Bombay Talkies: A Very Boring Attempt!!!

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 Last night, I watched the most-acclaimed movie- "Bombay Talkies". A movie that is the collaboration of the work by 4 elite directors- Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap. On the occasion of 100th Anniversary of Indian Cinema, this movie released as a tribute and as per my knowledge, anyone who has worked for this movie has not charged a penny. The trailer of the movie itself excited me to go for it once it comes. Due to examination, I was stuck. As soon as the shutter opened of entertainment yesterday, I went for this movie for just Rs. 100 at Inox Cinema. The concept of visualizing 4 short stories in a duration of 2 hours is a wonderful format but only when all the four stories show different worlds. And here, yes all the four worlds shown are different from each other. Each and every actor working in the movies had characters in-built in them. No one ended up with over-acting. Right from Rani Mukherjee to a small kid working in Zoya Akhtar's version, all were perfect in their roles. 

      Coming to the review of each story now.

      The first movie that was shown is of Karan Johar's. The movie is based on the plight and the trauma of gays. The director has tried to show us how a gay is being tortured and restricted at home. Later when they go out in society how they start trying their luck any where as soon as they find an opportunity of finding a gay partner for themselves. And it is also depicted accurately as to how a good, beautiful and hot Indian woman also does not attract him but her husband does as the mentality is of a gay's. The topic is being shown many a times in movies and also in books but no where have I seen such an indecent version of it. I hated the story right from its 2nd minute. Every minute had the word- SEX for 5 times. When a movie is being promoted as a Family movie, how can Karan Johar assume that watching such vulgar and shameful drama is comfortable for us, not so elite society with family? In the end, the only short movie not worth watching in Bombay Talkies. 

      The second movie is of Dibakar Banerjee's. Here, the movie shows how a man is unemployed in the city of dreams- Mumbai. How he tries for every job post but there's no success in his venture. To hide his joblessness, in his chawl, he has said to all that he is a businessman and currently, his business isn't doing well. The women of his society are also shown taking dig at him. One day, when he is going out for an interview for a post of watchman, he tries to make his daughter laugh but she says that he does not like her anymore for a mere reason that he is not telling her any new stories of upcoming movies. He then meets with a very unusual event when he goes out of the house. He gets a chance to act in a 2-seconds role in a movie. He also gets paid for it. But he does not take the money and runs home just because he gets a new story which will make his daughter laugh again. A beautiful drama indeed. :-)

       The third movie is of Zoya Akhtar's. As Zoya Akhtar has always shown in her movie about how an individual can fulfill his dreams, right from Luck by Chance to Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, she has done the same yet again through this piece of 30 minutes work. A small kid whose father wants him to play football and be tougher pays for his Football coaching of 3000 Rs. But the kid does not like the manly stuffs instead he is intrigued towards the Bharatnatyam classes that goes on in vicinity with several girls learning the dance format. Later, he goes for a movie with his family and finds Katrina Kaif dancing on Sheila ki Jawani and he finds his interest more deeper. Now he decides that he is going to be a dancer like Sheila. When his father sees him dancing in dress and make up of a girl at home one day, he thrashes him. Because of his passion, he sees Katrina Kaif as a fairy talking to him where she asks him to hide his dream if people aren't supporting him. Later on, the way this boy fulfills his dream is all about conviction, passion, interest and never-failing attitude. :-)

         The fourth, last and the best story is by Anurag Kashyap. He won my heart once again after Gangs of Wasseypur. As the passion for the Bollywood actors is too high in North India, father of this boy asks him to go to Mumbai and make Amitabh Bachchan eat half of the murabba that he has and bring the other half for him in the same way as his father stayed alive for 6 long year after consuming honey that was tasted by Dilip Kumar. The boy comes to Mumbai and gets looted by rickshaw-walla who takes 2100 rupees from him to take him to Bachchan's Prateeksha. He tries to enter his house unfamiliar with the position of the star that meeting him is not that all easy. The super-stardom of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan is shown in the movie with a background song running which tells what this Superstar has given us in all these 44 years of his career. Finally, in the end, the way this boy meets Bachchan and makes him taste murabba is an epic scene to keep with us in mind. Thumbs up to Anurag Kashyap.

           After all the four movies, there comes a song which gives tribute to 100 years of Cinema where we find many actors giving guest appearances. I found it better than first three movies. It entertained me more. :-) In all, I would say that I have started hating Karan Johar after this attempt of his. Dibakar Banerjee is fine. Zoya Akhtar still makes me believe that I shall achieve my dream one day. And Anurag Kashyap like every time can still make me laugh. :-) But still, Bombay Talkies is a very boring attempt. 

