Party toh banti hai yaar….waqai!! :)

Party toh banti hai yaar……waqai!!

Hello ppl!!

Enjoying the summer?! Or should I say, the hot-shot summer enjoying teasing you? Whichever way it is, I am sure there’s at least one thing that provides some relief to many, whatever the season, Bollywood!! 

Ek baat bolu? You will all agree, when I say that in Bollywood Children’s movies are mostly made by a good director, of the children, for the children and with the children. The successful ones are those that are meant for the children, loved by the children and liked and appreciated by the adults.

Have you imagined a movie, hardcore meant for adults but treated in such a way so as to be Loved by the children? Plus passing the hard hitting message through without compromising an ounce. Difficult to imagine naa?! I agree. But not impossible !! 

You guessed right, me talking about none other than Bhootnath Returns!! 

Waise toh since long the movies made specially and specifically for kids, the so called Children’s movies occupy a separate discrete genre, for instance, Chachi 420, Taare zameen par, Mr India, My Friend Ganesha, etc and the very latest Bhootnath, which was the story of a sad and deprived father Mr Kailashnath and his antics with a sweet boy Banku who comes as a tenant with his parents, Juhi and Shahrukh, in the house where the ‘Bhoot’ of Mr Kailashnath resides and due to the emotional attachment to the house that harbours memories of his late wife and childhood of his only son, now settled abroad and completely unwilling to return to his country he doesn’t want the house to be rented or sold. Banku finally helps Kailashnath to forgive his erring son and attain moksha.

Now this was a movie with a commercial and melodramatic touch to it under the banner of BR films, doing quite well too. It was a light entertaining children’s movie with a few moral science lessons maybe, but all in all, without much consequence.

So when I heard a movie launched by the name of Bhootnath Returns, I thought naturally that it was just another sequel in the sea of the series thats becoming a fad these days, more in fear of failure for lack of enterprising new stories, fine film making and going an easier way through to cash on the merits of the original movie for the sequel which obviously projects the message loud and clear that it just might be less in quality quotient than the original.

With this kind of mindset I sat there to view the movie with almost no expectations other than to make my kids have a good time. I realized soon enough that the producer, director, team, banner, all were completely different. And that made me concentrate on the movie more critically.

Though I was disappointed as to why did they resort to name the movie as if it was a sequel because for one, it wasn’t and secondly the quality of movie was way above the previous one. All that this name did was to make the audience compelled to compare it with the earlier one and hence wrongly lower the bar before even seeing the flick.

As the movie ended I had only one thing in my mind, if I had in my power I would grant the highest award for best film making to this movie. I had my reasons.

Children have the least attention span. Nikhil Tiwari has a way with kids and a sample of it he gave us in the movie Chillar Party.  To keep this audience interested till the end and get a strong message through without being preachy is next to impossible. But Nikhil accomplished it beautifully with a flair in Chillar Party.

This one was a step ahead and I may go on to call it simply Perfect!!

There is this amazing boy Parth Bhalerao called Akhrot who’s the star of the movie. He has just one Marathi movie to his credit. In this one? My Gawd!! He is superlative!!

Amitabh Bachchan is Amitabh Bachchan we all know, but someone this tiny as Parth in the Gigantic presence of Amitabh carrying away the whole movie single handedly, is beyond comprehension.

There are long conversations between the two throughout the movie which we so relish. The Big B no where near his high pedestal, in fact very vulnerable at times, under the protection of The Akhrot.

In an office sequence, they both have the same dialogues, actions and mannerisms which akhrot does oh so effortlessly.

Walking on the rail track how Akhrot asks that being a ghost Bhootnath must not be needing to bathe either and when Big B sheepishly, rather guiltily says No by a “Tch” sound and shake of head, he says, ‘mast hai tera toh!!’ :)

Boman Irani, in the flow of a sentence calls him “Khajur”, the way a small insignificant boy is generally referred to, and his assistant corrects him, “Akhrot’ he says…my God !!

Such crisp humour adorns the movie, throughout.

Boman Irani is at his best, his introduction bringing on a smile rather than a loathful expression in the audiences, though he plays the part of the gunda politician to perfection.

One more important thing that shows so clearly, when the people of opposition come to meet Bhootnath and ask him, how many muslims were there in his constituency, how many hindus, likewise how many agde and how many pichhde…..it all sounds so so ridiculous and out of place in fair and straight politics.

