i am not an avid viewer of hindi movies.. defnetly not.. but yes.. sometimes i do come across the movies which really make me think.. think hard.. this bug bit me so hard that i started doubting myself that can i do this?.. and one which made me to think hard was swades.. yup... it may not be the typical hindi potboiler.. its diff alltogether..the concept is very noble.. of what an induvidual can make a difference in his life... to his surroundings and to his society.. infact.. there might be quite some handful movies to name.. but this one kinda hit me hard.. at the grassroot level ( so called in the movie.)....coz i got connected to the charcter of Mohan Bhargav( SRK)...when he visits the village of haridas to collect the land rental on saying of kaveriamma..and when the villager explains how harsh the life's treating them..forget clothes on them.. they r not even able to manage even a single meal ... and on the other hand the main protagonist works in US.. does have all teh gadgets.. net..cell.. shelter...cigis..food..all the comforts of life... but on the other extreme..the same land where he grew up..got educated.. is suffereing.. with poverty.. illiteracy.. corruption.. and god knows what not...and even while coming back.. when the train stops in agati station..and whn a small boy..running arnd to make few bucks by selling water for mere 25ps a cup... our hero is completely shaken...and tears rolling down....
I had been in the same situation quite a lot times(THUD).. but only thing i could do was empathize with them.. feel sorry for their situation and give some money to them... and thank god hundred times for giving this good life to me... and yet we dont broaden our minds.. we become selfish day by day...we go on loosing our essence of life..our think tanks go dry whn we need to help some one.. by heart i wanted to do something beyond just giving some bucks on their hand.. but reality strikes hard... i think wht abt family.. me.. my love.. and what not.. and i give the money.. and think within "man.. i am sorry... but i gotta go".. and i believe only a very few would have the courage to take the step of mohan bhargav...
heres the one awesome conversation between John( boss of MB at NASA) when he relieves him from his job:
J: so u have decided to go back?
MB: Yes sir, I have to go.
J: Think again. u gonna loose a lot.
MB: But I am gonna gain a lot more than this.
J: You can go places if you stay here.
MB: I am goin places.
J: Ok. so.thats it. good luck. Go light your bulb.
I dont know when i gonna light a bulb... but day is not far away..
and yup yup yup.. SRK ROCKS!!!!
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