Feb 07, 2005 10:27 AM
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(Updated Feb 07, 2005 10:27 AM)
Till yesterday I was commenting on this movie based on hearsay , but after watching the movie myself, I understood what the great saints and seers have always said – “Believe in only your eyes, ears, nose , tongue and skin …I mean know about the thing properly and then pass a judgement…use all your senses in order to understand –basically be sensible !”
Well I am going to click on “Yes” – when I’ll be asked by MS whether I recommend this movie to others or not. I recommend it – if you watch the movie with my perceptive – you all have been watching movies from Gulzar’s and Yash Chopra’s perceptive…why not my perceptive ? Just because I am a common woman? Well choice is yours –
It’s the story of Mother India. Ashwairya has been shown here as Mother India.
Ajay Devgan – the true lover of Mother India – the kind of “Freedom Fighters” – who only knew that they love India and have to set her free from slavery. Only drawback that they had was lack of position, knowledge, publicity….basically all that is required to sort out any situation without so much unnecessary blood shed, pain, hurt, tears. He tries his level best by being himself. Simple and truthful. No showy attitude, a decent man who knows his limits and does not take advantage of Ash even when he had all the opportunity.
Ash’s husband is a typical fraud – into Marketing ,some product or something to that effect – who is selfish, liar, cheat and disgusting in real life. Makes money and friends and foes only by lying – kind of a bat – neither an animal nor a bird – wants to have the best of both worlds – sells a product for the Company, promises good after sale service to the consumer – meets his targets and forgets both in order to join some better deal…Selfish. Company makes such people work by giving them incentives like once a year going abroad with family on a holiday – keeping that as a major incentive , the marketing guys work day in and day out !(this Ash tells Ajay while conversing with him btw. – liar husband must be boasting and showing her dreams of a better future)
Through selfish means , he makes money though - Indian Parents seek only Financial security for daughters. Blindly they give away their daughters by seeing the Financial status ! Nothing else ! Why? Because males, in India , are still considered as diamonds….and females – stone chips- those which are required to build a house/roads etc. So even if a male has an awfully bad reputation in the locality or neighborhood, he gets married and continues with his flamboyancy and flirtatiousness …since he is a diamond !! and the wife has to keep mum as he is her Lord Husband – Pati Paremeshwar !!
The above situation still exists in India…and in Wes Bengal – oh! Of course ! in 70% of the families!!
Ajay pays a visit to childhood love (Ash) which could not be consummated into marriage because of Ajay’s unemployment.
Flash back shows that Ajay premonition-nically gets high fever and Ash , on Diwali festival tells him of her engagement to a rich, working, 6 feet tall fellow who had given her diamond ring for engagement – she confesses that she could not stop it this time as everything was perfect (although she had not seen her to be husband)- she was getting married to please her parents basically – they were aging and society norms in India is such that they snigger and sneer at parents who are unable to get their daughter married !
Ajay is heart broken very badly – his friends get him out of his calamity.
The film starts with Ajay meeting one of his friends (one of who had helped Ajay out of his heart break). Ajay’s friend is shown in a flat with all the basic amenities – refrigerator, microwave , geyser, dinning table with butter, cheese ..basically all that makes life comfortable and of course an educated and decent, soft spoken, kind and understanding & docile wife.
Ajay (from Bhagalpur, UP or MP, I do not know) is visiting Kolkata to get some loan from his friends so that he can start business. He is carrying the address of Ash (who lives with her husband in kolkata) in his pocket and shows the interest of meeting her just once – much to his friend’s annoyance . Since it was a rainy season, he was given the raincoat which actually belonged to Ajay’s friend but was being used by their driver Gopi. He accepts it showing disregard to class, status, rich - poor etc.
Ajay’s friend’s wife (hereinafter called AFW), makes his stay comfortable in every respect – a woman who was otherwise shown very happy and comfortable with her life has a past which Ajay can understand. He asked her a question ‘why does a girl cry so much when she leaves her parents…is it for parents or something else?” – they exchange an understanding glance which indicates that she was also in love with someone else before her marriage but got married elsewhere (to his friend ie.) instead. Meaning: material comfort and peace of heart & soul are two different things.
He reaches Ash’s house – rings the bell – she opens it – no look of surprise or happiness, under eye dark circles, saree worn somehow. Said that she was asleep.
Follow the points given below :
Its dark inside Ajay asks her to put on the light – she goes inside and tries to put on generator as there is no light. When ajay asked about the “calling bell” ringing, – she says that then it must be some phase gone kaput coz’ of rain.
Ajay asks her about servants – she says both the servants go as soon as it is afternoon to play cards – since she sleeps in the afternoon, she does not miss them much…then adds that how much ever you pamper the servants – she also bought them a TV – they seldom want to work.
The drawing room is full of old wooden furniture – which ash explains that rich and famous people do not let go of antiques very easily so she has to co-exist with them!
Someone rings the bell but she does not open herself nor does she allow ajay to open it as people in the neighborhood might report to her suspicious husband that his wife was alone in the afternoon with a man. Moreover salesman and girls come to disturb or even thieves might come and rob her !
About husband – she says that he is often touring around Japan or Germany, she does not accompany him coz’ she is bored of such things – she is afraid that she might get locked in the Airplane toilet and would be embarrassed. Husband loves her a lot and pampers her and keeps her very happy! The AC is in the bedroom.
She makes tea for him herself and asks for his raincoat so that she can get some food for him from outside – as she is under strict diet and is only allowed to have “Khichidi”.
She goes out to the shop and Ajay opens the windows to let some air in. suddenly a man with umbrella (anu Malik) asks him to open the door as he was badly in need to go to the loo. Reluctantly ajay opens the door . the man then asks ajay for a cigarette – and makes himself comfortable in the house much to ajay’s surprise. The stranger (was the same one who had rung the bell) makes totally shocking revelations as follows:
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