Friday, April 6, 2018

Blackmail’ film Review


Blackmail’ film Review


                                                             Alok  srivastava

Director:  Abinay Deo
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Divya Dutta, Kirti Kulhari, Arunoday Singh
Run time : 139 minutes

Dev (Irrfan Khan) wanted to surprise his wife Reena (Kirti Kulhari) so he decides to reach home early one day.
He found her in bed with her lover Ranjeet (Arunoday Singh)
Ranjeet who betrayed his wife Dolly (Divya Dutta).
Well, Dev decides to use this as an opportunity to extract some money from Ranjeet, with the help of this money, he wanted to clear off his EMIs and dues.
He sets the chain of extortions. Blackmailing leads to counter-blackmailing as money keeps changing hands.
Director Abhinay deo did a great job as he sets up the action well and keeps you engaged for a while.
You know, things begin to slacken, the film could have done with more sharpness despite of even wickedness.
But it could have been very well.
Each and every character is quirky, Irrfan who is specially good in the scene when the betrayal dawns on him.
In just a few shots, he communicates all the emotions at a go – disbelief, hurt, anger, suffocations.
 Divya Dutta manages to bring her own shades of dark fun to the alcoholic.
I am finding it to difficult to pick up who was the worst= the stupid boss or office colleague.
This is undigested that middle class man wouldn’t ask for more moolah than he requires for his immediate needs, just Rs1 lakh!
It is difficult to understand how none could have found out about his wrongdoing in the office washroom with the photos of his colleagues wives.
If there is one thing that offers roadblocks in this otherwise fun ride, it is the slow pace with which Abinav establishes his plot and characters.
Well, the performances, fun filled and realistic  story telling keep you engaged and entertained.


Thursday, April 5, 2018

I asked My Mom


              I asked My Mom

                                           ALOK  SRIVASTAVA

When We Are Growing Up in Life

  It actually sort of matters to people how you look. And then it matters to you because it matters to others. Why does it matter how you look? Because If they don’t like you, then who will like you? If they don’t accept you, then who will accept you? And the fear that we have is that we are going to be alone. There are so many questions.

We Have To Change Ourselves

 So many people put me down and said, you can’t do this and you can’t do that and I couldn’t change anything. I couldn’t change my circumstance. You know what I mean. But it was so hard because people put me down. And I started believing that I was not good enough. I started believing that I was a failure. And it was so hard, I thought to myself. I started getting depressed. I thought, what kind of purpose do I have to live? I mean, Is there not a purpose for me? Is there not a purpose in life? And I had questions, and no answers. But then someone said we are not good enough so we have to change ourselves.

I Asked My Mom

 I asked my mom, why did this happen? Then she said, ”There are some things in life that are out of your control that you can’t change and you have got to live with. The choice that we have, though is either to give up or keep on going. Are you going to believing in yourself? Or are you going to believe everybody else’s judgment on you? Are you going to believe people when they say that you are a failure? That no one really likes you. That no one really cares about you. And it’s not really to say that you need somebody to come up to you. And say, “  I really like you. And I really care about you. It’s not about that. But it’s the fact people put you down. People don’t even look you in the eye. But you have to face the world and you have to WIN.

Are You Really Fine?

People ask you how you are and you say “ fine”. But you are not really fine and they will never know that I tell you life is interesting. Life is a journey. In public life, you have to deal many people. And just show your STRENGTHS not Weaknesses.

I will Try 100 Times To Get Up If I fail 100 Times

What do you do when you fall down. Get back up. Everybody knows to get back up. You know there are some times in life when you fall down. And feel like you don’t have the strength to get back up. And pretend that everything is okay. you don’t have to impress anybody and you are yourself. Fear comes in. May be you have doubt in your life. May be you don’t know for sure what’s going to be happening in the future. It scares you. Just that fear that paralyzes you. In that case, just say, I will try 100 times to get up if I fail 100 times.

There Is Still Hope

 I am not here today to tell you that I understand your pain. And I want you to know that I have found my strength in God. And you are going to find your strength in whatever you find it in. But I just want you to know that it’s not the end. It matters how you are going finish. Are you going to finish strong? And you will find that strength to get back up.

Start Putting Your Happiness Into Things

You know, I have a choice. And this is what I want to talk about today.- choices. I can still do a lot of things. I am travelling around the world it’s amazing. But I had to ask myself couple of questions. And first question was really,” who am I “And it’s funny the friends around you sort of determine who you are. Well, You start putting your happiness into things.