Saturday 26 March 2011
Young INDIA Go INDIA: Before Dev. D
Young INDIA Go INDIA: Before Dev. D: "Yes, Dev D is a very good movie. I wonder why it is being appreciated by many people; seems odd when other..."
Before Dev. D
Yes, Dev D is a very good movie. I wonder why it is being appreciated by many people; seems odd when other light-weight feather-type films make so much money in India. But as the popular saying goes in Hindi.
“time time ki baat hai pyaare”
(it’s all a play of time)
In time, we will know more about good films that were ignored by movie lovers.
Dev. D fans are talking about the movie breaking taboos and bringing a ‘new wave’ in Hindi cinema. Well, there have been movies that have done that before with respect to women liberation. I guess most fans have not been tuned to films of Amol Palekar. Of course, he is a low budget, art film-walla. So many people won’t go to theatres to see his movies. But they will recognise the liberated woman when they see her on screen, embellished with music and songs. Women liberation is not to be searched. It is to be waited for and then when given, it is to be applauded. Till the next time.
Cricket and the Indian Woman–Part One
Women’s interest in cricket is a sudden development, propelled mostly by the advertisements projecting cricketers as demigods. In the year 2003, model and actress Mandira Bedi became popular for hosting a cricket-discussion program during the World Cup cricket matches.
Her immense popularity had little to do with her knowledge about cricket and more with the plunging necklines of her saris and the unavoidable amount of cleavage on exhibit.
Friday 25 March 2011
Don't Know
Gulzar at the Jaggery Market
“I feel like I have come to a jaggery market. My own stature has become like that of a common fly that tastes sweetness from one pack to another.”
Gulzar Shab said that he was overwhelmed by the amount of praise he received from the different artists. I was at a private function where the eminent writer-filmmaker was honoured for winning the Oscar for “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire.
What we Really want to know??
What Men Really Want to Know
Owing to the female mind’s impulse to test eye shadow and blush (cosmetic) on my face when I was in a hurry, I walked out of my home forgetting to wipe out the colourful powders from my face.
Few men looked at me. It’s not that I was looking funny; men, as is their nature, will look at anything that reminds them of women.
Many times, their inquisitiveness about your well-being and work-life is actually a ploy to know about the women in your life.
When men ask one another “so what do you do?” they mean to ask how many women you work with and if they are desirable.
So confused
Trials of Time
For a few moments every week, I allow myself the luxury of slipping into my make-believe world where you and I can pretend that the rest of the world ceases to exist, where I can pretend you are only mine. It might have just been a candid conversation for you when you told me how exactly you felt about me. But it tossed me onto a whole new plane of thought and imagination. Yes, it broke the illusion of platonic love with the opposite sex. Yes, it took away from the innocence of our friendship.
Delhi-6: Two Reviews
“Snapshot of memories” or simply an awry screenplay? But i think differently about the movie ‘Delhi-6‘.
“…there are so many characters and so many sub plots that I was confused where to look next…”
“Do we remember dreams/childhood memories clearly? But some events, images, sights, sounds, smells stand out.”
It is Okay to Not Vote
It is absolutely fine if you do not vote in the coming elections. Asking you to vote compulsorily is like enforcing a caste system.
Consider the Jaago Re ad on television in which a ‘young’ man and his friend offer tea to people who have not cast their vote. You are sleeping-he tells them. When they retort that they are awake, the man says that if on Election Day people are not voting then they are obviously sleeping. The embarrassed/awakened people then accept the cup of tea as the two young men walk confidently amidst the crowd.
Compulsory voting is subterfuge.
When Development is Not Progress
Development is an umbrella term that hides many truths. It assumes the status of progress and many times this assumption is kept out of the periphery of observations.
A common social and political rhetoric states that Mumbai is progressing. It implies that buildings are erected over slums, without any relocation or other plans for the slum dwellers. Thereby, the seeds of class conflict are sown.
One important progressive area of Mumbai is the stretch between Goregaon and Malad and it houses the well-known Inorbit Mall and the Mindspace complex that hosts several IT companies and BPOs. There is something special about this place.
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