How I See and Perceive Indian Movie “Ankhon Dekhi"

When a person gets to know the reality of life, and to investigate about the deeper meaning of his existence, and about life then some soul jerking, and unusual things happen which are quite obvious. This is what we have seen as being most relevant with the main character or protagonist “Babu Bhai”, in this Bollywood’s parallel art cinema world under discussion.

That's great to see that the film is a very low budget but intellectually very impactful movie, with different layers about the philosophy of human life, and how our perceptions are variant with each single human being.

A Lower Middle Class aged man decides one fine day that he will believe on what he sees, and with his own experiences. He no longer wants to follow the clichéd thoughts and ideas that are inculcated in every normal person like us. So, he is not sure about faith, the meaning of life, and wants to see, hear, touch and experience everything taught to him like a normal and a social norm. Here we can relate his mindset with a paradigm shift as if he has inhaled the theory of “René Descartes”, who started the theory of putting doubts in all set beliefs, ideas, faith, set of knowledge and even in matter. His famous “Cartesian Doubt Theory” divided the philosophers and thinkers into two main groups for long.

The writer and director ‘Rajat Sharma” of “Ankkhon Dekhi” seems to be under that greati nfluence of Descartes theory. If we look at the life of “Babu Bhai”, and ordinary person with limited set of knowledge, education, survival job, and a household in a less privileged area, normally called lower middle class in the eastern or Indian society. He might have had great desires to be rich, famous, handsome and to travel across the world. That’s why his journey of truth started from his office, a Travel Agency. When he started telling his official clients that he is not sure about how much time different flights will take for different destinations, he doesn't know about the weathers and other details. When his boss asked about his travel history, then he was quite ashamed, reluctant, or embarrassed. That’s an expression of low self-esteem, and not being so confident to tell any truth about himself.

He wants to experience the roar of a tiger or about how quick money can come in a way by gambling. Actually, he is actually living same of his most desired wishes, and it happenedt hat he could spend and earn better. He was better able to arrange his daughter’s wedding in a more societal win-win manner, or having last travel to hill station with his always brooding wife. He started seeing goodness and beauty in others, and it means that he had an age-oldi nferiority complex about looks and social status, as he selects his future son-in-law on theb asis of that guy’s reluctant and submissive nature. Not only that, but he praised the office boy and the gambling world don, and there is a material benefit behind it.

Furthermore, he left the job so easily, as he assumed that his family’s financial cycle, wouldnot be disturbed as his younger brother is doing a better job, and his son is mature enoughto earn proper bread and butter. What if the situation could not have been that way? Isn’t it is ironic to see his truth and silence being subject to his ease and escape. He was so desperate to know that his younger brother had arranged a different residence, and the disappointment was more of a financial as well as moral support. Gambling, a crime is goodfor him and his son as its an easy way of finding a better financial cycle. He is good to neighbors, and to society about Truth, and vocal for it. But he couldn’t go to congratulate or

meet his younger brother on having a better home unless there is a dire social need to have

bride’s uncle at the wedding. It all proves that he is still conscious, and fearful of social norms, and how his daughter’s in laws will question him. His silence and a younger boy’s continuous talking about life, and questioning the pre-determined notions, is a duality. Because whatever the boy said about pain, merging truth from another perspective, about combination, reality, and purity is all truth. But he has to stop it.

Now the climax of the whole movie is his leap into the open skies from a high hill, do you think it is his wishful desire to end up his monotonous life? He represents all those people who are so frustrated in this modern era, and are bound with typical duties that everyone expects from a sane person. He wants an escape, and a need to end up seeing as if death is peaceful, and if there is some reality beyond this physical existence. Here he is seen as a person who can’t face bitter realities and burdens of life anymore, and thinks about ending up his life, not for the sake of investigative truth. But a final escape that many people canempathize in this cutthroat world of competitions, luxuries, comforts, earnings, and comparisons....!!

Kabuli Pulao and Jindo are Television Gems by Green TV

Dear readers, hope you guys are fine and seeing you after a long time with some real watchful reviews of modern Drama industry of Pakistan. Green Television Entertainment came with a slogan of change in Content, and a diversity in how our drama can be seen or watched domestic or on international level. 

Well, guys Green TV proved to be a follower of the legacy of classic era of PTV. Whit fresh faces or new league of writers with diversified stories, production quality is superb, and the long term non seen actors and directors, there are new dramas and actors who were never recognised are a new sensation in the drama industry.

Here, I would like to have a short review of worldwide popular drama serial of Green TV, named "Kabuli Pulao", as it has created a history of showcasing a very new storyline, new actors with superb performances,and the writing or direction are all par excellence. We can easily say that it's an international level drama.

Kabuli Pulao is having a very simple storyline with an Afghan Refugee, war affected girl who is in Pakistan,and by chance got married to a man of her father's age, who devoted his entire life for the preaching of Islam,and a practicing one. Their family took her as a maid, and it took longer time to know them a real truth of two. 

But the truth didn't serve them both and they were talk of a town , and Barbeena, the girl is a victim of harassment satire and every sort of disrespect. Latterly, when others accepted her then Haji Mushtaq, Barbeena's elder husband was threatened by his very own brother in law,either to give him Barbeena or leave Lahore. Haji Mushtaq, who had by time had developed a lovd bond fir his young wife,left the house for another City. There it was the actual matrimonial engagement, and Love from both sides erupts. They formed their own branded "Kabuli Pulao", an online food delivery service.