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 ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU !!!

            

If You Take Your Job As A Tension, Don't Dream for a Mansion!!!

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  When we are kids we are told to do our home works and once it is done, we are free. Our parents never ask us to do any other work. We are subjected to playing, playing and only playing. We enjoy the convocations of life and pray God to make the time flow slowly and smoothly. We wish that the moment we are being allocated should remain with us. We don't wish for the other day to come and take away all that we have, put us again in the same condition where we were before 4-5 hours, sitting up to do homework, getting beaten by mom/dad for not getting the answer right even after doing it for 100 times, finally getting the concept and completing our homework and thus getting validated to run towards the playground of our society. This used to be our lives. Of a work and that too seen as a tension and pressure. Do you still want the same life? Having a task and seeing it as a pressure? If yes, I pity your propensity. 

             I was talking to an elder personality and he said," Child, your life is so beautiful currently. You have no tension. Once you will get a job, wife and children, all you will have is tension. Of making your child study, providing him education, treating your wife regularly for her different aspects of requirements, managing your job etc". I accused the person for being of a negative mindset by arising the question at the moment itself. I asked him not to call the given or assigned job as "tension". He rejected my over-ruled statement and said,"For you, these exams that you are giving is a tension. The project that you have to do each semester comes as a tension". I rejected yet again and vociferated,"I don't take it as tension but consider it as responsibility and love doing it. That is the primary task I have. Remove study from my life and I have nothing to do.". He said,"Do you take these exams as your responsibility?" I said,"Yes". The elder personality got dejected, sat quietly and thought what I said, he wanted to agree with me but his egoistic mind didn't allow him to but I didn't let the conversation move ahead. :-)

            If we will see our lives in the same way as I mentioned above in the case of our childhood- that completing our homework was not considered as a responsibility, duty but a tension and something that pressurized us, there will never be a room for development and learning something new. To achieve more, we should learn more. To learn more, we should have eternal amount of positivism for our work and job. There are many who are sitting jobless out there. They are praying God at different temples to give them a source of income so that they can work a lot, earn a lot and fulfill all that they desire from life. If one does not desire much from himself, he tends to turn stagnant and thus, rots, at least for me. 

              I have always taken anything in my life as a responsibility and duty. I never considered anything as tension and pressure. Yes it is true that for a moment when a job is been discussed or assigned, I do lose my balance but not for more than 5 minutes. I am back to my state and start thinking as to how the task has to be processed and finished. When my mother gets an immediate call that she has to prepare food for 10 people, she does panic but she starts working over it from the next minute itself. Its good to get a mini heart attack because that shows that you are concerned for doing the job but if you get pressurized because of it or get tensed, you ought to be a case needed to visit rehab. Our Indian Captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known worldwide for his coolness even in the situations which we, average human beings, see as a pressure and tension. Because for him, its responsibility and duty.

              Harsha Bhogle wrote a very good article on Sachin and said that you never looked like us, the human beings, anytime when you were playing except in your 90s. It was only for these 10-15 runs that you behaved like us- got tensed, panicked, got out in hurry etc. But for the rest of the innings, Sachin has been the epitome of being a human that stands out as a figure of a Demi-God. If you will consider every thing as an added pressure or burden, you will end up losing every thing. As a children, the job is to study. Except that, nothing. As a youth, the job is to earn. Except that, nothing. As a married person, the job is to be compatible and understanding with the partner and educate child. Except that, nothing. If we will keep praying God to free us from our primary job and give us the time to rest, better rest in peace. I love giving exams. It makes me nervous but helps me bring out the hidden potential within me. I love earning because it makes me realize that out of many in India, I am a better one to get this position. If we love our job/task, we will always see it as our responsibility and not as tension and pressure. The only solution to this is to stop dreaming of resting and chilling out. If that's the motive of your life, better die and give someone else your soul who can treat it better. Because its dying in you. :-) Sorry for the bluntness. My weakness- Can't stand Lazy Asses. :-) Let's go now.

 Bye. Thanks.

 ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU!!!

Never ignore Mother even for your Father :-)

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 Haah!!!! As usual, I have heard lots of comments and ideologies such as why Mother's Day is celebrated only once in a year when its almost every day. Extremely right. But its not every day that we get to treat our mothers well by letting her know how much we love them. Though we try for it every day but usually we get into an argument, a fight, we can't give her all the time because of our hectic college schedule, assignments, jobs etc. This one day should me made enough incredible to make her realize that if her son/daughter would not have had any job in this world, how much he/she would have given her in terms of time, concern, love and virtue. And this I think could be the sole reason for celebrating Mother's Day always on Sunday. So that on a day when we are at home, we can nurture our baby (Yes, as for us, we always feel that our mothers are like a cute little child rather than feeling as if we are her child :-)) with passionate love and respect. It's 12th May. 2nd Sunday of May. And hence, Mother's Day. A very Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers of this world who are striving hard for making their son/daughter's life easier and happier. On the same note, a very Happy Mother's Day to my ex-gf too. Ok let's laugh together. Hahaha!!!

