SPOILER ALERT : Sanam Teri Qasam.
Mawra Hocaine has done justice to her role, so has the new hero. It is a beautiful film, replete with Cliches, but these cliches have been done justice to. Music is awesome! And there is a well-backed love story. After watching Dilwaale where Shahrukh (don't care to remember the names of characters) falls in love with kajol after meeting her twice (one being the time she almost kills him) and a slipshod romance that follows on the mountain peaks all of a sudden... I really think Sanam teri Qasam is a splendid movie in its own genre. The romance, the connection, the loss, it is all palpable. They have not just filled in the gaps of the love story. They have gone beyond that. Sometimes it was unexpectedly close to heart in a way cliches are not. It felt personal. It felt heart-breaking.
Something I fondly remember:
At one point when the couple is saying their vows, the hero takes a break and takes the girl to a side. He says that he cannot take the vow that he will respect her father as he respects his own because he does not respect his father. and he can't lie to her. I want to appreciate the person who touched this aspect of his love for her.
Something I wonder about :
Love like magic is possible. But the timing isn't always on point. Like the time the hero says 'get lost' and she doesn't go to the home he has given her and instead stays in the street. but he does come to get her in the middle of the night and says sorry. Its all very nice. But in real life , timing is not always on point. And what if he didn't come at all. It wouldn't mean they love each other any less. Maybe he is hugging his own disappointment. Would she go back to the home? She couldn't possibly stay in the street at that time of the night. that too in India. And a person always knows where the other person would have gone to. Well that's a veryyy tough guess too. If i have to meet my friend in hospital i have been visiting for the last three years, i have to make 3 calls to determine directions and her current location. How someone can appear for you anywhere 'sensing' you would be there is beyond me.
Something I didn't understand :
The references to Hindu caste system were lost on me.
Something I don't like :
Oh of course. The remorse at the end of the movie. Where fathers of both , the boy and the girl realize their mistake and come back to bless their children. only to discover its too late. Mmmmm. No.
Something I fondly remember:
At one point when the couple is saying their vows, the hero takes a break and takes the girl to a side. He says that he cannot take the vow that he will respect her father as he respects his own because he does not respect his father. and he can't lie to her. I want to appreciate the person who touched this aspect of his love for her.
Something I wonder about :
Love like magic is possible. But the timing isn't always on point. Like the time the hero says 'get lost' and she doesn't go to the home he has given her and instead stays in the street. but he does come to get her in the middle of the night and says sorry. Its all very nice. But in real life , timing is not always on point. And what if he didn't come at all. It wouldn't mean they love each other any less. Maybe he is hugging his own disappointment. Would she go back to the home? She couldn't possibly stay in the street at that time of the night. that too in India. And a person always knows where the other person would have gone to. Well that's a veryyy tough guess too. If i have to meet my friend in hospital i have been visiting for the last three years, i have to make 3 calls to determine directions and her current location. How someone can appear for you anywhere 'sensing' you would be there is beyond me.
Something I didn't understand :
The references to Hindu caste system were lost on me.
Something I don't like :
Oh of course. The remorse at the end of the movie. Where fathers of both , the boy and the girl realize their mistake and come back to bless their children. only to discover its too late. Mmmmm. No.
All in all, good one. Thumbs up Mawra Hocaine!
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