Wednesday, July 02, 2014

One helluva Mardaani decision!

Okay! I’m yet to meet her but I have been a huge fan since the day I watched Saathiya, back in 2002. The person is none other than our leading lady Rani Mukerji. Although there have been several instances where she had put on a man’s shoes, I would like to specify her stint with this movie called “Dil Bole Hadippa”. Oh no… I am NOT AT ALL pointing towards her “masquerading as a men” element in the film. What I want to highlight is her grit and willpower to accomplish expertise in a game (cricket) that is predominantly viewed as a man’s domain. The first barrier she broke was to take up this project where she was required to undergo rigorous training to reach the levels of expertise well enough to make her (“him” in the film) to appear like a skilled batsman in the film. Which other A-list Bollywood leading lady would have taken up a challenge like this, even if the offer came from the biggest of filmmakers? While I watched the film, I could see months of practice that had gone to deliver what she ultimately did. Irrespective of the film’s box office returns, I would like to salute this Mardaani lady for showing courage to take up a character like that. That was one moment when I truly felt pride in being one of the biggest admirers of Rani Mukerji alive.


I should be telling this to all other leading ladies in Bollywood. It’s easy to appear in a drag, or prance around as a damsel in distress, to act coy, to sway to item numbers. But to rigorously train yourself in a man’s sport and later play it in a film with panache is something that only Ms. Mukerji can do LIKE A BOSS!

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