Rebellious Thoughts

‘You’re nothing without me Preethi. In the campus, you were called Kabir Singh’s girlfriend. Do you even have an identity of your own?’ This dialogue just put me off. I wasn’t able to concentrate on the titular character’s arc. Such misogynistic dialogues are what KS is made of. Arjun Reddy had a demeanour that you would actually respect. Even though he was seen performing questionable activities, he wasn’t bordering on toxic masculinity like KS. Even though it’s a remake, they just disrupted the soul of the original. Towards the end, I was instilled with some hope that the authenticity of the character will be restored (Maybe it was Arijit Singh’s voice in the pre-climax song). Alas, my expectations have been hardly fulfilled. The movie feels rushed even though it is over 172 minutes long. Even the single shot where Kabir smashes Amit’s nose in his college (Don’t ask me how Kabir entered a different college without an I-card), looked like it was filmed in haste. The

There is no hell. There is no heaven. There is no rebirth. Divine justice is non-existent, while human justice is imperfect, slow, and often ‘dead on arrival’. What goes around, does not always come around. Karma is just a concept - I want it to be true but I know it is not. Injustice has deep roots. Despite Bible’s claims, the meek shall not inherit the earth - they often just struggle. Life is unfair. If that is not depressing enough, let me add these: -Not every wrong gets punished. -Not everything punished is wrong. -Not every punishment will be to the victim’s satisfaction. -Not even justice will always make you whole - often the loss is permanent. But that is crazy! The world is such a terrible place! Why be good then? Why care to stand for the right? Why not be a selfish, sleazy, crook? Because being good is not a quid pro quo. It is not a transaction. It is not a deal. We are not to be good because we will get something in return. It is not a trade. A trade is