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No Visi, it was obvious you and hain were retelling stories that you had heard from your grand parents. Some movies just stay with you for long time. This was one such movie. And I went on a thinking trip that went beyond partition, beyond the issue depicted n the movie. We stay in a bubble for most part, don't we? Far removed from some of the harsh realities of life.
On my way to six flags. One ride on Green Lantern, should get me out of this mood
Dips, there's a reason why escapist fare is the preferred choice of the masses!😆 Nothing like some hair raising rides at six flags to chase away the blues... 😃
I think the reaction of Salim Mirza as a passivist, idealist and dreamer infuriates and baffles his oldest son who is meant to be a stand-in for the audience that feels the same way. I also think some people won't and can't respond to change, so they end up as bystanders and wither away with their hearts broken. That's the beauty of the last scene, Mirza breaks past that listlessness and passivity and jumps in - good or bad!
Visi mentioned the parallels with Gone With the Wind. In some sense Melanie Wilkes is a counterpoint to someone like Mirza. She too resists change and cherishes the genteel past and the old ways. But unlike Mirza she actively fights to hold onto to it and rallies those around her. Hence Rhett Butler's comment when she dies that the South was rebuilt on the strength of women like her. By implication with folks like her gone, so is any hope of the old order surviving.
Rabba Ve ladkis! Happy Memorial Day weekend to those in the US. 🤗
Congratulations, Mumbai Indians fans.👏 It's the passing or an era, but it felt right that Sachin bowed out on a high.
Anupamaa
Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon
