Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes.
Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears.
What is it else?
A madness most discreet,
a choking gall and a preserving sweet.
William Shakespeare
A round of applause to Arshad Khan who had been on the receiving ends from the past few days, Stunt Master who choreographed the fight, to bring a Bollywood finesse to a daily show is not an easy task , but he managed to create that impact !! Kudos to DOP who captured todays shots for not only did he capture the performance of the actors but weaved the surroundings into the track to enhance the story telling ... A final Round of Applause to Raju Singh..The Pulsating heart of IPK who has given life to the show.. MY sincere admiration to him for the last bit on the flute..A short, evocative and poignant piece which left a lump in my throat !! ššš
A megalomaniac stripped of his powers, his grandeur, A uber confident Young man who always considered himself vastly superior to Arnav now finds the object he craved, obsessed prefers the 'lowly' Arnav than him !! The Mirror [vanity, ego,possessiveness] cracks , the sharp edges begin to pierce and wound Khushi...The girl who was unlucky enuf to be the object of his attention. ..A deluded Man who thinks Killing the man she loves will prove the the infinity of HIS love, Not understanding the simple fact that Love sacrifices and does not demand sacrifice !!
Shyam stands there in the open space throwing accusation's at Khushi , His permanently skewed Moral compass unable to comprehend his own sin, lost in self pity , He denounces Khushi for taking him for a ride , He indicts Khushi of cheating him, of doing an injustice to him , to his trust, to his love !! He is unable to believe that the girl he worshiped beyond any sane reason, crossing the borders of decency, loved beyond the parameters of Morality has double crossed him !! For whom ?? for a man who always hurt her, who brought tears to her eyes , who broke her heart ...
Abhaas was on fire .. He manged to evoke the right amount of sympathy and revulsion on Shyam ... So Khushi is going to fluff up and Arnav will have to rush in to save the situation .The sarcastic "Akbar tho padthi hogi na aap ' implying that she was hasty by not reading the papers that she got Arnav to sign ...
Khushi, the naive girl who believed in the goodness of all , The girl who always believed tomorrow is another day and to live today to its fullest ...A girl who was living in her fairy land aware of the pain and suffering but choosing to ignore it, A girl who took things easy, A girl who could never cross the boundaries ...One fine day, Love gives its proverbial wallop, awakening the dormant woman in her !! Wide eyed, with curiosity, trust, hope sparkling in her eyes, Khushi begins her to take her first hesitant baby step into the land of love , guided by her instinct, the totem of Arnav attracting her, beckoning her ..Khushi moves towards the fulfillment of her destiny when from nowhere swoops in a vulture , carrying off the totem, leaving her bereft, numb, dazed !! ...A Girl who was just beginning to understand the new emotions that were unfurling their petals in her heart finds all the petals plucked away ruthlessly,mercilessly ...She is desolated , utterly alone caught in the twilight zone ..Her guiding star is hidden behind the clouds..The totem which protected her, guided her, cared for her is gone !! Hapless, ill-fated Khushi is thrown into the abyss , eyes blindfolded when rending the darkness apart, ripping the blindfold comes the call, The call of Love !! The call of her love .. A beacon in the darkness , A firefly which will lead her out of the maze !! Khushi hearkens the call of this love, implicitly reposes her faith and follows the light .. breaking the boundaries, throwing caution to the winds , Her mind, heart, spirit focused ... on finding Salvation , on finding her love, on finding her husband !! ...Adopting any means to find her husband , if that means entails lies , deception or even playing another man for fool.. So be it !! ..If it is her life that can bring her husband back, So be it !! No price is high for her prince !!..Her's is the love which has no depths, which will take any brunt willingly ..Her's is the love where Sacrifice is given willingly , The sacrifice being oneself !!..That was the Zameen -Aasman ka faraq between Shyam's love and Khushi's... while Shyams demanded th sacrifice of another for the cause of his 'Love'..Khushi's demanded the sacrifice of Self !!
Hum aur bhi girsakthe hain..with that one statement Khushi has issued her warning to Shyam..That she will go to any extent to stop him .. to establish her purity, to save the pregnancy of Anjali , To protect Arnav !! we will see this coming into play in the future tracks as Shyam is going to be dumb struck at the level that Khushi will go too safe guard her world from the parasites...
Arnav..once bitten twice shy !! A man who had his faith, trust broken ..A man who had padlocked the doors of his heart and had thrown the key away !! who had built fortress around his heart with no doors n windows leading into his heart ... when a girl comes traipsing, humming, vibrant with the zest of life , A girl who reminds him of what he has lost, what he is missing ..the dazzling brightness about her attracts him but he fears the light too ..The innate self defense brings up and he tries to quell the lights by dousing it with his own dark pessimism, cynicism ..He thinks he has beaten the illumination that came to brighten his world ..He thinks he has destroyed the fires that had come to warm up his hearth ...He relaxes slightly not realizing that there still is a ember glowing brightly .The ember of unconditional love !! The embers build up leading to a conflagration exploding the fortress, the doors leaving his heart vulnerable, exposed !!...The fragile heart parched for so long , hungering for love turns towards the source of love, ..seeking it , finding it , drinking it in, growing strong until it becomes a power in itself , the light in itself...
