Leaving you- my love

I thought of you as my eternal mate,
our lives, as if entwined by fate,
but they thought otherwise
said, being together wouldn’t be wise

I remember the first day we met,
the first kiss, my lips still wet,
if I knew the pain, of saying goodbye,
I’d rather be alone when I die

you listened when I talked
with those understanding eyes, that nod
and when I did not, you understood
said, “ do what you should”

you were with me in my fights
my only friend on those lonely nights
broken, bruised, when I thought I’d fall
your loving embrace made me forget all

and when I thought I was no good alive
your kiss brought me back to life
“what good would the world be without you” you said
“with you gone, I’d rather be dead”

all those ups and downs, in life’s stride
all but you left my side
in pain and happiness too
I knew I could count on you

that marble white body, those red hair,
your love, your care,
oh freshest morning dew
how could I dream of leaving you?

but when, life looks so good
ironically, “I do what I should”
I leave you

time made a devil of me
for I just did’nt leave you
I stubbed you, killed you
my love, my dear cigarette.

Eklavya- The royal guard: movie review

Eklavya was the tribal archer who gladly cut off his right hand’s thumb when his guru Dronacharya asked for it as his fee. Eklavya was acting in accordance to his dharma.
“Dharma is beyond debates, it is beyond questions; it just is”, Says Eklavya (Amithabh Bachhan) in the movie when he is faced with the choice of following his principles and killing his only blood relation.
Eklavya- The royal guard is a story of betrayal and love, of honor and revenge, so beautifully written and executed that Shakespeare turns in his grave, wishing he had written it. The movie is set in a post independence fief in Rajhasthan, where an old king tries to come to terms with democracy, where family feuds play foul and where honor justifies murder.
Saif Ali Khan plays Harshvardhan, the harrowed prince, bearer of a terrible secret, caught between responsibility and love. His acting is exemplary and adds to his ever growing list of impeccable performances. Jimmy Shergil shows us another side of his acting; he surprises with a beautiful villainous role.
The sets drip opulence, the action sequences add spice and innovative cinematography makes the movie a pleasure to watch. Even though the director has wasted the talents of a huge starcast, each performer does complete justice to his role.
Watch the movie, because it is different, because it represents the evolving Indian cinema and because it is GOOD.

Estranged

We sit together,
seperated

there are no words,
but my ears recoil at the denail

there are no expressions,
but the frost pierces my eyes

there are no gestures,
but it is the distance i feel

there are no sounds,
but she hears my silent shouts

all that remains,
are the painfully happy memories,
so grotesquely arranged

I sit there, alienated, ESTRANGED!

Parzania - review

The Godhra massacre and the carnage that followed was a big black blot on the country’s secular character. The movie brings to life , those horrifying incidents through the life of a Parsi family , who are involuntarily caught in between the fighting factions. It beautifully elucidates how social circles crumble , and religion becomes more important than life; when fanaticism replaces rationality and reason is clouded with revenge.

Corruption and government propaganda is openly exposed as Nasiruddin Shah and his wife Sarika, look for their missing son. An American looks for answers , while writing his thesis on Gandhi , and finds them , not in violence but in self correction and non-violence. A revenge seeking Muslim realizes that “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”.

The direction and the screenplay are very good and first class acting packs an additional punch to this emotionally disturbing movie. Hats off to the sound director and the editor who have made the movie as effective as it could have been . Do not watch this movie , just because it’s acclaimed and controversial , or the acting and the direction are very good. Watch it because it is trying desperately to drive home an important lesson everyone needs to learn in these tumultuous times.