6-6-15

So today I was g-chatting with a friend on random things and suddenly the topic of  TWMR came up. This movie has become talk of the town and everyone seems to like it. The movie is good overall. K was superb in the Haryanvi accented "duplicate" role. I almost didn't think that was double-role in initial scenes, it was a completely different character. The duplicate role was quite symbolic in that M realizes that even though the duplicate looks like T, he still likes T for what she is, personality-wise . On another note, both M and the purana premi shouldn't have fallen for the duplicate; if you were breaking up with someone it seems to be a very bad idea to pair up with someone who would remind you of them. 

Nevertheless I wanted to grouse a bit. 

First of all, T and M never logically discuss their bones of contention face to face. They start fighting at the start of the movie and reunite at the end, just like that. Just because they realize that they "love" each. It may be a momentary feeling. What if tomorrow they go down the same path? There is drama-rama-rona-dhona in the end, it's Bollywood after-all, but I wished there was some sincere rational talk as well. 

 I still doubt if T still completely likes M, may be she's now become more tolerant of his "boringness"? Has M changed a bit though? He still seems to be the same person fundamentally. So the movie lacks a satisfying end IMO. 

Or may be they have both matured a bit unknowingly, without needing to explicitly communicate. Perhaps. 

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Reading The God of Small Things. Good book. Like the dry/dark humorous style of writing. Kerala is described in manner that might evoke nostalgia, even though you may not have been there before! I was a bit surprised when my friend told me that it was the only book she wrote. Then googled a bit about her life story .. very interesting. And here is how the book came about.

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For a change, instead of a song I'll leave you with a Shruti Box recording.