MY NAME IS KHAN IS A SOUL STIRRING MAGIC…!

 

 

 

Controversies,arguments,protests…please give way for a genius none other than the Baadshah SRK,our best story teller Karan Johar and a glowing actress Kajol.Set all your apprehensions about the movie aside and go out to the cinema hall for an enigmatic saga made with such sincerity,innocence and intensity like never before.Experience an acting prowess like none.Enthrall your senses,Ready your tissues to pour your heart out to probably the best take on humanity,religion and the basic essence of it.None of the movies except for 3 Idiots,Taare Zameen Par invoked such true heart felt emotions in me.Its a journey with a passion,brilliance,striving for excellence and ultimately reaching it.

                                                           The ride begins in India when the nation was united like never before.Tragedy strikes when riots break out in 1983 destroying India communally.Rizwaan is a child affected by Aspergers Syndrome.He’s still very attached to his mom and follows whatever he tells.He was always the one to be ridiculed at school.Despite all these,he’s an intelligent child who could “repair almost everything”. One day,she tells the world has no religions but is divided on only whether he/she is good or bad.That’s it.Nothing more or less.He has a brother Zakir  who feels quite neglected with the attention going more towards Rizwaan.The scene a few moments later shifts to San Francisco where his brother lives.New life,culture makes him take time to settle in there.He works for his brother’s company and in the process meets Mandira who takes him by a storm with her charm.She too is bamboozled with his new take on life and happiness.They have a great time spending delightful moments with each other.But Mandira has a different side of life too.She has a son.She was married at quite a young age of 17 and got betrayed by her irresponsible husband.That's past though,now she’s living a life of pride and satisfaction.An addition of Rizwaan would only make life more enchanting for her.So both decided to tie the knot and move on to a new house with new hopes,ambitions for their future.Suddenly a shock.World Trade Center in ashes.Twin towers no more.Nation in complete tantrums.Just like how B.C and A.D existed ,there started another era of 9/11 to put the issue of Islam as the central cause for destruction and havoc.Every Muslim being suspected,tortured.Where had humanity gone suddenly?Where had religion started as a root cause for destruction?These very basic things affected Rizwaan and Mandira in their life thereafter.They are shook by an unfortunate incident changing their lives forever.This forces Mandira to break out of her relationship with Rizwaan.The latter was mentally devastated by the untold incidents happening in the country and his life.He was desperate to prove a point out to the world and who better than a President of his country to convey his anguish.He is determined and capable and moreover he has god with him,then why fear?He began his journey with an untold confidence,child like innocence and a wide heart.He crosses every hurdle he comes on his way and come what may,no one can stop him from reaching his destination.He ultimately does it and wins back his love teaching the whole nation the power of goodness and humanity in life.

                                                  The movie is no more than a fable with a noble intention of conveying in what way can  true love,passion and determination can do making us stand tall and accept any shortcomings.The path taken by Karan Johar to tell his story is a risky one but he pulls it off with aplomb.Never he allows the drama to slip off the balance.He takes giant strides as a story teller with MNIK ,proving he can handle stories much beyond romance,family dramas.Its a craft that he’s only gifted with and he’s mastered it with MNIK.Kudos to KJ.He makes you drool into Rizwaan’s character in the first half and empathise with him.The 2nd half especially is a lot moving and special with the climax being the sure highlight.We’ll fall short of words for describing SRK’s finest performance over 2 decades.He’s breath taking and surprises you in every way in almost every shot possible.He instills soul into the character of Rizwaan and suits the role to perfection.His charm,honesty,involvement in this performance is unquestionable.He shakes every bit of your heart with a sincere and a yet heart warming effort.Kajol fits the bill perfectly.She looked effervescent with the able company of SRK making us feel that DDLJ,KKHH,K3G were just yesterday.She matches SRK scene by scene,dialogue by dialogue.She’s simply at her very best.Charming,comfortable and endearing.The music and the back ground deserve a special praise for its subtleness.Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s compositions strike a chord immediately with the audiences and keep the soul of the movie afloat.Its such a remarkable thing that the music never dominates but stays with you throughout and after the film.Shibhani Bhathija has pinched in a balanced story and an intriguing screenplay with enough scope for entertainment.Its a wonderful take on human emotions,relationships and how delicate are they.Dialogues are easily the high point of the movie.In a movie as sensitive as this,lack of proper dialogue could have shattered the entire purpose.Niranjan Iyengar with Shibhani Bhathija provide thoughtful and catchy dialogues.Dialogues such as “Namaz jagah se nahin niyat se pada jata hai” fill your heart with tears..The cinematographer has captured US wonderfully like never before and gives in wonderful pictures to behold.The supporting actors such as Jimmy Shergill,Neena,the child of SRK add substance to an already rock solid movie.The movie unlike Kurbaan,New York doesn’t step into the terrorism angle but it starts going much beyond what the former conveyed.The characterisation and the simplicity depicted is exemplary.It simply is a Hindi film industry’s answer to Hollywood.I would rate it to the level of Oscars.Indian film makers are coming of age and i hope the audiences too surely will and accept this treat.The 8 year wait to see the golden trio in action together is truly worthy and justified.

