That Girl in Yellow Boots

"Who's that girl in yellow boots ? "
"Oh I don't care much. But I like her boots."




Well ,  : P Okay. Watched That Girl in Yellow Boots yesterday. The first thing I noticed about the movie was that it was written by Anurag kashyap and Kalki Koechlin in collaboration. Did you notice it too ? And last thing which struck me was- a question , which I ask you now - does it not remind you of Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov?

A nice movie. Just nice if you see it after Gulaal. Nice and different. As the TOI review tells the plot , you can read it below :

Story: Ruth ( Kalki Koechlin), an illegal immigrant in Mumbai, refuses to return to England unless she finds her father, an Indian who abandoned the family when she was a kid. She works in a massage parlour for her upkeep and tries her best to fend off the local goons who want to take advantage of her situation. With a drug addict as a boyfriend, life doesn't seem too much of comfort, except for the presence of the avuncular Naseeruddin Shah, one of her regular customers. Does Ruth manage to find her father? More importantly, does he turn out to be the ideal dad she had always dreamed of....  (TOI)


What I saw in the movie : - a girl and many sick minds who are possessive about her. Now I am almost on the verge of disclosing the climax. Ahh.. no I won't spoil it. But here is something - Ruth is smart, brilliant and shiny British girl who has a boy friend , who is possessive about her and Naseeruddin Shah who seems like the only genuine person around Ruth also shows his possessiveness at one point , though he covers it with the words - I care about her. 

But what with the Yellow Boots? Why she is shown wearing them all through the movie? And why she is shown as holding them in her hands at the end? Will talk about them later. :)

There is one theme Possessiveness that goes through the movie but it has many facets. And at some points it almost overlaps with Obsessiveness.

All I can say in the end is - I tried to pick up Lolita several times but couldn't go through it , thank you Anurag, though with so many limitations of cinema, you provided us with a better Indian flick of Lolita than what the real Lolita could provide.

And yes, loved her Yellow boots :P

Love, Peace & Happiness : What more can you want? By Rituraj Verma

I knew what does insanity mean long before I had read Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. I knew from where it stems, how it grows and unfolds slowly into the dim light of your own head. When I picked up Rituraj Verma's bright-covered book, "Love, Peace & Happiness : What more can you want?" , I didn't know how to read it? No, I am serious. I have read dozen of books this year already, but I didn't know how to read this particular , since it provided alternative endings to the stories which one can read on web-links given at the end of each story. I was not even sure I would like the beginning. But I liked it. I liked the beginning of the book. The foreword by Smriti Verma, the author's wife. And I knew then I would like the book as well. 

Let's not talk about each story the book presents, for you would come to know yourself when you read them. Since there are many stories in the book and many characters who freely move in and out or make a fleeting appearance in other stories, at the end there may be things rather than the characters, you remember. As the author claims that you might relate yourself to at least one of the characters from the book, well, I would say, it is not necessary that you do so. But you might relate yourself to one Feeling at least. The book is grand basil of feelings put up together,mixed well,stirred well, tasting both sour-sweet at the same time  which definitely leaves a mark somewhere on your mind. 

It is rather weird, but looking at the book, all I remember is a word : Penance. It comes from the story - " The Practitioner of Austerity",  I may not feel akin to the protagonist Aparna, but I feel related to the dark word -  Penance. 

From the very first story of the book, one realizes, things are falling apart. Can one blame the sight of the rare Brahma Lotus at the height of the great Mountain? Or as one progresses, one frowns at the speed life is running. Is the Metro City to blame? But then didn't one choose to live in the same city that he blamed? So is it always a matter of choice? What happens when the choice is between your own desire and your duty? is the answer, duty and penance? is it necessary? Who is not a penitent in the falling-apart world? When we don't have any answer for our present miserable condition, we still have a ready-made answer - the penance.   

Like a pinch of salt that makes the food tastier, a bit of supernatural, fantastical and poetical element enriched these stories of common people. These are in fact common people, made uncommon by their very common emotions and actions. When I finished the book and put it on the table, the title glared back at me, it was rather the sub-title that struck me -" what more can you want?"  I had an instant answer. Insanity. Only...only after you have lost some of your senses, you will realize that Nothing matters. And if nothing matters, you can choose anything, you can choose to love, to live with peace and to enjoy happiness. Just Anything !

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

I am a sinful reader, a sort of, an author may desire or not, at the same time.

