Bholi bhaali manmarziyan.. Ishq wali manmarziyan.. : Music Review, Lootera

If you havent read the Movie Review of Lootera, again by me ;), check it here - Lootera - Movie Review

Edit Update : I saw the basic confusion - what is MANMARZIYAAN - well they mean the desires of your heart, which are a little out of the normal way. Like, if I eat loads of ice-cream in the dead of winter - meri manmarzi :P my wish ;)

Lootera, as I have stated in the other review, it would have been alot better had it been released as a musical instead of a movie. For when we call it a movie, the expectations of audiences is very different from what it would have had been if it were a musical.
Problem probably lies in the fact, that in a country like India, where the drama and action movie sell, a musical, especially one like Lootera, might not sell at all...

However, this is the review that I intend to write keeping in mind the movie, with respect to its songs!!

First and foremost, why do I call it a musical?? - There is a simple reason to it. No offense, I myself love the song, but songs like Badtameez Dil, are more in the industry today than meaningful lyrical songs. Somewhere the music of Indian Cinema has excelled in terms of the music, the instruments, the quality, but the vocals, well, they have definitely deteriorated. No, its not that we dont have good singers. There are plenty of good, rather brilliant singers but the lyrics has lost its meaning.
Think about it like this - the song 'Tum hi ho' from 'Aashiqui 2' ... yes, the voice is mesmerizing, the music fills up the heart with all sorts of emotions... but what about the lyrics. Does it really tell about the feelings of the protagonists?? Think again.. If the same song, same tune, same singer.. and instead the singer just kept humming along the tune, the meaning or the popularity of the songs wouldnt have reduced much.

I dont mean to offend anyone, but honestly, with such music today - the songs of Lootera are a good relief.

Mostly, set in the golden era (as it is called), the songs have a little touch of the styles of legendary singers - Kishore da and Lata Mangeshkar, and the music of the era that they had set.
There is something soothing that occurs when you listen to the songs. The words, not only they are in accordance to each and every character of the movie (mainly the hero-heroine) but they can be easily related to by anyone of their age.

Let me take you to a journey down the musical journey of Lootera...
The story starts and takes us to the post-independence era of Bangal. If you still can't feel the nostalgic essence of that place, try listening to Sawar Loon.
Our lovely young Paakhi, meets Varun and he charms her right away. As any girl of her age would, she feels the need for his attention and so she dresses up well, makes excuses to pass by him, 

Hawa ke jhonke aaj mausamon se rooth gaye
Gulon ki shokhiyaan jo bhanwre aake loot gaye
Badal rahi hai aaj zindagi ki chaal zara
Issi bahaane kyun naa main bhi dil ka haal zara
Sanwaar loon haaye sawaar loon
Sawaar loon haaye sawaar loon (x2)

Sawaar Loon

Suddenly, everything around her has changed and looks beautiful than it ever did. She has no idea why is this happening, but there is something about everything that makes her happy. Everything makes her remember Varun. And with Varun staying in her house, her house looked brighter than ever, like her life, that now imagines Varun as a big part of it.

Baramade puraane hain, nayi si dhoop hai
Jo palke khatkhata raha hai kiska roop hai
Shararatein kare jo aise bhoolke hijab
Kaise usko naam se, main pukar loon
Sawaar loon, sawaar loon
Sawaar loon haaye sawaar loon

Further, it's been epic in the Indian Movies since the 'Salman Khan' hit - Maine Pyaar Kia, love is best expressed as letters and communicated with the help of birds. 'Dove' - the angel of peace and similarly in India, 'Bird' - playing the cupid :P...
There is a will to tell Varun that she likes hum and at the same time, she wishes that he would just understand. Just like the birds, they would sing it out loud, to the entire world, however, there is only one in this entire world who would understand it... and maybe, what the birds are singing, Varun has written this message for her and sent it through the birds, which she now is listening to...

Yeh saari koyalein bani hain aaj daakiyan
Kuhu-kuhu me chitthiyan padhe mazakiyaan
Inhe kaho ki naa chhupaaye
Kisne hai likha bataaye,
Uski aaj main nazar utaar loon
Sawaar loon haaye sawaar loon
Sawaar loon, sawaar loon!

Next, we see... Paakhi, being the bolder of the two and love-struck, adapts everything she can while watching Varun whenever he is home. One day she sees him with a canvas, and inspite of knowing how to paint, she insists on learning from him. He agrees and later it is proved that he cant paint. However, it was his dearest wish to learn to paint and so he learns and she teaches...

As Paakhi and Varun grow closer while Paakhi teaches Varun how to paint and then they start sharing their conversations, feelings, thoughts, etc... we enter the beautiful and calm face of Bangal....... There is the small bays, a lone wooden boat riding on the still water, long drives towards the sunsets, strolling on the endless fields covered with trees on either side of the path, long sunsets, endless conversations and what not! The most beautiful of it all - the silence that has spoken out the condition of both the hearts!

