I saw Guzaarish today, a film released in the year 2010 starring Hrithik
and Aishwarya. Based on the subject of Euthanasia (mercy killing).
It is a sad thing that Hrithik reminds us of Koi Mil Gaya everytime he
sounds excited. But apart from that, his acting in the film, expressions
AND Dialog deliveries are superb. To see the great duggu dancer as a
paralyzed person in the film would have certainly
left me with a feeling of 'there's something missing'. Flashback took
care of that. I remember being quite excited about watching the film
when its trailers played on TV back in 2010, especially the one in which
he dances with his assistant, the song Yeh Tera Jiqra Hai playing in
the background.
I also remember a lot of jeering and
denouncing of the film by several political parties had been received
because of a trailer in which Aishwarya was shown smoking. I hated that
row for its biased stand. They protested because a woman was shown
smoking a cigarette, which apparently sent out a bad message. If they or
anyone really, sincerely wanted to protest they should have protested
the smoking scene altogether. I myself had laughed at the news that
time. I smirked today while watching that scene. It could have been
skipped, as all smoking scenes in all the films can be skipped, but
being there it added a little flavour, and humor too.
Dialogs
and scenes - I loved all of them. Except one. I feel the need to mention
it. Aditya Roy Kapoor tells Hrithik that he would sacrifice Magic, his
passion, for his love if his girlfriend asks for it. I wished, hoped and
expected Hrithik to shout at him and order him out of the house at that
moment. But he smiled. And I winced.
Love, as a rule, does
not ask for compromise. If it does, it is not love. It is merely a
stubborn and forced PLEA. Stubborn, because it won't listen to reason.
Forced, because it would blackmail emotionally, and PLEA, because it
will inadvertently acknowledge its own impotent compatibility and yet
ask us to accept it like that. It is not very difficult to recognise
this flaw, what IS difficult for most is the admittance to themselves
that the idea of love that exists in their partner's view is horribly
flawed. The simple solution is to leave the partner. But if we choose to
stay with their idea of love, we not only betray the concept of love,
but we also betray the concept of passion. If we compromise our passion
for our 'love', then we lose both - love and passion. We realize yet
refuse to accept the fact that we are incapable of loving and we are
just not passionate enough.
I winced for the same reason when I
saw Makarand Deshpande who plays a passionate artist being potrayed as a
scoundrel who beats his seperated wife and forces her to stay with him.
And while being beaten up she complains of his choosing his paintings
over her. Being passionate to the core about one's work is potrayed as
BAD in this film. Just by these two incidents. And they would certainly
have their effect on the audience engulfed in watching the film and
being the part of the flowing story. Compromise is shown as a virtue.
I liked Hrithik's conversation with the Church Father the most. Also
the hearing at his home where he displays the 'magic trick' of 60
seconds. Predictable. Yet amusing, effective and Fantastic.
Euthanasia - Only the man who fully recognises the value of life, not
just HIS life, but life as a concept, for the whole significant part of
it, should be given the permission to die. In this film, Hrithik through
his acting, aptly conveyed the message and gave justice to the
character and the film.
The film had received four stars back
then, and justly so. I don't like writing reviews, I avoid them when I
can. This is the first film which made me write about it.
- Kaustubh Anil Pendharkar
