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The experience of watching AKAASH VANI gave me enough to think or write upon after a long time since BOL (2011). Though the film is not a masterpiece if you analyze it in cinematic terms, but on the basis of its subject and execution it strongly makes you question our own Indian social structure and WE The People accepting it blindly to maintain our so called social image in front of the others. So as I have many random thoughts dying to get on to the paper within the set restrictions, I would like to divide this write up into three parts beginning with the review of the film and then moving on to the social themes it touches which in turn makes it a must watch for all.
The Review Promoted as a pure romantic film with a commercial angle, AV starts off well on a lighter note with the girl Nusrat (Vaani) impressing you right away more than the boy Kartik (Akaash). The word love is written on the screen from its first frame itself and their entertaining, likable romance draws you in till the intermission. Director Luv Ranjan keeps it realistic as seen in his PYAR KA PUNCHNAMA and that’s the reason why the love story wins over the viewer reminding them of all those soft romantic films before the 90s. But the story doesn’t progress much in the first half and the twist is just revealed before the intermission.
In the second half, it surprises you with something very important & relevant, revealing an ugly truth of our society dealing with Arranged Marriage, Love Marriage and Marital Rape. Despite of its slow progression and few dragging moments the narration doesn’t lose its grip mainly due to the brilliantly written dialogues by the director Luv himself and some splendid performances by the entire cast. For instance, you can easily feel the pain when Vaani says to Akaash, “Yahan Jab Tak Shareer Par Nishaan Na Ho……., Koi Maanta Nahin Hai!” or when she calmly answers her father that, “Aapke Kaaran Mujhe Kya Kya Sehna Parha Hai……, Woh Main Aapko Bata Bhi Nahin Sakti”
Further the tense moments in this better half are handled well by the cinematographer too which forces you to give your full attention to what the characters are willing to portray, keeping the interest alive throughout.
However watching a marital rape on the screen is not anything usual or amusing and thus the team surely deserves all the praises to bring up this hidden truth in a Hindi Film in such a subtle manner, which has been rarely done by others in the 100 years of Indian Cinema. In fact in the recent times I remember a film called MITTAL VS MITTAL (2010) taking up this issue as a cheap sexual gimmick to sell itself in the market and then another classic made on a related issue called MATRUBHUMI (2005) which also is a not to be missed gem without any doubt.
The shocking drama in the script gets its full support from the performers and it’s a Nusrat’s film all the way wherein the girl even reminded me of veterans such as Madhuri Dixit in her difficult scenes of emotional pain and outburst. Kartik supports her well with confidence but the subject basically revolves around Nusrat’s life and the trauma she is forced into by her own family. Along with the cute lead pair the director has very carefully chosen his supporting cast in which everyone has lived his or her role impressively especially the actors playing the couple’s friends. So we have a great emotional & important film here conceived and performed well following a decent vision.
As an essential requirement of a sensible love story, AV also has a fabulous soundtrack featuring 4 great songs with highly poetic & meaningful lyrics penned by the director Luv Ranjan himself again. Both the tracks and background score have been composed & arranged intelligently by Hitesk Sonik and I really wish the soundtrack was promoted more by the makers to reach their real listeners. The 4 worth listening songs are Ittefaq Tha Ek Mazaak Tha, Roomani, Bas Main Aur Tu and Tere Pyar Mein which have great lyrics reminding you of the famous GULZARISM loved and appreciated widely. For instance sample these few lines from one of its great songs,
"Soch Kar Main Jisko Hass Leta Hun,
Ittefaaq Tha....., Ek Mazaaq Tha....., Tere Mera Naam! Tere Hi Pher Mein……..Boodhe Ek Pedh Pe, Kuchh Lakeerein Kheench Di Thi Do Din Bhi Na Rahey Un Kharonchon Ke Nishan.......!
Ittefaaq Tha....., Ek Mazaaq Tha....., Tere Mera Naam!
