Yamla Pagla Deewana and Dhobi Ghat (The new Munna in town)

to say about a movie where Sunny Deol is the sense and the voice of reason. Yes it was a mad capper filled with Punjabi humour, over the top situations and where DDLJ met some drunken slapstick humour.

The best part was the characters were happy to let go and do their bit. They even made spoofs on their Stereotype.The production was tacky at times but even that was added as a joke. The second half thus was indeed enjoyable.

Now to state the weaklinks - a) over drunk shots by Dharam, Bobby (could have done with a few lesser) , b) Dancing c) Acting by Sunny Deol - Now to state that Sunny Deol can act is not a joke as he can but lately he seems to have gone under the shell where he does not want to adapt or improvise. d) Having emotions in a movie which deserved to be a comic capper. (Debatable but a point of view)

When you come out of a movie like that the silence is misleading but the silence after Dhobi Ghat had just one thing to offer. So much to offer and yet it disappoints. The montage is excellent. The people real. The silent grandma offers hope and then haunts but as Prateek and Aamir carry out their roles, you feel the vacuum.

The Tapes and the point of view of outsider was a good concept but it went patchy and the intensity of curiosity built into the mind of Arun (Aamir) goes missing. Why was he so curious, how he felt should have been shown. Sly was good as a character but just as one started to like Prateek as Munna, his brother who is bound to die, dies (too soon) and movie comes to its logical (abrupt) end.

But a take on Munna though.

Aamir the Munna of 1990's (Rangeela, Ghulam) was a very dream loving Munna. He was likable but filmy. But he created a impact. I wont go to other Munna (Sanjay Dutt) as we are talking street Munnas and not Munna Bhais.

This Munna was real. Not filmy. Doing real street jobs - like bun maska of Salaam Mumbai. His reason to be in Mumbai was real - hunger, his dream of being a film star was also real. Wish this Munna had more screen time and a reason to succeed / fail. But alas it ends abruptly.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

I wondered today if Atheism was right. If really no God existed and as Sachin looked up at heavens once again after his 51st test century.Was it a wasteful execution of emotions.

It feels like that sometimes though when you work for something and in the end the result seems out  of place or wrong. Then what do you do. Do you believe that there is a God and he will watch over you or would you go about life as if its an cosmic accident. That allof us live with no purpose.

Faith is a choice. Faith has helped humans from the start. But it has also discriminated, killed or spread hatred.

So there are times in ones life when things seem wrong and one wonders if God exists, why does he behave so unconcerned. Thus as things crash around you, you tend to think 

what's wrong with you?

 Why is it that people /situations tend to hurt you while they favour others? 

Why does the present seem so bad?

When such questions start to spread remember that what happened till now is done. It can not be changed. Its past. Treat it like a story. A fiction story. Write it down and read to yourself 4 to 5 times till you get bored of it. Then think of the future you want to have. Work backwards from that future to   have goals which you can target.

As for God. Its a matter of belief. It works wonders if you do but one can do quite well in life even without believing. So its a choice.