JO JEETA WOHI SIKANDER

This blog is dedicated to two of my best buddies... who have a chilled and never say die attitude towards life - Pranav sarnaik and santosh shukla.

Jo Jeeta wohi sikandar is a 1992 movie. Its an all time favorite movie of many Indians. It definitely entertains U, makes u laugh ,cry and rarely will u find a person who watches Hindi movies and hasn't watched this epic.

As a Kid I used to often think and once i even questioned my brother that what was so great done by aamir,s character "sanjay lal sharma" in this movie .He was initially shown as a looser who lost every time he played.There was even a singing competition somewhere in the middle of the movie where aamir loses to deepak tijori. So whats so great in losing throughout the movie and winning by a small margin only once in the end. As a kid when i watched the movie for the first time i felt a lot of emptiness in the end . I wanted a more harsh punishment to deepak tijori for all what he did in the movie .Something which normally happens in a typical Bollywood movie. The villain gets bashed ,imprisoned or even dies. But what happened in the end was deepak being just second in the race. He still had his girlfriend .He was still rich and powerful than the model college students. Given his abilities and winning streak he may defeat ratan or sanjay next year . and again even when he lost, he gave a tough fight and lost at the last moment ,so he didn,t lose his respect as an ace cyclist .These were the reasons why I felt a sense of emptiness when such a brilliant movie ended suddenly with aamir lifting the trophy in the end with a song played in the background.

Oh well I was a Kid then and i never knew that I would realize the true meaning of this movie only after going through the worst phase of my life.

I was a careless guy (When i was in patni in 2007-2008). There were times were I had performed exceptionally well and times where I just didn't do well. and I didn't really care .
I knew my potential very well . I knew if I give my best I can be the best. Even at times when i gave my best ,I didn't really care to take the credit of my work. My colleagues many times took this to their advantage and my boss never felt of me as a great performer. There was a time when I realized about this corporategiri against me but to my vain I didn't care. My colleagues who took my credit were praised . Some people from my training batch were given awards but still I never felt to change . Sometimes I used to feel that I should change and should learn some corporategiri myself. but later used to think Let them do what they want I would give CAT and my destiny would be a top B school of India.

These lines " Niklenge maidan main jis din hum jhoomke dharti bolegi ye gagan choomke, woh sikander hi doston kehlata hain, haari bazi ko jeetna jisse aata hain" meant "I m an underdog lazy ass now but the day I pull up my socks I will make this world shake" in a funny tone.

These lines reflected aamir khan's attitude in the initial part of the movie and to some extent the same lines reflected my attitude then. These lines have a bit of optimism and fun. Though I wouldn't say that i was like aamir , I didn't run around girls or did what aamir did in the first half. but yeah I had the attitude of being careless, optimistic and lively. (if my then boss reads this she will never accept I was lively I used to be so reserved with them)

Somethings followed in my professional life later of which I don,t wish to divulge any detail ,I will write a separate 300 pages book on that phase of my life once i get success and am sure that book will be a hell interesting and motivating.

But to continue further, I was asked to resign from my job in April 2009 because somethings happened in my professional life due to **corporategiri , added with recession and no projects in Patni, . There were no jobs in market . I really didn't know what my future was . I had an IIFT call then and i had given the interview and was waiting for its result. I already had got few hints from my mangers that I will be sacked and its then I Thought to myself " I have 4 possible futures
1) I make it to IIFT and I don,t get sacked -- I will be partying
2) I make it to IIFT and get sacked -- I will be partying harder
3)I didn,t make it to IIFT and don,t get sacked -- I will be happy and will definitely prove my worth in patni before making it to IIMs next year ( i was already in the process was getting good responses from my bosses[more details in my future book ])
4) NO IIFT and sacked from patni--- I would have been doomed , no future , insecurity, depression I just couldn't think what i will do if this happens

and U guessed it right the worst happened , NO IIFT and resigned from job with no jobs in market. I was a depressed jobless kid who used to get angry of his past , When u know U kicked out just because u didn't care of the corporategiri that happened against U. The recession was so severe that i had to work in a BPO to maintain my self respect.In the month of august I took the decision to join a library and study for CAT full time with only IIMs in my eyes. My past was a nightmare , My present then was insecure and complicated and my future would have only got better.

