Business of Art - NaPoWriMo Day 10

The business of art 

The reach, the likes,

The number of followers,

Whom I know,

Who knows me?

Everyone's working on making their brand 

True art?

I don't know.

Those who have reached the peak,

Will reiterate,

'' True talent always finds its way. '' 

Well, they can say. 

The real secret to success is not revealed, 

Perhaps not known. 

Art isn't for those, 

Who expect to be rewarded, 

It's for those who want to be enriched. 

It's a pool of endless possibilities, 

Ever expanding like the universe.

 

Form, no matter how lucrative, 

Can't compensate for the meaning, 

Hormones can't compensate for heart. 

Packaging can't compensate for what's inside. 

To stress about such trivial matters, 

Is an invitation to misery. 

Pursue the business of art minus the profit motive. 

A wannabe singer - poetry

My theme was:  A woman who wants to be a singer but precisely has zero talent
...

There lived a girl in a small Indian town,
At every social gathering, she wore a long gown,
She smiled at everyone whom she met ,
For this reason, she was older folks' pet.
How nice and lovable, cultured and sweet.
Were the remarks embedded at her feet.
There was though something else she'd do,
Thought of herself a Cuckoo and go ku-oh-ku-oh,
Those who were not deaf could figure it out,
The identity crisis that had sprout,
Like everything on your shirt collar is not a bow,
Her voice resembled not a cuckoo but a crow.
A mute shrug and a loud sneer,
People tried everything to make it clear.
The girl still wanted to become a rockstar,
But her music made everybody go away far.
In search of an audiance, she walked out of the town
Her singing made even the blossoms frown.
Dejected but not disheartened, she kept moving on,
And so went her singing, awn and awn and awn.
Eventually she landed near a small house
Where lived a lonely old man without a spouse.
He gave her some cookies, milk and toast,
But there was something else that she liked the most.
He enjoyed what the world considered as noise;
He let her sing at the top of her voice,
As the man danced off beat to her off tune songs,
Something right was made out of two wrongs.

Love Shorts #9

               

...
Sometimes I imitate her way of talking. Sometimes she mocks my expressions. Sometimes we say the same thing at the same time. Sometimes we do not let each other speak. 
We laugh at these situations. We have plenty of personal jokes to laugh at.
''I love laughing with you,'' I tell her. ''My idea of great music is the fusion of our laughter.''
''Nice thought,'' she gives me a rare compliment. ''And what is your idea of noise?''
''Only one of us laughing at our personal jokes.''

...

Movie recommendation : Dhanak

Theme and Plot

Dhanak is a Nagesh  Kukunoor movie  which celebrates the spirit of secularism and  religious tolerance.  Two greatest religions of this country live in harmony.  The 8 year old  boy,  a Salman  Khan fan and his sister,  a  Shah Rukh Khan fan, shares a relation of immense fondness and compassion for each other 

The above lines were meant to be funny.  But this is true that Dhanak is a touching story of sister-brother love and  affection.  The eight-year-old boy has lost his vision because of poor nutrition.  His two-year elder sisters goes out of her ways to help him get his eyesight before his 9th birthday.  Her master plan is to seek the help of the good soul,  Bollywood  actor,  Shah  Rukh  Khan.  And so she takes her younger brother through a 300 km journey to Jaisalmer. 

Treatment

The story is a fairly tale set in a realistic setting.  What happens at the end,  whether the children actually get to meet SRK and whether  he helps them or not is not important.  What happens to the children as they undertake this odd journey,  is what is  worth watching. They have  good and bad experiences,  just like a fairy tale.  And much like any top class fairy tale,  this movie has got great humour and music. 

Acting

Excellent acting by the two child protagonist. I often find Indian child actors act in a very irritating manner  (That Piyu  girl in Yeh hai  mahabitein  and Bade  acche lagte hain)  is a prime example.  They are pampered,  over smart,  stupid and simply irritating.  But the characters of these two kids were believable.  Their.dialogue delivery,  expression and screen presence was commendable.  All the other actors,  not much to say about them,  acted just according to the script.  That guy,  who played Ishan's father in Taare Zameen par,  whom we hated so much,  plays a very nice guy (he is the uncle and  the guardians of the.kids)  And you like him in this character. 

Music

Music is a high point of this movie.  The songs take the movie forward and are not there just for the sake of it.  The fusion song is a treat to the senses. 

Discussion point

I would like to share an observation.  While watching this movie I was thinking that isn't it true that people living in cities,  the multiplex audience like films set in a.village or remote settings and the village people,  mostly the single screen audience like films depicting fast city lives? There is something about my notion,  no? Multiplex audience watches Anurag Kashiyap and Nagesh  Kukunoor  while single screen loves mainstream Yash Raj  films and Vishesh films.  We want to watch what we are not. 

Conclusion

You know a B.Ed guy always ends an article with conclusion. I can say: Watch Dhanak  if you like good cinema.  But people have different definitions of good cinema,  so I will break it up. 

If you enjoy movies with children playing the central characters like Rockford ,  TZP, Stanley  ka dabba,  Hawa Hawai,  this one is for you. 

If you like movies with clean and instinctive humour,  this one is for you. 

If you love fairy tales,  then this one is definitely for you 

If you want to watch a movie with your family and children,  there are not many options,  this movie is a great one. 

If you know me,  and trust me,  you know I recommend good movies without any favours. 

Thank you for reading.  If you watch the movie based on my recommendation,  do come back to thank me later.  Chao.