Peepli [Live]
Another movie out of the Aamir Khan stable. Great expectations, and immensely watchable are the terms. The movie is delightful - and it manages to tackle the issue of farmer suicides through such a quirky view, and demonstrates the apathy of government officials, and also takes jibes at the media. The protagonist, Natha, is brilliant, and you end up feeling so 'awwww' for him throughout the movie! The plot is slightly off-track (something's that never been done in India before - Hats off Anusha Rizvi!) and full of wry village humor. A must watch for anyone seeking entertaining yet intelligent cinema - and those who are sick and tired of Dabanng and Tees Maar Khan type films.
Guzaarish
Ah, a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film. I have to confess, I wasn't exactly dying to watch this one, since it was all about mercy killing - a subject that I'd rather stay away from. I'm not a fan of watching people dying to die. Plus, it kind of looked depressing to me.
I don't know what came over me today, and I actually sat down to watch it. And woah, was I blown away! (ye dirty minds, I was!). It is a superb movie, told in a very subtle way (which is SO unlike SLB movies - but he is the very guy who gave us Black AND Devdas. Compare.)
It tackles the sensitive issue of euthanasia, and broaches the subject of how a person wants to end his own life - with dignity. Which brings us to this question - how MUCH can a person suffer? Is pain really that painful that a person wants to END his life? With no hope of bouncing back? With no hope of living a normal life? How much has he already suffered before he
Our protagonist Ethan Mascarenhas (Roshan, in his undoubtedly best performance till date) struggles to answer these very questions. With the help of his friends Dr Naik and Devyani, he appeals to the court to end his life gracefully. His argument goes such that it is his own life, therefore he should be the one deciding when and how to end it, which is unacceptable to Indian law. A former magician, he is a quadriplegic confined to his bed since the last 14 years and shares a special bond with his nurse Sofia (Aishwarya, who surprisingly essays this part with a quiet grace). Also, making a mark is Aditya Roy Kapur as a budding magician, who injects freshness into the seemingly subtle movie.
All in all, a lovely movie. For all those who are low on life, and oh, before you go all -good-lord-not-another-life-is-beautiful-kinda-movie-not-really-my-types, it is not preachy. In fact, it subtly tells you how beautiful life is (yeah, how clichéd am I?) and how it is meant to be lived to the fullest using whatever you have. Because, life gives us so much - it is full of smiles,tears, aspirations, disappointments, expectations, randomness, eccentricity, laughs, giggles, friends, family, fighting, love, passion and..hope. And we wouldn't be doing justice to it unless we lived it to the fullest.
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