Kaagaz ke do pankh leke uda chala jaaye re
Jahan nahi jaana tha ye wahin chala haye re
Umar ka yeh taana-baana samajh na paaye re
Zubaan pe jo moh-maaya, namak lagaye re
Ke dekhe na, bhaale na, jaane na daaye re
Disha haara kemon boka monta re! (x2)

Disha haara kemon boka monta re Meaning:
How foolish this directionless heart is.

Disha Haara Kemon Boka Monta Re

Before we know next, they both are in love, they both know, they both know that the other person is in love too, its just they are yet to give a name to the feeling. The emotion is there, they can both feel their hearts beating a little faster in presence of the other, but still, it remains unsaid. All confessed, yet unsaid.

Fateh kare qile saare, bhed jaaye deewarein
Prem koi sendh laage.. (sendh lage re lage)
Agar magar bari bari jiya ko yun uchhale
Jiya nahin gend laage.. (gend lage re lage)

Maati ko ye chandan sa maathe pe sajaye re
Zubaan pe jo moh maaya namak lagaye re
Ke dekhe na bhale na jaane na daaye
Disha haara kemon boka monta re

disha-haara: directionless, kemon: how, boka: foolish, monta: heart


 Varun falls equally in love with her. He has seen her in her best trying to catch his attention, he has seen the artist inside of her, he has seen her paint with all passion, he heard her laugh, he heard her inner most wishes, he saw her sick... and most of all, he saw how beautiful as a person she was!! There was simply no going back from where he had come along in life with her.
He, however, is threatened with the thought of what he might do to her when he leaves her after looting from the temple; but then when she confronts him, he confesses his love and decides to marry her.

However, the story takes a sharp turn, when Varun gets influenced by his friend and partner and leaves Paakhi... alone and devastated.

Shikayatein

Shiqaayatein mitaane lagi
(Subah bedaag hai, subah bedaag hai)
Jo barf ko galane lagi
(Kahin to aag hai, kahin to aag hai)

Naa udne ki iss dafaa thaani
Parindo ne bhi wafaa jaani
Andhere ko baahon mein leke
Ujaale ne ghar basaaya hai
Churaya tha jo chukaya hai
Shikayatein mitaane lagi
(Subah bedag hai, subah bedag hai)
Jo barf ko galane lagi

Ek jeet tu hai, Ek haar main hoon
Haar jeet jode
Jo taar main hoon
Ek jeet tu hai, ek haar main hoon.. hoo..

Bataayein bin galtiyaan ginaayein
Sitare jab bhi sadaa.. sulaayein
Luteroon ko baghban banaayein
Naseebon ki baat hai
(Nasibon ki baat hai...)

Zameer ki kahaani hai yeh
(Yehi bairaag hai, yehi bairaag hai..)
Shikayatein mitaane lagi

Naa udne ki iss dafaa thaani
Parindo ne bhi wafaa jaani
Andhere ko baahon mein leke
Ujaale ne ghar basaaya hai
Churaya tha jo chukaaya hai
Shiqayatein mitaane lagi

Subah bedaag hai
Subah bedaag hai!

We see a alone, sick and tired Paakhi, who has lost from life. She is alone... her father died and she couldnt find any reason to go on either. She is slowly waiting for an end she feels she is destined to.

She shifts to her other house, trying to find some peace in herself. She tries to write her story. She remembers all the moments she lived with Varun, desperately wanting to free herself from the memories that once made her life worth living but now tormented her beyond measure. It was like life had torn her into two parts - one that would always love Varun and the other that wanted Varun out of her life, as fast as possible.
In a way, Paakhi had given away any desire. She wanted nothing, totally nothing. Rather, she wanted to give away....

But then, just as she discovered that she was ill with TB.. and decides to die, Varun is thrown on her doorstep, by destiny. Not only Varun comes to her house and they live under one roof, but he starts taking care of her. This is something that she wanted last. Where, she wanted to die, Varun constantly was giving her life.
Eventually, her heart took over her mind and the part of her that would love Varun again, started dreaming again. Despite all the pain and troubles that she had been through, she was dreaming again... dreaming of a life with Varun..

