ARUNITA KANJILAL AT #7 - Page 82

Originally posted by: PV_IFhandle

Some more thinking / overanalysis of this.

Sony has created an image of Arunita being a little slow to understand things. They ran that video in one episode where PD said so. Of course, the whole video lacked spontaneity and looked rather scripted - especially the part where Ashish ostensibly cracks a joke which she doesn't understand.

In subsequent interviews, Danish has used the word "dumb" at least once to describe Arunita and likewise Neeraj Kalkar has used the word "buddhu" in at least one interview. At that time, I had felt that both of these were probably just errors. I thought maybe Danish doesn't know the full import of the word, believing the Sony story that he comes from a relatively smaller city. And I thought for Neeraj Kalkar that maybe it was a genuine error.

Now I wonder whether that choice of words was intentional because something was already brewing at the back.

I think even her mother admits that she can be slow to react to new things outside her focus.

She appears to be well focused when giving interviews. Never spills any beans or misses a question. Her Bengali interviews are very confident and to the point. Maybe she is still struggling with Hindi vocabulary!

My impression is she is intelligent enough but is lost in her own world most of the time. Something that people who know her well allude to.

BTW, Anoushka Banerjee (AB), no friend of hers, once said that Arunita is No. 1 "Tubelight" in the group, AB being herself No 2.

Originally posted by: Realityshow

I think even her mother admits that she can be slow to react to new things outside her focus.

She appears to be well focused when giving interviews. Never spills any beans or misses a question. Her Bengali interviews are very confident and to the point. Maybe she is still struggling with Hindi vocabulary!

My impression is she is intelligent enough but is lost in her own world most of the time. Something that people who know her well allude to.

BTW, Anoushka Banerjee (AB), no friend of hers, once said that Arunita is No. 1 "Tubelight" in the group, AB being herself No 2.

Re. focus area - possible. People who are too deeply steeped in their area of choice sometimes tend to give that impression. But to my mind, that does not justify the use of the words like "dumb" or "buddhu."

Re. AB - well, they were rivals early on, where AK shone much brighter, and they were rivals again where AK has now shone ever more brighter. So I would take take that with a pinch of salt, maybe a spoonful of salt actually 😆

Re. bold: Agreed. I watched most of those. Very poised and self-confident, and aware of how to conduct oneself in such situations. I remember in one interview the interviewer was a young lady probably in her early 20s, so Arunita started calling her "tumi" and then quickly added "I hope you don't mind me calling you tumi."

Originally posted by: PV_IFhandle

Re. focus area - possible. People who are too deeply steeped in their area of choice sometimes tend to give that impression. But to my mind, that does not justify the use of the words like "dumb" or "buddhu."

Re. AB - well, they were rivals early on, where AK shone much brighter, and they were rivals again where AK has now shone ever more brighter. So I would take take that with a pinch of salt, maybe a spoonful of salt actually 😆

Re. bold: Agreed. I watched most of those. Very poised and self-confident, and aware of how to conduct oneself in such situations. I remember in one interview the interviewer was a young lady probably in her early 20s, so Arunita started calling her "tumi" and then quickly added "I hope you don't mind me calling you tumi."

In my experience people rarely, in public pronouncements, will actually call a mad or dumb person as such if they think that is really the case. That is too insulting and is not expected from uber civil persons like Danish or Neeraj.

This dumb, buddhu, bit is from deep familiarity and comfort with a hint of love thrown in. I don't give it any serious thought. Like them or not, I am certain they did not mean it to be derogatory. But it highlights a trait in her character that can make her appealing to the over protective. If you read the comments on her forgetful video you will notice that it overall spawned love not derision.

I don't know if I have shared this before, but this one is from 2018 when she was still appearing in public shows.

https://youtu.be/PO4_-8iOi-Y

I don't know if I have shared this before, but this one is from 2018 when she was still appearing in public shows.

https://youtu.be/PO4_-8iOi-Y

Thanks. Hadn't heard this one before. Unmistakable talent!

Originally posted by: Realityshow

In my experience people rarely, in public pronouncements, will actually call a mad or dumb person as such if they think that is really the case. That is too insulting and is not expected from uber civil persons like Danish or Neeraj.

This dumb, buddhu, bit is from deep familiarity and comfort with a hint of love thrown in. I don't give it any serious thought. Like them or not, I am certain they did not mean it to be derogatory. But it highlights a trait in her character that can make her appealing to the over protective. If you read the comments on her forgetful video you will notice that it overall spawned love not derision.

Well, that is where I started off when I first heard the interview - "deep familiarity and comfort with a hint of love thrown in," as you say. Also I too believe that public personalities rarely use strong language in interviews.

This above post was just a thought based on what we are seeing now - what seems to be some friction. Very likely that this thought is wrong and just the over analysis that takes place when you are running and trying to keep your mind away from the pain 😆

The Bengal show booking scene is hotting up with a month to go before Durga Puja.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTlvR36MtcR/

Originally posted by: PV_IFhandle

Some more thinking / overanalysis of this.

Sony has created an image of Arunita being a little slow to understand things. They ran that video in one episode where PD said so. Of course, the whole video lacked spontaneity and looked rather scripted - especially the part where Ashish ostensibly cracks a joke which she doesn't understand.

In subsequent interviews, Danish has used the word "dumb" at least once to describe Arunita and likewise Neeraj Kalkar has used the word "buddhu" in at least one interview. At that time, I had felt that both of these were probably just errors. I thought maybe Danish doesn't know the full import of the word, believing the Sony story that he comes from a relatively smaller city. And I thought for Neeraj Kalkar that maybe it was a genuine error.

Now I wonder whether that choice of words was intentional because something was already brewing at the back.

SET, YT , till afew days back had pushed Indian Idol section down to 5th or 6th on their home page - now Indian Idol section is again no.2 after TKSS and also has 2 sections - so, these videos are still most watched.

They have changed it again though - but till last night it was no.2.