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The title of my topic is what it is because we have always identified every single member of the D3 cast with dance, as Dancers first and everything else later. But the last two episodes of D3 have reaffirmed an impression in my head that had once been given voice to by Palki ma'am in an interview: that there are times when it becomes difficult to put one's finger on which is the correct order of Shantanu's progression on and via D3, is he a dancer who became an actor or an actor who became a dancer? Basically, this post is to congratulate Shantanu for his performance in the last two episodes of this week's D3, because he was phenomenal in them. Period. š
And I'm talking very specifically about the last two episodes, namely the scenes that follow SwaRon's coming out of the Announcement Room, where Sharon denies their relationship in front of the gang. I won't get into too much descriptive detail of what his expressions were or how brilliant Shantanu was at portraying them, we all saw it ourselves and my typing them out will take something away from them, which I absolutely don't want to do. But I will say that for me personally that one shot where Swayam is looking at Sharon with disbelief as she lies, and there's just one tear in his eye as he looks at her, stunned...is one of the most impactful shots in the entire episode. Credit for that is due also to the director, of course, but more than anyone else I'd like to applaud Shantanu for performing it in a way that made it effective enough to make sure a million hearts broke along with Swayam's to see what he saw and hear what he heard. Similarly, the way he performed in the ReYam scene, saying as much to himself as to Rey that he's okay and will handle this maturely; promising himself as much as Rey that he won't let this affect anything in his life the way he usually does; holding back his tears with a tremendous effort to keep himself steady and strong...the body language, the dialogue delivery, the mood, he made everything work exactly as it needed to, and the result was another brilliantly effective scene. š š š
I've always respected Shantanu for the dancer he is, and over the years have come to respect him as an Actor just as much. And I think there are many like me who'd like to wish him all the very best as both Dancer and Actor, and hope he keeps growing and learning and making us proud like he's doing with every passing episode of D3. Touchwood for him, I say.
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