Remember the last time you were in your kind of a setup watching a film - you and the other in the same place doing the same thing the lead hero does. By just a dialogue, a scene, a song, the girl in the film, the hero that the sense of nostalgia runs down your spine making you feel, break into tears looking at the screen? 'Haider' does me just that.
A film I watch everytime I'm so down in life. Times when you remember things close to your heart, which makes you feel the most.
I start watching 'Haider'.
The movie starts with a man(in spectacles) along with a few men armed reaching a place. He says, "Risak toh lena hi padega" (we have to take a chance) indicating the need to operate the bullets. "Par kahan"(but where) asks the militant. "MERE GHAR PE"(at my place) says Doctor Sahab.
(We are in Kashmir where there is always a contradiction between people and militants. And on any benefit of doubt, the person's house is shot with missile launchers leaving their wives half-widowed - 'Aadhi beeba' as Tabu says).
Next scene: Two men in a boat peering the lake with an unconscious man lying in it. An old man in a small bot blazing hookah lake-keeping in the middle of the lake.
Next morning there is an alarm indicating all the village men have to get out of their houses for a security check. Doctor Sahab knowing the consequences asks Mouji(mum) to take care of herself. "Haider ka kya hoga"(What about Haider) interrogates beeba for the last time. In a pleasing voice he says "Khuda hai uska"(His lord's with him) and leaves. And joins a queue of men to pass through a jeep where an officer will blow the horn ok seeing the disloyal men to be put into the detention centres.
A series of rounds fired followed by a giant missle launched into a house.
Reverberating violin score and then the title appears"Haider".
Dark fade in and a trail of light gradually appearing and when the bus is out of the tunnel Shahid appears. His entry is enough charismatic for one to feel the positive vibe and energy. And when he says 'Islamabad' you already start feeling the energy - the power Vishal (ji) delivers through the voice of Shahid. One which is so divine in itself. Eye to eye contact. 18mins already and I shut my pic down.
I'm already feeling the pain, the energy, the feelings of a guy who is looking for his father who is marked disappeared in police records yet is ignorant of the truth . And when he says 'Pura Kashmir kabristan hai mere dost'(The entire city is a mortuary) you're almost broke that this song follows where on many occasions he is gets weaker and weaker.
Imagine you're broke, you are alone, you are strong, you are risking your life, yet you decide to push yourself up for one last time and then YOU FAIL. Bhardwaj shows exactly that.
The very charming Shahid cries, cries to his mother, his girlfriend, among his friends, gets beaten by his girlfriend's brother and then seeks revenge. His father's assassin is lying down in the snow, legs cut, almost dead - yet he chooses to leave him as such. In between his father's words to seek revenge and Mouji he chooses the right. And there leaves you Vishal between wrong and right - in the theatre, in your room, in tears.
Today when I see Shahid receive Filmfare award for the best actor, I almost cry. Just how I did watching him cry in the movie. I remember all the respect I owe for Vishal. I respect Shahid for having able to follow his heart. I will never be able to thank Vishal Bhardwaj for how many times had he inspired me.
"While we were shooting for Queen, we did not have our own studio. We only had fares for tickets and we had to shoot in Paris. The shoot did start in time and we did finish the shoot in the given time" said Vikas Bahl whose Queen won the best film category. These people never fail to inspire me - on how productive and better works can be made of the limited resources. Like how Rajat Kapoor's 'Ankon Dekhi' which many don't even know as a film won him the best story and movie critics.
In the end, however mainstream Indian Cinema/life is. There is always good things up for the good ones. Wait for the right time to come.
Watch the last 30mins of Filmfare awards for more inspiration.
A film I watch everytime I'm so down in life. Times when you remember things close to your heart, which makes you feel the most.
I start watching 'Haider'.
The movie starts with a man(in spectacles) along with a few men armed reaching a place. He says, "Risak toh lena hi padega" (we have to take a chance) indicating the need to operate the bullets. "Par kahan"(but where) asks the militant. "MERE GHAR PE"(at my place) says Doctor Sahab.
(We are in Kashmir where there is always a contradiction between people and militants. And on any benefit of doubt, the person's house is shot with missile launchers leaving their wives half-widowed - 'Aadhi beeba' as Tabu says).
Next scene: Two men in a boat peering the lake with an unconscious man lying in it. An old man in a small bot blazing hookah lake-keeping in the middle of the lake.
Next morning there is an alarm indicating all the village men have to get out of their houses for a security check. Doctor Sahab knowing the consequences asks Mouji(mum) to take care of herself. "Haider ka kya hoga"(What about Haider) interrogates beeba for the last time. In a pleasing voice he says "Khuda hai uska"(His lord's with him) and leaves. And joins a queue of men to pass through a jeep where an officer will blow the horn ok seeing the disloyal men to be put into the detention centres.
A series of rounds fired followed by a giant missle launched into a house.
Reverberating violin score and then the title appears"Haider".
Dark fade in and a trail of light gradually appearing and when the bus is out of the tunnel Shahid appears. His entry is enough charismatic for one to feel the positive vibe and energy. And when he says 'Islamabad' you already start feeling the energy - the power Vishal (ji) delivers through the voice of Shahid. One which is so divine in itself. Eye to eye contact. 18mins already and I shut my pic down.
I'm already feeling the pain, the energy, the feelings of a guy who is looking for his father who is marked disappeared in police records yet is ignorant of the truth . And when he says 'Pura Kashmir kabristan hai mere dost'(The entire city is a mortuary) you're almost broke that this song follows where on many occasions he is gets weaker and weaker.
Imagine you're broke, you are alone, you are strong, you are risking your life, yet you decide to push yourself up for one last time and then YOU FAIL. Bhardwaj shows exactly that.
The very charming Shahid cries, cries to his mother, his girlfriend, among his friends, gets beaten by his girlfriend's brother and then seeks revenge. His father's assassin is lying down in the snow, legs cut, almost dead - yet he chooses to leave him as such. In between his father's words to seek revenge and Mouji he chooses the right. And there leaves you Vishal between wrong and right - in the theatre, in your room, in tears.
Today when I see Shahid receive Filmfare award for the best actor, I almost cry. Just how I did watching him cry in the movie. I remember all the respect I owe for Vishal. I respect Shahid for having able to follow his heart. I will never be able to thank Vishal Bhardwaj for how many times had he inspired me.
"While we were shooting for Queen, we did not have our own studio. We only had fares for tickets and we had to shoot in Paris. The shoot did start in time and we did finish the shoot in the given time" said Vikas Bahl whose Queen won the best film category. These people never fail to inspire me - on how productive and better works can be made of the limited resources. Like how Rajat Kapoor's 'Ankon Dekhi' which many don't even know as a film won him the best story and movie critics.
In the end, however mainstream Indian Cinema/life is. There is always good things up for the good ones. Wait for the right time to come.
Watch the last 30mins of Filmfare awards for more inspiration.
