Movie Review

The film, end of which is predictable from the start. The thrill is about how this end is met. This thrill turns into disgust initially than into boredom due to continuous disgust due to some hopeless storyline. That is what “Rab Ne bana di jodi” brings to you. SRK representing a common man which I don’t think exists in this country right now. And on top of it this common man meets a girl(taani) who meets and marries the boy(SRK) within 10 min in the movie. Actually this quick reel marriage is a forte of Chopra’s after Kabhi Khushi kabhi gam. Very less price is put on marriages. That’s what is shown as the movie progresses. I dunno how but somehow taani is unable to recognize her husband without moustaches (Many husbands across the country must be really worried after this, I guess) when he eventually becomes her dance partner, as a rustically cool guy. I think she must be having some problems in face identifications. And in no time she falls in love and asks him to take her away, marriage has never been a problem anyways. No wait that is not it. Next day somehow god makes her realize that her moustached husband is better. Divine intervention or short term memory loss? And they lived happily ever after.

This movie I think is mockery of sensible movie making. You cannot mend the movie as you want and think that the audience can take anything for SRK. But I must say that they do take. One friend of mine has watched this movie 2 times. No wonder that it had a better start than DDLJ. Acting wise the movie is horrible except for shahrukh. Every situation is created at whim. Lyrics are really bad and it seems that they have been compiled in a hurry, by taking some lines of old songs and rhyming them. Except for 1-2 songs no song is in place.

So what I was thinking that the conditions in which heroine gets married to hero has a probability of about 1%, over that she not recognizing him in his new “avtar” is about 0.01%(I am lenient) and she becoming his dance partner is just comparable to blind date and so the total probability of getting the appropriate girl is almost nil. So we have an answer to a query regarding movie title “rab ne bana di jodi”. Nice name I must say.

I came back and watched “Swades” so that I can still keep my belief in SRK’s movies intact.

Point Of View

This article may be late on the time line. As Mumbai has recovered and running once again, or may be we feel and say so. But what I feel is that this is not a matter of recovering and moving on. I know its always logical to look ahead, but sometimes I feel that the pain of past always makes you cautious about future. And so I write this when the things have cooled down and have reached a state when they are no more front page news.

There are few points I want to make. First of all I totally disagree with the use of this phrase “spirit of Mumbai”. Here I will go back to Mumbai local bomb blasts, when this phrase was used extensively. To a viewer it always conveys that yes the city has recovered and running. But this is never felt by those who have lost dear ones. For them this is mere logical arrangement of words. I feel that we get subjective on the issue. Objectively, rather than talking about spirit we should put forward the pain which is being felt. I never understand that why do we try to focus on happiness so much that we almost ignore the pain. In the process we forget it until it is inflicted once again. This time media was talking not much about spirit but of the aggression in the approach. I felt better. Life moves on and everyone makes peace with this fact sooner or later.

After the rescue operations and also during the time they were carried, people have talked about the fact that where was Raj Thackeray. Good point to make but then again I have a simple argument which is impartial. Why do we refer to this person every now and then. Do this reference make his deeds worse, or weren’t they that bad before. I rather say that we should not even take his name at all. I think it’s a dishonour to the seriousness of what happened if we take its reference to justify how bad was his actions.

Lastly I want to say that this tragedy has hit national consciousness. And I feel that it should be remembered till the date when it really starts becoming faint in memory just because that no such event occurred after it. I admire USA for ensuring that there is no major tragedy after 9/11. You always feel safe in your own house and it’s a matter of concern when you are unsure that you may not live the next moment. Dont forget that we were hurt badly.

Season so far

 

This season has been wonderful till now. Wonderful for many reasons, the rise of hull in the top notch with some outstanding performances, the frustrations suffered by big four in some matches. The comebacks(which obviously frustrated me) by scousers and sudden rise of spirit in Tottenham due to harry redknapp. But the events in past few weeks have made me to write this blog and do some analysis.

 

I was just going through some blogs and found out that in that great treble winning season united dropped off some 11 points in December. This means that till now we have fared better. We have played 2 matches till now and two more are remaining in this month. One is away against stoke and next is home against boro. Also the strain is now showing off on title contenders.

 

I think that gunners are out of this season and now should look to save there champ league spot. With a dreaded inconsistency they are moving ahead. This weekend they are hosting Liverpool. It has been a delightful inconsistency though. Beating Chelsea at Stamford bridge, then giving away the advantage with a loss to villa. They drew against boro this weekend. So with a bright hope in my heart I think there is an upset coming up for scousers.

 

Blues must be feeling blue. After recovering from loss to arse they came back against Bolton. Then were held to a draw, I would rather say they held West Ham to a draw. It was a really nice result for united. Chelsea is perfect example of the fact that “character” of the team is never defined by its star studded line-up, unlike Hull who has shown a brilliant character this season. They have exhibited some classic team-play this season.

 

Liverpool, I thought was showing great signs in the beginning of the season with that good comeback win against boro. But again I must say that it was too early to say something.

 

All in all I am emphasizing on one basic point. Lack of consistency in big four this season. Last year while talking to a friend I was discussing that the number of points dropped in Spanish league are more but this season I am witnessing the same in EPL. Though it hasn’t hurt united anyway, in fact we are at advantage with a week  in which we won manchester derby and closed on the gap. I will say that heat will start showing up after Christmas when injuries and fatigue will hit. Hope that at that time we are at our best. I think the championship is wide open and your guess may be as good as mine. Lets see.