Hence with a fresh breezy first half and an intense thought provoking second one AKAASH VANI can easily be called an important & well made project by the multi talented Luv Ranjan who undoubtedly has got the vision to give us something different and valuable. The film needs to be shown to every youngster above 18 as a mandatory clause and then a Q & A session should be held in colleges taking up the 3 issues discussed ahead in the other section of this article. On a concluding note, we definitely need more films like this as our wake-up call and the youngsters need to watch it in the theater to encourage its visionary makers. Rating : 3+1 / 5 (As a film project it gets 3 with the additional 1 especially for its fabulous soundtrack)
(But as a thoughtful venture with a social vision the film is being included in my MOVIES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE because of the reasons discussed in the next part of the article. So you can continue reading (by clicking at the link below) if you are willing to know something more about its immense value in Indian context.)
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Honestly, this should not be considered as just another write-up on a must see Bollywood movie from the visionary director Raj Kapoor. Because classics such as “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” are not mere films but they are those truthful mirrors of our society which reveal the ugly faces behind the purest emotion of human existence called LOVE. So here instead of writing about the film, its storyline or its performances, I would like to begin with a bold but realistic question asked from our own conscience.
Suppose a group of young boys is shown a photograph of a beautifully dressed girl in a colourful revealing outfit, with a shining appealing body standing in a decent posture. Without any doubt they would see it with great interest since a girl with a gorgeous body always catches the eye of men as a must. And that’s why we logically see stunning models in almost all the advertisements selling goods ranging from toothpastes & shoes to lavish cars. Now assume another photograph of the same girl placed before those boys with more of her curvy body in fewer clothes without showing her actual face. Unarguably this will result in an increasing lust in their eyes with a pinch of desire and fantasy. Further their imagination would surely cross the next levels with each new photograph of the girl without revealing her real face. Now as their excitement is reaching its crescendo, suppose we suddenly expose the original face of the girl, which is disgustingly ugly & majorly burnt from its one side, reminding them of an evil spirit as shown in all those low budget Horror movies.
Now What happens? Where all that excitement vanishes? Where the desire to take her in arms goes? Why all those fantasies simply fizzle off like an instant plane crash? Why they suddenly don’t want to look at those photographs anymore? And What is the logic behind this abrupt change of emotion in their heart, mind and body?
The reason is that our whole concept of feelings, lust, sex and love revolves around just the FACE and nothing else in those first moments of encounter with the opposite gender. Our entire perception of beauty starts and stops at the ‘Facial Attraction’ only and if that is not able to impress us, then we don’t want to give it a second thought ever. Studying this from a different angle just seriously think for a moment that on what basis all the major decision in a man’s life are taken related with his love & sex life.
What is the first thing in the mind of a man who is searching a girl for his arranged marriage? What does the family visiting for the ‘Traditional Girl Exhibition” actually has in mind for their future daughter-in-law as their first requirement? What essential quality, all the Rich Families are interested in, while they are searching the match for their ‘Born with the Golden Spoon” sons?
Even in the concept of love, on what factor is the “Love at First Sight” based? What is actually “Love at First Sight” and why does it happen? Why do we feel more biased or fascinated towards the most beautiful girl or boy in our class or office? What is the foremost factor based on which a model or an actress gets selected? And in more blunt words, on what foundation the whole business of Prostitution operates? Or On what basis there is a difference of fees charged by the prostitutes in the market?
Eventually, the answer to every single question mentioned above lies in only the FACE and the beauty blessed to that FACE by the ALMIGHTY. And this is only the important, thoughtful question raised by Raj Kapoor in his film “Satyam Shivam Sundaram”.
Through this brilliantly directed film, the showman bravely puts these logical queries before the society that “Is the Facial Beauty always necessary for arousing those tender feelings of love, care and affection in your heart for another person?”
Particularly talking from a man’s perspective, “How much percentage of the population (women) can be called beautiful? And if all are not ‘Born Beautiful’ then do they don’t have the right to be loved and be in a tender relationship? Isn’t that major part of the population not worthy enough of experiencing the same feeling of Love as experienced by all those ‘Born Beautiful’?”
