Traffic Signal ……. Reviewed

Page 3 , Corporate and now Traffic Signal . Madhur Bhandarkar finally completes his trilogy .  Madhur’s films are always different, filled with real characters and with glimpses through the life of a common man . Other than his dismal multi starrer “Aan…Men at Work“, Madhur has always been faithful to his audiences by churning out films that are worth a watch. So does Madhur get it right for the third time in a row? Is it a Hatrick or not ? Read on to know…

What’s it about—-Traffic Signal dawns over the day to day life of beggars, street vendors, crooks, robbers, con-men, prostitutes, etc. who make a living on the traffic signal . It’s a story that we observe in our daily life but we barely care to notice . Madhur Bhandarkar brings to our notice this thriving 180 crore industry and how it operates . From beggars , to builders , to busiineesman , to ministers, to the mafia all are involved directly or indirectly in the operation of this industry . We wait at the traffic signal grumbling when the red light will turn to green , while they wait excitedly for the light to turn red.As soon as the light shifts to green ,these people at the traffic signal start their operations . In Traffic Signal there is no one basic story as such,it’s a story of several characters and their day to day struggle . A sort of main story does appear during the finishing reels of the film so as to bring the movie to a culmination,but i wouldn’t like to reveal it here.

Trust Me…. a novel by Rajashree

The first thing that attracted me to this novel were some good reviews on the front cover of the book by Chetan Bhagat and Kundan Shah.The writer Rajashree is also the proud possessor of a National Award for her film Rebel.”The book must be good“,i thought.As i was purchasing this book I forgot to pay heed to an old saying ,”All that glitters is not gold“.

There are two occasions when you read a book at top pace.One,when you fall deeply in love with the characters and you relate with their emotions in such a manner that you feel that you are not turning the page of a book but you are drifting through the pages of your life.
The other occasion is when you keep on turning the pages in a futile attempt to search for some story which till now is certainly invisible to your eyes.“Trust Me’ comes in this second category.