Thappad

Recently I saw Thappad and realised why it flopped. It starts with a promise , like we see a happy family of husband wife mother in a upper class background. Wife ( Tapsee pannu ) is shown as a good home maker and loving daughter in law , she manages the home with the help of a maid who does everything. Husband is an ambitious hard working man looking for a promotion. So far so good and then they host a party where everyone is enjoying and suddenly one senior gives him the need that somebody else is being given the promotion and his switch is off. He manhandles that person, and when his wife tries to take him wmaway forcibly, he gives a Thappad.. and bus wife is stunned, gets quiet and ultimately wants divorce.
Now this was quite outrageous ., agree he was wrong but no discussion, no understanding, even after her husband makes multiple efforts to bring her home, she is adamant and on top of that she says.. I don’t love you., does one stops loving like that? Her husband is not shown to be any rude or angry person.. just one incident and she wants to break her home even after she learns that she is pregnant.
Not only this but by multiple characters it is shown that men are always wrong and women always sacrifice., this men bashing tone is so ouvert  that it doesn’t gel.. there is no variety, just pick a maid and show her husband beating her, her mother stops singing.. sacrifice for family, her mother in law also keeps calling names to her husband and so so much do that even brother is asking his wife not to interfere and he is asked to apologise to wife and all the men are always sorry.,and I feel sorry for the women who can’t respect others..
Breaking is very easy.. effort lies in making a home, and just one mistake doesn’t and shouldn’t make someone pariah.. families are not built like that.And in life nobody gets everything, one has to adjust and accept as her husband says that thought he was foodie , still he married he who can’t cook.
One more draw back is the choice of heroine.. Tapsee looks so uncomfortable in the role, in the aftermath she is acting like a zombie.Her anger is not justified anywhere.
I wish our film industry stops being partisan and encourages family values, family is very important for kids.

Sushant & Bollywood

Now a days with the suicide of Sushant Singh , everybody is busy abusing bigwigs of Bollywood and blaming nepotism in the industry. And it’s true also .They are considered Bollywood Mafia who never lets the outsiders gain firm footing.
But this is same in any Industry may be here little more.  But the lure of money and glamour makes everybody forget everything and do whatever it takes whether it is sucking up to the bosses, taking insults or casting couch. I know it’s not easy to be ignored by the likes of khans and Kapoors,but  one should be prepared for that and if one has talent and luck, one day they will get everything like Akshay, Aushman , Kartik, Irfan and many others got , but there are many others who didn’t get their worth like k K Menon, Ranveer Shorey , Randeep Huda even Rajpal Yadav but everyone has made a living better than any other profession.
It’s like any other profession, some reach the top and some don’t and there is no reason or logic behind it. Sanjeev kumar was more talented than Jeetendra but less of an actor. Even the biggest heroes and singers have taken part in destructing new comes career but then nobody’s criticised them, instead they were given awards and idolised.
Kangana is the latest example.. she made an extraordinary movie and it was enjoyed by one all and still it didn’t get any award or any mention anywhere, .  Here we make star if heroines like Kareena and Sonam Kapoor who are best only at degrading people and sitting on high pedestal due to their money and film family.
But inspite of everything blaming anyone for an adults suicide and that too outsiders is useless. For a certain extent his family and close friends can be held responsible , nobody els. Because it was their responsibility to see his welfare. But a lot depends on the individual, they forget everything in their ambition. One should always depend and give importance to family , relationships and basic values., . I see that small town people get so caught up with money and glamour they forget their roots.He earned more than he could in whole life in any other profession, why couldn’t he wait or leave?
I have an apeal to everyone out there.. life is very precious and everything has a solution, keep your family with you and as the most important thing in your life.
And however strong Bollywood cartel may be, but making a career or star is done by public only, as long as trash is made hit, people will keep making trash and minting money and we shall keep watching Gullyboy taking all awards and Manikarnika with nothing.
It’s time public gets aware and supports good content.
Magazines like Filmfare are also responsible as they ignore content and support and publicise only people with vested interest, as there was no other actor other than SRK for them for 10 years, till he went down.