Ohh!! Kya kya bolu mai!!

I was in tears when Sanjay Mishra hunts out his Advocate’s black coat, dusts and dons it proudly looking at the mirror and comes out with the confidence of determination and sheer strength of purpose.

 

Music was mast, Party toh banti hai, an instant hit with all. 

Shahrukh, Ranbir, Anurag Kashyap, all seemed lucky to be a part of this creative and daring bonanza.

Yes, the director had dared. Dared to do what he could do best, to bring the much awaited change. More so in the ignitable election season. An aware and intelligent person but not without a heart, Nikhil Tiwari was an out and out winner with this one.

He says selecting and working with children is his forte because he can strike a chord with them, yet it breaks his heart if he has to reject any kid. He feels that suffering rejection at an early age weighs heavily on children and he tries real hard to avoid it because many times children who look promising, freeze in front of the camera.

For the role of Akhrot too, he had zeroed in on two kids, the one other than Parth, he has promised to take in his next movie lest he feels hurt.

Way to go Nikhil, I wish him all the best.

This movie atleast should be made tax free and universal screening done. It may be a drop in the ocean as far as change in society is concerned but no doubt it’s a big drop, a very big one. 

So people…do yourself a favour and go watch this movie if you haven’t till now. Believe me, you deserve to. 

Aur haan…..isi baat me…..

Party toh, Party toh, Party toh banti hai !!! 

Cheers !! till we meet again !! :)

The Golden Jubilee 2013- Pt JNM Medical College Raipur- A Global Carnival !!

“Golden Jubilee 2013 !!” :)

I first heard this term…..let me remember…..yes, it was way back in shayad April – May 2010 !!

And how was that…

Well, I had naya naya joined my online college grp MKP, the Masti ki Paathshala. I was still in the process of exploring and marveling at it, when I came across this term…GJ 2013- Golden Jubilee of our parent institute to be held in the year 2013. Respectable seniors had started discussing the program agenda etc then itself.

Joining the group of JNMites felt like being in the college again. It was a wonderful feeling.

As for me, I was very skeptical about it all. When we are unsure about tomorrow even, how could we plan 3 yrs ahead, wo kehte hain naa….ki kal kisne dekha hai!! What to say about 3 yrs  and such a huge event, something akin to a Kumbh ka mela!!

So all I did was smile, it remains to be seen, I thought. But again, whats the harm is planning and hoping it does happen.

We had a proper discussion area in the group then, and a secure GJ space dedicated to posts exclusively about it, where everyone could give their views and interact. Once in a while people would comment, suggest and discuss there, plus updates of happenings at Raipur about GJ were posted to keep everyone in the loop.

Time passed, months and years passed.

Now it did seem real…and possible. This realization with the beginning of 2013 brought hope and happiness. A mega event of our parent institute, having been away for so many years, a chance to be there, meet friends juniors and seniors, was a wonderful feeling.

Khair wo jo bhi ho, aakhir a couple of months remained….I got the registration done….not for assuring my entry there but as a drive force to me, lest I back off in the end due to any pressing situational priorities.

It gave a sense of relief too that whatever happens, GJ will happen… :)

Going to the self same college where we spend the most dynamic years of our lives, just out of childhood, in the process of becoming an adult. Fearful, anxious of the future, venturing out of the safe protected domains of our homes and families, to experiment, take decisions, and live our own lives, our way.

Family gives place to Friends, who now become an integral part of our lives, our very beings, affecting even our thought processes, supporting us, helping each other through this future building period of our lives.

Now when we look back, most of us will be shocked at the amount of stress that we all endured as medical students, having no clue as to how we managed to go through then. Maybe because we all sailed on the same boat, deriving courage from each other in every step, plus who can deny the timely and huge support and help given by the seniors when many a time we felt we might break down and go on no longer.

Each and everyone has a separate and individual story to tell, each and every one with his/her own set of struggles that he/she crossed to finally triumph.

In those times, the pre cellphone era, we thought as we left college, most won't be able to meet or connect with those very friends who at some point of time were  no less than soulmates.

But we survived this separation, all of us did, because then we had the larger and more occupying quest of future, staring squarely at us daring us to do our best or fall back for the rest of our lives.

Some are even lucky to find and spot their partners for life during these years, again a whirlwind of emotional upheavals and an experience of a lifetime.

