Better than the best. Let the others take rest...for a while.

I am neither Taran Aadarsh nor Anupama Chopra but at least I can express myself for the golden man of Bollywood, Salman Khan. I recently have watched his movie Kick and as I updated my status, I again booked tickets immediately for next day to take my mother. For Salman Khan movies, review is never required. It is always a hit one. But this time Salman Khan has come with some difference, with more actions and even more emotions. Really if you won’t cry once in a movie, you’re not human or you can never be a good human being. ‘Being Human”, what Salman Khan spreads message with his brand, is seen in the movie Kick. Salman Khan has actually put his real life in character of this reel life. And this is the reason why this is going to be a blockbuster of 2014. We must wait for macho man Ajay Devgn’s Singham Returns, Haidar to see the power pact performance of Shahid Kapoor & Bang Bang which is believed to be one of the best movies of Hrithik Roshan till date. Time decides the fate.

Never lose this smile :)

But as everyone is saying, this time Salman Khan has brought some variety with comedy and action. And it’s very suspense. The gorgeous Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline has done quite well performance before Salman Khan. Navazuddin Siddaque and my all time favorite Randeep Hooda (ever since I saw him in his first movie ‘D’) both are surprise package! Both must be appreciate. Our beloved Dada aka Mithunda is there as a father of Salman Khan. It’s a complete family entertainer and a must watch movie. I hardly had reviews about movies but this time I have to give Kick 5 stars.

It’s people’s love for Salman making him large day after day. He’s simple, honest, humble, and helpful, he bring smile, he brings tears, tears of joy, and he overcomes the sadness. Heartily praying in the sacred month of Ramdan, may Allah bring him lots of peace & success and hope this year he’ll find his soul mate.

God opens many doors when one is closed...

Life without friends is hell. When I went to platform no 2 of Bhayandar station today, I hesitated going there because I no longer belong to the area now. I went to catch the 8:04 Churchgate bound fast local as it had been my favorite local more than a year. I thought the people out there would not support me. But nothing was happened like that. I do not even know the names of most of the people there but we have been very good friends all through the year. When they all see me, they went too happy seeing me back and started asking me whether I was coming everyday in that local.

All of them were meeting me and expressing their feeling. As I have always made fun of things and made everyone smile there, they were all happy seeing me back. Even the person who stands on a door till Malad was too happy seeing me back. He used to call me “Aaj ki taaja khabar” because of my companion Mumbai Mirror. That Gujarati uncle who boards local when it is running and catches a window seat, offered me his seat today and forced me to sit on a window seat after cleaning the rain water fallen in yards of Bhayander by his bare hands. The most beautiful gift of my life is Kamal. He’s a greatest of the great guy. Simple, honest and humble who shares all things with us, I still remember once I hugged him on a fly over when he was talking with his friends (Because Elsa calls me Olaf and I like warm hugs). While he saw me today morning, he said, “Arre Chintan. If I had known that you were coming, I’d have brought a coconut today for rituals and would have distributed sweets.”

They all have now requested me to come in their local and taken my private number. If I won’t go there from Monday, they’ll start calling me. Mumbai has been so helpful every time whenever I needed. I was feeling lonely and finding tough to reach Churchgate early morning but these guys have made this very simple. I can smile now. They have made me so happy today, I cannot forget this day. I am loved and that’s all I want. Some things bring tears in the eyes…. Tears of joy…. Only Mumbai can give.

 

Do you wanna build a snowman?

Ever since I saw Frozen, I’ve been a big fan of Anna, a fearless girl who loves her sister immensely even though her estranged sister leaves her alone in their kingdom of Arendelle. When both were kids, Anna was a mischievous little girl when she was six. She used to play with the magical snow that is made by the powers of Elsa, her younger sister. Elsa was locked up by the King and Queen when she accidentally hits her magic to Anna’s head and makes her injured. Both of them remains lock in the Kingdom and they lost their parents in an accident. Anna becomes a teenager now and knocks Elsa’s door, asks her to let her in as now they’re alone and there’s no one to take care of them. They have to take care of each other.

Morning of Coronation Day of Elsa

On a coronation day of Elsa, something goes wrong and scared Elsa leaves Anna. Anna takes the complete responsibility of whatever happens in the kingdom and hands over the kingdom in the hands of a selfish Prince Hans and goes out to search Elsa. Anna’s epic journey begins and she starts searching her sister in jungles. At Wondering Oakan’s Trading Post Anna buys warm clothes and shoes. There she meets Kristoff, the hero of the movie and an Ice trader by profession and asks him to take to her destination along with Sven, the reindeer. The brave Anna faces all the trouble fearlessly. She hits bad wolfs in the middle of the journey, she crosses huge mountains, faces the dangerous cold, tries to climb up the huge mountain even if it is impossible to climb on it, just to meet her sister Elsa. Finally she reaches her destination, Elsa’s place, a palace made of an Ice. She requests Kristoff, Sven and Olaf a snowman built by Elsa to stay outside. Anna meets Elsa and requests her to go back to Arendelle. Elsa rejects and orders her to go back. But determined Anna sings a song and assures Elsa that everything would be all right if she would go with her back because Arendelle is in danger and only Elsa could save it now. Elsa hits Anna in her heart this time and threw all of them from her palace. Anna fights with big Marshmellow built by Elsa and runs away from her place. Still she wishes to go back to her sister and bring her back.

