To be or not to be!

To be or not to be!

‘To be or not to be’ William Shakespeare from Hamlet are not just lines written by him. It is not only a soliloquy. It is much more. Hamlet made many film makers think over their history, their film making and sociology and psychology. In last century Avant Grade Director Jean luc Godard said.”To be or not to be. That's not really a question”. This is cinema which is a combination of all form of arts and it goes much beyond.
We as a human being we have different identity and liking what we like is different than other human and we may not find the cautious reason for it. Many a times we like a film may be for music, story may be for background or may be for a silly reason.
In India we live cinema. Due to my love for literature and the grace my friend I became a part of Pune Litrature Club. There I met a businessman Mr Kaushik. This gentleman is in his 60s and likes literature and an armature lover of films. On a cozy moment he requested me to find a film for him which he would like to gift it to his father. He is a south Indian person has spend some stint in Delhi and his parents have had some stint in Bombay (then Mumbai). They have some wearied reason to like that film for the portrayal of ‘Bombay Chawl Life’. It took me by complete surprise that, there are audience in India who take Indian films as a part of recorded history. They relate themselves with it. It is not only youngsters who relate themselves with some trendy film music and fashion. There are seniors too. They both are yet to understand the gravity of Cinema and love towards each other.
I tried my level best by asking 1984 Saeed Mirza’s Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!. I asked DVD stores and many vendors for this film. I checked out may web portals for CD and DVD but in vain. I could not gather it. As I learned from Mr Kaushik that his father is a very old person and as a loyal son he was doing every possible thing to get this film for him. Mean while I got bogged in to my commitments and could not attain the meeting but back of my mind his words were haunting me.
Last Sunday when we met in a Literature Club meeting, it was after a long time. He greeted me like a gentleman, I exchanged the greetings. After a while when we both were comfortable with surrounding I asked him about the Film ‘Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!’. He answered in a deep voice, “ Rahul, I got the film in a good condition but it was too late’. This thing is going to hurt him forever that he could not complete a simple wish. Same is from my end.
I remember the line by Godard, ‘Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.’