Epic saga

Just came back from a nostalgic journey called “Harry Potter 7 – 2”. To confess, I never read even the synopsis of the J. K. Rowling books, but I am a huge fan of her storytelling skills. That lady has stretched our imagination to witness the concoction of a magical utopia. You know it is fiction, yet it is as real & palpable as anything. What makes this epic saga such a great success is not only the imagination of it narrator, but also the artists like Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell & last but certainly not the least David Yates. These visionaries tried to put the imagination into as much reality as humanly possible. Hats off to all of them!

Take nothing away from the ones who portrayed these characters

Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall,
Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick,
Brendan Gleeson as Alastor Moody,
Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley,
Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy,
Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley,
Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew,
Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney,
David Thewlis as Remus Lupin,
Julie Walters as Molly Weasley,
Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley.
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid,

Outstanding performances by

Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange,
Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy,
Gary Oldman as Sirius Black,
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort,
Alan Rickman as Severus Snape,
Richard Harris & the great Michael Gambon as Professor Albus Dumbledore,

And the most importantly

Emma Watson as Hermione Granger,
Rupert Grint, as Ron Weasley,
and Daniel Radcliffe as the boy who lived ‘Harry Potter’

(Cast list: Courtesy Wikipedia)

The thing that is really moving is that all three youngsters always lived up to their characters for 10+ years. They had the money & fame to get blown away, yet we heard of no misdemeanours from any of them. You really can't imagine what if we had to replace one of them. This series has not only given us a new fairy tale of our age but also some larger than life real-life characters. Why I call this epic saga a fairy tale is because it also gives us all the values that all others do too. I thank these all for making it such a memorable pleasant experience.

I for one certainly cherish my time watching this saga in the making. It will be remembered for a long time to come, I am sure. But, there’s no next episode coming. I will badly miss it.

MJ

MJ – two letters are enough to bring the whole picture of the legend in one’s head. The ‘King of pop’ will not perform again in this world. He was scheduled to perform ‘50 comeback concerts’ in London O2 Arena from July 13, 2009 till March 6, 2010. It would have been single highest earning & most popular event in the music would, which now will never take place.

He was no doubt one of the most popular persons of all times. To some he was known for his heart thumping music, to some he was known for the all the controversy came under the title of child molestation, but the one reason he should be known & remembered forever is the message he tried to convey to the whole world for more than half of his 50 year life – Peace. He dedicated very large part of his work & a lot of time for the one noble cause – to make this world a better place for the next generation.

Yes, I do like the most popular singles of his viz. Thriller, Bad, Dangerous; but the ones I really venerate the legend for are The Earth Song, We are the world, Heal the world, Have you seen my childhood, Gone too soon – just to name a few. If you ever had any doubt about the greatness of the legendary artist or his message, I’d suggest you listen to the songs, even better just watch the videos. If you don’t have tears in your eyes after watching each one of these then you can doubt your humanity.

I really think it was curtains on the one of few angels of peace too soon. His work here was not done. He’s ‘Gone too soon’. Of course the Legend that was MJ will live on eternally through his singles but I still wonder, will he rise back from his tomb to complete his work like in ‘Thriller’ or will this day reverse to take us to the glorious past like ‘The Earth song’. For most of the world the news has still not sunk in to make the effect. Many of them are wishing for his soul to Rest In Peace. But there is one thing we really need to do so that he could really RIP – each one of us has to vow that we would do all it takes the to do what he preached for, to make the world a better place for the generations to come – ‘Heal the World’

May we always remember the eternal Legend of ‘King of pop’ for all the right reasons & may he keep doing his ‘Moonwalks’ in the heavens as he’d be doing in the hearts of his fans – amen!