The Circle of Life....

It was once said that if one leaves any part of the life chapter pending/not ended,one has to return to the same place to complete the story. Saw that earlier for OSO and now the same for Aaaja Nachle. A night out for some other work, got us a i-Ticket into the Saturday 10:00 pm show of Aaaja Nachle at PVR, Bangalore.

Art in all forms should not be threatened..and the movie integrates art with the need of preserving our fading historic buildings and remembrances, at the cost of the growing Mall's and real estate-eaters !

A lively village girl, who was the heart of the 'Ajanta Theatre' falls for a Uncle Sam's guy and flew off to US. With the village motivation disappearing into thin air and also the village Chaudhary (self proclaimed leaders) making hay of the same...the Anatja Theatre takes its toll ! The message for free thought and to follow one's will is send out as....


jo baat dil se nikal ke aata hai...usse kaala (art) kahte hai,
jo baat dil me he rehe jati hai..woh kala (black) hota hai !


The Ajanta theatre is marked for destruction to give way to a shopping mall. A Shopping mall in a Village ! Then the circle of life comes to the rescue...Diya (Madhuri) returns from USA (had broken off from Uncle Sam's sample) to lead the crusade to preserve the Ajanta Theatre (cultural heritage of the village).


A strange deal is struck... rekindle the love of art in the silent village (where whispers were heard of Diya's escapade and her character) and perform a 'Laila-Majnu' dance show in the Ajanta Theatre.. but with no out-sourcing. All the performers should be from the village. All this in 2 months... and thus starts the search for the members. ..

In due course, the story unfolds ...the plight of local folks at the hands of real-estate grabbers eyeing any piece of prime land, old flame of love being re-kindled, for a change the police in a non-corrupted role, a village Chaudhary (political) who can changes side at the flip of a coin (well in this case 50 lakhs), a guy trying to recover his marriage, a girl trying to break out from the strict principles/monitoring of her husband and finally a simple village girl(Anokhi) being groomed to be the star of the simply fascinating 'Laila - Majnu' show.

Additional, there is of course the MP, who for a change (from real life) sticks to his words and finally revokes the demolition order ... true to his word. Can you believe that !! Well in return gets Diya's (Madhuri's) US contact number :o)

On the whole a very light hearted and lively movie. Comeback dancing legend, Madhuri still rocks in the dance sequences.

Dheeraj rakho yaaro, Picture abhi baki jai...............