Chak De-lightful!!!!

I am speechless.. I dont have words.. Chak de has swept me off my feet. By far the best film of the year. Nothing can stop this movie. On Friday when I watched this movie in the darkness of the theatre (late night show) the only thing that came shining through was the brilliance of a director called Shimit Amin and a masterpiece of a movie called Chuk De.

Shimit Amin, Jaideep Sahni and Adi Chopra can take a bow. What a movie. My jaw hangs in awe watching this piece of art. The movie kept me rivetted. My goose flesh factory worked over time. My tear ducts gave away more than once. When I laughed, I laughed from the bottom of my belly. When I cheered, I clapped till my hands ached. Basically this movie got me by what always get me- by my soul. (If this movie was about cricket I would have tried my hand at the cheap pun- "it got me by my balls.". But for the time being balls to cricket...hello woman's hockey!!!

Nothing is coming close to this movie for quite some time for now.. This is not a merely a film. It re-defines a cult. And effortlessly becomes a bench mark. Srk out shines his own self and scores. God watching him is a delight. The pain, the shame, the mastermind, the iron hand, the fragile human being-he rolls it all into one powerpacked performamce. How does this man manage it without fail always. Actually come to think of it this time over it was simple. No credit should be given to Shah Rukh Khan for the brilliance of this movie called Chuk De. Its only Kabir Khan all the way. Who is Shah Rukh Khan any way? Was he even there in the movie? If you found him any place do let me know.

The girls won my heart over and they played with my emotions as they dexterously played with their hockey stick... Nothing seems wrong with this one. Human spirit meets great writing is always going to be magic. Cinema at its very best.

When you are watching this movie in the cinema hall. Watch how in just a few minutes the whole auditorium turns into a stadium. You become the spectator and Chuk De becomes the game. Very few movies in life-take another form. A form of its own. This one does.

Once in a lifetime movie- Take my word for it. Do see it!!!

The Duh Vinci Kode

It's a sad day for all of us. Everyone is stunned. The verdict is out and Sanjay Dutt finds himself behind bars for six years. The poor fella should never have got such a harsh end of the stick. Six fucking years to possess a gun is a wee bit too much. Kode struck the baton and give him the sentence and also told him filmi things like, " Act in movies, till you are hundred years like Gregory Peck." Its so heart warming to know the judge had all his information of film world in place when he pronounced this judgement. But due credit to his illustrious career what he seems to have missed is the simple equation of mercy ( i want to send him a copy of Andha Kanoon).

Actually its hardly his fault...this case was being fought more in perception than in reality. No wonder before giving the verdict he said the words, " i am just doing my job". It was more like if we pronunce him guilty- see how cool we are. The system won and nobody is bigger than us. More like in Dutt movies where the moves are in "reel" and not in "real". Ironical indeed.

For god sake its been fourteen long years for this whole thing to come to this point. Justice delayed is justice denied. And when you have already goofed up on one side..why dont you consider mercy.

The real reason for law is to reform. Agreed Dutt has made his mistakes but he has already paid back. His earlier stint in jail, trial by media for all these years...trauma..humilation...suspense of whats gonnna happen next? How much more do you want someone to pay up? Atonement for possessing arms is one...killing somebody's spirit for it is another. The sentence is excessive and everyone around is feeling that way.

I never knew this sentence would affect me so much. But the fact is that it has...it hurts to see the system faulter like this. We cannot always give this argument of "everyone is equal in the eyes of law"-and then go against the same dictate and treat celebs differently. Just by making Sanjay Dutt a target to prove a point is not going to solve the problem of arms in this country. NOr is it going to send shivers down the spine of people who have illegal weapons. They have been owning it without fear for many years.

Yes..Yes I can almost hear you guys say that two wrongs dont make one right...I agree. But then why are we not treating them as two individual ailments and treating them both. Why are we not bringing everyone to the book and solving the problem to set example?

Like the famous curse in Hindi goes, tujhe kode lag jaye (which translated mean may you be afflicted by an incurable disease). This time it looks like the kode has struck Dutt and his free life... I dont think it Kode of Conduct. In my opinion for whatever it is worth- Its the great indian DUH!!! Vinci Kode.

You give your best shot, to try and change. You try to reform and make a difference to the society which thinks you have gone wrong. And then fourteen years later, somebody in a strange black over coat decides that you should be grounded for six years. Dutt is life i presume.

p.s: we call ourselves free souls; sometimes we should give that one a thought.