Moreover if you eventually don’t get an exceptionally beautiful face as your life partner, then will you not love her ever throughout your life just because of the reason that she cannot be called beautiful?
And if God forbid, your beautiful partner goes through an accident and loses all his/her facial beauty then will you suddenly become a different person not caring for him/her anymore just because of that?
Raj Kapoor’s “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” tries to remind us about this hidden aspect of our human persona which forgets the “Inner Beauty of the Soul” and bows down completely to the fake world of facial attraction. It showcases the real truth wherein we don’t have the time to see beyond a face, beyond the physical appearance of a person, moving into the inner depth of his/her loving soul and just like to make our love-selections by only looking at the shells.
It is a hugely important film in today’s time where majority of our relationships are simply falling apart because they were all actually conceived on the basis of facial beauty only. The young hearts and minds are only interested in the outer beauty to remain by their side as their “Show Windows”. In their youthful & energetic years, both the girl and the boy want to showcase their beautiful & gorgeous partners as their “Proudly Possessed Trophies” in front of everyone. And this passion of owning a beautiful trophy continues at the back of their mind while selecting their life partners too.
But as the time progresses, the allotted shelf life of those ‘Bought Trophies’ gets over and Life reveals its realistic face making you realize the emptiness in absence of any ‘Inner Beauty’ around……….to hold you tight in those difficult moments. And that’s the time when one accepts the need and importance of a beautiful soul, which stays by your side till the last.
“Satyam Shivam Sundaram” tries to make us feel those tragic times through the life of its lead characters Shashi Kapoor and Zeenat Aman who are the two souls trapped in this futile search of superficial beauty. Zeenat has got a desirable curvy body but she hasn’t got an equally beautiful face which is what Shashi Kapoor is looking for in his life partner. So the conflict here is between the body and soul, between the love and desire (lust) which ends on a tragic but positive note well handled by the maestro.
Apart from this valuable theme, the original soundtrack of this film can easily be included in the BEST EVER MUSICAL SCORES in the history of Indian Cinema. It has magical songs such as “Bhor Bhaye Panghat Par”, “Chanchal Sheetal Nirmal Komal”, “Satyam Shivam Sundaram”, “Woh Aurat Hai Main Mehbooba” and ”Yashomati Maiya Se Boley Nandlala”, melodiously composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal as a key milestone of their illustrious career and beautifully sung by Lata Mageshkar, Manna Dey, Mukesh & Bhupendra Singh. Besides its soundtrack is also a unique example of using expressive Bhajans in an otherwise love story exceptionally written by Pandit Narendra Sharma, Anand Bakshi & Vithhal Bhai Patel.
Particularly I simply loved the lyrical beauty in the simple words when Shashi Kapoor says: “Main Kaise Usey Pasand Karun, Main Kasey Aankhen Band Karun,
Woh Aurat Hai Tu Mehbooba, Tu Sab Kuchh Hai Woh Kuchh Bhi Nahin,
And to this Zeenat Aman replies:
Tum Aisey Usey Pasand Karo, Mil Baitho Baatein Chand Karo,
Woh Aurat Hai Main Mehbooba, Woh Sab Kuchh Hai Main Kuchh Bhi Nahin”
Truly mesmerizing!
However the sad irony of our Indian Cinema is that till date “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” is widely seen, recommended and discussed within the bollywood fans circles…..more as a Soft-porn movie and less as a thought-provoking emotional drama with a soul stirring musical score. The revealing outfits of Zeenat Aman and his eye catching body movements are watched more keenly than the important subject of the film by the majority of film buffs. In fact I sometimes really wonder that how can one forget to enjoy the lyrical & musical ecstasy of “Bhor Bhaye Panghat Pe” by indulging more in the bathing Zeenat instead. Incidentally Raj Kapoor also faced this wrath at the time of its release as he was widely criticized for using Zeenat’s beauty to bring in the viewers into the theater and the film was also tagged as “More body than soul” by many critics.
