Friday, 9 March 2018
Lies, Fiction and Alternative facts.
Friday, 9 February 2018
Movie review : Rang De Basantee.
First of all I would like to thank our professor (H.O.D) of English Department, Bhavnagar University, Dr Dilip Barad sir, who organized film screening of Rang De Basantee (director: Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra) on Independence day-2017 (India).
my review on the movie.
(1) movie explores two stories/two movies in one.
In The Kapil Sharma show, Kapil has asked in comic manner to Rakeysh Mehra that "don't you think that you shows two movies(stories) in your one films, and by this way audience take double entertainment in the purchase of one ticket? He answered on that question that as I usually take almost five years to make one film, that's why I believe that I should show more than others for the sake of audience's satisfaction.
So here, the statement of him in The Kapil Show can be prove through the movie Rang De Basanti and Mirzya.
Rang De Basanti movie has two stories, one is that how the young generation tries to stand against the dull system of our government and second is that how the freedom fighters of India had tried to oppose the reign of English rulers even at the cost of their life. Though the freedom fighter movement seen very less in the movie. But,we can say that director wants to express that if we want India clean from the garbage of corruptions, scams, and lot of other things, than we should/must put our feet in those direction at which our freedom fighters has gone. In the movie mirzya, there is also two stories showed by rakeysh Mehra.
(2) Rakeysh Mehra has tried to hide something.
Yes, we can say that Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra has tried to hide something before release Rang De Basanti.
when we search for the poster of Rang De Basanti or watch the movie trailer, we can not find even the glimpse of the story of freedom fighter's movement. From the poster and trailer of movie, we can say that, this movie would on the college life or on the theme of friendship as the posters indicates us.what would be the reason behind this? Is bacuase audience doesn't like the movies that shows the freedom fightining moment or audience always wants a kind of Masala Films(artificiality) rather than the naked truth.

(3) Marginalized character of Amir khan.
As a audience we always curiously waiting for the movie in which Amir Khan playing role and in 2006 also people would think that if Amir Khan is in the movie than movie would be worth watching because Amir had already proved his versatility by playing roles like Amar Damji in Baazi (1995), and Ajaysinh Rathore in Sarfarosh(1999) as a loyal and brave police inspector, in 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar' (1992) as a teenage boy Sanju, played a fabulous role and how can we forget that all time greatest movie 'Lagaan' shows virtuosity of Amir in the field of acting. so, it was obvious that audience would expect from Amir something more. But however director made his character powerless, he has shown as a kind of careless person, more importance has been given to the character of Siddharth Narayan who played a role of Bhagat Singh and also of Karan Singhaniya. so, here we can say that Rakyesh Mehra has tries to manipulate the people by using Amir Khan.
(4) Very good and effective concept of the movie.
What I like most in this movie is the concept of this movie. Director has connect the youth of contemporary India (2006) to the youth of 1950s (Shahid Bhagat sinh, Ashfakullah Khan, Ramprasad Bismil etc.) Director tries to convey his message through the freedom fighters, he shows us that what type of youth any should have rather the what kind of youth India has in present time. The youth must not be like a people who are wandering on the bikes and who doesn't have the plan even of themselves' future but the, who are seen in the beginning of the movie like the character of D.j, Karan, Aslam, but as movie goes on, director conveys to the audience that what is the power of youth and how a youth can change the whole scenario of the country. He tries to say thatyouth must be like Bhagat singh and others freedom fighters who were always awaken about the country and crystal clear about to take decisions that which verdict to take in present time despite that will decide their future, whom kind of youth can be seen as movie goes towards the climax. so, the journey of four characters Karan, Aslam, D,j and Sukhi from the rollicking young people to the deep thinking young people can be found here.
this movie shows many emotions/elements like fear, sympathy, anger, patriotism, revenge, happiness. so, at some point movie seem loose and boring but suddenly after little it looks more interesting, movie become success in grab the attention of audience constantly towards the story of the film.
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Thinking Activity on I.A.Richards 'Figurative Language'
I will discuss and analyse some poetry, Ghazal and some poetic lines of different poets through the theory of I.A. Richards 'Figurative Language'.
Historical sense and use of metaphors
कवि के खयालात है चाय,
Historical sense and use of metaphors.
Now, if we talk about the use of metaphors in any poetic creation then none other can be better then the song Afreen Afreen originally sung by 'Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan' and written by 'Javed Akhtar'. In this song/Ghazal we can find many metaphors for a body and face of lady.So, let's see what kind of metaphors has used in this creation.