Yun to solah saavan aaye gaye
Gaur nahi kiya humne
Bheega man ka aangan is martaba
Kya jaane kya kiya tumne
Dil mein jaagi..
Ishq waali manmarziyan, manmarziyan
Zid ki maari (yun to solah)
Bholi bhaali (saavan)
Mannmarziyan (aaye gaye)
Mannmarziyan
Abb talak se
Kuchh alag si manmarziyan.. Manmarziyaan..
Hum zameen pe (bheega man ka)
Toh falak se (aangan)
Manmarziyan (iss martaba)
Man marziyaan...
Sikkon jaise
Hai uchhaali
Manmarziyan, manmarziyaan
Zidd ki maare (yun to solah)
Bholi bhaali (saavan)
Manmarziyaan, manmarziyaan (aaye gaye)
Be-adab si
Par gazab si
Manmarziyan, manmarziyan
Hosh khoya
Par sambhali manmarziyan (yun to solah)
Manmarziyaan (saavn)
Zidd ki maari (aaye gaye)
Bhooli bhaali manmarziyan, manmarziyan

Manmarziyaan.............

Just a few days back, when she got the news that she had TB, Paakhi had joined her life with a tree that she looked at from her window; It's leaves all withering away, one by one, in the cold and stormy weather. She had decided that as and when the last leaf of the tree will fall, so shall she take her last breath. But again, with Varun around her, somewhere her heart skipped a beat... again.. She started dreaming again... She had desires again...

It was like waking up from numbness after a real long time and she couldnt help it.

She wasnt in any fight with herself, she was just not expecting what was happening to her. Somewhere, somehow, her heart did whatever it wanted and she went along with it....

Eventually, Varun got to know what she thought. He was disheartened that she had lost all the will in herself... especially the will to live.. the will to dream... His act, had not only broken her heart but it had made her scared.. scared to be with anyone, that in case, again she be left alone. He decided to do something.. Rather do everything he could. She was definitely the girl he loved, the only one he ever loved.

It was very clear to him that there was no life for them together, so he decided to stay and create his masterpiece - her happiness!

Mujhe chhod do mere haal pe
Mujhe chhod do mere haal pe
Zinda hoon yaar, kaafi hai!
Zinda hoon yaar, kaafi hai! (x2)
O...
Kaafi hai..
Kaafi hai...
Hawaaon se jo maanga hissa mera
To badle main hawa ne saans di
Akelepan se chhedi jab guftagu
Mere dil ne aawaaz di
Mere haathon, hua jo qissa shuru
Usey poora toh karna hai mujhe Qabr par mere sar utha ke khadi ho zindagi
Aise marna hai mujhe!
Kuch maangna baaqi nahi
Kuch maangna baaqi nahi
Jitna mila kaafi hai
Zinda hoon yaar, kaafi hai!

Mujhe chhod do mere haal pe
Mujhe chhod do mere haal pe
Zinda hoon yaar kaafi hai
Zinda hoon yaar kaafi hai
Mujhe chhod do.. o o..
Mujhe chhod do.. o o..
Mere haal pe...

Varun hadnt lost hope. He had just gained it. Every day, as it passed, he was closer to the truth that he would meet his end very soon... but there was no seeing back. This was the only time when he was doing something for himself. One time, that he wanted to do what his heart said and not only to meet his monetary gains. Paakhi was a hard case, though. He kept tryng and trying.. And then, there came a day when finally she did something as a weakness.. She saved him from Police...

That day, he realized that he was very close to his destination...

That night, Varun confesses to Paakhi that he loved her and loved her very truely. And just for a matter of hours, together, they lived equivalent to eternity.

Kya kabhi savera.. ha ha
Laata hai andhera.. ha ha
Sookhi siyahi
Deti hai gawaahi
Sadiyon puraani
Aisi ik kahaani
Reh gayi, reh gayi
Ankahee..
Ankahee..

Kya kabhi, bahaar bhi, peshgi laati hai
Aane wale patjhar ki..
O.. baarishein naaraazagi bhi jataa jaati hain
Kabhi kabhi ambar ki..

Patte jo shaakhon se toote
Bewajah toh nahin roothe, hain sabhi..

Khwabon ka jharokha.. ha ha
Sach tha ya dhokha.. ha ha
Maatha sehla ke
Nindiya churaai
Sadiyon puraani
Aisi ik kahaani
Reh gayi, reh gayi
Ankahee..
O Ankahee..

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Do I really need to explain the last bit?

Very honestly.. as the last verse of the last song played, I had tears in my eyes and no matter how hard I tried, I just couldnt hold them off.

Lootera - which was better if it were a Musical!! - Movie Review

So well, as you can tell that here I am gonna write a Movie Review for the Movie - Lootera.. so - SPOILER ALERT!


