I am really amazed to find out that in a country as mad as us for films, no one is showing any kind of enthusiasm for the recently released film, Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921). The film epitomizes everything Bollywood stands for and also for everything we love about Bollywood. Most importantly, it celebrates that ingredient in abundance that Hollywood finds only in its glory. Family and the love for it. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Kapoor and Sons celebrates the very essence of family. There is gotta be a reason why family and not anyone else stands tall when things go heywire in a particular individual's life. It might have something to do with the 'selflessness' of family-persons or their love but there is something which helps. Kapoor and Sons emphasizes that having a family is important and almost necessary. I'm saying almost for there are very successful individuals out there who are living a successful 'solitary' life. I can clearly remember a film (but not its title, sorry) by Kevin Costner where Gene Hackman portraying the character of Kevin and his four brothers' father delivers a towering surmon about family's and its bloodline's importance. Then there is Godfather where Brando The Greatest does everything in his power to preserve the legacy of his gangster and influential family. I shall not name any Bollywood films here for almost everyone of them has got 'family' at their centre. The Golden Period of both Hollywood and Bollywood put families at their center-plot and strung a story around them. Kapoor and Sons is not only a fantastic film with a very competent starcast but also a rare Bollywood film that doesn't have a single boring moment in it. Rishi Kapoor, hands down, is memorable in it and so are Rajat Kapoor and Ratna Pathak Shah. Fawad has done justice to his precocious talent and Siddharth, my favorite, does a 'Hasee to Phansee' character again to great impact. Alia has certainly peeped Parineeti here in the race for being the most versatile young actress going around right now in Bollywood. Though I can understand that all of you are now watching India playing the World in World T20 currently but as soon as that hangover fumes away, please run to your nearest theater and watch this movie. You will be moved to tears, that's a guarantee but if you don't like being all like that (teary, messy wreck), you will find just enough genuine laughter moments in Rishi Kapoor's character to recommend it to your friends and all the other ones. Family is important. You can watch it for the sake of your family at least......#Blockbuster.......#Kapoor&Sons
Three things that have occupied my mind for last three days in descending order of importance are: Justin Trudeau, Heinrich Klassen and The Leftovers. I am going to write here about the least important entity for I am likely to forget about it most urgently. The Leftovers is an HBO production and like the most HBO productions, it makes for a great television experience. I chose to watch it for two reasons: First, it was only three season long with 28 episodes in total and secondly, for two years running, it was the best TV show in American Landscape. There was a third reason as well and it was in the name of its creator's promise. Damon Lindelof is one of the brightest American minds and he gave us 'Lost' all those years back. I have been a huge fan of 'Lost' and till this time, gush about its fantastical and mythical elements. People still find it very hard to crack the mysteries of Lost and when a show leaves you with more questions than the answers after its 8
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