Overall the movie is outstanding,be it any department.Its a collective effort and it shows.Brilliance is simply one term which can define the movie.This movie will keep Islam in good light and the kind message it spreads.This is a welcome change to the Indian audiences who experienced many pointless duds in 2009.Wait no more for me tell  anything about MNIK,instead get moving to the theaters and you’ll be more than satisfied to spend the best 2:40 minutes of your day.Looking for a few more like these from SRK,Karan,Kajol and a better 2010 for the Industry….Wishing the readers a HAPPY MAHA SIVARATRI..My Name is SRIVATHSAN,I am a Blogger.

RATING:4.5/5 

WITH THIS, I HAVE COMPLETED MY 50 IN BLOGGING! IT FEELS GOOD!THANKS BLOGGER!                                                                       

Indo- Pak relations on the knife edge…….(2)

 

   

India –Pakistan have had very few moments of positivity.Its been 3 decades and nothing has changed.The relations between the two countries have always moved the darker side by each passing day.Neither of the two have come forward to address the issues at any point of time.Controversies,arguments,fights,wars have more been on the headlines between the two countries.The one thing that unites both is cricket.This has at least remained common interest and passion between the neighbors  over the years . The cricketers in both countries are given great status and enjoy a wonderful fan following.Not even cricket but even Indian stars do have a sizeable attraction in Pakistani crowds.The platform for entertainment ,movies,dance together has nevertheless been the IPL.But this organisation has let itself down by blacking out the Pakistani players from this year’s decision.It was more shocking than a dubious decision taken by the franchisees to ignore them.The 26/11 blasts have surely created an impact over the already strained relations between both the nations.But sports is something entirely different from politics.It has always been a peace Bridger between the two.Various people have expressed their objection in IPL’s mismanagement of this sensitive issue in support of Pakistan and the result is there to see.Attacks on individuals,protests,damages all over.Who is in benefit?NONE.First of it,is it all worth the fuss?

                                                  Coming to my personal point of view,I feel the issue has been entirely blown out of proportion.Instead peace making methods are more advisable.Come to real terms.We do have issues between the countries.Lets not ignore that.We indeed have to plan out effective strategies to work this out.Me,really proud being the citizen of this great nation.The country is an epitome of culture,religion,traditions,monuments,hospitality.Hospitality doesn’t need to be restricted among ourselves.Lets show them,despite all the issues we both have,we invite them with them with great pride and treat as our relatives.Wars,attacks,killings in the name of Islam,arguments are never going to improve our relations even by a whisker.The Indian government to say the least has reacted sluggishly in imrovising talks and clearing out all required issues.We all of course as citizens are very angry on what happened in Mumbai.The deserved should be punished but that doesn’t mean us pointing out our fingers on Pakistan on a whole.We have to be mature enough to understand we are humans first,then citizens of any country.We have the nature of “forgive and forget”.A single person can’t awaken a whole nation.Individually we have to put our nation above ourselves and provide support to the unity.That's the only way we as a nation will achieve a break through to this serious issue and move forward to avoid another 26/11.Hatred is such a strong feeling which needs to be put aside.Ultimately think for how long will we be fighting?There has to be a full stop.In this fast changing world,imagine what would be the outcome if all the problems are sorted out between these countries?What a welcome change can it be to the world!No more deaths,blood shed!It’s a great feeling even in our imagination.We should be the start in making this a reality.

