The Last Glimpse

She lay in her bed gazing at the ceiling. She was indeed worried about the days to come, her future. Few hours later, she realized a restless feeling sweeping into her. Minute by minute the uneasiness grew. This was something she had expected. She was alone at home, all alone. There was no one that she could call on for help. Even her neighbors would not come forward to help her. The pain grew.

She got up from the bed moaning in pain. She walked up to her cupboard, grabbed few clothes and managed to put them in a plastic bag near by. She walked tardily to the door, came out of the house and locked the door behind her. After walking some distance, she managed to catch an auto. She told the driver, “Saidapet Government Hospital”. The auto driver looking at her plight, sighed her to get into the auto.

She looked at the name board of the hospital. She walked stealthily into the hospital, making sure that nobody noticed her. She registered herself at the counter and was immediately rushed to the operation theatre. The hospital echoed of her screams. The screaming grew louder and louder until the moment she heard the doctor claiming, “It is a baby boy.” She closed her eyes peacefully. There was just one more thing she had to worry about and there was still time left for it.

She was brought to the labor ward. The only thing that was running in her mind was the time. She wanted to look at the clock but the pain had made her weak. She needed some rest. After a deep sleep, she opened her eyes slowly, turned her head towards the direction of the clock. She knew where the clock hung. She had been here more than once. The time was 7.00 pm. She got up from the bed, fed the baby for the first and last time and rushed out of the hospital.

Lost in the streets, she found the person she was looking for. He was standing next to the hospital entrance fully covered up in a black blanket. She held on to her baby tightly and walked up to him.

The moment had come, the time she had longed for. Without thinking twice, she handed over the baby to him when it started crying. It scared her. She tried to console the baby. The baby didn’t know that this was the last time that he would be consoled by his mother. It wasn’t aware of the painful life it has to undergo. It fell back asleep. The stranger handed over a few hundred rupees to her. All the pain she underwent was for this moment, the one she longed for.

She walked back to the hospital. She had to be there. The doctors will not let her go and they knew of her. She went back to her bed, to sleep peacefully for sometime. She failed to realize that her baby had lost its sleep.
(Based on a ture story)

The Cop Story – Aegan Movie Review

What starts off with a bad introduction ends with the most expected climax. The climax is simple ‘Good wins over evil’.

The story line is a shopworn. Commissioner Nasser and his department are on a mission to arrest the pharmaceutical tycoon John Chinnappa (Suman) for his illegal activities and for adulteration of drugs. Ramprasad (Devan), his closest friend turns approver. On his way to the court he is attacked by Chinnappa’s men but manages to escape. Nasser on this occasion holds a meeting with high officials in the department and decides to hand over the mission to his son Shiva (Ajith), a brave CB-CID officer. To accomplish the mission Shiva joins a college in Ooty where Ramprasad’s daughter Pooja (Priya) pursues her education. Shiva decides to arrest Ramprasad when he visits his daughter.

Shiva on joining college gets close with Priya and her gang. In the meanwhile he falls in love with Mallika (Nayanthara) who joins the college as a lecturer. On his way to accomplish the mission Shiva learns that he is an adopted son only to learn the story from his long lost mother (Suhasini) and brother (Navdheep). The rest of the story is the depiction of how Shiva accomplishes the mission.

The movie seems more like a drama with no transitions in the flow of the story. The movie could have made an impact at the box office, if the debut director Raju Sundaram had concentrated on the screenplay and flow of the story. Making things worse is the music by Yuvan Shakar Raja. They stand alone as an individual pillar failing to impress with the story line.

There is nothing much that the actors can do about the story. They could have tried to act though. The comedy is a damp squib. One can only laugh at their plight of having to end up in the movie. The two-liner dialogues need definite mention. Silence is painful indeed!
There are just two words that the central characters exchange even when they are arguing. This only makes you realize the impracticality in which the movie is made.

Now don’t loose heart. There are few aspects in the movie that are enthralling indeed:
The scenes are depicted in an easily comprehensive manner - The story follows a stern pattern (Perhaps the director thought at least that would help).
The villain is shown, followed by the hero and his mission. Next on the list is the love story of the heroin.
Again we have the villain, the hero and his mission and then the love story.
The hero, his mission and his love story.
The hero, his mission and his love story…..
The same pattern is followed until time the movie gets over. How enthralling?

The villain is characterized of being highly emotional. He guns down his own men and the weeps over their death. The best is yet to come. He justifies his behavior, “the audience have to accept me”….how sweet!

Of course there are lessons learnt. A technically sound movie alone will not guarantee success at the box office. A smart hero and well-dressed heroine will not help the storyline.

It is time that the industry directors learn that there needs to be a solid story line and screenplay to guarantee success. A movie need not necessarily have an ace star cast. There needs to be something niche about it irrespective of which class of audience it caters to.