Yes, that's precisely what I felt. Why do I exist if I cannot make a change, if I cannot try and improve the current state the country is in? And the movie gives hope, hope that good exists, hope that we are progressing in our beliefs, hope that we will remove the biases and prejudices of caste and creed and live together harmoniously.
And after watching a gem of a movie like this one, it seems bollyworld isn't dead after all.
It has all hard hitting facts. And yes they hit you hard in the face. These are the facts you have all seen and/or experienced at one time or another. Do we believe in goodness? No, we believe in doing unto others what they have done to us. But this movie teaches differently.
It starts with a very funny and cleverly told story which says "You know why I believe God exists? I have proof because I went to India. There is so much hatred there. A hindu hates a muslim and the muslim hates a hindu. A car driver hates an autorickshaw wallah. A person residing in a state hates people who have come from a different state. Now when there is so much hatred, but yet the country is progressing...it has to be God who is working this wonder!" This gives you a gist of the movie right. Yes, that's precisely what the movie hits at.
Every aspect is very well portrayed. All the characters are well built and they have enacted their roles extremely well. Credit goes to the director for the same. There are a couple of parallel running stories that seem to be independent. But all the threads reach a common point. It is a story of one day in the life of Mumbai.
The dialogues are very precise and to the point and have an everlasting effect on your mind. Consider these "Bura majhab nahi hota, insaan hota hai", "Jisne is daur ke insaan ko paida kiya hai, wo mere bhi khuda ho, manjoor nahi".
Every story has a different issue associated with it. Just because a person residing in a different region in the same country, migrates to another region in the same country doesn't give anyone the right to ridicule him. The country is one. Every Indian is at home whether he resides in Maharashtra or Bihar. Being rich does not give you the power to buy another individual's self respect. Neither does it give you the right to ridicule someone poorer than you. Being poor doesn't label you as a thief. Similarly being a muslim doesn't label you as a terrorist.
It is because we play the blame game, that we never really look at our own faults.
Why is it that we have failed to trust anyone these days? It is only because of some few selfish individuals who have planted seeds of hatred in the heart of the innocent that the country has to come to a state where we cannot trust even our own parents.
The movie has a happy ending, and it is very much needed because it gives us a hope that the current state is about to change.
I recommend a must watch! It is a serious movie, but it leaves you all charged up and looking forward to a bright future for the country!
indeed Brilliant movie
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