The world would be an empty place, if it had not been for colour and our lives, would be dark, had it not been for colours. Seasons come and Seasons go, and each brings with it colour and vigor through it's different shades, which gives meaning and adds a different dimension to life.
As the sunlight enters the falling drops of rains, through the clouds, the sunlight breaks up into its true colors, following which there is a wide spectrum of colours which fall over the horizons, colours which only brighten the lives and show us of all the beauty and good things that life has to bestow upon us.
We hope that with Kis Desh Ending, this is just a beginning of many good things yet to come to the Man's reach.
This FC is only an attempt to bring forth those shades (highs and lows of the character) that went on to give various dimensions to Harshad's acting calibre which gave us many reasons to smile and cheer, applause, rave and rant. Anyways, to cut a long story short, here, we make an attempt on what the colors of the rainbow signify for Harshad's Acting depth and dimension which made us fall in love with the character, by matching the signifance of VIBGYOR along with his acting dimensions.
V-Violet:
This colour signifies mystery and in terms of Harshad's acting prowess...a mystery that comes from the ability to make his eyes speak, while enacting a scene. This ability of his captivated and tugged our hearts and made us yearn for more.
Be it in the scene on 1st may 2008 when Prem sees Heer, where he sees her all dressed up with the o re piya song in the background, he was complimenting heer with his eye and the compliment was so obvious that heer looked away shyly, understanding each and every unspoken word of his eyes.
Or then the flower scene on 8th may 2008 where not a single word was spoken by Prem. Just his eyes when Heer meets him in the lobby.....and he looks at her as if he is confessing his love, Heer being demure understanding it and lowering her eyelids in shyness.It was intensity and passion which created magic. The list is endless and can go on an on... Each eye conversation was better than the previous one and by the time Premeer moved into chawl, Harshad was a pro at emoting with his eyes. We on the other hand hand we were so enthralled by this magic that we started putting words in those silent talks....so even though Prem didn't say a single word to Heer when they entered the chawl, we understood what he wanted to say...(and we had a brilliant dialogue all set up in our minds seeing him make heer all demure and blush with just the emotions in his eyes!)
I-Indigo:
The color indigo means infinity. It also symbolizes wisdom and self-mastery. The indigo color is known to be the bridge between the finite and the infinite.
In terms of his acting calibre, this means an ability to shine in his work through dedication.
A classic example in this case, would be the drunk scene on 26th august 2009. The way he said "main...main nahi raha.....tum ...tum na rahi" left us speechless and had some of us struggling to put words into that scene while analyzing it! In this scene, he was suppose to be drunk and the subtlety with which he enacted the scene was noteworthy. There was no overacting, no physical movements. One look in his eyes and u knew he was drunk! This effect was marvelous..his voice slurred and the voice modulation of harshad was an icing on the cake!
HC was totally different here, he did full justice to the scene and character. Prem never drank and to make the scene go hand in hand with what the character of Prem was all about, Harshad it seemed actually went out of the way to enact the scene with utmost precision and perfection. If we notice the scene properly, the ease with which he performed the scene naturally, came out to the fore.
B-Blue:
In terms of acting calibre and persona, this colour is significant of his dignified and stoic silence. Harshad, has always been in the middle of some controversary or the other, faced with brickbats, but for him this colour is reflected of dignified approach - be it the dignified silence he has maintained through out or this his approach - who can forget the SBS, where he refused to touch Additi and say All is Well (through which one can't help but respect him).
G-Green:
The color green is formed with the merging of yellow and blue. Therefore, this is located in the center of the spectrum. The color green, symbolizes harmony, balance, growth and good health.
This colour is reflective of Harshad's growth as an actor.
" I had got the role of karan in mamta only coz I resembled the male lead in that show and not because of my acting capabilities" this is what Harshad had very humbly confessed sometime back.
His character was a negative one and starting one's career with a negative role was a big thing in it self but harshad took this risk, him being a neophyte was clearly visible in his few scenes that we got to see and not many liked him there.
The role of Karan in Mamta and the sets of Mamta served as a make-shift acting school for Harshad, where he learned the very nuances of the profession.
