Fortune Forseen

I met a person last week, who called himself a fortune teller. He wanted to try mine. I asked him if he could tell each and every minute that’s about to come, in detail. Thunderstruck hearing my question, he said that he can give only a general outline, some of which can be wrong too. I broke in to laughter as I couldn’t bear the contrast of his dumbfounded face with the prediction mania that he had a few minutes before.

Foreseeing someone’s fortune! Sounded odd to me (True believers please forgive). I do agree that everyone would be interested to know what’s going to happen in his life, the very next moment. But to predict a person’s future; my very average commonsense doesn’t allow me to swallow it up as such.

If the so called ‘fortune teller’ can predict our future why can’t they predict the disastrous happenings that occur in the world, which kills lakhs of innocent people? Why can’t they apply the same to predict the incidents that’s about to occur in his / her family? They can’t; the reason is simple; they have not risen to the sameness of GOD, the omnipotent power (even though called by different names). Yet they proudly call themselves 'fortune tellers'!

A catwalk from ramp to reality

An eye opener with certain striking moments that show the darker side of the fashion world; the movie ‘Fashion’ from Madhur Bhandarkar, the realistic entertainer that I watched yesterday, had much to say about the not -much known side of celebrities; the wild lifestyles of the fashion divas, dramas behind the stage, wardrobe malfunction, casting couch and much more …

It almost created a clear slide-show of a few facts that I had read and almost left out of my mind. And that’s where Madhur becomes exceptional in his film making. All his movies stay close to reality, with an excellent narrative style.

You know why I love his films? Every movie of Madhur will have something really new, narrated in a credible way, without ignoring the entertainment side of movie making.

I loved Kangana Ranaut's balanced, awesome performance; a mind-blowing portrayal of Shonali (even though not lengthy as Priyanka’s), who falls from riches to rags in a short time. The incidents brought back to my mind certain newspaper reports about the models who have become victims of the pit-falls in fashion world.

Priyanka too has done a remarkable job, especially when the story moves to a point where Meghna (the character she portrays) finds it hard to handle an overnight success, starts making a wrong use of it, ending up as an alcohol and drug addict. Mugdha Ghodse too created a good impression, with a matured handling of the character.

I am not an expert reviewer but on the whole I can say I watched a good movie. Something worth watching!