Chasing Liberty: The Freedom of Love

I will recommend this movie (Chasing Liberty) to anybody. Today I was supposed to go to my usual music practice. Today morning before jumping out with my guitar, I thought I will spend half an hour in front of TV and watch some thing, Bingo!!! I saw this. Forget about the music class, I sat there watching the movie without a break.

This is such cute & wonderful movie. This is a unique, one-of-a-kind feel good movie.
Mandy Moore again astonishes me with her flawless acting. She’s irresistible. I don’t believe in miracles certainly not in love. But I would admit that this has again brought me back to the level of normal human being. I thought I was a robot. It gave a break from the mechanic, well scheduled life of mine. I would rate “Walk to remember” more than “Chasing liberty” but then this is worth watching couple of times. It is a collector’s item even if you are not a fan of Mandy Moore.

After all love is worth the freedom, the freedom to express, the freedom to decide and of course the freedom to love.

Watch this movie whenever you can especially when you feel bored with the life running along & with the clock. It might not improve your life but can certainly bring a good smile on your lips and in your heart.

Plot
Anna Foster (Mandy Moore) has never had an ordinary life. At eighteen years old, she is the most protected girl in America; she is the First Daughter. Frustrated with her overprotective father, the President of the United States of America (Mark Harmon), Anna makes a deal with him: only two agents are allowed to guard her while she attends a concert in Prague. When her father backs out of his promise, Anna flies into a temper and goes on the run with Ben Calder (Matthew Goode), a handsome photographer she runs into outside of the music club. They travel together with the intention of going to the Love Parade in Berlin. Anna hasn’t told Ben who she is but more importantly, Ben hasn’t told her who he is. Under the orders of Anna’s father, Ben is supposed to keep an eye on the rebellious girl but falling in love with her wasn’t something he expected to do. Romance blossoms between the wild, sassy Anna and the cool, distant Ben as they backpack through Europe.

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Festivals and celebrations: An introspection

Vijaya dasami & Dusserra was celebrated across India today. The whole country was in a festive mood. For the past few years I don’t feel the celebrating for me Christmas, ramzan, onam etc are same. Somewhere I have lost the zing to celebrate.

For most of us the festivals has become a symbol of the old culture. We don’t know how and why we are doing this. We are lost on all those big festive offers from business groups, the big festival TRPs shows in television. We prefer to walk in the crowd.

Vijaya Dasmi symbolizes the victory of truth, of knowledge over darkness and ignorance. The intellectual knowledge of the society is increasing. Most of us have double qualifications but are we progressing in the right direction?

Knowledge should help us to be a better human but the growing intolerance to other creatures proves than we are not growing. Still the victory is not final.

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