Yup, I watched "Lage Raho Munnabhai" Eh! I know, you would say 'that's rather late in the day,' but then it was worth it. Gotta chance to watch it at a special screening at Siri Fort Auditorium. Enjoyed the digital experience and the movie, which, of course is a laugh riot that carries a message along with it.
I was truly amazed by the kind of response the movie has generated. You won't believe the kind of blogs I have come across on the net talking about the film's impact and their own 'experiments with truth' after watchining the film! Wanted to write something but not before soaking in the action myself and thankfully my wish was granted. The movie started after much ado, an hour late but when it did, I just could not help but laugh away all the irritation that had seeped in after having sat there for almost an hour. Roars of laughter ripped the air through the entire show. The latest offering of Rajkumar Hirani proves that sequels can do magic provided you don't try to take the story forward from where the original ended. It doesn't work like that always, you know. Hirani's latest offering doesn't let you think of what happened to Munna and his wife Gracy of the original. He uses the same characters but a fresh story, same tapori language and comes up with a total 'paisa vasool' rib-tickling film.
But the flim is more than that.
There are times when a movie goes beyond being simply a movie, it becomes a phenomenon and we're seeing a phenomenon in the making. Suddenly, one finds that the social conditions are begging for new stuff, a change and the success of 'Rang de Basanti' and 'Lage Raho...' has proved that.
Perhaps, we are witnessing a counter culture in movement, a phenomenon where the mall culture is trying to find a way of adjusting to the 'dhoti.' GANDHI who represents the "moral world" and the new world of "dubious morality based on desires" are both suddenly coming together. We're in a world where even morality and ethics is dictated by 'fashion' by 'what's in and what's not,' but with this movie it seems that 'gandhigiri' has broken into that space by being able to find the language of the present, the language of 'desire' to communicate a world of 'morality.' The fact that even a man in a loincloth, thin and weak, can be a hero to the world of the STRONG, the BEAUTIFUL and the YOUNG is in itself remarkable in the present times- it is this ability of the movie, to bridge this contrariness that is its strength.
My favourite scene is where a young girl out to meet her prospective husband is advised by Gandhi via Sanju baba to judge him by the way he treats a man lower than him. An innocuous scene, yet its absolutely moving. And how true!
Having said that, I don't know how much of the message people carry home. We break for refreshments and I find people practically mowing each other down, jostling to make way to the counter and 'grab' the freebies! You wonder, is it really worth it? This entire hullabaloo about meaningful yet entertaining cinema when most of us only carry back home phrases like 'kya bolrela tu mamu' leaving behind a trail of mess.
I guess change truly is a slow process as Gandhi advocates. Anyhow, I read on a blog that some youths in Delhi have already adopted the slogan and written on the back of their cars - 'Gandhigiri wins over Dadagiri'. And guess what! I actually spotted one car on my way to office a last week!
About the AuthorGarima Dutt Garima Dutt is the Web Producer and Web Anchor for IBNLive.com and produces/anchors broadband shows on entertainment etc. She also writes for Ibnlive....Read Morefirst published:September 16, 2006, 13:18 ISTlast updated:September 16, 2006, 13:18 IST
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Finally, I got around to watching the movie that has become an anthem of sorts of the nation what with its name finding mention on almost every blog and article I read on the Internet. (Imagine mine would be the fourth one on IBNLive!)
Yup, I watched "Lage Raho Munnabhai" Eh! I know, you would say 'that's rather late in the day,' but then it was worth it. Gotta chance to watch it at a special screening at Siri Fort Auditorium. Enjoyed the digital experience and the movie, which, of course is a laugh riot that carries a message along with it.
I was truly amazed by the kind of response the movie has generated. You won't believe the kind of blogs I have come across on the net talking about the film's impact and their own 'experiments with truth' after watchining the film! Wanted to write something but not before soaking in the action myself and thankfully my wish was granted. The movie started after much ado, an hour late but when it did, I just could not help but laugh away all the irritation that had seeped in after having sat there for almost an hour. Roars of laughter ripped the air through the entire show. The latest offering of Rajkumar Hirani proves that sequels can do magic provided you don't try to take the story forward from where the original ended. It doesn't work like that always, you know. Hirani's latest offering doesn't let you think of what happened to Munna and his wife Gracy of the original. He uses the same characters but a fresh story, same tapori language and comes up with a total 'paisa vasool' rib-tickling film.
But the flim is more than that.
There are times when a movie goes beyond being simply a movie, it becomes a phenomenon and we're seeing a phenomenon in the making. Suddenly, one finds that the social conditions are begging for new stuff, a change and the success of 'Rang de Basanti' and 'Lage Raho...' has proved that.
Perhaps, we are witnessing a counter culture in movement, a phenomenon where the mall culture is trying to find a way of adjusting to the 'dhoti.' GANDHI who represents the "moral world" and the new world of "dubious morality based on desires" are both suddenly coming together. We're in a world where even morality and ethics is dictated by 'fashion' by 'what's in and what's not,' but with this movie it seems that 'gandhigiri' has broken into that space by being able to find the language of the present, the language of 'desire' to communicate a world of 'morality.' The fact that even a man in a loincloth, thin and weak, can be a hero to the world of the STRONG, the BEAUTIFUL and the YOUNG is in itself remarkable in the present times- it is this ability of the movie, to bridge this contrariness that is its strength.
My favourite scene is where a young girl out to meet her prospective husband is advised by Gandhi via Sanju baba to judge him by the way he treats a man lower than him. An innocuous scene, yet its absolutely moving. And how true!
Having said that, I don't know how much of the message people carry home. We break for refreshments and I find people practically mowing each other down, jostling to make way to the counter and 'grab' the freebies! You wonder, is it really worth it? This entire hullabaloo about meaningful yet entertaining cinema when most of us only carry back home phrases like 'kya bolrela tu mamu' leaving behind a trail of mess.
I guess change truly is a slow process as Gandhi advocates. Anyhow, I read on a blog that some youths in Delhi have already adopted the slogan and written on the back of their cars - 'Gandhigiri wins over Dadagiri'. And guess what! I actually spotted one car on my way to office a last week!
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