Movie Review: Aashiqui2

The height of success doesn't stand with the height of love.

Mohit Suri’s directorial venture, Aashiqui2, has been in news even before its release, for the sequel of ‘90s musical hit film: Aashiqui, under the same banner of Mahesh Bhatt & Kumar. Besides it, tracks of Aashiqui2, especially “Tum hi ho”, has become a hypnotizing sensational tune to the nerves of everyone, and raison d’etre to its pre-release. 

The lead casts of this musical hit film, Aaditya Roy Kapur- who played character roles earlier, and Shraddha Kapoor- who played a quirky but determined girl, who made his boyfriend learn a lesson, are, here, performing just a contradiction to their past roles. Shraddha, as Aarohi, doesn’t mind hitting by his boyfriend, and Aaditya, as Rahul Jaykar, is a self-destructive drunkard singer and songwriter. Where Aaditya’s character gives him chance to prove his mettle, Shraddha’s character is not as much promising. She doesn’t seem successful to crafting the frame and was unfit to the bill. Her bubbly face is too cute to be serious.

While dealing with the downfall in career, Rahul Jaykar meets Aarohi- a struggler singer who sings in Goa bar to get her bread. He recognizes her potential to become the next best thing, and brings her to the world of dreams. From there their relationship gets a new meaning; and after many endeavors on part of Aarohi and Vivek (Rahul’s friend), film ends with an unexpected climax.

Many media critics found the couple’s relationship getting soured amid fame and heartbreak with the success of Aarohi, to say in resemblance with the Amitabh-Jaya starrer film “Abhimaan”. But, I didn’t find anything parallel to it. Instead, the relationship of Rahul & Aarohi is different. It’s a tale of unconditional love where compromise is a key word. There was no envy or competitiveness. Go to your nearest theatre, and tell me if you agree?

It’s a sad musical love ride with a few of good moments which escape in the fragile love journey. Albeit, the script was quite known & dialogues sounded little banal, the film made me cry. So yes, it is a onetime watch movie. Especially, its songs & lyrics have worked in its favor just like to its prequel.  

Share your views here; if you were already to theatre, or if you have planned to watch it with your loved ones.        

Enjoy the uploaded song! :)

  

Birth of Beauty with Dignity

Nothing was her choice,

she was assumed to be always nice.

No need to share her views,

all need to ear other’s cues.

Was lost in the whirl

where no path was open to her.

Her innocence was mistaken,

she was unnerved & inherently shaken.

Won’t imbibe the venom anymore,

won’t let prevail the domineer anymore.

Would confront the dossier encore,

would endeavour to reach the shore.

Stubbed out the surreal lackey,

came out with dignified beauty.

Has unmasked her defiance &

proclaimed to spearhead her conscience.

This poem has been written on the basis of given painting & has been selected to be published in an online magazine EI of Ekphrasis India.  :)

Tresemme` Unstressed

There is a market of choice,
assuring the great spice

with jojoba, coconut, & oil.

My apprehensions a week ago,

Tresemme` unstressed in a single go

with bounty of lovely hairdo.

My tresses are more bouncy,

leaving scalp no more oily,

but with a mark of smiley. :)

With change in weather conditions, my hairs are prone to damage. Tresemme` frizz-prone shampoo pack from Indiblogger reached me during the apt period to go through an acid test.

I went through its You Tube channel link.  My hairs are straight & silky, so I chose this butterfly tail which is simple to tie and absolute stylish. You need to just tie a simple pony-tail. Bring your hands in center. Make a hole, and put your pony-tail into it. It’s just that much simple!

But, this hairdo didn't work with less volume. My apprehensions were in store, and I wanted to see the results. After using Tresemme`, within a week, my hairs gained volume. Also, my scalp was not anymore oily to leave stress on my face. And then, with this funky butterfly look, I was all there to get my friends’ attention. Yuppie! It worked.  

The only con where Tresemme` disappointed me is, it left my hairs less shiny. Need to work! 

My First Encounter with Music

Do you remember your first favorite song? My first encounter with music came with the film “Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya”. I love its two tracks very much, “Meri saanson mein”, and “Koi jaane koi na jaane”. When I first saw this movie on television, and heard these songs, esp. first one, it made me sit and listen to the track like I was always an aesthete; and then I was introduced to my romantic nature. When my elder sister came to know my love for this song, she misunderstood it with my teenage- when every girl loves to be appreciated for her beauty, and when the second name of beauty was being entitled to “Aishwarya Rai”. Yes, I also fell in love with Remo Fernandez’ song: “Oh meri munni”.  ;)  When, once, in a classroom play, I revealed, “my favorite song is, “zara-2 bahekta hai” from RHTDM”, my friends took it as my love for the guy I was being teased for by them. At that time, I didn’t know if I love these singers, musicians, or lyricists!

