First time in a long time, a movie actually provoked my cerebrum to think deeply. Thanks to a friend of mine who gave me this movie, Papillon. Papillon is the name of a character in the movie who is imprisoned for a crime that he’s not guilty of. He attempts again and again to escape but fails. There are other characters that are unlucky or flexible enough to succumb to the circumstances. Papillon gets old but still his attempts to escape never cease. In the end, he’s a free man, free old man. I don’t care to write a review or synopsis of that movie. You can find them on rottentomatoes.com or imdb.com. But the thoughts that the movie provoked are worth sharing.
The real test of a fighter comes when he is trapped from all sides. Papillon is trapped from all sides but he finds out ways. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Where there’s belief, there’s a wish granted. His belief that he’d be free one day sets him free. Perseverance is what he possessed the most. After every failed attempt, his desire to set himself free grew and only grew.
He was so focused to escape that he didn’t even think once what he’d do when he’s finally free. He did his ‘karam’ and never thought about ‘fal’. Sounds familiar? “karam kiye jaa, fal ki accha na kar”, from Bhagwat Gita.
What goes around comes around. Papillon was always loyal to his friend and did his most to help him or keep him safe. Whatever he did for his friends, unknown people did for Papillon during his attempts. It was as if luck was on his side. But that luck didn’t come for free. He had to maintain his character and had to pass many tests for his loyalty, strength and honor.
I think the real movie started where the movie ended. Before Papillon was free, he had an aim, a motivation and a desire to set himself free. But when he was finally free as an old man, what would he have done further? Would he be happier when he’s aimless? Before he was free, he had short spans of excitement and moments of joy during his attempts to escape. Would he ever experience the same when he’s out in the free world?
About Me
- Ankur Oberai
- Grass is always greener on my side. . I believe that life is not too short to learn everything from others, but also not too long to learn everything from ourselves. . "LIFE HAS TO BE LIVED FORWARDS, BUT CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BACKWARDS" . I believe in not to repeat mistakes when we have so many new ones to make. . I get bored of stagnant ppl very quickly, so I prefer being in d company of dynamic ppl.. . I have a lot of respect for good artists. I really admire them cuz they make this world more beautiful. whether painter or dancer or singer, artists r the best people in dis world. . u can contact me to knw more abt me.
3 comments:
yes...rightly said.. :)
"wat goes around comes around..."
and once hez a free man,he wud have sum new aim in life...if ur dreams are fulfilled it doesn't mean u stop dreaming,u dream new :)
pappilon is something, that is locked deep inside of all of us. after he was free, i really dont doubt much that he had problems finding new goals, but what really shook down the spines was his courage to reach to the end, walking on the scattered pieces of his broken efforts from his previous attempts. the pieces didnt pierce him as much as the feeling of losing his goal did to his heart. that's when a man bets out his life to a goal. he did, his life was a goal. his story still inspires me.
m still kinda skereptical about dis movie...becoz i was expecting a lot better from this movie on dialouges front..probably the plot was good but it wud have been icing on the cake if some more "meatier"and "rich"dialouges wud have been dre....but still dat wont refrain me from saying that the message it conveyed was good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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