Challenge

What is the greatest challenge in life ? 

To me it is the ability to get challenged or creating challenges to test yourself, the limits, the edges. Every time you are settled find a way to get unsettled and try again to settle. Then unsettle again...the cycle continues. It can be unnerving, disturbing, yet the best way of knowing yourself, judging or testing yourself.

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It does not have to be specific professional reason or family reason or any friendly interaction which can be challenging. It can be a mix of everything which creates a challenge. Sometimes it can be repeating situation day in day out which can be strainous and presenting challenge. It can be some unwanted interaction which becomes a potential Challenge all the time. At times it the willingness to do so something, which is not happening, presents a challenge. It can be a hushed up expectations in the subconscious mind or the dose of happiness (read opium) which brings along the fear of possible failures and hence new challenges.

It is mostly situations which creates an air in the mind to treat them with utmost urgency and hence a Challenge gets re-created. More than the real challenge the victory over the mind becomes the bigger challenge. It is all about the Test of Time. 

Which is desirable to test yourself every time in a new way or sink in the comfort of complacency ? Actually there is no such challenge, it all in the mind which wants to conquer over circumstances or individuals...may to get some limelight or acceptability among others.

Kabir Singh...the experience

More than the film it was the experience which is worth remembering.

                   

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On SN Banerjee Road, Kolkata, stands a very shabby worn out cinema hall named Regal. To be precise the appearance is just diametrically opposite to the name. The hall which was famous for all the wrong movies, during my school-college days, have strangely hosted Kabir Singh. More strangely the tickets were available in BookMyShow. The process of getting the ticket was complex. On a white paper one has to write down the online ticket details. Someone collected that paper to give to the ticket man at the counter, who then gave the ticket print out.

Honestly I was not expecting AC services inside the hall (max. 80 rupees ticket) but there was AC and Ceiling Fans all working properly. The toilet was more of a "jugaad", one could barely fit in. The sits were just okay, hardly any leg space.

But it was the crowd all the way who entertained most. The first scene where hero opens the door with a cigar in his mouth & Kishore's "Mere umar ke naujawano" playing in the background...the hall just roared up. After a long time I had the experience of "siti-witi" single screen theatre. In any heroic scene or romantic scene there were comments flying all over. What an atmosphere!!! Tired of watching movies in multiplex with all decent people around you...it's boring. The film with such an intense character as the centre of the film needed the applause of the fans to heighten the moments.

Film wise Shahid Kapoor did a good job. Kiara Advani did a fair job too. But having seen Arjun Reddy some 2 years back I felt the Telegu film was better made, the obsessive impulsive character of the hero looked more natural