I love each and every composition of “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara”, penned by Javed Akhtar. I love Farhan Akhtar’s élan, and his endeavors to make everyone fall in love with his husky voice. I love Shankar Mahadevan’s each song, and esp. ‘breathless’ one. I love the latest single of Indian beauty, “In My City”.  I love the charming Justin Bieber’s, “Baby”.   

If there is a discourse of music and songs, it’s inevitable to bring Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, and other legends on the table. At one point of time, I didn’t use to pay attention who was the artist backstage as they were usually, Lataji, Ashaji, Udit Narayan, and Alka Yagnik. When I came across K.K’s songs, I enquired & then praised, “What a terrific singer!” When I listened to the track of Agneepath, “Deva shree Ganesha”, I googled the lyricist behind it! The music of Barfi touched my soul.

I think I am confused, and if truth be told, I find every artist behind a lovely track great when it bears in my mind, heart, and soul. And yes, when the encounter is poor, I don’t want to arrest the perpetrators!

I don’t put my phone on silent mode ever, if the situation doesn't demand it. My food breathes great with music on the air. Music relaxes me when I had written something too serious to forget easily. I play a track in continuation until I feel it’s done. My (almost) all poems are rhythmic.  

I am little moody with my choice of songs. If it’s soothing one time, then it should be rocking or lyrical another time.

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Life- A Telescope Part II

Either you get there

or just share the sphere.

When you are passionate about something,

it’s not an option to choose ‘anything’!

You might sound stubborn,

but patience is needed to bring a great turn.

If you get how to cope with screw,

Life is nothing, just a telescopic-view!

Violence against Women

We get life once, and we should try to live it at our best. Live & let live others. Keep everyone around you happy, including yourself. Fight to get your worth, and don’t succumb.

It’s easy to quote beautiful & gutsy words, but it’s not that much easy to follow. When someone bears the violence everyday, when someone has to fight everyday, when someone gets circumscribed with such circumstances everyday & everywhere, it’s not really easy! And, when someone never raised her voice earlier but had been enduring the pain before it was realized that it’s not done, it’s not easy et al!!!  One gets apprehensive at each & every step while alarming the issue as the criminal isn’t single but in numbers.

Our traditions, customs and beliefs encompass the behavioral- pattern which promotes the philosophy of significance of male over female, and unfortunately it’s too deeply- rooted to root out of the system.

In our culture, a boy is supposed to cremate the parents. Thus, he holds an indispensable position in a family. Birth of a boy child brings back the forbidden festivals. So, everyone awaits him eagerly. Still, a girl’s family has to give dowry. Thus, it’s still distressing even if the girl is not considered to be a burden. A girl has to leave her parents after marriage, and…… she isn’t supposed to be a family-member anymore to take help from. Hence, parents are dependent on their son. And, all this accounts to ‘her’ abasement.

Consequently, a girl child gets deprived with emotions & food which summarizes her growth-factor. A boy chides, & even hits, her sister with no reason but just to rule over her. She isn’t supposed to reciprocate his rude demeanor. And, if she protests any mischievous behavior, even then she has to move her steps first to maintain good siblings- relationships. She has no right over the property of her parents as it is to be inherited to him. He gets food first, while cooking & serving food for ‘everyone’ isn’t his business. She may not enjoy any song while he could stare at the female in the song, even if he pretends to not finding it good enough.

When a male learns to rule over females at his home, he desires to rule over every next woman; & commits molestation & rape. His masculinity doesn’t allow him to bow in front of others, & to get any retribution; though he bows in front of one lady- ‘Devi Durga’.

I wish for a community here, which works for the betterment of the fairer-sex with some concrete steps. Which besides organizing events & workshops, I wish, demands for some changes in our laws: where a couple could move in any of the spouse’s house wherever they desire; where she has a right over the parental-property irrespective of her marital-status; where she could also cremate her parents; where a girl has to contribute to her parents’ old-age pension schemes, & any other suitable law which could help in bringing the equality.

