Review on Documentary: The Tears Of India by Akhil Narayanan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K44moMv89Gg

(CHILD ISSUE)

Description of The Video:

This video shows that there has been some work going on in a dhaba. It shows the environment of a food outlet where people are having their food, the cook is busy making the same and there is a boy who is cleaning and picking up the utensils from the table. It’s been 4:35 pm in the clock. Then the video shows a boy (in his teenage) is sitting around the utensils in order to clean them. He cleans all the utensils. He holds all the utensils in his small hands but unfortunately they fall off on the floor from his hands. He becomes terrified. Suddenly another man appears from inside and slaps him and push him hard that he falls off on the floor. He starts crying.

Then the video shows some snaps of small children who lives on the road. And the message is been conveyed in the video itself that These Days A New Born India Is Having Large Effort To Sustain Their Life cause still we are suffering from lot of problems like:

Child Poverty, Child Labor, Street Children, Child marriage, Child disabilities etc.

HIGHLIGHTED POINTS IN THE VIDEO:

According to Mr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, there are two reasons for the underdevelopment of our country:

1: Negative media

Our media focuses on negative aspects of India but actually there is a need to publish positive articles regarding the development of our nation.

2: Effortless development

We blame our government for the under development of our nation but we forget that somewhere or the other we are also equally to be blame. We never steps out to help those people. Also, there is an effortless development where public do not make any effort to help the poor. We are unwilling to work.

We say that: 

1: Our govt. is inefficient

2: Our laws are too old

3: Our railway is a joke

4: The airlines is the worst

The director focuses on Child Issue because he thinks that today’s children are the future of India. We should have a positive attitude towards the development of our nation. He considers himself as behind the tears of India.

My Perspective on this issue:

We have lot of development issues which are prevailing in India. One of them is a CHILD ISSUE. We usually see children on the road who are deprived of what they should have. As the director points out some problems like Child Poverty, Child Labor, Street Children, Child marriage etc. these problems are becoming an obstacle in the development of our nation. We say Children are the futures of our country but today’s children are being deprived of happiness that they should have. Although we have reached on the moon but still we are far behind.

Review on Documentary Film: Health & Sanitation (Non Profits & Activism)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux7DbHgWm7U

Description of the video:

This video focuses on development issues which are prevailing in rural India. The video shows group of children beating their drums, making the noises and roaming around the village. They have a message and the purpose ensuring that their voices are heard. It talks about defecation in the village area. A boy named Om Prakash, talks about that when we go to the toilet in open area as firstly, the flies sit on it and then it goes back to sit on their food which causes various diseases. The video has been shot in the remote village of Uttar Pradesh, a state where less than 36% of households have toilets. In other words 6 out 10 do not have access to toilets. Sharda, who studies in class 4 in a local government primary school where he is been taught the real value of sanitation. They are taught to keep their hands clean by washing them with the soap. From an early age, children coming to pre schools are introduced to use baby friendly toilets. Children are taught with the emphasis on cleanliness.

Then the video shows the Ram Narayan Maurya, Headmaster, Government School, Lalapur, talking about sanitation and parents who has to understand the need to install toilets at their homes. This video shows the entire environment of Lalapur village, where lots of people are socially excluded and has marginalized caste. But as the children are now aware of health hazard, so people started to think about their own welfare in constructing toilets at their own homes where they can have access to toilets 24*7. This village is free from open defecation. People who have trouble in walking could now get to go to the toilet.

Rishikesh Singh who is a headman of Lalapur village has worked passionately in ensuring that each and every household has toilets at their homes. Upper caste people were used to harass others not to defecate in their fields but now having their own toilets set them free to use it.

This Change has come from within the community. The village now feels a great sense of achievement and women of this village now feel safe, secure and dignified.