If Wuthering Heights is my favorite novel, undoubtedly, Thomas Hardy is my favorite author. Hardy is a brilliant author, who stands at the crossroads of Victorian Literature and Modern Literature. Critics , rightly count him as a Modern writer, or if I may say, the first major Modern Writer and also the first Major writer who faced censorship. Of his all three novels that I have read , 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', 'Jude the Obscure' and 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', I found the last one most moving and poignant tragedy, without the melodrama of 'Jude..' and the overdoing of coincidences in 'The Mayor...'.

There are two things that the title convey - 1. Tess is the protagonist of the novel and 2. Her fate is unwittingly  connected with her ancestry - d'Urberville. The story begins with the discovery on Tess Durbeyfield's father's part that they are actually of the descent of famous and ancient knightly family of the d'Urberville who came from Normandy with William the Conqerer in 1066. After this Great discovery they have become ironically attached to the Dark fate of d'Urbervilles.

In the due course, Tess as well as readers are informed of a rather haunting tale of d'Urberville's non-existent coach(the tale goes as- one of the family of d'Urberville abducted a beautiful lady, who tried to escape from the coach in which he was carrying her off, and in the struggle he killed her , or something like this happened...), whose voice can be heard by one of  d'Urberville blood, and it is held to be of ill-omen to the one who hears it. It has to do with a murder, committed by one of the family, centuries ago. This haunting tale serves as a Foreshadow in the novel. But can one not just Reverse the tale in Tess' case and see it in a light that Tess be the beautiful lady who was abducted and d'Urberville whom Tess killed is the abductor ? But coming out of this ghostly tale, the novel means Much more.

Though Hardy's philosophy be the same in all his major novels, that, 'Happiness is just an interlude in the general drama of pain', here he brutally satirizes the hypocrisy and social conventions of rural Victorians. Tess who was raped by her rich Cousin d'Urberville at an early age of sixteen (or so) , it is she actually who is labelled a criminal and whose execution is demanded to restore justice. Hardy attacks such Irnoy in the last paragraph of the novel -

 'Justice' was done , and the President of the Immortals, in Aeschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess.

Hardy is called a Pessimist. But to me he is not a Pessimist. The one who is fighting with God, he at least believes in the existence of God. And his spirit of fighting only indirectly suggests how eagerly he wants to reconcile with God. He is more frustrated at the hypocrisy of Victorian society. Hardy's sympathy is completely with Tess. He shows Angle Clare as a gentleman who is confused with his Religious beliefs. He sympathizes with him at some length but mocks at him behind his sympathy. He shows him regretting his act of leaving Tess behind in England while he has come to New Zealand. And finally strikes a blow at him when he tries to reconcile with Tess :

His had been a love, 'which alters when it alteration finds.' 



Thus inverting Shakespeare's famous line, love ' does not alter when it alteration finds.' Can one call it pessimism? I have a better name for it - Realism. The more extreme form can be traced in his another inversion , that of Browning's famous line - 'God's in his heaven; and all's right with the world'.  "God's Not in his heaven; and all's wrong with the world."  But again I would rather call it Bitterness than Pessimism.

An artist is also a seer, a visioner, a man with sensibilities, a man who has a big picture of the Universe in his mind rather than just seeing what the eyes see and hearing what the ears hear.

Hardy's tragedies reach up to the level of Shakespeare's tragedies. But instead of an 'error' on character's part. which is a hallmark of a Shakespearean tragedy, in Hardy's tragedies, the characters fall at the hand of merciless Society and disinterested Divine Power. Though they are not of Royal lineage in Hardy as they are in Shakespeare but they are humble and with " more sinned against than sinner ". They win our sympathies in their fight with all Powerful Fate and win our heart in showing their Grace even at the worst moments.

Tess makes all the more a gripping tale because it has universal relevance. The way d'Urberville rapes her and laughs away his mistake, the way Angle disowns her although it was he only who persuaded her to marry him, the way d'Urberville blames her to attract him again with her beauty, the way d'Urberville succeeds to persuade her and so on... 

But the most beautiful and perhaps unexpected part for a Hardy's reader is the ending of the novel. In spite of its gloomy ending , it surprisingly leaves us light hearted (shall I call it a Cathartic Effect?). When I finished it, it instantly reminded me of 'Gunaahon ka Devta', by Dharmveer Bharti. There can not be any comparison between the two books though. Again , of the three novels I read of Hardy, Tess is most realistic and balanced one. Tess gets what she deserves at the end at least. And it is much due to the 'changed' Angel Clare, who gets rid of his state of confusion and does not judge Tess. 

