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Kapoor & Sons since 1921

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Kapoor & Sons  Since 1921

Kapoor and sons the melodramatic movie by Dharma production released on the 18th March.

A typical dharma movie dramatising a simple idea by showing each character to the fullest.A predictable story as it starts from the two sons coming back home to be with their grandfather who is terribly sick and who’s only wish is to have a family photo with the title kapoor and sons since 1921 before he dies.

The movie is character driven , showing the relationship of two brothers.Their conflicts,their similarities and their jealous attitude in sibling of the same gender.

The story was dragged after the interval with not much to show and tell.Shakun Batra’s second flick after ek main aur ek tu.Had high expectations from a cast like Rishi kapoor,Alia Bhatt,Siddharth Malhotra and debutant Fawad Khan ,had all the hype . Rishi kapoors performance and theatre artist like Rajat Kapoor and Ratna pathak’s  chemistry and  expression were well timed.But as far as the juniors go they overacted mostly.

The 140 minutes could be sliced to 120 minutes by making it less about the family photo.

The relationship between the mothers and sons were flawless.

Kapoor and sons since 1921 is like the comeback of the  dharma productions after a long while .

Travel to rediscover yourself !!!

 

Travel -Travelling is a feeling of living a life of a particular  people and place within the time you are there .

Travel can make you relate with people of different culture & backgrounds 

Travel makes you rich with experiences and poor with money 

People Travel to realise that ,people are almost the same everywhere 

Travel makes you realise  ,it’s already tomorrow in another country.

If you travel frequently ,You will know why we people travel ,we travel to keep our state of mind occupied with work or be at peace by searching for the meaning of what else can we do .Travelling is being you in another place .Travelling means to try now or never,I don’t know when I will be back here or will I ever be back here?Travelling makes you realise  that there are more like you, you aren’t the only one.

Travel in my view stands for :

T-Time

R-Reach 

A-Around 

V-Vision 

E-Evolve 

L-Lost 

Wah Taj!! 

  
The beauty of The Taj just doesn’t lie only in its structure , even the shadow of the monument is a perfect beauty Taj Mahal has been on the bucket list since the day I couldn’t go with my School mates almost a decade ago and just when parents gave the options of Celebrating a milestone in the city of Agra we jumped,the long wait was coming to an end,we would be finally getting to see one of the wonder of the world “Taj Mahal ,”The drive 3 hour long from the capital was not long for us to view a The wonder of the world,As we passed the streets of the city with stagnant water ,motor bikes and small shops on either sides of the streets made us move slowly to our destination,evening 5:30 pm just before entry for the day would be shut we walked hurried to view the glory of the city,and the glory of India ,The monumental structure which was so huge and spotlessly cleaned,made me rubbish all the Rumours of this turning black and to just digest the fact that This was made in India and has to be the most beautiful wonder of the world I have seen till date and the only wonder of the world who’s reflection is crystal clear .

Storytelling Vs telling a lie.

 The other day, I was going through an interview when this thought struck me ,are Lies & Storytelling the same ?We lie to hide the truth from others, we lie because we cannot admit the truth ,We lie because we fear speaking out the truth as it will leave us alone,we might be hurting somebody if we speak up the truth .Ok that’s lying then what’s storytelling ? Storytelling is the power of telling stories that must have happened ,A piece of News that you have heard and you narrate it in a little dramatic way to get the attention of the listener .But Now if you actually see there is a thin line of a difference amongst the two in both forms we Lie to defend ourself even though we know we are wrong,guilty of taking the wrong side ,but again it might seem wrong to you ,but it might be the right thing for the speaker .At the same time stories we tell to entertain ,to make our imaginations run wild to impress how good we are at speaking ,Stories transform us to a magical place to a make believe world for us it might be dreaming while others laugh and say he is living with such a big lie.But for us its a fantasy a world that we create for ourself to be happy and defining the reality in others terms the truth that we know ,,but imagination is a lie for others ,but we are living by being hopeful for things to turnaround .

Hope 

Hope -that’s what  What most of the Indians are surviving on ,hoping that every day is good ,every second day is better and there are many more good days that they can look forward to.

I too was hopeful recently during my vacation when at mumbai International Airport security check I forgot my ID and only realised this when the flight took off ,for the next 3 weeks on my holiday,I was stressed ,tensed and hoping that I might not have too go through that process of applying for duplicate Id the headache everybody goes through if they loose any document had hope that the ID card would be in a safe place .

Three weeks later and as soon as I arrived I went to the information desk to find out , I found out the process and next day spoke to the concerned person and to my surprise ,they actually had my ID card I was impressed with our systems and

Felt lucky and was reassured there are some things that only happen In India .And the country has hope to become better .