For hostellers, this is again a very novel and exclusive experience. Hostel life teaches to live in camaraderie, with total strangers, our rooms becoming the safest and psychologically the most secure place for those years in college, sharing our sorrows-joys, failures-triumphs, smiles-tears all with these one time strangers, now friends forever. I am sure each and every hosteller remembers his/her room number for the rest of his/her life.

Oh, I could go on and on….

Now…….

I was about to go back….be there one more time….

28^th -29^th Dec 2013

The D-day was fast approaching……..

One major factor that was responsible for all this enthusiasm and earnestness was the super connectivity due to Facebook  and Whatsapp !! There was a universal frenzy, kaun kab aa rahaa hai, kahaa mileinge etc etc. minute to minute updates….

A Global Carnival !! :)

Finally, the Virtual, turned into Real !! The morning of 28^th Dec 2013 !!!!

It started as we reached the airport. Now the faces all around came under only two categories… “JNMites” and “Non-JNMites!!” :)

We greeted each other with knowing smiles saying, “so there we are, lets proceed….” And parting with, “College me milte hain!!”

Yu ki,

"मैं अकेला ही चला था जािनब-ए-मंिज़ल मगर,

लोग जुड़ते गए, कारवां बनता गया…." :)

In the aircraft too, the sequence…missed call by a friend…necks craned…smiles and waves at recognition….knowing hellos exchanged…even though seeing each other after something like decades…yet, “so u r here, fine!!” :)

Kids were enjoying the childlike excitement of their mum.

Reached Raipur!! 

Again in the airport, the sequence continued…recognition-smiles-hellos…..the facial muscles for happiness and smile were working overtime!! :)))

Today, even the drive from airport to hotel had a different air to it….every vehicle passing by seemed to have a jnmite in it. 

Reached hotel…..kids were hungry, so we went straight to the breakfast area…..again it didn’t feel we were in an alien hotel….it was as if we were at home, the area filled with seniors and frnds…..smile karein ya nashta karein, samajh hi nahi aa raha tha. :)))

My God, I had never experienced such a phenomenon ever. It was today that I actually understood the meaning of  "वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम !!" The whole world seemed to be one.

It was time for the formal program to start and we got ready to go. I could hardly wait to reach the venue, the college….my college !! :)

I was super excited to take my kids especially my daughter along. As we neared and as the first glimpses of the building came in view, my heart fluttered, I was as happy as a five yr old girl would be who’s about to get her first Barbie.

We went in…..it stood there…. ‘The Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College!!”...in all its grandeur!! in all its glory!! All decked up….but hardly alone. The campus full of its students, Gurus…. “JNMites!!” from all over the globe…united by their roots here!! In its shelter!! Whatever their positions, statures, countries, batches, castes, on the outside world, here they were all One!! :)

Breathing in the same air….walking on The ground…. I felt grand….rejuvenated . “Hiii….tu kaisi hai?!!” was meant for every friend….the surnames all vanished….only First names remained….it was as if we were liberated….came out of the shell that we were in, till a few hours back….the shell of the person that we had become over the years, the responsibilities that we were successfully fulfilling in different individual roles both personally and professionally, having our bases made here….today in our element…again.

But there was a gross difference between then and now. As students when we were here, we were skeptical, apprehensive, fearful for our future lives. There was an element of competition in the minds too…all of which restricted us a bit…but now…..we had mostly achieved what we strived for then, both personally and professionally.

Hence, we were more confident and secure now with our families. Showing off the college to our spouses and kids was an exhilarating feeling and they in turn felt so proud.

One cute thing that I want to share here, is that while moving about, my daughter had a call from her friend, and  I heard her saying, “ yaar mamma aur unki friends bilkul apne jaisi hi baatein karti hain!!” :)))

Again as a kid I had heard, "जननी जन्मभूिमश्च स्वर्गादिपगरीय िस!!" which now seemed absolutely true. Yes, as Doctors, we were all born here. And now just as the birds flow away from their nests once adult, we too had spread our wings and soared high far and wide.

Just as all good things finally have to end, 29^th too came and was fast nearing its culmination. Sadness was setting in. Dil ne kahaa… "लम्हा लम्हा तरसे िजस लम्हे को, वो लम्हा आया भी तो बस इक लम्हे को!!"  Does it really have to end, was the question in all our minds….

