Super match. Am a real admirer of Federer. Love the focus and passion with
which he plays. I find that when I watch him play I feel inspired to do better work, ... though it has no connection,,, I dont know how to explain it. And he has no extra posturing and no silly attempts to do stuff to grab attention. He just does his thing and goes away. What a guy!I want you'll to know that I read each and every post no matter how long it takes me. I dont know how long it will be possible for me to keep this up but so far I'm on top of it. I'd like to thank those of you who have been so generous in your praise of my work. It makes me so happy to feel your warmth and affection. It is truly encouraging. And some of the posts are so well written, and convey so much so well. Am absorbing everything.
I can see that some of you did not like FANAA, and I can understant why. Happily more of you loved it. Which is why it is among my biggest hits. I want you'll to understand that when I am attempting to entertain such a LARGE and VARIED audience it will not always be possible for me to entertain EVERYONE at the same time. People have different tastes, different emotional keys, different perpectives. And there will be times when a certain section of my audience likes one of my films better and another section some other film. I personally think that this is very healthy. I dont want to do only one particular sensibility or taste of film. I want to give myself the freedom to do all kinds of cinema. I dont want to do just those kinds of films which make a social comment, or are very logical. Sometimes I too feel like doing something mushy, mad, crude, sentimental. RDB, LAGAAN, MANGAL PANDEY, DCH, SARFAROSH, JJWS etc are my kind of films, but that doesn't mean that I dont enjoy doing FANAA, RAJA HINDUSTANI, ISHQ etc. which are not typically my kind of films.
Remember that scene from FANAA when I am badly injured, lost in a blizzard, stumbling along half dead, when I spot a house. I need to survive because I still need to complete my mission. So I go towards the house for shelter and help. I bang on the door in desperation. The door is opened and it is opened by .....!!!... the BLIND girl I fell in love with and then ditched 7 seven years ago!!! Only now she has eyes! And I know that, because that is the last thing I did for her before disappearing from her life! She looks at me and screems my name!!! No way!!!?? How can she recognise me?!!! She was blind when she knew me! She had never seen me! She has eyes now but how is it possible that she has recognised me???!!!!! Is all this really happening? Am I hallucinating? - I am processing all this as I am collapsing and passing out and then - from behind the door a 6 year old boy comes running...!!! So thats the Rehan who she was screeming for!!! Oh GOD... then... thats... probably... my... son!!!!!!!!!!! Swoosh... and I pass out.
Where else will I get a scene like this as an actor? Which kind of film will give me the chance to perform this kind of moment? It certainly cant be a film like RDB. Only a film like FANAA will have in it a moment like this. I love it.
Another important factor that we need to understand is that these are some of my BIGGEST HITS. Remember its only when I have the strength of big huge commercial successes behind me that I can venture into a SARFAROSH, LAGAAN, DCH, RDB etc. I need to win a larger mass of audience over and only then I can show them films which might challenge them. And having won them over I need to keep them won over. So every now and then I do a film which I feel will entertain a larger mass of people, and then I do a film which is from my heart, ... which I really want to make, ... which might not make any market sense at all, ... but I still want to do, ... and I want people to see, ... lots of people... I want to convey something to them (LAGAAN, MANGAL PAMDEY, SARFAROSH, RDB). The market strength that I get from a film like FANAA allows me to do this. Plus I enjoyed doing FANAA. I am walking this balance and I am enjoying this journey.
For those who look down on mainstrean Indian Cinema, I would like to leave you'll with a thought. In my opinion the PRIMARY responsibility of cinema is to entertain. While we can use it as a medium to teach, create awareness, make people think, make people socially more aware etc. the fact is that cinema's PRIMARY purpose is to entertain. And Indian Cinema has been fullfilling this primary responsibility for the last 80 years. For the last 80 years Indian Cinema has been successfully entertaining the vast and varied population of India. People from different states, languages, cultures, economical backgrounds, cultural backgrounds, NRIs, etc. have by and large, together laughed, cried, clapped, and we have forgotten our problems for those 3 hours that we have invested in an Indian film. I sincerely believe this, and I think this is of great social relevance. Now I ask you, how many other areas of social relevance have successfully shouldered their respective PRIMARY responsibilies, - the various politicians who have lead our country for the last 80 years? The administration? The law and order machinery? The legal system? The education system? Think about it. And then lets hear it for Indian Cinema.
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