To Mr. Valentine

To
Mr. Valentine.

Permanent Address: Heaven …I hope..
(after exciting millions of heart and corporate cash vaults)

Temp. Address only on 14th Feb: In hearts freshly exchanged and on nerves of those who takes care of their respective hearts.

Before my calendar reminds me of the people I need to wish on their birthdays on the dawn of Feb… the world seems to be gearing up for celebrating the day presumably in your honor…. Well congratulations … the next big festive celebration of a man after the Christ himself….. u probably taught that in between the hatred filled 364 days let’s put in a day dedicated to love. But just the way the eternal meaning of “love” has under gone changes as Thames flows by…. that 1day of yours seem seems to have changed too, to follow the “two is company” rule ….. irrespective the gender.

I would like to bring in to ur notice that there is a certain population who don’t seem to be too happy bout that 1 day of yours…. blaming you for being so insensitive to those who don’t need/have another soul to “complete” them… … and for those who have to answer the annoying questions bout what they r doing on the Vday, whom they r goin out with or simply “WHAT… u rn’t goin out???? questions …. ..as if the sky falling on Astrix’s head has came true..…

Well when it comes to me…… I don’t know if I belong to the “don’t need” or the “don’t have” category… but to confess … the pendulum has moved on either side … jus waitin for it to settle …… but tell u wat red roses have never been on the ‘best things list’ of my life ….. they look so plastic …smell so perfum-ish .. …. Jus like the ppl possessing them ….and when it comes to them ….. I don’t understand whether they r assuring themselves bout their ‘love’ to each other or jus want ppl around watching them to acknowledge the they “belong” to the “happening” n “fortunate” set of lives… well all I do is to give a “u don’t know wat ur wasting” smile … and assure myself about the important schedules/things I have…. But there’s one thing u have really helped me in ……. If I have a business of my own …… I know when n when exactly to put my selling expenditure and do my business promotion…… thank you for that …. Its all about money,Honey!!!

And all those organizations which seem to be against you …. Jus make sure to enlighten the ignorant lot bout ur grt cause by free publicity in form protests ….nothing against them …. They do their part and steal a bit of limelight … and ofcourse give company to my ‘class’of ppl….who don’t have to self-pity as there is a lot of support …

So for all those who have been saved from the red roses n chocolate hearts …… HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY ….. is wat the message say while doing its rounds …..
Hey wait a minute …… shouldn’t I include your name in this list tooo …. Jus couldn’t find ur gurl friend’s name …

n as I wait for more water to flow and the pendulum to stop…..…. The Show must go on…………..
Thanking you,


Yours “lov”ingly
Surya

P.S : And with all the things in “…..” I am referring the best dictionaries to get the right meanings ….

Rang De ...

Rang de ...

Awake …

Before the world takes “Lord” Bush’s remarks about fearing Mother India and its good old neighbor, seriously and repeat the Mighty British Empire’s saga, which kind of already began …. Let us arise from our state of clever ignorance of ignoring the uncomfortable …..

Rang de …. Puts a mirror in front of us, which went missing for the last half a century in imbibing the “comfortable” way of living..... after generations have spent their lives dreaming, thinking, praying, craving and fighting for a cause....a distinguishable cause….

Rang de …. brings back to our mind the issues ….. which we wouldn’t like to see, hear, think for the uncomfortable feeling it produces …… where we can always wash our hands by blaming the "system", “politicians” or even Mr.Gandhi for every goddamn thing, thus alienating ourselves not gettin our hands dirty …. Guess the “Chalta hai”…. has gone too far.

Rang de …. doesn’t talk about pseudo patriotism of Pak bashing or Cricket loving ….. nor does it preach about the kadhi clad culture which was a weapon for a specific time and purpose …. jus like wars are not fought with swords anymore.

Rang de … talks about ownership of our country …. Well we would do much more than blaming our maids or broken vacuum cleaners for our messy homes …..

Rang de … talks about responsibility ….. and the first trait of being responsible is Confusion …. That exactly seems to be the state of mind of our director too …. because the moment the boys of our movie grow up to be “men” the story falls apart … the twist which has excited the critics in spending a lot of ink ….. but tell u what… non of them/us could have ended the movie in a better/worse way than what it has been …… because our own confusion would have done the unimaginable, just like blasting trains or making salt were different means for a same cause… though looked like a unworthy act but did nurture a revolution….

Well we could start abstaining…. from throwing paper as waste on roads to throwing paper as money to get our jobs done…


Well apart from the wonderful script, Mr. Rakesh Mehra does a great job with the camera, the landscape, AR Rehman and the troupe………….. the shots are just amazing …. the contrast and the similarities between the protagonists and the historic figures they play is breathtaking...

Highly Recommended…..as it’s food for thought …. to awake and arise……

and highly not Recommended --- Popcorn …. The tummy is already upset with the feeling of our unworthy existence…… after watching the likes of Bhagat singh and the massacre of Jallianwala bagh…

RANG DE …………. LET’S ADD COLORS TO LIVES!!!!!!!!!