JN "U & I"

By now many of you must have tagged me as an anti national or an arrogant, stupid, eccentric, erratic supporter of anti national forces aka the JNU.

A lot has been written & shared about the issue by me over a week or so, but still thought of making  my stand clear to the world.

It'll hardly make a difference to all of you, but sure ll make a difference to a few who matter. My sisters who stay out of India, my friends & colleagues have the right to question me & seek an explanation for my actions & my stand.

I, at the beginning of this row was really angry with students of JNU for their sloganeering, especially, "भारत की बर्बादी तक जंग रहेगी, भारत तेरे टुकड़े होंगे हज़ार, Go back India."

When I was discussing about all this with my friends & family, i was shocked, hurt & was extremely agitated by the actions of JNU students. I even supported the Government/Police's action of arresting Kanhaiyya Kumar. I wanted the government to take a stern stand & teach the students a lesson, they would remember for the rest of their life & in turn will set an example for all such nerds.

But 2-3 days later the truth surfaced & all of us understood that the videos on the basis of which Kanhaiya was arrested & rest of the students were declared absconding/issued look out notice, were highly doctored. Central Home Minister, over enthusiastically declared that these students have connections with Hafees Saeed, based on a twit from a fake twitter handle. Police turned mere spectators when Kanhaiya was being hit in the court campus, press reporters were being beaten & were threatened to leave the court premises. Upon asking why did he showcase his physical power in the court one of the MPs shamelessly claimed that he would have opened fire (अगर मेरे पास बंदूक़ होती तो गोली मार देता), had he had the gun. The opposition started shedding crocodile tears for getting political mileage. The so called patriots started showcasing chest thumping patriotism, useless media (Times Now/Zee news etc) started conducting media trials & declared the students anti nationals. It was then, I could sense that everything is not as simple & straight forward as it was put forth by the ruling party & the fellow media persons.

No one is approving the behavior of those who chanted anti India slogans. At least I'm certainly not. It's still not clear who have done it, some say ABVP members were also seen sloganeering, but I don't want to tag here, I'm leaving it to the judicial system. I know, accept & absolutely condemn the way someone has indulged into sloganeering, but it's pretty evident from the authentic videos that Kanhaiya has not done it. And even if it has been done by Kanhaiya, then the police should go to the roots of this & if it's found that he's the culprit, punish him constitutionally. I would be really happy when that happens, instead of just politicising the event from both the sides (Ruling Party & the opposition too) & beating up & threatening people by the law makers.

I too love my country to the core. It's just that now a days everyone's definition of patriotism has become subjective & those who don't confirm to your definition are anti nationals, traitors.

We all want an all inclusive government. I don't want to compare this govt with the past govts, as it's pretty evident from their tenures that they were good for nothing. This govt has come to the power in the name of development & I expect nothing lesser from them & would always go an extra mile to support all the developmental activities of the govt. They keep asking me why do I question the govt always. It's because the govt in its full majority has the power to change the way things are going on in the country, has the power to change the people's perspective, has the power to change the nation's perspective as a whole. So I in the near future too will keep questioning the govt & the system, along with supporting the govt for the productive things they indulge in to & I think there's nothing wrong in that.

As of now I'm extremely disappointed by the way JNU issue is addressed by the whole system. Disappointed by the way news were planted. Disappointed by the way TV anchors are conducting media trials & declaring someone a traitor without knowing the truth.

Disappointed by the way people are claiming that they have found used condoms, cigarette buds & what not, disappointed to witness the modus operandi of people who resort to personal attacks.
Disappointed by the way some forces in the society want us to polarise, disappointed by the fake patriotism... Disappointed & feeling extremely low for the way we are heading towards darkness.

Disappointed, Disappointed, Disappointed...!

I want to stand by the Truth!

