I was one among the few 'chosen ones' to watch Rajni starrer 'Enthiran' the 'first' before the rest. I don't want to write anything about the movie, nor want to review it. In fact I am yet to come out of the 'awe' - Shankar and Rajni have created on the silver screen - again. Out of 5 I will give 5 ½ - because for Rajni anything is possible, and will say it is a MUST watch for all the Rajni fans and also for those who aren't his fans yet!
*I felt a bit uncomfortable when A R Rahman won the Oscars. On one side I was happy that he got what he deserved but then on the other side I was a bit jealous. I don’t know the ABCD of music and I am in no way his competitor – but still I was unsure about this funny feeling inside me. It was much later I understood that it wasn’t because of the awards he won but it was because of the mass attention he as an ‘individual’ attracted. Not all are born with this kind of destiny!
One of my clients - who knew that I watched Rajini previous flick ‘Sivaji’ first day, first show, first row – buzzed me to ask whether I have already watched Super Star’s latest release ‘Kuselan,’ and I said, “no.” I will wait, and I am in no hurry.
This time it was completely my mistake. A couple of days back I called the same Chennai-based multiplex a group of cheaters. And this time I call them a group of motherfuckers. My mistake isn’t in calling them what they deserve to be. But my mistake is to have gone to the same multiplex once again to watch another movie!
In spite of being educated in English medium institution right from childhood, I never understood most Hollywood movies for the simple reason that I never understood what they tried to converse. It remains the same till date. Today probably the only difference is I can understand 10 per cent of what they mumble. For this very reason, I never had any inclination towards Hollywood movies, and thought watching Jackie Chan’s would suffice. I could have never understood the power of Hollywood movies if I had not met this client of mine.
This is my third blog on the movie Dasavatharam. This time I got another mail, which explains the movie better, and from an altogether different angle. In fact I am not sure if Kamal himself thought about the story in these many angles, or it is just his intelligent interpreters who keep giving more and more meaning to his not so good movie. I think the final verdict about the movie could be – a good story, a good screenplay, a good direction, but a bad movie.
I got this mail from one my clients, where someone explains Dasavatharam in a more meaningful manner. I honestly never watched the movie, keeping all these factors in mind….if that was so, then the movie is an interesting attempt.
The story is simple. It is about the chaos theory – which states that no event in this world takes place without a reason. And all those events, which happen – how much ever small or big they may look – have a cosmic purpose. A butterfly fluttering in the remotest part of Africa can be reason for the downfall of stock market in the US. And also you reading this particular blog need not be a mere accident, but it could be a part of a bigger divine plan, which we will understand better in the future.
Getting into the movie industry has been one of the passions I always had. That doesn’t mean I want to struggle for years together in the entertainment industry to taste success. When success has to come, it will come on its own – we need not struggle for it. Rather we just need to have the patience to wait. I always mention the example of the great composer Naushad, who stayed & struggle in a slum opposite Mehboob Studios for 17 years before he could get into the studio for composing music for his first movie. I would rather say, he could have celebrated life till 16th year, and then tried getting into the Studio in the 17th year – he still would have got the offer! Where you reach in life doesn’t depend upon your effort, it depends upon what time you are running!
Well yesterday, I wanted to do something different, and hence was exploring the movie editing software – Cyberlink Powerdirector. I had few ‘still’ pictures of a trip to Mahabs I had gone with my friends a couple of years back. And I tried weaving a story around it…well there is ‘NO’ music in the video, but there is something interesting for the men at the end ;).
I recently watched ‘Chakde India’ and this was the 3rd movie in my life, which I wasn’t able to sit through. The other two were Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar and Dil Se. Chakde India’s story is simple and also very predictable. You know what is coming all through the movie, and there is zero suspense maintained. Shahrukh Khan has performed well rather he has not performed at all – hence he is tolerable.