Ram leela – The unfinished Kaam…
Where ‘Kaam’ can mean both ‘work’ and ‘lust’!
So fearless and brave Bollywoodians came out with a movie named ‘Ramleela’ – which is one of the supposedly revered religious events of the Hindus residing in India and even abroad. Anyways, we cannot catch them or even abuse them saying ‘why why why are you playing with our religious sentiments?’…because in the film, the lead actor’s name is Ram and the lead actress’s name is Leela! So no further controversy or ruckus will be tolerated.
Time Period of the film: sadly very recent – very very recent – with Twitter and cell phones being discussed and used!
So why sadly? Because it is most amazing to see that although the Product Marketing group of all the big technology giants managed to reach the rural Indian corners..but ‘knowledge and wisdom’ never reached here!
Let me tell you in brief..as to what they showed in this film….
Two groups – Sanera and Rajade – both deal in arms and ammunitions. Both kill, extort and create treason in their respective localities. The locality inhabitants are subservient and complacent people – no one can take any action because of fear and also the fact that the police officers and assistants are both sold out to the two existing gangs!
When Group A sends cops to raid Group B, the cops are easily bought with hoards of money, booze and blue film cds. (but my blood did not boil this time on watching the cops gobble up the bribe – why? Well after Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate Season II serial esp. on the Police Force – how they work and what they get in return – no holidays, no say in anything, no family life … so I guess expecting high level of integrity and honesty from them is just foolishness…..had I been in their position, even I would have made hay while the ‘sun (son) of the goons’ shone on me!
Anyways – so this Rajade group Head’s younger son is Rama – who runs a blue film cd library, steals cars and sells (I am not sure but yes something to this effect) and is a big time womanizer. The Sanera group head is a lady whose daughter’s name is Leela. Both meet during a festival of colors (Holi hey!!) – where everyone was colored so the thugs enter in their group and start dancing with them – Leela sees Rama and they kiss – yes – you read it right – 1st meeting – total strangers – they kiss – why ? because both were good looking and both had not seen good looking people around – although Ram still managed to ‘beep’ the available females of his locality but whether Leela too was a ‘game’ girl (you know the hoppy, skippy, jumpy kinds who beeped with every other guy ) is not really shown.
…But she immediately decides to become a ‘beepy’ female as soon as she sets her eyes on Ram! Now Ram needed to get (her laid) fully – just a kiss was killing him – so the same night – he climbs up her window – and jumps into her bedroom – then on her bed…but sadly (for Indian cinema watchers esp.) – they did not do the needful…..Leela shows her cleavage a bit…no a lot in fact – and Ram takes home some ‘khasta’ images of her vital stats in his mind with him.
They exchange phone numbers – talk and flirt – typical village belle flirting etc. on the phone. Leela’s mom and bros had arranged a guy for her to get married to – he did not exist in the film at all…maybe just to show the raw deal that Leela was getting through her mother and relatives…so the reason why she was so hell bent on marrying Ram.
Ok now Ram’s brother gets accidentally killed by Leela’s brother and in turn Ram kills leela’s brother!! Haw!! Leela’s sis-in-law (whose usp. was wearing thready cholies – in fact I was wondering which Indian village ladies wear such cheap revealing blouses….don’t tell me Indian men are exporting all cotton abroad – so the ladies are just left with threads..and so somehow they are covering their vital stats!!?)
Anyways – Leela elopes with her brother’s killer Rama – she loved him na…her bro’s dead body had recently been cremated and she ran away with Ram. Anyways the goons search for them, find them, create situations that they have misunderstanding – and such a plot got created that they both shoot each other !! let me remind you …they never eventually have S*X…they both die un-quenched … of each other’s taste ie.!
Greater USP of the film Ramleela
Item girl dance performed by Priyanka Chopra – opposite to what was shown in Dhoom 3….this Item came buttoning her shirt …after imaginary bath..whereas Katrina in Dhoom 3 undressed gradually, she dressed up gradually – see Hindi films are original and maintain their uniqueness…there is no denying to that.
When the item song ends, Rama throws a garland at her (marigold garland)..and she catches it and smiles ever so subtly…hinting that they may…do the needful that night…although Rama was shown as all broken and shattered since Leela was yet to be Geela-ed (wetted) by him……
Another about to happen great Indian super-hit scene….that did not happen…
Ever since Insaaf ka taraazu, rape scenes are a smash hit in India….so in this film, the sis-in-law of Leela – yea, the same one who wore’ thread cholies’ – just barged into the ‘blue-film’ watchers club enquiring about Leela’s whereabouts….Rama’s companions were about to devour her…was not a very difficult task – her blouse strings and loose threads were already half open…but then she was saved from being raped! Whew!!
Left- the item girl singing title song….who might have had a good time with Rama (not shown in the film) – right ram n leela about to celebrate suhaag raat…again did not happen…film is full of…major twists and turns!