Why I am emphasizing on implementing laws- because, our society (one of the criminals) doesn’t comprehend & accept something which seems a fantasy to them. For instance, if a couple decides to live in a female’s home, or if the husband decides to stay at home while his wife goes out for work, he gets derided by the society for being a slave under his wife. Implementation of laws could help them to accept it as a norm & to leave the decision to the couple.   

This composition has not been written to hurt the sensitive community of my ‘opposite gender- male’. Excerpts of this composition aren’t fiction or any part of my creativity, but a Reality. It’s a disheartening situation which prevails in our society.    

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Protest! 

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Come together to end these crimes

India’s most common violence, in print, is ‘rape’. Every day you pick your newspaper, and you find, at least, one rape case to read. And, India’s another (again) most common violence, not in print, is ‘domestic violence’. It happens in regular India but you hardly find a case to read for. In both cases, often a victim is a female. Someone who brings life to the world, but someone who has always been considered secondary to this world!

Often, in case of any violence, a victim experiences the fear of a perpetrator when s/he bears any crime. But, in these cases, even when she isn’t the victim she knows how it feels. She experiences, & knows what pain the other woman would have been going through at the other end.

When I was a child, even then whenever I would come across a rape scene in any feature film it made me feel uneasy. As I grew up, there had been a thought that this fear lasts till I am young, but………..now, I fear till I die. After the 16^th December Delhi gang-rape case, a 70 year old lady became a victim of shame. She would never have thought of this nightmare to happen at this age by two unknown guys. But, unfortunately some females bear domestic nightmares since their childhood and that too by some known people around them.

What makes these cases more happening is the undue advantage to get away with these crimes. A rapist rapes & gets away. A molester, an assaulter, or a wife beater hits the women & it hardly comes to the proof that it was committed by him, or worse, if it really happened. To prevent this wild nonsense, ‘we’ need the support of this ‘same gender’ that could help us get a respectful life- a sense of achievement to do what pleases us. After an unfortunate day of the 16^th December, some good spirits came to protest violence against women, but the evil spirits overcame them. I don’t expect an overnight transformation of this male- dominant society into a pro-women one. Devil will always be there because without them good spirits can’t exist. But, we could, at least, overcome them.

With continual protests after rape incidents, we might have been expecting a rise of mental attitude. But with this picture, we could hardly expect that. Could you see the smiling faces of these so called protesters (circled one) against the brutal rape incident of a school girl at Mangolpuri in New Delhi? To make some serious changes in society you needn’t be a serious person, but there must be some seriousness. Here, they are just enjoying the stone-pelting activity. How could I say that I feel safe in night?

Indiblogger has organized a meeting in association with Indichange & Breakthrough for tomorrow. The meeting was scheduled to wind up at 10:00pm. But, most of the females (including me) - who are likely to be there to discuss the topic ‘violence against women’- requested them to make some alterations to the timings. I want to roam freely just as men do. I don’t want someone to be there with me to provide a protection as a Bodyguard, or my parents ask me to take extra precautions.

I protest every mischievous behavior, but even then some moments give me doubts! A salute to the women’s spirit is enlightening but some horrendous crimes make it disheartening. This world runs with inter-dependence. Without you we mean nothing, & without us you couldn’t even dream of being something.

Pledge to protest!

Be Safe!

Happy International Women’s Day!  :)

Life- A Telescope

It’s not always a sunrise or a sunset,

you need not to be a master or a puppet.

Wandering with wonders hardly do the wonders;

bringing the telescope may clear the pictures.

Flipping pages don’t go for the ride,

reading the fine lines may turn the dark tide.

Roaming the globe isn’t always a scope;

may map out the sites, cos life is just a telescope.

Party Tonight

It’s party at night,

& I was drowsy with headache at drive.

How to got rid of those boo,

when my skin wasn’t at the right shoe?

That fluffy nightmare was terrible,

& I wished I had opted for the hair removal;

but waxing, on my skin, is so cruel!

It gives blisters & leaves my skin patchy,

& I didn’t want to leave home with any bogey.

Then, something at my mind brought up the rear,

that why shouldn’t I go with the Satin Care.

My friend told me it leaves skin smooth

with radiant glow & no bloomers to choose.

I went with fear to give a shot,

but it didn’t leave any cuts to get a blood clot.

Now, my skin was glowing from head to toe,

& I was ready to tap the show.

This post has been written for the Contest ‘Divine Is You’, organized by the Blogadda in association with the Gillette Satin Care.