I still hope justice will be delivered & the ones who took law in their hands will be punished, truth will prevail & the supporters of the ruling party will some day stop categorising people as nationals & anti nationals based on their own benchmarks. I still hope patriotism will not be reduced to just chest thumping, cursing those who don't fit into your ideology of what patriotism is, I still hope that people of India will show the undeserving TV anchors & politicians (ruling as well as  opposition) their right place. I still hope that along with those who have chanted the slogans, the ones who have doctored the videos will also not be spared by the govt. I still stand with the University, mind you the university & not he culprits. I still hope that the Govt will understand that there have been a goof up by their party members, deliberate or otherwise.

Some say don't be a leftist, I don't know what it takes to be a Leftist or a Rightist. I want to be & will always try to be balanced for the betterment of the society & the country I live in. If they tag me as a leftist, a pseudo intellectual, फुरोगामी for this, then be it.

I love my country & I need not prove it or seek anyone's approval for my patriotism.

PS: Some people on the social media asked me, "अपनी बेहनो को ऐसे ही बेचता होगा साले ?"  Thanks for showing your true color dear Bhakts/self proclaimed patriots.

Kay P Aar

Brainfire

As I stop tossing & turning in my bed & look at the wall clock, I wonder how have I turned into an insomniac these days? The hands of the clock appear standstill at 3 am. I close my eyes only to struggle more against the sleep! The sleep & rest deprived brain is at it again; Thinking... yes thinking is its favourite past time.

As if the whole day is not enough, when the rest of the world is fast asleep I start thinking again in the middle of the night. With closed eyes I think about all those things that I keep thinking about throughout the day. And then I realize it's not just about what I think about the whole day but also how much I think.

The thoughts are like wildfire, one thought ignites another & so on. The unending sequence then continues until the fire is out of control. The thoughts range from my parents to my son to my wife to my career to anything under the sun. And many a times I keep thinking about the things, which do not exist at all. I start thinking about my parents' desires, their health, my wife's expectations, my next job & the worst part of it is that most of the times the thoughts are negative. Then these 3-4 thoughts overpower my whole thought process throughout the day. The redundancy is so unmatched that I usually get carried away & get a bit too worried about illusory things which may or may not even happen. And after some time as I realize that I can't take it anymore I feel the need of putting off all the negative thoughts, which is pretty difficult for me to achieve. I then understand that if I want to put them off I need to think about something else & so I start countering them with exactly opposite thoughts; the good ones!

I use these good thoughts to make myself feel good & give my brain a much-needed break but thinking about good things doesn't necessarily mean that the brain gets rest for a while. The deliberate, redundant good thoughts also keep tiring my brain like anything. The good thoughts & the subconscious yet deliberate effort to fuel these good thoughts exhaust me all the more. I feel there is no more space left in my head to accommodate any more thoughts; neither good nor bad. The negative thoughts & the good ones to counter them keep on pouring in the ever so occupied brain until it is on the verge of bursting. It's almost like trying to close the thousands of pop up windows, which keep popping up until you turn your computer off.

All the thoughts somehow are then directed towards my career path, my goals, and my achievements. They change their route swiftly towards this, as if their root lies in it. Even if I try to figure out what was I thinking about initially, I cannot. The thoughts about my career, my achievements & in turn about my future become more & more negative. They keep on converting so abruptly, absolutely within no time from positive to negative, good to bad to worse that I start thinking about myself as a person who is complacent about his growth, achievements, soon it changes from being complacent to an under-performer & finally I think of myself as someone who has not achieved anything is in his life.

I cannot go to the root of these thoughts; I cannot track down this ugly journey. I helplessly go on to conclude that I am a BIG ZERO or may be a little less than that. I end up thinking that I have reached a dead end from where starting afresh is impossible. I feel that I have neither the courage nor the energy required to start from scratch.

I lose patience I lose hope. I toss & turn more & more in my bed as the feeling of being a zero, a big zero keeps killing me inside. I want to put off all the thoughts but do not succeed, so I again try & counter them with positive ones. With defeated mindset & lost hope I open my eyes to the new sun. The wall clock stares at me & says good morning but I fail to understand what is good about the MORNING!
The brain catches the BRAINFIRE again!

