Saturday 27 October 2018

Feast Of Love(Review)

                                     Even for a die-hard optimist like me, the movie left more questions then it answered. In the end, the idea behind the story remains hazy with obscure definition of love. Though it started on a promising note, but somehow confused infidelity with love in the middle, even tried justifying it and finally the story became a little confusing. Though one can not stop from admiring the dialogues(at places) which are beautifully sewed to appropriate scenes making it a joyful experience.
                                     The theme of the movie 'that either love being a trick which is played on us, or it is everything and nothing can compare to it' resonates in mind which is creatively linked to the introductory story telling by Morgan Freeman (Grecian myth about the gods who created love because they were bored, and then created laughter "so they could stand it."). Morgan Freeman as Harry Stevenson and Greg Kinnear as Bradley Thomas did justice to their characters and are impressive.The movie is watchable but only, if one can stand strong nudity content and mediocre attempt to explain different love situations.

Monday 15 October 2018

The Grand Seduction (Review)

                               'Welfare checks are there to sustain you, did not last more than 15 days, but you collect shame for a month' is the dialogue in the movie and summarize the theme of this wonderful movie. The movie portrays the struggle of a fishing village to get a Petrochemical company to select their village as the site for establishing their next unit. The positive windfall being the jobs and prosperity for the natives. The only impediment was the unavailability of a registered doctor, a condition put-forth by industry policy. The unfolding circumstances and the concerted efforts by villagers to seduce a doctor makes it a wonderful story to watch.
                           This movie reminds me of another movie titled 'The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain', both of these films are on different subjects but have unique undercurrents, making one's watching experience joyful. A touching, charming and funny movie with identifiable characters and breath-taking landscape makes it a joy to watch. Brendan Gleeson is convincing and has impressed with his acting skills. Overall a light-hearted comedy with a simple story, a delight to watch this movie.

Friday 12 October 2018

Ghost of Modi- RSS

                                                 ‘Everything looks yellow to the jaundiced eye’
                          The above idiom specially holds true for the liberal elites of Delhi. This unique tribe, comprising of middleman, pseudo-seculars, deal breakers, had tumultuous rough ride for last four years . This shrinking, self obsessed and powerful tribe, has never had so bad and the outpouring of filth against govt stands testimony, to the damage inflicted on their reputation and devaluation of their grip on corridors of power. They had been haunted by an imaginary ghost of Modi-RSS and badly in need of their own renaissance. This ghost has troubled this blood sucking tribe for last four years, and they are hoping that exorcism(election 2019) will finally bear fruit and bring some relief.
                       Since 2014, in India , the ghost of Modi is detected everywhere, a soar spot for liberals an outlandish person who doesn’t bow to the diktats of lutyen club. In the eyes of our ‘professional seculars’ the exorcising of the evil spirit from their lives is now, just a few months away. Likewise, the bad, communal people who don’t share the prescribed “idea of India” will be cut to size and put at their respective places. Through innuendos, they have started the intimidation propaganda, all the ‘fanatics’(read Bhakts) who were out there, butchering innocent minorities, media celebrities, urban naxals on social media won’t be spared either.

George Orwell, speaking of liberal journalists, wrote in the Preface to his Animal Farm:“One cannot expect intelligent criticism or even, in many cases, plain honesty from liberal writers and journalists who are under no direct pressure to falsify their own opinions.”

                           Sections of the privileged elites have been engulfed by fear psychosis once Modi took the reins in his hand and not wrongly, they were stripped of their privileges that they so shrewdly held for decades by sucking to the corridors of power. Like the good ‘old days’ when imaginary ‘foreign hand’ takes the blame for governance failure, today the narrative is spun and the extremely helpful ‘foreign hand’ of the bygone era has been replaced by ‘Modi-RSS combine for anything that goes wrong in our country.

                           Ranging from Chinese incursions to terrorist attack not to forget Kashmir conundrum, the party of clown along with bootlickers lutyen club, waste no time in sighting the ghost of Modi-RSS and pinning the blame. Meanwhile, the professional seculars take the lead and bifurcate any travesity to search for communal footprint.
                         Lies, stupidity and deception are the hallmarks of politics today. It’s an ever growing enterprise that has catapulted many to the seats of power. People have lied through their teeth to further their political carrier and unfortunately, it pays handsomely. It is no surprise thus, this time tested formula (award wapsi, intolerance, Church attacks, minorities under attack are some of the many campaigns endorsed and supported by this incestuous club) is again being employed to see the Modi-RSS ghost in Rafale aircraft deal.
                           Just before every state election in the last few years, new controversies are stage managed and are swiftly brushed aside after it serves its purpose. In the similar fashion, Rafale aircraft and winking eye in Parliament are intertwined. It was a precursor to the nasty campaign that is to follow. No amount of clarification will satisfy Congress, who wants people to see the same ghost behind the deal as the elections are on the horizon. How much success will Congress attain in convincing the electorate, only time will tell, but the Congress along with corrupt Lutyens club are confident.

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Wednesday 10 October 2018

A Walk Among the Tombstones (Review)

                                 An intense and gripping story about two deranged sadistic serial killers who also extort money from victim families. The brutality of killers and depiction of severed body parts though in graphic and obscure make one feel uncomfortable. The story revolves around an alcoholic retired police, 'Liam Neeson' , now unlicensed detective (had past history of a cop), who reluctantly decided to pursue the case of abduction and murder of a wife of drug dealer 'Dan Stevens'. As the story unfolds, many intriguing and frightening details about serial killers start emerging who were unfazed by their ghastly murder hogging media attention.
                               Liam Neeson has continuously impressed me for long with his acting skills and is impressive in this movie as well. The story keeps one captivated, although some unnecessary additions can be very well avoided, but unperturbed by such distractions, the story flows swiftly. It is a good movie to watch.