It’s been so long since I updated my blog. Primary reason
being was my laptop was in hibernation, and with the meager salary I make, took
a really long time before I could afford to write again (FUCK YOU APPLE).
*Having watched either
of Ashiqui 2 or Rockstar will help you make sense of the post*
But the good thing
is I am back and I am going to discuss movies, 2 to be more precise. I happened
to catch ashiqui in theatres and contrary to my expectations, was blown away
with the acting/script/execution/story. Its strange because barring 2-3 movies,
I have found all of Mahesh Bhatt’s endeavors a little underwhelming because of
their weird 2nd half. Think of a well built dish, perfect in every
single aspect but you just can’t put your finger on a single ingredient that is
missing, which could have made it legendry. I have that reaction after all the
movies.
But while watching
ashiqui, I couldn’t help but compare it with similarly treated, albeit a little
underwhelming despite having all ingredients to be a cult and based on a
similar plot, Rockstar.
Remember how you were
left unsatisfied after watching rockstar and were left asking for more after
credits started rolling. Apart from the
obvious not so good performance by the leading lady, you were sure something
was missing. It just didn’t make sense. It was missing soul in spite of ‘Kun faaya kun’ and it was just not fare.
it’s like being first in marathon for 3/4th of the race and then collapsing just before the finishing
line. Jordan dreaming about it, getting everything he ever wanted and then
losing it for heer should have made more sense. that pain, anguish, impatience
missed something. SADDA HAQ missed an extra beat. I liked the movie, just
couldn’t stop myself from thinking how great it could have been.
But recent big
screen experience, apart from being head banging music, made up for every
complaint I had about the earlier tragic love story. The continuous battles,
raw insult, need to see the greater good even if it causes some loss, was
justified in such hard-hitting manner, it makes your heart break to think the
movie Rockstar could/should/would have been. Rahul jaikar cannot see his
ladylove paying the price for something he couldn’t appreciate, while Jordan
can’t see the whole point of all the fame, success when things are burning
inside him.
Both the protagonists
were wrong if looked through the world-wisdomly lens but look at them at a
minute level and they are the same. They just yearn to be with the person they
love and have different (or similar) reactions to everything, which prevents
them from it which might seem weird for normal people but makes perfect sense
in their own scheme of things.
Have you watched both movies? Found something
similar/different? \m/oO\m/
