Gunur and political drama

19th feb

Barely managed to see the episode ... need to re-watch to comment.
Edit: watched again ... comments are same! except for Gunjan ...

Ugh ... I don't like political dramas ... and the college gang seem to be way out of their league as of now with the politician ... Imran Khan is an experienced actor, so he seems an even bigger slimeball and the gang extremely immature in front of him. How will they tackle such a big issue ... RDB they took the law into their own hands and shot the guy ... and ended up dead! They can't possibly do that here! Have a feeling it will be as lame as the jail and court track - maybe worse. Why do cv's take up stories and give them half baked treatment?

GuNur scene - first Nupur standing outside the ICU wondering how to break the news to Gunjan - for one, the whole paralysis thing is so lame that it fails to really stir me, so Nupur failed to stir me too. Besides she is quite a weak character, tends to break down at everything, be it Mayank leaving her in Morena, Bauji turfing her out or now Gunjan getting paralysed. Doesn't really seem constructive - sure she will be a shoulder for Gunjan to cry on, but if Gunjan needs more than that, then Nupur is not the one. Samrat and even Mayank and Dia are far better as support systems, Nupur's smothering love for Gunjan is her major weak point.

So I think it was my general dissatisfaction with the current track that I didn't really like the Gunur scene very much - rather, it left me dissatisfied, especially Nupur's part. Hated the way Nupur broke the news to Gunjan ... as though she was telling her that Gunjan was going to die ... is this the way you break the news to a younger sister? By giving up completely and breaking down in front of her? If you've been a mother figure, you try to stay strong for her, you say we're going to deal with this, this is what the doctors say, but we know they're wrong. No, Nupur will cry for Gunjan, and she will be her shoulder, but unless she gets some support from Mayank, she will be of no other use. And hopefully, like always, it will be Samrat who pushes Gunjan to get better.
As for Gunjan - the first time I watched the scene - in very distracted circumstances, I didn't like Gunjan's reaction ... but when I saw it again, and could pay attention to her eyes, then I did. Gunjan emotes fantastically with her eyes - her strongest point. Starting from the time Nupur entered the ICU and Gunjan realised there was something wrong, Nupur breaking dow, Gunjan getting more tense, trying to comfort her older sister, instead of the other way around - that's what I mean about Gunjan being the stronger of the two ... and then, when Nupur finally breaks the news, I saw the disbelief, then the sheer raw pain and horror in Gunjan's eyes before she did break down and started crying like a baby. Still wish the scene had been better scripted and directed, but Gunjan showed all the emotions that I wanted to see. Acting flawless - as usual.