ऐसा देखा नहीं खूबसुरत कोई
जिस्म नगमा कोई जिस्म खुशबू कोई
Important metaphor to notice is found in the first line where poet says that body is like the idol of Ajanta, (The caves of Ajanta-Ellora, Mumbai, India.) where we can find that almost all the idols of woman in Ajanta cave are naked and indicate the 'Love Rasa' (शृंगार रस) one of the nine 'Rasas' described in the theory of 'Rasa' in Bharat Muni's 'Natyashastra', which is consider as the Hindu scriptures or texts. The 'Love Rasa' is all about the myth of Shiva and Shakti in which it is said that creation of human is only happened for the enjoyment of love (Shringara), when Shiva and Shakti, male and female energies, who were one, decided to play game of hide and seek. Love is the most extreme happiness that two people can create together, leaving as the God and Goddess in a universe of their own. In this the relationship becomes rehearsal of surrender to the universe and the divine. So, here poet wants to compare the beauty of a lady (may be of his lover) with a beauty of a lady described in the myth of 'Love Rasa' through the idol of Ajanta.
so it can also called the historical sense of a poet because if someone does not know about the 'Love Rasa' then he/she may not understand the meaning of first line of this creation.
कहीं पे निगाहें कहीं पे निशाना (make satire or do taunt on something or someone by saying it through other context)
अभी लबालब भरा नही हूँ ....
उसे कहो..... मैं मरा नही हूँ .....
Saturday, 23 December 2017
Meaning of Song " मेरे रश्क ए कमर"
We have heard this song many times as it has taken recently in Badshaho (Bollywood) movie with some edited lines. It's not a new song it was already written and sung forty years back in 1987. This Ghazal was written by 'फना बूलंदशहेरी' and originally sung by a lagendery qawwal 'Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan' (uncle to 'Rahat Fateh Ali Khan').
जब नज़र से मिलाई मज़ा आ गया"
रश्क-ए-कमर - चांद को भी जिसकी ईर्ष्या हो जाए एसी खूबसूरत औरत.
आग ऐसी लगायी मज़ा आ गया"
Friday, 15 December 2017
Thinking activity on T.S Eliot's Tradition and Individual Talent.
- Yes, I completely agree with T.S Eliot's concept of Tradition. Eliot says in his essay that the tradition is not just the history of any writer's work but it is something special for Eliot and believes that every poet and writer must contribute his/her individual talent to the tradition, because past is not just past but it has influence on the preset time. Eliot wants the writer to put the tradition into their work but differently.
- "The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the present but of its presence"
- This quote suggest that the past is not just past, this past is mingled to the present. It is like present perfect continuous tense that means tradition has started which effect or influence is still existed in the present time works.
- "This historical sense, which is a sense of the timeless as well as of the temporal and of the timeless and of the temporal together, is what makes a writer traditional"
- It means the modern poet has to use the traditional concept in their work, by this way a writer can be the traditional writer. And work also will seem modern as well as faithful to the tradition
(3) What is the relationship between “tradition” and “the individual talent,” according to the poet T. S. Eliot?
- In his essay the relationship of Tradition and Individual Talent is a kind of relationship between tradition and Individual Talent is like a relationship between the modern psychology with the principals of psychology given by the Sigmund Freud. For understanding the psychology or to give some ideas and principal in the field of psychology one has to read psychology of Sigmund Freud. Exactly in literature, according to T.S.Eliot our 'Individual Talent' must walk together with the 'tradition' on the path of creative writing.
- According to T.S Eliot, a poet or a reader must be well read but what to do of those who are exceptional and yet have a very high poetic seriousness like Shakespeare. That's why Eliot put that quote in his essay because he knew that critic will definitely ask about Shakespeare's high poetic seriousness on attempting the criticism on his essay 'Tradition and Individual Talent'
(5) Explain: "Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry"
- It means, if any critic is going to criticize any poet or writer's work then a critic must be free from all personal as well as historical prejudices. He must judge poet's poetry rather poet, it doesn't matter what poet's historical background or what type of person he but he should look at the quality of poetry and how effectively or ineffectively it is influencing the socity and the humenkind.
(6) How would you like to explain Eliot's theory of ddepersonalization? You can explain with the help of chemical reaction in presence of catalyst agent, Platinum.
- Eliot says that whenever poet write something or try to create a piece of creative writing, he should not just use his imagination, poetic seriousness but also use the feelings, emotions, pain of suffering which has been suffered by him/her during his/her life. But the these pain and agony must no seen or appeared in his or her work, like the process of sulfuric acid in which platinum is used as a medium to produce the sulfuric acid, exactly the pain and greaf for life or by life should used just as a medium to create a peace of creative writing.