But again, every cloud has a silver lining, we too had things like phones, facebook and whatsapp to help us keep contact even after we moved away to our respective destinations one more time…so it was not entirely over after all. :)

With heavy hearts but contented souls, we left, bidding our parent institute goodbye with a promise to come back again….inspired and motivated to do better and strive to be a better person harnessing energy from our fellow JNMites.

Now when I look back, I am still awestruck at the huge number of Big people that we had in one campus during those 2 days right from first batch to the latest….such a huge number of influential people…people who can actually make a difference.

This is just the beginning. This power was not united just for those two days, this was done forever…all that we require now is to think together and make strategic planning how to make things still better for our parent institute as well as the students who shall in future frame the world….

-amen.

Krrish 3 !!– what’s it worth?

Krissh 3 – what’s it worth?

“Tujhe, apna banaane ki kasam, khayi hai, khayi hai….”

Oh, Hi-Hello hai Bhai log!! Tooo much politics all around naa?! Chalo lets take a breather!! :)

Rrakesh Roshann, err pardon me if I mistakenly duplicate or miss out some of the same or silent letters in the proper nouns used while talking about anything related to this man, whether its ‘H’rit‘h’ik, ‘H’rehaan or ‘H’r‘h’eedan so on and so forth….bole toh all the names of “Rakesh Roshan - Sons “ starting from ‘H’ and the names of all his Films starting with “K”!!!!! :)

Oh, how I got entangled in the tangles of disarrayed letters and words….o koi nai, mainu kee, hain jee?!...I am supposed to be talking about the movie, right?!...

The thing is, I was actually waiting for it since long, even while having made up my mind that it could and would offer nothing more than even better special effects, and I wasn’t disappointed on that account.

I was happy to see a full house entering the theatre even after more than a week of its release. I was encouraged, happy, relieved…ready, steady, po…!!

I was disappointed !!

Disappointed not by the movie but by the response and reception of the movie. It might be a hit, for the technical reasons or due to kids’ support but I feel there are very genuine reasons that put this movie at a very high pedestal in the modern parlance.

Was it difficult for Mr Rakesh Roshan to make the superhero, like Superman from some remote planet, some Cryptonian? I think not, while that would have made it easier for him to get acceptance from the general masses, but he chose otherwise.

Of course he had to use the Jadoo effect, yet he used it very intelligently, not hampering, rather projecting the hero’s personality in the forefront.

For us Indians the superpowers are all our super Gods, Ram and Krishna as India’s very soul. He chose to name our hero, Krishna Mehra alias Krishh, and not some name signifying power or superiority, like Toofan, Shahanshaah, Shaktimaan, Hero, etc!!

Krishh is totally down to earth, humble to the core. In fact Rohit Mehra originally was a mentally  challenged kid, inferior to even primary school kids… yet the important point is, that when he does get the superpowers, this humility and innocence of his personality remains unaltered!!.... see?!! :)

The director is hell bent not to get his superhero above the common ordinary Indian at any cost!! Every one should identify with Krissh, everyone should feel and finally act like Krissh !!! see?! :)

And then, if that was not all, in Krissh 3 he starts off distributing the Krissh Bands of valour to very very ordinary people even children and women, anyone who display the slightest guts to serve humanity…see?!! :)

Aur abhi baat yahi khatm nahi huyi….when it seemed inevitable that either of the two had to get the lethal virus injected into their system, the reason why the son took it and not the father was not because he was a superhero or that it was father’s love, it was solely because the father would be needed as  a scientist to make and use the antidote!!

Rohit Mehra might be a famous scientist but Krissh works at lower and commonly not so sophisticated jobs, like that as a security guard or in some restaurant etc, not even as a clerk in some office !! see?!! :)

Now what to say about the SuperBad-Man, Kaal !! oh how beautifully he created Kaal, who despite being so physically challenged so as not be able to move anything of his body than a finger, could make the world dance to his tunes and be the threat to its very survival.

His origin was so convincingly conceived that we don’t disbelieve any thing that is shown including the animal like characteristics of his Manwars.

Vivek Oberoi I think can now be relieved that he finally delivered !! :))))) thanx to Rakesh Roshan !!

I had heard before that its music was inconsequential !! well it was, yes, but not because Rakesh Roshan made wrong selections of composers etc, it was solely because he didn’t want to divert his energies, work force or time into that sector,  rather he wanted the audience to concentrate of the technical and directorial brilliance that they were to witness.