In the first shot that he gives as Karan, he misleads the audience, who would describe his performance or skills as anything but rudimentary. In that first shot, he is able to portray a false sweetness and an underlying ulterior motive all at once, with uncanny ease and perfection. From there, he goes on to assay the character very convincingly so that the audience is forced to dislike him, but can still relate to him and understand where the character motives arise from.
Not only does he portray outrageous anger and conniving brilliantly, he shifts from anger to frustration to an outward facade of sweetness within a matter of seconds, leaving the viewer baffled. As Karan in Mamta, Harshad was able to prove his natural talent.
After learning the nuances of acting on the sets of Mamta, he went on to assay the role of Ali in Left Right Left.Ali was a different characterisation altogether wherein, he was shy, obedient, innocent, caring, strong ethics, humanitarian all combined in one.
The character sketch of Ali was such that the audience was forced to admire him. The essence of this character, however had to be captured with utmost perfection, if it was to work and Harshad did exactly that.
Harshad was brilliant in this show wherein he did full justice to his character. Be it being shy infront of pooja, caring towards his friends, obedient towards his teachers or emoting his strong ethics when it came to expressing his feeling to pooj, he was brilliant in all.
"Actually, a few months ago, I read on India-forums that a few people wrote that I should play a character that is very romantic, and I was on the look out for such a role, and then Akshat came up, and I too found the character interesting, so I took it up. So it's all thanks to my fans, who actually thought that I had a romantic side in me that would look good on screen."
Akshat was totally different from what Ali was and it won't be wrong to say that he was totally opposite. Akshat was a very happy go lucky, fun-loving, suave, who was full of life and we saw him a totally different avatar. He was loved by all and his fans welcomed the romantic side of him on screen. His portray of Akshat proved the aforementioned - that he could assay any kind of role masterfully.
Akshat was, in short, charming and thus captured the audience's hearts. Even though, the character was not developed fully into the story line by then, Harshad was still able to make a mark in the show. This was a direct testament to the acting ability and the amount of screen presence he commanded. Though, his stint was short-lived, he left a lasting impact.
Next came prem " the hurricane"...yes calling him hurricane here is just apt.....
Prem was a character with many variations. We saw Harshad grow as an actor further from here. Prem was shy and obedient just like Ali but when with Heer, he romanced her with a lot of passion. In most cases, be it the naughtiness or then anger, expressions were something which was conveyed through his eyes. Harshad's dialogue delivery improved tremendously with each passing day of time as Prem and the voice modulations which he used only enhanced the scenes further.
The color yellow is vibrant in itself being close to the color of the sun. This is known to be full of energy. Yellow also means something bright and happy.This colour signifies warmth.
This colour is significant of his never say die attitude and spirit, a spirit of living. Harshad's off screen appearance have also excuded warmth and happiness, and only had us cracking up on the floor seeing the masti and the full of life spirit and attitude.
The recent Holi special on SBS was where we saw him in full on Masti mode off screen with additti and karan wherein he didn't leave an opportunity to pull his co stars legs. Another thing which striked us was his nature wherein he has never hidden anything from his fans and this time too he was generous enough to let us all know that he doesn't play Holi.
It's not just with his co actors that we can see his comfort level off screen but we saw a glimpse of how fond he was of children.
His first SBS on 9th july 2009 with his on screen daughter Chahat was a treat to watch wherein their chemistry clicked at once and even before the episode was aired, both the father-dotty duo had a fan following. What caught our eyes was the way Harshad played with the child off screen (they both actually had plans to play in puddles taking full advantage of the rainy season!) and introduced her to us.
In the 3 idiots segment on 12th jan, we got to see his love for animals. The way, he said, "gudgudee ho rahi hai" when they licked his feet and his reaction thereafter. Any normal human being would've refrained from touching street dogs but he did and did it with love.
The color, orange is a combination of red and yellow. This is not as fiery as red and but symbolizes a lot of energy and wisdom as well. Although dynamic, the color orange is more thoughtful and controlled. This color can increase the creativity of the person and bring about equilibrium in life.