Kay P Aar

04/12/2014

Haider

Haider! First thing first, you need an open mind to watch this movie, keeping just your eyes open for little less than 3 hours is not enough. Many a times we use a term "Plain slate", but I doubt how many times we succeed in looking at something with a plain slate. Also taking sides while watching will not help, being neutral to all the things coming your way is the key. So the most important prerequisites for watching this amazing creation is an open mind, neutral approach & being free from others opinions.

Through Haider, Vishal Bharadwaj brings to us beauty of Kashmir like never before.  He weaves it with its dark side so well that your eyes remain glued to the screen all the time & the pace of the movie allows you to understand every detail he portrays. The deliberate slow pace in the first half helps you experience Kashmir & Kashmiri people's state in detail. It's both mesmerizing & disheartening to watch every minute detail about day to day lives of people of Kashmir.

Haider (Shahid) is a young poet returning home from Aligadh. Haider's father is found guilty of hiding militants in his house & is detained buy military, who goes missing after the detention. Haider returns to Kashmir to find his disappearing father. He is determined to go any lengths for finding his father played by Narendra Jha. Haider bumps in to his uncle Khurram (Kay Kay Menon) & mother Gazala (Tabbu) who have started living together since his father went missing. Haider walks out of his uncle's house & from here his journey of searching his father starts. The journey through doubt, insecurity & intricacies of human relations is worth watching. This is the most powerful movie about Kashmir & the burning 90s, any filmmaker would have got carried away while making a bold movie like this but Vishal Bharadwaj manages to do the balancing act very well.

There are too many plus points that work for this movie. Bharadwaj along with Peer has penned down a powerful & flawless script. Pankaj Kumar's cinematography is just out of this world, as I said in the beginning he shows us Kashmir like never seen before. His camera takes you right there, it makes you feel that you are actually standing in Kashmir, you feel the chill of snow, the smell of flowers, you almost stretch out your hands for touching the beautifully carved wooden furniture, you feel the shade of dense trees. Everything you watch & feel is a masterpiece. The background score by Vishal Bharadwaj, the use of local instruments sets the mood right. It makes you forget everything else & helps you to be a part of Haider's journey. Not to forget dialogues, which are very few but are very effective indeed. "इंतेकाम से सिर्फ इंतेकाम पैदा होता है. जब तक हम अपने इंतेकाम से आझाद नही होते तब तक हमे कोई आझादी आझाद नही कर सकती." is one of my favorites. The songs are so fitting that they help taking the story further, be it aare aao na in the graveyard or bismil after his mother's second marriage

Performances of all the leading & supporting actors are undoubtedly the best performances of 2014 so far. Tabbu says it all through her eyes, her cold smile reflects her enigmatic personality. The tear filled eyes, shivering lips... God, Tabbu is one of the finest actors we have got in the recent past. She completely steals the show, for me at least she is the best performer of this particular movie. She keeps lingering in your mind for hours after you leave the cinema hall.
Shahid Kapoor, man I can't understand why an intelligent actor like him is wasting himself in movies like R Rajkumar & Phata poster Nikla Hero? He has literally lived the role of haider. Most of the times he too talks very very less but his eyes do the needful. He expresses the pain, love, suspicion & everything so effortlessly that you fall in love with this character.
Kay Kay Menon, do I really need to say anything about this guy? He portrays a composed lawyer, corrupt politician & a passionate lover powerfully.
Irfan in a cameo as a mysterious Roohdar is powerful as ever.
The two friends of Haider (Sumit Kaul & Rajat Bhagat), who are fans of Salman & call themselves Salman manage to bring in some laughs & display kind of people who try to make the most of worst situations. These two guys have done amazingly well too.
Shraddha Kapoor looks amazingly beautiful & has done justice to her role of Arshia. The three grave diggers, Kulbhushan Kharbanda & everyone else ensures that no actor in the movie lets Vishal Bharadwaj down.
It is very difficult to choose one favorite scene from the entire movie. The one where he is stopped for interrogation, the one when he watches his burnt house with teary eyes, the one when he helplessly tries to find old things in his devastated house, the one when he is welcomed in the graveyard by the grave diggers, the one when he goes completely wild after understanding the truth about his father's whereabouts. The moments are endless...

