And I watched Rockstar

For me, this was a real musical - a musical as it should be - not the western musical where characters suddenly start singing it does nothing to the movie's emotional arc, they might move the story forward but here in rockstar the songs helps you hit the right emotional notes. There is less dialogue and more songs and songs didnt replace the dialogues but they were a better way of communicating the emotion at play.  Music helps us reach emotions better whether be it be the realization of the higher force or the lilt of love much better than words do.

AR is good that is known - undisputed. if it isnt it should be. Imitaz's craftmanship is good too - every scene seemed orchestrated to the music that was being played. I loved that.

Ranbir knows to act - I have alway felt that - but then there is always a realization that he is acting as you watch him. In this movie, he did manage to get past that. I really hope he gets to work with Maniratnam. A good one from him

Nargis Fakhri - looks beautiful - there is the flawless skin - you could call it the fair skin obsession - but this sort of blemish free skin isnt present in any caucasian - it is a true middle eastern trait - It isnt entirely pale - a bit of pink hue. It looks nice. Her mouth is wierd - It is almost as if you want to stop calling her a beauty but then there is some thing else that comes along. 

Beauties are normally too conscicious to be good actors. Their each move is normally orchestrated lest the poise/grace be disturbed. Nargis isnt that - she can act. Unfortunately her non-Indian background makes her expressions a bit bizarre for the situation at hand. But considering this is bollywood whose top heroine is Katrina kapoor - let us give Nargis an oscar for best debut. 

What delights me is the smaller aspects - like when he is about to be thrown off from his house, Jordan says a couple of sentences about his Bhabi - that leads to his brother getting angry enough to throw him out  - without much emphasis on what is being spoken about - we all realize the gravity of the situation. 

Or the report girl's interaction with Ranbir.

Overall, I look for one word for any movie I watch - engaging. The spectrum of movie could be your vijay masala to one about WORLD peace( that really does define the other end of triviality, doesnt it?).  

This movie is - for the most part engaging. But

SPOILER ALERT

..  when a word like a bone marrow aplsy comes around - esp. with Indian movie history of  the many many movies that have used'dashy dashy dascoma'  - it does take you away. Especially when you know the director has defined tragedy as the element in the movie, it seems a bit forced. But not that the movie was a complete failure after that - there were still parts that i fell for.

SPOILER ALERT END

I could almost visualize Imitaz Ali's sketch with my limited abilities - a rockstar - throwback to the 70's western pop musician - ofcourse a personal love story tragedy.Western 70's popstar bio in an Indian setting - seemed again a bit just a bit forced. I couldnt help but feel all this effort for this story.

Then again it is a weekday night and I caught it on big screen - there was effort from people on the screen and behind the screen in a way I liked. 

A happy enough night.

Dhobi Ghat

A good hour after watching Dhobi Ghat I wanted to get back to those characters . It could well be the effect of catching it on big-screen alone on a weekday evening  but I suspect Kiran rao's deftness with her craft to be the culprit. Aamir and Yasmin were the ones that stayed on. Strange reaction to a film I  hadnt expected to enjoy.

Before watching the movie, I had my doubts. One, Over the pace. The editing and the music take scare of  that  without a moment of slack. The written material is interesting too. Music which is by an Argentinian(? not sure on this one) sounds very Indian in terms of instruments as well as the tune. It plays a good role.

The other problem I had and still have is this tribute to a city business. From the one on Paris - Paris, Je T'aime to Newyork, I love you, I dont get the city part. I like some of the stories as a perspective on people, their emotions and that is true for Dhobi Ghat as well but connecting it to the city  - a complete #fail for me.It puts me off - this overt Romanticism.* Only two movies where city really played part for me was Khosla ka Ghosla and oye lucky lucky oye or Kadhal*.

Fortunately or unfortunately for me, I saw the stories as just that and didnt try to connect it to Mumbai straight away.

Yasmin, the outsider endears you. Not as a outsider but with her naivety. If that naivety is symbolic of all the small town people who land up in Mumbai  - that would be wrong on so many levels I wouldnt even know where to start.

But what a beautiful portrayal by whoever the girl is.  The  hurry burry that she makes fun of , I saw it as people being efficient. I didnt stand by and observe the morning ritual nor was I too enthralled by the city like she was but when you live in a city for a month, you do notice a few things. And every single time I saw the queue in front of the bus or the blinkers for lane change and actual lanes for cars, efficient was the word that came to my mind about this city.

