The language of films is crazy. The more subtle the shot is, the greater is its impact. Take for example, Piku. The central theme of the storyline is constipation. Right at the end, when the family doctor tells Piku (Deepika) that Syed (Jisshu) might also suffer from the same ailment, the whole context of constipation becomes clear. Rana (Irfan) speaks easy, works easy and shits easy.
Constipation in the film isn't a pun anymore. Constipation in Piku means Personality.
Interestingly, just as Amitabh enjoys his motion right at the end after suffering troubled bowel movement, I as an audience enjoy the timing of this subtlety! The film itself takes the course of its own constipation by choice only to reveal at the end what easy shitting feels like.
Does this subtlety change my life in any way? No, it doesn't. But it does exactly what it set out to do. It entertains me. It entertained me through the story at first. Then it entertained me through the performances and music. Now it entertains me by revealing its subtext. It is when the language of shots reach the audience, a film reaches its entirety.
I watched two movies today. One (Alien : Covenant) dealt with the everlasting question of what the purpose of human beings is in this universe and the other deals with the answer of this question. To shit freely!
I wonder, as a human being, what really is my purpose or duty! No matter whether we think of ourselves as special or don't think at all, we are going to remain insignificant in the bigger scheme of things. Yes, we love to create. Whether that be a piece of biscuit or a piece of a space-suit or an epic or another human being, it is the fuel of creation that drives humanity. Even though I say we are insignificant in the larger frame, nothing can ever be greater in magnitude or longevity than human greed!
We covered the Earth with ourselves. May be we will cover the entire universe too. And then? Where will the future humans fit their greed when there is no space left? Well, they will fit it in themselves.
I wonder how deep we human beings are. We can bury our desires, anger, greed, love, knowledge all inside us and choose never to open those pages again!
The universe that you supposedly live in is smaller than you. And yet you search for your purpose in the outer universe!
My dear mankind, may be flying isn't the answer and diving is.
And you dive every time you sleep, every time you cut yourself off from the universe you see.
May be that's the only thing left for us to do. Sleep. Peacefully.
And the next morning the shit will be dope!
Constipation in the film isn't a pun anymore. Constipation in Piku means Personality.
Interestingly, just as Amitabh enjoys his motion right at the end after suffering troubled bowel movement, I as an audience enjoy the timing of this subtlety! The film itself takes the course of its own constipation by choice only to reveal at the end what easy shitting feels like.
Does this subtlety change my life in any way? No, it doesn't. But it does exactly what it set out to do. It entertains me. It entertained me through the story at first. Then it entertained me through the performances and music. Now it entertains me by revealing its subtext. It is when the language of shots reach the audience, a film reaches its entirety.
I watched two movies today. One (Alien : Covenant) dealt with the everlasting question of what the purpose of human beings is in this universe and the other deals with the answer of this question. To shit freely!
I wonder, as a human being, what really is my purpose or duty! No matter whether we think of ourselves as special or don't think at all, we are going to remain insignificant in the bigger scheme of things. Yes, we love to create. Whether that be a piece of biscuit or a piece of a space-suit or an epic or another human being, it is the fuel of creation that drives humanity. Even though I say we are insignificant in the larger frame, nothing can ever be greater in magnitude or longevity than human greed!
We covered the Earth with ourselves. May be we will cover the entire universe too. And then? Where will the future humans fit their greed when there is no space left? Well, they will fit it in themselves.
I wonder how deep we human beings are. We can bury our desires, anger, greed, love, knowledge all inside us and choose never to open those pages again!
The universe that you supposedly live in is smaller than you. And yet you search for your purpose in the outer universe!
My dear mankind, may be flying isn't the answer and diving is.
And you dive every time you sleep, every time you cut yourself off from the universe you see.
May be that's the only thing left for us to do. Sleep. Peacefully.
And the next morning the shit will be dope!