My Perspective :

This video has depicted a village called Lalapur, which is situated in Uttar Pradesh. In this village, the need for proper sanitation is being understood. I think this video can be a proof for the development of our nation. Although we see that there is a dire need for proper sanitation facilities in rural areas of India but the development has already started in some areas. Children have now being taught the meaning of proper sanitation in their schools so that they can practice and advised others to do the same. My perspective says that this video is a good example to show the development. It gives the whole idea how people are now starting to understand that there is a need to use toilets to avoid diseases and various health hazards. Likewise, development should take place at every corner of India so that there is no gap between rich and poor or developed or underdeveloped.

Review on Documentary Film: Death of my Soul- by Deepak Sharma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_J1UXkF17M

Description of the video:

The video focuses upon the Indian Beggary which is a serious problem and one of the development issues prevailing in our country. It shows that every day whether on roads, at religious places, railway stations etc. we see beggars. Some are disabled who sit at a particular places asking for money, some are children, some are elders. The beggary has now become a profession for these people. This problem may lead to other crimes like kidnapping, injuring and deforming people etc. Public says beggary should be banned. Ravi Kumar from Patna, India says, “This is very big problem especially in our nation, and I also know there is some racket involving beggars where children are made blind and deaf by the people who run the racket. Children are forcefully directed to beg by the people who run the racket who never come in front.” Some says begging is an industry. Begging has now become their profession because they are being told with false promises where there is no escape. Those people pick up small children who are mostly vulnerable, and force them to beg.

My perspective and some measures to take for this issue:

This video focus upon one of the development issue i.e. beggary which has been rapidly increasing day-by-day. The people who are forced to beg are mostly vulnerable. The people behind them run their racket and they make small children deaf and blind in order to gain more sympathy. I think this video makes a good impact on public that we need to step out to remove this problem and government should also consider it a big problem and actually do something about it. The people behind those rackets should be banned who do not even think about those children. Not only those children, but physically impaired people and elders, they spend their entire day with begging around in every corner. We pity on those people and we give them money but actually that money goes in the pocket of their bosses who actually force them to beg.

I think this problem should be removed as soon as possible because this issue also leads to other issues. So the development of our nation depends upon this issue as well.

Some measures which can be taken for this issue are:

1: Change the approach.

2: Do not treat them as criminals.

3: Proper Counseling.

4: Proper rehabilitation.

5: Educational Facilities.

We And 'The Cinema'

Cinema plays an important role in our lives. Isn’t it?

It has a direct relationship with human minds. Human mind evolves and so does the Cinema.

As with the change in the thoughts and ideas in our mind, we begin to think in a different way. The filmmakers put new and innovative ideas while making a film which caters to his trendy audience. As their film success depends upon his audience, they work according to the taste of the audience.

Filmmakers try to satisfy his audience by Entertainment, Reality, and Imagination/Fantasies etc. i.e. by which his audience can relate completely.

If we talk about Bollywood, many filmmakers came and gone. Some got the success, some did not. In the past years, we have seen new filmmakers like Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Imtiaz Ali, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Raju Hirani, etc. who caters to their audience in their own film making genres. And we must say all filmmakers are fabulous in their own style.

I am a huge fan of Anurag Kashyap’s films, as he has a totally different taste in films. His Gangs of Wasseypur(2012) was a crime film and which has its cult following. Kashyap has been described as a film maker who makes film on post independence era of modern India. He often shoots in a guirella style where there is no permission to shoot, no good props, mainly shoots in real locations, and makes his actors to improvise their dialogues on the sets. While watching Gangs of Wasseypur’s making, I noticed that he actually tore down the script of Richa Chadha who plays Naghma in GOW. He asked her to act impromptu on the sets. His first film as a director was Paanch, then came Black Friday (2004), No Smoking (2007),Dev D (2009), Gulaal (2009), The Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), Ugly (2014). And now we are waiting for his much awaited film Bombay Velvet which will release on May 15 this year.

Another director who has been received applause from his audience is Amol Gupte, which I personally find quite interesting person as a film maker. He has altogether a different taste from all the directors of Hindi Cinema. He is a screenplay writer, a director and an actor. He has worked as a Creative Director of Taare Zameen Par (2007) and has directed some films such as Stanley Ka Dabba (2011), (in which he introduced his own son Partho Gupte as a main lead in the film), Hawa Hawaii (2014). He had a small appearance in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) as a race commentator. But his actual first role as a villain came in Kaminey (2005). His Bhope-Tope is surely a famous dialogue from the film. His other films as an actor are, Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010), Stanley Ka Dabba (2011), Bheja Fry 2 (2011) and Singham Returns (2014).

