Tuesday, May 31, 2005
page3
Hi Friends. I have just watched Page-3, a bollywood movie released in January this year. Cud not stop myself from writing this. You may or may not like this.
Intro of the Movie:As name suggests, Page 3 is an attempt to look inside the life of high profile peeps such as film stars, models, businessmen, social workers, politicians, cops, media people, fashion designers, aspiring actors and many others appearing regularly on Page 3 of newspapers by regularly attending Page3 parties.
Plot/ StoryStory is weaved from a point of view of a rookie journalist Madhavi Sharma, (Konkana Sen Sharma) who is covering Page3 for a famous national daily. She is living in Mumbai with two others, Pearl- a 27-year-old practical airhostess and Gayathari- an innocent girl from Delhi who has just joined this bandwagon of Page 3 parties to make big in Bollywood. Madhavi is a daughter of a Bangalore based Air force officers, she is wise person with moral and ethics.
The movie begins with a Page 3 party, hosted by an NRI businessman, to become celebrity with the coverage of this party on Page 3. Thereon movie reveals various aspects (say filthy or practical) of life- wife swapping, casting couch, cheating spouses, drug paddling, depressions leading to suicide, child sexual abuse and double timing of all human relations. Interestingly the high profile chauffeur/ driver of these guests say all about their lives. Through out, the background sings: Kitne ajeeb Rishtey hai yaha pe/ Sab Ek doosre se hai hoshiyaar yaha pe/ (How queer all relationships are here/ Every person is smarter than the other)
In the series of these glitzy parties Madhavi finds a lover in Tarun, a model who reaches Madhavi for getting publicity and contacts in the industry. Practical Pearl finds a 60+ millionaire and marries him to settle in Newyork to live peacefully ever after. Gayathri falls in love with a FilmStar, gets pregnant and instantly suggested to get aborted. She tries to commit suicide and leaves Mumbai as she doesn’t believe in making such compromises for Bollywood. Madhavi realises the world here is all pretentious and decides to cover Crime beat, leaves Page 3 and moves to Nation page. There she exposes fattest businessman indulged into child prostitution and trafficking children from an NGO run by his wife. Virtuous wife had already committed suicide on the knowledge. Madhavi is fired from the publication for doing so.
She understands rules of the game: She must be in the system to rectify the errors of system. Imaandaari ke saath Samjhdari (She needs to be shrewd along with being Honest to survive here). The final party portrays same old peeps with newly achieved insight of them by Madhavi. Gayathri has made a compromise of sleeping with brilliant directors and she says: Don’t look so shocked Madhavi. I had no other option. Another message she gets: There are no long-term friendships and no long term enemies in this world.
Rules of these parties1)It is a first and foremost frontier of making contacts.2)There are no long-term friendships and no long term enemies in this world.3)Its ok to indulge into sexual act with someone who promises you better future.4)If you have power, money bash it out and host pomp Page 3 parties.5)Page 3 is the creator of your new world.
Few Messages in the movie1)First be a well-civilised Indian than trying out to become ‘westerner’.2)Always have safe sex. (The preacher however tells his gf to abort in the very next scene!)
Things one ponders after 3 hour date with this movie.1)Do one really needs to compromise, if one wants to do meaningful work. Three incidents from the movie, Gayathri wanted to do meaningful cinema but compromises her moral values. Anjali was leading meaningful life by running an NGO for children but had to commit suicide as she gets to know that her husband is involved the prostitution of these children. Madhavi is fired for doing meaningful journalism.2)Child Sexual Abuse exists inside each & every walk of society in one or the other way. Is it really unknown?3)Love is a game. Beware. Who knows who is smarter? You never know if the other person is playing or living with you.4)Is it really better to settle for an millionaire and have fun in life?5)Big fishes always survive after all.
I think its all about making choices, what you want in life and how. The conscious is always there to tell you off your actions. No one else can justify or defy your actions better. What say?
:) :)Priyanka
Intro of the Movie:As name suggests, Page 3 is an attempt to look inside the life of high profile peeps such as film stars, models, businessmen, social workers, politicians, cops, media people, fashion designers, aspiring actors and many others appearing regularly on Page 3 of newspapers by regularly attending Page3 parties.
Plot/ StoryStory is weaved from a point of view of a rookie journalist Madhavi Sharma, (Konkana Sen Sharma) who is covering Page3 for a famous national daily. She is living in Mumbai with two others, Pearl- a 27-year-old practical airhostess and Gayathari- an innocent girl from Delhi who has just joined this bandwagon of Page 3 parties to make big in Bollywood. Madhavi is a daughter of a Bangalore based Air force officers, she is wise person with moral and ethics.
The movie begins with a Page 3 party, hosted by an NRI businessman, to become celebrity with the coverage of this party on Page 3. Thereon movie reveals various aspects (say filthy or practical) of life- wife swapping, casting couch, cheating spouses, drug paddling, depressions leading to suicide, child sexual abuse and double timing of all human relations. Interestingly the high profile chauffeur/ driver of these guests say all about their lives. Through out, the background sings: Kitne ajeeb Rishtey hai yaha pe/ Sab Ek doosre se hai hoshiyaar yaha pe/ (How queer all relationships are here/ Every person is smarter than the other)
In the series of these glitzy parties Madhavi finds a lover in Tarun, a model who reaches Madhavi for getting publicity and contacts in the industry. Practical Pearl finds a 60+ millionaire and marries him to settle in Newyork to live peacefully ever after. Gayathri falls in love with a FilmStar, gets pregnant and instantly suggested to get aborted. She tries to commit suicide and leaves Mumbai as she doesn’t believe in making such compromises for Bollywood. Madhavi realises the world here is all pretentious and decides to cover Crime beat, leaves Page 3 and moves to Nation page. There she exposes fattest businessman indulged into child prostitution and trafficking children from an NGO run by his wife. Virtuous wife had already committed suicide on the knowledge. Madhavi is fired from the publication for doing so.
She understands rules of the game: She must be in the system to rectify the errors of system. Imaandaari ke saath Samjhdari (She needs to be shrewd along with being Honest to survive here). The final party portrays same old peeps with newly achieved insight of them by Madhavi. Gayathri has made a compromise of sleeping with brilliant directors and she says: Don’t look so shocked Madhavi. I had no other option. Another message she gets: There are no long-term friendships and no long term enemies in this world.
Rules of these parties1)It is a first and foremost frontier of making contacts.2)There are no long-term friendships and no long term enemies in this world.3)Its ok to indulge into sexual act with someone who promises you better future.4)If you have power, money bash it out and host pomp Page 3 parties.5)Page 3 is the creator of your new world.
Few Messages in the movie1)First be a well-civilised Indian than trying out to become ‘westerner’.2)Always have safe sex. (The preacher however tells his gf to abort in the very next scene!)
Things one ponders after 3 hour date with this movie.1)Do one really needs to compromise, if one wants to do meaningful work. Three incidents from the movie, Gayathri wanted to do meaningful cinema but compromises her moral values. Anjali was leading meaningful life by running an NGO for children but had to commit suicide as she gets to know that her husband is involved the prostitution of these children. Madhavi is fired for doing meaningful journalism.2)Child Sexual Abuse exists inside each & every walk of society in one or the other way. Is it really unknown?3)Love is a game. Beware. Who knows who is smarter? You never know if the other person is playing or living with you.4)Is it really better to settle for an millionaire and have fun in life?5)Big fishes always survive after all.
I think its all about making choices, what you want in life and how. The conscious is always there to tell you off your actions. No one else can justify or defy your actions better. What say?
:) :)Priyanka
