Kala Bandar:- I sat through the first half of Delhi 6 wondering, where the movie was headed to, but in the end (well not actually in end, but about 10 min before that), it proved to be worth the wait. While I won’t get into the cinematic brilliance (or lack of it as critics are saying), what I liked the most is the point which the movie makes.
There is this brilliant line in a Swadesh song by Javed Akhtar:-
देख धज के पाप रावन, राम तेरे मान मैं, राम मेरे मान मैं, मान से रावन जो निकले राम उसके मान मैं.
The movie brings to light the Ravan – Kala Bandar which resides in our heart, which makes us do all sorts of weird things, which we won’t do if we pause to think for a moment about our actions. Friends for years, suddenly turn into enemies as the monkey in their hearts makes them forget everything they have shared over the years.
At the end of it though was left with a more disturbing thought, what is it that unites India, what will it take to unite a nation of billion which is divided along billion possible lines. Ramchandra Guha in “India After Gandhi” says that the uniting factors for India are Cricket, Bollywood and Democracy. But are they good enough to hold us together for next 60 years while the Kala Bandar wrecks havoc in our minds? How do we find the Ram within us, while Ravan rules our pysche?
The movie brings to light the Ravan – Kala Bandar which resides in our heart, which makes us do all sorts of weird things, which we won’t do if we pause to think for a moment about our actions. Friends for years, suddenly turn into enemies as the monkey in their hearts makes them forget everything they have shared over the years.
At the end of it though was left with a more disturbing thought, what is it that unites India, what will it take to unite a nation of billion which is divided along billion possible lines. Ramchandra Guha in “India After Gandhi” says that the uniting factors for India are Cricket, Bollywood and Democracy. But are they good enough to hold us together for next 60 years while the Kala Bandar wrecks havoc in our minds? How do we find the Ram within us, while Ravan rules our pysche?
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Nice one!
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