I am not much interested about movies or attaining the first day first show or things like that. But yeah, I do watch movies, which I think, will be interesting. 'The great Indian Butterfly' is a movie like that. I don't know how much moolah it made, but the name was interesting, so I spent one and half hour on it and I found it interesting too.
The story goes around a couple, busy with respective careers and planning for a vacation in Goa, and the car journey from Mumbai to Goa slowly unfolds the cuts and corners of the relations and life. Both are too busy to spend time with each other, they regret for it, but they never prioritise it.
Husband Krish (Amir Bashir) is inspired from a legend about The great Indian Butterfly, which brings
peace, success, love and satisfaction, lost somewhere in Kartikeya’s valley, which is according to him, somewhere in Goa. This yuppie couple has spent the last few years of their lives climbing the ladder of success. They are supposed to take off for their much-needed annual vacation. But a stressed out Krish goofs up and they miss their flight.
The wife Mira (played by Sandhya Mridul) is annoyed with the job, office politics as well as relationship complications. Just to keep her mood, he says that they will enjoy this vacation together and will not hunt for butterfly this time. She blames her husband about the problems, the goofups and also pin-points about his earlier relationship with a girl.
Situation get worst when, she knows that her husband received some 6-7 calls from his ex-girlfriend, and decides to quit from the relations. Unable to get any train or bus, she stays in Goa, and tries to rediscover herself and understand about situations happening with her.
Husband tries to locate his wife, but fails to do that. He checks out of hotel and go to a place which is according to him a Kartikeya’s valley. This story unfolds with a mysterious researcher, clarifying the background of Butterfly story, narrating about the facts of life and may be the experiences. Husband meets the researcher, and asks about the Kartikeya’s valley.
And everything changes, he finds his wife back, clarifying the situation and they got all the Peace, Success, Love and Satisfaction. Because they realize that the great Indian butterfly is within themselves. They can build Kartikeya’s valley anywhere, when they are together, with love and strong involvement in each other. Movie covers few of the very scenic locations in Goa, and deserves full credit for Cinematography. But more of I loved its theme. May be because I can relate the situations more, may be because I have seen the yuppie life, whatever. Somehow this theme about the great Indian butterfly I found it very close to my heart. Everyone in the life goes after Peace, Love, Success and Satisfaction, which is like a butterfly, one can hardly catch it. But during this hunt one gets away from all those four things and from the beloveds.
But somehow I find this movie, this theme incomplete….
Just like our quest…
Quest for Success, for Fame, for Dreams
One day when you find any one of them, and you realize that you are far away from other three...
(pic from Rediff.com, with thanks)
good review..thanks..
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