Are Deewano Mujhe Pehchaano...??

What am I or Who am I.. which is the one that matters the most? I often come up with this puzzle of whether the person matter or the identity.. I agree that name and location and social status and all such stuff matters.. but how much does it weigh when there are a zillion other things that define ones personality.. I am a dancer, I am a painter, I am grad school student.. I am the one that has the cheek to go upto the engineering school Dean and say.. "hey.. ur face looks really familiar.. who are you.." hardy har har... but then that's me.. and that is what defines me.. I am an absent minded student who always loses her way back home.. but does it matter what my name is or which street I live in..? And yet people ask.. the first time they meet.. so what is your name..I wish I could say hyderabadi zafrani pulao.. as in Cheeni kum.. but alas I can't..and I am not a famous person that I have to say my name and details everytime I meet someone.. even on the net.. the first thing that a person asks is.. name and then ASL.. area, sex, location.. Grr..

Probably that's the reason why I can't remember the names of people I meet either.. I can talk to a person whom I've known in my school days and yet not remember her name.. I would vividly remember that she was the one who stole my lunch box and gobbled it up.. but I would not remember her name...:) .. Darn what if it were the other way round.. go up and say.. Hey tinku how are u.. and then not find a single thing that u remember.. but I guess that is a rare possibility.. if you can remember the name of the person then u will surely remember the details.. and yet people ask for names and id's.. Whats in the name? I could be sheela, meeta, raani or even asraani.. and in this age of the Internet no one would even know.. you can build an entirely different personal id.. and yet somehow there is much importance given to names ..

Why is it that people feel safer when someone says " hi my name is ....." than someone who says.. whats in the name.. u can call me whatever u want.. why the judgment against such a person? I think it might be that the secrecy of name, age, location might make others think that something is being held back ..may be she's linked with the underground.. may be she's a don.. why can't it just simply be .. may be she does not like her name.. or perhaps she's got too many ex's! whatever be the reason.. if its an informal meeting.. or over the net then i think its not at all necessary that one introduces themselves with names and mundane things like that..

There are so many times when i feel gosh.. I wish I could escape to a place where no one recognizes me.. I wish I could be just me.. or not be me.. be a character out of the loads and barrels of books I have read... alas no one prefers it these days.. not that I blame them.. its not a safe world anymore.. but there are harmless people wanting to have some harmless fun without the necessity of recognition spoiling the scene.. but that's just me.. a whole lot different from the rest of the world..I wish people would stop asking me who I am and rather question me on what i do, what I like, what I think, what I feel is right or wrong..what I am on the whole!

Cheeni Kum...

I'd rather call it Taaza Chai! after Dor, this was the only movie that had the power of conversations.. the essential part of everyones life.. but one hardly ever pays attention to it.. On the face of it its no different a story than any other love story.. except the fact that the groom is older than the bride's father! but it does not take a rocket scientist to understand that just a concept doesn't do good.. u need to build situations and plot around it..

The movie was a whiff of fresh air after all kinds of crap that was doled out last year... not to mention the drama of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.. that made infidelity look almost virtuous.. and Dhoom 2 that was nothing but Hrithik and Hrithik and more Hritik! guys.. give me a plot.. give good diaogues.. give me something to chew on all night .. all day.. not one movie comes up to the standard of Hrishi da's Anand.. every dialogbetween any two individuals is written with so much care and the direction absolutely flawless.. and here we are in a time where even a little wit in the dialogues are like really awaited for with baited breathe.. Its true.. sach mein tasavvur mein kangali ka daur chal raha hai.

Hmm I think I really needed that movie to shake me back to spirit after seeing one episode of Kyunki.. Bah.. no plot, no story.. crap! But enough of ranting.. Cheeni kum was nice..there were scenes that really stood apart.. esp the one with AB proposing to Tabu.. witty one " Shaadi woh price hai jo ek mard pay karta hai sex ke liye, aur Sex who price hai jo ek aurat pay karti hai shaadi ke liye.. shaadi ki yeh gehri philosophy jaan ne ke baad kya tum mujhse shaadi karogi?" Nicely written. Nicely executed..Its no doubt a much much larger than life movie.. complete unbelievable tale.. and it does take talent to underplay it so much.. just deliver the necessary.. and well make it real..

Even in the most emotional scenes with paresh rawal.. Tabu still maintains her dignity.. Paresh says ".. not untill I am alive.." and she says.. "ok when are u gonna die?" when both are dueling over her marriage. And thats quite natural.. and the father knows she's frustrated.. but doesn't mean what she just said.. lots of emotion.. few dialogues and great expressions from Tabu and Paresh! Overall in the movie.. if there was something that was a let down then it was the scene when AB hears that his dear friend died.. and reacts.. seemed a bit stretched.. but hey one or two things are allowed.. and ofcourse the ending wasn't really upto the standard of the rest of the movie.. especially the dialogue that Paresh says "Main bhi Lords chal saktha huin kya?"

But still.. it was good attempt.. after perhaps the first Munna Bhai.. that had a good plot.. but not great dialogs... and got a little too emotional again in the end.. but its good..Come to think of it.. that movie too did not have great sets or crazy numbers of extras dancing away to glory.. it had but a few actors who gave it their best shot.. and it was simple! Simplicity.. someone great said.. was the most difficult thing to achieve...Balki did.. waiting for the next!