His two films (Stanley Ka Dabba & Hawa Hawaii) as a director were based on development issues of India. Stanley Ka Dabba depicted Child Labor as a very serious problem, which is disclosed at the climax of the movie. His thoughts of making films are different from other directors of Indian Cinema.

 Hawa Hawai which has Partho Gupte and Saqib Saleem in the lead role is an outstanding movie by Amol Gupte. He has written, produced and directed this film. The film released on 9 May, 2014. His style of making a film like this is commendable in Hindi Cinema.

I watched this film today and I observed that he has included different development issues of India in his one film. He included Child Labor, Farmers Suicide in Maharashtra, no health care facilities in rural areas, Poverty, beggary on streets etc. Amol has focused on all these issues in the form of one single film. These types of films do surely have some specific audience who are actually satisfied with what they expect. In the film, Amol has shown two different world; World of Education and World of Poverty.

The bifurcation of two different worlds in one single film and also focusing on various development issues is a commendable work by Amol Gupte. His films actually impacts people like those who wants something different to watch.

The film serves as a reminder and a lesson - in hope, in empathy and gratitude. Amol has juxtaposed the lives of the under-privileged with the ones who have an easier urban life, he manages to set the tone which helps you understand kids who are working for a living rather than go to school. It also makes you thankful for the life that you have while making you respect the dignity of the worker. Amol Gupte uses a good trick to take out your emotions from the inside of your heart.

You Smile, You Laugh, You Brood, You Cry too.

Go watch the movie before it’s too late to understand what you are thankful for.

AN EPISODE OF A SATAN GIRL

TV was turned on. She was watching TV ,holding an aircraft toy in her right hand. She looked at her aircraft toy with her teeny-weeny eyes, whose cockpit was broken from right side. She used to fantasize about her life when an anonymous boy will land at her home in the pilot's costume from an aircraft, will hold her hand and make her sit in his aircraft. So her toy was very close to her heart. Tears rolled out from her eyes, one of its drop fell on her toy and suddenly she saw an apparition of someone. Her face becomes pale as she saw a long and sharp scythe in his hand, and the ghost is approaching towards her. She becomes fearful. She fainted for few seconds and after few hours she regain her consciousness. Her eyes began to open and she saw blood droplets which leads her to the graveyard. When she enters, She saw a grave with her name written on it which says 08-04-1978 to 16-10-2005

LOVE YOU! TILL DEATH

It has been 10 years they both haven’t talk to each other…time have passed!

He didn’t knew how to be in contact with Naina… His love!!!  His life!!! He used to write letters for her but never had courage to send them.

Suddenly, he got an idea… he signed in facebook… he took his mouse pointer to move on search box…he typed “Naina Sahgal.”

He found her…

He sends friend request to her…

Luckily, she was on line…she accepted his friend request.

He knew she was the one to whom he always loved during his school time…that was why, he decided to send friend request…

Naina knew that he was from the same school in which she had completed her studies.

He never told her about his feelings.

They started conversation on facebook:

Rahul:  Hi!

Naina:  Hi!

Rahul:  How are you?

Naina:  I am fine! You?

Rahul: I am good too! Do you remember me?

Naina: Yes of course! You are Rahul from D.A.V. right?

Rahul:  Yes! You remembered me?

(His heart beat becomes faster)

Rahul:  If you don’t mind, can I get your phone no.?

Naina:  Ya sure!

They exchanged their phone numbers.

They both had a chat for a while…

After few days, they started talking on the phone.

Few days later:  (on phone)       

Rahul:  You know what! Many days have been passed, I think we should meet, what do you say?

Naina:  Ummm…..I can’t! Sorry!

Rahul:  But why? I am just asking to have a cup of coffee with me?

