World at odds (WAO)

Hi All, this is a new section, where we will like to cover movies that are worth mentioning for there brilliance or sometime for there failed expectation.

Covering up on my first post is DHARM (2007) directed by Bhavna Talvar.This is one of the finest movie I have seen in last year or so. It was never a movie made for masses. The honesty and simplicity with which this complex topic is handled is commendable. The story line goes like this Hindu Priest Chaturvedi ((Pankaj Kapoor).Pandit Chaturvedi is a highly revered and learned priest. A child is abandon by a woman and brought in his house by his daughter. He agrees to adopt the child due to requests from his wife (Supriya Pathak) .Life takes a turn when he finds out that the child is a Muslim after he has become attached to the child. The family gives back the child to his mother. Chaturvedi engulfs himself in the purification process to cleanse his body, mind and soul due to contact with a Muslim soul. By the time, Chaturvedi thinks he is fully purified – the child reappears – seeking refuge, due to Hindu- Muslim riots. This is the time Chaturvedi finally realizes that the true religion is humanity.

May be pop corn lovers will say why I should go and see this movie. I am always keeping distance from the fanaticism of DHARM; I don’t hate any DHARM.I am secular to my last breath. I will request you to still watch this movie. It in some way really transfer the Gyan from Holy text and there relevance in some context in the movie. No DHARM, is hard lined or tell you to hate others.Pandit was too good a soul to hate someone. He was in conflict with the DHARM he knew and the DHARM he was practising.We may not have to face such conflicts, but watching this movie will give a wider prospective of our nation, where lots of people are engulfed in such tough situations.
Brilliant work all around, makes even the viewer question why EKLAVYA a box office dud was our entry to OSCARS?

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