P.S. - Some tragedies have enlightening effect, they do not leave us hopeless but more hopeful, for ' what has to come will come', there is only one thing you can live by and that's Hope. 

Gulaal – My Perspective

(While the words ringing in my ear - )

ye duniya agar mil bhi jaye to kya hai ...

 An impressive movie with a remarkable beginning and a little experiment with narrative. After a long gap, that of a week almost, suddenly the images from the movie have began to flip in my mind.

The whole mood of the movie is Disillusionment, and it is also one of its prominent themes. The Rajputanas of Rajasthan are disillusioned after Independence. They realize that their sacrifice, their blood, their treasure has all been wasted. They have not been given the Rights, the Reverence, the Privilege that they deserved. The Rajputs are only giving voice to the general disillusionment felt by everyone after Independence. Moreover, their agony has been highlighted by the fact that the Democracy or Government is doing the Same Thing that they have been accused of. And so,  we all agree. 

The political disillusionment is soon shifted to the disillusionment in all spheres of life : friendship, love, filial relations. Dilip Kumar is the one, trapped in all sorts of disillusionment. Beginning with his enrollment as a Law Student, paradoxically he ends up doing Unlawful actions. He is again disillusioned when he gets to know the Real Politics behind much simple looking college elections for college development. And at last, his disillusionment with Love.

One of the achievements of the movie is - it is symbolical - and the symbol is so well woven that only a critical and observant eye can catch it. Kay Kay Menon is outstanding while Ransa deserves much accolades. Piyush Mishra plays the Elizabethan Fool to the Court and King, here represented by  Kay Kay Menon. The songs of the movie are Poetry in its best progressive movement tone (*). 

There is a sort of Mass Mania in the movie. A mass mania, I would say, is, when common sense has been  given up for a foolish purpose by a certain group. The first thing that hit me was, a different side of Politics. Apart from all mania, stupidity, impossible and almost laughable purpose of Politics shown in Gulaal , the striking thing is , it is shown, grossly at the grass root level - College politics. Where the movies like Singham, Gangajal, Rajneeti, show you the Climax and End, from a very common perspective, of the Honest Policeman or Honest Game-playing Rajneta- Gulaal takes you back to the Beginning - the College Elections - the most hideous side of Politics.  

Another fascinating thing about the movie is - its Title. Such a title invites number of interpretations, which is a pleasure to a searching mind like me. What Gulaal represents? Gulaal is the red color powder used in the Hindu festival - Holi. Thus it is symbolizes happiness, fraternity and love. But have you noticed Gulaal has been used since ages by Revolutionaries? Gulaal, in much Indian sense, also symbolizes Revolution. I have noticed one more thing these days, in all Hindu dharmik yatra or Julus , in which people dance in frenzy, Gulaal has been used, then, does it also symbolize Mania, Frenzy?  Of course, the red color is a dynamic color - representing Contradictory emotions - On one hand, Anger, Hatred, Blood and one other hand,  Love, passion, revolution. One color - many faces. That makes it just a perfect Title.

Well, look at the poster carefully.

(*) - Progressive Movement in Poetry of Hindi Literature was affected by Marxist Movement of Europe, Political turbulence at home and as a reaction of Chhayavaadi Kaavya. The most efficient representative of this Poetry is Ramdhari Singh Dinkar , and one of his most famous lines are - ' Sinhasan khali karo ki Janta aati hai...' , which was used by Jay narayan Prakash as a motto for his revolution. 

Gulaal - Thoughts on my Mind

Just watched Gulaal.



Thoughts on my mind -

1.) Gulaal is a good movie.

2.) At least , it Provokes.

3.) Piyush Mishra ; eh ! he is a Man !!!

4.) Songs - Would have to Read the Lyrics, (as one had to do with the lyrics of Rockstar's songs) that's a compliment, isn't it. And well... the beats will remain for long in the heart. They are very conventional and yet afresh, anew aroma lingers about them - a compliment that even Rockstar missed.

5.) Ground-level Politics - that was the first striking thing.

6.) Violent , abusive, rash, coarse - and yet a poetic feeling wraps them all. Credit goes to the - Symbolism, Dark Characters, Madness, Tragedy ??