- This quote says that poet should keep his/her feelings and emotions away from his/her work.no personal prejudices should come into you work.
- I think,
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
आजाद कैदी

મેં લખ્યું છે એ સમાજ વિશે જેણે
હસતી આંખો પર રિવાજો ની બંદિશ કરી છે.
मेरी नजरो में हिंदुस्तान की हर औरत गुलाम है.
गुलाम है, कही ना कही अपने मझहब की,
कही मझहबी रीत-ओ-रिवाझ की
गुलाम है अपने उस समाज की
जिसके वजूद का कोइ अता पता नही
कत्ल करता रहा है, इन्सानो के जझबातों का
फिर मझहब की आड में आकर कहेता है
इसमें मेरी कोइ खता ही नही.
गुलाम है कही ना कही अपनो की,
तो कही अपने आप की,
यहीं दास्तान है यहा हर औरत के जझबात की.
थोडी कश्मकश सी होती, तो थोडा सहेम सा जाता हुं
थोडी सी उलजने और बहोत सारी हमदर्दी लेकर,
अपने आप से एक ही सवाल पूछता जाता हुं
क्यां ये मासूम सी मुसकान,
आंखो से छलकता वो आजाद होने का खुमार
हदो को पार कर कुछ कर दिखाने की ख्वाहिशे बेशुमार,
क्यां ये सब खयालात जिंदा रहेंगे,
पिया के घर जाने के बाद
क्या ये खुमारी का आफताब निकल पाएगा,
एक बार ढल जाने के बाद
या फिर ये हौसला महज एक बर्फ का बना महल है,
जो पिघल जाएगा, रिवाजो के पानी में फिसल जाने के बाद.
शायद यहां लडकी के जझबातों का कोइ मायना नही.
ना कोइ सुनने वाला है इनकी दास्तान को,
ना इनके दर्द को समजने वाला कोइ,
जो इनके हौसलो को बढावा दे,
जो इनके अरमानो को सवांर दे एसा कोइ आइना ही नही.
यहां तो बस सदियों से जारी हुआ एक फरमान है,
ना चाहते हुए भी,
बेटी तो बस दो दिन की महेमान है.
पसंद नापसंद देखी नही जाती यहां पर.
अठ्ठराह की हो गइ तो राह देखी नही जाती जहां पर.
किस्मत तय है के पिया के घर जाना है,
अपने अरमानो को अग्नि के कूंड में ही जलाना है,
अब में क्यां चाहती हुं देखा नही जाएगा,
अब तो बस शोहर के अरमानो को ही सजाना है,
वो जो भी बोले वो कर दिखाना है,
जहां बचपन की कुछ यादे सजाइ थी
वो जगह को छोड,
यही जीना, यही मर जाना है.
बस कुछ शिकायते है, इस रिवाझ से
कुछ इनायते है अपने आप से
रिवाझो के कफन में लिपटी, मेरी कुछ हसरते है,
जो कभी पूरी ना हूइ, वो कुछ इबादते है,
मेरे मन ही मन में खो चुकी, कुछ शरारते है,
लोगो की नजरो के सामने होकर भी,
दिखाइ ना देने वाली कुछ हकिकते है.......
these lines expressed the situation of women in India, who are seem free but somehow, somewhere confined in the rituals.
Sunday, 19 November 2017
Coleridge's Thinking activity
“A poem of any length neither can be, nor ought to be, all poetry”.
Difference between prose and poem is as follow:
(1). Prose and poem both are most probably same but presentation of both are not same. The difference is between the combination of those elements and objects aimed at the poem and Prose. Coleridge make use of certain artificial arrangement of words with the help of metre. As a result composition will be a poem, merely because it is distinguished from composition in Prose by metre, or by rhyme. Poem have musical construction whereas prose is flat forward like news papers, magazine, fiction etc. So here we can say that prose has simple language and subject and it's aimed to be strict to the truth whereas poem's aimed to give pleasure.
(2) Coleridge considers to distinguish poem from poetry Coleridge points out that "poetry of the highest kind may exist without the contra distinguishing object of a poem " Poem is a form of poetry. Poetry means to create or to make. Poetry is the art of creating a poem. Poetry is something going on in the poet’s mind; how to create a poem using language, metre etc. with his imagination.
>Example of prose:
(3)When you set out to tell a story in prose, it’s called a novel or short story and essay which you familiar with it very well (depending on length). Stories can also be told through verse, but it’s less common nowadays. Books like Harry Potter and mobydick are written in prose.