Basket of human emotions seen through the lenses

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart-Helen Keller

Need for time management kept on pounding on my doors during last two years. During that time I realized that time is more precious and dearer than money. During those times I had seldom got any time to watch a movie or to even appreciate a simple creative act. And then when i got some of it, I happily obliged that time by doing what best i do and that is harboring myself on some of the gem of the movies. Some of the previous blogposts highlight my journey into the world of movies which i had enjoyed thoroughly

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Some movies don't follow any conventional or straight-forward path and gradually they attain timelessness. They can be re -watched over and over again and that too without harnessing the feeling of being repetitive. What makes a movie Immortal or unforgettable? Is it the story, is it the set of characters twanged in the movie and or the resplendent display of human emotions.

Human emotions in true essence prevail through the time and can be experienced by people over and over again irrespective of time and space.

Das Boot was on my watching list for a long time. I did manage to put that movie in my laptop’s dvd player once, but absence of subtitles halted my efforts. Das Boot to me is not essentially a war film; it is an opera which captures human emotions in different situations. It’s a movie which exemplifies bonding and team building. Yes, this movie can be shown in a team building exercise to its participants.

It teaches of how to be an efficient team. A team is only successful if all the members of the team perform their own work efficiently and then complement each other. If one person is being called to perform all the duties, then it’s not an efficient team. In Das boot when the submarine was sinking after being hit by the enemy ship, the crew members performed their own duty so well that they came out of the bottom and hurled back to the surface.

Is it an anti-war movie? Yes, it can be, here the crew members who toil under the water tirelessly for days sometimes question back the decisions taken by their superiors.Superiors who are sitting in their posh offices and having a scrumptious meal. But isn't the same happens when superiors sometimes don’t understand the pain suffered by team members now a days also .Master director Stanley Kubrick harbored on the same topic in his 1957 epic ‘Paths of Glory’. Paths of Glory went one step ahead when Kirk Douglas refused to participate in the war. Das Boot holds itself back and forces us to remain within the world of submarine and experience the emotions.

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We get introduced to the Captain Willenbrock played by Jurgen Pronchow who has nerves of steeland who is un-fluttered in all tough situations. A captain may not be the most technically sound person at times but he has the toughest mental strength and is a gritty character. The underwater world of submarine has been perfectly depicted in this movie. Even we as audience sail through the same claustrophobic phase as the characters of this movie experience. It is a must watch for any serious movie aficionado.

Same human emotions but in a different way were captured in another interesting Hinglish movie called Lunchbox. Here human emotions surfaced at loneliness. It’s how loneliness bridges the gap between the two main protagonists of this movie. Superbly played by awesome Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur. Ever versatile Nawazurddin Siddiui aptly performed the supporting role of Sheikh.

Here Irrfan Khan “Saajan Fernandes” again exemplifies and showcases the human emotions at different juncture of the movie. Adjusting the spectacles to stare sneeringly whenever he reads the letters from the lunch box, looking himself at the mirror which reflects back his age and questions his forthcoming deeds are examples of masterful depiction of human emotions.

Movies have been and always will be the perfect medium through which human emotions are captured. Be it a 1981 gritty war movie like 'Das Boot' or a 2013 plain social drama movie like 'Lunchbox' human emotions prevail everywhere and teaches us something to learn from.My Quest for witnessing good movies continues.