I was surprised that instead of being put off  by her innocence(I have my own issues with these kind of people), I found her endearing.  We are voyeurs too. Not the dangerous kind but with a non-intrusive affection for our subject. Just as the mind wondered about the kind of life that would require to sustain the innocence, the blow comes. Life.

Prateik who plays the Dhobi fits like a glove. Seriously, is acting a genetic trait? How does a Bandra boy play a dhobi from the other spectrum of the city this well?


Of course performance is uniformly good. You can clearly see the film follows the art film grammar. It is interestingly done to enthrall my not so art filmy heart. Four-five scenes stand out.

In one of the first few scenes in the movie, the Newyork city girl's hands glides down a photo in a book, another pair of hands joins albeit after a moment of hesitation and that is all that is shown to indicate what happens between them - Sheer beauty.

I suppose there is lot more to the movie if  we want to interpret. The neighbor old day who constantly stares - representing the city's indifferent neighbour? The city itself through the eyes of new entrant whose innocence it destroys(too typical, no?). I am not sure of these, may be it is too literal. But I dont want to go there either.

To me, these sort of movies work because they are celebration of us. People, our emotions on a graded color scale. I like.

How many times have we seen a guy slip into his women's kurta? Like never.  A moment from Wake up sid that stayed in my mind. It just sounds as nice.

This was the also the moment that made me wonder if Imran Khan would have worked better for this role. As of today, Ranbir is a far better actor than Imran. But the sort of vulnerability this character requires, seems to be exactly his forte.

Oh, I did see the movie when it was released just chose to write about it today.

I hate luv stories

First things first. Love doesnt always mean Karan Johars bubble gum archie romance. Some one needs to drill this down to Karan's head. Atleast all through this film that is when they say love it means Karan johar/ Yash chopra romance. Except for one scene just for one scene, Sonam kapoor hold Eric Segal's  Love story and I want to go screaming leave that book out of this.

But inspite of my KJ aversion, I still did like the first half. And there is absolutely no no need for a second half. literally nothing happens except for a trip to New Zealand.

There is a film within film spoofing of diff. scenes from their brand of movies.  Might have been a tribute, I took it as spoof and laughed out.

But the whole first half was good. So were the performances. I have watched Imran's previous film(why? for the same reason I watched this movie - it was available on netflix online streaming) which is why it is literally relief to watch him here. To know that 'Pretty' boy Imran with his porcelain skin and light eyes isnt a one film wonder, he can pull off atleast choc. boy roles and I will get to watch him more. Def. good news.

That sort of brings me to other most significant aspect of the movie. A movie where the Hero(definitely), second hero, an extra and some more people are much better looking than heroine. I wonder how often that happens.

Sonam kapoor, performs well - i mean the role didnt demand much but in a world of Katrina Kaif, Sonam might be oscar worthy. But you would have to fight anil kapoor creeping in through sonam's face. She looks quite ordinary in most scenes. I am not used to that in Indian cinema. Nor does she have a striking screen presence like Kajol(who i think is pretty) or Tabu. Basically, the only reason she is cast in a film would be she is Anil kapoor's daughter. Its all good though how often do we see women return from movies happy after some good eye candy and men come back disappointed. Almost never.

Overall, you are absolutely not missing anything by not watching but if you do have netflix, you can watch the first half.

Peepli Live

All that laughter(non-stop) didn't leave me feeling much for the farmer for a good hour. But the ending was hard hitting enough. Even otherwise, the movie was very informative - We all know about corruption and inept governance but this movie throws a bit of how.

The media part of action isn't going to shock any one. Unless they have been living under the rock for decade and half if from India and a lot longer if they are in US, we all would know how stupid media is.

A really neat one. Has a complete artsy feel.

"If you dont like the genre, wait for 3 minutes." - Cant recall the exact review(was for the 'Kites') I read this line from, but perfect definition for our Masala films isnt it?

Moments from Movies

Mithya
Initially, it appeared just a don story shot in a slightly quirkier and raw sense. It was much better than the other Rajat Kapoor movie "mixed doubles" which seemed like a stage drama. But five minutes post interval, the realization of what was happening struck me, such a wonderful addition to the don drama. The predicament in the original don drama itself is a fascinating one. This just pushed the envelope.

Vaaranam Aayiram
I know, i know, it wasnt a perfect movie. A movie doesnt become great because it takes it covers someone's life time. Nor does it have to be perfect but this one had way too many annoying things.

