Blue Beetle- English Film (2023)

Blue Beetle film is based on DC comic characters. The main storyline revolves around a scientific innovation of Blue Beetle machine which will make a normal human being capable of super human powers. 

Victoria, the owner of a defence technology company, wants to capture the machine as well as the power of Blue Beetle and use it for their profit. By a coincidence, Jenny, the niece of Victoria, gets hold of the machine. Through Jenny, the scarab reaches a young boy Jaime, who gets the power of the machine by sudden interaction with it. Thus starts the main story of the film; how both of them team up and save the machine from the evil clutches of the current director of the company, is shown in the film. 

The story goes in expected way, there is no surprise element in it. The young hero, his careless and inconfident approach in the beginning, later becoming responsible and matured- we have watched such storyline in numerous films. 

The hero Jaime lives in a joint family with many members, all of them have their own unique characteristics. They all make a happy family in spite of their differences. This quality of Jaime's family is appreciated by the heroine Jenny. 

In the end Jaime defeats the main villain Victoria and the machine bot Carapac, who was helping Victoria. 

Overall, the film is targeted for young audience, who may not have watched other films based on such comic characters. For matured audiences, there is nothing much to watch. It is only an action film with futuristic machines and special effects. 

With lots of best wishes.

Pachhe Loke Kichhu Bole- A Famous Bengali Poem

'Pachhe Loke Kichhu Bole' is a famous Bengali poem, which all of us have read during our school days. It tells us to be confident in our daily life. We need to have full faith in our decisions, only thus we can act courageously in life. If we keep on thinking about the reaction of other people while taking every step, we can't progress ahead. Many times a person having a good intention or planning to do a good action, gets demotivated by people around him and leaves the task midway. This poem teaches us not to be affected by opinions of others.

And with this poem, I am remembering and paying my respect to the famous poetess Kamini Roy, who wrote this poem along with many other famous poems in Bengali. She was born on 12 October in the year 1864 at Basunda, now in Bangladesh. She was the first honours graduate in British India in the year 1886. Along with writing many poems, she has contributed intensely towards society in many social causes as well as women's rights. She left us on 27 September 1933. 

We are grateful to all such noble souls for inculcating values in our life.

Do read the poem from from any book or by searching the internet, if you have not read it before.

With lots of best wishes for all of you.

Jai Shri Krishna.

The Vaccine War

The Vaccine War is a film directed by Vivek Agnihotri. It tells the story of the research and invention of Covid Vaccine by India (Bharat). The film is based on a book written by Dr Balram Bhargav. Perhaps that is the reason that this film portrays so much detailed process of laboratory experiments. Thus making the audience aware of the contribution by the scientists of ICMR and NIV towards the great cause. How these two organisations cooperated and ultimately succeeded in discovering the vaccine. The film describes the critical situation faced by the country, the pressure with which the scientists worked all day and night, the sacrifices made by them in order to do the experiments. We as general public were ignorant of many of these happenings as the contribution of scientists were not mentioned in the mainstream media that much. Nana Patekar as the director of ICMR Dr Balram Bhargav and Pallavi Joshi as the head of NIV Dr Priya Abraham has done wonderful work. Along with them, Girija Oak, Saptami Gowda, Raima Sen, Anupam Kher, Nivedita Bhattacharya and other character artists have done great work. The direction is good and keeps the audience very much engrossed in the happenings of the film. The contribution of the female scientists are shown in many places of the film. The way they balanced their professional work along with household duties generate respect in the minds of the audience for these dedicated souls. We can witness true representation of woman empowerment through these characters. This film is a must watch for all the citizens of the country. 

With lots of best wishes

Jai Shree Krishna.

Songs of Rajanikanta Sen (5)- Ami to Tomare Chahini Jibone

Today in the fifth part of the series, I am writing about another famous composition by Rajanikanta Sen, 'Ami to tomare chahini jibone.

Ami to Tomaare Chahini Jibone

Tumi obhaagaare cheyechho

Ami na daakite hridoyo maajhaare

Nije eshe dekha diyechho

 

Chiro aadorer binimoye shokha

Chiro obohelaa peyechho

Ami dure chhute jete du haato poshaari

Dhore tene kole niyechho

 

Ami to tomare...

 

 

O pothe jeyo na fire esho bole

Kaane kaane koto koyechho

Ami tobu chole gechhi firaaye aanite

Paachhe paachhe chhute giyechho

Ami to tomare...

 

Ei chiro oporadhi paatokir bojha

Haanshi mukhe tumi boyechho

Amar nijo haate gora bipoder maajhe

(Amaye) buke kore niye royechho

Ami to tomare....

