I have been hating Shyam and appreciating Abhaas for a while now, so firstly I'd like to thank you SJji for creating this thread. Much needed, indeed. And I had written this someday back when I was thinking of making a blog post about him. Well, that doesn't seem like a fairly bright idea so what the hell! I post it here.😆
My father once told me that Pran(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran) once was such an abhorred man because of the villainous roles he played that people did not even name their kids Pran. Well, that is one story. But since then I haven't encountered one villain whom I could hate that much. It's a tough job, really. You can fake honesty, people are dumb enough to believe. But what about faking immorality? It's like the Amoeba Boys. You can never be convinced that they're bad.
So, when an actor pulls of such an act that you want to punch him till his face turns to pulp, such that you want to wipe his face off the earth, such that you feel your stomach churning in disgust at his sight, then let it be said that the actor has done his job stupendously.
Abhaas Mehta is one such actor.
I started watching late so I hadn't really seen much of his scenes. Moreover, I didn't pay any attention to him even if I did. Until later, when I saw his confrontation with Shashi Gupta. And that scene moved me. It just made me feel sad. Sad because I realized people like Shyaam Jha did exist, because even though it's some Abhaas Mehta playing it, the way he's playing it seemed so real.
I have abhorred Shyaam Jha ever since. That scene where he practices his crying scene when he hears of Anjali's death, that lustful gaze at Khushi's photo during New Year's Eve..Well, everything Shyaam made me cringe.
But it wasn't until last week when I stumbled upon my age-old issue of Fountainhead that I realized it's actually not easy to hate someone. Peter Keating, one of the characters, is, frankly, abominable. He represents everything that's wrong with this world. But you just can't hate him. And then I also realized I couldn't hate many villains. The Joker's my hero!
So, why exactly do I hate Shyaam that much?
It's because Abhaas plays him so well. The way he switches from the sweet talking Shyaam Jha to that despicable lusting-after-Khushiji to the "Dekh nahin sakte tum HP!" shouting arrogant bas***d is just mind blowing.
And he's such a nice man. Very few people, let alone actors, have the ability to deal nicely with haters. I, for one, enjoy it which is actually more of my need for drama in my life than a sadistic pleasure. But he seems to take it with a very cool and very applause-worthy indifference. I can only imagine the kind of hate mails he must have received, given the kind of disgust we all feel for Shyaam.
And he's just so much fun off the sets as well. Look at a few of his interviews and disagree. I challenge you.
You see, appreciation is very easy to deal with. Hatred is much harder. And I bow down to him for the way he deals with everything so coolly, and still maintains his villainous character, never flaying away from it.
So, do I laaauuu Abhaas? Yes. I laaauu him very much. So much that I wrote this to appreciate him, not caring of the disagreement I shall receive for writing such a very long post and boring people with it.
Anyway, if you've read this much, I thank you. Although there's no need. It's Abhaas we should thank, because he made me write this and you read it.
If not, then here's a photo of how adorable he is. Look at it it and I bet it'll induce the same laauu for Abhaas in your hearts that my words couldn't.
Also, he's bheeryyy sexxy. Yes--
Edited by boyznaka - 13 years ago
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