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Sorry Bhai would have been an all round laudable effort if not for the allegation by Rabbi Shergill that one song is copied beyond doubt from a track Ballo in his recent album Avengi Ja Nahin.
Here are the snippets of the songs :
The question of whether it has been copied does not arise as the music director Gaurav Dayal had approached Rabbi long ago to use the song, but then went ahead without following any legal procedures. I am not sure if the producer and director are to be blamed or an upcoming music director who finally lands a movie after years of efforts but has to compromise with the producer/director. Debatable. This problem might be even more important to tackle sooon with the Indian film industry increasingly going global. Independent/low budget/parallel/off-beat/sensible/good cinema might be finally coming of age in India in the last couple of years; it would be heartening if the efforts were not subject to claims of plagiarization (which sadly includes even Bheja Fry).
Either way, Sorry Bhai is a great effort in movie making and certainly not to be missed. Although the basic theme might be frowned upon (I am guessing from the fate of of a certain website that had to face this. NOTE : the previous two links are NOT SAFE FOR WORK or NSFW although it is debatable why I am mentioning this after the links), the movie holds fort throughout with some great acting, comedy, riveting drama and of course, the chemistry between Boman Irani and Shabana Azmi.
Song clips courtesy : itwofs.com
I am back to regular writing after exactly a month-long hiatus. For people who have been checking this blog, you would know what I was upto : Link.
Foreword : This is a very long post. Actually, even longer. And heavily judgemental [:)].
As much as I am going to miss freaking out people by saying that I am going to visit Ladakh alone, I must add that the best way to travel is undoubtedly doing it alone ! If experiences, people and adventure is what you are looking for, there is no better way than doing it alone. And in that sense, I had a terrific trip.
The highlights of the trip : The winner, hands down, meeting people. Be it the senior citizen, a photographer, whom I met at a park in Jaipur to the Bulgarian mountain guide who was on his world trip to a person who is a professional ‘vote-buyer’ to the security guard at the airport who chatted for over an hour ! The runner-up, visiting villages in India. Put the above two together and you have an experience.
The trip started off with my landing in Delhi, where I was graciously hosted by a friend at his apartment. But not before 4 of us squeezed into an 800 with 3 suitcases of mine. I was home. The first evening was exactly what Rabbi meant when he wrote Dilli. The next day was a trip around Delhi. I was really happy to visit Rajghat (I have gone through the fan-of-Godse phase, but thankfully, I am back to wiser days). Next, Jama Masjid. In my humble opinion, before making any generic statement for/against the Muslims of India, please spend some time around Jama Masjid, and I really hope the Javed Akhtar’s and Shabana Azmi’s are listening. Connaught Place was good, but by then I had already judged the crowd, not very flattering I must add. It reinforced the popular notion that Delhi is a bit unsafe for women, and not just the adventurous kind.
The next day was my long awaited trip to Agra, Mathura and Fatehpur Sikri, with a group of friends and the above mentioned 800. Getting past a toll-naka without paying up courtesy a police sticker is a joy and experience only an amit_123 (Definition) would know about. The Taj Mahal was beautiful, but a tad disappointing to my expectations but atleast I have that legendary snap in front of the Taj. The Mathura temple had all the ingredients of a successful temple : Huge crowds, loud chants, even louder chatters and a 1-second darshan. The return back to Delhi and boarding of a bus to Jaipur happened that night; just the routine drill of visiting-all-sightseeing-places-in-a-day.
The next day was big. Having the Free Hugs Campaign with a friend of mine. Details here : Link.
For more about the Free Hugs Campaign, this might be a good view : Link
The next morning I was in Leh, the biggest city in Ladakh, which in case you didn’t know IS in fact in India. I gave acclimatising a day and a half, considering Leh is at over 11,000 ft and did some small hikes around Leh the next evening including the Shanti Stupa, Old Caslte and Leh Palace. This was when I met Aleksander, a Bulgarian mountain guide, on a world trip, and arguably one of the happiest people I have ever met ! Although his main concern was why foreigners had to pay up anything from 2 times to 40 times the entry fees for Indians at all places. To quote Aleksander : ‘All foreigners are not rich !!’.
Continue reading part 2 here.
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