Peace making methods should start from the grass root level of both the countries.Indian singers,actors and many other artistes of various fields could start conducting concerts and programmes in Pakistan.Contrary to what we have seen from the recent years,India and Pakistan should play regularly and competitively ,be it any sport and stand united against all the odds.Indians and Pakistanis should be encouraged on regular tourism visits to watch the grandeur and culture of both the nations.Movies depicting ideas of peace between India and Pakistan should be encouraged and supported by the governments of both the countries.Indian companies should set a foothold for their branches in Pakistan and vice versa.Better knowledge of Islamic notions are to be developed to avoid destruction in the name of god..Better securities between borders to avoid infiltration of terrorists could prove handy in avoiding destruction.The media should play a large hand  invoking youth in the favor of peace and its necessary advantages.

This shouldn’t be limited with thoughts.Acting at the right time will be the key.This is the beginning.An initiative by THE TIMES GROUP in support of this noble intention is “AMAN KI ASHA”.Slowly the warmth of our nation should spread through Pakistan and hope these two come together to share their love.Not only these but the whole world should be united.After all a human life time is very short.Why fill it with anger and distrust?

“HEAL THE WORLD,

MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE,

FOR YOU AND FOR ME AND

THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE”….

...JAI HIND!

Change is the essence of life…

 

Life is a long,short,challenging,puzzling journey…call it whatever.As our journey called life begins,our basic requirement is variety or change in our normal life.We never want the expected ones or we don’t like something too much for a long time.Why is it like this?

Lets go back our memories down the lane to find out an answer to this..Right from 3 years when we barely learn to speak ,we have required many things .We like dolls,teddy bears,motor cars at that tender age.Whenever a new model of our piece comes in, we hang onto that.Our perception of world is very sweet then,because everything seems to be going in our scheme of things.No arguments,responsibilities,problems,just pure bliss.We feel our life is going smoothly without any hiccups.We think every person we meet is really sweet and wonderful.Slowly the wide picture sets in..We involve in fights,have arguments,have demands that a normal middle class family cannot put into,get bad influences,hate people.Imagine how many impure feelings peep into our souls as our body matures.The ultimate truth is that only few will be not tempted to resist their demands,not fall into the ugly side of life.But still ,everyone will have moments in life where we has to choose between a compromise and truth.That’s the decisive test he undergoes to prove how strong is he mentally.

Changes have its own share of advantage and disadvantages.It helps some persons and spoils the others,i.e.some take changes to their advantage and some not.This helps a person to mature.For example we cut down trees for our selfish needs disturbing our ecological balance.What’s the answer to that?Nature too has its own way of expressing its change or honestly anger in the form of tsunamis,cyclones,earthquakes.In fact its the inhuman things we do leading to such destruction.A change like the above keeps us always in check.Sometimes  we want changes and at other times we are made to change.Without change the life comes to a standstill.None of the technologies,advancements,achievements would have taken place had we not accepted it.We are so laid back to accept the fact of it having an influence on our lives.What we are today is because of our past.We learn from our mistakes and try not repeating it which doesn’t mean the intention of committing new mistakes,instead being positive about it.No human is perfect,in fact we have to mould our character with respect to our surroundings.

