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Well, this is the third consecuitive movie review type of article in this blog and not much of a surprise cus i dont write blog entries until somethin or someone impresses me..so Again it was a case of an off beat movie throwing me in raptures...and set my mind thinking and for a fleeting while my heart racing towards the reformist path...ofcourse the mind took over and postponed any reformist streak for later cus it had more pressing demands to be met in the next month..
Ok goin to the movie review....
Outstanding Treatment of a topic which has not been seen in Indian cinema, about a Page 3 journalist and her journey seeking meaning in her profession....The movie is a parody on the lifestyles of the rich and famous and how hollow their lives are...How values take a backseat on the pretext of doing "business" and how some journalists ARE meaningful....
Man, the scenes are bound to create a lasting impact on the viewer and some disturbing incidents shown in the movie set me thinking on whether a few of our own people mite bite the perilous path to fame and slip on the road to so called success...
Well, if you got 2 hrs time jus rush and watch the movie...u wont be disappointed...
Man, This Madhur Bandharkar rocks...so too Atul Kulkarni....short but a memorable role...

Hope I see quite a few happy viewers of Page 3 in this blog....Once I get some more views on this...I plan to write a long post on the crux of the movie..and my comments on the same...

Swades....A ray of hope for Indian cinema

Yesterday, I just realized how much my priorities are screwed up, I was doing things that border on mundaneness at best...and eventually missed out on something, which as a film buff , I should have done without any intellectual effort whatsoever from my side....How the hell did I miss Swades for so long..
Hats off to Ashutosh for reiterating the power of simplicity...the depth of emotion and the profound it can convey...A classic specimen for those who need a lesson on keeping things simple..
ARR clearly has scored the best bgm of his career in Swades...The title music is unconventional and addictive...typical ARR stuff,...The "village house scenes" are elevated to a higher plane by the BGM...i haven't seen any ARR movie Packed with so much bgm that too so many different moods....The highlight being the BGM that creates a sense of expectation and excitement when the turbine generates power...
Yeh Taara gave me goose pimples and had me crying in the middle...And Shahrukh tellin the class "Main chalta hoon" was a leaf from the mani book...
Understated,Simple,Honest,Purposeful,Clear....A movie Ashutosh has made at his own terms with none of the cliches that continually pull down mainstream cinema from Great to good...The length is a clear indicator of the director's intent and his "no compromises" delivery...Lakshya and now Swades are cases in point of the ineptness of the Indian audience...A dangerous trend that should be bucked at the earliest...Murder,Khwahish...Well..the indian youth prefer lip service of a different kind...but thankfully Ashutosh and Farhan still exist...there lies the hope for indian cinema...