally vanishes from our view. It is not at all the same thing, of course, but as I watched Purvi shrink and then disappear, I once again felt that sense of sharp grief at an abandonment. It was uncanny. I don't suppose the CVs would have thought of any of this!
Shyamala
QUOTE=soapwatcher1] Darlyne, true, two water signs, that is why we think alike Smile
Yes, Ansh does a fabulous job in PV, I used to think he was just a spoilt little brat, he is just amazing and a doll!
Shyamala, loved your post today, breath of fresh air, voice of reason amidst the throes of disillusionment. Glad you did see something wrong with Mr. K's behavior todayWink Rithvik is a wonderful actor, can emote so well, cute too, but the CVs have ruined his character and seem bent on running Arjun to the ground, lament, lament.
The characterization is not making any sense at all, if he did want to make Purvi jealous what was the hunky-dory ness before Purvi got into the car? The CVs need to keep him straight and true to what they want to portray. A beautiful love story forever gone south! Disapprove Like you are fond of saying it is like broken china, even when mended, the crack is always visible. They will never be able to capture that essence of first time love with all its sweetness ever again between the two of them, it has soured beyond repair.
Well, I like the rest of ARVIans am trying to cultivate a deliberate detachment to this once magical couple!
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