Holiday ?! :)

Holiday?!! :)

Howdy darlings!!

Scorched in the Sun, are we?!! :/

Haa yaar Holiday-s coming to an end……. :(

But abhi toh I am talking about our new movie “Holiday!!”…though I think the name of such a movie could have been a bit bhaari bharkam like ‘Vishwatma” ‘Vinashak’ etc rather than such a docile, “Holiday!!”:))))

Anyways, it was a pleasant change for me that I got to see the newly released movie “Holiday” this Sunday. Wo kya hai naa, usually circumstances are not so merciful that I see each new Friday nite release stat. In fact its quite the contrary and I miss out watching the deserving movies….many even near expiry date !! sigh!! Well, wat to do, such is life !! :/

Khair wo sab chhodo, the point is, I found myself having a good close look at the large poster of ‘Holiday’ outside our favourite mall while the tickets were being purchased. I was pondering…now that I was about to see this movie, what prospects did it hold.

In it I saw two ppl, Akki Kumar in Army attire and Sonakshi Sinha…..the fonts on the title had a gun in place of the ‘I’….and before the software inside my head started to process this data feed, my returning glance saw 'June-6' at one corner…..again making me smile at my triumph to be able to view a movie just 3 days after its release!! :)))

Oye haso mat!! Release ke maheeno baad koi movie dekh pane ka dard tum kya jaano first-day-first-show dekhne walo!!!!! Haa nai toh!! :/

Ohh…toh mai kahaa thi?!

Haa….Holiday ka poster!! :) and my triumph at standing in front of it !! aur triumph ka aisa hai, ki I want to give an analogy here. Those who’ve been there will understand and enjoy.

Those of you who have seen Amir Khan and Darsheel Safari’s ‘Taare zameen par’ and I know most of you have, will remember when Ishaan is taking his maths exams, much before going to boarding school, he comes upon a fill-in-the-blank…3 x 9=_____ ?

 Reading this, he goes into his imaginary world where he is in outer space in a spacecraft number 3 and moving towards a ‘bad’ planet 9 in full vengeance !! on reaching it, he fights out, conquers and finally takes over the planet 9. With this victory he comes back to reality and again looks at the question….now with a valid answer.

He writes 3 ‘into’ 9 becomes ‘3’!!!! :)

Oh, he is so pleased with himself!! he turns around looking about him with triumph. When bell rings and his friend asks, ‘Ishan tera exam kaisa hua?’….he triumphantly replies with a bloated chest and ear to ear smile, “Bindaas”!!!!!

I felt exactly that then!!! :) :) :)

My Gawd, pardon me…how I rattle on and get derailed……!! :/

Okay, so on the poster, seeing this dynamic duo, the first impression I got was that it was a Rowdy Rathore kind of movie. Haan toh theek hai naa, kuchh nai toh entertainment toh hoga hi…. :) and I was reminded of a comment of a good friend of mine who had already seen it, ki dimaag ghar rakh ke jaana aur Indian Army ki khaatir dekh lena!!

Alright, I’ll do just that, I promised myself.

Aur eventually hum popcorn, samose aur cold drinks se lais ho ke theatre ke ander sthapit ho gaye!! :) arre bhai, movie dekhne aaye hain, culture toh follow karna hi chahiye, nai?! :)

aur fir the movie cordially started!! :)

This movie is the Bollywood remake of 2012 Tamil blockbuster ‘Thuppaki’ both crafted by Director AR Murugadoss. To suit the rest-of-India, some changes were made in the movie though. He is the one who returned to Bollywud after a whole six yrs and after the pioneering 100 crore club flick, Ghajini !!

In his interview he said all he did was to work hard!! Both then and now with Holiday. Creating a benchmark etc etc was not his aim, only a good movie made, he said. :) and he did do a lot of homework and research before taking up the project!! Grt  Muruga saar!! :)

After viewing the film, I can surely say, Bollywood and genuine people like Murugadoss plus the writers who author such stories deserve a bow. Its not that they don’t know how to give masala movie hits with easier topics but they choose to go for such hard hitting ones.