But there was a poetic moment. As Surya stands outside the hospital room where love of his life lies dead, the girl's father comes crying. Just couple of days before, Sameera tells him how she is going to introduce him to her father, how she is going to tell her father that she has found some one who loves her.... And here is the man, the daughter in the room. Sameera's father never gets to know.

Such irony isnt unusual but it still was taken well enough that I fell for it.

Pirivom Santhipom
For a movie where nothing dramatic happens and thing that they show as drama in the climax is quite laughable this movie was quite engaging. May be because I was getting to see families from a different part of tamilnadu and looked pretty realistic as well. (realism is even more fascinating than simpler, little less dimensional dramas that human minds conjure up).

But the movie worked for me. Especially scene where Jayaram stole the show. Jayaram, a doctor and his family are in Cheran and Sneha, a newly wed's house for lunch. As the conversation proceeds, Jayaram asks her what she does in spare time. She gives him a tape that she listens to.
It has all sorts of odd sounds from a cooker's whistle to a sound of seasoning during cooking to some birds chirping and thats what she listens to all day. Jayaram's expression in that one moment as he twists his mouth is all that was needed to reflect our thoughts. That moment just made me realize that other language actors will use all sorts of prosthetics, bulk up their body and shave their head off but all a malayalam movie actor need is their face without any extra prop. Their expressions will take care of the rest.

Cochin to Mumbai - ek film ki kahani

Before "Muthu", thalaivar's movie, there was thenmavin kombathu. Shot around a farm house, everything looked scaled down from Muthu. When the story travelled to Madras for Thalaivar, it was shot in a Palace. Atleast the story was still set in a village. The same story if it had dared to travel north west to Mumbai would have been set in London and shot in Buckingham Palace.

That's all I am saying.

And also the fact that in a way this reflects these three film industries.

Achumundu Achumundu

At the end of the movie, a bunch of newspaper clippings are shown which ends up bringing forth the issue much more than movie ever did. Infact, nothing ever happens in the movie. A friend wondered if the director couldnt come up with a story/plot to last more than 10 minutes because he was a short-film maker. We discussed alternate climaxes to make it worth atleast an episode in TV series(half an hr).

Atleast the portrayal of a desi life in USA is accurate. When Sneha asks the overtly friendy Indian woman she bumps into in a grocery shop if she belongs to Amway, it brings a smile. Sneha's overt suspicion at everything unusual at her house or surrounding annoyed me but apparently that isnt unusual for people living in suburbs. It is quite scary, I am told to live in suburbs.

But the main issue that the director wanted to focus on, atleast as I gathered from the newspaper snips might not get its due. By making the villian, a caucasian, people who dont know about this already arent going to understand it can happen in their homes, to their children, by someone much closer to them.

Monsoon wedding portrayed this much better in a lot more relatable scenario to the Indian audience. Ironically, Monsoon wedding was made and shown primarily for non-Indian audience. Non-Indian audience will add this as one more to the list of horrible things that happens in all the Indian homes, look at all the Indians they meet with a little more pity.Tamils watching AA would discuss about the horror that can happen in USA.

Both these movies, by setting the scenario in an alien country has lost the true impact they could have had. Not as much a loss to the north american/western audience who are adequately exposed to this issue but for us it is.

rang ranga pani peke

" Rang ranga pani peke, Seedhi sadhi ladki bhigad gayi",* goes a line in this current favorite of mine. It has been playing non-stop in my car. The song has a peppy tune. And yeah, insane lyrics. Series of line found somewhere in the middle of the song goes
"tareef teri karna hai,
tujhe khone se ab darna hai,
haan, bul gaya ab tujpe din me
chaar dafa marna hai"
- in one shot, a mockery of most hindi songs we know. I love that.

The minute of visuals i have watched has Deepika padukone showing some expression on the face. This is akin to my high school friend getting a 1/50 in one of the tests at the IIT coaching center. The Prof. told her that she might feel she has improved infinitely considering her previous her score was 0 but sadly that isnt true . That is exactly what I would say for Deepika as well.



*Pardon my indi, it comes some where after english, tamil, telugu for me.

Movie dialogue quiz

Often, some random dialogues from movies would get registered in my head. Some good but mostly cheesy ones. To the extent, that i hate them but yet remember them. Here are few of the dialogues and guess the movie if you can.

1. " Patha hi nahi chala maa ki kaab pyaar ho gaya, pathi hi nahi chala maa".
- The wierd thing is for a long time all I could remember was the dialogue, not the movie, not the scene, not the actress. And then I read it in another blog and figured the movie. It wasnt a 80s movies as I thought.

