Movie Review: Aamir

Movie Review: AAMIR
If I were to prepare my list of best bollywood produces for the year that has just been, I guess ‘Aamir’ would be the one to which I would give full credits. A touchy, more socially, politically, sectary matured story giving a deeper and broader message that any other flick. I can sense “a Wednesday” is making bigger raves than this, (in fact Aamir has not even won nominations this year among the popular movies) , but the critic and social thinker should uphold ‘Aamir’ no where inferior to any other.
Rajeev Khandelwal’s Muslim character, eye-cocking smile, chasing around the suburbs and shanties of Mumbai make up for the back ground of a common man, superficially of a Muslim religion, but in depth, of any random citizen who can rather not be identified of his religion by his ordinary routines.
‘A Wednesday’ describes the frustration of a common man, portrayed by a real-life muslim, Nasser-ud-din Shah, who revenges upon his neglect by both, the authorities and the terrorists. The main character, who refuses to divulge his name to lend a stronger impact in his message, is shown to be an aged man, who is other wise working at the instructions of his wife, to help her support and nurture the family, much like we all do.
In comparison, “Aamir” describes a young man, happily occupied in his day to work, having a girlfriend, (in fact one from outside his sect - a hindu), and as though unaware of the predicaments of our politico-bureaucratic on-goings( the chief components of ’System’). He is suffering from asthma; he is god- fearing nevertheless; he is caring for his mother and rest of his family, much like us and also like those terrorist who schematically attempt to rope him in there religious-zealot activity. Throughout the movie, Aamir runs pillar to post, just like most of us would agree to do if suddenly caught unprepared to take speeches and provocation of that kind,( and join in to do what Aamir goes around doing), un-thinking. But his happy background, his last minute self-realisation, his acknowledgment of all the gifts that he has received from the society despite all neglects and failures that have also come along, make him a true AAMIR : the leader of the people.
Perhaps this kind of context would have been more befitting to describe person like, say, Ajmal Aamir Kasab, who failed to become a true Amir, only for failing to make his last-moment decision.
Anger and frustrations are perhaps the jewel of youth years. Youth has always been identified with this. Youth is a ‘system-basher’ , a ‘system-fighter‘ , an ‘anti-system’ gun. That is why, he is also easy to be trapped by the other cold-blooded planners to execute their vicious plans.
Aamir is a story of one such person, but who chooses to wake himself up, to make a bigger voluntary self-sacrifice, sending a chill down the spines of every one, making a more deep impact on the psychology of his mentors and the audiences of the movie.
System-bashing is agreed as a natural act, but should not result into damaging the life of other people very finely threaded with the system.

The other flicks I saw and liked are: Welcome to Sajjanpur, Dasvidaniyan, a Wednesday