Wake-up call for Youth of India!!!

"RANG DE BASANTI"

Starring : Amir Khan (DJ), Alice Patten (Sue), Soha Ali Khan (Sonia), Laxman (Atul Kulkarni), Siddharth (Karan), Sharman Joshi (Sukhi), Madhavan (Ajay), Kunal Kapoor (Aslam)

Music by A.R. Rehman

Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

A thought-provoking movie, young at heart!!!

The film revolves around a group of five friends in college who are into everything except studies. “Apni to paathshala, MASTI ki paathshala.”- This can be seen in the first half of the movie. Best thing about the first half of the movie is that you can relate your college life with their’s.

None of the five friends in the movie had any definite aim in their life nor was anyone trying hard to achieve anything great, which is quite true for current generation of youth (including me).

On one side we always keep on saying “India is the best”, “I’m proud to be Indian” etc etc… and on the other side we keep on cribbing about Corruption, Dirty Politics, Religious Extremism, Caste System, and what not!!! But have we ever thought “What have we done to improve any of these?” Leave alone of doing something to improve the situation but truth is that we ourselves are part of the corrupt system. I’m sure that whoever is reading this has definitely bribed his/her way out to get some favors. I would accept that yes I have done that quite a lot of times, be it in train to get reserved seat, or bribing a traffic cop, bribing for quick processing of the passport, bribing with dollars to get custom clearance at airport and the list is endless. I guess everyone including me would continue to do the same. But I'm also sure that if we all take small steps to improve ourselves one day things would automatically fall into place.

Coming back to the movie every character has given a great performance. A.R.Rehman is at his best in the music. All of the songs fit into the movie and you never feel like songs are burden. Background score is great. Kudos to Rehman for RDB. My personal best is “Rubaroo” and “Pathshala”. “Tu Bin Bataye, Mujhe Le Chal Kahi...” sung by Madhushree, Naresh Iyer is getting on to me, very nice and pleasant song, real soothing :-).

Second half of the movie is entirely different from the first half. It is more about the realization of actual world, how ruthless this world can be. Movie takes a dig at petty politics and shows how the death of one of the best pilot of Indian Air Force is used for political mileage. Even after he laid down his life to protect few innocent souls he is rewarded with a bad name, and was branded as a reckless pilot.

I’m not going to write the entire story because it’s better to watch the movie rather than reading the review. Especially a novice like me cannot do any justice to a soul-stirring movie like “Rang De Basanti”.

So go and watch the movie if you haven’t done so. Because I’m going in for the second time.

JAI HIND!!!

Some Love Quotes!!!

• It's amazing how someone can break your heart, but you still love them with all
  the little pieces.
• Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
• The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
• You never really stop loving someone. You just learn to try to live without them.
• They say time heals all, but without you by my side, time stands still.
• Trying to forget someone you loved is like trying to remember someone you never knew.
• If two past lovers can remain friends, either they never were in love or they still are.
• Love is giving someone the power to destroy you...but trusting them not to.
• I wish I had the guts to walk away from what we had. But I can't because I know you won't come after me, and that's what hurts the most.
• I was finally getting over you and actually believing I didn't need you. I was finally accepting you had another guy. Then you smiled at me and ruined it all.
• After I fell in love with you, I fell in love with my life.
• GREAT LOVE: It's when you shed tears yet you still care; it's when you're ignored yet you still long; it's when she begins to love another yet you still smile and say "I'm happy for you."
• I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry.
• I'm trying really hard not to cry over you because every tear is just one more reminder that I don't know how to let you go.
• What do you do when the only one that can make you stop crying, is the person who made you cry?
• It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone -- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
• They say loving you is my biggest mistake but how can it be so wrong if it feels so right? If ever I made a mistake, its not that I love you, its thinking that someday you'll love me too...
• In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.
• Don't say you love me unless you really mean it, because I might do something crazy like believe it.
• Should I smile because we are friends? Or cry because we'll never be anything more?
• Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry.
• If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours. If it does not come back, it was never meant to be.
• Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you’re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU... The one who turns to his friends and says, "That’s her"....
• It's only after someone is gone do you realize how much you miss them...
• To the world you may be but one, but to one you might be the world.
• Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened!
• If you can’t get someone of your mind they are probably supposed to be there.
• It's funny how big of an impact you have on me. It's like when I see you, you don't even have to speak...all you can do is smile, and it can make my day, and then that's how I remember my reasons for loving you.
• "My friends are always telling me to move on, to give up. But why? Why should I? They don't see you the way that I see you. They don't look into your eyes and see the world. Why would they understand? They can't possibly imagine what it means to look at your best friend and see all their hopes and dreams come true. I wish for once, just once, they could walk a mile in my shoes. But they wouldn't need to walk that far, they would just take one step and suddenly, they would take back every bit of 'getting over you' advice they had ever given me and realize you're my life, you were meant for me, and that moving on or giving up is simply not an option."
• A guy out there was meant to be the love of your life, your best friend, your soul mate, the one you can tell your dreams to. He'll smile at you, but he'll never laugh at your heart. He'll brush the hair out of your eyes. Send you flowers when you least expect it. He'll stare at you during the movies, even though he paid $8 to see it. He'll call to say goodnight or just cause he is thinking of you. He'll look in your eyes and tell you, you're the most beautiful girl in the world, and for the first time in your life, you'll believe it.
• If you truly love someone, then the only thing you want for them is to be happy....even if it’s not with you.
• Now, thanks to you... I'm scared to fall in love again. First of all, you broke my heart when I expected you to be the last one to do it. And now I'm left with my heart broken and in pieces and you don't even bother to notice. It's sad because all along I thought you knew me better than everyone else....but now I am starting to wonder if you even knew me at all.