7.) Nothing is made up, added for flavor - what is , it is.

Second Thoughts -  


1.) Read about Anurag Kashyap - his life is itself like a movie, interesting ! inspiring !


2.) Madness always adds a poetic touch to the life, literature and movie. Madness mirrors the life within - incoherent, inconsistent and irrational.


3.) The place of Ransa is the Post-Modernism Alive. Bob Marley with Pornographic light effects, sharp red-Green erotic lights, with frames all over the walls. Its not just to create a dark-lusty atmosphere but to emphasize the underlying Plotting and Deceit. 

King Lear and 'an ordinary old man'

Every old man is a King Lear, said Goethe once. But I would rather say, Every old man must be a King Lear.

It is in fact painful to see if an old man is a King Lear half a way and very much an ordinary man , rest his life. I don't know if it was good to read literature. Literature, out a way, did nothing good to me. I keep on meeting Symbols on my way, finding parallels hopelessly and remembering experiences from revered poet's and writer's works. Every day looking at my granddad the lines echo in my ears - 'where palsy shakes a few sad last gray hairs.' or 'when you are old and gray and full of sleep.' What good it is to be alive and be dependent. But I think of King Lear often. It is good to be alive if you are going to have some realizations.

But 'an ordinary old man' is one who : Like King Lear, has lots of Ego, has Dreams for old age, has few good friends, misunderstands one of his child, experiences Ingratitude on other's part and is doomed to a dark fate. And Unlike King Lear , he is thoughtless, repeating mistakes, doesn't realize his mistakes till ends.

Only if 'an ordinary old man' was a King Lear , he would be , in spite of his Ordinariness , 'every inch a King'. Sometimes it is irritating to be with an old man and more because you have read poets and writers about old age , that they disliked being old and they still have immortal yearnings and poetical thirst of knowledge. It is irritating when you are full of Lofty thoughts about old age and what all you get at the end is 'an ordinary old man' dying 'an ordinary death.' You realize you lived in a different world of poetry and imaginations. Because the old age reflected in poetry is still some graceful than the old age seen in reality, let alone experiencing it.

It seems King Lear doesn't exist these days. The towering figure, every inch a king, with capacity to bear the Ingratitude and Storm and a courage to Die... when the reason to live has died.

It is, good to know when to quit Gracefully. 

Between and Beyond : An Impression of two movies - The Piano and The Reader

I deliberately chose a movie. It turned out to be The Piano. I liked something in it at the first glance, I don't know what it was. But I chose a terrible day to watch it. I must confess, I was already lost that day and I couldn't get much out of the movie. The next day early in the morning when the sky was quite blue, blue like the ocean, the movie slowly came upon me. Every scene began to roll in my head and as if I were a Piano myself, knots began to play in me.

No, I am not allowed to be poetic here. For the more prosaic side, I would say, the movie reminded me of another compelling story, The Reader (2008). Why? I guess you would know it only if you watch both movies with a long forgetful gap in between.

To quote IMBD summary of The Reader, " Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial. " Well it is about love. Love which creeps you in a strange way. It creeps you in through a dark passage of desire, passion and anything but Platonic Love.

And the summary of The Piano goes like this , " A mute woman along with her young daughter, and her prized piano, are sent to 1850s New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, and she's soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation. " (IMBD)

Lust? Is it the keyword? But it isn't just Lust - 

George Baines: Ada, I'm unhappy. 'Cause I want you. 'Cause my mind has seized on you and can think of nothing else. This is why I've suffered. I am sick with longing. I don't eat, I don't sleep. So, if you have come with no feeling for me, then go. Go. Go. Get out. Leave!  (The Piano)

I feel am quite powerless to say about both movies. But I do feel about them, I feel about them differently. I read them through my colored senses. And all I read is - Passion. Whether for Piano, a quest to one's own voice or for Letters, uneasiness over one's mortal flaw. Have you ever been ashamed of something? So much so that you put your life in brackets? The Reader is a story of such a character who prefers confinement to reveal a shameful secret - that she can not Read. 

The crux of both movies is love and yet it is not just the love. The movies revolve around strong Female characters who can just not let go of something so Precious, though they can let go of anything else. Ada, in The Piano, let go of her Self, allows Baines to ... do something with her while she plays the Piano. It is a deal. But isn't it more than a deal? One finds the answer when Ada , after he has returned her Piano, being restless, goes to Baines, only to Slap him hard and submit herself again, this time Unconditionally. The Reader is more complex to understand. I watched it perhaps an year or two back. And now I realize I hadn't understood much at that time. 

The human quality and touchiness of both the movies is just enough to make you leave in trance. And when in this trance the words like Lust and Love echo in your mind, you know it, you know there is something between the Lust and Love - something between and beyond...

Howard's End

There can be no perfect season for watching a movie than , when you are ill. It is the most refreshing thing to bring sunshine upon your gloomy day. And especially when you are all by yourself. So today I watched Howard's End, based on the novel by E.M.Forster. Not as promising as A Passage to India , but it was a good one time watch movie. Specially for the sake of nice story and its Wonderful Setting.

Its strange, my love for England even goes back to the days I didn't know what England exactly is. I knew only one name London, which fascinated me a lot. England's landscape has an air of romance but deep gloom, a mysterious combination indeed. Whether you watch Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre or Howard's End - where British landscape comes to its fullest charm, you would find an unflinching gloom hanging over. May be its climate, but may be its much more. May be its the sense of inevitable Tragedy that looms over...?

Though Howard's End does not end tragically, you don't feel very happy in the end. However ends the story - there is always a sense of tragedy deep beneath. Be it Howard's End, Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre. Although all three of them ends on a happy note - that end was built up on such a sharp edge of tragedy that only you remember is, something remarkable happened - beyond Happiness or Tragic.

a still from "Howard's End"

a still from "Howard's End"

The Dirty Picture - A Re-view is always Necessary

Just watched The Dirty Picture. Should have watched it earlier. The first thought during the movie was - "wish could watch such a movie everyday". No I am Serious .

If she had been a part of my life, I would not be able to bear Silk for a moment. But who isn't Silk in the dark... in the very very dark of her hearts? Let me tell you her problem - she is a danger-est , if its superlative is allowed, combination of Desires , Talent and Confidence.



The movie has one achievement - you can not either appreciate or criticize Vidya's character. If you appreciate - you are a hypocrite. If you are criticizing , you are a fool. And still more - she leaves you in hangover, showing both her sides, the dark one more sharply, you feel worthless as a judge.

The movie has two souls. One resides in the powerful Acting of Vidya Balan who definitely deserves accolades for it and another is in the Dialog. Every dialog of the movie was a hit or say did hit - hit all those writers, makers and viewers out there.

All of this crap I wrote above there, I couldn't say what I actually wanted to. Anyway. Only a few eluding words would do for now -

The desires whisper their each breathe
In the crevices of her Silk sierra ... 

Black Swan

>>> 1
I just want to be perfect. (Nina)


The Black Swan, a psychotically nightmarish movie, is directed by Derran Aronofsky. The story Line of the Black Swan goes like this , " Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her. Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures  " ( IMBD )




In every synopsis they keep referring to the 'dark side'. But what is this? Everyone knows what the White Swan is for. But what about the Black Swan? Is it like Typical Black and Evil? I don't think so. The Black here doesn't refer to the bad and evil. Black Swan is a symbol of desires. The desire may not be Dark always. It can be anything. Like, a wish to be the Swan Queen. The White Swan is beautiful, fragile, shy, fearful. It would want to become the Swan Queen but at the same time, feel guilty about Taking someone else's place. 

Black Swan is Id - the desires. White Swan is Super Ego - the control and discipline. White Swan says to itself - Behave Yourself. While The Black Swan says - Live a Little. White Swan wants to be Perfect but it is not possible until it recognizes its Twin, the Black Swan. Because Perfection requires Amalgamation of Both the Sides of your Being. 

"Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go. Surprise yourself so you can surprise the audience. Transcendence. And very few have it in them. " 

Hats Off - To Andres Heinz who wrote the original screenplay "The Understudy" , on which the Black Swan is based.

P.S. - If I would go on talking about it , I would land somewhere else. The movie has terribly changed something in me. I feel the kind of Second Birth thing with me. If someday, I get a chance to make a movie, it would be like Black Swan. 

Kahani - Beneath the Story and more...

Did you ever wonder how often you make up stories around you? Sometimes to feel good and most of the times to escape from reality. And sometimes you make them for something good. To release yourself or To get yourself again.

