KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA

Today’s movie : KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA

Star Cast : Shahrukh, Rani, Amitabh, Abhishek, Preeti

Story Line : A Family Melodrama..

My Rating : 3 /5

Friends,

It’s already two and a half weeks since its release and if you are reading my blog (which sends me an impression that you are an enthusiastic cinemagoer like I am) it means you have already been to theatres and watched this movie. So for being late in my review, I apologize to you and promise you that next time you’ll be reading the review almost on the day of release.

So, first, I’ll tell you a few things about the movie. Don’t worry. I won’t expatiate much as I suppose you’ve already been to the theatres. Pals, here’s a movie which has added new dimensions to the concepts of family, marriage and conjugal happiness. No surprise, it’s another star-studded film from Karan Johar with exotic locations generously thrown in. By now, you must have guessed that it’s a melodrama with flawless choreography and rocking songs like “Where’s the party tonight”. The characters are intertwined in such a way that it’s almost impossible to adjudge the individual performance and so it doesn’t give any edge to anyone or you can say that everyone has taken an edge. Talking about big B (the most experienced and respected superstar in the movie starcast), his promiscuous role seems a bit odd to his age and Indian society and in my opinion, draws more ridicule than humour.

This movie depicts startling facts of contemporary life. It’s still not in sync with the imagination of an Indian about an institution called marriage. The perplexity of the behavior of characters sometimes makes you term the movie a figment of somebody’s absurd imagination. At times , you feel , like the movie sequences, are going to result into nothing or mere disappointment.

I don’t know if you guessed or not – when big B came to know that her daughter-in-law was in love with somebody other than his son and he had a heart attack, at that time, Rani M. goes to big B seeking some guidelines about the future prospects of her relationship with junior Bachhan, the big B uses just three words –

“Chhod do usko”.

He adds further, “If you don’t leave him he won’t ever be able to find his love of life. So, let him live. Walk away from his life”

Dimensions:

Incontrovertibly, the movie has gone radical on so many fronts and has shown numerous dimensions. I don’t know if I’ll be able to cull out all those in this small piece. I’ve tried my best to assimilate the salient lessons from this movie.

The first and most important one is that you should marry the one whom you want to be married to all your life and beyond.

Second, having married such a person, do all that can be done to keep your marriage alive and kicking. If you’ve taken the first point seriously, taking care of the second won’t be a problem. Besides, I even dare to promote love marriage if you’re not sure whether your arranged marriage will take good care of the first mentioned point.

Third, to err is human but to err repeatedly amounting to infidelity in marriage is a sin in my opinion.

Fourth, conjugal happiness must not be solely based on satisfaction in sex life. I don’t discount its importance in married life but definitely urge couples to show tolerance and have an understanding attitude.

Fifth, the transformation of big B’ character from promiscuity to death bed avidly shows that we, Indians, inspite of being modern in outlook, have clear boundaries in our personal life. Daring to cross them can result in irreparable loss.

Also, a child should ideally be the glue which bonds the couple and not a bone of contention.

Lastly, on a lighter note, I would say that “fight to save your marriage” both literally and against all odds.

I guess you heard all that and if you take relationships as I do, then you perfectly understand what I am saying.

Special Thanks to :

ABHINAV
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