I don't know Hamlet's story but I have seen Vishal Bharadwaj's Haider which is undoubtedly the best movie of both Vishal & Shahid. One question that kept cropping up in my mind all the time while watching Haider was why people would have the feeling of pride while fear takes precedence over all other feelings & while they are struggling to just LIVE everyday. This movie left me speechless & made me introspect as in what am I doing at the place I am in? What is my contribution towards, at least understanding their state & standard of living. I have only glared in to Kashmir for so many years as the heaven on earth & tried painting the dark side of it in bright colors of fake dreams. Haider leaves many questions in my mind & there lies the success of Vishal Bharadwaj as a filmmaker. Viewers leave cinema hall with loads & loads of questions in mind, which they should try & address to in a longer run!

If you like watching meaningful movies & you don't watch Haider then you would sure miss out something which can not be expressed in words!

Amidst all the political chaos in Maharashtra, like Haider I too feel अपना Chutzpah हो गया है.

Statutory warning: Watching Haider can be injurious to (mental) health, especially for the fans of Singham, Singham returns, Chennai Express, Kick, Bodyguard etc.

Verdict: Go For It.

Still feels the same…

Still feels the same…

It was a roadside café with very less turn out & it was but obvious. He looked into his wrist watch, it was almost 10:30 in the night. Though it wasn’t their favourite hangout but it sure was a convenient one as the company where she was working as an intern was at a walking distance from there. She had UK shift, so it was their regular time of meeting there after her working hours. The cacophony of horns, bikes & government buses couldn’t easily invade the privacy of the place unless someone opened the door to go out or come in. Every time he heard the outside sound he looked towards the door to check if she has come. His phone rang, the signature tune of DDLJ, the mandolin filled in the ever so quite café. He promptly answered the call, “Where are you”. Sorry, be there in another 2-3 minutes she replied & hung up. He somehow continued singing Pyar hota hain Deewana Sanam.

The door opened to let in the outside sound yet again, it was Sanchita this time. He welcomed her with a broad smile. No sooner she sat than he asked what will she have. With a blink of an eye he was back on the table with two hot coffees. She apologised for keeping him waiting as usual. He started talking as if he didn’t hear anything. Know what Sanchu I saw DDLJ again today. There can be no better thing than this to start your vacations with. I tell you darling, it still feels the same.. the way it used to feel so many years back. You remember the day I proposed you? God you took 14 long days to say yes. Those 14 days were like more than 14 years to me. I listened to “Na Jane mere dil ko kya ho gaya” countless times in those 14 days. And the day you said yes… Sanchu it all still feels the same, it’s been 6 years since then but still feels the same. I can still wait for you till eternity, I still feel the butterflies in my belly when I see you, I still keep waiting for your message like a teenager, your name still brings smile to my face. It still feels the same sanchu, still feels the same. She could only manage to smile as he kept speaking breathlessly.

