Wall E ki prem kahani

[Guest guest]

After such superb movies like Finding Nemo and Ratatouille, one has tall

expectations from the makers, who have now presented their newest animation

" Wall E " , almost as tall as the skyscrapers that one sees in the opening

shots of the film. And there is no disappointment. Disney Pixar delivers and

how! The awe inspiring tall skyscrapers, turns out, are not exactly those,

but mountains and mountains of junk and garbage that we humans have created

through the years.

Set in an all too plausible future of 1000 years hence, Wall E is the sad

story of an abandoned earth, which has become non-livable because humans

have covered it with enormous amounts of junk and trash. Wall E (pronounced

as Wally) is a small trash compactor robot, who has been left behind by

mistake on this inhospitable planet called earth. Unable to think clearly,

he continues with his programmed job of collecting all the discarded tins

and plastics throwaways, and compresses them into neat squares of building

blocks, with which he builds those skyscrapers.

Unfortunately, Wally has a small flaw. He has become slightly human. So

while compacting all the trash, he squirrels away small interesting

knick-knacks like broken Barbie dolls and bulbs. In one particularly

poignant moment, he finds a diamond ring placed in a small jewelry box. He

promptly throws away the ring and preserves the more interesting box.

He has also found a videotape of Hello Dolly, which he watches again and

again on a small mobile phone screen, magnified by a lens. There is one

thing, however, that he cannot understand that he sees on this tape, which

is love. Only, that is, until, an automatic probe brings to earth a robot

called Eve. Wally falls head over wheels in love with her, or should I say

that he goes nuts over her?

Now the problem is that Eve, or Eva, as Wally decides to call her, does not

understand love, and her sole purpose is the programmed search for any

living vegetation on earth. Thus begins a madcap love story which takes

Wally out in far space to a space station where humans have evolved into

fat, boneless blobs who cannot move on their own, as everything is done by

robots.

Beautiful animation and touching moments galore in this superbly crafted

tale of the future. The cockroach pet of Wally's provides such heart warming

as well as hilarious moments, that one almost waits with bated breath for

the next moment.

This is truly a film, which both adults and children can enjoy together, and

carry home an ecologic message as well. As all the protagonists are robots,

there is hardly any speech in the movie. However, the film is so superbly

crafted that one doesn't feel the absence of speech. The squeaks and chirps

of the audio box will do.

Do see this love story of Wally and Eva and I am sure you will come

chortling out of the theatre. Bravo Pixar Disney, we are waiting for more.

Kishore Shah 1974