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I am no subdued Rajouri garden types, but in the first few
minutes into Queen, in that heart splitting moment, when her fiance breaks up with an all-in-tears Kangana, and
she walks out only to return back and plead to him not to break up, while he is
irritated over the tamasha her tears are creating in the public, it was me. It was there that the movie became real for me.
But I don’t have a pre-planned honeymoon trip to go on, and neither a granny with cool words of wisdom. I live in a hostel bound by an ever-growing things-to-do list. And even if I did, I reckon I would bump into friendly foreigners who’d take me on a ride of my life. I would be too cautious for that. But I’d still let the movie be my story. To give a poker face to your ex whom you bump into every day is a test of your strength that you have to pass every day. One would wish one was as naive as Queen, so it would be easy to let go?
But I don’t have a pre-planned honeymoon trip to go on, and neither a granny with cool words of wisdom. I live in a hostel bound by an ever-growing things-to-do list. And even if I did, I reckon I would bump into friendly foreigners who’d take me on a ride of my life. I would be too cautious for that. But I’d still let the movie be my story. To give a poker face to your ex whom you bump into every day is a test of your strength that you have to pass every day. One would wish one was as naive as Queen, so it would be easy to let go?
I drift. That’s not the point here.
I don’t believe we need any more people vouching for Kangana
here. Why the movie wins over most hearts, is because the narrative flows
smoothly without trying to make a big deal about itself. It’s filled with
simple joys, that we all can relate to; that one friend who tells you drain it
with the booze, the one who’ll break the awkward tear-filled silence
with his comical moves, one who’ll silently fill in the background by just
being there, the characters are all too real. They don’t really have to be
hobos in Amsterdam, but well. In the end
the fiance receives his comeuppance, and justice is delivered. In a way she
smacks back on his face and walks over it, and we celebrate this triumph with
as much joy as Ram returning victorious from Lanka.
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