Dancing like acting is a form of emoting and expression. Through his dance performances, Harshad excudes alot of energy and vibrance in this form of art and his performance on "prem ki nayya" at ITA proves this. Despite not being well, he did not falter even once in his performance. His energy level and expressions matched his moves on the dance floor.
Prem ki nayya was raam ke bharose...and ours is harshad ke bharose!
This is the color of energy and enthusiasm. This is also the color with the longest wavelength. Red symbolizes passion, energy, vibrancy and success.
In terms of Harshad's acting, this signifies passion. A passion and will to excel and this was very significant in the scene where he speaks his heart out to a sleeping Heer and promises to make new memories with her. There was nothing other than O re piya as a BG score to support him. He had a monologue. What's a must watch here is that till date Harshad as Prem had been an actor par excellence, emoting and showing his angry side through the eyes. This is the first time the character of prem actually spoke to heer as her lover and it was a tough job because he didn't have the support of his co actor's expressions or heavy sets or loud music. All that he had were monologues and his expressions.
Right from the moment Prem enters the room, the love which he had in his eyes would melt anybody's heart. The way he caressed heer's face showering all his love in that just one touch was a heavenly feeling and his voice, the way he said the whole thing was a treat to watch! In that one scene,he had no doubt excelled all that he had done till date! With harshad on screen one must always be prepared to eat one's words's any time for he just surpasses his own performances with each passing day.
A noteworthy example in this case, would be the scene on 27th march, '09 when Heer forces him to confess that he was indeed Prem not Gaurav! From the moment, Heer locked the door and touched him, the way he moved away was worth watching as it was reflected of the respect Prem had for Heer. In came the brilliant dialogue deliveries plus performances one after the other! right from " tum yeh doodh kyu de rahi ho mujhe" which made you laugh in such intense scene till " jaao yahaan se...dimaag kharaab mat karo mera" which made u feel his anger. Harshad was brilliant in his changing expressions with the changing dialogues. .
The reaction and the expressions thereafter are also applause worthy as Prem actually comes to know about Heer knowing the truth - the guilt...the pain...everything was brilliantly portrayed.
His will to excel is reflective from what he himself once said ' It takes a lot of effort for me to dance and only I know, how much effort I have to put.
His brilliance and radiance is also reflected in the conviction with which he says, the dialogues. Who can forget the aap meri ma ho dialogue or then bol diya, jo bolna tha..ho gayee tumharee bakwas khatam.
This list could've gone on and on...but as one says...the best is yet to come from him!
Different colours are formed from the base - white. The base here being sincerity and innocence, and commitment towards his profession.
In this article he confessed what he missed in Kis Desh, a thing which all of us felt too and were wondering for quite some time what is the reaction of the cast to these changes. It was a welcome gesture by all his fans for he had the guts to stand up for what he believed in and openly say what's wrong. It takes great courage and conviction of character to do that.
All fans were not liking the way things and relationships within characters were shaping up in the show and all fans were relieved that at least somebody was thinking the way we all were!
Talking of his commitment and sincerity towards his profession, Harshad has always gone out of the way to be just to the character he plays on screen. We remember that there was an article in which said that he had an arguement with the director during the shoot when the director asked him to dance at a sangeet ceremony with heer....
As mentioned in the article, The scene was such that Heer had blamed him for filing a custody case for chahat few hrs back and Prem was very very heart broken. When the director asked him to shoot for a dance sequence, he simply refused to do so, as it would have been against the situation and character at that time.
At that time, there was a dearth of Premeer scenes on screen and any miniscule sequence would've been welcomed by all but instead of marring the essence of the character he decided to stand firm in his belief, a stand welcomed by all of us here.
His sincerity and dedication also traces back to as far as his Ali days, wherein, there was a sequence in which he was supposed to have egg with milk. Harshad, being the professional that he is, went ahead with the scene despite initial reservations (with him being a vegetarian). If this doesn't speak of commitment, then what does?
Over the past few years, Harshad has worked hard, honed his skills, tried to perfect the art and won the adoration of millions. His contribution to Indian Television has been immense and this FC is just our way of showing our gratitude and appreciation - to the man, who showed us what it takes to be an artiste who leads by example.
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