Friday, August 24, 2007

Darkness with in..

The fear is all ahead...the deserted highway and a dense dark
No light rays passing by, no moon...every step i hear a cloudy stark
Way is all clear as ever but i am still afraid, reluctant to take another step
Have lost some faith ??, A feeling of procrastination

I try to overcome my fear, walk ahead, another feet on the ground
Leaving everything far behind, but one thing never leaves me, my shadow
I know there is a brighter road ahead, a shelter to relax and fortify myself
But i am skeptical about another lot of halcyon days, its a whole new territory

Not many times i had to introspect this much, a massive confrontation inside
Suddenly I see a pair of squirrels, flying in bewilderment, hitting trees, making sounds
they are extremely delighted, it has started raining now, thundering,
I dont panic, i am into other things

what ? they are retarding now, getting slower , one hits the ground hard and then other.
They are badly injured, hurt, probably dead.
their feathers are still trying to fly one more time, one more dance in the rain....one more life.

I am still moving, now there is a glimpse of shimmering light, i am on new road
I see above, can see stars, clouds have disappeared, a rainbow shining too. Thundering disturbs me no more.
My feet want to move again, to run, to catch something, to jump
I have got my lesson probably, YOU DIE ONLY WHEN YOU STOP LIVING

Friday, August 17, 2007

GUNDA - The truth Part -1

Till few days back i used to think that Speilberg was a master of sci-fi movies, Arnold-Stallon were the best action hero, Gulzar used to deliver the most blunt dialogues and A.R. Rehman is a music maestro but something....something in a day changed it all. The day i saw the most impeccable, profound and pragmatic movie of all time, a movie which leaves my favorites like Shawshank redemption, Pulp fiction, Usual Suspects, Godfather, Saving private Ryan all behind...behind by miles, 'GUNDA' the movie starring 'Prabhuji' aka Mithunda and bunch of other popular Indian villains which i am sure you will never find together in lifetime.He is too big a figure to call by his name so further i will refer him as 'Prabhuji'.
Well, there are hundreds-thousands-millions of blogs written on this epic and its just another one but i am so spell-bounded and impulsive that i cant stop myself. The best thing which rocked the movie till end is the series of unimaginable incidents and action which is obviously a result of scrupulous and well imagined write-up.

The baap of all 'Entries' : The first appearance of Prabhuji is no less than a fairytale entry. A 'coolie' at an airport's runway. Forgive my negligence or lack of knowledge but in my whole life i have never seen a 'coolie' at an airport. Only prabhuji can do marvels like this. He already knew that Kala Shetty and all other villains fly by air now a days (thanks to cheap air-tickets) so he barged directly into the airport. No detectors, No X-ray macs, No security can identify prabhuji's presence other than that pauper villain's soul (our own kala shetty)...unlucky him.Shetty was happy by act of benevolence of prabhuji...Prabhuji didnt detached his neck by a flick of his 'sudershan chakra' (billa no 786) which he used to do in ancient times.Morevoer, prabhuji never wanted people to unveil his identity so he was never seen in 'coolie' dress again in whole movie. PRABHU LEELA....

The indispensable 'Bulla' : The other thing which stops blood in your vein is dialogue delivery of BULLaaaaaa. "Mera naam hai Bulla, rakhta hoon khullaaaaaa". A large spell at the last word of every sentence produces a fiercing sensation and a pitch with noise more dangerous than the plane landing.No doubt he will be counted in the league of Mogambo, Shakaal and Gabbar after this performance. Gabbar had special love for dogs, shakaal for crocodiles and mogambo for Mr India watch but BULLaaaa is an animal lover. He keeps tiger (dont raise your eye lashes...they call him 'tiger'), our national animal....the fastly extincting tiger. He goes for a jogging at dockyard several times a day in every half an hour (depends when director gets that place to shoot, the ship standing there moves only 100 inches each day) .This guy is a disciple of Lord Krishna and he usually plays his flute without exhaling out air...David blain listening ?? His casting couch awards nominated brother (Shakti Kapoor) is a pure vegetarian and has special love for 'kela' (hope they meant bananas) and gulps Vitamin X capsules (probably homeopathic ally made indian counterpart of Viagra). Not to forget, he keeps a 'narayana' look-alike ponytail. Firm believers of god...bulla and chutiya( heyy...its hindi meaning of ponytail...not the 'C' word).Healthcare capsule makers have used both to promote their capsules in a traditional ad campaign. "Before-After".

The 'Casanova' Gulshan : Indian Casanova has a new face...its sacrifice.Gulshan is a heart-throb who marries and sacrifies his wives for Ibu Hatela and he leaves all her wives even before 'suhaag raat' (gulp gulp...I'm sweating). He always keeps roaming around prostitution areas.His frequency to marry a gal is more than rainfall at cherapoonji. This character gives a medieval touch to the film where kings used to marry multiple times...A ROYAL TOUCH. Not only the gals but neighbours of that gal also keep photo of Casanova in their pockets.A recent survey suggested that people were so mesmerized by this character that condom companies started putting his photo on the wrapper followed by their slogan "Phool khilege Gulshan Gulshan".


To be continued....