(He became lifeless for a second, if she didn’t come then all what he had planned to propose her and to show the letters will get failed, He had waited 10 years for her)

Naina:  My mother wouldn’t allow me to go!

Rahul:  Please come! At least for 10 min.

Naina:  I’ll try!  Where should I come?

Rahul:  Café Coffee Day, Today, 5: 00 P.M.

Naina: OK! Bye!

Rahul: OK! See you then! Bye!

(He disconnects his phone)

AT CCD…

Rahul is waiting outside CCD. Few minutes passed. The clock strikes 5:30 P.M.

(He looked at his wrist watch every minute. He waited, waited and waited! The clock strikes 6:15 P.M.)

Rahul makes a call at her phone…and the phone says:

 [the no. you have dialed is not reachable at this moment)

He again tries but fails again. Then he gets struck by the idea to log in his facebook account to see the green light in his chat list in front of Naina’s name…

But he didn’t see the same…he gets upset…

He moved away from that place and the red rose in his hand fell on the ground and crushed by his feet…

On the road, he is walking with his upset face thinking about Naina…

(Why she didn’t came to meet me? What could be the reason for her not to come? Is she already married? If she is married, then why didn’t she told me about this?)

(These kind of questions keep on irritating him…He put his hand in his pocket to take out all letters which he had never shown to anybody…but unluckily, Some of the letters flew on the main road, Rahul followed them on the road…and the moment he kneel down to pick them he saw a white beam of a car in front of his eyes and….in few seconds…Rahul was no more!

Actually, the girl Naina whom he loved till death actually don't exist in the world…She was only his fantasy, his imagination, his vision….It was only in his state of mind…Rahul was living in a world of fantasy, in his self-made world in which there was a need of love and to be loved… He fantasized to love a beautiful girl and wished to get everything he wanted in his life…

He died for his love who was not in the whole universe but was only his imagination…

Sorry! Galti ho gyi!

Sorry! Galti ho gyi!

Sorry! Sorry is a word which can save a person from being perpetrator after making any mistake… this small word can help us in any circumstances…this word has become common in our life that when we make a mistake, whether it is a small or big mistake, this word always helps us…we always say SORRY and try to elope in anyway…whether our mistake has caused a huge loss of somebody but we hardly care about it and say SORRY and move away…it’s just a human nature…

Likewise, Ravi Verma was there who never felt guilty for his mistake and had never committed his mistakes…RAVI, was alone in his family…his parents were dead by then…Ravi, who was an employee in some business company… his boss was dependent on him as he was new to his job and he was well educated person but just because of this behavior he had never been in the same company too long… but now he was working in a company but in this company too he couldn’t stay for long…once he was working for a project in his company, so his boss unknowingly, thought he’ll manage everything in the project so Ravi was appointed to work in the project…but he was helpless…he caused a huge amount of loss in that project…when his boss asked about it so he just said SORRY! and moved out of his boss’s cabin…his boss got angry by his unexpected behavior…so his boss fired him…

He was in a habit of saying sorry after making a mistake…everywhere he used a simple five letter word (sorry) after making a mistake…once he was walking with his black slippers in his feet, half pant and a half sleeves round neck t-shirt… a girl was walking ahead of him… he could not see her face but from his point of view she was looking beautiful with his silky long black hair…he liked her so he stick with her like a glue on a paper…she became angry and slap him on his face…his face became red like tomato…he said SORRY and moved away…

Throughout his lifetime, he had been the same…so SORRY word was his accompany but now his foe as it was an obstacle in his life…but he couldn’t resist saying SORRY ever!!!  He had spent his entire life like this… now he was about to die because of his old age…after some days, he died as no one was there to take care of him…

Actually, God called him…when his eyes started to unwrap, he saw nothing but GOD…he asked him where was he??? So he replied that he is no more, Ravi was shocked…he was confused but soon he understood the cause of his death…God advised him to take some rest…he nodded and began to shut his eyes…his last words were SORRY! GALTI HO GYI!!!...THEY CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH LIKE HIS FIRST REQUEST OF FORGIVENESS…