Hola Amigos! It has been so long since I came to my blog. Haven't watched a movie in the past 3 months but finally I had a chance to watch one, and am very happy to tell you that I did not waste it away.
Dear Zindagi, on the face of it is the story of a girl who is talented and doing very well in her professional life. But then comes love!! And things change for the worse. What she discovers about herself after her boy friend dumps her is that it is not that one person, but her sort of dark past which haunts her till date. The six year old who passively submitted to the fact that her parents cannot keep her with them hampered her emotional side badly for the coming years. In-spite of all that could be done the inevitable happens and she ends up staying with her parents for a month in Goa. What she thought would be the worst one month turns out to a life changing phase of her life when she meets a psychiatrist who has his own ways of dealing with patients.
I have in the initial days never really liked Alia Bhatt, not because of her performance but a very simple reason, she is a star kid. I somehow feel a little anguish towards her kind because they really don't do anything and get to work with the best of the director on the best of the script and still many of them after so much years of training cannot justify what they are doing. Also when she entered Bollywood rumors made the rounds that she was as dumb as she was beautiful. I made a mental image of her without actually watching any of her movies that she was also like others, making a film fortune on her Dad's repo in the industry.
But I was wrong. Kaira , played by Alia Bhatt in this movie is not just the story but a story. I believe everyone can relate to it in some way or the other if you have the patience to not call the film a slo-mo. I have always had this complaint with the Indian viewer that he goes for an entertainer rather than a story. This is the very reason a lot of people said " Yeah it was good par thodi bore thi" No, it wasn't. You need to broaden your perspective. Don't just go to the cinema hall with the idea that a song or two with some action packed with some romance makes a good film. A story like this, which gives you the time to reflect upon what you are watching is the best escape you can find in this speedy world. Look I know am emphasizing on this idea because it is too overwhelming for me.
Dr. Jehangir Khan played by Shahrukh Khan , is a character I felt we all need in some form in our lives. Many of us are lucky to have such a person, it may be our parents or a friend. Though I felt at some places there are some typical Bollywood flaws like unnecessarily showing Alia to be a messy character who likes to live in a dirty place and is reckless most of the time. This phase can come to anyone's life, however organised or disciplined you might be. All and all I am very happy to have used my chance of watching this movie.
P.S : This is by far the longest post but it was worth it!
I have in the initial days never really liked Alia Bhatt, not because of her performance but a very simple reason, she is a star kid. I somehow feel a little anguish towards her kind because they really don't do anything and get to work with the best of the director on the best of the script and still many of them after so much years of training cannot justify what they are doing. Also when she entered Bollywood rumors made the rounds that she was as dumb as she was beautiful. I made a mental image of her without actually watching any of her movies that she was also like others, making a film fortune on her Dad's repo in the industry.
But I was wrong. Kaira , played by Alia Bhatt in this movie is not just the story but a story. I believe everyone can relate to it in some way or the other if you have the patience to not call the film a slo-mo. I have always had this complaint with the Indian viewer that he goes for an entertainer rather than a story. This is the very reason a lot of people said " Yeah it was good par thodi bore thi" No, it wasn't. You need to broaden your perspective. Don't just go to the cinema hall with the idea that a song or two with some action packed with some romance makes a good film. A story like this, which gives you the time to reflect upon what you are watching is the best escape you can find in this speedy world. Look I know am emphasizing on this idea because it is too overwhelming for me.
Dr. Jehangir Khan played by Shahrukh Khan , is a character I felt we all need in some form in our lives. Many of us are lucky to have such a person, it may be our parents or a friend. Though I felt at some places there are some typical Bollywood flaws like unnecessarily showing Alia to be a messy character who likes to live in a dirty place and is reckless most of the time. This phase can come to anyone's life, however organised or disciplined you might be. All and all I am very happy to have used my chance of watching this movie.
P.S : This is by far the longest post but it was worth it!
