THE episode which got me hooked to Sajan - and I don't think I was alone in that one. The promos had gotten me interested, and I was waiting for the song to happen, because it was beautifully presented - the red and white Valentine's day theme, the games and fun preceding it, the tension between Samrat and Gunjan, Purab and his girlfriend - cute cameos ... again, acting by Mohit and Sanaya was not great at all, but the whole scene set up was very well done and caught my interest.
Then came the scene between Samrat and Gunjan in the cafe before the song - and I was hooked. The hallmark of this couple, especially of Gunjan - few words, but now Sanaya was getting the emotions into place, in her eyes, and more so, in her voice ... for me, diction and dialogue delivery is one of the most compelling things in any actor, and now Sanaya was getting it down pat. And her eyes - hesitant, yet the glimmer of happiness showing through clearly, Gunjan was happy to have Samrat back in her life, she was happy to have him back as a friend ... her shyness was intact as she still couldn't muster the courage to tell him she wanted him as her partner, but her eyes said it all ... that's a cliche, but here it was really true. And Samrat understood - without her having to say it, he understood - and that was that.
Khude Jaane ...
Sanaya never said a truer word - ever since KJ was picurized in MJHT, it has been an SG song all the way, Ranbir and Deepika forgotten completely. KJ hooked me to Sajan - it is still completely and wholly an SG song for me. Their dance, their expressions, the whole scene setup, this has to rank as one of the best tracks and scenes of MJHT. Khuda Jaane is completely Sajan for me - the first time I saw it, I didn't even register MN were in the song at all. Only later when i read something on AB/RP dancing to KJ at some function, I vaguely wondered why they were so excited about an SG song, and went back and saw, oh, yes, they were in it as well. But they were incidental, an aside ... every time I watch the song now, and I still watch it every now and then, it's just Sajan and them alone. Sajan are pure magic in this song - they have really made it their own. And I'm not the only one - many SG fans I know have the same feeling - KJ hooked so many of us to Sajan.
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Diya, I would second your ENTIRE post :), esp 2 points:
ReplyDeletea) Khuda Jaane has always been and will always be a PURE SAJAN (pun intended) song for me..be it gunjan's entry, v-ball dance or sammy's realisation, it's always been about sajan and nobody else and everytime its been peRFect!! :))))
b) when i saw the dance for the very first time on the show, even i went like - "Sanaya was so right, who is ever gonna rem ranbir and deepika after THIS!!!" - ever since that performance, i have only remembered SAJAN whenver i hear this song and i fall in love with it all over gain!! they NAILED it!! :D:D:D
one last thing which i would want to add is that the choreography of this dance was absolutely brilliant and very fitting to the situation; and monaya performed it magnificently - their looks (of sheer bliss), their smiles on dancing wid each other, their turns and twirls, that shimmy which mohit does in the end when sanaya is laughing - everything was BANG ON!!!
thanks Diya for a post dedicated only to Khuda Jaane, truly deserved!! :))
Cheers! :)
Shilpi
Thanks, Shilpi ... yep, Khuda Jaane truly deserved a separate post because it was the one song that was pure, classy brilliant Sajan - in fact that was the scene which really hooked me to Sajan completely.
ReplyDeleteAnd agree with you about the choreography - brilliant, no jatka Bollywood moves, but all very elegant, graceful, somehow the whole scene exuded class ... like what you would expect in an upper crust Mumbai college ... and Monaya performed it brilliantly, not just the dancing, but the expressions, that pure joy and happiness, especially when he holds her in his arms and dips her, and Gunjan, the shy chuimui, is completely comfortable ... it was sheer magic!