#dargah

Bidar, Oct 2019 (2) (3) (4) by Kandukuru Nagarjun

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Will I ever stop talking about the dargah sequence?

The answer is NO. It was so beautifully shot and it spoke so much about their equation without giving away anything. I loved how Arnav and Khushi were so unaware of each other, because, of course, shuruwat thi. And Arziyan as the background score made so much sense and added this very important poignant touch to the entire sequence. Their story was completely fated, and this was the gateway.

The purity of this frame speaks volumes!

There was also one particular scene that really portrayed the inner psyche of Arnav Singh Raizaada, otherwise an unapologetic atheist and disbeliever of any higher power other than himself. His disbelief was perfectly portrayed in the sequence where he was heading towards to dargah, with a stoic expression and his oblivious disregard for the poor. We see him dodging the peacock feathers, and even the crowd around him. But then, he enters the dargah with flowers in his hands and most importantly,

He bows down before the tomb.

This one frame gave away the deeper insight of Arnav, for the first time. Arnav, who is sensitive, respectful and surprisingly, considerate. Not the stern, arrogant, and no nonsense Arnav Singh Raizaada that we were familiar with.

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The beauty of this entire sequence is how simple and soothing it is. Khushi and Arnav have simple outfits, tastefully in contrasts and they allowed the actor movements to create moments instead of crazy camera movements of edits. 

If you see very carefully, in the first shot the camera slowly focuses on Arnav and shifts focus to Khushi. 

In the second the camera moves with Khushi and comes to a stop right when she walks into Arnav’s path, just slowly capturing the beautiful shot where her dupatta beautifully flies on his face. The beauty of this is that it does not look contrived. She walks in at the right moment, the wind fan is blown at the right moment and the wonderful thing is Arnav looks in her direction and continues to do so. It’s so right. 

And in the last one, the camera is steady, focusing on Khushi’s face until Arnav walks into the frame and the focus gently shifts to Arnav. The shadows on Khushi’s face and the beautiful framing makes this shot stunning.

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