Guys what a great will power can't do is possible by sitting idle at home when you are jobless. As I had applied for an extension from IBM for my joining and my other interview dates are also not finalized, so basically I am jobless at present with no work to do..:P So after being fed up with a vellaholic life(yeah I came up with that word:) ) I thought of writing down something.
The character of 'Howard Roark' of 'The Fountain Head' was somewhere at the back of my mind and with that frame of mind set I saw the title track of 'Chak De' on T.V today. I just thought of SRK's character in that (when you are sitting idle, you tend to think over anything and everything:)..) and came up with my own point of view.
So I thought...'What the hell!!!'. When all the critics express their likes and dislikes over any possible thing then why should I leave any stones untouched and so here I go:
‘Chak De India’ presented Shahrukh Khan as an idealist Indian but was he able to keep up with it throughout the movie? I am sure everyone will say ‘Yes’ but I don’t feel so. Everyone asks WHY? Such a flawless performance is under scrutiny for no reason. A performance that bolstered the topic that has always been left out is being under scrutiny. This is only to make an issue out of nothing only to get fame.
Now let me tell you why I feel so. It is very hard to understand human psychology but whatever little I construe gives me an idea that whenever you try to show something or impart your image on others, it is being selfish. I never say that a vindictive attitude is a selfish one but yes trying to form or modify your image is being selfish. As long as you know you are right, you need not show it to others that what you did and why you did that so as to make them feel good about it.
Let me explain my point with an apt example. If I am a selfless individual, I would not care what others think about me. I will only do whatever vocation or avocation gives me happiness. I am happy in doing whatever I like and not in making others feel or believe in my notions. But if I try to form or modify my image in the world’s eyes than the only reason for this is that I want myself to be liked or I want others to feel good about me. This will make me feel good and is thus a selfish motive.
Now coming back to SRK’s role in ‘Chak De India’, it was a selfish motive in my opinion because whatever others feel or believe, if SRK had the belief in himself that what he had done was right and made him happy then there was no point proving his ideas and vindicating his notions to make others feel positive about him. If you do what makes you happy then there is no need to make your relative or your neighbors or the people in your colony feel good about it.
