tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31075923.post5973790996084574915..comments2024-01-05T15:46:10.497+05:30Comments on Apurv's Musings: GuzaarishApurv Nagpalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06264478278944585815noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31075923.post-12275597192741397662011-02-28T17:30:54.210+05:302011-02-28T17:30:54.210+05:30Hey...here’s what I thought of this movie. I saw e...Hey...here’s what I thought of this movie. I saw each character (especially that of Ethan Mascarenhas) more as a concept than as a character per se. And each concept angled towards the much broader and universal concept of ‘individualism’ and ‘life’. Ethan Mascarenhas and all the other characters around him epitomized this by simply proving that:<br />An individual (Ethan Mascarenhas in this case):<br />• Has the sole right and authority over his life. And he ought to appraise his own existence logically and independently, without contradicting the facts of reality <br />• Choose his course of life and decide what’s best for him, thereby seeking (genuine) happiness, and <br />• Take a firm and bold stand and have the courage to turn his decision into reality. <br />Was it necessary to explain all this with a quadriplegic protagonist? Well maybe yes, because that’s what gave the creator a strong plot to justify such intense concepts...I mean, how else could they have explained that “Living life is not the same as avoiding death”? And wasn’t Ethan justifying this exactly? It was his love for life, for living his life, his love for his independence and happiness that he was fighting for. And Euthanasia was just the last leg of this very long and bold fight. Euthanasia wasn’t an overnight decision for such a person. Well maybe the movie did not categorically state this in as many words. I don’t think it was required either. <br />Perhaps you came out questioning ‘what was he/ she thinking?’, while I came out only with some answers about ‘how one ought to appraise life and his own existence as an individual ’. And these answers came directly from the plot and the dialogues of the movie. I did not make any extra attempt to dig them out of the movie. Whether it was the home-court scene of ‘Who has a right on Ethan’s life or his death for that matter’ or whether it was the constant dialogues between the lawyer friend and the nurse about ‘Deciding what’s good for Ethan and his life’...and how beautiful were those dialogues where a mother accepted the fact that as a mother ‘You may give birth and life to your child, but you don’t give him the right to live. Because that’s something that he must choose for himself’!<br />Yes, maybe there were emotions (and tears) attached to most part of the movie, but none of them was irrelevant or in any way exaggerated. The smiles and laughter were as much deserved as were the sobs. The plot demanded each emotion, irrespective of whether the audience asked for it or not...because the movie wasn’t made for audience appreciation in the first place, it was made to justify the plot (and the concept) behind it. And thankfully the only emotion that did not sweep in was ‘sympathy’ or ‘pity’...and that was what made the movie worth every penny that I spent.<br />sheena<br />PS: <br />I have never liked Aishwarya (neither as an actress, nor for her face value), nor have I ever enjoyed Hrithik’s performances. But this movie/ plot made me watch the duo three times in a stretch of 2 weeks. Perhaps what caught my eye was the effortless effort that would have gone in for a ‘greek-god’-dancer like Hrithik to use only his face as a means of communicating with the audience and for a dame-doll like Aishwarya to keep her face value all aside while portraying the characters.<br />Actually, I don’t remember appreciating an SLB movie before this either. <br />Somewhere in your blog you’ve mentioned Ethan as a paraplegic...he was quadriplegic in the movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31075923.post-26513308058068385502010-12-18T03:25:18.024+05:302010-12-18T03:25:18.024+05:30Hi,
Well at least it's a relief to read that M...Hi,<br />Well at least it's a relief to read that Mrs Bachchan does her job well, even though somehow it's annoying: how come she doesn't get hired by a good director to make a landmark movie?<br />cheersyveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975451635895715233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31075923.post-52802552528258841932010-11-21T22:57:03.806+05:302010-11-21T22:57:03.806+05:30my exact feeling was .. WTF just happened !?
i SL...my exact feeling was .. WTF just happened !? <br />i SLB is a hollywood wanna be..tch tchVikashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12343888938343524926noreply@blogger.com