song of a bluebird...

the celluloid world is amazing!
It can make u cry, laugh, sniff a bit, rave n rant at someone you dont like...get mushy and sweet on a person... jealous of another... wistful, a dreamer, inspired, brave... so much more than yourself... and this is irrespective whether what you see and understand is reality or fantasy....

saw a wonderful Dutch movie last nite... Called Bluebird... about a 13yr old girl Merel, who is constantly bullied by the kids in her class...and she has a severly handicapped brother Kasper(a real cutie!) who she really dotes on... and the story is about the emotions of this young girl as she grapples with her upsetting school life, and takes it out on her bro... the movie beautifully depics her in a transition space between childhood and maturity... till one day when the bullying gets to her... you cant help feeling bad for her... and yes, while you are sympathetic to her...her strength as a person (esp when u see the confidence in her actions) makes you wonder why she cant stand up for herself... she excels in academics, swimming, gymnastics,etc etc...which does not make her a complete geek tho...if you haven't seen it- please do! It's so wonderfully realistic and touching... and Rotterdam (where it is set) is beautiful as ever!

Mad about Madhuri: was watching madhuri dixit perform at the filmfare awards function... oh she's put on weight, got easily tired too... was shown only for few mins... but every sec was worth it! She actually gives life into the song... her eyes and facial expressions speak volumes and there's no one as graceful as her... if there was one word I would attribute to her - it would be passion. Its all about passion! Always has... you can never reach this far without it.
I remember seeing this real idiotic multi-starrer movie, with a plethora of 'big names'... 'Lajja' ... the story of four women who have either been tormented or exploited by men for their selfish gains... and tho it was a 'woman-based' theme, it was so bad a movie that we were actually laughing loudly thru scenes and also getting quite 'pakaoed' (if u knw what i mean)... were to walk out during the interval- bt were having so much fun laughing at the movie that we stayed... good for us! Because right after the intermission was Madhuri's entry... and then the movie changed! Cant really explain it, but she made everything come alive in those few mins of her scenes as janaki, one of the four 'bechaare' women...the other good aspect of the movie was Ajay Devgan...one of the best things to happen to that crappy film.... on him, we'l talk some other day. Today its Madhuri all the way....

Song a bluebird (Copyright 2003 by Brenda Reed)
Born one sunny day, a baby birdy
And his mom and dad had pretty feathers of blue
When he flew from that nest, it sort-a hurt him
And left him a little dazed and confused

(His mom and dad said)
Bluebird do you know, yet, who you are?
You’re a bird of different feathers, you’ll fly far.
Other birds won't know the needs to your soul.
God will show you your own way to go.

Some other birds chirped at Bluebird, called him "different!”
He felt out of place, little angry and confused
Bluebird chirped back, “Well, you’re finches!”“
And no way will I have feathers like you.”

[His mom and dad said...]
Bluebird do you know, yet, who you are?
You’re a bird of different feathers, you’ll fly far.
Other birds won't know the needs to your soul.
God will show you your own way to go.

Hey, my little blue bird, do you see them?
Your bright blue feathers
Part of God’s plan
Don’t reject them.
Or let a crow even try to change you.
You're going to make it!
And you'll make your own contribution too!

I hope that you love you’re a blue bird
And make friends with other blue birds too
Survive all you can, but remember these words
You're gonna love to do what all blue birds do
Now go on my little blue bird
Spread out your wings and go fly!
SO HIGH!