Lootera Musical why?? Read the music review.. again by me - Music Review : Lootera

Lootera

Wiki about Lootera:

Lootera, is a 2013 Bollywood period romantic drama film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and partly based on author O. Henry's 1907 short story The Last Leaf. It is the second film directed by Motwane afer his critically acclaimed film Udaan. Set in the era of 1950s, the film stars Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha in lead roles. The producers of the film being Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl, the film features music and background score by Amit Trivedi and all song lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya and cinematography done by Mahendra J. Shetty. Lootera released to worldwide critical acclaim on July 5, 2013

The year is 1953. Pakhi is the daughter of a Zamindar (Landlord), in an aristocratic world. In this tranquil existence enters an archaeologist, Varun, seeking help from the Zamindar with a letter from the Archaeological Society of India. With his remarkable knowledge of books and music, and expertise in his own field, Varun impresses the Zamindar, stealing his way into the life and heart of the family; especially Pakhi’s. As love blossoms, Pakhi is drawn towards Varun’s captivating reserve and easy-going charm. Following a series of inevitable uncertainties and misunderstandings, she comes to terms with her feelings for Varun on the eve of his departure. She shares them with her father and Varun finds himself agreeing to marry Pakhi. A shocking realization about Varun shatters Pakhi’s life. She turns reclusive. Pakhi struggles to move on with her life, determined to forget him and their relationship. Until one day, he lands up at her door-step under the most extraordinary circumstances.

Until the end

Me about Lootera:
Now, as we can see and make out from the posters and the promos, Lootera is a Love-Story between these two characters set in like some 50 or so years back in West Bengal. Sonakshi plays Pakhi, a well brought up Bengali girl.. and trust me - She's never looked this beautiful before. If the movie sells for anything apart from its music, it has to be Sonakshi's looks and definitely her acting!!

Till now, Sonakshi attempted roles where she played mostly the bubbly loud girl. First time, I saw Sonakshi play the silent mystery. Her character was full of life but communicating more with her eyes and expressions than with words.
Her makeup(which was very simple) and all her dresses (sarees to be real!) were simply complimenting not only her role but also her character.

Recently, they have been showing in our movies that a girl is beautiful or admired is inversely proportional to the length of clothes or directly proportional to the brands adorning her... Sonakshi, in this movie, has proved that even a 2013 actress, like herself, can look much more charming and sensual at the same time when she wears an elegant saree with least makeup!

Afterall, Simplicity is the best makeup that you can wear.

Revealing LOOTERA

There were moments when Sonakshi did all the talking with her eyes and the first time I noticed how beautiful her eyes were!

Sonakshi as Paakhi looking prettier than she every has; even prettier than other female protagonist characters in the other movies these days.

Coming to Ranveer, well to be honest, I quite didnt like him in the movie. He overdid all the movements with his limbs. When he played extreme serious, you could say he was faking; when he played angry, you could say he was faking; when he confessed his love, you could tell he was faking... but there was a moment when he looked at the canvas feeling helpless.. that was a moment when I saw Varun (the character he plays).. and then when he is angry that the Police is after him and he comes charging at her without hesitating for betraying her and being the cause of her illness.. that is another scene where I totally felt at a loss of words... finally, the best moment where I felt, yes you could actually feel the character Varun, such was the power of Ranveer's performance in that scene - when he kisses her forehead before going away for the final time.

                    (Left) - The final scene where Varun kisses sleeping Pakhi's forehead before a final goodbye;                   (Right) - promotional poster for Lootera

 

Overall, to be honest, Sonakshi and Ranveer were weak with their characters. Sonakshi did good with the performance part but the fall was that her character wasnt written well enough and being someone sober, she wasnt given much things to venture. Ranveer on the other hand, had alot to do but he wasnt much at performance or looks.





Further ahead, other bits of the story - the unconditional love of Pakhi's father for his only daughter was nicely portrayed. But getting bluffed the way he was shown bluffed showed him to be an extremely trusting man or an inexperienced person for a zamindaar.

THE MUSIC -
I wanted to wrte this particular bit after the story, but somehow, I thought that it might be a case that people dont read the story for spoiler alerts and so maynot scroll down at all! And I dont want that! So, the best place for the music review will be no place but here!!

The songs - right from Sawar Loon to Ankahee (first and last to occur in the movie) are very well written and composed. According to me, the songs have captured more of the characters than the dialogues. There are lines in the songs that suit to the characters and situations in ways, that they can make you cry.

Sawar Loon - when Paakhi falls in love with Varun and she wants to catch his attention; while at times also feeling how good he looks and trying his attire.

Shikayatein - All the feelings Varun feels when he returns to Paakhi, guilty of what he has done and trying to somehow make good of whatever is left.

Monta Re - It's melodies take us right back to the lands of Calcutta. The sweetness of 'Sondesh' ringing in our ears with a little Kishore da touch and Bengal essence. Trust me, if you are happy and like it the sweet Bangla style, this is the song for you.

Zinda Hoon - To anyone and everyone who has loved and lost for their own mistakes! This is all I wanna say about another great song from the movie.

