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Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well!
A rather circuitous route across the internet took me to some clips from PV that I hadn't seen in quite a while. I am watching the Dec 6th 2012 Ishq Wala Love sequence and as usual, I can't stop smiling because Yash and Aarti are too, too cute, even if this is Yash's imagination.
- Aarti with the sweater: Yash is so happy, my goodness! The way he's looking down at Aarti while she's holding the sweater up to his chest, oblivious to his adoring gaze - gah, I love the look on his face. And then he sort of quirks his mouth into something like a knowing, amused smirk...and he blinks...If Aarti had glanced up at him then...I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to handle the overload of adorableness. And I am, for the millionth time, extremely glad that I got to know Gurmeet as an actor through this show. He was absolutely perfect as Yash. Aarti's split-second expression of confusion makes me laugh every time I watch this sequence, as does the manner in which Yash literally goes in circles trying to find out where Aarti disappeared off to. When he presumably hears the children in the living room...That shot of Gurmeet is one of my favorites. I always end up thinking, "Ah, I really like this shot! He looks so good."
- Ah, Yash. All he can see is Aarti. Tunnel vision at its finest. No, actually, I think certain other "brooding heroes" would beat Yash easily when it comes to "heroine tunnel vision." But Yash's tunnel vision moments are super sweet because he's generally - inherently - a very nice man, thank god. The cinematography is wonderful during this part, with camera tilts to show us what Yash is focusing on as he looks down at Aarti, sees the smudge of paint on her cheek, and bends over to wipe it off...Love the shots of Kratika here. She has such a sweet expression on her face during this part with the kids - her smile is like sunshine. Even the smallest smile brightens up everything. I suppose that's what Aarti is to Yash by now - she is the sunshine in his life, bringing brightness, color, and warmth with her...
- Seriously, how adorable can these two get?! Perfection personified when they are together onscreen. Yash's "There's no one here. Of course there's no one here. I'm being silly. Silly me!" expressions and incredibly endearing, almost shyly embarrassed smiles. Aarti's silent laughter, knowing smiles, and expressive eyes twinkling with mischief. When Aarti held out her hand and Yash slowly took it into his own...when they began to sway together...As usual, my heart swelled with nostalgic fondness for these two characters and the actors who played them with such finesse. The silent banter between Yash and Aarti, Gurmeet and Kratika, in this part of the song, is the reason why I love this sequence so much. Their eyes speak to each other, in a language that they understand, both in reality and in dreams...There's a sense of playfulness and tension, a push and pull between the two vibes...It's subtle, sweet and seductive at the same time in a way that, for me at least, characterizes Yash-Aarti's relationship.
- We've spoken so many times about how beautifully Gurmeet and Kratika convey emotions with their eyes...and it's those silent Yash-Aarti moments that constantly remind me why I was powerless to resist this particular offscreen/onscreen partnership. I'm constantly drawn to pairings that have a lot of things that are verbally left unsaid but tend to express themselves nonverbally quite a lot, even if they don't consciously realize they're doing so...Yash-Aarti are one of those pairings. Beautifully written and beautifully enacted.
