I am not a true blue movie lover but I do love them in my own eccentric way. I cannot watch any movie just like that. For that I am quite unpopular amongst my friends and my sister too. But then my stubbornness is so powerful that it is still unconquered.
Lots of movies, here for the time being when I say movies I mean the products of our Hindi film Industry. When I would mean something else, I will specify, so read on.
So lots of movies which have went on to create history in terms of sticking to a theatre, or in collecting revenues or being winner of A to Z awards, have missed my company while they were serenading others. The reason differed from movie to movie. But today, I am not going to write about the movies I did not watched but, nor the movies the mention of which sends me to spasm of disgust; today I am going to talk about two movies that I watched recently and realized that my notion of watching movies depending on my gut instinct is not only perfect but also that movies are absolutely magical if conceptualized with passion and executed with finesse.
The first is the recently released 'Paa'. Let me be very clear, it is not a cult movie, it is not a movie that will hit you for your ignorance like 'Taare Zamin Par' did, that will make you grind your teeth less with anger but more with desperation like 'A Wednesday' but it will gently remind you to face life on ones' own terms. Because life does not live you, it is you who live it. It teaches you that if you have done something then accept the repercussions without making a fuss over it, without blaming the poor old kismet because who knows the mistake might just blossom into the most fragrant flower you have ever experienced.
Paa is not your three hankie weepy drama. You do feel bad and hurt for a life that could have been but in the same place while global terrorism, climate change and new kinds of viruses attacking the mankind is taking away all our attention at that time a life that teaches a lot without being didactic seems so preciously priceless. Any problem with that?
And then there was Shaurya. Ok, it is a blatant copy of A few good men but then copying also needs excellence. Although I do not support Rahul Bose's opinion again Ayn Rand but boy that guy is too good an actor. He makes you feel the same his character is going through. Jaaved Jaafri could do wonders only if someone sees his potential beyond the comic timings. And there is Mr. Kay Kay Menon. That wisp of a man is a treat to watch be it as the protective husband in Honeymoon Travels or the elder son gone awry in Sarkar or the student politician in Hazaaron Khwaishe Aisi. His acting armoury has more dynamite than Alfred Noble might have had ever imagined. He is a true gem in the treasure chest of Indian Cinema.
Two movies, two radically different stories yet bonded by one common thing. A real love for good cinema can lead to making of such movies.
