Monday, October 01, 2007

Dor

"Ye Hosla Kaise Jhuke" is one of the most inspirational things i've ever heard. sung by Salim Merchant and Shafqat Amanat Ali, this hindustani styled song with its alaaps and the most meaningful words ever grips me, shakes me and takes me to a whole new world where everything is possible if you have the grit and faith.

listen to this song on a mid week night after returning from work. believe me, the adrenalin rush is to die for. it will get you through the drudgery of the rest of your working week! it moves me, touches me and strikes a chord somewhere deep down and the heart swells. i had goosebumps the first time and even now if i listen to it after a gap. for best results: use your ipod!

it is from the movie Dor. Salim Suleiman scores tops as the music director. "Imaan ka Asar" also is a beautiful song by Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal from this album.

Nagesh Kukunoor as the director, never ceases to spring out such a surprise as Dor from under his creative hat. his contemporary thems, bold direction and ingenuity gives a whole new dimension to indian cinema. Dor is a magical tale of 2 very different women bonded by a shred of cruel fate. Gul Panag plays Zeenat - the strong, independent girl from the picturesque Himachal. Ayesha Takia is Meera - the lively, beautiful new bride in the brilliantly colourful Rajasthan. as much as they are different, their lives run strangely parallel in their struggle to find the love of their lives and life in itself. Meera transforms quickly from the kissed and cuddled wife to a grief stricken widow. it is made worse by the fact that she lives in a traditional, patriarchal Rajput household. her inner strength is akin to the endurance of the parched sand storm hit desert. her husband's death triggers this tale. Zeenat sets on an impossible quest to find Meera whom she has never met or heard of before. she has the faith to move mountains akin to the valleys of Himachal.

hats off to the screenplay, the poignant dialogues and the amazingly original script. the leading ladies are everything in this movie. they steer and navigate this movie into a hitherto unexplored land of human empathy and emotional heights. Ayesha Takia is THE talent of Bollywood now close at heels with Vidya Balan. helpless but courageous, love torn but full of hope, leading a dreary but dream life - she just bites into the flesh of the character Meera with sheer ease. Gul Panag, the former Miss India is a pleasant surprise. she triumphs as the quietly confident girl who befriends Meera, teaches her to be bold and independent and faces the dilemma of asking for an impossibly huge favour.

Girish Karnad is the Meera's strict father in law. Anirudh (popular from Kannada theatre and film circles) plays Meera's husband. Shreyas Talpade is pure joy to watch as he plays the behroopiya - the imposter changing costumes and playing a different character every other minute. he joins Zeenat in her quest to find Meera.

this is a movie not to be missed.

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