Hey Nandini, remember me? *waves*
I'm so glad to see you here again! We Sushant fans have been gung ho about his performance ever since we came to know he was performing!
I didn't know Karan- Sushant's was an inspired performance or something like this... had no idea... but I do know that JD has been lifting concepts from other shows, the most notorious example being Laga Chunri Mein Daag from DID, which was also performed in ZNKD! 😆
Ah well, coming back to the topic:
I haven't seen many performances on JD to ascertain whether it was the best or not, I also frankly do not know the LEVEL of dancing of JD to decide whether it was difficult and different by JD standards, and I don't know how the judges usually comment and how often they give standing ovations- but keeping in mind only this performance- IT WAS GREAT! A beautiful, neat, clean performance, one which is capable of giving you goosebumps. The song in itself has a haunting feel to it, and along with that, I loved the execution- the dance started with soft moves, very graceful (according to the music) and then there were some portions which seemed violent/defensive (the stabbing one, the fighting) and very physically trying, (such as the one where Karan jumped on Sushant's shoulder, or the one where Sushant lifted him coolly, or the stabbing one) and all of it was collaborated in the dance. I loved how it was done with the beats. It didn't look like mere stunts or fighting. I liked the ending too- in which Sushant didn't complete the soft step (in which he spun Karan round slowly) that they had done in the beginning, and rather pushed him away and let him fall. Excellent touch!
Then there was a whole lot of scope for expressions, and I loved that too- the stabbing scene, as Farah well described it, the only difference that I liked Sushant more in the scene than Karan- Sushant left an impact in that one by his terrific body language. Karan's expressions were more impressive in the beginning half of the song I felt, (he was lipsyncing, maybe that is why) and Sushant's were more impressive in the later half of the song. Karan has great poise- I liked the balancing on one leg very much. Sushant was also great in the dragging scene and... well I could just go on and on describing it all again.
I have yet to watch the rest of the performances of tonight, so I can't say how good it was in comparison to the rest. All I can say is that I felt I was reliving JDJ days. I was literally clapping when Vaibhavi and Farah showered praises on both of them.
Karan and Sushant totally rocked it! LOVED the performance!
Edited by nikitagmc - 12 years ago