             A mother is not being acknowledged until she remains absent on a day when we need her the most. A man marries only when he feels that he needs a lady to manage her house. This itself shows as to how much a husband relies on his wife. Later on, when children gets added in the family, the whole responsibility of their schools, homework, food, growth, studies etc comes on mother as the male counterpart is always busy in his workplace or sleeping or watching Cricket Matches or if he is too smart, flirting with the receptionist of his Office Branch. :-) A lady being a mother sees every thing with as much care as she can. For me, I can never find a better example than my mother in the same way as you can't find a better example than your's. :-) Every mother is great because without her support, none of us could have reached where we have. In everyone's life, mother's role plays the greatest significance. My mother is indeed special for me because let I have 1000 of friends and lakhs of audience but the way my mother sees and interprets me can only be possible for someone who loves me more than anyone else. And as it is truly said by someone, a Mother's love will always remain more than anyone else by 9 months. :-) 

            My mother is an epitome of success and legacy. I always tell my friends that they feel about me as someone who is mad for work and commitment but I can still not touch the class with which my mother handles all her jobs. The kind of selflessness and the helping attitude she has, I can never touch zenith of this quality. Her possession for her work is too high to be stopped by anyone. As I have stated in many of my previous blogs that my mother is one of the most renowned cooks by everyone who has tasted whatever that she has cooked- either with commitment or casualness. Taste is so natural in whatever she prepares. She is unbeatable here. But still the attitude of learning shines in her working tendency and propensity. Recently, she made me call all the Cooking classes available in our area and selected the best that she found. She says that she wants to learn more dishes with accuracy so that the little bit of imperfectness that still comes in her prepared dishes will also get eliminated. This attitude at the age of 46 is something that I need to learn. I still feel sometimes that I know a lot and I don't need a guidance but she, even after so many acclaims and compliments, wants to grow up. And yes, with it, she made it sure that she is attending the batch that's beginning after her son's exams are ending. :-) She is not letting her passion overcome her concern for her son's future. Bowing Down To Her!!!

             If my mother would have confined her care and concern only up to me, I would have believed that she is selfish mother like most of children's. But my mother is truly different. The way she wants all my friends to study well, eat well, live well, think well, love their parents as much as possible etc. and the way she helps them in achieving their targets is something that can put in shame to any of the youth who would see her doing this. We, all, at one point of time, think about ourselves but I don't know of what Earthy material is my mother made up of. The day that I'll feel I am exactly of the attitude of what she is, I will term myself as a successful "human being". And I don't think that's possible for me. I can't believe that a woman of her height can walk up to miles to get her work done. A job of mine is stuck with Mumbai University. She is ready to go to Kurla alone and talk to the officials and bring up the solution. The Mumbai Local Station which even youths like me and you prefer not to halt at. For a child, a mother is always on her toes and that makes them better than any other person doing anything for us. 

            On this Mother's Day, I am giving a treat to my mother by ordering a dish from one of the best restaurants of my town that she has still not tasted and wishes to taste. I want to make her feel that the day her child will earn full-time, he is going to give her more luxuries and ease. I want to suggest all of you to never compare the love of anyone with the love that your mother has for you. She may not show it every time but every minute, the only thing that keeps going in her mind is- Where is my child? Has he/she eaten properly? Is he/she taking a good amount of sleep? Is the fever completely gone or should I take him/her to another better doctor? Ok, so he/she needs a mobile and father has scolded, let me talk to my man once again or else I'll save money every month and buy the same on his/her next birthday. This is what our Mothers always keeps thinking about ourselves. 

            What we end up doing is- What have you done for us? Please don't interfere too much in my life. Why do you want to end up being in between the cold war that's going between me and my best friend? Who are you to ask me at what time I come back home? I want to marry him/her if you don't want me to, I can marry without you. For a short term entertainment and for temporary/selfish friendships and for a 5-year love affair, we end up kicking our Mothers out of our life. Only a mother can tell us the pain she goes through after getting ignored by someone for whom she dedicated all her life. Let's take an oath that we will never ever ignore or sideline our mothers for anyone. Not even for our fathers. I have said enough. Hope you have also understood enough. :-) 

 Thanks a lot. Do wish your mother a very Happy Mother's Day on my behalf.

 ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU!!!