Watching SGP these days, after the frenzy of the World Cup, a few random thoughts ...
Good part about the latest track - the fact that everyone in the family knows about the illness - completely unlike most serials and movies where the truth is always hidden from someone or the other, usually by the patient, or from the patient, in the hope of "sparing" near and dear ones the pain. Which I always found inane and stupid in the extreme - if you don't share this kind of thing with your family, there's no way you can get through it. So the good part in the track is definitely how the entire family gets to know, goes through the initial shock and then slowly starts to come to terms with the news and what is to be done about it. And is trying to support each other, be brave, instead of crying buckets of tears all the time.
Another good thing - Suhana's mother makes an appearance - albeit in flashbacks, and Vaishnavi M is a lovely actress - she brings a warmth and life to her role, the scenes between her and Suhana's father are really good. Both are good actors and make you feel their emotions.
Which brings me to the strange - although Ragini is a decent actress, in this track, I give her a 'thumbs down'. So far, she hasn't really made me feel anything. Again the supporting characters make me feel more emotions than Suhana does, although in her scenes with her sister and then with the two bhabhis, she was not bad at all. Not bad - but I can't feel her. And for a track like this one, if i can't connect to her as a viewer, the track loses its intensity right away.
Ditto Ishaan - Jay Soni seems to be the weakest link. He's looked like a loveable simpleton all through, he continues to look like that. He doesn't look as though he's going through the most earth-shattering events of his life at all - the intensity, the depth of emotion is just not there in his eyes. No anguish - that's the word I want. I remember seeing Samrat anguished because he couldn't find Gunjan after the bet - the very first time I ever thought Mohit could act - he had that anguish in his eyes, just because he felt Gunjan was upset about something and wasn't telling him. Here Ishaan is supposed to be losing the love of his life - or at least is scared he's going to - and I can't feel it at all.
And I'm not even going to compare the hospital scenes here - there Mohit was a class apart, Ishaan is nowhere near.
Another good - the tiny Panna and her mil scene. And that's what I meant about feeling emotions - the beginning of the change in attitude of her mil, the slightest smile on Panna's face, slightly disbelieving, yet happy - as though to say, did that just really happen? And they have me waiting for the next part of that track - because I could feel what was happening, not just watch it.
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hey Dia i was wondering about this as to when are you gonna post something with reference to the ongoing SGP track i thought may be its just me for quite sometime now who felt though the track is quite wonderful and innovative in treatment as per Indian standards [the reasons of which you have already stated - everyone knows but the patient lamebrain stuff] since here Suhana actually knows her illness is good however the track fails to make an impact as it should especially when scenes of Suhana and Ishaan are concerned be it together or individually or them with others - Jay & Ragini just dont seem to click here, its like they are sleepwalking their parts or worse doing it for the heck of it - i swear to even think of comparing them to Samrat & Gunjan especially in the shootout track seems almost like blasphemy - what Mohit did in those hospital scenes, the emotions Sanaya enacted when she had to walk again to save Samrat both the times - first when while she crawled and then during that bulldozer scene are a class apart - now they - looking at them you felt these are lovers - 2 people madly in love who feel threatened they would loose each other and were scared lifeless by the mere thought of it... here Ishaan Suhana dont even seem to be batting an eyelid - its like tumor oh! its just a little thing like cold or flu will be okay in a day or two - Jesus Christ i hope they dont plan to stretch this track for too long cos contradictory to what you think in this case I feel Vaishnavi's return is a double edged sword. The flashback scenes with Mahesh and her are so damn good - these actors truly wonderful you feel all the more annoyed with Suhana Ishaan - its like looking at the senior couple here you wanna scream at them and make em watch their scenes when they act and tell Jay & Ragini - here look at them these people they are actors - learn improvise and if you still cant do a thing for the sake of heaven please please stop torturing us with nonsense cos instead of arousing sympathy pain you seem to give us a headache acting so nonchalant & indifferent in what can be such a wonderfully emotional track !!
ReplyDeleteHey, Aani, I know ... I like the treatment of the track, the way it's written, the alternation between serious and funny moments, but somehow the leads are just not able to carry it off, especially as a couple.
ReplyDeleteRagini was decent in the parts with her sister and the fb with her mother, like I said ... and the script is very well written - about the fear, and courage being needed to overcome it ... beautiful lines, really, really beautiful and beautiful scenes ... it is a real pity that they're not able to carry it off.
And Ishaan just seems like a kid ... he doesn't have the maturity that he should, that depth of love - when he cries about Suhana, is worried about Suhana, it's as though he's worried about his mother, as to who would take care of him when she goes! Not quite the right analogy - but there's just something missing in his scenes. I don't get that feeling of romantic love at all, the desperation of losing the one you love most in the world. Mahesh Thakur has it in his scenes with Vaishnavi - so the contrast is very obvious.
Again with the brothers, the supporting cast is so much better - they are the supporting cast in the real sense of the word - if they weren't there to support, the show would fall flat. In the scene with the brothers, it was so glaringly evident - the guy playing Inder is really good - I have started liking him a lot after the recent Inder-Panna brother-sister scenes, where he totally won my heart - and he and Ilesh just tower above Ishaan in their acting. Inder's eyes show his feelings - his sorrow, his frustration, and you can feel his pain, Ilesh is okay, he continues playing the clown, and Ishaan is ... ???
Much better to keep it a light hearted show - like in MJHT, MN could never carry off emotional tracks, here, Ishaan Suhana cannot - the only problem is that MJHT had SaJan for the emotion and MN for the comedy ... here they have only one couple to do both, and they are equally incapable as MN were. Ragini is still a decent actress, now that her screeching has gone, but Ishaan is just not measuring up - not for me.
My biggest gripe - I can't feel them. They mouth their lines, they even have some emotion in their voices and acting. The eyes are what let them down. There was one episode of Suhana's ages back, which I really liked her acting in, where her eyes showed her emotions, while she mouthed completely contrary words. In this track I don't see that emotion in her eyes ... when she smiles determinedly, she should have that sadness, that fear lingering in her eyes - she doesn't. Something is missing - and it's a pity, because the track is very well written, well-balanced ... far better than I had expected, and yet ... :(