How were your papers? The pitch of her voice was really low. Oh come on Sanchu, papers ko maro goli & to your internship also. One full month of vacations & I want to spend the most of it with you, he said in an authoritative tone. Let it be, tell me which one is your favourite scene in DDLJ? Before she could say anything he started talking again, aah mine is the one when he says, “Na… mein nahi aaunga” & walks away without looking back… or… wait it is the one in which he waves her off after Na jane mere dil ko kya ho gaya song, no no no it’s the one when he tells her I love you & she says I don’t wanna miss the train again. Wait..wait.. aah.. no Sanchu the whole movie is so amazing that it’s difficult to choose just one favourite scene. It’s undoubtedly one of the best love stories ever produced. But you know what Sanchu our love story is the best, even greater than DDLJ & do you know why is it so? It’s because it is OUR LOVE STORY. He was speaking with a twinkle in eyes, she looked down as she couldn’t look into his eyes anymore & said, Shri I am getting married. Someone opened the door & harsh sounding mixture of outside sounds kept pouring in, fading slowly as the door closed against its self-pressure. He is an architect from Goa, has his own firm. Mom is not keeping well since 6 months you know, I just couldn’t say no Shri. She kept giving out details as he continued looking outside through the glass door. After a few seconds of silence he raised the empty cup of coffee & asked, another coffee? Before she could respond he went to the counter again. She kept watching him from behind as he was taking out something from his front pocket. He usually kept money in the back pocket, she couldn’t make out what he was doing. It was only when he returned with two cups of coffee she understood that he had taken out handkerchief to wipe eyes which had turned blood red by now. She held his hand, he didn’t respond but didn’t resist either. Her grip around his palm was getting tighter as she said please say something Shri, please this silence is killing me. What should I do, please say something. You are not here to ask me, you have come here with a decision & with an intent to inform me, he managed to speak against the choking throat. But Shri your feelings are most important to me, important than any damn thing in this world, she kept the grip as tight as possible while they spoke.

You want to know how I feel Sanchu, you want to know Miss Sanchita? He gave specific stress over her name. You remember we used to play cards when we were kids. When some cards went missing we used to replace them with an additional plain card from the pack & pretended as if it was the original card while we played. I feel like you were pretending that I was your King all these years, when actually I was the plain card which could eventually become anything when needed. I don’t want to turn into “Just a friend” card now. You are my queen forever I’ll never replace you with some fake plain card. His eyes inundated with tears as he kept speaking. But I guess you have decided to replace me. All the best Sanchu, my life’s pack of cards will always be incomplete without you, wish you happy married life. She lost her grip over his hand as he said, I don't believe in clutching people forcefully Sanchu  & tears kept rolling on his cheeks. He walked slowly out of the café, she didn’t stop him. As he drove into darkness she kept looking at him until he got dissolved into it. She closed her eyes helplessly, the tears trapped in her eyes until now rolled out while she said, “It still feels the same Shri, will always feel the same”

Kay P Aar

Zapatlela 2

Zapatlela 2

Zapatlela 2 has been in news for many reasons now. Its predecessor being one of the most successful marathi movies in this genre. The actors of the original flick were lifeline of the movie. Dilip Prabhavalkar as Tatya Vinchu, his dressing his abstract voice over to the puppet, the inimitable Laxmikant Berde as Lakshya, Mahesh Kothare (in a typical role) as Inspector Mahesh Jadhav & not to forget the lead actor of the movie the Puppet as Tatya Vinchu (again). Apart from the acting the storyline was also strong. The sequel is in news for obvious reasons. It’s the first sequel, the first 3D film & the first movie by Viacom in Marathi. The first part being humongous hit the popularity of the characters is still at the peak. No doubt it is awarded as the most awaited Marathi movie of the year by marathimovieworld.com. So the movie is released with huge expectations, but does the movie live up to all the hype? The answer to this question is a BIG NO!!!

