A WedNesDay!!

I’m still not sure of my opinion of this particular movie….though all people I spoke to think that it is a good concept of “the stupid common man” (sorry you should have seen the movie to read this!) taking charge. The real question of course lies in the fact that how many of us are actually capable of becoming rather planning to be stupid. It is a great ask to be doing the job of cleaning scum anonymously. Not to be given credit for something that at least is perceived to be great as is depicted by Anupam Kher’s character as he lets go off the STUPID man at the end of this 2 hour tale.

Of course it is surely great to be doing this unthinkable act of killing terrorists to make this world a better place to live in and it is all glorified as we sit there in the theatre and applaud when Naseeruddin Shah’s character explains his actions. There are loop holes that stare out at you but all of us may choose to ignore – How come he got that stupid bench with the bomb stapled to it into an aviation base, how come a common man within a span of 25 days (as mentioned by him in the movie) learns the expertise to bounce calls so that he is not tracked. But then don’t we all ignore what we prefer to do when we are sure that something is right.

Besides what is the objective of the film maker I ask. Is it to make a movie and earn profit which I’m sure he’s assured of or is it to shake people from their inertia? I personally believe cinema is of 2 types – entertaining and provoking. Though I’m an avid film buff and have been earlier provoked by movies but the feeling of making a difference stays with me for no more than a week (maybe I’m too selfish to do anything for anyone else). So though I can stand up and say it’s a good concept but will it be a reality someday.

I may be a little philosophical here in saying that let alone making a difference in the bigger scheme of things we sometimes don’t even stand up for ourselves. Something small like littering (which I feel very strongly about), though I myself may have never done it but I have rarely stopped anyone else from doing it and I’m sure even this can make a difference. But then I think I cannot speak for all the people; maybe they do make a difference in their own small ways.

Another thing that I felt was totally wrong in the movie (and here I should say thanks to a review I heard on the numerous channels we have today for pointing this out) was the depiction of all the 4 terrorists as Muslims. What is that? The movie doesn’t mention the religion of the “STUPID” man but mentions starkly the religion of the ones he blows up. All this in spite of the fact that Anupam Kher at the end proclaims that we tend to find the religion behind each name.

Hmm...but all may be just plain good cinema and good acting in the end. This is not in anyway a review of the said movie…it’s just that “the stupid common man” replied on a WEDNESDAY and I choose to question it back on a FRIDAY!!!!

Hyderabad Blues....

Though there is no connection between the photo and the blog...just a picture of the Ganesh Idol at HOME...

I’m back from the week long holiday in Mumbai (already!!) and entered back into mundane office days….Get up...get ready (people who know me get irritated on the time I spend on this especially my sister)...go to office…come back home….have dinner…and sleep to glory. So now you know why I don’t have a blog coz guess all the posts could look identical. I think I’m going tangential again but what I want to say is I have again stepped back into the Hyderabad Blues.

Oh no!! I think I gave a pretty boring picture of myself…..It’s not the same everyday guys I do go for the occasional movie or the occasional dinner or the very occasional dance and I just hope the superlative “very” remains and I don’t have to look out for a even superlative option. I even have fun at work with 2-3 cups of hot chocolate that I drink everyday thanks to the vending machine options.

The last time I shopped in Hyderabad I had loved a pair of shoes that they didn’t have in my size and a t-shirt that said “for men” but I picked up both anyways. Did you know in Hyderabad the rickshaw drivers think they are controllers of our destiny and can dictate a sum of money so outrageous that if I had collected all that in the 2 years that I have been here I could have bought myself a car. See I told you it’s not all that bad!!

There are good days and bad days and in Hyderabad there are BLUE days…Beware of Latenights U will be Eveteased. I have lived for nearly 25 years in Mumbai but the blue days I have faced here are unbeatable. The opportunity of being so useful to MANkind was never felt by me before.

I’m thoroughly enlightened to pen a song so with apologies to Julie Andrews as I take inspiration from Sound of Music’s “These are a few of my favourite things”

Hot chocolate in office and shoes that don’t fit
Rickshaws that loot and movies that suck
Blue days in Hyderabad that choke me to tears
These are a few of my favorite things