Ankahee - The best for the last :P ... Not only because I am totally in love with the song or for I cried while its picturization but because this holds the real essence of what the movie was trying to show. How Varun died giving life to Paakhi. Though he couldnt be with her, he became the reason for her life... though he gave her tears, he was going to live as the smile on her face forever... and all this was silent! If you love someone, you dont always have to write a letter in blood or paint the skyscrapers, these few actions of silence are all a heart desires!

Manmarziya - Falling all over again in LOVE  ... The song is set in the background when both Paakhi and Varun are again face to face and though Paakhi hates his presence, she cant help feel good about him either. It seems sad in the movie, but the audio will make you love it!!

THE STORY - 

The first half of the story mainly revolves around how Varun comes with his friend Dev to the lands owned by Paakhi's father. They claim to be people from the Archeological Survey Department of India and there is a chance of treasures in the land. The Zamindaar gladly allows them to dig the land and do all the required word. He shows them their ancestral temple with the golden idols of Radha - Krishna in the temple. He boosts about how he has kept the idols safe for so long.

Honestly, from that moment, the look Varun has seeing the idols and thanks to the title of the movie, anyone could tell that he was a thief and had come for the idols!! I wonder why the story writers and the directors think that the audience is so dumb as not to get the scene!

Further ahead, the Zamindaar's daughter - Paakhi, whom the Zamindaar loved more than anything else in his life, falls in for Varun from the moment he enters her house.

Paakhi's father is shown reciting to her a story about a King who hid his life in a parrot. This King attacked many kingdoms and won many battles without ever getting hurt. His enemies, finally found that he had hidden his life in a parrot and could only be killed by killing the parrot. So, they hire a person to act as a double-agent. The king falls in love with the agent (the agent must be a girl :P) and marries her. One day, she finds the identity of the parrot and informs her employers. They find the parrot and kill it. Along, the king dies too. Paakhi's father keeps telling her that she was his parrot!

 Paakhi is a well brought up child and she gets what she wants. One day while forcefully taking the car from the driver, insisting on driving herself, she bumps into a motorcycle. The rider was none other than Varun! She took him to the hospital and got him first-aid; though the doctor claimed that there was nothing serious, she couldnt help thinking about him.Later, Varun walks in her house introducing himself as the Archeological Survey Department Employee. The Zamindaar offers him a place to stay in his own house.
Paakhi watches Varun throughout the day, sneaks to his room when he is not there, sniffing his items for his scent and just feeling hopelessly romantic about it. One day, she sees him setting up a canvas and without any thought, tells her father that she wants to learn paining from him. Varun agress. But later it is revealed that he knows nothing of painting, though it has always been his dream to learn it. The table's turn!! Varun becomes the student and Paakhi, the teacher.

They start sharing conversations, then laughter, and eventually just enjoying each other's company, slowly falling in love. Dev who is worried about this, warns Varun that Paakhi will end up heart-broken when Varun leaves, confirming that they are thief and plan to run away. Varun continues but later when gets scared, he tried backing out after the incident. Paakhi is an asthama patient and one day while the tire goes flat and Varun is busy fixing it, she gets an attack. Varun is terrified seeing Paakhi like this and he finds her medicine and gives her. He then comforts her by holding her against him.


This scene was extremely beautiful, as Varun for the first time realizes his feelings for Paakhi. He is still holding her as he drives to her home. Paakhi's father, worried comes and gets his daughter but the expression on Ranveer's face at that moment, it was just adorable. He had realized that she was his true wealth and suddenly being separated from her, left him a little shocked at himself, angry at the father and in love with the girl!!

Varun is however terrified about his own feelings and decided to stay away from Paakhi. A love-struck Paakhi confronts him and they are again in the kind of relationship. However, he tells her that he will leave soon. She comes to his room in the night, and asks if he cant stay for her. They share a beautiful moment (nothing adult! :P) and then Varun asks for her hand. He tells that he is an orphan. His uncle raised him. Paakhi's father approves but asks Varun to call his uncle.

Meanwhile, a person from the Government, later who is shown to be in the same gang as Varun and Dev, visits the Zamindaar and tells him that every expensive item given to him by the British Government, was not theirs to give away and that it must be deposited back to the Government or else there will be strict actions against him. The Zamindaar has to reluctantly let go. Paakhi at this time, however is shown STUPID! She doesnt care much and asks what would Government do with it or why they are taking it, failing to see through her father, his sadness and pain of letting go. Varun suggests that the Zamindaar sold his expensive items before the Government takes them too and so with Dev, he sells off the car.

The uncle, who plays negative roles in most of the movies, is a negative role here too! He comes playing the happy guy but threatens Varun that if Varun doesnt steal and leave the next day, he will the truth about his identity to Paakhi and Paakhi's father.
While, Paakhi's house is decorated and she is all dressed for her engagement, the Zamindaar finds out that the idols in the temple are not real. He finds that there are tunnels all dug up where Varun was working. He finds Varun and Dev have left and cannot be found. It leaves him all broken and lost.

