tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post8459889762426698586..comments2024-03-27T03:24:28.935-07:00Comments on Woman in Progress: Yashodhara's Personal Blog: Taare Zameen Par - I finally saw it!Yashodharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14106039654401909233noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-73908401123497709942008-02-05T01:46:00.000-08:002008-02-05T01:46:00.000-08:00With due respect to your opinion...I think what wa...With due respect to your opinion...I think what was most awesome about the film is that it never loses its single central idea...ISHAN<BR/><BR/>Its about the boy and his struggle to be himself...yes it tends to get a bit melodramatic towards the end but the single thread that binds the entire length of the film is never out of focus and to me thats the best part of the film...<BR/><BR/>ArrowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-82815530639654600322008-02-04T07:03:00.000-08:002008-02-04T07:03:00.000-08:00Y,Oh, I agree with your take, but then it wouldn't...Y,<BR/><BR/>Oh, I agree with your take, but then it wouldn't *be* a movie! <BR/>Aamir Khan, unfortunately, tends to irritate the heck out of me, so the movie kinda suffered from Aamiritis, but Darsheel - Oh my What a performance!<BR/><BR/>Regarding Water and Monsoon wedding - Liked Monsoon wedding, but disliked Water - the choice of John Abraham (who makes a log of wood look animated, IMO!) and Lisa Ray, who also cannot act at all, was absolutely wrong...the story itself felt forced - I think Mehta's trilogy pretty much went downhill after Earth, which was the best of the three. (CYA statement: All my opinion :-))<BR/><BR/>MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-63346646435269015432008-02-04T03:11:00.000-08:002008-02-04T03:11:00.000-08:00wish the whole school system would get a revamp..wish the whole school system would get a revamp..Choxboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741540918529448553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-77129269615318948632008-02-04T03:01:00.000-08:002008-02-04T03:01:00.000-08:00Y, DipaliTotally ageee it was a very potent scene,...Y, Dipali<BR/><BR/>Totally ageee it was a very potent scene, and straight-to-heart... I am just saying it seemed a bit forced in so that it could carry a "niche, thinking audience" tag as well in addition to being a fun, monsoon-y movie.<BR/><BR/>But... that's not to take away from the face that everybody - the young girl, Shefali Chhaya, Rajat Kapoor and especially Naseeruddin Shah - were fantastic, very real, very restrained and very believable while enacting the entire episode. I love Naseeruddin Shah.<BR/><BR/>Y - glad you did realise it was a joke. I would never want to risk your ire! Love.<BR/><BR/>psst.... ALL - I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU KNOW, IT'S Y'S BIRTHDAY ON 7th FEB. <BR/><BR/>(Y hehe, you didn't think the old campus junta will forget, eh - not when we had three cake-cutting ceremonies on that day... Trupti, if you're reading this, that includes you.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-20584767358237027692008-02-04T01:38:00.000-08:002008-02-04T01:38:00.000-08:00Dipali: True, but I still think it was done in a r...Dipali: True, but I still think it was done in a rather tacky manner, in the second half. And agree with you, the part where the Dad sees Ishan reading and walks away in shame was very touching indeed. Let me know how you like Water.<BR/><BR/>Nandita: No,no, there is no such thing as hogging comment space. And yes, what about the kids who are 'just average' at everything? Does everyone have to have an outstanding talent? Hmm.<BR/>Suki: Hope you didn't read the post then!<BR/><BR/>N: I do know how you feel about it! And thanks for the translation :-)<BR/><BR/>Mona: I know, yaar, this motherhood thing is a whole new ball game. I even liked that 'Ma' song! Sheesh!<BR/><BR/>Stuti: I would never ban you of all people (although your joke on my earlier post about Peanut confusing me and the K, made me want to throttle your skinny neck). But agree with Dipali above, that in Monsoon Wedding, the child molestation story was very central to the film and very relevant and telling.<BR/><BR/>Chandni: Yes, as long as it affects even some people positively and makes them think differently about the way they pressure their kids, great. And glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't like Aamir. And that Bum song. But have you tried dancing alone, wiggling your bum in front of your mirror while singing it? <BR/><BR/>Dipali: I agree, yes, yes. That scene in Monsoon Wedding was really impactful. Also earlier, when the older victim finally speaks up and stops him from taking the younger girl for a drive in the car. Why can't we have more movies like this!?Yashodharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106039654401909233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-17984674106319156282008-02-04T00:38:00.000-08:002008-02-04T00:38:00.000-08:00@stuti- I thought that the child molestation bit a...@stuti- I thought that the child molestation bit and the way it was handled was what made Monsoon Wedding<BR/>a truly awesome movie. The part where the molester is asked to leave is one of the most gut wrenching, heart- rending scenes ever.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-29663904678864298782008-02-03T22:42:00.000-08:002008-02-03T22:42:00.000-08:00I get where you're coming from and I found myself ...I get where you're coming from and I found myself nodding at most places while reading the post. Here's my stuff - <BR/><BR/>I lowed the movie!<BR/><BR/>I think it was important to show him excel in something, also because he was supposed to be dyslexic...on an average, dyslexia usually ( not always) does bring with it special talents....<BR/><BR/>I don't like aamir Khan much, but I am glad he made the film simply because special children are really ignored in society, or at best sent away to special schools. It brings out the point of it being possible and very important to mainstream them amongst others. That's how they can grow up and build their lives like everyone else. There might be 1000 such kids who'd probably never get "help" because no one understands that their needs are different. <BR/><BR/>I know someone, who's child I suspect, is dyslexic...but the parents refuse to even consider that possibility and come back with "you think my child is mad"?