The Scottish Experience-1

History kept alive in the era of modernisation.

My Scottish experience has been a rather astonishing feeling.

A couple of friends alongwith charted to the Historic Edinburugh and

the terrains of the Highlands, which turned out to be a life lasting

experience.

I have to divide my journey into three major parts.

Edinburugh- The first line of this blog post certainly was written keeping

this city in my mind.

Glasgow- They say it is one of the most interesting cities in the world, we will

come to know once i dig into the subtle nuances of this magnificent city.

The Highlands- The rich history of Scotland coupled with Beautfiul countryside of Highlands.

Its a must see thing for all countryside lovers.

Scotland home of Scoth Whisky and Golf boasts of many unique things, which i would

later explore into my later posts.

Neva say die NEVA

Down but not out what I think…….what I believe in…………….

Let it come…..let the odds stack against you…come on………….

I will face every damn thing.

What are tough men meant for…….not going to be supressed by

Anything.Always I have fought……..against myself,against some one

Else….i consider myself a figther…….never let it down baby………

Tough times don’t last but tough people do…..

Life is neva been easy……neva it meant to be…………

Who said life is full of roses…..Once again the time has come

To stand up and defend, to defend self dignity…………

To prove thyself………..

Aaj phir wohi dum dekha de………………..

Aaj phir jaan pe khel le………..

Kaaton pe chal ke manzil paa le………...

Let it come baby………let it come……………………….

Director's Vision-1

Films…what are they made for. Is it for mere entertainment or for some

Specific purpose which we don’t know about.

A Director's vision is a film, a definitive angle of thinking.

His views, his perspective, a cumulative perception is what a film is about.

Do the directors compromise on their films or should have they done that.

When a film becomes specific for money raising then it becomes a

Compromising element for its visionary.

Who are culpable for this, are we the one who to blame.

Its an unprecedented, unthinkable view which is not materialistic.

The society plays a major part as producers don’t want to make some

Controversial films which would ignite a rage in people, so they put

barriers in the creative aura of the director.

If we see French films, there directors can embark on any damn idea.

Liberty is the entity which they inculcate there.

I don’t know which is right or wrong.

If in India Kissing or any intimate scenes were considered obscene, I am

Not judging whether it was morally or socially right or wrong.

Ray once said 'As kissing was not acceptable in Bengali cinema, I had to

Make the scene somehow intimate' in 'Apur Sansar'

Generally on other zones also, creativity takes a big time knock.

Money plays a part, it will.

I feel sometimes the actors, who are really mega stars here can

Plant their foot forward and look forward to do some meaningful films,

because they have nothing to lose.

We have seen very few Indian films which explores into the unknown area.

Dissection with really good movies I will continue further…………

For not lets think and rethink 'is the director constrained'?.

If he is, then what are these constraints?.........

Forgotten

The forgotten sentiments, sometimes sprangs up in our memory.

An entity which sometimes pops up, again it melts down.

Movies,Songs etc have now become the flag bearers of true flag.

We see the movies, our sentiments flow,we feel the thing.

As Rang de Basanti did…The Robaroo song ignited the fire…..

The spark came but again after a fortnight same eroded thoughts.

As famous American critic 'Ambrose Bierce' said

'In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first '

A man now does not have any time to look out for broader things, as his own mindset

Alongwith his deeds are trying to find the narrowest lane, where the lights are glistening.

It doesn’t mean everytime you have to die to show how big a partisan you are

It means doing small things, it means following certain principles.

But in the battle for survival for fittest who has the time to look at

These things.

Its easy to say ' is desh ka kuch nahin ho sakta' but how many of us Have come forward as 'DJ' did to rectify the situation.

Its easy to reproach but to take the responsibility and carve a space

For your country by yourself is gruelling.

Lets try to do a very simple thing to remember the forgotten element

Badla

Runs scored…….wickets shattered……an innings win………..

Indian cricket team has won the Badla series…the revenge is being taken.

All the batsmen scored centuries……..bowlers bowled well……one more

Series victory over minnows like Bangladesh,Zimbabwe or even away win at Windies.

Where is this going?........what is the root cause? We are blaming the coach……..

Greg Chappel the perfect scapegoat…….Dravd's subdued captaincy.

I think focal culprit is the cricket board, their policies, their inablility of

Getting elegant batsmen, real fast bowlers(not like Zaheer and all)…….agile

Fielders……capable all-rounders(Karthik-give me a break)……………….

For that we have to dig inside…….under-16,under-19 cricket has to be encouraged…….

Make them to play on bouncy tracks……..arrange foreign tours…let them play

Agianst Aussie,English juniors………..expose them …let them face it…..mature them,build

Them………………

Some officials who don’t know A,B and C of cricket have been ruling the roost

In BCCI, making imperative decisions……………

The asli badla when Indian team will be able to win series,torunaments

Abroad,playing on bouncier and sporting wickets.

Otherwise the history will repeat itself nicely.

Are you thinking?

Ray's nuances simplified, a contemporary story punctuated with the human idealism.

Pratidwandi or 'The Adversary' in my view is Ray's one of his best films.

A character dwindled, an idealist whose idealism wants to go away from him.

A lost childhood tranquility,innocent serenity metamorphoses into youth rage.

The movie captures the social conditions which prevailed in Calcutta now Kolkata

In 1970's, brilliantly imagined parallelism by Ray magnifies his vision.

Corruption, unemployment depicted as the major contemporary problems.

Pretty much diversed from Ray's earlier movies….where he first time plants his foot

In urban genre……….here he proves his true versatility keeping his true signature

Temparment.

What was that?

it happened really......

Shaken by bomb blast or stunned by nuclear tests……life became

Dynamic and moving for a moment.

All the senses started flowing, what was that?

Saturday morning….i was drained after another exhaustive week.

Sleeping nicely…….suddenly this…..traumatized and dazed….

I was totally knocked for a six……….what was that?………

Its true…….i have never experienced this……………….

Straight lines got curved……..geometrical equations were false

What was that?……………..

Yeah…common now……….i was taken aback by seismic forces

Movement of tectonic plates caused……..means it did all the above things

Yes it was an Earthquake…….Richter scale 4.3

Epicenter not far than my place……………..

English Channel mein epicenter………..folkestone and dover got affected…..

That was that