Cutting Chai with Bhawana Somaaya - Day 223

Krrish 3 flies

01.11.2013, Mumbai 

Film Kraft produced aur Rakesh Roshan directed Krrish 3 - Koi Mil Gaya aur Krissh ke baad - super hero Krishna, yaane Hrithik Roshan ka teesra avtaar hain.

Iss avtaar mein Krishna apne pita aur patni ke saath khushal zindagi jeeta hain, tabtak – jabtak ke usse sankat nahi pukarta.

Iss baar ka sankat - ek bhayanak virus hain jo sainkdo zindagiyaan, palon mein samaapt kar deta hain aur iss virus ka zimmedar hain Kaal - yaane Vivek Oberoi aur uski sangini, Kangana Ranaut.

Writer Robin Bhatt purani kahani aur kirdaaron ko nayi paristhitiyon ke saath pesh karte hain.

Film ki cinematography / action / costume / special effects aur saare performances – khaas taurpe naye andaz mein Vivek Oberoi aur roop badalti Kangana Ranaut behtereen hai.

Film ka minus – film ka music / lyrics aur lamba climax hain jahan - loha /lakdi /kaach /khidki /darwazein /eent /patthar/cement/ immartein yahan tak ki insaan bhi zameen par girr ke toot jaate hain.

Hrithik Roshan baap – bête ka double role imandari se nibhate hain. Agar scientist Rohit Mehra aap ke dil ko choote hain toh Krrish aap ki kalapana ko.

Hrithik panchi ki tarha aasmaan mein udaan lagate hain - oonchi immarat par putle ki tarha sthir khade rehte hain - hirran ki tarha tez bhagte hain- nartak ki tarha action karte hain aur farishte ki bhati har sankat ka vimochan!!

Magar film ke asli hero - film ke director Rakesh Roshan hain. Iss scale ki ye shayad pehli Hindi cinema ki Scifi trilogy hain.

Aur ek baat – ab tak humne sagge-sautele / jayaaz-najayaaz / janam diye- godd liye bhaiyon ke baare mein suna tha. Rakesh Roshan hume pehli baar, DNA bhaiyyo se parichit karwate hain.

Sawal ye nahi hain ki Krrish 3 dekhne layak hain ya nahi - sawal ye hai ki kya aap SciFi filmein pasand karte ho?

Nahi toh phir  Krrish 3 aap ke liye nahi hain. Agar aap Hrithik Roshan ke fan ho toh unko aasman mein pakadna mushkil hain – magar nazdeek ke theatre mein avashya pakad sakte ho.

Krrish 3 ko nayi soch - saahas- aur aakansha ke liye Big Entertainment Ratings milte hain 3.5 stars.

Bhawana Somaaya / @bhawanasomaaya

Cutting Chai with Bhawana Somaaya - Day 222

Jail Diary 22
30.10.2013, Mumbai 

Life is full of surprises. Sanjay opens the newspaper to read that the President of India has sought the state government’s view on the proposal for his pardon. Sanjay turns hopeful and is about to call his lawyer but on second thoughts decides not to. His sister Priya Dutt is a politician and she would advice restraint. Sanjays understands the process is long and complex. The opposition party has rejected the proposal saying that pardoning him would be unfair and set a bad precedent to other convicts. Sanjay senses a sinking feeling. He learns that the BJP and other opposition parties plan to meet up Mumbai chief minister Prithviraj Chavhan and home minister R R Patil to discuss the same. Can a miracle happen, will some door open or will life always be a long struggle?

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Cutting Chai with Bhawana Somaaya - Day 221

 Jail Diary 21

29.10.2013, Mumbai    
 

In Sanjay’s long absence at home a forlorn Manyata had many a times fantasized that when she wakes up she will find her husband by her side, smiling. It has happened today. There is so much to share, so much to tell and when one feels so intensely about expressing somehow one is not able to express anything. Perhaps it is no longer important - just being together, breathing the same air, experiencing the  the routine domesticity – door bells, phone bells, breakfast, children crawling around the apartment is what makes the morning and evening aromatic.

Yes there are vulnerable moments. The sisters, Manyata and Sanjay break down separately at different moments but there is joy as well of being together in the present. Sanjay prefers to listen more than talk. He says he wants to bottle memories so he can think about it in solitude in his cell later. The family does not coerce him to share his experiences, they understand it is painful.  Often, at moments least expected Sanjay gets teary eyed and shares moments – then as suddenly switches off, prefers to discuss a favorite dish or listens to his favorite music. Sometimes he sits by the window, watching over the garden and thinking. Perhaps of the time he will have to leave all this and depart perhaps something else.

Manyata wants Sanjay gets to meet all his loved ones and invites them over from time to time. The kitchen fires are burning overtime – serving all the delicacies Sanjay loves. She tells a friend, “If Sanjay is home it is Diwali, if not how can all the kandeels of the city light my life?’’At night before going to bed Sanjay tells Manyata that if there is heaven ‘This is it’. The family has asked for an extension of parole to conclude the pending medical tests and treatment and as luck would have it, the extension is granted too.

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