Arre bhai, was it at all difficult for Rakesh Roshan to put a juicy item number or some large budget multi starrer song? Hain jee? He decided instead to work on things like a tiny but very effective comic piece of ace, Rajpal Yadav, which goes on to reiterate that he knows exactly what he wants and how !! :)

In the wake of the fact that Indian superheroes don’t flourish, we need to help Krissh do. Njoy the movie, try not to criticize unnecessarily, try not to be judgmental, see how the small kids enjoy, be happy in their happiness !! Hail Bollywud!! Hail Krissh!!! :)

Toh bhaiya sarkar chahe kisi ki bhi bane, Bollywud and more so, Krissh will always have one motto for us…

“Tujhe, apna banane ki kasam, khayi hai….khayi hai!!” :)

with this, I take ur leave, take care, be happy, be contented, smile always!!

Bye bye from me here at Page-3 !! :)

Letter to my Girlfriends !! ;)

                    मेरी पाती…

                         .......आपके नाम ।

 

प्यारी बहनों,

आप सभी को दीपावली तथा आने वाले नव वर्ष की ढेरों शुभकामनाएँ। आज मुझे आप सब से आत्मीय वार्तालाप करने की इच्छा हुई सो मैं आ गयी। इस आशा व अपेक्षा से की किसी प्रकार आप सभी के जीवन मे लेश मात्र ही सही, पर सकारात्मक परिवर्तन ला सकूं ।

 

अपना देश महान पौराणिक धरोहरों का देश है। आप सभी ने ये श्लोक तो अवश्य सुना होगा.....

“यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते, रामन्ते तत्र देवता: ॥“

अर्थात जहाँ नारी को पूजा जाता है, उस स्थान पर स्वयं देवताओं का वास होता है। पुरातन काल में स्त्री का ये स्थान होता था।

 

किन्तु बाद में ये रूप बदल गया और फिर हमने सुना,

“ढ़ोल, गंवार, शुद्र, पशु, नारी, सकल तारणा के अधिकारी॥“

तुलसीदासजी की इस चौपाई को जितना भी हम चाशनी मे लपेटने का प्रयास करें अंत मे इसका अर्थ वही है जो दिखता है।

 

और बहनों आज की स्थिति तो आप सब से छुपी नहीं है। सम्मान व समकक्षता तो छोड़िए, जिस पुरुष का सृजन ही स्त्री द्वारा होता है, उसी से वह असुरक्षित व आशंकित रहती है, फिर चाहे वह सत्रह साल का हो, या सत्तर साल का ही, चाहे सामान्य व्यक्ति हो या कोई संत।   

 

कितने क्षोभ का विषय है ये हम सभी के लिए। यही नहीं समाज का पतन निरंतर जारी है, जो की कहाँ रुकेगा, ये तो मानव की विचार-शक्ति से भी परे है।

 

तो अब? क्या इसका कोई उपाय नहीं?

 

चलिये कुछ समय के लिए इस क्लिष्ट समस्या से आपको दूर करती हूँ। मन हल्का करने के लिए एक कहानी सुनाती हूँ। और वो कहानी, जो आप सब भी भली प्रकार जानते हैं....

 

हम चलते हैं रामायण की ओर। जब सीता हरण के बाद उन्हे ढूँढने निकले हनुमान जी का दल सौ योजन के विशाल समुद्र के समक्ष खड़ा था, तब ये बात उनकी चर्चा का विषय था, कि उस विशाल समुद्र को पार कर पाना, किसी भी वानर के लिए संभव नहीं था, सिवाय स्वयं हनुमानजी के। परंतु बाल्यकाल में अभिशप्त हनुमानजी को अपनी असीम क्षमता व अथाह बल का भान नहीं था।

 

उस समय जम्ब्वंत जी ने आकर उन्हे उनके अथाह बल-कौशल की याद दिलाई तब वे शाप-मुक्त हुये और उस विशाल समुद्र को लांघ कर लंका पहुँच कर सीता जी का पता लगाया।

 

तो बहनों, ठीक उसी तरह आज मैं आप सभी को आपमें निहित दैवीय शक्तियों का स्मरण कराने आई हूँ अपनी इस पाती के साथ।

 

अब हम पुन: उस समस्या पर वापस आते हैं, जिसकी बात मैंने प्रारम्भ में की थी। तो इस सामाजिक पतन का क्या कोई उपाय है? यदि है, तो क्या? और क्या वो संभव है?

