Scene : Late Night. It’s raining profusely.
The protagonist of the movie is standing
in front of a house drenched, waiting for the door to open. A female character
opens the door from inside, comes out and is surprised to see the hero. The
hero gestures her not to raise voice since others will be sleeping. He then
through gestures conveys to her that her daughter is so cute and that her
husband is very smart and that the house is a good place to live in. He
exclaims and expresses the beauty of rains. Then he slows a bit. Takes a deep
breath and goes on continuing his talk through gestures through which he
conveys that he loves her and how deep it was rooted. The heroine, first
perplexed, regains her sense and gets emotional and forwards to offer him a hug.
The hero stops her and bid a goodbye. He raises his hands in happiness of the
feat he made; to convey his love to his old flame of love.
The above said scene is from the movie ‘Dasvidaniya’.
The male & female character is portrayed by Vinay Pathak & Neha Dhupia
respectively.
Vinay Pathak, the lead actor in the movie
is a theatre actor turned movie actor. As per Oscar Wilde theatre is one of the
finest and greatest forms of art, the most immediate way in which a human being
can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. And Vinay
is one who truly lives the quotation. From upgrading himself from theatre to
main stream motion movie he had given his talent a wide exposure. This is one
actor with whom we can relate instantly and never get bored off.
Vinay had hosted a show in Star TV with his
friend and co-actor Ranvir Shorey called ‘Ranvir, Vinay Aur Kaun?’ He
profiled another feet too when he hosted a show on ESPN called ‘Nokia
Football Crazy’ during the World Cup in Germany
Jism (2003)
In this third movie of his he portraits a
character called DCP Siddarth. Though his character doesn’t have a much
wide scope for his talent, the role was something to watch out. The concern of
a human whose friend is in trouble is very well portrayed by Vinay.
Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006)
Asif Iqbal,
the character he plays in this movie is a visa agent. With acting stalwarts
like Anupam Kher & Boman Irani stealing the show, Vinay makes it sure that
he embarks a notable performance in this flick. The story which is revolving
around a plot of real estate fraud deal, its Vinay’s character’s crooked idea
that helps the script stay above everything. And no prize for guessing, he had
enacted the character so well.
Bheja Fry (2007)
Taxman and aspiring singer Bharat
Bhushan is the main reason which makes us sit in front of the screen when
the movie is running. Playing a mediocre idiot guy who is being pranked by a
rich socialite, Vinay hits the humour nerves of the audience throughout the
movie. How fool a man can be and how he can turn around the situations from bad
to worse is amazingly portrayed by this guy.
Johnny Gaddar (2007)
Greed, an emotion difficult to portrayed is
being easily handled by Vinay in this movie. The character Prakash in
this movie can be anytime rated as one of his best performance till date. Though
famed as comedian, Vinay gets morphed into a club proprietor with dark shades.
Nobody could have pulled out this character this best, if it was not Vinay.
Dasvidaniya (2008)
A movie in which Vinay Pathak entertains
you through a character Amar Kaul, an accounts manager who realizes he
is left with only three months of life before succumbing to stomach cancer. A
perfect to-do-list following person, Vinay’s character lists down his final
notes. Scenes of him with Saritha Joshi playing his mother, Neha Dhupai playing
his childhood love, Rajat Kapoor playing his best friend were simply done
superb. Though a sad ending, his acting leaves us realize the importance of
life and reminds us to pursue things which we really want to. A must-watch
performance enacted brilliantly.
Few other flicks of his worth watching
Manoram Six Feet Under
Buddha Mar Gaya
Say Salaam India
Mixed Doubles
Somebody said it right : ‘Life is like a
play; its not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters. Vinay Pathak
truly prove this statement. I am sure, his best is yet to come.
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