r/NoonShowBitching

i don’t mean the version where every other scene is setting up a team or a sequel. i mean the one that just sits with you after the episode ends and you don’t immediately want to check what else is coming out.

lanterns never really throws a party. it’s two tired men, a ring, and a job that has already taken something from both of them. penguin doesn’t stop the scene so a logo can wink at you. it’s a man getting worse in a city that lets him, and the show is fine with that. the episode scores stay up because nothing has to pause and sell the next movie. the dips are small. the endings don’t apologize.

that’s the dc i meant when i said i missed it.

Meera Deshmukh: Power

Tabu's Meera is terrifying because she has something Vijay doesn't: institutional power.

She has the police, interrogation, surveillance and authority. She can put pressure on his entire family.

But there's an important contradiction.

She's a police officer looking for the truth, but she's also a mother looking for her son.

That's what makes her much better than a conventional villain. From Vijay's perspective she's the antagonist. From her perspective, Vijay is the man who knows what happened to her child.

So Part 1 becomes:

A powerful woman who knows something happened

vs.

an ordinary man who knows exactly what happened.

Vijay's advantage isn't power. A preparation.

Tarun Ahlawat: Intelligence

Then Akshaye Khanna arrives, and the film makes a brilliant change. He doesn't try to overpower Vijay.

He studies him.

Tarun understands that Vijay has already defeated conventional policing. So instead of treating him like an ordinary suspect, he treats him almost like another player in a chess match.

That's why Akshaye Khanna feels so dangerous even when he's just sitting, smiling and talking.

He respects Vijay's intelligence.

And ironically, that respect makes him more dangerous.

Part 1 asks:

Can Vijay survive the police?

Part 2 asks:

Can Vijay survive someone who understands how Vijay thinks?

And Vijay's defence evolves too. He's no longer merely hiding evidence.

He's anticipating what will happen when the evidence is eventually found.

That's the genius of Part 2

Rajveer Singh Tomar: Unpredictability

And this is where Jaideep Ahlawat becomes such an interesting choice.

Everyone knows Vijay is clever.

Trying to beat him using the same investigative game again would just repeat Part 2.

Meera attacks Vijay's secret.

Tarun attacks Vijay's plan.

Rajveer attacks Vijay's ability to predict what comes next

Nana Patekar did many roles, which actually made us think about the society we live in, Today he left this world, this post is a tribute to his work and acting life 🙏🏻

I still remember the dialogue, when he talks about caste "Chal Ye Khoon Kiska Hai Bta"

I really think hindi one was much better

((I am also a mallu but hindi one was better))