{"id":241,"date":"2006-03-03T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-03T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2006\/03\/a-difference-of-opinion-and-a-matter-of-spirit.html"},"modified":"2006-03-03T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-03T07:20:00","slug":"a-difference-of-opinion-and-a-matter-of-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2006\/03\/a-difference-of-opinion-and-a-matter-of-spirit.html","title":{"rendered":"A difference of opinion, and a matter of spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some days back I saw “Rang de basanti”. And I thought it a fantastic film. I reviewed in my Movie Review Blog<\/a>, here<\/a>. I like it and I said so. Unlike many others apparently. Some criticised it on their blogs, some in their comments and Vijay<\/a> pointed me to a an article<\/a> which castigated the movie for being wrong (according to the author). And when I saw Vijay’s comment on the blog, I replied in 2 lines – too sleepy then. And later I though I’d reply in detail, but my reply got so big, I’m making it into a blog post.<\/p>\n

It bothers me not a whit, that my idea of good film is not everyone else’s. In short, who cares ? It is OK and pretty normal for everyone to have their own views, of course. My reality is mine alone, and the way I percieve stuff is probably different from the way you percieve your world. Anyway, it’d be pretty boring if we all thought the same way. <\/p>\n

I saw RDB as a film, not as a mantra, or a magical formula teaching the wayward youth how to go about their business. For all those who say, that RDB preaches the violent and wrong way to go about things, I say RDB does not profess to be a recipe to be followed. A pinch of patriotism, a dash of violence, and voila ! there you have it – a non-corrupt nation ! I think not. The world doesn’t work that way. And anyway, if you did want step-by-step instruction on how to be a patriot, I’m sure you’d find it on the Internet :-). <\/p>\n

I do not believe in Gandhian principles but neither do I say killing the corrupt politicians (which would probably wipe out most of them) is the way to go. Plus you’d find very few volunteers for that kind of national “service”, I bet ! The way is to be decided by ourselves, by each one of us in our own way. However the reason I applaud films like “RDB”<\/a>, “Yuva”<\/a> and “Swades”<\/a> is because of the spirit of the films. They are passionate and have energy, and show the way. May not be the right way, mind you ! But they stir you and tell you a story, which you might identify with, or a character who sounds oh-so-familiar, and his problems are your problems, and his anguish is yours.<\/p>\n

We need stirring. Big-time. It’s not neccesary that once stirred, you do as the protagnists have done, it’s just important for now, to be stirred. And if it is a film that’ll do it, or atleat get you thinking about the topic, I’m all for it.<\/p>\n

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