This is my all time favorite proposal scene.
The background score is just magic - the kind that only ilayaraja can dream up!
Sri Devi is the very picture of a progressive lady - a woman who is daring enough to achieve fame and success and propose to a man, but insecure enough that she takes his rejection as a pronouncement on her character! And Rajini, the very picture of a tortured man in a helpless dilemma... who respects her more than anything in the world but doesn't want to lose her respect by owning up to who he is.. how he can balance the act of being a criminal but also a gentleman in the truest sense - just amazing.. I can never get tired of watching the play of emotions in these two excellent actors' faces.. her shyness, frankness, shame, anger, vexation and finally the tiny loving smile of victory!... and his fear, shock, resolution, and finally his own acceptance that he cannot hurt her.. and that he has to accept her proposal... and figure out his mess. What a situation! What acting! What a resolution!! Art at its best!!
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