'Neerja' - Inspirational & Awesome

NEERJA BHANOT: Sep 7, 1963 - Sep 5, 1986 

I saw the movie Neerja yesterday. It about the life of Neerja Bhanot. Neerja Bhanot AC was a purser for Pan Am, based in Mumbai, India, who was shot while saving passengers from terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on 5 September 1986.

The film brings to light a lot of the exceptional qualities this young girl possessed at the time, which we all can learn from.

Commitment: Neerja was extremely committed to her job and duty and was willing to give up her life for it. This is the kind of passion we should possess for all our endeavors in our daily life. To save the lives of as many passengers as she could, she decided to leave the aircraft last and ended up getting shot because of this.

Learning from Experience: Neerja had gone through a traumatic marriage and as shown in the film, had learnt and applied a lot of the learnings from it as her life went on. This included never giving up, mustering up courage in times of hardship, not doing bad to others nor accepting the same and so on.

Courage: She was bold in her actions despite having armed terrorists on board and consistently tried to make well thought out moves to take control of the situation.

Human Kindness & Understanding: A quality I feel is important for a good leader to have. She not only overcame her own emotions, but also helped all other passengers stay calm and guided them during that distress situation.

I really enjoyed the movie and would advise all to go and watch the story of this brave and courageous girl who was committed to her duty till the very end and who reinstils the value of human kindness in mankind.

Saala Khadoos

Just saw the movie today. It’s about an ex-boxer (R.Madhavan) finding a young girl (Ritika Singh) who used to sell fishes to earn a living. He saw boxing talent in her and trained and backed her, eventually resulting in her winning the World Championship in Boxing. Some may think that this sounds next to impossible. However looking at the plot of the movie, I feel that her winning the championship was an inevitable outcome.

Clear & inherent skill set: Ritika was shown as a fish seller who had a short temper and used to often get into fights. In one such fight, she was seen by Madhavan, who immediately realized how skilled she was and had immense potential if trained well.

Combination of passion & hardwork: Once Madhavan was able to convince Ritika about making a career in boxing, Ritika showed immense passion in pursuing the same. She was extremely energetic and could train under her coach for long periods.

Amazing mentor: Madhavan was shown to have the requisite skill (as he had nearly won the championship himself some years back) and the passion to drive Ritika. He held her hand through all her ups and downs and followed his belief that she could become a great boxer.

Distancing emotions from work: When Ritika was shown to fall in love with Madhavan which deviated her from her career, Madhavan kept pushing her towards her boxing. She faced a lot of problems at this time. Eventually when she realized the value of her career, she was able to put in immense hard work which led her to winning the championship.

I really liked the movie, though I felt that a little more about the hard work put in by Ritika and how she won her matches could be shown. It’s an inspiring movie which teaches us the importance of passion, hard work and grit to succeed in life.