I just watched a splendidly movie, Kahani,  starring Vidya Balan. If you are expecting me to talk about movie's story I am sorry you will be disappointed. Actually there is nothing much in the story. It is a kind of a puzzle game. But if you look beneath the story you will find the essence there.

God must have had a story in His mind before creating Adam. He must have all in His mind. About Satan's revolt, Eve's mistake, Fall from Grace and motion of the World. He is the Greatest Story Maker. Man , since he is born of God's part, has the same quality since the beginning. Story telling is among the oldest Arts. It is a human nature. Whatever we speak about,  is our side of story and unknowingly we weave an intricate web of stories around us.

But what if it is about the Stories you tell to yourself rather than to others? Things become quite complicated. The Stories begin to weave you. They begin to take your place and control your whole being. And when you try to run away from them they follow you and... its a never ending game. But once you realize , which is very challenging, that they are the stories which play a vital role in taking care of your healthy social life, you create some Distance and Adjust the version of story according to your Real Life.

Such made up stories are good as long as you are at distance. They help you to reach, what you deserve. Sometimes you get emotionally attached to the Made up story. Sometimes in spite of knowing the fact it is a made-up story, you face a dilemma, you feel guilty about ditching the character of Made-up story. You feel somewhere deep inside you are in wrong.

 It is like- You are intimate with a close friend in spite of knowing the fact s/he is not your Love or would be. Intimacy is 'Hell' not wrong and specially when it is not Fake. But you are convinced that it is. And so you keep feeling guilty about it.

Everything said above is also a Story. Since its not a universal truth which is same for everyone. Its an experience. You might have experienced it or not. But the truth is - sometimes you have to Anti-Condition or Condition yourself because not everything is conditioned by situations or society and whatever is, does not always reflect your personal Truth.

Kahani

Creating Happiness Around - on fav TV Characters

I tried a lot, I don't know why, but I tried not to love TV serials and their characters, one-side of still developing Brain forced me not to waste my time on silly serials. But finally I have accepted that I can't help but fall in love with stories and characters around me. Few such characters are -

1. Khushi Kumari Gupta "Singh Raizada' (from Is Pyar ko kya Naam doon? on Star Plus)-

She is a girl who is fun to observe but yesterday suddenly I found her inspirational. In spite of extreme adversary situations, she decides to play Holi and tries (TRIES) to create happiness around. She is very innocent and an ardent believer of goodness. She is always prepared for - one more fight and yet she is so childlike that with her innocence she wins everyone's hearts.

* No need to say that I find the hero of the serial , Arnav Singh Raizada, dashing, attractive and completely a character who is - You can Love me, Hate me, But can't Ignore me. ;)

2. Priya Sharma Kapoor (from Bade Acche lagte hain on Sony TV) -



Now! since the serial has begun, everyone around me has complemented (at least to me its a complement) that Priya is my replica. Too many things are common between us. For example, Scholar of English Literature, dedicated to and love for family, stopped dreaming about future, adjusting, sacrificing, sensitive, thinks a lot, ready to fight :P Alright enough sugar-coating the self. :P
Priya Sharma is a girl who has no aspirations for herself. She is always thinks of her family first. Even her marriage is a compromise to make her family happy, but she is lucky, she falls in love with her husband. She knows, she recognizes when the Love knocks her door. Again, 'Creating Happiness Around' is her mantra like Khushi. And to be true, may be not in every sense, but still in many, I identify myself with her. For instance, her father's view about her fits on me too, ' Priya chhoti chhoti cheezon me khushi dhundh leti hai' (She finds happiness in little things of life.)

Other characters like Gopi from Saath Nibhana Saathiya and Radhika from Chhoti Bahu seems to me the Type characters. There is rarely any conflict but if there is  it is too remote that one can not easily identify with it. Radhika was an earthly character in the beginning of the serial but she is made too unearthly now. She has won evils of the numdane world with her devotion and Bhakti of Krishna. Coincidently Gopi is too devoted to Krishna but she is too innocent and it is her only weapon in this evil world.

Again, when I say I am attracted to Khushi and Priya, its very psychological. Either I identify myself with them or unconsciously I want to become like them, especially in the case of Khushi. Khushi is an extrovert which I was never in my life. So watching  these characters is a kind of a psychological need for me. Aw that's too obvious isn't it. :) But I guess need to vomit out this fact was another psychological need for me.
Anyway, with another side of TVserials, that they are stretched to an intolerable limit, makes you weary. But till you are fed well and healthy, feed on.