2. " yenna, en mansu enkita ella.."
- err.. from my favorite director and favorite director, you can take the dialogue and make a grilled cheese sandwich out of it!

3. " Shaadi Karne ke liye, kisise pyaar karna bahut zaroori hai "

4. " En brother, cobarathan quarry-la kal odaikarar"

5. "Ethni saari kushiyan kahi ghum agle mod pe tho nahi?"
- C'mon this was a good one.

Updated with answers
1. Hum dil de chuke sanam
Check out 0.47 of this video:



2. Every one guessed it right. Mouna raagam from my favorite director and favorite actor.

3. Dil chahta hai
Check out at 0.40 secs of this trailer


4. It is our cult movie, ella?

5. Kal ho na ho. Yes, I watched it, i think except for last half hour and shahrukh, the movie was tolerable. nope i am still sane coz i dont like other karan johar movies.

Dilli6

The only one criteria to watch a movie is it has to be engaging. There is nothing wrong with moral/a serious approach to cinema as long as it meets the above criteria. Even if a movie is trying to say something good or is a thought provoking one, in general has a noble tag, that is no excuse to skip the engaging part.

Rakesh O Mehra's movie satisfies that. Quite a bit of effort has gone into showing societal problems in a light hearted manner. You dont feel it, its there but the scenes are so funny that you are laughing out loud without forgetting the underlying problem in the frame as well. But with all the complex problems discussed with subelty till then, the childish climax doesnt cut it. In the theatre, people literally went wtf. Those speeches just doesnt have a place in movie that so stayed away from it for the first 2 hours.

Rang de basanti had parallelism running between the contemporary story and the freedom struggle. D6 also has one but the impact is hardly powerful. This could also be because I grew in Tamil nadu where there is no Ram leela culture.

It is more of an ensemble cast at play and they all do a fine job. I like abhishek bachchan but I feel he is becoming repetitive. Some one else could have brought in some charm in his role. Definitely worth a watch once. You can laugh sensibly for the first hour and a half:)

Rab bhi pyaar karna chod dhenge ji

"Har ek ladki yehi chahati hei.." Why do these Hindi film heroines act as if they are the spokesperson for the whole woman kind? Who are these women who have all these notion of romance, anyway? Pyar, Pyar, rab, rab, now rab bhi pyaar karna chod dhenge, so please leave him out of this.

The movie is quite enjoyable for the first hour and half or so. After a long time, Shahrukh or a Hindi film character endeared me. It wasn't just Suri, even Raj with his innocence endeared me. The trailers showed an ever efferverscent Shahrukh in a stiff act. And I told myself why contain this highly energetic actor into this checkered shirt stiff Hero. But Shahrukh did manage to pull it off. I think I like a bit of vulnerability in a role and Shahrukh khan till date acted pretty much as the over condifent arrogant Rahul/Raj making it almost impossible to like him. Suri is dressed exactly like how some Punjabi guys dress. Yes that over the top. But both these roles love Taani so unconditionally, it touched a nerve.

And a Hindi film heroine who actually acts. How cool is that? When I read that Aditya chopra is auditioning young 20 somethings, I thought to myself, here goes another 40-something hero in search of younger heroine. When Anushka Sharma's photo was published first, I thought, oh hell, that 'all purpose dough-ish' Punjabi face. You know the typical Sonia Agarwalish face, where you can't claim anything wrong with it, but it doesn't do anything to anybody. Dance pe Chance trailer changed the conception. The confidence with which she held herself in front of shahrukh made me sit up and notice her. As D-square said, " the role had everything, naughty, full of energy and sad, mature. She had to dance, be funny - an ideal role for a new comer". What is more ideal is, she could do it all with an elan and sensibility. Hope she stays and does well.

And the much talked about mask that is so not a mask, didn't seem to matter inside the theater. I came across a review which asked why are people so obsessed with no diffference between Raj and Suri and what happens to plain old suspension of disbelief. I thought to myself, now, there is a person who is a 70s child, where a moustache is all it took to differentiate two individuals which is why they could easily get suspension of disbelief. And isn't suspension of disbelief a director, not the viewer's responsibility. I don't know if it was director or the theater but I seem to not notice Raj isn't that unrecognizable. The screen play had so many things going for it that I seemed more immersed in it. Also the fact, 100s of people had already written about it and in the process, kind of prepared me for it. Suri/Raj hardly made a difference to me.

