BARFI : The Perfect Masterpiece

Revisiting old Bollywood hits and Remaking successful South Indian films in Hindi language, has emerged as the easiest route to Mega Openings & so called Blockbusters in Indian Cinema today. But quality has taken a serious beating because of this on going trend. You can call it Lack of Proper Content and Scripts, on the other hand many would defend by calling it just the Inspiration. But surprisingly Anurag  Basu's latest release " BARFI " comes like a fresh air among all the routine and boaring work going on in Indian Cinema today. Its an International Quality Cinema, and on many occasions even much better than that.

Story is mostly based around the 1970s of Darjeeling & Calcutta, which revolves around life of a fun loving and cute character named 'Murphy' who has a Speech and Hearing Impairment by birth, (Named by his Mother, after a famous Radio brand "Murphy"). As time passes he get famous by the name Barfi. Suddenly a Kolkata girl  'Shruti' (Played by South Indian Actress lleana D'Cruz) comes in Barfi's life and he instantly fell in love with her. But there is a simple problem. She is already engaged. Under family pressure she marries her rich fiance.  Heart broken 'Barfi'  finds himself in more trouble as his  father's sudden  Kidney failure gives story a new twist and things get even more complicated for him. He needs money for his father's operation so he decides to Kidnap  an Autistic Girl Jhilmil Chattergie ( Priyanka Chopra), who already has her own issues in Life. From here on movie takes you to a Fun and Emotional Ride & you will Cherish each and every moment of it. Crisp editing and intelligent use of flashbacks makes the movie engaging till the very end.

RANBIR KAPOOR is the key. He just deliveres the Best Performance of his Career, an Award Winning Performance indeed. Today when six pack abs & witty dialogues are considered as recipe for a hit in Bollywood, this lean mean gold heart and quite Barfi has left the audience Speechless. Its just amazing how Ranbir has done justice to this role, inspite of not having a single dialogue in the entire movie. No doubt this very role now takes Ranbir Kapoor to a different league in Indian Cinema. He is not just another Star kid now. PRIYANKA CHOPRA also did justice to her role  and her chemistry with Ranbir Kapoor is good. On the other hand lleana D'Cruz has done a great job in her first Bollywood movie. She is already a big Star in South and its definitely a nice start to her Bollywood Career. Music is excellent and it compliments the plot very well. The best thing about this movie is that, each and every character  has fitted in to there roles perfectly,  like pieces of a  puzzle,  and here the entire credit goes to Anurag Basu's Direction ability, who was under lott of pressure after the failure of " Kites ". Yes, few may complain about the long dragged Second Half. Also many are accusing Anurag Basu of lifting some scenes from foreign movies like Notebook, Kikujiro & Charlie Chaplin. But those scenes are embedded beautifully within the plot of 'BARFI' and in my opinion, its nothing less than a tribute to those iconic scenes. In one word, Barfi is an absolute delight. One should not miss this Movie. Films like these are not made very often. A must watch. Its 5 Stars out of 5. 

                                                                                                 

                                                                      By  ' S. Danish Rizvi '                                                                                       

Priorities Of Life

A Philosophy Professor stood before his class and had some Items in front of him. When class began , wordlessly he picked up a large Empty Jar and proceeded to fill it with Rocks about "2" in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full . They agreed that it was. So the Professor then picked up a box of Pebbles and Poured it into the Jar. He shook the Jar lightly. The pebbles Rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. Now the Professor picked up a box of Sand and Poured it into the Jar. The Sand filled up everything else. Now said the professor, I want you to Recognize that this is your Life. The Rocks are the Important things your Family, your Partner , your Health , your Children. Anything that's so important that if its Lost , you would be nearly Destroyed. The Pebbles are the other things that matter like your Job , your House , your Car ... The Sand is everything else, The Small Stuff. If you put the Sand into the Jar First then there is no room for the Pebbles or Rocks. The same goes for your Life. If you spend all your Energy and Time on the Small Stuff, you will never have room for things that are important to you. SO Pay attention to the things that are Critical to your Happiness. Take Care of the Rocks first, Things that Really Matter. Set your Priorities  " THE REST IS JUST SAND " .

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The Weaver

Junaid's Hands were  going Crazy , Fast like a Machine on that Pattern of a Saree , which was going to be sold in  Thousands, some where in International market or a Showroom in some Mall . But he will get Peanuts for something very extraordinary he was doing there . He is a Zardozi Worker , An art of Heavy and Elaborate Embroidery Work Famous in Lucknow City. In Persian " ZAR " means GOLD and " DOZI " means EMBROIDERY so  an Embroidery done with Gold thread was called Zardozi.  So JUNAID Fights Every Day for that little Bit, so that he could Insure a Meal for his Family. He cant Afford to Fall Sick,  as he is on Daily Wages . A Mother and a Sister  to Look after . His Mother Works as Maid in Nearby Houses for Money . But she dint get much so Junaid's work is very Important for there Survival. He wakes up early and  is ready for a Tough day, he has to reach his work place and get going with his work, on that rectangular piece of cloth fitted on a Wooden frame they call "Adda". And he is on it now, Concentration Personified , its really Surprising how can some one be so fast with that small Needle Carving a beautiful pattern on that cloth . He works continuously for six hours on that thing and after a small tea break he works for another three hours on that thing. I cant even look at that thing happening  for more than ten minutes , its boring and tiring to even watch. But he has no choice , he has to do it for the Future of his Family. Every thing depends on him . He is trapped in this misery . But he is not that sad today, as one of his co worker has invited him in a marriage party , finally he will not have to buy food for that day . He has saved some money and now he can afford to get sick for a day at least. They have had a good end to the day . Some good food they had after long time . Junaid is very Tired , he has worked hard today , he has to get some sleep so that he could wake up fresh for another tough day. He gets asleep as soon he got the bed. A Tough day has ended for Junaid and its not going to change tomorrow either. His Mother is Sitting next to him rubbing his forehead slowly and thinking " He is our only Hope " JUNAID IS JUST THIRTEEN YEARS OLD !

                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                               By  ' S. Danish Rizvi '

To Sachin Tendulkar With Love

You Came Like a Blessing to Us
You Destroyed all Records at Will
You Ruled our Hearts
We Cherished Every Moment With You
We Started Seeing Our Pride In You
You Became God For Us
We Were Overwhelmed
You Achieved Your Biggest Dream
But Then , You Became Over Ambitious
You Became Insensitive about Future of Indian Cricket
You Became Greedy for Milestones and Records
You Still Going After It
You Will Achieve It
But At What Cost ?
Sachin Dont Do This , We Love You But , We Want You To Retire With Dignity. Because, We want to Love You Forever !
                                                 Your True Fan ..... S.Danish Rizvi

Count Your Blessings

A Quote by " Dale Carnegie "  Says
         
" I Had The Blues  Cause I Had No Shoes ,
              
 When Upon The Street I Saw A Man Who Had No Feet . "

Dale Carnegie went on to say that about 90 percent of the things in our lives are Right and about 10 percent are Wrong . If we want to be happy , all we have to do is to focus on the Ninety percent that are right and ignore the 10 percent that are wrong . If we want to be worried and bitter and have stomach ulcers , all we have to do is focus on the 10 percent that are wrong and ignore the 90 percent that are glorious.

I want you to right now take out  a sheet of paper and spend about 15 minutes writing everything you are thankful for. When you do this exercise you will realise , just how blessed you are and it will be foolishness to continue to dwell on what you don't have .

So start counting your blessings now . Dont think your blessings dont count ..... !