But as I see it this response to the film itself was quite self-revealing as far the viewers or society was concerned. Moreover the choice of Zeenat Aman as his heroine was a perfect example to prove that Raj Kapoor was a Genius film-maker who not only understood the medium of cinema, but who also understood the actual hidden psyche of his audience, especially men. Now he chose Zeenat for the lead role, because he very well knew that in those years she was the only girl in the film industry who could portray the element of sex and lust on the screen exactly in the way Raj had conceived. Her sex-appeal was ideal to play ‘Rupa’ who could easily bring in those “Twinkling Stars of Desire” in the eyes of men watching her performing in those sensuous outfits.
In few words, Zeenat just had the perfect appearance to represent the Physical Beauty of a person and her character in the script was aptly written to depict the Inner Beauty behind that ugly face. No doubt RK might have gone overboard in few deliberate scenes wherein she is shown wearing a white see-through costume repeatedly. But that doesn’t take away the credit which should be given to the director for coming up with such a sensible film made on a socially relevant subject which sadly couldn’t reach the people as it should have been.
Truly speaking “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” is a film which was made to enlighten the viewers about the value of Inner Beauty in a person. And for that Raj Kapoor used the ravishing beauty of Zeenat Aman and her desirable body. But unfortunately even after 3 decades of its release, people are still watching it for that BEAUTIFUL BODY only and continue to miss its actual message behind the tragedy.
As a matter of fact that reveals a lot about how we see and enjoy films here in India or Why in India films are still majorly seen just as a medium of entertainment and nothing else. So, in my opinion “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” can easily be used as a separate chapter in all the “Film Appreciation Courses” taught in Film Institutes. So if you haven’t watched it yet, then do it at the earliest to experience the mystery.
Produced & Directed By Raj Kapoor
Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyrics by Pandit Narendra Sharma, Anand Bakshi & Vithhal Bhai Patel.
Starring : Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Kanhaiyalal & A.K. Hangal
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People often ask me that why I love movies so much? They ask me why I consider them as important as a divine book or teacher? Most of the times, I can’t answer, because honestly I neither am able to find the right words nor I am willing to ruin the beauty of this thought by putting it in writing. So usually, I prefer to remain silent having a gentle smile on my face.
But whenever I see a film like HACHI which is nothing short of a divine scripture, I feel like shouting from the roof top saying YES, I love movies………, I eat and drink movies for the sole reason that they teach me how to live. And yes I keep nourishing this passion of mine constantly because they still make beautiful life teaching films such as HACHI.
Based on a rare, unbelievable and all true real life love story of a Dog and his master, HACHI is unarguably equivalent to a genuine spiritual teacher who makes you aware of your precious life and its loving moments you spend along with your loved ones. But it becomes even more important as a film since it moves ahead of the commonly known love between two human beings and takes you into a more heavenly world of a Dog’s true and lovable devotion towards his master.
Reading this, you might start thinking of many other famous movies made on this similar subject. But here without revealing the main storyline of the film, I would like to assure that HACHI will give you something which you can never ever imagine happening in the real life. It starts off very calmly without anything great happening in its initial moments but as it reveals its basic plot, the film sweeps you off completely and you remain stunned knowing the true story which really happened almost a century back.
A journey into the innocent world of a motive-less and truthful love of an adorable Dog, HACHI is far better than all those personality development books becoming the best sellers in the market. It slaps us with its message that LOVE doesn’t always demand returns and favors. And it can wait endlessly for its beloved to return to him forever. Truly speaking there have been many movies which do make the viewers cry with their emotional content. But in HACHI you get tears along with a sweet smile in your heart. It’s a film which makes you cry like never before and you simply don’t mind all those precious drops coming out of your eyes quite effortlessly.
To sum up, there are very few movies, which have the power to teach us the real meaning of the words like love, life and emotions. Movies which go straight down to the deepest core of our hearts, irrespective of any region, religion or language.
Movies which give a new dimension to our feelings as never felt before and which ought to be shown to every child in our homes, so that they might learn their lesson of life from it and try to become a better human in their future years.
