Aashique 2 (2013) - Movie Review

Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor,

Director: Mohit Suri

Aashique 2 is a movie about Passion and drama that one would love to cherish for years to come.

When aashique2 was released, I was almost done with movies. I was sick of comedy and horror movies. I was tired of looking at actors doing stupid things in the movie without any substance.

Aashique was a surprise!

The music got us before the movie released.  Songs such as  

“ Ab tum he ho” ,  “Sunn raha hai tu” , “Bhula dena mujhe” was everything the couples in love or going through any phase wanted to hear.Hats off to Mithoon, Jeet ganguly, ankit tiwari and Arijit singh!

If this movie was an attempt to re-establish Aditya roy kapoor after his failed movies such as Action replay, Guzarish and London dreams. It truly has produced the result. I think he is a great actor. Look at him in each scene expressing his love and pain together. Shraddha kappor is alright but she doesn’t do much in the movie except being someone between a caretaker and a singer.

It wouldn't be wrong to say that the story revolves around Aditiya ( Rahul Jaykar) struggling with alcoholism and suddenly finds Shraddha Kapoor(Aarohi) a talented singer. It was hard for me to beleive that she was a singer. Her body languagae didn't make her look like one.

so This Rahul Jaykar guy decides to mentor and thus giving a chance for love to blossom. With time we see Aarohi’s stardom escalating and Rahul’s envy increasing. Ego comes in between and it’s a struggle within aditya that whether he is good enough for aarohi or not.

I think it was the guilt that led aaditiya to take his life at the end. If only he had guts to take her hand and publicaly declare who she was for him.

Great story, Great songs and is a box office success. It targets the youth audience properly and gives us drama in each scene.

The best part about this movie is that it is to the point. Does not lengthen romantic scenes and brings love, passion and drama as soon as the movie starts.

Watch it  4/5 stars! :D

Bangladesh Vs Pakistan - Asia Cup Final 2012

This Post is to appreciate Bangladesh Cricket team performance in the finals with Pakistan, Asia cup 2012. Although Pakistan won and I myself being a Pakistani for the first time in my cricket watching period never wished so bad for another team to win.

Pakistani cricket fans will kill me for this but what a splendid performance by Bangladesh. They have improved like anything during this tournament. They did not only kicked India out of the finals by beating Siri Lanka but they also gave Pakistan tough time during the finals.

 I won’t go into details because I am sure if u had watched the cricket match you would have known that Pakistan lost its toss and Bangladesh chose to ball.  Bangladesh team was so organized during their bowling action that when Pakistani players started to get out one by one it was a tremendous sight to see.

 Bangladesh has won my heart. I am a Pakistani but if Bangladesh had won the match, it would have been a win of Cricket.  Cricket is all about Hard work, commitment and passion. What an awesome game it was. Bangladesh had to chase a score of 237 within 50 overs. The had chased a larger score when they were playing against India so I knew it wouldn’t be that hard for them.

Pakistani team as usual had miserable fielding on the field. I have no idea when this team will actually learn to play cricket. No sane team can ever play a final match like this.

 Anyway, I hear fireworks outside my home now.  Everyone is celebrating Pakistan’s win but  Bangladesh you have won hearts of many. I believe you people are an inspiration to all cricket teams. What a great match. Nail biting till the last ball.

I am reading a lot of statuses on Facebook right now and people here in Pakistan believe that today for the first time we don’t feel that happy on Pakistan’s win because we know our team was pretty bad and this win was only for Bangladesh.

Hope Bangladesh team  continues to play like this and makes their country proud. They are a lot of trophies waiting for you. This Asia cup is nothing.

Political Peace between Pakistan and India

Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of Art and Living Came to Pakistan on his three day visit to promote peace and goodwill and also to promote his foundation that deals with stress reducing techniques, reducing individual violence and societal problems etc.

We as Pakistanis appreciate his idea and efforts that he came to Pakistan to spread a good message about peace and harmony but I feel it was more of his advertising campaign for his foundation.  The art and living foundation was formed in 1989 in Germany and America with headquarters in Bangalore, India. It is one of the largest volunteer sources in the world.

It  is true that it is important to spread love between the both countries but it will all be futile unless important issues that are spoiling the relationship are not dealt with.

1)      Kashmir issue

2)      India’s interference in Afghanistan

3)      India’s violation regarding water accords for instance Baghliar-1 dam has disrupted the flow of Chenab River in Pakistan and also stopping the flow of water. Clearly violating international laws.

4)      Constant accusation by India regarding the Mumbai Attacks in 2008

5)      On the other hand Pakistan blames India for funding the terrorists in the country and backing up separatists in Baluchistan

Unless the leaders of the both countries do not plan out a proper strategy this aman ki aasha, making singers and spiritual leaders go from one country to another will not help. Pakistan is free country and you cannot blame it to be discrinmative towards Hindus. We are taught to safeguard the right of minorities but this issue is not religious. Its political and out to be solved politically.

It is very important that south Asia should have the same peace and goodwill like they have it in the west. Global harmony can only be attained that way.  Unless the core issues are not treated, such peace steps that talk about cultural mergers, media collaborations can not work.

Cultural Blues

While searching for my discussion topic which talked about the cultural invasion of Pakistan by India, I was not very impressed by the material present on the internet.  There was one perspective that talked about increasing globalization and there was another point of view stating that yes we are invaded by the Indian media from every corner etc.

I appreciate good music, fashion trends and fine entertainment even if its coming from across the borders and so do a lot of people who know how to distinguish between what is wrong and right.

We ridicule our Lollywood actresses be it Veena malik , Meera or singers who have gone across borders to earn a livelihood and get some  recognition of their own.  Unless Pakistan does not officialy send these people , they are not representing our country.  They have their identity of their own. But we as a nation believe that if our star achieves something amazing  we like to take all the credit and when he does something not acceptable to us we refuse to even acknowledge the fact that they  were once part of us. Not forgetting random people asking Pakistani government to ban these people from coming to the country? Really? Why?  If you ask these people, they bring the religion in between.   Why doesn’t religion come between in discussion when there is talk about corrupt leaders or political instability, or when there are acid attacks on our women? Why does religion only come in the discussion when the entertainment industry is discussed?

Pakistani youth is strong and we have a Voice. We are educated and We know what we want in our lives. No nation is invading any other country.  Media is a free.  Pakistan drama industry is booming and so is the theatre. I know a lot of my friends who are part of the theatrical scene in Pakistan and some of them are aspiring directors.  Today a Pakistani believes that if its own product will be upto the standard there is no way any other country can culturally invade us. Thanks to Humsafar – a massive achievement which made every Pakistani believe that our stuff is all quality.