 

तो चलिये समस्या के उत्सर्जन से उसे समझने की कोशिश करते हैं। किसी भी समस्या का समाधान तब हो पाता है, जब हम उस बिन्दु पर कार्य करें, जिसका प्रभाव सबसे अधिक व पूरी समस्या पर कारगर हो। समाज में वह बिन्दु होती है “स्त्री”, जिसका दखल दो परिवारों व दो पीढ़ियों पर होता है।

 

समस्या शुरू होती है एक बच्ची के जन्म के भी पहले से, जबकि उसके परिवार वाले व समाज पहले ये तय करता है कि उसे ईश्वर कि बनाई इस दुनिया मे आना चाहिए भी या नहीं। यदि किसी तरह वह भ्रूणहत्या से बच कर पैदा हो पायी, तो जन्म के तुरंत बाद से उसे लिंग भेद का सामना करना होता है। शिक्षा, सुविधाएं और तो और भोजन में भी उसे घर के लड़कों की अपेक्षा उपेक्षित रखा जाता है, आखिर उसे तो ब्याह करके विदा ही करना है, और उस पर दहेज की व्यवस्था एक अतिरिक्त आर्थिक बोझ तो माना ही जाता है। लड़की होने के नाते घर के सारे काम काज, ढ़ोर बैल की सेवा छोटे भाई बहनों का रखरखाव इत्यादि उसके हिस्से में वैसे ही आ जाते हैं।

 

अब इस परिपेक्ष्य में जैसे जैसे बालिका बड़ी होती जाती है, उसके मन में भी ये हींन भावना घर करने लग जाती है, की उसका लड़की होना एक बुरी बात है, और घर परिवार व समाज एहसान स्वरूप उसे झेल रहा है।

 

और अब जबकि वह शारीरिक रूप से कमजोर, व शिक्षा के अभाव में बुद्धि-विवेक से भी कमतर हो चुकी है, तो उसके पास कोई और विकल्प नहीं होता इसके सिवाय कि उसके जीवन का जो भी निर्णय उसके घर वाले लें उसपर वह बिना प्रश्न के अमल करे।

 

बात यहीं समाप्त नहीं होती, ये तो उसकी किस्मत है की उसकी ठीक ठाक जगह शादी हो जाए, यदि नहीं तो निर्धनता व सामाजिक कुरीतियों के चलते उसे अस्वीकार्य रास्तों पर डाल दिया जाता है, जिससे असामयिक गर्भ धारण, उससे संलग्न समस्याएँ, घातक बीमारियाँ इत्यादि उसके जीवन को नर्क बनाने में कोई कसर नहीं छोडतीं।

 

क्या हम अपने किसी दुश्मन के लिए भी ऐसे जीवन की कामना कर सकते हैं? नहीं ना?।

 

ज़रा सोचिए, जिस समाज की तकरीबन आधी जनसंख्या इस तरह निकृष्ट जीवन यापन करती हो, तो क्या वह समाज कभी प्रगति कर सकता है? शायद नहीं…

 

तो क्या हम अपने जैसी ही अपनी बहनों के जीवन स्तर को सुधारने में सहायता नहीं करेंगे?

 

क्यूँ नहीं...बिल्कुल करेंगे ।

 

क्या यह कठिन है?...

शायद है, किन्तु ये पक्का है की असंभव नहीं है।

 

तो चलिये अब हम एक एक चरण में इस समाधान को समझें...

 

-कन्या भ्रूण हत्या के विरुद्ध युद्ध गति से आगे आयें।

 

-अपने आस पास के परिवारों और मित्रों में जितनी अपनी दखल हो, “एक या दो बच्चे बस, चाहे वो लड़का हो या लड़की”, इस प्रथा को आत्मसात कराने का प्रयास कीजिये, और शुरुआत कीजिये अपने स्वयं के घर से।

सबको समझाइए, आज के महंगाई के दौर में एक या दो से अधिक बच्चों का लालन पालन भली प्रकार कर पाना मुमकिन नहीं है।

 

-लड़को-लड़कियों की समान शिक्षा व समान रूप से पालन पोषण हो, ये सुनिश्चित कीजिये।

 