Meanwhile Prince Hans finds Elsa and locks her in her own kingdom of Arendelle. Kristoff returns Anna to the kingdom as her illness can be cured only with an act of true love. Anna thinks Hans loves her and his kiss would save her from freezing.  But Kristoff doesn’t kiss and tells Anna about his intentions to rule Arendelle after killing both sisters. Anna keeps freezing in a locked room but Olaf makes his way to Anna in time. Olaf lights up fire in room and takes Anna near the warm place. Olaf explains Anna about true love and tells her that Kristoff loves her lot but never expressed himself. She realizes that she has done a big mistake leaving Kristoff alone. But Olaf watches Kristoff making his way back to Arendelle and they both comes out of the palace. In a hurricane, Olaf couldn’t be with Anna but tells her to continue walking towards Kristoff because a kiss from Kristoff would save Anna from freezing.

Princess Anna of Arendelle

In the end, when Kristoff is almost reaching Anna, Anna turns his head towards Elsa, saw her falling on ground and crying in pain. She watches Prince Hans with his sword, who is about to hit Elsa to kill her. Just before he could hit Elsa, Anna makes her way between them shouting “Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo” and saves her sister in time. The kingdom turns silence as Anna becomes completely frozen and Elsa is crying hugging her. She keeps crying and suddenly Anna starts melting. Olaf, who is standing on the other side of Kristoff and Sven says, “An act of true love melted the frozen heart.”

Anna has been very strong throughout her journey, she trusts her sister a lot however she has been. Anna is adamant and once she determines to do something, she does it anyhow. Even after death of parents, Anna looks after the entire kingdom becoming the Princess in charge. She is ditched by Prince Hans and still she manages herself to save herself. Even though she could have saved herself kissing Kristoff in the end but she decides to save Elsa from Hans and sacrifices her life for her sister. We see a beautifully dressed Anna in the end when her sister is completely in control with her powers. Both sisters live happily in the kingdom.

Rapunzel, let down your hair...

Look into her eyes,
They're so beautiful,
Look at her cute face,
She's looking so innocent
Look at her smile,
Now that's really sweet.

Rapunzel, better known as Punzie by her worldwide female fans, a lost princess who is kidnapped by an evil woman as Punzie has got magical golden hair that keeps that woman young for many years. She locks Punzie for 18 years in a hidden castle where no one could find her. Whenever she felt that she wasn't any younger, she would sing a special song...

Flower gleam and glow
Let your power shine
Make the clock reverse
Bring back what once was mine

Heal what has been hurt
Change the fate's design
Save what has been lost
Bring back what once was mine
What once was mine.

This is called the healing song. Whenever it is sung, Punzie's hair starts glowing and the mother Gothel would become younger again. On the other side the King and Queen who lost her princess would light lanterns on her birthday, hoping on one day, their lost princess would return seeing them. Punzie, as a little girl watched them anxiously each day on her birthday and wished to see them personally. When she turns 18, she asks her mother to take her to see the lanterns. Her mother scolds her and warns about the danger in the outside world. Punzie becomes sad and asks her mother to bring set of her favorite colors. It's a three day journey so her mother agrees and tells Punzie to take care if herself in the castle. Meanwhile Punzie meets a guy names Flynn Rider. He's a thief for whom the entire kingdom is in search of. The most exciting journey of Punzie starts with Flynn Rider aka Eugine Flitzerbert.

Mother Gothel with Rapunzel

The great David Beckham once said that he wanted to keep her daughter safe from the world. Just like Rapunzel was kept safe for many years. Again he brought Rapunzel in the lime light in the entire world.

Tangled is not just an animated movie, not just a story for fun or laugh but it has strong message that every one should apply in life. And that is to watch dreams. Yes, once you start watching dreams, you can fulfill them by your strong desire. Punzie is my dream girl, no matter Flynn Rider loves him but I love Punzie more than him. There are so many things that makes me fall in love with Punzie. Her long hair, her beautiful face, her gentle body like a flower and her determination to do any work. Punzie trusts a guy who's a thug and she knows very well that her guy would definitely fulfill her dream to see lanterns. Punzie goes to see the lanterns with Flynn where he expresses that he loves her. Punzie too starts loving him but story takes a dangerous turn when Mother Gothel returns.

The story has a happy end as evil mother Gothel dies and Punzie becomes free from slavery. Flynn brings her back to her kingdom where the King, Queen, Punzie and Flynn hug each other. The celebration begins in kingdom which continuous for an entire week.