The movie starts off with a strong voice over of writer director Mahesh Kothare. He tells the viewers about the Mrutyunjay Mantra & Parkaya pravesh & asks a question that what will happen if it still continues in the 21st century? The memories of the first part automatically pull you to the edge of your seat. The opening scene is promising where Kubadya Khavis enters in to a museum using a master key. The bats flying out of the museum assure you that technically no stone will be left unturned throughout this journey of 2 hours. I must mention that the 3D effects are really very good. May it be the bats flying out of the museum’s main gate, may it be Baba Chamatkar pointing a piece of bone towards the viewers while chanting a mantra (it feels like the bats are flying towards you & the bone is just a few inches away from your nose). This is followed by an action sequence between Kubadya Khavis & Baba Chamatkar which in turn puts life in to the puppet & in comes Tatya Vinchu. People are so mesmerized by the character that the crowd goes berserk with claps & whistles to welcome the deadly villain even after 20 years. Tatya Vinchu tosses his eyebrows up, takes a slide down over a railing of the staircase & the peculiar voice over of Dilip Prabhavalkar fills in the theatre. The audience gear up to witness the heroics of Tatya as their favorite character makes its entry in style. The perfect start sets the expectations high but soon after this they realize that this one is more about an average story of a guy Aditya (Adinath Kothare) in a village called Shrirangapur than the heroics of Tatya. Aditya is late Lakshya’s son who has done his diploma in Mechanical engineering & is doing nothing. Two scenes are included (forcefully) to show that Aditya is an engineer which are too superficial. I mean common every mechanical engineer does not have to fix things (by merely replacing a bolt!!!) or keep his kit (spanners etc) on display in his bedroom. Being a son of famous ventriloquist Aditya too aspires acquiring the skill from another famous ventriloquist Makrand Vatvate played by Makarand Anaspure. Aditya’s interaction with Makrand is delayed because of the comedy of errors, the scenes intended for which are not funny at all. The movie keeps crawling at a snail’s pace with no Tatya on screen & Aditya’s meaningless romantic scenes with Megha (Sonalee Kulkarni Jr.) & the so called comic sequences with Phokshya (Deepak Shirke). Audience keep waiting for Tatya to do something on screen & console themselves helplessly, this only leads to more & more disappointment. I too was praying that the movie will pick up, will offer some thrill & I won’t be leaving the theatre in disappointment, unfortunately which didn’t work. Finally Tatya meets Aditya after whole lot of meaningless stuff & as expected the movie ends with the victory of Good over Evil. The climax is also too dramatic & fails to pull the audience to the edge of their seats, instead they keep waiting for the movie to get over.

Adinath Kothare has not done a justice to his pivotal role, he looks good but acts bad. Many a times his expressions come out of over acting. Audience can’t help missing Lakshya while watching Adinath Kothare’s Aditya. Mahesh Kothare with his signature dialogue (Damn it) has done a good job. Sonalee is average, Makarand Anaspure has disappointed his fans a big time. Sai Tamhankar in her small stint looks beautiful; Vijay Chavan is good in a cameo. Madhu Kambikar’s acting is too loud for the viewers to continue watching her for more than a minute, you feel like running out of the theatre every time she starts yelling in her shrill voice. The character for which people go in to the theatre (our own Tatya Vinchu) has a negligible footage & hence even after seeing a technically superb film you keep wondering why is this one made in 3D? The only thing for which the movie gets thumbs up is the use of 3D technique.

The script, plot, acting, direction everything is childish yet is not for the kids. Mahesh Kothare we really didn’t want our first 3D, first sequel to be so disappointing.

One word for the movie: DISAPPOINTING

Rating: 1½*

PS: The head of Tatya Vinchu is still missing which hints addition of another part. I hope the writer, director will take a lesson from this one & will not let the fans down the next time.

Yeh Jawani hain Deewani (YJHD)

Yeh Jawani hain Deewani (YJHD)

