What Raanjhanaa teaches us in " Benarasi Style"

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Well, there you may find hundreds reviews of “Raanjhanaa” , Paid ( read bribed )critiques & “I know everything-school teacher mam” types critiques who gave it all from 0 rating to 5 starts , which indeed a great achievement and mirror the verity that “its again with the beholder” how one see something. For reviews you may Google but here is something film critics won’t tell you , they can’t coz a movie is not all about good things or showing muscles and cleavages for that you have WWE & Naughty America.

The suburban India – say the tier II and III cities which hangs between modernization and ethnic values are always most affected by any change, be it f TV coming to India of FDI. Life is a two way blade for the typical middle class India where you may love, subject not to express and if both of your are on same side  then your love is subject to social approval and we all know how societal we are in that prospect.

Love, Expression of love and Living in love is totally three different things; this is what Raanjhanaa teaches us. The first one –Love is the simplest one, you may like/love anyone and in many cases may be 80 % of all love stories ends in this stage only as you never express. I know a few stories where the guy even didn’t knows the girl’s name for years. The typical “India wala love” where nothing is spoken, their eyes never met. The only people know is your friend who roams with you all day. Some people called it stalking but I won’t go into that debate, I might hurt many feelings.

If somehow you congregate adequate courage you reach the second stage where you express it to the girl, like Kundan in Raanjhanaa  decides to express it ( or forced by his friend )after almost 8 years of first falling into it ( rather say stalking her ).  So far so good but now the whole “Ramayana” starts….

You might have though the girl already knows that you are behind her for last few years and you want to go ahead and propose with an advantage but you only realize that she might not even seen you all the time like you are a “ Mr India ” or Holllow Man, leave the advantage.

Then you feel horrible “ All waste ? ” So you start afresh after this tremendous setback and this time don’t want to waste time , what happens next is your luck or rather is say her luck. But this phase is the most remembered part of live, be it the 10^th girl you propose still the feeling will be the same every time like the first time.  ( By saying 10^th Girl I am just giving an example,  cool down boys, I guess love doesn’t happen so many times, if such happened to your case then you might like to call it something else, commonly known as infatuation)

You might have expected a direct answer, or some clue from her expression but all girls become Sonam Kapoor ( expressionless) once you propose them . Some ask time which never ends, some just behave abnormally. Girls in India like to have Backups in most cases because if their other plans fail they know they have some “ champu” always for them so they defer their decision like court cases of India as many( not all ) keep looking for better proposals. I may lose a few friends for saying so but truth has no color, right.

Many girls confessed that they rarely even thought seriously when some guy proposed them but they didn’t want to say “NO” bluntly or say “Yes” shamelessly so just thought to continue as “ Friends” – the most confusing relation between a Boy and Girl.

Here comes the twist, for a Guy “Yes” means “ Yuppy, the girl was also loving me”,  silence means Yes with a time delay, may be some more effort needed and “No” means “ Its not the right time, lets try again on some festival time when her mood will be good” , but a guy rarely gives up, so happens in case of our Kundan.

I am not putting a spoiler here, you must watch the movie to find that, but what the movie potrays, good or bad its about a average and below average Indian where one consider marriage as the ultimate goal of love and marriage is subject to levels of approvals from all sides.

What happens to Kundan may not happen with everyone in real life, but a time wasted is wasted, the bitterness which is by product of ‘any relation gone bad’ is the naked truth.

I couldn’t forget one dialogue of his when he says Zoya “ Tume Pyaar karna mera talent tha, agar koi aur bhi ladki hoti to bhi main utna hi Pyaar karta, and I wont utter your name from now onwards, if I do …”

I guess Love is a phase and it also do pass with time, in come cases it stays for long and like I said in other posts all real things die one day so does Love. Be it there for a moment, but have it there like nothing else, have it like the Lifetime.

At time I felt Kundan was a silly, B**C** who tried to slit his veins at every possible failure, but he delivered the most powerful monologue of Indian Film industry.

Ek Ladki Thi Jo Bagal Mein Bhaithi Thi..
Ek Kuch Doctor Jo Abhi Bhi Iss Umeed Me The Ki Shayad Yeh Murda Phir Jaag Pade..
Ek Dost Tha Jo Pagal Tha..
Ek Aur Ladki Thi Jisne Apna Sab Kuch Haar Diya Tha Mujhpe..
Meri Maa Thi, Baap Tha, Banaras Ki Galiyaan Thi
Aur Yeh Ek Hamaara Shareer Tha Jo Hume Chord Chuka Tha..
Aur Yeh Mera Seena Jisme Ab Bhi Aag Baaki Thi..

Hum Uth Sakte The Par Kiske Liye..
Hum Cheek Sakte The Par Kiske Liye..
Mera Pyaar Zoya, Banaras Ki Galiyaan, Bindiya, Muraali Sab Mujhse Chooth Raha Tha...

Mere Seene Ki Aag Yaa Toh Mujhe Zinda Kar Sakti Thi Ya Fir Mujhe Marr Sakti Thi,
Par Saala Ab Uthe Kaun,
Kaun Phir Se Mehnat Kare Dil Lagane Ko,Dil Tudwane Ko.

Abe Koi Toh Aawaj De Ke Rok Lo,
Ye Jo Ladki Murda Si Aanke Liye Baithi Hai Bagal Me,
Aaj Bhi Haan Bol De Toh Mahadev Ki Kasam Waapas Aa Jayen ..

Par Nahi Ab Saala Mood Nahi, Aankhe Moond Lene Me Hi Sukh Hai,
So Jaane Me Hi Bhalayi Hai ..

"Par Uthenge Kisi Din Ussi Ganga Kinare Damru Bajane Ko,
Unhi Banaras Ke Galiyo Me Daud Jaane Ko,
Kisi Zoya Ke Ishq Me Phir Se Padh Jaane Ko..!!"

Note : This is a unrated version which means it was written in one go without disturbing the thoughts flow, there could be spelling, grammar mistake, but if i proof read it i may not like certain things i wrote and i may try to change which i guess is not fair with "thoughts" so i believe Let the Heart Flow.