My past and all the corporate giri that I faced would only instill more anger in me and make me more focused . its then I accidentally watched the last 30 mins of the movie Jo jeeta wohi sikander to make me realize that the movie is the most inspirational movie ever .
As said aamir in the beginning was careless. It was his attitude which was making him a loser and he didn't care if he lost. Later aamir goes through a phase in his life which changes him for good . He ends up being the enemy of deepak tijori who is the best cyclist and a winner in life. His dad kicks him out for spending his hard earned money on the girl who back stabbed him. His brother ratan is his support for all his problems and whom he loves a lot. The worst happens when his enemy deepak attacks ratan and ratan gets badly injured . His family is shattered . All ratan wants now is to get well soon so that he can defeat that bad guy deepak . Deepak tijori might be the winner but with what all he has done to aamir and after the attack on Ratan, Ratan wants to badly defeat deepak tijori .Ratan who himself an ace cyclist knows if he puts his best he can defeat the best and hopes to get well and start practicing for the race. But aamir knows that ratan won,t get well that soon and sadly would have to skip the race.

This phase in his life makes him realize that he has to change ,he can,t be careless like he was initially. He knows deepak is an ace cyclist whereas he has never tried racing. He is not even an underdog because an underdog is someone who can do well, but this guy had never done anything. Still the circumstances and the anger in him made take the decision of competing against deepak tijori.
He can,t just sit and watch deepak tijori win.and watch his family and his loved brother cry.
still no matter how optimistic he is he knows very well that defeating deepak tijori would be almost impossible

One day by some sources he comes to know a harsh truth. That the reason ratan was in hospital is deepak tijori. The reason for all the miserableness that he and his family went thru was deepak tijori . He immediately tries to go out to kill deepak tijori. Well, Now thats what i wanted when i was a kid . A typical Bollywood ending where the villain is killed for all his wrongdoings. But ratan stops him... Aamir is burning with anger , He wants to go and kill deepak. He seems uncontrollable .Ratan stops him , makes him sit on the sofa and tells him "if U want to do something for me , then just defeat him in the cycle race".
Just then kids from rajput college and supporters of deepak tijori who are confident that since ratan is injured, now no one will defeat deepak start shouting the slogans
" Veer bahadur ladke kaun Rajput Rajput, sabse aage ladke kaun Rajput Rajput"
As the intensity of the slogan increases the camera focuses on aamirs face . He turns his anger into his determination.

Those expression on aamirs face says " bring it on , I am gonna f** u deepak tijori, U can,t win this time ". While in the background deepak tijori supporters shout " Veer bahadur ladke kaun Rajput Rajput, sabse aage ladke kaun Rajput Rajput" his determination on his face keeps increasing.The pain and anger converts into strong determination which is seen in aamirs face in that scene.
I have been searching for that scene in youtube . but :(

and yeah aamir then trains himself . he is shown doing push ups, pull ups, cycling along cars.
In short now that he,s got the determination ,he now is putting the effort .
and then the finale aamir wins, albeit in the last moment but he did the impossible.

In the final scene when the movie ends aamir raises the trophy and a song follows in the background . Can u guess the song.. ..........

well it,s
" Niklenge maidan main jis din hum jhoomke dharti bolegi ye gagan choomke, woh sikander hi doston kehlata hain, haari bazi ko jeetna jisse aata hain"
the same song which he sung casually when he was careless guy saying "the day I get determined and pull up my socks , I will shake the world"
thats exactly what he had done .He finally came out changed and determined and shook the world and now bring on any damn thing He will never loose.He is a winner
what a perfect ending to the movie

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**corporategiri - (defination )Its a word used to indicate office politics and behavior. Would be more clear once i come out with my book " Belling the Corporate CAT" . after few years :P