Chaar Sahibzade

A reminder of the past...

Last week, we went to go watch Chaar Sahibzade. It was my husband, little brother kuljeet, little sister harinder, mom, and my nana ji (mom's dad), we were all eager to see the movie. Kuljeet was the most excited one of all, he loves listening to our history and shows a passion for our culture/religion. He previously went to go see Saadda Haq with us too and asked many questions trying to understand what happened. Therefore, I was excited to see this reaction to this movies; especially since it was animated. 

If your not familiar with Sikh history, let me give a brief overview of this film. Guru Gobind Singh ji, our last of ten gurus, sacrificed the lives of his 4 sons aka Chaar Sahibzaade for religion, injustice, and tyranny of the Mughals. 

When the movie started, I immediately noticed that the animated characters were very well done. Each of the Sahibzade were beautifully characterized. Their punjabi was so polite and rich with culture (which I expected). What I didn't except was to be so emotional over an animated movie. I thought if there were actual actors, I would be more attached, but I was wrong. I cried numerous times throughout the movie.

I also appreciated the fact the Guru ji was shown but no one voiced for him. At first, I was a bit skeptical how this would work but when I saw it... I was impressed. It is hard to this but they did a great job.

I'm not going to go into scene by scene to tell you how much I loved it... you just have to see it yourself. Take the whole family, reconnect your kids, little cousins, nieces and nephews with our rich history of sikhism. I love the fact that our future generation now has a well depicted movie of our history. Making the film into 3-D was a great idea, I personally didn't watch it 3-D but that will definitely get any kids attention.

At the end of movie, we left with tears rolling down our cheeks and thinking how distant we have become from our roots. The chota Sahibzade spoke with such pride, confidence, and passion about sikhi that it re-energize us as future generation. My nana ji, who lost his own son during the 1984 attack on the Golden Temple, had puffy eyes and red nose from crying. Kuljeet was left speechless, I think that the movie was so well done that he understood what happened and why it happened, leaving him very more passionate about being a guru sikh.


Great job Harry Baweja! You have two thumbs up and a standing ovation from my family and I. Even chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, loved it so much that he stated no tax will be charged on this movie! Famous actors like Shilpa Shetty, Tabu, Raj Kundra, and Bipasha Basu were all at the launch premier. It took Harry Baweja couple of year to make the film, perfecting and gathering correct information about history... but it was well worth the wait.   

Looking forward for more movies like these to watch with my kids in the future. 

Wine Tasting at the Galleria

White or Red Wine?

Over the weekend, we went to a mini wine tasting at Tyson Galleria Mall. A new restaurant opened up called Vino Volo. After a week of craziness, this was perfect. We sat at the bar and took a look at the menu. The menu was clipboard to a wooden cutting board; simple and cute. There is a set of three wines in each tasting. The catchy and creative names made it hard to pick. I got the Fireplace Red and my husband got the Winter Whites. The waiter was polite and knowledgeable about wines.

Alongside our wine, I got a salmon dish and bowl of almond. I have to admit the almonds were delicious! The unique blend of herbs went amazing with the wines. I liked the salmon dish as well. My husband doesn't eat fish so I can't say we both enjoyed it. We sat there for couple of hours just talking... about life & business of course. The atmosphere was so relaxing. All you needed was a fireplace and it would be perfect! 

We had a slight buzz going on from the wine. We decided to go home and make it a movie night. Looking through our list of option, we picked The Butler. Wonderful choice. It really makes you understand and feel what it was like to be an African American during those times. The difficulties they faced constantly. Not being able to look a white man in the eye or stand for what you believe is right. It was also interesting to see that not every African American was for the movement, Freedom Fighters or Black Panther. Also to realize that this wasn't too long ago. And now we have an African American President. Amazing how times have changed yet there are still people that are racist.

Great way to end the night, with great wine and an amazing movie.