Moments I loved ;
Arnav comes out pummeling his captors with impunity when he sees Khushi for the first time..The punch slackens, his whole body transfixed on seeing his Khushi right outside as he had thought, His faith and trust in her paid back ..The Look of joy , his face lit by the inner happiness on seeing his love , the blazing eyes turns to warmth while the grim lips crooks itself into a smile ..Barun was Brilliant !!
The next shot is the one captured by the DOP !! I just loved it to the core ..
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Arnav is fighting for his escape and is landing punches left and right on his captors ... on the men who dared to confine him..unaware that the ring leader is someone else altogether .. when he discovers this fact and other truth.. He will plant such a punch on Shyam that will leave Shyam reeling !! The punch will come when Shyam is least expecting it and when Shyam's attention is focused elsewhere..This was effectively conveyed in this shot when we see the Jab of Arnav pointing towards Shyam, The flanks of Shyam is exposed with no barriers to protect him while Khushi has made sure that Shyam's attention remains diverted !!..The Hubby-Wife Duo will rock it !!
The second moment would be when Shyam is unable to reconcile himself to the knowledge that Khushi has and will never love him nor want him ...Her love will always be Arnav !! ..A poor loser, The Psychopath in him cannot suffer defeat , His vanity demands justice !! He makes sure of getting his own back on Khushi and Arnav n How !!
We have always known that Shyam is not intelligent , cunning but not intelligent.. but he is a psychological manipulator par excellence ...His intention is to destroy Arnav and to obliterate the reminder of his defeat [Khushi] ...what better way than to achieve this by getting Khushi killed by Arnav !! A guilt stricken shocked Arnav will be in no way to counter Shyam , his high Moral standards will not let him function , His conscience will prick him , while his heart will break the man , leaving Arnav stunned, incapable and lost !!..In other words ,The Death of Arnav !! Accordingly he devises a way to rid himself of both Khushi , the strength of Arnav and Arnav the Man who is the effective shield of the Raizada's n their wealth..
Shyam will never bloody his hand directly , it will always be something or someone who will be manipulated into doing his work for him..If it was Buaji in GH, If it was the Pills that did the trick in GH, then It will be Arnav who was supposed to do it for Shyam..
SAMSON"S Strength !! ..They say the strength of Samson was in his hair but here the strength of Arnav is in Khushi ..It is she who imbues him with the never say die spirit, it is she who does not allow him to flounder , She is his inspiration, his life , his pulse and his soul.. The moment he sees her all bound and tied ...he rushes to save her, taken on the rowdies and pummels them with super human strength ..but once he realizes that Khushi is in danger , he ceases to fight, he is willing to take any blows to save his love,The proud and haughty man unhesitatingly pleads for the life of his love to be spared ..He mutely withstands the blows rained on him , if that ensures the life of Khushi ...Khushi, the girl who loves Arnav to the core of her being cannot withstand this onslaught on him..she tries , fights, sheds tears at the way her beloved is being treated .. Pushing herself beyond the limits , she frees herself from the clutches of the kidnapper and rushes towards Arnav only to be rudely pushed over the edge by the rough hands of the ruffian ..Khushi falls, her lips calling out to the man who rules her !! Triggering the animal in Arnav as he in one swish smites all the ruffians and rushes to save the girl who has come to mean the very world to him!! ...The love they have for one another , the love being their oxygen , the love for which they are willing to undertake any risks, any body blows, any emotional breaks but is unwilling even to see a
I just loved this two shots of Arnav ... Khushi has fallen down and Arnav rushes towards her, beating all the obstacles, tearing down all the blockades ..he comes to the point where she fell down ..He stands there , Puny, helpless , frozen .. A Man caught in the tangles of love ..one who saw his love pushed over the edge ...He stands there, naked, exposed , shorn of his powers, A small blip in space , A tiny particle who is of no significance , who has no bearings in the vast universe .. A organism whose existence or lack of does not matter , whose emotins are of no to interest ..
when Love transforms him , Love gives him the strength to bend the will of the stars, with the power of love ignited, he towers up above , almost touching the sky ..The Puny man who has become a Titan !! The giant whom even the Space cannot contain !! The Young man in front of whom even Destiny has to bow !!
NOTE TO CV's ;
Although Math is not one of my strong Subjects..I still learnt the art of counting and would any of u please explain the case of Vanishing Men from the Fight sequence..were they made of soap bubble , that once Arnav punched them..They dissipated into air ..
Again the case of appearing and disappearing Sandals ...
CV's we have heard Arnav saying ILU to Khushi, We have Heard Khushi saying ILA to Shyam ...BUT we need Khushi to say ILU to Arnav ..Please do not forget to show us that and also lead to it slowly interspersed with full on flirty Arnav and do not jump us with a sudden and abrupt ILU !!