A humming word

If you have watched Chhichhore, please pardon me when I say this: wash your eyes with scenes from Dil Chahta Hai (what a wonderful movie with a believable story line). The premise of the movie Chhichhore, speaks of an IIT aspirant unable to bear failure and taking the extreme step of suicide; he slips into coma and his parents (Anni and Maya) doing the most atrocious thing to keep his zeal to live, alive: talking of their past and a reunion. The premise seemed like an improved version of Student of the Year where Rishi Kapoor gathers everyone to meet him before his last breath. Oh, sure SOTY is set in a galaxy far far away where everyone is party-ready and sings atrocious remix songs at the drop of the hat, and Chhichhore seems closer to reality and yet, seems far from it. And yes, it is not all that bad when compared to movies by KJo who directed movies about college and reunions wearing neon-tinted glasses and drinking some concoction that steered him from reality and logic. Howev...

In our carefree days, when Lion King was first released, we watched it in 35 mm and in 2D. The only 3D picture we had seen till then was Chota Chetan. But watching Lion King in IMAX was a visual rhapsody. The majestic sunrise of the Pride Land, the solemn shadows, the heckling hyenas and the fireflies that dotted the screen was a festival of grandeur. Those who are grappling with the timetables of the movies released this week, catch this before it whisks away from the large screen. And in the 3D as the horned bill flies towards your seat and the sillahoutes of the sunsets don the screen, you know it's time well spent and merriment without measurement. The story is known to us but what remains effective is the attitude of Pumba -- the carefree hog: Hakuna Matata - No worries. As citisens of the greener pastures, t heir attitude along with their sensitivity created a beautiful land that comforted Simba during an irreparable loss and distress; he turned out to be a humb...