The best scene today was Shravan's scene with all his friends - old and newđ....talking about Suman.
We get a sense of the turmoil inside Suman when we see her do things like hide his pictures in her desk drawer and pop gum whenever she thinks about him.....but today, we got a window into Shravan's turmoil and the depth of his torment.
Bunty was so scared of the other guys bringing up Sumo's name in front of Shravan, but Shravan surprised him and all of us by so candidly talking about Sumo to his new friendsđ....this was a nice refreshing touch from a story perspective.....he didn't try to hide his past from his new friends.
The way he spoke of Sumo in this scene again showed the depth of his understanding of her....how he's always known that she hides a very emotional heart behind her kadak demeanor....how he knows all the little things she likes to eat or drink....how much she loves discipline....lol he said this all with a fond smile and there was no hiding his love for her. Even his friends looked taken aback....and when they asked the obvious question about how he knows so much about her, Shravan didn't hold back and admitted quite candidly that there was a time when him and Sumo madly loved each other. But then followed the obvious question about what happened after that....and that is when Shravan turned to bitterness and brushed it off as a childish mistake that everyone does once in their lives.
I was watching this and thinking....a) Shravan can't and doesn't seem to realize the disconnect between how much his love for Sumo still reflects in his eyes and words and the way he tries to dismiss it in bitterness....lol....and b) Somewhere, all these years of being away from her, maybe hearing his own family downplay their love as just a naadaani has helped feed that narrative in his mind too that this was just a childish misadventure.
I don't think he really believes it was a childish misadventure....but those words are an easy shield to use for something he can't reconcile with....the HOW....how could they have fallen apart when they so madly loved each other.....that is the turmoil inside him....trying to make sense of something that he can't find an answer to.
Chalo, like standard aashiqs, he's taken to daaru to drown his ghamđ.....after everything he went through, one can't blame him....baaki Army ka excuse toh hai hi whiskey peene ke liyeđ
The other thing I liked about this scene was the play of expression on Bunty's face as he saw Shravan talk about Sumo....he looked so happy seeing Shravan remembering her fondly....and then he became sad as he saw the hurt/bitterness taking over in Shravan's words.
Very nice scene....it gave a nice vibe of Shravan's past and present coming together in a combined friend circle where he genuinely shared everything with them......sirf naam ki dosti nahin hai.