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This one I treasure for more than one reason.
From: Deepti Naval
Date: Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:33 PM
Subject: Re:
To: Kushagra Merchant
Dear Kushagra, thanks for writing to me and for expressing yourself so beautifully . . . it is rare that one comes across a viewer who is able to receive each and every nuance you have played on the screen and felt it as much as you have felt while performing . . .thanks for your keen observation and genuine response - I'm touched!
warm regards,
Deepti
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Kushagra Merchant wrote:
Dear Deepti,
It is the first instance of me writing to any actor or actress. But for some reason i felt i had to. I finished watching Chashme Baddoor an hour back (the one in 1983 not 2013).
I was having dinner and a thought crossed my mind that I need to google Deepti Naval. I read the page "reflections" on your website. And then I had to write this email.
In Chashme Baddoor there is a scene where Farooq Sheikh is invited to his boss' home. At the end he leaves the home like any man in a bout of love-sick jealousy and self-pity would. The scene was like many others but for the fact that at the gate, on the other side, was a certain expression on your face at the very moment he turns and leaves.
These moments are nothing but sometimes they coalesce too many emotions in the viewer all at once. For me it was a remembrance of all the occasional arguments i had with my wife. Two years into marriage, at the age of 32, having arguments is not unusual. But that moment in the scene symbolized the "moment after" such arguments in an overwhelming way. I would have watched it many times.
If you can "feel" the after before you instinctively engage in the "before" maybe there would be no "before." And it is only the "after" that stays with you always---in this case a sense of tender and genuine hurt. It sublimates love like nothing else can.
Maybe I read too much into that moment, maybe because I too behaved once with my wife before marriage in the way the male lead does in that film and maybe because my wife is currently out of station and that your character reminded me of her.
And yes you wrote "I have often been accused of reading more into my lines feeling deeper than required, being more real for the scene than necessary..." I am glad you felt deeper than required, because I am sure it was not in vain for your viewers.
Regards,
Kushagra
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