Punzie fights with Ruffians at the Snugglin' Duckiling

Punzie remains an obedient daughter until she knows the reason why mother Gothel has brought her up. Even though she realizes that she belongs to the most prosperous kingdom, she keeps loving Flynn however he is. Punzie never complaints about her pain how she was kept locked in a hidden tower for 18 years. She remains happy, she lives her dream and her destiny takes her home back just before mother Gothel tries to escape again taking with her and leaving Flynn Rider to die. In the end Punzie lost the magical golden hair but manages to save Flynn with her drop of a magical tear that fills life in his body. Rapunzel is strong, brave and determined. She never loses hope ever. Even when she was about to die when she was trapped in a cave filled with a broken dam's water, she easily finds her way. Punzie fights with huge thugs at the Snugglin Duckling, she requests Maximus the kingdom horse to love Flynm, she bravely fights with mother Gothel yet promises her to go with her anywhere she wants, on a condition to save Flynn from death bed. The characteristics of Punzie makes me fall in love with her and why not? Anyone can fall in love with such amazing girl.

Silence...!

Shut your mouth up if you want to live in this country. After couple of arrests by current ruling party, people are feared to speak about the most powerful man of India. The country which has the largest democracy in the entire world elects their own leader and if anyone speaks against him, immediate action is taken. We can easily see how our right of ‘right to speak’ is being seized.

Why cannot we speak? Why do we scare? Why people were not afraid of this thing when the opposition was ruling and their vulgar images were distributed on different social networks? Is it because of that government was soft with the common man? Having a woman president of their party, she was abused, she was blamed and she was commented inappropriately. This shows how the thinking of men in India is and the reason behind their worse imagination about women in society. Still no action was taken. We’ve live example of Smt Mamta Bannerjee when a painter painted her toon image in local news papers, he was immediately arrested. Lots of controversies were created and again the issue stopped at the junction of ‘right to speak’

After the current govt is formed, within a week two youngsters were arrested for allegedly posting some pictures about their Prime Minister. After the historical Mumbai fare hike, when I was sharing the ‘Achche Din’ memes, I was warned by several people not to share either on WhatsApp or Facebook. I would get arrested. But my question is short and simple…. Why? When images opposition parties went viral on social network, where was your fear? Wasn’t that a crime? I have faced several conditions in my because of the current PM which I’ve already described in one of my previous blog heads ‘My experience with truth - II. I’ve recently shifted into a new home in Virar and I know how it is tough to survive in Mumbai. The recent price hike has made me to think more about my future. How can I push my feelings? I’ve right to speak & I’ll speak whatever I want. I belong to one of India’s most developed model Gujarat where in my hometown; I’ve never seen good roads near my home since my birth. The roads are so worse that one cannot walk. But who can say this thing. Everyone has to remain silent because they’re scared because of the govt, because of local police.

If you want to live in a country like India, either you have to fight with situation & die or you have to watch the show being an impotent till your last breath.

What Jiah wanted?

It has been more than a year since Jiah Khan passed away but it has still been a mystery how she left this world. Was that a suicide or a murder? Her mother Rabia Khan was left in immense pain after her death and now seeking help of newly appointed Commissioner of Mumbai Police Rakesh Maria. Rakesh Maria has also cleared her ways and assured Rabia Khan for further investigation. But Jiah’s death revealed many truths about our film industry. It was pretended that an actress had committed suicide and the file was closed. Her boyfriend was arrested abetting Jiah’s suicide but later he was given bail. But her mother still suspects that Jiah didn’t commit suicide. She was murdered.

Jiah Khan

I’m not writing this blog about the case, about her mother and about Rakesh Maria, but I am feeling what Jiah khan wanted to do after death if she was present between us (more like a spirit or a soul)? Jiah khan was in relationship with her boyfriend for long time and it was not as perfect as she thought. Even after blockbuster movie Ghajini, Jiah was jobless and she was trying to jump in a career of an interior designing. Jiah had tremendous qualities; she was a true human being and respected the human lives. She was actively working for NGO in Kandivli where she was taking care of the orphan girls & daughters of sex workers. She was not only taking care of their studies but also looking after their need of daily nutrition. Even her maid was belonged to one of them. Jiah had a huge heart. During her relationship, she was beaten and abused several times but she always expected that one day everything would be all right. Jiah went through abortions too but she remained silent on all issued. Jiah trusted her love but it all went wrong and she decided to end her life when her mother & sister went for a shopping.

Rabia Khan, Jiah’s mother wants justice now. I cannot even see her face crying in pain for losing her beloved daughter and my sympathies are always there for Rabia. But is it the right way to expect for the justice? The probe is on an even I feel positive for Rabia Khan that she must win this battle. But what Jiah would have wanted? She was bound to her love and always trusted it. When everyone assumed that she committed suicide, she didn’t leave any note behind her. If she really wanted to trap her boyfriend, she would have easily trapped him before her death. But she did nothing. She silently left the world leaving many assumptions behind. Entire film industry was shocked losing the most beautiful & talented actress of bollywood. We must let Jiah Khan’s soul rest in  peace because even she would have wanted the same and not the chaos about her death. Jiah respected her love however it was and therefore she drunk the bitter facts during her relationship... 

Still she never wanted to reveal. Rest in peace Jiah. We'll miss you.