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Medically& aesthetically stunning movie “The Curious case of Benjamin”

-  Reverse life cycle

The movie “The curious case of Benjamin Button” is a mind-blowing as well as mind-boggling film and has stunned me over and again because of a case of reverse ageing of a man called Benjamin Button, based upon a short story by the same name by American novelist and film writer Eric Rothand Robin Swicord.

The Benjamin Button isplayed by Hollywood super star Brad Pitt and his love interest by Cate Blanchett. But one more female character mama ( mother) will fascinate you and she is Taraji P. Henson oozes her motherly care for a newly born boy Benjamin who looks so ugly, so old that no one can think of bringing up because his own father abandons him and leaves on the porch of a nursing home where this unfortunate boy Benjamin finds his mama who announces in nursing house that she will care him as son.
The boy Benjamin( seven years old) looks an 80-90 years old man, sitting with old men and old women of Nursing home.As he grows, his skin tone is changing and his oldness gradually sags down and mama cares him with love and affection. Benjamin gets job on a navy boat and goes on sea-voyage with captain who asks him about his sex life with woman and Benjamin ( 50-55 years lookalike) says straight to him no..so far he has not enjoyed sex with any woman, surprises captain and he takes him for sexual fun. During this voyage, he stays a city hotel where he meets frustrated wife of London Minister and both enjoys.Benjamin writes diary and he writes letter to his childhood friend Daisy(Cate Blanchett).

In December,1941 Japan wages war against Pearl Haror, thrusting America into second world war.Benjamin and his captain alonwith others on boat are assigned to salvage the duties but Benjamin survives and comes back to nursing home and stays with Mama.

Benjamin grows and transforms into a handsome youth and starts living with his love interest Daisy who runs a dance school after leg-fracture in a road accident.Anormal baby girl is born but Benjamin is afraid that he should not be her father because of her “REVERSE AGEING”

Benjamin sells his father’s property and gives it to Daisy and his daughter Caroline who is reading his father’s diary in front of her dying mother in a hospital and Caroline is stunned to know that she is a daughter of Mr. Benjamin who lives alone with his diary in an abandoned house .A social worker takes child Benjamin( 12-13 years) to his mama’s nursing home where he is recognized by old lady Daisy only when Benjamin plays Piano.
After few years,Benjamin transforms a baby boy who is in the lap of Daisy who is his wife. Daisy sees Benjamin’s last eye-lid to close.
Daisy tells the further life of Benjamin to her daughter Caroline in hospital and she also dies.
The film is aesthetically made and all human emotions are dabbling and film has received three Oscar awards.

Note : 1.This is a unique film based upon Reverse ageing. My curiosity is to know if it really happens. My medical doctor or any one who is aware of medical science, can quench my thrust of it. Or is it an act of fiction?
2.The film progresses with real changes in body with age and it does not involve any supernatural power.
3.The sequence of 8 images suggests the case of reverse ageing of Benjamin.

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Film : PASSION OF "PHANTOM" raises and drops you.

Movie "Phantom" has followed Hollywood treatment of film making that Hollywood will save America by penetrating into any country as American state did in case of terrorist Obama Bin Laden who was enjoying his life with wife in Pakistan. Therefore ,Hollywood films are reflection of aggression of American State. Bollywood film "Phantom" gives the same colour .

First Bollywood film " Phantom" has been made in American cities and making has given the impression that Producer of Bollywood has gut to invest money to make a slick and awesome movie.
High tech action drama and blown off the residential place of Pakistani detective officials in America, entry into a jail by high action drama of traffic fault, interaction between male and female protagonists state that director Kabir Khan is highly convinced with story and way of making the film.

The "phantom" sort of adventure creates drama but it does not satisfy the person who believes in logic. However nationalist fervor  may have touched the sky when the hero of the film may have killed Hadley in America,Hafiz Saeed,  Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and Sajid Mir.So jingoism works in either side of fence.

 The entire film is the fictional enactment of killing these four masterminds behind Mumbai Blast and around. Obviously, many a person will differ from the point of views of film maker Kabir Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala  but they have proved  their patriotism to their country India.

As a film maker, Kabir Khan have attained glorifying height by making a cross-cultural film " Bajarangi Bhaijan". Kabir Khan has received  accolades from many corners of world. This film has created an euphoria between the people of two countries to live together. 

Kabir's next consecutive movie "Phantom" has antagonized Government of Pakistan and common  people  of Pakistan is also not quite happy with its portrayal in the film.

Film goes gusto when Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi are being fictionalized to kill, does not provide logic to the mind of audiences.  Hadley,Hafiz Saeed and Lakhvi are still alive.When living fact is perished out,jerk appears.Film "Phantom" has jerk and that is a big point to propel audiences away from Box office..

The movie "D Day" progresses very well but in few scens, progression is haltered by heroic deed of Irrfan Khan  who drags India's most wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim.

Movie " Phantom" has slick location of Newyork, war-infested-Syria and well-crafted location of Lahore and other interior of Pakistan and music will keep audience engaged. 
One can see this movie once to judge its casting, story and  location .

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Do not attack on A R RAHMAN & director Majid Majidi                                                                                                                                                                                                                  It seems that it is the season of fatwa or ban.                                                                      

Iranian film maker MajId Majidi had invited A R RAHMAN to compose music for his film " MUHAMMAD : The messenger of God" and Oscar awarded composer had created awesome music for film. The film is being screened at Premiere in Iran and theatre was packed with audiences and critiques. Film was well received accolades and appreciation in Iran that has Muslims in plenty in its population.                                                                 

 Film is about Muslim's incarnated person Mohmmad.                                                            

But there is hue and cry in Mumbai by a Muslim cleric who has threatened A R RAHMAN to extend his apology and promised us not to repeat the same of composing the music for such film on Muhhamad. Filming and singing are sin in Islam and Rahman has committed sin. 

The cleric is associated with Raza Academy that has cast communal impression on art and culture. Great Rahman has tweeted that he has imparted great service to Khuda ( God) by composing music. It is awe-stunning too that this very cleric did not spare the world famous film maker Majid Majidi who is enjoying appreciation of the followers of Iranian Muslim but he was inflicted a charge with " Mockery of Islam" by making film on Muhmmad.How the film can harm reputation of Incarnated Muhmmad when the film is being screened in pleasant atmosphere in theater. 

 In South India, the great cine artist Rajnikaant was also communally threatened by right wing politics not to act as Tipu Sultan in a film that is being planned to make.Reason has been surfaced by Right wing outfit that Tipu Sultan was Muslim ruler who fought against British rulers. Tipu Sultan is an Indian icon of history. 

 This is nothing but religious bigotry to control the choice of expressing views, thought and art on the part of extremist Hindu group who had recently killed a writer and professor M M KULBURGI whose voice was the voice of dissent , whose voice is the voice against religious bigotry and social superstition. As Sanatan Dharm supported by saffron politics of country had murdered leftist -writer and leader Comrade Govind Pansare and before that in Maharashtra, the social activist against religious dogma was killed. He was great doctor Narendra Dhabolkar. The present government has a series of bans on beef, chicken and mutton. The dissent of voice must be raised high otherwise the communal bigotry of Hindu, Muslim and other religions will be killing one after another person who wish to speak truth. Art, Cinema,l music ,literature , paintings and other forms of art will be died down if art -lovers do not voice against religious lumpens.