One of my friend Somen wrote a blog titled “Where is your Basanti”…. It was on a recent Amir Khan starter movie “Rang de Basanti”… I could not be able to post the whole reply because it's crossed the word limit.... so I decided to start a blog to share my views.
After having several discussions with my friends and colleagues I found it all bogus to spend times in debating and lecturing about our deshbhakti. You need to be in the battlefield to experience the truth… you need to know the harsh reality…. on the roads, in our remote villages and in every walks of life. Suddenly a movie hits the theater and youth start burning with revolutionary thoughts… where are they when graham stains was burning, when Mahesh-sarita was brutally murdered, when Gujrat incident happened. I myself saw two young guys were charged by the movie and next day they were going to have fun and dance in vineet-debojit show in a city mall…. It proves we all are nothing but hypocrites.
Although I think cultural revolution can only change the mind of people, aware them and educate them to differentiate what is good and evil… and what I also started 3 yrs back by starting a theater group in my small village town… I don’t know if I am able to change the viewers perspective but surely I can attract some youth and their views as they are regularly spending time in good cause rather than just hanging around.
And last of all about the film… I do not agree with the director’s point of view to sacrifice life in a sudden emotion… exactly what bhagat and other did long time back… when the nation need his leadership badly. DJ,Suki, Aslam, pandey can think some methodical and organized action to change the society (…ofcourse not by killing people).
But I must appreciate rakyesh mehra for what he had showed in the middle of romantic bollywood saga… a subject with a bit uncommon opinion.
Last but not the least ……to answer your question Somen… basanti is everywhere…. You just need a eye to sense that, a heart to feel that… in your desired way.
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream
I have a dream
2 comments:
Good start!.........keep posting.......appeal to the "basanti" inside you!
diya
Hi Anupam
After a long time today i saw this blog in which u mention about Mahesh and Sarita,its touching ,actually i m elder brother of Late MaheshJi. Thanks a lot for mentioning their names.
Thank u
Manikant
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