Movies on terrorists and terrorism have been made in the past and made beautifully too….one example that immediately comes to my mind is the 2008 Raj kumar Gupta’s ‘Aamir’!! starring Rajiv Khandelwal. Yes, it was made with complete sincerity but ironically, movies made in this way lack the commercial touch and cant reach out to the real audiences that they are meant for. Because when you show the stark realities in there nakedness, people who are already burdened by their struggles and troubles, don’t want to take these all the more.

They want to relax and get entertained when they sit in the movie theatres, without having the panic button on, with a strong Hero who makes sure of a happy ending for them !! :)))

This movie had the required commercial touch, with captivating crisp screenplay throughout, which tames your attention effortlessly. Akki baba has a knack of taking away these movies with a flair. :)

The whole sequence of 12 terrorist killings despite all flaws on credibility, took my heart away…the coordination, the trust, the intelligence, the smartness, the magnificent team work!! Clap clap!! :)

One more very important thing that Tollywud excels in and believes in, is the superhuman-ness of the Hero. A  Hero Is a Hero, let there be no doubts on that. :)

This feature is a bit mellowed down when a hindi remake is worked at….it did work well for Holiday and how!! :)

The way we teach complex and serious morals to kids with the help of small and sweet stories so that the message goes through yet they don’t get distraught by the complexity of the subjects.

The same way this movie mollycoddles the audience making them enjoy yet getting the information registered properly. For example, I for one, didn’t know anything about sleeper cells etc till I saw this movie, nor was I in any chance of doing any research on my own about such dreaded things had I not been educated about that in the film. :)

Now the very tazaa tazaa ardent fan of Times Now and Maroof Raza that I am, [the former Army Officer and currently Consultant and Strategic Affairs Expert in Times Now], my smile refused to leave my face at the whole sequence of him explaining the Sleeper Cells in the flick. :)

Still I laughed heartily, clapped loudly when the audience in the hall did and definitely would have whistled shrilly had I been able to !! :))))…not to say even my 6 yr old luved it. :)

I feel that if not anything this movie for the first time showed that Terrorists are Terrorists, abnormal diseased parasites and they DO NOT come with labels and tags. Such a bhari bharkam subject was made to be digested easily by the audience without having the panic, because the hero was shown to be an all knowing powerful savior, in command and in control of every situation. :)

The other thing that shook me and shocked me was the conversation between Akshay and his sister just rescued from hard core terrorists. Since ages we’ve seen in movies as such that however macho the hero is, the moment his family is endangered he becomes vulnerable and his attitude turns to something like, “kutte!!!!! mai tera khoon pee jaunga!!!”

As a complete contrast to that, here Akshay so very casually tells his own sister and to the audience as such that why cant we, each one of us too become commandos against the monster called terrorism, seeing the larger good of the society, instead of sitting in our sofas seeing the news channels, commenting and indulging into blame game. My God, did I feel guilty?! :/

My jargon wont be complete if I fail to mention Ms Sinha….haan baba, Sonakshi here. :) I personally felt she did a commendable job, just accepting to do this movie. I mean, it was so very clear it was an action thriller and the story had absolutely nothing for the heroine in it. And that at many places the songs etc came as an unnecessary and unwanted interruptions. Despite knowing all this she did the movie and with all her heart in it. Luv u for that Sona!! :)

And there are no two thoughts that if there had to be a role such as this one, then no one else could have been more suitable than Sonakshi for it.

In fact whenever she grimaced, got angry, I subconsciously heard a resounding “KHAMOSH!!” in Shatru sahab’s voice all over the hall!!! :)))

So friends, such was this mega movie called “Holiday”!!

Go watch it, forgive it for the technical flaws for the sake of commercial cinema, enjoy it and believe me…..u’ll luv it!! :)

I leave you here with your happy viewing,

till we meet again, take gud care of yourself as Bachchan saab always says….. :)

Jai Hind!!! :)