-बचपन से ही बच्चों में चाहे वो लड़का हो या लड़की, स्वावलंबन व ज़िम्मेदारी की भावनाएँ जागृत कीजिये। याद रखिए, बचपन में जो बातें मन में घर कर जाती हैं, उन्हें बाद में बदल पाना अत्यंत कठिन हो जाता है।

रूढ़िवादिता व छोटी सोच से ऊपर उठिए। जो आज आप अपनी बच्ची को सिखाएँगी, वही आचरण वह आगे चल के अपने बच्चों से करेगी।

 

-जितनी उच्च से उच्च शिक्षा बच्चों को दिला सकें यथा संभव प्रयास कीजिये। सरकार द्वारा चलायी जा रही सारी योजनाओं की जानकारी लेते रहें, खास कर बालिकाओं के लिए और उनका लाभ उठाएँ।

 

-लड़की-लड़के दोनों को इस ज़िम्मेदारी का एहसास होना चाहिए की उन्हें अपने बूते पर अपने पैरों में खड़े हो कर आपना संचरण स्वयं करना है।

 

इस चरण पर आ कर आपका कार्य कुछ कुछ सम्पन्न होता है।

 

स्वावलंबी बच्चे अपने जीवन के विषय मे स्वविवेक से निर्णय लेने में सक्षम होंगे, और अब आप उनकी क्षमताएँ देख कर आश्चर्य चकित हो जाएंगी। अब उन्हें अपने जीवन, विवाह, कैरियर और आगे के निर्णय स्वयं लेने दें, सिर्फ हर कदम पर सहायता और यथासंभव मार्गदर्शन दें।

अब आप अपने उस दायित्व को पूर्ण समझें कि आपने देश और समाज को एक समझदार और जिम्मेदार नागरिक दे दिया।

और फिर देखिये, देश प्रगति कि राह पर किस तेज़ गति से अग्रसर होता है....

 

आशा करती हूँ मेरी कुछ बातें मेरी बहनों तक ज़रूर पहुँचेंगी, और देर से ही सही, भोर होगी अवश्य.....
                                                   
                                                            ......आपकी
                                                                 श्रुति

Kooo…..chhuk-chhuk-chhuk…chhuk-chhuk-chhuk….chhuk-chhuk-chhuk…..

Boy, I luv trains!! :)

Vanakkam Maadms and Saars… :)

No no, actually it shud be,

Bhaaaaiyon aur Behenon!!!!!!! Haan is Rakshabandhan ke samay toh ye hi apt lag raha hai, nai?! :)

Haan toh, the festive season has begun, and saal bhar kucchh bhi ho, is samay toh by God, Bhai-Behen ke pyaar aur Bhaiychaare ki intensity dekh kar aankhein hi bhar aati hain!!

Waise apne desh ki population ko dekhte huye toh its quite possible ki kayi behenein toh bhoole-bisre Geet ki tarah ‘ping’ se pop up ho jaati hongi…….Bechare Bhai!!....Bhaichaare ke Maare!!! Siiiigh…..my deepest sympathies…..:)

Anyways, toh mai keh rahi thi, ki if at all you’ve been postponing your train journies due south thinking,”oh!! Not the 24-36 hrs hectic journey!!”or if you hate train journies due to long waits at the stations, or whichever reason, here is why you can go on…

Yes, I am talking about this 9^th Aug Bollywud release, block-buster, SRK-Deepi starrer, under the banner of Red-chillies entertainment, Rohit Shetty’s  “Chhennaai Hxprsss!!” :)

Before I start to say something about it, I want to apologise to Rohit Shetty. However much I try, I am certain to leave out some or the other thing positive from it….just as we say, Hari Anant Hari Katha Ananta……..

Rohit Shetty!! The Golmal series, with the ‘ benchik-marahonde-foslee-chuziyo’ [voiced by Kareena] - type of dialogues filling the movies upto their necks, despite they being entertainers, I wouldn’t place them in the genre of ‘clean’ or ‘good’ movies. I wasn’t expecting anything better in this one either.

