Written by Ishita Sengupta |New Delhi |Updated: November 10, 2019 6:40:20 pm
Ayushmann Khurrana’s Bala falls prey to the very stigma it tries to dispel
Bala is not just preoccupied with unfolding the humiliation a man suffering from a receding hairline experiences but strives to make a larger case of accepting oneself.
Insecurity, like a bald patch, reveals more than it hides. The feeling of failure from an apparent sense of lacking spills forth in things one chooses to laugh at and the jokes one takes offence to. In the recently released Ujda Chaman (directed by Abhishek Pathak) and Bala (directed by Amar Kaushik), the respective protagonists Chaman and Bala are stung by the word “takla”. What is a passing joke for some, feels like a personal affront for them. The reason is clear: both are wrestling with premature balding, and an unending trials of prayer, medication and remedies have proffered no results. A loose strand of hair both appals and gladden them, depending on where they see it. These protagonists are not smug about their appearances but struggling to accept who they see in the mirror. These are men who are so crippled with insecurity that they laugh at others only to ensure that they are not laughed at.
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