Shakespeare Walla
At the first time I heard about Shakespeare Walla, I thought the movie contains of collections of Shakespeare’s play like Midsummer Nights’ Dream, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and etc. I never thought that it would be something that involving those people in Indian until it was mention by Dr Edwin before my classmates and I were given a task to watch that movie.
The next thing that I found out is I used to guess that Walla is another kind of Shakespeare’s language just like any other words in his play until a friend of mine mention that she found in the internet that Walla is an English words and it means dedication of life to something as if you’re a slave to it. Another friend of mine said that she found out that the director of Shakespeare Walla defines Walla as a Hindustani word which means a small-time operator or anyone closely identified with something.
In this movie, the Buckingham family is the one who dedicates their lives to Shakespeare’s pieces of arts.
Shakespeare’s play seems to be everything for Buckingham’s family lives. They even rely only on acting Shakespeare’s play for living. Shakespeare Walla is a story of the Buckingham’s family that loves Shakespeare’s play so much. They become like nomad and never settle down in a place for so long since they want to perform the play almost every place in India. Something that I keep question is why are these people performing Shakespeare in India? A place Shakespeare not belongs to. If I were in the Indian people shoes at that time, I will too watch Hindi movie rather than Shakespeare. Plus, I would understand Hindi movie better than Shakespeare.
I also think that Sanju is an example of a man that does not appreciates arts and values and that is why he is a playboy and does not stick with one women; either Lizzie or Manjula. Lizzie has made a good decision by going back to London as Sanju never gives an answer to her although she is willing to do anything for him. To me, it is somehow just like the Buckingham, where they are willing to do anything to perform Shakespeare in India but nobody wants to watch it as what it used to be. They don’t know the value of Shakespeare in their society.
posted by T ida @ 1:15 AM
1 Comments:
Rohaida had come out with a brilliant idea! I think of that after I have finished going though her blogs. It is such a brilliant idea to have Shakespeare compilation of ideas in one film. Perhaps, it can be something like the best of Shakespeare. Things can be adapted, so forget the old time setting for Macbeth and have it done right now in the 21st century. I should also thank her for giving us the information that Walla means devoting yourself to a thing. It is a new thing for me. Perhaps I should do more revision with her after this. However, there are certain things which I think should be re-considered. She mentioned about Sanju who is a playboy (which is true), but arts and values are two different things. It is unfair to claim that Sanju became such a person because he does not appreciate the arts; it is the inner self of him which is problematic. Appreciating arts will not make you a better person as a whole, it only enhance the development of one’s self. I agree to her saying that Manjula had made a good decision by going back to England because Sanju did not appreciate her very well. The most effective way to teach people to be grateful is to take the thing from them. Sanju would be more appreciative, if only Manjula came back after that.
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