September 2014 – Page 7 – Smriti "Simmi" D. Isaac

Posted on September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 by Simmi D. Isaac — 2 Comments

“Well, the leaves have come to turning and the goose has gone to fly…”

Moving in silent desperation, keeping an eye on the Holy Land.
A hypothetical destination, say, who is this walking man?

Well, the leaves have come to turning and the goose has gone to fly,
And bridges are for burning, so don’t you let that yearning pass you by.
Walking man, walking man walks.
Any other man stops and talks but the walking man walks.

Well the frost is on the pumpkin and the hay is in the barn.
Pappy’s come to rambling on, stumbling around drunk down on the farm.

And the walking man walks. Doesn’t know nothing at all.
Any other man stops and talks but the walking man walks on by, walk on by.

Most everybody’s got seed to sow. It ain’t always easy for a weed to grow, oh no.
So he don’t hoe the row for no one, for sure he’s always missing,
and something ain’t never quite right.
Ah, but who would want to listen to you kissing his existence good night?

Walking man walk. Walk on by my door. Well, any other man stops and talks
but not the walking man. He’s the walking man, born to walk, walk on walking man.
Well now, would he have wings to fly? Would he be free?
Golden wings against the sky, walking man, walk on by.
So long, walking man.

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Simmi D. Isaac — 2 Comments

Finding Fanny, 2014

You know how you sometimes can eat a meal in a fancy restaurant but come away feeling no satisfaction for having had it? That is somewhat how yours truly felt from having watched Fanny albeit having gone in with great expectations for a fine feast.

One can only hope that Dimple Kapadia’s huge posterior must have been a prosthetic one, and if not, well, then one wonders how she could have let herself go like that. But regardless of how real or artificial said posterior might be, I would venture to say that it was probably one of the more interesting elements of the film.

Which is surely saying very little, for the cast is indeed an impressive one. With character actors such as Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur in the fore, not to mention Kapadia herself, alongside the young and beautiful likes of Deepika Padukone and her love interest Arjun Kapoor, one would expect to be sucked into a grand tale with fine acting. Alas, no matter how fine the acting, the tale itself was a very weak and shaky one, and by the end of it all, one is not sure if the appropriate reaction ought to be irritation, disappointment, or even mild anger. Because, how can it be that with such a lovely group of actors in a setting as picturesque as the small verdant towns of the western coastal state of Goa, could such drivel be drummed up.

The movie is all in English which is all fine and good, and perhaps the only interesting note that reflects the linguistic diversity of the country. And the other redeeming feature, of course, is the lovely landscape of Goa.