Timing is everything…

Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from BJP justifies the title…A bad thing if done at the right time becomes good and a good thing done at the wrong time becomes bad.

There is nothing wrong in releasing a book and expressing ones opinion. After all we live in a democratic country (Of course “Clauses attached”). Did Jaswant Singh being such a senior player of the party deserve to be ousted from BJP? Or more critical than that, based on something related to past, which does not have any significance now, (the damage is already done…right??) can somebody be punished? He just expressed his personal opinion. Or BJP like many parties is engulfed in the mire of hypocrisy!!! One can’t give a convincing reply to these questions, but I am very much sure about one thing….”JASWANT SINGH CHOOSE THE WORST TIME POSSIBLE”. Being such a senior member of the BJP, he should not have gone against the party’s ideology (out of many situational ideologies) while serving in the party. A president of a company can’t suddenly wake up one fine morning and go against its policies just because he doesn’t like some of them. It greatly undermines the credibility of the organization. Similarly if a party’s senior member differs with the ideology that it often preaches or boasts about, credibility will surely take a beating. Already after the general election, BJP was in doldrums. This event further added salt to injury. What could be worst time than this? He should have known the ramifications of releasing such a book or could have released such a book after bidding adieu to BJP. Many celebrities and luminaries normally right books or express their express opinions after they retire (nikalne ke baad kachra failao…kya farkh padta hai…just kidding). Jaswant Singh should also have taken that route.

Now consider BJP which claims to have strong values, once again falls flat on its face. Certain questions which BJP will never answer are:

(1) Why Modi wasn’t sacked after the 2002 riots?

(2) Is writing a book, a bigger mistake than the 2002 riots in which scores of people lost life?

(3) Why BJP has a soft corner for RSS?

(4) Why RSS ideologue H V Seshadri wasn’t taken to task in which he opines Sardar Patel was responsible for precipitating partition?

Incidentally this book is under circulation for 27 years and there is no way that Modi wouldn’t have known about it. Why didn’t BJP take action on this? Why there is step motherly treatment towards only Jaswant Singh? As far as BJP is concerned certain questions are better left than answered.

Last but not the least the fourth estate, that is press plays a pivotal role in creating an impression in aam aadmi’s mind. Media has the power to make a wrong thing look right and a right thing look wrong through repeated telecast in 10 channels. Media should shoulder its power and responsibility with care and stop blowing the issue out of proportion. There are far more grave national issues for the media to throw light and government to do chintan baithaks.

GULAAL

Power, money, betrayal, sex, slang, ragging, heavy duty drama….You name a thing and this movie has it. After watching the movie I was simply confused about the intention of director, what he intended to show? Then I remembered this is the same director that directed “NO SMOKING” as well. To understand the movie you have to extract all the grey cells from your brain and put them to use….Guys that’s “ANURAG KASHYAP” for you.

The movie kicked off little slowly and confusingly with many things happening simultaneously…one won’t understand what each person is trying to do or rather you won’t understand the scenes for a while and will take some time to get the feel or get into the groove of the movie….

The movie is all about Rajputs demanding a separate state for themselves through there army called rajputana rifles….but the movie didn’t portray the fight for separate state but mainly about the fight for becoming the next senapati, fight for power and money.

A new gullible guy called Dilip Singh who is a Rajput comes to college to study law but is diverted from his goal due to his new friend with whom he stays in his new house. While trying to get a room in the hostel he was severely ragged and bitten and was thrown into a room where he found another girl Jesse Randhawa(real name) completely naked. Dilip’s friend stands for the college election with the help of the great senapati of Rajputana Rifle Kay Kay Menon…but gets killed by the illegitimate brother of Kay Kay Menon. The illegitimate brother (Aditya Srivastava) then plans to become the next senapati with the help of his sister (Ayesha Mohan) and was ready to go to any extent to gain power. His sister tries to capture the general secretary post by granting sexual favours to Dilip Singh the new general secretary after his friends death and was a mere puppet in the hands of senapati i.e. Menon sahab. Ayesha wins confidence of gullible Dilip Singh and makes him to resign from the post of general secretary, which she readily accepts.

As the illegitimate siblings cross the first huddle, comes the second plot. Ayesha again tries to get close with Kay Kay Menon to spur Dilip who was in true love with her. Dilip gets mad and kills Menon and clears the sit for senapati…to be taken by Aditya Srivastava.

The middle part of the movie was well depicted but the movie ran helter-skelter towards the end where Dilip killing Menon with such ease as if he is a mere common man lying on the road…after all he is the senapati and torch bearer of Rajputs.

The role played by Kay Kay Memon was truly amazing and deserves a award for his powerful portrayal. His dialogue delivery will simply hook you to your sits. Piyush Mishra and Deepak Dobriyal also add some points to the movie with their acting skills.

This was just the theme of the story and ofcourse not the script, so watch it to know the intricacies and the nitty-gritty of the finely woven plot. I think I am also complicating things without coming to the point…This movie is not for entertainment or passing time…if you watch in that mindset you are sure to fall asleep….Before watching get into the intellectual mode and enjoy the plot as it slowly and confusingly unfolds.

Bottom Line : WORTH WATCHING ATLEAST ONCE!!!