It would be an interesting research if made over the pattern, overtime, that Bollywood movies have illustrated individuality and portrayed the relation of individual and society. Obviously, just like any other form of art, the movies also depicts the appropriate nature and situation of the society of that era but some art forms not only depicts the current situation of society, but also succeeds in providing a new trend a new idea for the society to be leaded and made practical, and such movies becomes the masterpiece. Objectively speaking, Art is a careful re-creation of reality according to an artist’s metaphysical value-judgements. Obviously, that selective re-creation is not meant to depict the things as they are, as Aristotle said that fiction is of greater philosophical importance than history, because “history represents things as they are, while fiction represents them as they might be and ought to be.” Continue reading

Last night while watching a TV interview of Amir Khan, I heard his views about art, his art and I realized why people call him Mr. Perfectionist.
According to him, the basic principle of arts is to provide entertainment, but if the artist can provoke thoughts in the audience for progress, for change, if the art promotes the viewer to “think” then it is better art.
I do not think that entertainment is the basic purpose of arts.
Art, any kind of art be it a painting, sculpture, literature, music, dance or acting is the selective expression of reality, it is an exercise of integrating the abstract ideas about life and existence and expressing them. Entertainment is an essential by-product of the arts; it is not the main purpose of the arts though.
The artist exhibits his ideas and value judgments about reality and the sense of existence through his art, his work, and it needs a great extent of integrity on behalf of the artist as an Individual.
May be that is why Amir Khan is famous for his search for perfection and integrity. Continue reading

After the success of blockbuster movies like “Lagaan” “Rang de Basanti” and “Taare Jameen Par” his first movie as a director, the Bollywood chores started comparing Amir Khan with Manoj Kumar, the Indian Hero of yesteryears. Manoj Kumar has had strong “nationalistic and socialistic” fervour in his movies. The characters played by him… Continue reading

Atlas Shrugged

“This is John Galt speaking…”
PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE & FOUR

PART FIVE

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. (Ayn Rand)

Generally I don’t watch romance and love movies. But this movie in particular always attracted me. Jude law, Nicole Kidman and the sweet Renee Zellweger produced a magic in every scene of that movie.
At dawn of American Civil War, the men of Cold Mountain, North Carolina, scuttle to join… Continue reading

Bollywood Director

I HATE THE IDEA WHEN PEOPLE DISCUSS OTHERS AND TRY TO ADJUDGE THEM AND MAKE STANDARDS.
Recently they were discussing the great book “The Fountainhead” by Author Ayn Rand and the great Ideological character Howard Roark. and somebody commented this
Ramu (Ram Gopal verma) was good earlier
but now days-
his “quality of film-making is becoming low”… Continue reading