Well done Abba!!

Yet another fun day!! flirtatious sunshine and juicy lemon slices, cleaning the house and little bit of work but the best time of the day was the movie time with chocolate chip ice creme. I watched 'Well done Abba!', subtle comedy by no other than Shyam Benegal.

Armaan Ali, a middle aged common man speaking strong Andhra flavoured Hindi and working in Mumbai as a personal driver of a rich business fellow. Armaan Ali never went to school. On his return to the native village 'cheekatpalli' he finds himself in a bizzare situation. He realizes how all the schemes for the poor in the country are misused by the politicians and corrupt government machinary. With the help of his college going daughter Muskaan and using 'right to information act' he finds his voice and right as an ordinary citizen.

The movie is a political satire on corruption in Indian society. The humor of the script and the story line is such that anyone who has experienced this side of Indian life could easily relate to it. The movie also evoked the memories of yet another film, 'Khosla ka Ghosala' set in Delhi and surrounding areas and exposing the fake housing and land schemes. No wonder the movie won the national award for the best film on social issue for the year 2009. Boman Irani's Armaan Ali was indeed a performance to watch and he was very well supported by all the other actors. The music of the movie slowly grows on you. Comedy can be effective tool to make the viewers reflect on how we all are responsible for the corruption. I think the movie delivers this message quite successfully. But what I enjoyed the most is that strong Andhra falour in the dialogues, it took me back to those days when I travelled into the interiors of Andhra for work, visiting clinics and talking to men and women. The word garu is so familiar, a respectful way of addressing someone like an elder brother and amma, similar way of addressing the women. My male colleagues were always addressed with their name followed by garu but I don't remember, I being called Priyamma.

It was a fun movie and I would definitely recommend it to those who appreciate and enjoy cinema. I wish one day, I can use film to express myself, may be simple but still powerful like the one I just watched. Yet another dream to my already long list of things on the bucket list.. here is the link for the movie for those who are interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_Done_Abba

Have a lovely week ahead!! I am off to Nijmegen, the city that I left three months ago and I am looking forward to it. More stories from my side on Tuesday.. till then have fun and keep smiling...