HACHI is one of those rare admirable movies.
Without writing anything more about it, I would only like to say that after watching it I couldn’t think of anything else and straight went to my Labrador friend sleeping calmly besides my bed……., I woke him up and took him in my arms with all my love and started crying.
I cried because the film reminded me of a big scary thought.
My speechless, loving friend is now more than 11 years old and all the readers who do have a pet in their homes would lovingly understand what that age really means.
That’s what HACHI did to me………………..and that’s what I pray it may do to everyone watching it ever.
Looking at this Original Picture of the real HACHI, I humbly Salute to the true love of this blessed soul who had such heavenly devotion for his master!
HIS BLESSINGS
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
Starring : Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa and more.
(A big thanks to Vamsi and Hemu for informing me about this precious gem.)
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(SPOILER Note : This review reveals the climax and calls for a mature reading too.)
It’s a great feeling when a film majorly delivers what was being expected from it by the audience. But ROCKSTAR even goes a step ahead and delivers the unexpected too in the form of an enlightening film, touching a sensitive issue for the first time in Indian Cinema.
Frankly after Socha Na Tha (2005), Jab We Met (2007) and Love Aaj Kal (2009), I wasn’t really expecting such an intense movie from its director Imtiaz Ali. Because as I feel, all his past movies were just fine entertainers, made with many commercially viable elements incorporated in them for their commercial success with few memorable performances.
But with ROCKSTAR Imtiaz shows the other hidden & sensitive side of his persona and makes a film which clarifies many famous misconceptions about creative people, their creativity and their professional life which is not known to the common man. Besides, the film had another pleasant surprise for me in the form of Nargis Fakhri, who not only looks stunning but also contributes a lot in her onscreen chemistry with Ranbir. So, I have a lot to share about the film and its subject with all my friends here and would like to start with the film itself.
ROCKSTARis a winner all the way in the first half and the viewers are sure going to enjoy all the proceedings in its first hour with an intelligent direction, entertaining performances, perfect cinematography, realistic dialogues, believable characters and soothingly supporting soundtrack. Narrated mostly in flashback mode, the film is about the journey of a Rockstar who is basically suffering the consequences of his own indecisive character. Taking an inspiration from the real-life story of the famous & charismatic Rock-music Icon Jim Morrison, the script takes you inside the complex character of a popular STAR who majorly gets famous for the wrong reasons. The Ranbir-Nargis pairing looks ravishing on the screen with the traces of “Geet” from JAB WE MET in the characterization of Nargis. The writers beautifully explain the need of “Some kind of Pain or Heartbreak” in order to become an artist in a lighter mode, which later on takes a realistic shape in Janardan’s life. The transformation sequences of Janardan becoming the famous Jordon are a treat to watch, especially the qawaali at Nizammudin Dargah and all in-studio scenes of Ranbir along with Piyush Mishra and the great Shammi Kapoor. So till the interval point, ROCKSTAR is totally an entertaining venture with something thrown in for all kind of audiences both in the major and the smaller centers (like the adult movie sequence).
But all the commercial problems start post intermission where the film takes a drastic turn towards becoming a more enlightening experience than an entertaining one. And that’s where most of the viewers are going to find it difficult to grasp as that is nothing compared to anything ordinary or easily understandable. In its second half, ROCKSTAR mostly talks about the inner conflicts of a big star and her beloved who are not ONE at the moment due to their own lack of will of taking the right decisions at the right time.
Moreover, the last 30 minutes of the film and its purely enlightening climax, might be equal to the phrase of “Upar Se Nikal Gayi” for many viewers particularly in the smaller centers. Because this very part of the movie takes it to another spiritual level where one gets to see the bitterness in the words “SEX” and “GUILT” clearly before his eyes, quite shamelessly. And in all probabilities of the world, where people don’t like to get serious or listen to something about their own real life in a film, this abrupt and open ending of ROCKSTAR will not be taken sportingly by majority of the audience as well as critiques who value the commercial prospects of a film more than its intrinsic value.
