It's a classroom scene where a thoughtful teacher is asking the kids about their parent's profession and then enquiring what they individually wish to become in the future. Coming back to the film, respecting the appreciable effort made by the makers with all noble intentions, I would like to share one particular sequence worth mentioning here that might be able to convince you for giving it a fair chance in the coming days before its taken off the theatres as usual in absence of any viewers. And this is exactly the problem with us all when we keep on imposing our unfulfilled ambitions on our kids without asking them what they actually wish to become as per their own likings and preferences. So now I am planning my son to become the same and have started sending him to art classes too right from a small age." "So you are doing the same mistake with your kid what your father did with you!" I replied sending him into a long thinking mode never to get back on the track that night. However I always wished to be a painter, living with various colours and canvases around in a single big room. but my dad did and here I am successfully practicing and doing well off living in a big house. Incidentally the two fathers in the film, willing to mold their kids as per their own ambitions made me remember a casual party meeting with a doctor a couple of years back, where after a few drinks he became emotional and said, "You know I never wished to be a doctor in my school days. Moreover, where Hirani didn't accept or acknowledge the inspiration being taken from OSHO's vision anywhere in the film or in the interviews, TAKE IT EASY proudly does so beginning with a slide having OSHO's picture on the screen paying its much deserving tribute. But the seriousness of its 'suicide sequence' and the message of choosing your dream career somewhere got diluted in all Chamatkaars-Balatkaars-Aamir Khan and Comic entertainment factor to be honest. Apparently the basic theme of relentless pressure and dilemma faced by (mostly) the urban kids to excel in almost everything ranging from studies, sports, arts and other co-curricular activities, was superbly taken up by Raj Kumar Hirani in his 3 IDIOTS too. Further the more dangerous outcome of these two words in the later stages happen to be COMPARISON, ANGER, JEALOUSY, FRUSTRATION and then DEPRESSION resulting in many drastic consequences as reported every year in a repetitive mode. Admitting the fact that many might not be willing to agree to this very thought at once, if you think humanly then these two particular strong words are in fact the most poisonous words ruining our lives, taking away most of our time and energy in those significant years ranging from 12-35. Reminding the mystic master OSHO's famous discourses on Education and the series titled "SHIKSHA MEIN KRANTI", the film rightly brings forward the two major evils of our new-age society namely AMBITION and COMPETITION affecting both the parents and their kids quite severely. But overall the kids score much above their elders and make you realize the importance of the subject setting a fine example in the climax (inspired from real life examples) and an engaging second half lifting the spirits beautifully. Yes, the film is not a very polished product willing to incorporate much more than required with some average and loud performances too featuring many known names. Admitting the various directorial as well as technical flaws in TAKE IT EASY, it still deserves to be rated as a worth watching film since it touches one of the most relevant issues of the present times related with our kids and the extreme pressure imposed upon them to fulfill their parent's ambition instead of their own.
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