Wake Up!

He says focus comes from ‘realisation’, I say it comes from conditioning. But I couldn’t agree more… for most of us, while our parents attempted to condition us towards a particular aim and discipline in life, it was only a kick on your backside that really got us on track. Well, for starters, only when you realised that you scored the least in class did you reconsider your attitude and made necessary amendments.

Watched “Wake Up Sid” last evening. The movie is a wholesome package with a message which is quite clear. The plot, again, is the age old story of a rich spoilt brat with no direction in life suddenly wants to prove his worth to the world. However, contrary to your expectations, the movie does not end up in he joining back his rich father’s flourishing business empire.

Ranbir Kapoor has done a marvelous job – quite impressed! Konkana, in her simple, suave and natural way delivers a perfect character of a Kolkata girl on a mission to do something with her life, following her dreams in Mumbai. What’s even better is their twisted chemistry. The unconventional pairing has worked, like it did in Dil Chahta Hai. The movie offers a number of feel good factors at the same time makes you sit back and think. While most of us relate to it with our college days, I could feel the connect even with working people. People who are slogging to get a pay cheque every month, suppressing and hiding underneath their passions. It is so important to do what your heart wants to do. I know of people who did not want to get entrapped in the realms of corporate life and decided to follow what their real passion is. While some, due to sheer circumstances and need of money have continued to deplete their inner-selves in the rigmarole of corporate life, some actually stood up and left behind what actually is ‘dry, monotonous and soul-less’.

After watching the movie I was quiet for sometime, absorbing whatever I had just seen. It’s not like I haven’t been touched by movies before – Rock On, Eternal Sunshine…, Requiem for a Dream have had quite an impact on my life… but after watching Wake Up Sid, for the first time I felt a strong urge to turn back time and undo quite a few things and redo them the way it should’ve been done.

At the end of the day, you must realise, life is only this big, and there is so much to do. If you are fortunate enough, you will know where your heart lies from the very beginning. For those who don’t know that, it’s all about finding where your heart lies, and being convinced about it. Isn’t it?

Wake yourself up!

hung-over

June has been a sadly consequential month. Having lost a friend is a long-time grief that gets processed and unprocessed throughout your life. Anu’s memory has barely even faded and now Navneet’s loss is phenomenally unbearable. Well, on top of that, Navneet’s ’secret’ favourite – Michael Jackson – is also gone. Though I am not a big fan, he was special in his own way and more special because everytime we heard him, it made Navneet smile. In a way, I am relieved as I think she might just meet him up there! After all, it’s his soul that gave music to the world, right? Have fun girl!

Amid all of this grief and futile attempts to ‘deal with it’, I have been trying all ways to digest the fact that she is gone. Well, I am still hungover with what happened last month… From ”retail therapy” to keeping my mind occupied, nothing has really worked. I am also watching a lot of movies, which do help for those few hours. Well, something to begin with!
I watched ‘The Hangover’ the other day. The movie, which is outrageously funny is a m-u-s-t watch! (do I say that a lot?)
Well, a plot around 4 friends who go to Vegas to celebrate their friend’s last 2 days of bachelorhood. And celebrate they do!!!
The movie is so funny that I actually held my tummy and laughed aloud in a crass manner. I usually do not enjoy comedies as most of them do not amuse me, but Hangover made me laugh through and through. Also, Bradley Cooper is HOT!

If you need to keep your mind off, and be entertained in a way that you giggle thinking about the movie even a week later, watch Hangover.

Knowing

At first I thought it was a ‘horror’ movie. Though I still think it is pretty much a horror flick given the fact that it really scared the living daylight out of me. Knowing – a sci-fi, thriller movie, starring (my fav) Nicholas Cage, is a movie with an impact, a reasoned approach and a plot that is loaded with seriousness.

A trenchant take on a possible future, the movie leaves you feeling uncomfortable – the kind that gives you the creeps. The movie has considerable amount of suspense which does not get dissolved by the time the movie ends. It keeps you hooked on, making you want to miss nothing. The movie is intelligent, with facts that give you the shudders. The whole, overdone ‘let’s save the world’ theme has been treated with intelligence and maturity. The movie actually makes a lot of sense – yeah OK maybe not the bit towards the end but hey, who knows?!

The movie revolves around numbers which is intriguing and seems logical. While the movie tells that Earth will cease to exist, it also brings to your notice the fact that if we don’t act now, we will surely regret later.

The kid in the movie who plays Cage’s son has done a very good job – he acts with grace and diligence that you usually don’t find in such young artists. Rose Byrne has a small but significant role in the movie – no, there is no romance between Cage and her. Everything in the movie seemed so right, and everyone acted to realistically. I would call it a well performed ‘drama’.

For all sci-fi lovers, Knowing is a MUST watch. For the rest, it still is a MUST watch. Splendid is the word.

The solar flare incinerates the world and life on earth finally ceases to be… Ain’t that a scary thought?