saawariya...gleanings

Saawariya ..a story of waiting and waiting.it narrates the incidents that happen to a lady while waiting for the return of her lover .the film carries all the feature of contemporary society ..the story told by a prostitute ..yes we are starting to listen to their point of view .gulab ji wants to be identified ,want to be addresed in her own name and our rock star farishtey ranbir befriends her without hesitation ..through the single lens of camera we get a glimpse of the sorrows and joys of sex workers .again through ranbir's dialogue audience realises that they too are human with goodness..(a string of justifying them?).with regard to the slow pace of the film we in the four walls of cinema hall,surrounded by darkness concentrating on the screen feels the frustration of waiting like sakeena .she waits for her lover iman ,ranbir waits for her answer ,sex workers wait for a better tomorrow ,lilian always waits for her son later for ranbir .all their waiting has irony for her lover has already arrived ,lilian doesnt know that ranbir has arrived through the window ..the prostitutes once they look at their fellow womens finds smile in playing with a ball. safety pin is another irony, elders think they can bind children with their authority yet Zakeena finds ways of breaking it, at last, she goes away never to return to the safety pin ..yes the grandma is surely blind.

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evening walk

There were four of them, standing as if waiting for a balcony ticket . The first one had its webbed claws on the threshold. After a long wait it gathered the courage to take the first step outside the gate, quickly followed the other three, but before the fourth step, it opened its eyes and saw the big wheels rolling over the tarred road . The sound and rush were too much for these peace-loving creatures they took a sharp turn and marched as if a company, back home.