But more than anything else, the movie had me wondering at the characters, their emotions, their decisions. Suri with his Yellow hot pack. Except for the last hour which pretty much ruined it.

D-square, an easy sell for hindi cinema asked, " What can one do in Taani's situation?". I pointed out to her the movie isn't realistic. Ok, what do you think would have happened in real life to Taani?"

A Mouna Raagam, perhaps.

Itter twitter -1

If the title doesn't make sense, don't worry it wasn't suppose too. What's in a title anyway.

Please note that now this blog has a half-complete blog roll. I took off rather blogger took off my blogroll when I switched templates. Then I procrastinated for few months. Blogrolldotcom was procrastinating for couple of months(it still is) and finally I figured blogger has started providing blogroll along with last updated option. So now I have a half-complete blog-roll. I think I have another 25 more blogs to go easily.

Coming to the actual post, Bachna ae Haseena was watched couple of weeks ago. Indian goverment should declare an emergency exile of the following families, the Nehru lineage family with the Gandhi surname and the Kapoor family that has been harrasing the Hindi cinemas for so long. Except for the first generation of Kapoors, every other kapoor entered the industry only due to their melanin deprived skin colours.

I think for the price I pay, I deserve good performance along with melanin deprived skin. Please note just like the rest of Indian Junta, I suffer from the melanin deprivation craze as well. But I like to see some expressions for the money I pay.

Regarding the movie itself, it was a combination of Hindi-zed Autograph(add three dances, two switzerlands and the rest of the paraphenia) and some sort of 80-ish Hero seeking redemption drama. When I say combination, the first half was Hindi Autograph and second of the 80-ish Hindi drama. Almost a cut and paste which kind of created a problem as I felt ill at ease with the shift. Also annoyed as Ranbir Kapoor in second half appeared as this traditional heroic man solving world problems actually just a few problems, but the whole thing looked regressive to me. As if people can't solve their problems and this person who stops by your place for five days solves it for you. Let me tell you only Visu can do it. Not ranbir Kapoor. He should stick to the towel.

Deepika padukone, looks good, is confident but being cold faced will only work for modelling word. When there are other new comers who look pretty as well act like Anushka sharma, why go for Deepika?

What are you thinking, Mr. Maniratnam?

Dear readers*,
You might not understand my shock if I say Ravi Kishan is acting in a Maniratnam movie, but if I say that that sentence in my head conjures up a Ramarajan acting in a Maniratnam movie, may be you would?

Ravi Kishan has a wikipedia entry and I am linking it up.


*on last count there are six of you:) Such joy.

I watched Hey Baby

Not now, long ago.

Why? But I did.

The movie had Ram, Rahim and Robert being friends in Australia. It had Vidya Balan who reminded me of my own upper arm strength (don't worry Vidya, we shall both catch up with Salman soon, atleast in biceps, ok?). It had a cute baby(cousin says all babies are cute, discounting that fact, this baby is still cute). Beyond this, I think Boman Irani also stars in the film. Now, don't quote me on that.

I did manage to observe something inane. At every given scene,

1. Fardeen, Akshay and Ritesh stood next to each other facing the camera.

2. At every scene the order was changed.

3. And in every scene all three got to mouth equal linesdialogues. Of course, in observing this phenomena, I forgot to notice the dialogues or well, they weren't notice-worthy.

Now, who knew Sajjid Khan had it in him to be an engineer trying to solve a Round Robin implementation problem and all.

Mac Donalds and Starbucks - idea of a date

Apparently for Ranbir and Deepika Padukone. oh, I didn't say it, they did.

I am glad that I am not one of them. On the other hand, I also hear Ranbir Kapoor gets 7 crores a movie, what does he do with all that money?

Ten stories - one movie

Dus Kahaniyan

Have you read those Kumudam and Ananda Vikatan half page stories with a twist? After reading few of them, you can easily guess what the twist would be. Several stories of Dus Kahaniyan fall under this category. It should be interesting to the people who are encountering short stories(albeit in visual medium) for the first time.

Of the ten stories(dus kahaniyan, yaar!), Poorna Manshi and Rice Plate had received the maximum good reviews.

Rice Place stands out due to Shabana Azmi and Naseerudin Shah. I have never seen Naseer in a similar role, with a child like Smirk, he endears you. In general, I don't like Shabana Azmi and always felt if Smitha Patel had been alive, Shabana wouldn't have had the chance to rule the Parallel cinema world like she did. Inspite of the grudge, she stole the show in this Hindu Muslim Behen-Bhai story.