Musically, the track “Saada Haq, Aithey Rakh” explains the inner clash & tension of a true artist perfectly. It is well supported by a brilliant camerawork equivalent to the International Standards, a superlative musical arrangement by the maestro (including the singing part by Mohit Chauhan) and some truly great lyrics by Irshad Kamil, which pump up the blood flowing in your body and you feel like standing and saying “Saaaaaada Haq, Aitheeeeey Rakh”.
However, as a true die-hard fan of A.R. Rahman I would humbly like to say that I was really expecting a lot more from this soundtrack of ROCKSTAR. No doubt, it has got the few gems in the kitty but when it’s the musical score by Rahman, of a film called ROCKSTAR, made by Imtiaz Ali, then its unarguably logical to expect something extra-ordinary in its each track. The songs other than “Saada Haq” and “Kun Faaya” need repeated listening to become likable and one can only relate with most of them after watching the film.
In the performance department, this has a flawless, award winning act from Ranbir Kapoor going far beyond whatever glimpses you may have seen in the promos. Therefore this has to be the movie which Ranbir should feel proud of and only one man would be the happiest person to see this from his heavenly abode……..his grandfather, the Legendary Showman Sh. Raj Kapoor. And I am sure that if he was alive today, then without thinking about the box office result of the film, he would have announced a big party calling every single person of the Industry to share this fabulous achievement of Ranbir.
Nargis Fakhrias Heer gave me much more than my expectations. Therefore even though many friends may have some different things to say about her but I hugely cherished her performance undoubtedly and also must say that Imtiaz does have a special eye for beauties having a foreign link. So I am all game for seeing more of Nargis Fakhri very soon. Further, I simply loved watching one of my dearest legends Shammi Kapoor coming alive once again on the screen in a truly adorable cameo with his enigmatic presence. Piyush Mishra as the Music Company owner is as usual, fantastic along with another great supporting performance by the actor playing Ranbir’s friend-manager. Aditi Rao Hydari becomes the victim of a wrong kind of suggestive characterization but Shernaz Patel does well in her short role. Technically ROCKSTAR excels in its Cinematography by Anil Mehta with perfect capturing of all On & Off stage sequences. The same can also be said about its styling and the dialogues, especially in the first half of the film, which straight away remind you of your own college days.
So with ROCKSTAR, Imtiaz takes you onto the journey into the mind of a Creative Musician depicting his inner pain, love and hate in a splendid way. And in the process he insightfully reveals the truth that Yes, its a blessing to be a Creative as blessed by the Almighty. But at the same time, its also very painful to be there where you are given a different eye to look through everyone like a mirror and can feel the pain like nobody else.
So in all, commercially the movie is bound to have some mixed reaction from the audiences all over, mainly due to its artistically thoughtful second half and the sudden, open climax which leaves you thinking. But if you are an artist yourself or can easily relate to the inner trauma of a Creative Mind then you are going to love this remarkable piece of art from Imtiaz and Ranbir together…………a lot.
Rating : 4 / 5
(Given below is more on the film and its related important aspects, for all the friends who wish to continue reading about ROCKSTAR)
The reasons why I would like to include this in my “Movies To See Before You Die” list:
Firstly ROCKSTAR remains one of the those few movies which are impressively able to explain “The Inner Pain”, “The Discomfort” and “The Conflicting Mindset” of a famous creative personality in a very true to life manner. These kind of tendencies are really found to be on their RED LEVEL when we talk about ROCK MUSIC and their World Icons such as Jim Morrison. Plus, majorly all movies made around Rockstars and their revolting life in World Cinema, essentially talk about their heavy life-taking indulgence in Drugs and their addiction. But here, director Imtiaz Ali, indeed needs to be applauded since he successfully brings on the same madness of Rockstars on the screen without going into the controversial arena of Drugs. He very cleverly manages to depict the same trauma with only a few scenes of boozing and keeps the major cause of JORDAN’s pain, to be his True Love which he is not able to get due to his own weaknesses of not saying the three words at the right time.
