Amadeus and Hazaar chaurasi ki ma

If the two things sound completely unrelated ,then let me tell you that they are unrelated. And of all the things ,I do not even intend to relate them. Then why do they ’share’ the title space with a conjunction binding them? Well I guess it’s because these were the only recreations I had to contend with for the entire week (now is a :['(' + ')' ] , for the two of them! for well…can one really stop ranting and raving? )

Amadeus is the first theater I have ever been to and a thumbs up to the play. When Sravanthi came and asked me what the play was about I tried to put up as much as I could in words but I tell ya it was much more. The storyline was amazing and the acting was superb. The way Antonio got the fame ‘he’ craved for but still felt the hollow within (yes hollow is something I’ll come back to ) when he listened to Mozart’s compositions and the way he realized that he was being mocked at by God himself makes me marvel at such renditions by writers of all times. The emotions/feelings are so beautifully captured that they etch a space somewhere within. Literature can get people intoxicated! (Unlike os …i am not complaining ,or am i?)

Hazaar chaurasi ki ma . As one of the reviewers puts it-the film transcends your objective critical faculties and touches a rare chord of emotion. I was speechless after the movie. Jaya Bhaduri (okay Bacchan) and Nandita Das have done a great piece of work. The director …umm..Govind Nihalani(this is googled info ) and the writer Mahashweta Devi (again googled ) should be patted too. .

The movie also in a way highlights the shallowness of existence. How each day is passing in mere oblivion. At the end of each day if you look at yourself and ask -have I really done anything that could make any difference to my living or for that matter anyone else’s living? I talk to people each day .But what do I talk? ..How was the food/movie/class/shirt/exam ?Or have you done your assignment/project/…?(I am not a nerd but as a IIITian I do not really have a lot of choices ..but on a more serious note) What am I doing?

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is matter of choice. Did I really choose all this? Put it like this – Do I really have a choice ? Wish I really knew what I wanted …But nonetheless I am searching for my purpose …And probably when I do find one I will be out of one long dream ….

P S0: Phew ….was that me?

PS1:My project (that deserved a post) has a lot of things to be added . I wonder why don’t people tell us all the things right in the first place so that when we show it to them it is all in place!

PS2:The theater is coming back next year and i hope i don’t miss out on anyone of them.

PS3: I read two reviews on the movie .The first one is what I really felt about the movie and the second one is a perfect example of what I would call a hollow piece of writing …though the reviewer intends to praise the movie it looks more like a formality to me. @the reviewer: no offense what-so-ever meant . For the curious ones here are the urls of the reviews I was talking about:

http://www.screenindia.com/nov28/review3.htm

http://hindimoviereviews.blogspot.com/2005/12/review-hazaar-chaurasi-ki-ma.html