Originally posted by: Nja91
Shruti track had way too many instances of poor acting and direction. The unecessary closeness between them- physical and emotional, him doing lip service about not wanting her near him but then allowing her to do things and venting about Sai to her, eventually culminating in him not feeling any sense of anger/betrayal when she starts declaring she loves him even after she knows how he put his marriage at stake and supposedly loves his wife, him allowing her to hug him, kiss his hand - all of this is not cool. If she hugged him his reaction should be to push her away firmly. He can console even by pushing her away. He seemed all to casual about her repeated declarations of love, and never angry or uncomfortable.
Similarly he always easily gives in to pp's manipulation. How is she still allowed to enter his room let alone talk to him?!
The makers do this on purpose because they think it's drama but it's just cringe.
I don't see any difference in his reactions when Sai was hospitalized vs Shruti. In both situations he was in tears, and he had the same generic expressions of shock and worry. I dont see him bring out the differences in his behavior. We would like to believe that he was more shaken when Sai was admitted but NB certainly didn't convey that in his acting as V. He is really NOT adept at potraying angst, pain, longing. Just using glycerin or looking haggard doesn't convey emotions. Makers didn't help matters by giving us very little monologues or reflections from V. At no point during the entire Shruti kaand could i feel any sympathy for V- so that makes him an epic fail. He is better in the nok jhok type scenes and the light hearted stuff.
but even in the more lighthearted Sairat scenes now, Ayesha is leaps and bounds better in terms of acting than NB. Its time he matches up to her and elevates the scenes.
He can learn from Sachin Shroff. He has great presence and energy in the scenes. Ayesha-Sachin interactions in scenes are so good, infact Ayesha seems to have figured out that unique chemistry with every member of the cast. She brings a different flavor to each interaction. If a person randomly out of context watched her scenes on mute with mohit/Sam/Rajeev/pulkit/sunny/ajinkya - any character - they would know that none of them were her husband/lover because she brings out that difference just in body language. But cant say the same for NB and his interaction with pp, Shruti. And that kind of ambivalence where he cannot clearly show the difference in his feelings/intensity for his wife vs other women means that he is failing at his job. The one thing I agree is that NB is capable of doing romance quite well when he wants to. Hes had moments where he gives those special admiring, niharoing looks to Sai. But he fails on bringing that distinction between his wife and other women when the scenes are angsty.
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