 

I have listened to the rendition by Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. Many other artists have also sung this famous song.

In this song, the poet says God's love is unconditional. He stays with us always, protects us, guides us and accepts us each time whenever we move towards Him. It is the Lord who does all our work taking away all the burden from us.

This song reminded me of two songs from Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan.

1. During the Setu Bandhan song, the lyrics are-

Har kaarajme, nij bhakton ka, haath bataa dete hain,

Haath bataa dete hain,

Baadhaaon ke saare patthar Raam hata dete hain,

Apne upar le kar unka bhaar ghataa dete hain.

2. And the other song is when Ravan attacks Vibhishan with Shakti astra and Shri Ram takes the blow of the fierce weapon upon Himself. The lyrics of that song are-

Nahi Raghuveer sa mitra koi

Nahi Prabhu sa pratipal

Mitro ke sankat sahe

Bankar unki dhaal

May our mind always dwell in the thoughts of the lotus feet of the Lord.

Jai Shri Krishna.

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(2)- Tumi Arupo Shwarupo Shaguna Nirguna

Hanumaan Jayanti Songs Playlist- 2023

Today I am here with a list of songs which you can listen on the pious occasion of Hanumaan Jayanti. 

At first the most famous stuti of Hanumaanji by Tulsidasji- Hanumaan Chalisa

Next comes another great creation by Tulsidasji - Sankat Mochan Hanumaan Ashtak

And the most obvious reading of this pious day is the Sundarkand from Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidasji, where we find Hanumaanji crossing the ocean, meeting Mata Sita and returning to Shri Ram with the message from Mata Sita. 

Now coming to the songs from Ramanand Sagar's 'Ramayan'- 

*Kaandhe par dou veer bitha kar

*Ko nahi janat hai jag me (sung by Jamvant)

*Hanumant bhare udaan

*Aisi raakshasi Singhika

*Ati Laghu roop - Kapati chhali duratma - Virahaagni me jalte hue - Khojat khojat Siya ko

*Surya Chhupo Chanda ugo - Tan durbal - Chaaritya me chudamani

*Ram Kahani

*Vatika me Hanuman

*Mahaveer ne rakh liya

*Navgrah devi devata

*Aasis dinhi Rampriya jana

*Baar baar Prabhu chahai uthaava

*Ka kahu Prabhu kachhu agam nahi

*Nath bhagati ati sukhdaayini

*Jin par kirpa Ram kare

*Shri Hanumaan Mahabali dukh metan sukh den

*Raghuvar ke sab kaaj kapi

*Sanjeevani laavan chale

*Vann parvat saagar nadi karte jaate paar

*Ram jai jai Ram (Kaalnayami song)

*Shraap mukt bhayi apsara

*Le kar apne Prabhu ke naam

*Parvat yun jhagmag kare

*Jhilmil kare parvat saara

*Sanjeevani hai kaunsi kaise ho pehechaan

*Kapi udd kar pohonche wahan

*Sunat vachan uthi baith Kapisa

*Ram katha sankshipt 

*Sanjeevani ke roop me

*Sunu Maatu mai paayo (before agni pariksha)

Songs from the film- Bajrangbali (1976):-

*Jai jai Bajrangbali/Hey Maruti (Titles)

*Hey manwa re (by Shiv Paarvati)

*Kuchh yaad karo apna Pavansut wo baalpan

*Hey manwa re (Setu bandhan)

*Jai jai Bajrangbali/Hey Maruti (In Ramdarbar)

*Tere Prabhu jaante hain baat ghat ghat ki

Now some more devotional songs-

Prabhu Ramchandra ke Dootha - Sung by Sooryagayathri, (Kuldeep M Pai Youtube Channel)

Bharatbhai Kapi se urin ham naahi- Sung by Anup Jalota

Hey Dukhbhanjan Marutinandan sun lo meri pukaar- Sung by Hari Om Sharan

Mangal murati Ram dulaare- Sung by Hari Om Sharan

Yemani Nutinchavacchu- Pedda Hanumaanthudu- Sung by Rahul Vellal

Shri Anjaneya Dandakam- Sung by Sooryagayathri (Strumm Spiritual Youtube channel)

Arati kije Hanumaan Lalla ki- Famous Hanumaanji Aarti

Manojavam Maaruta tulya vegam- Title song of the tv serial 'Jai Hanumaan'

Do listen to all these songs. 

And also you can watch the film Bajrangbali (1976) where Dara Singh acted in the role of Hanumaanji. It is very nice movie showing the greatness of Hanumaanji.

Jai Bajrangbali!