But fate took them back to back home and how things have changed after Mushtaq's younger brother death. It is a fabulous drama which has attracted,not just the whole nation but the audience from India, Bangladesh,and in fact around the globe. The twist if the drama is that Barbeena was a widow if a martyr of Afghan War, His name was "Baran", who was long dead and she remarried to Mushtaq, for the sake having her younger brother being operated for having an artificial leg, which hrr family couldn't afford. 

Now Baran is alive and back in Lahore, who worked as an assistant of Haji Mushtaq brother, and in fact came to get Barbeena back as his wife. The truth also shook his soul, and he is regretting, bashing himself and the nature and treatment of Hajji Mushtaq could not let him go with his mission to get his lost love back. 

But, ironically the situation has been ruined by small mistakes of others and Haji Mushtaq is now aware of the relationship,on which Barbeena has long long engraved "Big NO", and she us in fact secure and in love with Mushtaq. Neither Baran wants her back but Haji wants them to move away and reunite. Now, the viewers are watching as what is the end as "Barbeena" has escaped from home without anyone's knowledge. Now what will be the end? 

Will she be found alive and if yes whether she will choose "Haji Mushtaq" or her life long love "Baran"...that's where the suspense and the excitement is stuck. The role of Haji Mushtaq's long awaiting fiancee "Shamim" is So influential as she always loved and wanted Barbeena to our of his life. But she is the only convincing force who is giving the right direction to Haji Mushtaq. What will happen will happen but surely Green TV have proven itself worth over all other dominant channels like Hum TV, ARY DIGITAL or Geo TV. They are facing a big trouble as they wer following the run of the mill stories and dramas, to capture the audiences but it's not going to work anymore, and that's really interesting as how they will cope the intellectual and production genius, shown by Green TV....🙂👍🏻

Where Do I Stand...?

My Soul in Argument

Where do I Stand...?

On a brink of hopes and desires

or on a verge of a breakdown

Do I have a right to shatter 

or my soul can weep 

as a way towards mortal success

to get peace, integrity or solace

I am nowhere, as I am so tired

more 

Tired Soul...

Who wants to weep and 

creep

out of this worldly bond

of waiting for times

that 

will be mine

for times when 

I will be at peace with myself

When

I won't be looking for any escape

No no

Death is not all escape

that's another entanglement 

and I want to find peace before

finally having a farewell

prayer of...

of Rest in Peace....!!

Why Humans indulge Themselves into Disasters for Both World Knowingly...?

Human Nature and Right Path

Life is very unpredictable and so is human nature. This creature has always been in trouble whether it was a stone age or the modern day of the internet and skyscraper race. We as humans haven't changed as we always want to put ourselves into troublesome things that we can easily avoid. These daring steps sometimes lead to the top of Mount Everest or the most dangerous top means K2, to the invention of the bulb, electricity, microscopes, spaceships, websites, or to the advancements in vehicles and airplanes, and telescopes. 

what is important is that the human race has a psychological code for diversity, change and experiments. But the harmful ones affect us very badly, like the invention of the first bombs,, nuclear weapons, rockets, missiles, artificial viruses, and producing biological and chemical weapons that have the ability to destroy entire nations. 

There is another facet to the whole situation: humans are subject to distractions and sins. we accept the wrong paths by choice, and the evil deeds are even given some logical or self-portrayed reasons. Someone indulges in a bad habit, a crime, or a dangerous chemical task, and one who hurts himself or others forget that this is a mortal life. For how many years we can live here, and at the arrival of death we all have to face the Day of Judgment, be in heaven or hell, depending on our acts and deeds. 

Still, we keep on doing wrong to ourselves and to others. why do we do evil or bad deeds when Divine punishment is so clearly mentioned. Almost every religion teaches about the afterlife and the rewards and punishments of what we do. Then why can't we follow the straight path? Why we keep living with evil intentions, and can't try very hard to be on the straight path. An actually sinful life is colorful with a timely pleasure. Is it so that we are attracted to it, and bargain our eternal and infinite life for it....!!

Year 2022 has been Very Eventful One for Pakistan....!!

Pakistan and Quaid e Azam

The most important thing for all civilized people is to live with peace, prosperity, and harmony and be in swing with the modern day's requirements. The Pakistani nation has seen much newness, chaos, and difficult, times. It may be in terms of political, economic, and social and then the vast flood that we faced in the rainy season of August, and its after-effects are still so visible in the affected areas of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. We have seen a regime change of former Prime Minister "Imran Khan", he was replaced by "Shahbaz Sharif". 

Imran Khan, his party PTI, and his allies hadn't accepted the change through a  National Assembly, even though supreme court orders. He is in a rebellious mode and mood and keeps on having long marches, rallies, and all those negative social media and media campaigns against national institutions. In fact, all these politicians are the same! They are least bothered about campaigns with the highest inflation, and how general people are affected due to it. How the flood had caused enormous damage. Nobody is looking for pacifying or for the peace of mind of the common people.

These politicians and so-called leaders are only concerned about their war for power, to obtain rulership haven't, and to play all tactics and allegations to get to the throne. We haven't witnessed any positive and progressive change in Imran Khan's almost 4 years of rulership as the premier of Pakistan. Now, he claims that he will change the whole country if given a second chance. The opposition consists of PMLN, PPP, JUI, and others who are just trying their best to adjust a d be free of their corruption cases and to pave a way for individual wins that is expected in the 2023 general elections. 

So, who is taking care of daily rising prices of common commodities. Who has worked for educational reforms and for a better socio-political culture?? Why there is so much hatred being created and promoted by these so-called saviors and leaders different "if they really claim it from their hearts and souls". But, ironically the reality is quite  they different and bad for the general public. It is time for the Pakistani people, to realize, wake up from slow dose of dreamy atmosphere, and first get rid of these leaders and politicians. Then there will be real change and better days ahead...!!