Queen

So, I finally watched the movie Queen on one of these past weekends, because - 

a) the world and their auntyjis were raving about it

b) more importantly my brother-from-another-mother was asking if I had seen the flick and wanted to know how I felt about it *feeling so critic-ishly kicked*

For otherwise, it would have been difficult to make me watch a Kangana Ranaut movie just by the merit of her being in it. I tried to stay away from it all this time as I believe it is always better to watch a movie before they cram you with their opinions on it. The perspective is always truer.

Queen is beautiful!

Also, I am beginning to realise that I can relate to anything onscreen that is based on a sense of abandon, with streaks of freedom from the stereotyped moulds. It sometimes sends me into self-introspection mode going in circles in my mind till real life takes over. Aren’t we all trying to break free from whatever it is that defines us? Those tucked deep in riches want to live life the common man-way, the common man strives to get out of his mediocrity, the house-bound wife seeks adventure, the nomad travels relentlessly to find a base to root into and so on... hence we are unified by a common thread for that desire to experience the uncommon of our lives. Perhaps this craving is right. Why else should we get up from our beds each morning or what else would we dream of when we go to bed at night?

Queen celebrates the idea of being on your own. Such a defining thought! Also how beautifully does the movie sketch the female psyche - those thousand different thoughts zig zagging in that head of Rani’s during mehendi while the entire space around was a menagerie of sorts. Kangana's face acting as a wonderful canvas of emotions throughout the movie - shock, frustration, fear, awe, resignation, anger, realisation, and of course, disillusionment, enlightenment and sheer joy. There was a bang on depiction of the much talked about middle class, protective, loving, yet patriarchal family (asking the fiancé whether she could work, the younger brother tagging along everywhere she went, etc.), a dream supporting cast - beautiful and bold women, sensitive and easy-on-the-eyes men and oodles and oodles of inner strength and courage, lovely soundtrack and not to mention humour.

I believe not everyone would be as lucky as Rani to be able to squeeze out a life from a latent existence in an unknown land. In a sense, the movie was real but dipped in a beautiful fairy tale flavour. The freshness emitting out of the fact that she became her own Prince Charming rescuing her from the gnawing miseries!

Also, it is possible to have friends all over the world, who may or may not subscribe to the same age group, social strata or thinking genre as our lives are in, sometimes even surpassing real life friends we've lived with. It is possible to share lives with strangers. Not all strangers come with dangerous motives. Some come with empathy that familiar faces find it strange to offer, without petty judging. 

But the most important thing that was reiterated was that nothing good will happen to your stuck up life till DAARU happens to you! Oh yes! ;)

By the way, what IS heeng in English?!