The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is one movie I thoroughly enjoyed the other day. Andy Dufresne, (Tim Robbins) the protagonaist, goes behind bars for a crime he hasn't committed but believes he has. A crime of not having been a good husband haunts him when he's told it was someone else who pulled the trigger.

He finds a friend and confidante in an inmate of teh prison cell called Red(Morgan Freeman) and goes on to tell him about the scam that's been created within the prison walls. His dreams and his efforts and 5 miles of unbelievable stench and shit lead him out of prison and into freedom. All that because he hoped. He hoped some day he would be a free man and live by the sea, own a hotel and a boat too. His faith in hope keeps him alive and digging. Digging a tunnel in dark nights of a darker life(20 years) behind bars, spent in fulfilling selfish motives of a prison warden who ultimately faces the world with a hole in his head, gun in his hand.

'Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free', is the slogan the movie proudly displays. The movie shows it beautifully. This is true in real life too. Fear is the only factor that confines a person into doing or being what he/she is. Fear of self, fear of the society, fear of losing someone or something, fear of shame, fear of grief... and when there's hope, there's effort. There's a realisation. That's when the heart i set free - to live, to be, to exist.

This flick may not have made much money at the box office but it has certainly gone on to be much watched movie in later years. Some things take time to sink in and when they do, they are there to stay. A must watch..