Secondly, many of the viewers may find it difficult to understand JORDAN’s erratic behavior in the film with his impulsive mood swings, hasty decisions, angry stage shows and sudden outbreaks. OR there may be many who would not mind watching his anger & pain but at the same time would never love to be a creative person like him in their real life. In this context I would strongly like to comment that today actually we all can easily feel that way because in reality we don’t have such kind of “Uncontrolled Creative Expressions” around us any more, in this new ‘individualistic-materialistic’ world of the twenty first century.
In clear words, today we are all surrounded by a very “Controlled Creativity” from every direction where books are written, films are made, plays are staged, painting is done and poetry is penned keeping in mind the commercial and political results coming out of it, instead of caring to say the real thing screaming in our mind or heart. Today we are more worried about pleasing the BIG people and the authorities with our “So Called Creative Expressions” and are just not concerned about portraying what we actually feel from inside.
So if in these kind of ‘Decorative Living Standards’, a JORDAN comes on the screen showing the middle finger to the crowd, shouting, screaming and singing his heart out with his inner anger and outburst, we don’t feel related to him since we have forgotten and haven’t seen that kind of “Creative Explosion” in our real life. Also we really don’t have any such kind of living idols around us to teach us that REAL CREATIVITY anymore, free of any “Commercial or Pleasing Tactics”. And that really reminds me of Creative Eccentric Genius Artists such as Kishore Kumar, R.D.Burman, Safdar Hashmi & M.F. Hussain lovingly. Certainly its not easy to be Creative as all these men and may be that was the reason why the great master OSHO once said that, ‘BLESSED ARE THE IGNORANT”
Now coming to the most important part of the write up, concerning the last 30 minutes of the film revolving around the Intercourse between Jordan and Heer in a dangerously alarming medical state.
The scene forced me to think that whether we accept this or not but SEX remains the center or the weakest point of our thought process forever. We shamelessly can think or even go for it even after knowing the drastic consequences of indulging in it for our partner.
Besides just think for a moment that, “Who is actually on the receiving end of an intercourse unconditionally?” It has to be the woman, who in real terms is forced to face the consequences of the event in the end and the man can simply walk away just like that. The concluding moment of the film redefines the words “LUST”, “SEX” and “GUILT” in a highly meditative way. In fact the final physical scene between JORDAN and HEER shamelessly announces the disgusting side of the male counterpart loudly. HEER suffering from Bone Marrow deficiency who has only few more days left to live, gets pregnant due to JORDAN agreeing to her Sex request made with love.
The scene just asks one simple question that “Can men ever say NO?” – The film gives us the answer in the GUILT shown in JORDAN’s eyes in the final shot. And then it ends on an open note asking the viewers a silent question about the relationship between the two words………..Love and Sex.
So for me the second half of the film and its final 30 minutes remain the basic reason, Why I consider ROCKSTAR as an important venture by Imitaz Ali all together. The director who is known for giving entertaining films in the past, could have easily gone the easy way of giving the same usual kind of a second half where everything ends on a happy note with a peppy song. But instead, the fact that he goes for such an off-beat insightful climax forces me to give him all the respect by including the film in my “Movies To See Before Your Die” List. Also would like to end this review with these immortal lines of RUMI from where ROCKSTAR begins :
“Pata Hain Yahan Se Bahot Door,
Ghalat Aur Sahi Ke Paar………………..Ek Maidaan Hai,
…………………………………………………..
....... Main Wahan Milunga Tujhe”
HIS BLESSINGS
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Honestly, this should not be considered as just another write-up on a must see Bollywood movie from the visionary director Raj Kapoor. Because classics such as “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” are not mere films but they are those truthful mirrors of our society which reveal the ugly faces behind the purest emotion of human existence called LOVE. So here instead of writing about the film, its storyline or its performances, I would like to begin with a bold but realistic question asked from our own conscience. 
That’s what HACHI did to me………………..and that’s what I pray it may do to everyone watching it ever.