The story skips a few months and we see Paakhi alone in her Dalhousie house where she mentioned she wanted to go and keep writing. She is alone and looks very sad and ill. She has a caretaker lady (played by Divya Dutta) who keeps her company but Paakhi is adamant on being isolated. She is shown all in grief after the betrayal. She keep remembering the moments she spent with Varun and desires to pen them down into a story but cannot. Later, it is revealed that the Zamindaar has also died. She doesnt blame Varun for any of this. She just wishes that she could forget him and so move on with his life. Then, she is informed that she is suffering from TB, which drains any will left in her to live. She feels that she is destined to die soon and just awaits her end.

The Police, however, seeks her help to find Varun and his gang. Reluctantly, for her father's sake, she informs that he had mentioned this city and might come here. And he does. The Police closes all the other motels and lounges and Paakhi puts up a PG notice on her house. Varun and Dev come there and hire a room. They have put on false accent and grown mustache and beard as disguise. Paakhi doesnt come in front of them but recognizes them. However, she still has a soft corner for Varun and doesnt inform the Police. The person who they might rob, was already alerted and as soon as Varun visits him, he informs the Police. The Police is set on a chase after the two and Dev dies in the process. Varun is hit by a bullet but good enough to live. In the haste, he also shoots a hawaldaar.
While on run, Varun realizes that the house he rented is Paakhi's. He goes there and just blasts at her for

blowing him off. She has an asthma attack then and against her will to die, he gives her the desired medicines. He then takes shelter in the house and warns the caretaker to tell the Police.
He sees what his betrayal did to Paakhi and to her father. He feels sorry and says so. On the night he was leaving, he reads Paakhi's draft of the story where she tries to express her love for him and the misery it put her through. She also has written about a tree she could see from her window; its leaves falling one by one everyday in the wind and the cold. She feels that she is somehow related to the tree and she will die when the last leaf of the tree falls. Varun feels guilty.
He decided to stay for an indefinite period and takes care of her. At first she is angry and doesnt wish to include him to her life. They keep having the argument. He keeps telling her that he loves her and never wanted to leave and how sorry he was for her father and what not! The Police Inspector calls at Paakhi's house a couple of times but she never answers. He is sure that she is hiding Varun and comes to inspect. Paakhi however, refuses to coordinate and asks him to bring a warrant the next day and then only check. He threatens that he will kill Varun the moment he sees him.

Later the night, Varun assures her that he has been in worse situations and he will flee and the inspector wont be able to harm him. He also assures her that the last leaf on the tree will never fall and she will not die. He puts her to bed and kisses her forehead one last time.
He is then shown going out in the snow with a made leaf in his hand and he then climbs the tree. There is no leaf on the tree. He ties the leaf there, in the process, hurting himself and later falling down the tree. 

He then walks away from the house. There the Police awaits him and they shoot him as soon as they see him.
It is shown that the moment he dies, Paakhi wakes and walks out in the snow. The Sun is shining and she sees a leaf still on the tree. She is suddenly filled with hope that she is not meant to die or else the leaf would have fallen. Lost in what Varun had told her the previous night, she feels content and yet lack of his presence troubles him. Lost, she looks at the leaf and realizes it is a made up leaf.
She remembers the days she taught him to paint and how he had created his masterpiece as life for her. At the same time, Varun is living his last moments and remembering how much he loved her and how much she loved him.

The whole leaf sequence is taken from O'Henry's story - 'The Last Leaf' where a painter says that he will make his masterpiece one day. On hearing about the illness and loss of will of a young girl in his building, and her thought that she will die when the last leaf on a particular wall falls, he decides to make a leaf and never let the girl loose her will to die. In the process of putting up the leaf everytime the tree has no leaves, the man has to go out into the snow. The girl finally gets fine but the man dies of cold.


All in all, if you ask me - i didnt like the movie!
It was NOT a love story for once! There were characters like Dev, Paakhi's father and the Uncle who were just introduced but didnt have any significant part or their characters were not explored at all.
But yes, to the music, this movie is better than several recent movies and I am willing to give it a 11/10 on the music, background score and other music 
A single word, if there exists, to describe it - PERFECT!

Other than all this, the locations are beautiful and well-suited to the story!!

Moreover, I can say that if you are interested in love-stories - this is one movie that you might want to see!! I too had a tear when it ended!

Miracle of d day.... ;)

Hey Friends,
Well - Miracle of Day is nothing very mysterious, contrary to as it sounds ;)

Indeed, trust me, its rather very simply!!

Every day, from morning as we wake, till we sleep... we do a thousand of chores, meet several people and all our actions have some consequences. Sometimes our actions result in happiness, sometimes in sadness or anger.
However, there will also be actions that make a difference!!

