Freedom

I finally managed to see Lage Raho Munnabhai last night and it impressed me by taking me to emotional extremes. For someone who gets goosebumps everytime he sings the national anthem it's not difficult for a movies like Lage Raho Munnabhai (LRM) and Rang de basanti (RDB) to impress me and strike a chord deep inside. The emotional upheaval the national anthem induces is difficult to explain but easier to experience. Of course the discussion in the post is not around the national anthem, that's just me getting a bit passionate about my country.

The point I'm trying to make here is are we becoming anti establishment, and considering the movies are an indicator of the current mood of the masses, these two movies are making it more evident. There is an underlying call to rethink our premise of freedom and whether we are taking the right direction. There seems to be a call to awaken the masses and not wait for the classes (read political system) to define and carve out the direction this country is going to. The common man is now not just a vote bank but is being called upon to take action. I would call that anti establishment. We seem to be fighting for freedom again.

Are movies instigating a revolution? A revolution for freedom from the drudgery of the political syste; Freedom from mismanagement; Freedom from corruption; Freedom from bondage in a free country.