I watched the movie Cake yesterday. It is important to mention that this is the only Pakistani movie i've seen apart from Waar.
Very impressed by the film-making elements, the acting, the Sindhi touch (for once, usually our movies are so Punjab driven).
Loved the kick in the medical industry's butt (as my friend would call it) - when the time is near there is no need for ventilators and hospitals, being with the loved ones in that time is what everyone needs, not tucking them away in an ICU with 5 minute visits from one person at a time.
Loved the truth of sibling relationship. Liked how the brother was not some insensitive idiot who had forgotten his sisters and family just because his wife was a weirdo.
Loved how there were no forced songs.
So, the pace - Pakistani movies beg for better editing. We become too indulgent, to prove a point. Trust the audience - we get the point when you want to show us a particular relationship, one - two scenes are enough. We don't need to see their daily life. Trust us. We know. We've watched movies all our lives.
The guilt -
1. Why is a daughter allowed to moan when deciding to "crush" her dreams and take care of parents? Would it be acceptable for a son to do that? NO.
Because it would be his zimmedari. It's both children's responsibility to take care of parents and if you have made a choice, you have no right to ridicule the choices of other people.
Why do we forgive daughters for getting married abroad and not sons? Please.
2. It's easy to take a year's leave or quit a job when you have do zameenain, a farmhouse and a 1000 yard bungalow in defence phase 6, or 7 for that matter, naukar who cook and clean for you, 24 hour nurses for parents and people who go to jail in place of you, there is no need to blame people who don't have this privilege in Pakistan and who work abroad for a better life.
3. It shows the parents having lived a wonderful life with each-other. Why are they denying it for their children? While there was a constant blame on the children for making selfish decisions, the parents themselves had parents right? We don't know what happened then.
4. It is easy to live with parents without siblings around, it is difficult with siblings around. Too many thinking adults in one home is not easy. The parents need to re-assess what they want from their children.
The smoking -
Why do we continue to promote smoking so much? Such excessive smoking and encouraging people who don't smoke to smoke is not the message you want to give your children - or to people who are stressed. We got the point that you wanted to show liberal girls in a liberal family, there's no need to try so hard to prove a point.
Feminism -
Feminism is easy when you only have to bake occasional cakes and visit "do zameenein" once in a while. Those villagers did not respect the woman in her, just that she was the rich malik's daughter. Life continues to be difficult for women who are not filthy rich. So stop complaining about your life.
Corden Bleu -
You don't really need to sacrifice dreams to prove a point. You can go and study there and come back and be with your parents. Don't blame your own indecisiveness on others. A happy visit is better than a grumpy 24/7 companionship.
Overall, the movie grabs your attention from the beginning and keeps you interested till the end. You might feel like checking your phone once or twice during the movie because really, we know what you're trying to say. Please get on with it. The cinematography is pleasing, the Karachi streets too look nice. Can't stress enough on how well the Sindh aspect fits in. Everyone's acting is commendable.
- A must watch.
As a teacher and as a regular wise person, I don't approve of the egg throwing act - anaaj zaya and taking out ghussa on food (the cake icing throwing act and then the cake fight) and the excessive smoking.
Very impressed by the film-making elements, the acting, the Sindhi touch (for once, usually our movies are so Punjab driven).
Loved the kick in the medical industry's butt (as my friend would call it) - when the time is near there is no need for ventilators and hospitals, being with the loved ones in that time is what everyone needs, not tucking them away in an ICU with 5 minute visits from one person at a time.
Loved the truth of sibling relationship. Liked how the brother was not some insensitive idiot who had forgotten his sisters and family just because his wife was a weirdo.
Loved how there were no forced songs.
So, the pace - Pakistani movies beg for better editing. We become too indulgent, to prove a point. Trust the audience - we get the point when you want to show us a particular relationship, one - two scenes are enough. We don't need to see their daily life. Trust us. We know. We've watched movies all our lives.
The guilt -
1. Why is a daughter allowed to moan when deciding to "crush" her dreams and take care of parents? Would it be acceptable for a son to do that? NO.
Because it would be his zimmedari. It's both children's responsibility to take care of parents and if you have made a choice, you have no right to ridicule the choices of other people.
Why do we forgive daughters for getting married abroad and not sons? Please.
2. It's easy to take a year's leave or quit a job when you have do zameenain, a farmhouse and a 1000 yard bungalow in defence phase 6, or 7 for that matter, naukar who cook and clean for you, 24 hour nurses for parents and people who go to jail in place of you, there is no need to blame people who don't have this privilege in Pakistan and who work abroad for a better life.
3. It shows the parents having lived a wonderful life with each-other. Why are they denying it for their children? While there was a constant blame on the children for making selfish decisions, the parents themselves had parents right? We don't know what happened then.
4. It is easy to live with parents without siblings around, it is difficult with siblings around. Too many thinking adults in one home is not easy. The parents need to re-assess what they want from their children.
Quranic verse 24:61.
There is no blame upon...you if you eat (without permission) in your own houses, the houses of your fathers, the houses of your mothers, the houses of your brothers, the houses of your sisters, the houses of your paternal uncles, the houses of your paternal aunts, the houses of your maternal uncles, the houses of your maternal aunts, the house which is in your trust, and the house of your friend.
The verse, on the one hand, clearly mentions separate houses for fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncles and other relatives thus implying that one should not put the burden of his dependents even on one's parents or other family-members forever; one must be self-reliant and self-supporting.
(https://www.al-islam.org/islam-faith-practice-history-sayyid-muhammad-rizvi/lesson-33-family-life-islam-1)
I feel too many parents expect too much off their unmarried children and give themselves the benefit of "I was married and had a family" when talking about their own commitment to their parents.
The smoking -
Why do we continue to promote smoking so much? Such excessive smoking and encouraging people who don't smoke to smoke is not the message you want to give your children - or to people who are stressed. We got the point that you wanted to show liberal girls in a liberal family, there's no need to try so hard to prove a point.
Feminism -
Feminism is easy when you only have to bake occasional cakes and visit "do zameenein" once in a while. Those villagers did not respect the woman in her, just that she was the rich malik's daughter. Life continues to be difficult for women who are not filthy rich. So stop complaining about your life.
Corden Bleu -
You don't really need to sacrifice dreams to prove a point. You can go and study there and come back and be with your parents. Don't blame your own indecisiveness on others. A happy visit is better than a grumpy 24/7 companionship.
Overall, the movie grabs your attention from the beginning and keeps you interested till the end. You might feel like checking your phone once or twice during the movie because really, we know what you're trying to say. Please get on with it. The cinematography is pleasing, the Karachi streets too look nice. Can't stress enough on how well the Sindh aspect fits in. Everyone's acting is commendable.
- A must watch.
As a teacher and as a regular wise person, I don't approve of the egg throwing act - anaaj zaya and taking out ghussa on food (the cake icing throwing act and then the cake fight) and the excessive smoking.
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