Poorna Manshi never gave me enough time to get into the characters. This was one of the stories that made me realize why this 10-15 minutes stories in a movie format would not work. umhmm.. that is me clearing my throat, what I say next might feel way too much of an analysis but the truth is, I feel(umhm..) it is very important to establish an emotional connect with the characters especially in a story as this. That takes time. Here, before I could empathize with Ma, Beti, the story was over.

'Matrimony', is a well executed story with Mandira Bedi and Sohail Khan would perfectly fit under the typical half-page short story with a twist. So do three more stories, 'Strangers in the night'(conversation between two stone faced people), 'Gubbare'(lovely acting by Nana) and 'Lovedale'(pathetic in all ways).

The Gangster one with Sanjay dutt and Sunil shetty(Sunil/Suniel - they can add all the alphabets they want, but I am going to use only the required alphabets in a name!) was going for something good, yet hadn't crystalised well.

With regard to actors, the already known good ones like Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin, Shabana stand out. To my surprise, Amrita was good too. Others don't surprise you either. Neha gave me an unintentional laugh. Sanjay dutt and Sunil shetty together kill the last story.

Compared to Scriptless bollywood movies, this is definitely a DVD watch.

Ten stories - one movie

Dus Kahaniyan

Have you read those Kumudam and Ananda Vikatan half page stories with a twist? After reading few of them, you can easily guess what the twist would be. Several stories of Dus Kahaniyan fall under this genre. It would seem interesting for the people who are encountering short stories( even in the visual medium, a short story is a short story, no?) for the first time.

Of the ten stories, Poorna Manshi and Rice Plate had received the maximum good reviews. Rice Place stands out due to Shabana Azmi and Naseerudin Shah. I have never seen Naseer in a similar role. With a Child like Smirk, he endears you. In general, I don't like Shabana Azmi and always felt if Smitha Patel had been alive, Shabana wouldn't have had the chance to rule the Parallel cinema world like she did. Inspite of the grudge, they stole the show in this Hindu Muslim Behen-Bhai story.

Poorna Manshi never gave me enough time to get into the Characters. This was one of the stories that made me realize why this 10-15 minutes stories in a movie format would not work. I feel(umhm..) it is very important to establish an emotional connect with the characters. That takes time. Before I could empathize with Ma, Beti the story was over.

I did not watch one of the stories. 'Matrimony', a well executed story with Mandira Bedi and Sohail Khan would fall under the typical half-page short story with a twist. So do three more stories, 'Strangers in the night'(conversation between two stone faced people), 'Gubbare'(lovely acting by Nana) and 'Lovedale'(pathetic in all ways).

The Gangster one with Sanjay dutt and Sunil shetty(Sunil/Suniel - they can add all the alphabets they want, but I am going to use only the required alphabets in a name!) was going for something good, yet hadn't crystalised well.

With regard to actors, the already known good ones like Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin, Shabana stand out. To my surprise, Amrita was good too. Others don't surprise you either. Neha gave me an unintentional laugh. Sanjay dutt and Sunil shetty together kill the last story.

Compared to Scriptless bollywood movies, this is definitely a DVD watch.

Taare Zameen par - do we really have a choice?

Aamir khan's first film as a director, "Taare Zameen par" releases this Friday.
http://www.avstv.com/tv/single.php?c=90
Supposedly about how each child is differently-abled and the need to nurture them along those lines. A philosophy thought to be the unattainable panacea during my school years.

Is this philosophy really feasible in real life life? I have met students in U.S ( one of the richer countries) who were minoring in Philosophy and music along with their major in Engineering though they wished the other way around. Isn't it just basic economic principle of demand and supply? If you desire green bucks, you ought to do what it demands. Hopefully, you get to follow your pursuit on the minor scale lifelong. If you are lucky, what you desire to supply as a skill set might even match the demand of the market.

I am sure you must have heard the snip below. Before an American parent used to say to their kids, " Eat your food, kids in china don't even get food" and now, it goes "Do your homework, kids in china want your job". That is life, for those of us world over who have to earn their living!

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It is hard not to talk about the title. On the first hearing of the title, taare(children-stars)
zameen par(on earth).
Then the song's lyrics, " Khone jaaye ye taare zameen par" - lest these stars get lost .....
Beautiful, don't you think?

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Film sounds very DVD-ish watch for me, a relatively stronger Aamir Khan fan. It is hard not to wish sucess for somebody who is either part of/ makes films to your liking.