There are times, when you cant always desire, you need to give at moments!!

Therefore, we have the miracle of the Day! :)
Everyday, I am going to live like I always do :P but there will be something I did that will make someone else's life better or provide someone else happiness. That will be my Miracle!

Like, the best I remember was, on 1st May 2013, my friend Param and I wished someone 'Happy Birthday' ... I know it's kinda lame but apparently we wished the first people and probably the only people who did it at 12 midnight. The person was kinda wanting someone to wish.. someone else, so was a lil upset but we wished and atleast for one moment, but that ought to have cheered him up!
In the day ofcourse we gave him a Dairy Milk - Fruit and Nut, which outta have done more than a wish!! Yumm :P
That was my Miracle for that day!

Now, whenever I do something like that, and I remember to write - you will read such stupid things but always things that leave a smile, even if for a second, on someone's face!

Happy Birthday Wishes - Tom Hanks

I just cannot believe when an entire year has passed and actually where did it go?

I can never forget this scene...

And look how cute he looks?? aww....

Ain't that worth another look?

Anyways, well just look at this guy,
his eyes sparkle leaving you simply mesmerized, his words can enchant even the best of orators, his gait leaves no room for anyone else's persona in the room and his smile ?? Well, his smile, reassuring that there is nothing that can go wrong till he's around.

Ofcourse, I have written alot about why I am obsessed about him, so here, this time, its none of that; It's simply I AM OBSESSED post :P

Simply Classy

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director.

Hanks was born in Concord, California. His father, Amos Mefford Hanks, was an itinerant cook. His mother, Janet Marylyn (née Frager), was a hospital worker. Hanks' mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of Hanks' paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain. Hanks' parents divorced in 1960. The family's three oldest children, Sandra (now Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer), Larry (Lawrence M. Hanks, PhD, an entomology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim, now an actor and filmmaker, remained with his mother in Red Bluff, California.

The Perfectionist

In addition to having a family history of Catholicism and Mormonism, Hanks was a "Bible-toting evangelical teenager" for several years. In school, Hanks was unpopular with students and teachers alike, later telling Rolling Stone magazine: "I was a geek, a spaz. I was horribly, painfully, terribly shy. At the same time, I was the guy who'd yell out funny captions during filmstrips. But I didn't get into trouble. I was always a real good kid and pretty responsible." In 1965, Amos Hanks married Frances Wong, a San Francisco native of Chinese descent. Frances had three children, two of whom lived with Tom during his high school years. Hanks acted in school plays, including South Pacific, while attending Skyline High School in Oakland, California.

Mesmerizing

Hanks studied theater at Chabot College in Hayward, California, and after two years, transferred to California State University, Sacramento. Hanks told New York magazine in 1986: "Acting classes looked like the best place for a guy who liked to make a lot of noise and be rather flamboyant ...I spent a lot of time going to plays. I wouldn't take dates with me. I'd just drive to a theater, buy myself a ticket, sit in the seat and read the program, and then get into the play completely. I spent a lot of time like that, seeing Brecht, Tennessee Williams, Ibsen, and all that."

 During his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Dowling, head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. At Dowling's suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the Festival. His internship stretched into a three-year experience that covered most aspects of theater production, including lighting, set design, and stage management, all of which caused Hanks to drop out of college. During the same time, Hanks won the Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his 1978 performance as Proteus in Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, one of the few times he played a villain.

And common, you just gotta see him, and then honestly tell me; Okay dont tell me but think yourself - but HONESTLY!! Don't you also think this is one face, one person, one personality who really means what he says?
One person, who will never lead you to fakeness... one soul, who will be your mate through your thick and thins... one smile that will do all to just leave you smiling...

He is one friend, you got to have; He's the son, others wished they had; He's a father that would make sure his children got all they deserved and desired; He's one husband that you would wish was yours...
and definitely one person I wish I were and I look up to be!!

Honestly, if ever you read this post Mr. Hanks, I love you :P and I would be honored if I were a little as good as you are :)

So cute! :D

 In 1979, Hanks moved to New York City, where he made his film debut in the low-budget slasher film He Knows You're Alone (1980) and got a part in the television movie Mazes and Monsters. Early in 1979, Hanks was cast in the lead role of Callimaco in the Riverside Shakespeare Company's production of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Mandrake, directed by Daniel Southern. As a high profile Off Off Broadway showcase, the production helped Tom land an agent, Joe Ohla with the J. Michael Bloom Agency. The next year, Hanks landed a lead role on the ABC television pilot of Bosom Buddies, playing the role of Kip Wilson. Hanks moved to Los Angeles, where he and Peter Scolari played a pair of young advertising men forced to dress as women so they could live in an Hanks had previously partnered with Make Me Laugh. Bosom Buddies ran for two seasons, and, although the ratings were never strong, television critics gave the program high marks.