No wonder then, that I was in Shock!! With a capital ‘S’…as I went ahead and viewed all of it. Was it the SRK influence??... akin to wat Aamir Khan has on his movies and directors…?? Well well, I just had to find out. How come this movie was Totally, Completely, Entirely so clean, that ppl of all ages, from 8 to 18 to 80 yrs could watch it comfortably and enjoy it too. Ab jaise ki, Last mey, aakhir mey matlab, bole toh  aakhirkaar jab Hero Heroine se apne luv ka izhaar kartaa hai, toh wo bhi indirectly!!! With a resounding, “Because I luv her!!” more as a mandatory ritual, than a  necessity!! :)

Aur isse pehle ki mujhe intractable pain abdomen chaalu ho jaata, I hunted down an interview of Shetty anna himself!! And it was only after that I came to understand everything :)

In his interview he said that wen he was young and made the first of the Golmals and especially the Golmal returns, he thought it was an ok movie and immaturely made fun of ppl and things which he thought were unacceptable, and it was just the rebellious attitude of youth that he went on making the same type of sequels, arrogantly saying he didn’t give a damn wat the critics might say. So,  it was sheer luck then, that the movie worked. To make amends now he had made this one with SRK and Deepika but of course not losing the Shetty Ishhtyle.

Talking of SRK, he completely defies his King Khan, Baadshaah khan, Superstar image, comes out of the Mr High and Mighty garb and plays the very very Vulnerable, endearing Common Man who contrary to the past doesn’t act God or preach, in fact he himself looks upon Deepi dear for his safety.

‘Baagne mey mera bot “ex-PRIEN-ce” aye’.

Deepika…oh Deepika !!!! :)…..ab kya bolu mai!! I was totally smitten by her in this movie, feel like laughing wen compare flicks like Cocktail to this one. Even though it was an action comedy shetty-made, where heroines don’t hav too much to do, it was out and out hers for sure, and she didn’t dissapoint.

The Tamil dialect which she perfected so beautifully was the critical point, made much more difficult in the successful efforts Not to Over do it anywhere and she didn’t :)…she was completely into the character….hats off to her.

Lastly, I want to share some of the moments, without talking abt which, my pain abdomen might return!! :/

-The entry of deepika in the DDLJ style…..but mark her expressions, normally a girl might just hav a smiling shy expression concerned abt her intro shot, but she showed the tense, anxious expressions of her character then, flawlessly…

-Now the real unexpected fun begins wen the Cousins start coming, the Largest one named Chinna!!!! :)))…the music changing into the trumpetting notes, one, then another, then yet another and again…the four gruesome brothers come up saare romaticism ki dhajjiyaan udaate huye and making the audience have a hearty laugh… :)))

-The whole conversation in songs….new concept, which works wonderfully.

-90% dialogues are in Tamil, but with the tight screenplay and flawless actings, we do not feel the need of subtitles….

Though now I do want to learn Tamil and watch it again is another matter!! :)

-The meek meek SRK….great comedy…every little bit is so thoughtfully and intricately worked out…

-When they alight from the train at Komman Gao, did you notice Deepika’s Mogra Veni, all shrivelled up, showing the duration of journey passed….amazing naa… :)

- the confident, ‘Baagne mey mera bot “ex-PRIEN-ce” aye’. :)

-The ace was Deepika’s Dream Sequence!!! My Gawd!!!!!!

......Thangabalee….kittavararee……..whatever…and the full stop with that Kick on the Bums of none other than the Great SRK !!! :)))))

She surpassed every one, even herself in that…..wen she is shown setting the sheet on floor, it seems that some romantic stupidities might follow, and maybe she has a habit of hitting in her sleep, but wat came on, was a total mind-buster….i don’t remember wen I laughed like this before….

“Meenamma, don’t underestimate the power of a- Halwai!!!” 

And in the end she innocently says,”comme, sleep now”….bringing on another bout of laughter. My sonny boy keeps chanting the dialogue,”tu Don ki nahi, Donkey ki beti hai!!”:) “Meenamma, don’t underestimate the power of a- Halwai!!!” :)))

Well well, there are many many more….

So folks, don’t u dare miss the movie…enjoy it and Luv Rohit Shetty, Luv SRK, Luv Deepika, Luv Chinna, Luv Thangabali, Luv Durgeshwar Ardasundaram, Luv Tamil……Luv Bollywud even more….:)

As for me, I take ur leave…..till we meet again…

Happy Rakshabandhan to Bhais and Happy Wasooli to Behens!!!

Bye bye, tk care, Luv u all…..GN :)