The Buck-toothed Painting and the Photo Frame

The Buck-toothed Painting - 30th March 2013 - EP 233

Originally posted by river123

And just to refresh our collective memory on that somewhat bizarre painting, here it is:

By Leela

Not reviewing the entire ep (content to read everyone else's), but just wanted to write on one point. 

The production house should seriously rake someone in the props section for that painting of 'Madhu', supposedly painted by 'RK'. 

Usually the eyes are dicey - an appearance of squint or malice can be inadvertently caused while painting.

But teeth? What sort of carelessness or possible incompetence is it that anyone - who (presumably) professionally makes such painting-props for productions -manages to draw the teeth slightly too large against that bright-red a colour for the lips, and then fails to sort the blunder? 

Just a slight plumping of the lower lip to cover the teeth a little from below would have rectified the error.

And if drawing the teeth (or adding red onto white without turning the whole teeth pink) was not a strong point, then 'Madhu' should have been painted with her lips closed.

And since it is an exaggerated form of the one imperfection in the male lead, having it irritatingly exaggeratedly visible in the painting causes needless connecting. 

Did no one think to doublecheck that painting-prop early enough before the scene to notice and nix it and get another one made instead, if not just rectify the error? It was one glitch that could have been avoided.

By Soundarya

Maybe I am over thinking this bit...but that buck toothed painting of Madhu disturbed me. Kept thinking it cannot be a mistake or an oversight by the PH. In classical music, esp carnatic music, there is one technical term called 'Griha Bhedam'...when in a perfect delineation of a raga (raga being one melodic pattern of musical notes), the musician introduces a note that does not belong to that set, thus creating a new raga for a few split seconds. This painting reminded  me of that kind of dissonance. ..the  wrong note causes a dissonance in the raga, and dissonance for the listener, though the artist has done it on purpose.

So yes, my point is RK did the aberration on purpose...he sees Madhu differently, not as perfect as she is, maybe because she has moved on, she turned out different from what he knew of her, or what he  expected her to be. 

At the same time, his view of madhu is coloured by what he did to her ...hence the red unwedding saree. 

My two cents...

PS: There was no chemistry at all between them but they belong together, because Madhu slips so easily into a dance with him and he with her. The change was so fluid, like they've been  doing the dance forever. 

Responded by me

Sounds,

I did not write much on the painting and the aberration ...because I did feel that it may have been done with a purpose. When earlier Radhaji gave that odd photo-frame of Madhu and RK to Madhu, most people were upset and I was super-upset to add heavy symbolism for an ordinary thing like Photo-frame picture, which could have been clicked by the photographer and then photo picked by Radhaji.

My grouse was...meaning was right, but choosing of the mode to imply something was incorrect...as I vehemently chose not to look into the meaning there.

Though post revenge drama...a little of the pic poses does seem to make sense...especially with him now breaking up thinking...the way I perceived her to be from my angle ...was it all right ? And not skewed ?!!! 

Remember...him looking at her...and she looking at the world in front of him.  He has naughty look, but does even know what is attracting her attention ?

Now coming to this painting...I cannot discard the painting here. Why ? Because RK himself was painting Madhu. Then who is the PH painter. Its the artist Sumit Mishra.  His paintings of RK in RK mansion talk to viewers always. We get to see the Rishabh Kundra juxtaposed against that painting and different stories come up in our mind...based on the situation.

So when Madhu has been painted with those glaring teeth...my first question was how much it is real. Now go to Page 9 of this EDT and look at Zorica's first poster. You will see DD's two frontal teeth exposed.  So there is a bit reality there that the two teeth are most prominent.

But why did RK have to make it with so prominently exposed teeth and yet tightly closed mouth...at this point I am really confused between the reality and yet his glaring highlighting it with more than is necessary.  

I am going to keep your explanation with me and watch the future story from that aspect and also the previous photo pic...which makes sense now.  Then the symbolism expressed there had hurt Leela and Zoya...I remember...and I was telling myself...even if the meaning is there, I am not going to buy it because they used it over a medium where mistakes should not happen...

In contrast, this painting from artist's expressions point with subject himself being RK-the Involved and affected makes perfect sense to read the symbolism...just that I am not getting the meaning...unless I read it as only MEANness...like scratching a painting...like he stroked black lines when he remembered his mother's words one day...only after that pain stroked from his brush, does he let go of his pain consciously out of his system towards his mother...as if he sees the grudge is not even worth it as it pains only him looking at the black lines.

You know what was Zoya's concern then at the time of photo frame pic..."Kya dikha diya ?!! That he will always be into her and she will be concerned about everything else than him. Toh pyar kaise hua yeh ?!  Pyaar to lag hi nahi raha kisi angle se"

She was feeling bad that the reciprocation of emotion is missing from the pic..He looks at her and she is  not looking at him...She is happy seeing something in front of her/them...He is not looking at that. Where's the common ground, unison in recognition of feeling/emotion and likewise seeing the purpose ?  So there will always be a discord...

By Soundarya on 1st April 2013

Again, i come back to that bizarre painting of madhu. i don't know why it bothers me so much. Maybe because we expect Madhu to be a paragon of perfection, and it begins with her looks. 

Through all of this, I feel the makers are trying to tell us...she's no Tulsi, Parvati...we have not visualized her that way, so accept it.  Don't expect her to do everything right, because she won't. I think I made my peace with Madhu after my analysis on her.

 i 'm able to look at her without any expectations, or with terribly  low expectations. 

yesterday the way she was so hyper with the police around, I thought the police would notice her fluster and ask her questions, and that would lead to them discovering Sultan...

BTW, I was so surprised at padmini yesterday, standing happily, doing pooja, knowing Sultan is on the other side. One scene of her asking Sultan ..how long is he going to camp here, taking advantage of their hospitality, would have been appropriate. But then how would we have this holi drama?? 

By river123

Don't know whether I'm making any sense, but it did feel weird when I was watching it on the video - but  in the screen shot it doesn't have the same effect.  It looks better in the screen shot.  

Which is why I'm now wondering whether it was really a matter of the artist painting in a way that had the unintended consequence of highlighting the teeth in an unflattering way in the video.

Originally posted by river123

And just to refresh our collective memory on that somewhat bizarre painting, here it is:

And a comparitive still from today's episode.

I think the artist had to just paint the teeth a little in off white tinge...but thing is when your lip color is bright red...teeth look awfully whiter.  Seems the artist did not know how it will come off with lighting,...definitely the camera lighting had the white color reflecting back everything...