There’s no sense in comparing the absolute Hollywood copy and its original; rather I would prefer to draw parallels between these two road trip movies:
Thelma and Louise (1991) & Highway (2014)
In search of freedom, the crime committed seems sinless when it comes to the life they’d been dragging till now.
Thelma and Louise went on a little trip. Louise saved Thelma from getting raped, and when the guy commented bad words from behind, she triggered the gun at him. Thelma ran away with her towards Mexico to be saved from the crime. I’m glad there was not a “Thanks for saving my life but how can you shoot someone! It’s your fault and you shouldn’t have done it.” Apparently ‘Highway’ takes its story from this dialogue that Veera’s fiancé spoke, at the time of her abduction rather than taking any valid step to save her.
Thelma had a disrespectful husband and a secluded life – she didn’t know what was outside; Veera didn’t know that travelling was much more than checking-in at the hotels. They kept running till Louise asked Thelma if she wanted to join her and she agreed. There, Mahabir was about to drop Veera off at some place after realising their team’s mistake of kidnapping the girl whose father had political links; till then she had seen the outside world and got that she was the fiery kite (patakha guddi) and she refused to go back to her home. Both side, the dangers are known that would follow, but the wish to reach their destination keeps on making their journey beautiful.
Louise didn’t want to take the road of Texas, denying the reason to reveal, while Thelma continued to go by her side thinking something similar would have happened. Mahabir kept Veera away from him; the reason getting revealed in pieces – slowly – when asked by Veera. Here, Louise and Mahabir become one. They are behind the disguise of strong morale, but inside they are the same broken pieces.
Thelma and Veera found their way on the open road. The innocent Thelma robbed a store and seized a police officer; the decent Veera got all ready to home a little hilltop house. After exploring their freedom, they know nothing can stop them. They both have felt the same while making the decision of staying where they were.
The climax goes with them believing how the world wouldn’t understand them. Thelma: Let’s keep on goin’! (drive off the cliff and die.) Louise: You sure? Thelma: Yes..
The Mahabir-Veera climax is one step ahead since after Mahabir’s death, she confronts her family, saying she had gone ahead and wouldn’t come back. (She would jump off the cliff of old life.)
Both the movies share the resemblance of their characters’ psychological states, but it doesn’t mean you can enclose them in the envelope of self exploration. There is more to the freedom, feminism, and emotions; there’s more to what you settle for.
You have high standards
ReplyDeleteyou want someone who can understand the real you,
the real person behind the mask,
also who can understand the reason for mask,
someone who understand that you are emotional,
with self esteem issue, and care to repair that part of you,
someone who really cares,
someone who can enter the heart and just stay there,
and not breaking any good things,
instead planting new seeds of life,
someone intellectual,
someone who understand your turbulence of heart,
who understand different versions of you,
and help you choose best one among all of them,
who gives you freedom to do whatever you want,
but also keeping an eye on you to make sure you don't fall,
someone who has guts to stay with you through
all hell and dramas and still stand there with you,
someone who has heart to say "Always"
someone who can read your mind like a book,
and still choose to remember only the good parts,
someone who won't leave you, who wont break your trust,
someone on whom you can always rely on, your safe zone,
someone who can guide you on this crazy journey of life,
someone who is happy being guided same way by you,
someone that can be your partner in trips, drama,
happiness, sadness, loneliness, stupid ness and brilliantness,
someone who understands that you don't need any such person,
also that you really need such person.
yes you do have high standards,
But it's okay. Life is full of surprises.
Fate loves irony. Most entertaining outcome is most likely.
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