Uunchai

Enchanting Everets! how could it not pull me towards it? Like RaniPadmini - it's not for the story, but the travel and the mighty-highty himalayas, that I could not resist myself from watching this, and could corelate, after the recent trip on the struggles, physical constraints, and lessons. The movie starts with the beginning of the trek, and then takes us to the flashback. 

Amit a motivational writer (Amitabh Bachchan), Om a bookseller (Anupam Kher) and Javed women's textile seller (Boman Irani)  travel to fulfill the one last wish of their late friend Bhupen (Danny Denzongpa) a mountaineer by heart, who had wished to take his three friends once to the Everest Base Camp, a trek that he had done several times alone. Instead of younger Characters playing the age, casting is indeed the creamy layer of the movie. The three friends have, of course, dillydallied all the while, but could not resist, seeing the tickets he had booked for all of them before his death. The life line song constantly played  by various characters is: "Yeh Jeevan Hai, is jiivan kaa yahii hai, yahii hai, yahii hai rang ruup, thode Gam hain, thodii khushiyaa, yahii hai, yahii hai, yahii hai chhaav dhuup."

Reaching the destination by itself was an uphill task for each of them, both physically and mentally. But as Bhupen would say, Himalaya would give them the answers they wanted, and it did. They learned the real meaning of freedom. They find a  mysterious new companions (Sarika), and enroot also meet indignant kids, rekindle old family feuds, and similar other problems as they embark on a journey by road from Delhi to Kathmandu via Agra, Lucknow, and Kanpur. There they meet the rest of the troupe and their group captain Shraddha( Parineeti Chopra) to start their trek. Each of these characters are fighting their struggle, which are the sub-plots of the movie. Not all can go to the Himalayas or climb , but each of us have Himalaya within us. May we derive the strength from within. Is the final theme conveyed.  The movie is full of Heights - of nature and human desire. Of Ambition, dreams and stupidity. Ek Kadam ek Saans ...ek Kadam ek Saans is the way to Uunchai. One step forward. Breath. 

You can just behold the sight thereafter, and for a person like me, the movie is worth it. As all movies from Rajshri Productions this too is full of good songs, I cannot get myself out of this particular one:

Yes to Life - Final Song