Lesser Thought

Cinema is a combination of many ideas, emotions, realities and illusions. It is exciting and happy sometimes,  dark and sad otherwise. The quality of work you see on screen is never a single man's work. It's a balanced culmination of direction, cinematography, music, lyrics, dialogues, acting, editing and post production.   I decided to share my top picks. These movies made me understand the nuances of film making, story telling and representation.This is art I enjoy and wanted to share with all cinegoers who look for inspiration on screen or behind it.  Ali Article 15  Aurangzeb A death in the Gunj Badla Barakah meets Barakah Barfi Beyond the clouds Black Chak De India  Chhichhore Cocktail Dangal Dev D Five feet apart Gangs of Wasseypur  Guilty  Gully boy Guzaarish  Haider Hasee to Phasee Highway Jab we met Julie and Julia Kabir Singh Kahaani Kedarnath   Kesari Lamhe Life in a Metro Life of Pi Lift boy Lion Lootera Love Aaj Kal Lov...

Falling in love with someone ridden with anxiety isn't as tough. It feels the same. You two feel the same things any two people in love do. People with anxiety aren't incapable of being in a fulfilling relationship, they just need a push. They overthink and they often feel weak, but they also never leave. They never let you go down alone. People with anxiety know what it is to be in a position of vulenrabilty and misery. They know the breaking down that follows dishonesty. They never leave things midway and unexplained.  So when someone with anxiety is falling in love don't doubt them.  When you're falling in love with an anxious person, learn to love them even more. Make them comfortable with where they stand in life and in love. Everyone falls in love the same way. Never take it away from someone. 

Anurag Kashyap, widely acclaimed as a curator of realistic raw films has always used elements that go beyond the obvious.  His cinema is not for everyone to consume and appreciate. Often labelled too harsh and dark,  Kashyap brings to mainstream cinema the lesser talked about things. In his last theatrical release Manmarziyan he brings to the screen a new unique idea. An idea that most cine-goers will perhaps not understand. Not the first time they see it.  The movie is of a fiery Amritsar girl,  Rumi who's madly in love with Vicky,  an aspiring musician with punk and passion. But as destiny would have it Rumi isn't to be with Vicky. Instead she's tied down in a marriage to a foreign return Robbie. While Rumi and Vicky are devastated, Robbie develops a fondness for his bride.  In all this, Kashyap places twin dancers in the forefront. Directly dancing to the camera.  It makes little sense, perhaps it's mere entertainment. The Wasseypur director, howeve...