YJHD; director Ayan Mukherjee’s second after “Wake up Sid” is full of Bollywood clichés. Sloppy screenplay (It would be brave to use a word as good as Screenpay) & the predictable moments makes the story even more boring. The cinematography lives up to the reputation of the Johars & Chopras… There’s no point in mentioning that every frame is polished & soothing for one’s eye. The songs keep pouring intermittently, but the most important thing is that this is the time when you stay glued to the screen. Songs are catchy & are fun to watch on the big screen. But as the song ends the dismal show starts yet again.
Three chaddi buddys Aditi (Kalki Koechlin), Avi (Aditya Roy Kapoor) & Kabir aka Bunny (Ranbeer) plan to go on a trek to Manali. Naina (Deepika Padukone) who is bored with her life where all she does is studying even on the weekends, the geek (All of a sudden) joins them on this trek. We need not asks stupid questions like how does she manage to get on with the same tour group just a day before their scheduled departure????? As this is a Bollywood flick these three buddies do all the insane acts & adventurous ones too during their trip & obviously Naina joins them breaking her image of a Geek by merely dropping off her spectacles & getting the eye lenses on. When you have a fun filled trip your lead actress must fall for your lead actor. Following this GHEESA PITA/old formula of the Bollywood movies Naina (Deepika) too falls for our one & only heartthrob of millions, cool dude Bunny (Ranbeer).
She doesn’t confess this as Bunny is busy following his dream of travelling to all the nook & corners of the world. God knows how but an average student who never does anything seriously manages to get a scholarship from a reputed institute in the US of A. Our hero is from an average middle class family which once was not able to spare money for his Aiyyashiyan with the friends then sends him to USA for joining a course of journalism.
8 years later the charming dude comes back for his best buddy’s big fat Indian wedding. Aditi is getting married & during this wedding he comes to know that while travelling & running too fast with time many moments are slipped outta his hands which he can never revert.
It’s a typical Bollywood movie so it has to have a happy ending.
Cast wise, you get some pleasant & some unpleasant surprises. The biggest unpleasant surprise is that Ranbeer Kapoor is AVERAGE in this movie, I mean you keep wondering if you are watching the same actor who has set the silver screen on fire for two successive years with movies like Rockstar & Burfi.
Pleasant surprises being the bubbly vivacious & spunkiest performance from Kalki Koechlin who manages to deliver a refreshing act. May it be the opening scene in a hyper market where she fights with a teenager for staring at her legs or the scene in Manali where after getting high she challenges the local goons, she does justice to every frame she appears in.
Aditya Roy Kapoor is sure done a great job & is far better than Ranbeer in this particular movie. He has succeeded big time in displaying the pain of missing the best friend through his eyes.
Deepikaaah looks stunning in whichever outfit she wears & surprisingly has acted well too. This I guess must be her first movie in which she has not confined her role to look HAUT as ever only.
Farukh Sheikh & Tanvee Azmi are wasted in cameos.
Madhuri Dikshit in an item number fails to impress, looks old.
The first half of the movie is largely influenced by DDLJ but couldn’t at any point of time come close to 5% of what DDLJ is.
Sloppy script, childish moments, below par dialogues has wasted an Idea which otherwise could have been a fresh breeze, breeze full of youth.
After his second movie people will have only one thing to say to the director, "Wake up Ayan"

One word for the movie: AVOID

Rating: **

Chalata hain

Chalata hain!!!

I have some questions to ask to those who are crying foul over the drought in Maharashtra. As a social responsibility which all farmers opted for crops which require lesser water, who all gave up on sugarcane as it requires hell lot of water? Which all politicians, bigwigs stopped the wastage of water in their houses, gardens? Who all stopped using drinking water for washing their cars? Which beer producing companies were denied water by the Government? Who all shut off the AC of their cars & drive with the glasses down when it’s not required; at least as a small contribution towards reducing global warming? There are many places in Maharashtra where water is being theft directly from the pipelines, thousands & lakhs of liters of water is wasted through dripping pipelines. We have been wasting water through several such ways. Why are we neglecting all this?? What did we learn from the last year’s mistakes & what all correctives actions are taken by the Government?

What has been done except for proposing no IPL in Maharashtra? Before IPL matches too water was being sprinkled on the grounds in Pune, Mumbai, pitches were being maintained & there have been domestic matches on those grounds. Then why are we trying to prove that water is being used only for IPL? Save water, save water… Common I can tell you very honestly that I save water, I do that daily. There are many people like me who too save water. But what steps have been taken by the government to supply that saved water to the drought affected parts of Maharashtra? How long are our leaders going to play these dirty political games of criticizing famous people, events & creating emotional issues?

It’s difficult to understand drought in Maharashtra. At least it’s for those who read English newspaper with a sip of beer. Had they understood it, they would have given up drinking beer; at least until the water scarcity is under control coz the beer falling in their glasses is produced out of the water in Maharashtra..!!!

Take it if you think its right else keep your eyes closed… “Chalata hain”