Movies
as we all know are of several kinds. Some we like, but they flop at box office.
Few we detest but they are called hits. Some work for television, some work in
the theaters. Some are ever lasting; many are good in that year. Preferences,
tastes, opinions, likes, dislikes, all of these vary and good that, there is so
much diversity. No mention here about, general bad and general good, or art
versus commercial.
Few
movies you want to call friends and tell them don’t miss and few others you
want to write reviews and appreciate or express feelings. But just a handful,
you really don’t know what to say and write. But they are marvels but of a
niche kind and surely not restricted to movie format. One such movie is SHAMITABH.. I cannot stop
wondering at the very thought and idea of the movie. Let me borrow social
medium’s favorite phrase OMG....
Here
are few points that set me thinking about the movie.... They are right, they
are wrong, they are absurd, they are intellectual, and they are funny and may
be they are ridiculous. Nonetheless, they are my thoughts..
1)
Balki must have been the most
observant, crazy and ardent admirer of Mr Bacchan and especially his voice and
modulation among all things. He must have also wondered at the acting skills
and sheer presence of Dhanush at the silver screen. How can any man, whose voice is weak (not
standard, bold, unmanly voice) and with not a great height, or impressive
physical attributes, or appealing personality, make an impression in the
audience.
2)
What happens if the best in some
one, say voice and best in someone else, say the confidence and age, is able to be combined and merged? And with a
fictional and futuristic idea, using a rare technological breakthrough?
3)
How does one understand death? Why
not lighten the same when its inevitable and make it less painful with just
enough philosophising as to be useful for dialogues and not be melodramatic?
Contemporise the expression of pain......
4)
What else than the place and field
where basic human qualities are put to highest test like greed, jealousy, ego
and what not? Like a movie field....
5)
Why not combine all of that to give
an inside thought on meaning of life and deal with helplessness, and all
compulsions of life processes..
Oops,
these and many more subtle aspects are dealt in this movie. Not rigmarole, not preaching, no messages,
but lighter vein, light hearted, comical, yet hits you hard...
Talking
about Amitabh is like explaining the meaning of life. Dhanush is another gift
of India in entertainment space. Balki can think like fans like me in a more
profound manner and also give it a concrete shape called movie is highly
appreciable. Ilayaraja music to this movie is like a river sound for a
meditation. Akshara makes an impact and she has arrived, and one has to see if
she fits in the regular formula movie like her sister.
If
you are doing several things in life constantly without being prudent and
correct, then watch this movie. AB fans cannot miss. Movie buffs don’t even
think. i felt the length could be 20 minutes shorter. Thought of the movie is
not PIDDLI SI BAATEIN
