Rancho is not just a revolutionary, he is also a visionary. He is not an angry young rebellion who wants to refine the system; rather he wants to redefine it. So he moves to Ladakh after completing his so called education and begins constructing the new system from the very beginning. Neither he works with an NGO (like Nikhumbh of Taare Zameen Par), nor does he work for slum children. He knows that the system here in so-called developing India has gone beyond any kind of repair. He knows waking up the ones who are fast asleep is possible but it’s not possible to wake up the dead ones.
So he chooses an untouched, virgin land of Ladakh to bring out the new order and new society. He is strongly in discordance with the present liberal, privatized and globalised India. He knows that the people here are set on a journey, which cannot be undone, so he chooses to restart the journey from the very beginning.
Obviously for lesser human beings like Raju, Farhan and Pia finding Rancho is utmost necessity as they in their college days they had experienced his magical powers. For them he is like a ‘behati hawasa tha wo’ which they could find only in the spacious and pure lands of Ladakh. They have always craved for ‘some sunshine’ and ‘some rain’ and wished ‘to grow up once again’. For them reaching Rancho is the dire need as Rancho, in the lands of Ladakh has begun the process of ‘growing up once again’. They know the sterility of the land where run-of –the –mill people like ‘Chatur’ are deadly engrossed in just surviving with false notions of achievement and happiness.
Rancho reconstructs Farhan by helping him to respect his aptitude and so Farhan happily pursues his passion of wildlife photography. Rancho helps Raju to see that dreams can be realized rationally and so Raju is leads steady life with his new identity. And Pia also learns form Rancho how to listen to one’s heart.
Besides these 3, Rancho also helps his Professor Viru Sahasrabuddhe to understand newer way of learning and teaching. While delivering his daughter’s baby, Rancho actually delivers Professor from the burden of his previous notions of education and achievement.
If the character of Rancho in the film is thought of in this way by the director, 2 of my questions about the film remain unanswered.
1. If Rancho is such important part of Farhan, Raju and Pia’s life, why it takes 10 years for them to find out Rancho, when his Shimla address can be easily traced from the college records?
2. Once Professor Virus has changed because of Rancho, why Pia has to run from her ‘shadi ka mandap’?
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