*CONTAINS SAVERS (Spoilers)*
It’s been a while since I have reviewed a film. And it has been even longer since I have really looked forward to a Bollywood film. I don’t remember the last time I was excited for a movie for which I would frantically check the booking openings Tuesday through Thursday. It has come down to this that I have to be told when the movie is releasing and even after being told a couple of times I forget that we are going for one, only to be reminded two hours before the show. I have watched at least four films in the recent past whose first half hour I have missed and my only regret coming out of those movies was, why I did not miss more of it or better yet, just skipped it altogether.
Which is why I decided not to write and review. Simply because I did not want to put a negative write up out there. As you move ahead in life you realize you need to do a lot to keep yourself and your environment positive, if you wish to remain sane and not get bogged down by the little things in life and see the big bright picture and concentrate what you love doing. So I thought putting out negative thoughts in writing should also be eliminated. Write when you believe something is good, and spread that.
But this has pushed me over the edge again and I’m tired. I’m tired of the “Bollywood love” and how overrated it is and continues to remain that way. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is a story that most of us would connect with for two reasons. One that it is about heart break and rejection and all of us at some point of time in our lives have gone through that. And two because it is a bad cocktail of all of Ranbir Kapoor films which is why you can sit there and say, ‘oh! Ye uss picture se uthaya hai.’
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is a story of Ayaan (Ranbir Kapoor) who falls in love with Alize (Anushka Sharma) who is in love with Ali (Fawad Khan). Alize is clear she does not love Ayaan and conveys the same to him. Ayaan is unable to handle the rejection and shows Alize the middle finger. Yup you read that right. I thought if you claim your love to be “Sacchi Mohabbat” you would only wish and pray for their happiness especially if it is not with you. But today is a new night, and a new lesson has been learnt. If you love someone with all your heart expect them to love you back. If not, behave like a child in a toy store who is refused the toy. Be childish not childlike. Now that’s attractive in a man, don’t you think so? Zero self-respect.
Some love that.
Anyway, now because Ayaan is such a jerk and is unstable and demented and more importantly used to getting his way, we have to bear the second half of the film where of course, sleeping around is the solution as it is your ego that has been ripped apart not your heart. This is where Saba played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan comes in. She plays the role of a woman with a mysterious past, because there is just no back story or depth to her character. Hell, there is no character. You never know why, you never how, and you never will.
I don’t like anything about the film. The characters, the screenplay, the dialogues, the direction, the pace, the plot, the climax, the beginning, the end. Nothing. Because when you watch something like this, you realize that being heartbroken is considered an achievement that people love to show off. Perusing someone who does not love you, is the right thing to do and not having the guts to let go of people from your life because you want them as “friends” seems to be the done thing. Glorifying melodrama as love, creating a scene in her room on her wedding night and ranting long, irritating dialogues like ‘ek tarfa mohabbat ki taqat hi kuch aur hoti hai’ and bla bla shit means you are delusional, not in love.’
Fun Fact, Did you know you can find a best friend in one night? Try it. Go out pubbing. Pick up a guy. Make out. And if that doesn’t go well, decide he’s your best friend. Life has never been easier.
Nobody has a job. Nobody has a career. Your clothes, your apartment, your drinks, and your travel- How it gets paid for, I just don’t get. The woman doesn’t have a job in these films. All she dreams of is being in love, being followed to the airport like in the movies and to go ahead and marry the person who has belittled her and her love in the past, only to FOLLOW him around the world. Because you don’t have a life or a goal, an ambition or a career.
The best part of these films is these people who believe they cannot live without each other or that their life is now unimaginable without that one person, never get married! You know why, because one of them dies. Convenient, isn’t it? Try living with the person you love for 5, 10,15,25,35, 55 years. All the great love stories were great because the characters were killed or died right after they fell in love. They never lived long enough to want to kill each other or even stayed alive till the drug wore off and reality walked into your life and never left.
I’m not a cynic who does not believe in love. All I believe is that you need much more important things in life than love. Such as a sense and understanding of yourself, achievements in you chosen career, respect from your family, friends and colleagues and more importantly, the ability to live your life on your own terms, valuing your life and aspirations at every stage along with that of others.
I once read that the most addictive drug for a human being, is another human being. And it is true. But it must be remembered, that a drug is something that will never allow your brain to think practically. Inebriation of any kind is never a good place to be in and can never direct you to a better place. Be it a person, a thing or a passion, if it is controlling your mind and consuming your life there is nothing left to savage of it.
Like Jim Carey said, “I hope everybody could get rich and famous and will have everything they ever dreamed of, so they know that it’s not the answer.” It stands true for love too. Finding true love like in the movies is not the purpose of your life but a part of it. Don’t make it your goal. And definitely don’t waste your time going after it if it rejects you. Take care of yourself first, you are all that you’ve got. And you should be awesome.
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