And life goes on...

And life goes on with a void in our heart...

Ik baar to yun hoga, thoda sa sukoon hoga … na dil mein kasak hogi, na sar mein junoon hoga.

(For once it will be so, that there will be some peace … neither there will be pain in my heart  nor there will be the passion in my mind).

His silence speaks a thousand words, his words echo in our eardrums, his emotions and feelings get conveyed to our heart and reverberates in our mind, he is none other than our Irrfan Khan.

The whole world is feeling and sharing the loss of this versatile artist. Every common person irrespective of class, caste and religion, is feeling like he/she has lost a family. His film characters have connected with the people, he has become one with them.

But it's not the time to grieve the loss, but it's time to celebrate his work, his art and his life because Legends never die. His work is immortal and his art and soul will always be ignited in our souls.

As a tribute to his inspiring immortal soul, I am here to write up the movie review of his last and latest film ‘Angrezi Medium’.

Angrezi medium is a delightful and decent movie showcasing how far a father (Champak Ghasitaram) would go to fulfill his daughter Taru’s dream to study abroad even though if it means to let go of their kids and give them freedom far away from them because-

Bachpan mein bacha hamari ungli pakad ke chale hai taake bheed mein kho na jave ... aur jis din woh hamari ungli chhod de ... toh aise laage jaise hum hi kho gaye ho ... par baat bhi hai bhaisaab ... jab talak balak aapki ungli chhodega nahi ... tab talak aake gale kaise lagavega.

(When children are young, we hold their hand so that they don’t get lost in a crowd … and when they grow up and leave our hand … we end up feeling completely lost … but the truth, my friends, is ...if you don’t let go of your child’s hand … how will they return to embrace you).

There are little nuances in the movie that force you to think deeper. For instance, when the old grandfather Ghasitaram questioned Taru's studies abroad, the village women speak up together remarking that the society is successful to suppress them behind ghunghat but won’t be successful to do so in case of their daughters. This kindles the empowering thoughts of rural women and society as a whole.

In another scene Champak and his cousin Gopi reach Tony of Dubai who could help them to reach London even after getting blacklisted. The duo shows great aversion to accept Pakistani passports and identity, representing typical Indian mindset and aversion towards a particular nation overshadowing humanitarian mindset. 

This film also reveals the hairline difference between being independent and absconding from responsibilities which sometimes get mixed up in the readiness to get freedom by the youths. Sometimes the youth get baffled by the freedom of the glimmering world instead of actually understanding their responsibility to support their family and stop being a ‘burden’ on them. In the name of being responsible and independent the children neglect their parents and sometimes even end up hurting them. I’m not saying that the adults should not take their decisions and always get permission from their parents, respecting one’s parents and taking self decisions along with accepting the outcome are two different concepts and should not be mixed up and presented as a hotchpotch of emotional melodrama. 

In the end, I would say that this film is a decent film which would make you laugh at some points, cry at some points and obviously inspire at some. This film showcases the young talent of Radhika Madan, funny but emotional at points, the duo Deepak Dobriyal and Kiku Sharda supported by other actors like Kareena Kappor Khan and Dimple Kapadia. Irrfan Khan obviously does the justice with his character and represents the blind love of a father for his daughter going to extreme extents to fulfil her dreams. 

At last, we all know that we would never have an actor like Irrfan sir as the legends are not born, they are created under immense hard work, pressure and hardships to step up and become whom we call as Legends. 

"I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go..."