Dus Kahaniyan

It looks like that a new genre of movies is evolving in Indian cinema - the short story compilation. The movie industry seems to have figured out the 20-20 format to cater to the short attention span of today's population that does not have the patience to sustain through a Test match. Dus Kahaniyan is one such compilation that has been directed by different persons. Among the set of some interesting and sit-through stories, the two stories that stood out were gubbare and rice plate.

Gubbare brings out the importance of the fact that time, which in a universal sense is unlimited, is limited with respect to an individual or a relationship. It is up to the individual to maximize the share of happy moments before they slip away without the person ever noticing it. In the fast paced world today where everybody is looking for readymade solutions to happiness, this story gets the closest to providing it. Even though it’s not a new story I still rate it the best of the lot.

Rice plate talks about our preoccupation with ourselves and our preconceived notions such that we fail to observe the real world around us. It is true not only for the hindu-muslim setting shown in the movie, but also for any setting where we either have a preconceived notion or a notion based on only one or two incidents regarding any individual or community.