Great post Indi. Missed your posts and all the others from BFTP because life got in the way. Tried to keep up but couldn't. I visit occasionally and what do I see? A wonderful post and a lively thread about my favorite actor's capabilities!! I had to leave my comments. Yes, my favorite actor, Barun Sobti. It's strange up until I got hooked on IPKKND and ASR I've never had a favorite actor even in my teens and that was ages ago :-). I like some more than the others in BW and HW but none with the fervor I have for Barun. I think he is exceptional for someone who has not had acting lessons. The range of emotions he can emote is incredible and without even seeming to move a muscle. How does he do it? Don't know and don't care, just love him and bowled over by him on and off the set. Just wish he will have all the success he deserves.
It was on a boring Sunday afternoon in 2012 while surfing the web looking for who the best actor/actress were awarded to in BW for that year I happened to see his name for some TV awards. Saw gushing comments so thought will check it out. Till then I had never watched Indian serials in fact laughed at everyone who did, the big snob I was. Little did I know someone with amazing acting skills, a set of gorgeous caramel eyes and a smirk to die for was waiting to reel me in hook, line and sinker.
I remember the very first time I saw him in one of the IPKKND episodes that I randomly picked from a search of Barun on YouTube. Thought he was good looking and acting was OK. Saw a few minutes of it and picked an episode from BHPH, didn't think he was the same guy. Went back to another episode of IPPKND the one where they drench each other with a bucket full of water outside his office. Wow, he was very different yet again. That was it, I got pulled into this abyss called Iss Pyaar ko kya naam doon and haven't surfaced yet all because of him. My kudos to Sanaya and all the other cast and crew members as well. Thought this obsession I have would fade away but it is still going strong even after the show has ended a year ago.
All of you wonderful contributors to this thread have written everything I'd love to say about Barun more eloquently than I ever can. I have nothing more to add except to say that he is an awesome actor.
Yes Indi, it's the acting, really!!!