This post comes in the wake of the newspaper story of one Mr. Banerjee getting inspired by the movie Swades – giving up lucrative offers in the US and returning to India to start an English-medium school for the rural people. I really appreciate his move – risky but worth following.
Just a few days before this story was in the news, I stumbled upon a poll to decide the most inspiring Bollywood movie of recent times and the result was...
...Rang De Basanti
According to the poll, the standings were -
1) RDB
2) Swades and Taare Zameen Par
3) Lakshya
4) Lage Raho Munnabhai and A Wednesday
About RDB, I thought it was an interesting movie, and I did see the movie twice after its release, but the movie did not inspire me to do anything different. My vote went to Lakshya. Not for Kargil, not for patriotism, not for Farhan Akhtar, not for Hrithik Roshan, not for anything fancy. But for these very simple lines that Romi's (Preity Zinta) dad says to Karan (Hrithik Roshan)...
"Tum jo bhi karo achha karo. Agar scientist bano toh achhe scientist bano. Agar ghaas kaatne wale bano toh achha ghaas kaatne wale bano. Warna kya faayda?" (Whatever you do, do it well. If you become a scientist, be a good scientist. If you become a grass-cutter, be a good grass-cutter. Otherwise what's the point?)I love that movie for these lines. I really did wake up and feel different the next day. About my hobbies, about my… About everything actually. PS: Had overheard this while exiting the cinema hall after watching Swades: "Bass re...GRE, MS cancel" :-D