<BR/><BR/>But I hate bum chick too :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-81458220636582041102008-02-03T21:17:00.000-08:002008-02-03T21:17:00.000-08:00Hmmm.. nice thought Y... couple of things which pu...Hmmm.. nice thought Y... couple of things which put me off slightly in Taare Zameen Par :<BR/><BR/>(a) The Spiff rip-off, atleast Bill Watterson should've been mentioned in the credits.<BR/>(b) The song 'Bheja Kum' seemed a lot inspired by the videos of Jeremy and Another Brick In The Wall.<BR/>(c) Bum Bum Bole - sticks out. Doesn't gel with either the first half or the second half.<BR/><BR/>Apart from the above, there is something else that, though didn't put me off, made me think. Not really a reflection on the movie, because the movie needed a plot, but about life in general... here goes...<BR/><BR/>What if the kid, as you say, wasn't excellent at any one thing? And wasn't dyslexic either... which is to say, like 90%+ other kids, then.. then what?? What about the pressures and expectations THEY have to face? What about the fact that THEIR childhood is also worth pondering over. Just because they aren't "special" in either way - neither handicapped in any which way nor specially gifted in any field - doesn't mean they don't deserve being treated like the 'special' kids.<BR/><BR/>A disability should not be turned around so much that it becomes coveted. <BR/><BR/>There's another related thing which has always bothered me - in an apparent 'quest' (bad choice of word) to prove we believe in gender equality, I've seen so many of us yearning for a girl child. How about those who've always wanted a boy baby? The gender equality has been so talked about in erudite circles that it's almost taboo to say "Oh, I've always want a boy".<BR/><BR/>Sorry Y... long long long comment, got carried over!<BR/><BR/>Nice post, very well thought of.<BR/><BR/>I still LOVED the movie though. More than any other movie in a long long time.<BR/><BR/>Monsoon Wedding - not really very honest in my view. The part about child molestation was forced in, to give it an intellectual and 'classy' twist, in my view.<BR/><BR/>There was something called 'Dansh' which came out two years back, it was a fabulous, fabulous make... though traumatic, and I will not recommend it to myself or to others.<BR/><BR/>Phew (finally!)... tata Y, don't ban me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-25765313432318473102008-02-03T20:18:00.000-08:002008-02-03T20:18:00.000-08:00i watched it this past weekend too! i enjoyed the ...i watched it this past weekend too! i enjoyed the movie and like you said, despite the brilliant acting, post-amir khan's entrance the movie got kind of blah. the one thing that struck me is when ishan's mom is watching home videos - figuring things out, confirming stuff. omg, that one moment, really got me. that's SUCH a mom thing, <BR/>'how did i not know? how did i not notice?",<BR/>the denial of the problem. and joy of the baby, regardless. <BR/>so many things in that one bit of footage. some i can't even put into words.<BR/>i realize what a scaredy-cat this motherhood thing has made me, i'm scared of all these things now. gone is the fearless girl i used to be. (okay, fairly fearless)Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097031636514238324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-11719185778632264832008-02-03T20:07:00.000-08:002008-02-03T20:07:00.000-08:00You alreay know what I think about the movie, so w...You alreay know what I think about the movie, so won't comment about that. Will just say I agree with what you and the other commenters said, but I just want to respond with my heart and not my mind... :)<BR/>But to answer your question, "dhajjiyan udana" means "to blow to smithereens". Hope that clears that! :DNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021394197627422940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-67416682271222284862008-02-03T18:37:00.000-08:002008-02-03T18:37:00.000-08:00Wanna watch. Will watch this week. Promise.Wanna watch. Will watch this week. Promise.Sukhalokahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839282055547314024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-17542111241310093352008-02-03T09:59:00.000-08:002008-02-03T09:59:00.000-08:00I agree with you when you say that Ishaan did not ...I agree with you when you say that Ishaan did not have to be brilliant at anything, infact I would also say that having Ishaan as a dyslexic child in a way helps legitimize the pressure parents put on children with no learning disabilities to fit in and excel academically. There are hundreds of kids who are just not inspired by the insipid teachers and the inane rat race... would have liked to see the film also address something like that.Having said that I guess the film does in a lot of ways remind me of how boring and uninspiring school and most teachers were. Also it does address how inadequate our education system is and how parents can be insensitive to what a child feels.<BR/>Finally the film moved me (more than any film in the recent past has) mostly because everything seemed so familiar and so completely unjust. Hopefully kids will have it better in the future.<BR/>Sorry for hogging so much space!!!!Nanditahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517729541127190519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-36314201907387925132008-02-03T07:48:00.000-08:002008-02-03T07:48:00.000-08:00Monsoon wedding- absolutely awesome film. Was too ...Monsoon wedding- absolutely awesome film. Was too sleepy to sit through Water- I'll give it a shot- we have the CD.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-88104788645063614042008-02-03T07:46:00.000-08:002008-02-03T07:46:00.000-08:00I guess there wasn't any other way to have done it...I guess there wasn't any other way to have done it and also made a popular film. Many of us have had issues with the necessity of Ishaan winning anything at all, but it did make for an overwhelmingly emotional moment.<BR/>They could as well have ended the film where a visibly brighter and happier Ishaan was reading out loud about the Art Mela at the amphitheatre- that was really moving. I'm glad his dad moved away and didn't talk to him at that point.<BR/>Perhaps it might have jarred less if the boarding school had a sensitive and aware teacher in the first place, rather than having to introduce him in that rather ridiculous fashion.<BR/>But overall, a valuable film- different in a very positive way.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.com