Changes in fact have made us almost reach the skies.The luxurious lifestyle we have today was hardly dreamt of, 50 years ago.Our communication methods,relationships,our perception about life have all undergone rapid changes.It has brought out the process of multitasking which ultimately saves time.”Stitch in time saves nine”.It has given us scope to experiment a lot more things in a limited period of time.Changes can be creative too.We have our preferences in the form of arts such as music,dance,writing and many other things.Do we do it for any profit?No..The answer is that, these activities bring our creative side out giving us a sort of mental relaxation and relieve us from our mundane daily lives.Not only these but sports.movies,parties,hanging out with friends during weekends,spending time out with the orphanages are a part of it.The method varies,but the purpose of having a break is the same.In fact this is the  kind of change that  refreshes us and drive us to perform even better at work.Coming to another side of change.success and failure are like two sides of the same coin which may change our lives forever.Success is a result of effort,hard work and sweat and if not it wont last the tide.Failure teaches how challenging is it to be at the top making us gritty and determined to achieve our destination.Both these aspects should be handled carefully and in the right way,if not bear the brunt.

In all these events in our life,what doesn’t change throughout our existence?Its nothing but the parents love.They argue,fight,quarrel with us but with only one noble intention of his son/daughter to go in the right path.Its our responsibility to satisfy them and never let them down.It doesn’t mean shaking our heads to whatever they tell,implementing them would be the biggest challenge.Besides,we have to be independent and not be over attached to them.On the course of penning down this article too,i have gone various mood changes.That’s how often changes occur in life.So be prepared for anything and everything in life.Its a compelling ride.Move on with it and never give up hope coz Change is the essence or spice of life….

Indo-Pak relations on the knife edge

The war of words between two nations in the past 20 days had everything so well packaged like a Bollywood movie.It had politics,cricket,movies,arguments and what not?It all started with the IPL snub of the Pakistan players with the franchises refusing to pick a single player of their nation.The decision wasn't shocking but the way it was conducted definitely raised a few eye brows.Its so very sad when a nation which is so passionate of a sport like cricket gives a cold shoulder to its neighbour.It was sad to see the mother of all leagues IPL doing it and it looks more awkward when they actually deny any decision taken regarding this issue.



It was finally heartening to see Shah Rukh Khan coming out in objection of this official snub.He was right in telling that politics and cricket should never be brought together.He ven went on to tell India wasn't a nation to brush off a nation like Pakistan.He insisted on basic Indian culture to be affectionate to all our guests and treat them like gods.He added that he was disppointed with IPL in managing the whole drama.Not with standing,a few days later Shiv Sena and MNS,the Maharashtrian bugs targeted SRK and demanded his apology at immediate effect.SRK stood firm and the former groups started creating havoc around SRK's home Mannat.They even threatened to disript the release of his forthcoming movie "MY NAME IS KHAN".The idiocracy continued and finally Bollywood came up for ShahRukh.Chidambaram too made a comment questioning what made the franchises Pakistani players unhospitable atmosphere.So,politically too this issue was gaining much strength.The Pakistani government and the PCB procliamed it an insult.This news became the TRP fetcher for various news channnels showing it like some enterntainment news.In fact channels have become more a medium to attract eyeballs rather than focussing on their main job of delivering the truth to its audiences.The government could no more sit quite and deployed additional security across SRK's house and lathi charged the protesting sainiks.Forgetting all our principles,MNS and Shiv Sena are such a nuisance to the country who fail to realise that India has earne democracy a long time back.Everyone is free to express his/her opinions.No one can ever get above a law,that applies for a common man and a political party,no more and no less,they have to obey the same.Who are these to deny an opinion or comment,that too a laudable one?
This is not the first time this has happened and Bollywood is becoming an easy prey for this nuisance.The government has to take drastic steps to avoid India getting communal.This is such a sensitive issue,we instead of polishing our relations are completely falling apart from the required direction.The program Aman KI Asha by the times group is a wonderful initiative to bond our faltering relations.Never should an doubt Pakistan or the other way round.The fools in that nation may have caused serious problems,but lets remember we are humans first,lets live and let live.Let peace prosper and unity win over the clouds surrounding the tortured relations between both the countries.