Basanti:I totally agree--riveting work, and not a "Rabba Ve" ummm...I mean "Rasiyaaa" in sight or a shirtless man on screen to play to the gallery. Just pure, total acting.
I feel like today for the first time, Thakur became a real character for me, instead of the hilarious tape measure wielding doofus serialjunkie has made him into in my mind, with her brilliant comic take-downs. Today, I really SAW the guy, and it doesn't hurt that he is also holy hellberries hot!
I can actually understand why for 17 years a man like this could have controlled a village full of people, to the point of giving up 17 girls, one after the other--it was such a powerful narrative too, that legacy of slow evil.
Thakur oozed smarmy charm, knowing full well it was being seen through by Rudra..and he played off Ashish's intensity by being just ever so slightly mocking of the passionate patriotism of the man--and its not easy to match Ashish's powerhouse act and even surpass it--honors to the Thakur, today. I TOTALLY believe he has brass balls, even if his tape measure gives the rest of his parts...very few inches.
Related note: Loved the post showing the audition tape. Without any costume music, direction, it was remarkable.
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