Khuda aapnay gunagaroon ko maaf kar daita hai lekin mohabbat apnay gunaygaroon ko kabhi maaf nahi karti.
I knew last week was a one off episode that came together so perfectly that I had an inkling it won’t be too long till the train derailed from its tracks again.
Okay, okay maybe I’m jumping the gun a bit but did we really need another love interest for Bunty? Seriously? How many girls does he need to go through to realise that true love is not going to happen for him. Nahi, Bunty bhai, aapki fate mein nahi likha to paraphrase Laloo Prasad Yadav.
As we are quickly approaching an end to our journey, and boy what a journey it has been(!), there are new twists and old ones that come back to haunt us! Indeed, if there’s one word that I can use to describe Bunty I Love You it is haunting.
And the single most important factor when it comes to this sense of chills and thrills is the particularly wistful and perhaps to some extent unforgettable background score. There are numerous occasions – Patel recollecting his own memories, Dania engrossed in her thoughts, Bunty moping at the beach, Babaji performing his wazifas – where these subtle notes add a particular something that no amount of acting, direction, or camerawork could.
Dania and Bunty’s logical segue to the terrace was a brilliantly executed scene. Bunty’s dejection at Beenish’s betrayal, (yet again lost in love, Bunty Baba!) that I wasn’t prepared for the conversation that followed. From young love’s tragic ending we move to Italian food in one swift transition only to be greeted by Amir!
Amir’s remorse falls on a chillingly vindictive Dania. Clearly this woman hasn’t forgotten what he did, and if you ask me how will she, given that she watches that damn video over and over and over again! Thank you, Qutub, for pointing that out!
With Amir back we’re in for more games. HUM TV, if you’re reading, please, please, please don’t go down the Shukk route! Spare us! If you start wrapping up you’ll end up with a drama that in years to come will be seen as departure point for every innovative and risqué story. No matter what the naysayers might say, I think you’re on to something with Bunty I Love You, now if only you can pull it off with class.
In Boy Wonder’s universe, he’s yet to recover from heartbreak, and what do you know, we have another damsel enter his life at the beach! Is this really love?
Clearly this isn’t a story about “desiring the soul” but I wouldn’t necessarily say that it’s only about “desiring the body” either. A point well made with allegorical references to the kuttas (no, I’m not talking about Bunty!). Finally, we get to the importance of the dogs eighteen episodes in! This entire scene, this conversation between Qutub and Dania – well-shot, well-scripted, and well-done!
Speaking of well-shot, I found Babaji to be in his element this week holding his own against Dania’s questions. Not too bad a sideline. Well done, Team BILU!
With a good script, a director with a firm nukta-e-nazar, excellent sequencing and editing, a haunting background score, and stellar acting from the cast, I am hard pressed to see why the story is a difficult sell?
On a final note, there’s so much angst that Saba Qamar adds to Dania’s suffering, which coupled with the stellar dialogues and haunting music literally set the screen on fire. It’s as though this character was written for her and boy has she done justice to it.
To conclude with same analogy as I used above, the train hasn’t derailed yet.
Until next week,
Happy reading!
RB (Tweet me!)