Adorable ;)

"The first day I saw him on the set," co-producer Ian Praiser told Rolling Stone, "I thought, 'Too bad he won't be in television for long.' I knew he'd be a movie star in two years." But if Praiser knew it, he was not able to convince Hanks. "The television show had come out of nowhere," best friend Tom Lizzio told Rolling Stone. "Then out of nowhere it got canceled. He figured he'd be back to pulling ropes and hanging lights in a theater."
Scolari in the 1970s game show
inexpensive all-female hotel.
Bosom Buddies and a guest appearance on a 1982 episode of Happy Days ("A Case of Revenge," where he played a disgruntled former classmate of The Fonz) prompted director Ron Howard to contact Hanks. Howard was working on Splash (1984), a romantic comedy fantasy about a mermaid who falls in love with a human. At first, Howard considered Hanks for the role of the main character's wisecracking brother, a role that eventually went to John Candy. Instead, Hanks got the lead role and a career boost from Splash, which went on to become a box office hit, grossing more than US$69 million. He also had a sizable hit with the sex comedy Bachelor Party, also in 1984.

In 1983–84, Hanks made three guest appearances on Family Ties as Elyse Keaton's alcoholic brother, Ned Donnelly.

Hanks climbed back to the top again with his portrayal of a washed-up baseball legend turned manager in A League of Their Own (1992). Hanks has admitted that his acting in earlier roles was not great and that he has improved. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hanks noted his "modern era of moviemaking ... because enough self-discovery has gone on.... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top". This "modern era" began in 1993 for Hanks, first with Sleepless in Seattle and then with Philadelphia. The former was a blockbuster success about a widower who finds true love over the airwaves. Richard Schickel of TIME called his performance "charming," and most critics agreed that Hanks' portrayal ensured him a place among the premier romantic-comedy stars of his generation.
In Philadelphia, he played a gay lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm for discrimination. Hanks lost thirty-five pounds and thinned his hair in order to appear sickly for the role. In a review for People, Leah Rozen stated "Above all, credit for Philadelphia's success belongs to Hanks, who makes sure that he plays a character, not a saint. He is flat-out terrific, giving a deeply felt, carefully nuanced performance that deserves an Oscar." Hanks won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia. During his acceptance speech he revealed that his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and former classmate John Gilkerson, two people with whom he was close, were gay.

Do you really need a gun to kill??

A person with such killer personality can click with just a blink of his eyes!!!

A supporter of NASA's manned space program, Hanks has said that he originally wanted to be an astronaut but "didn't have the math." Hanks is a member of the National Space Society, serving on the Board of Governors of the nonprofit educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher Von Braun. HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon about the Apollo program to send astronauts to the moon. In addition, Hanks co-wrote and co-produced Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, an IMAX film about the moon landings. Hanks also provided the voice over for the premiere of the show Passport to the Universe at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
He also produced the
In 2006, the Space Foundation awarded Hanks the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award. The award is given annually to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs.

Still Adorable!!

In June 2006, Hanks was inducted as an honorary member of the United States Army Rangers Hall of Fame for his accurate portrayal of a Captain in the movie Saving Private Ryan; Hanks, who was unable to attend the induction ceremony, was the first actor to receive such an honor. In addition to his role in Saving Private Ryan, Hanks was cited for serving as the national spokesperson for the World War II Memorial Campaign, for being the honorary chairperson of the D-Day Museum Capital Campaign, and for his role in writing and helping to produce the Emmy Award-winning miniseries, Band of Brothers.
Hanks is one of several celebrities who frequently participates in planned comedy bits on Conan O'Brien's talk shows, including Late Night, The Tonight Show, and Conan while a guest. On one visit, Hanks asked O'Brien to join his run for president on the "Bad Haircut Party" ticket, with confetti and balloons and a hand held sign with the slogan "You'd be stupid to vote for us". On another episode, O'Brien, noting that Hanks was missing Christmas on his promotional tour, brought the season to him, including a gift (the skeleton of Hooch), and a mass of snow burying them both. On yet another episode, O'Brien gave Hanks a painting he had commissioned reflecting two of his interests: Astronauts landing on the beach at Normandy.
On March 10, 2008, Hanks was on hand at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to induct The Dave Clark Five.
Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks is named after him^.

 

Thank You for giving a face to Professor Robert Langdon

Okay, so this was just some little this and that about Tom Hanks's early life and little bits here and there that you might not have known!!
As ofcourse you can see, this is all from Wikipedia.. HOWEVER!! All the love is from me ;)

^{Once again - Happy Birthday Tom Hanks!! God Bless you}

ALWAYS!!