Suraj Ka Saatwan Ghoda

An good review of the movie is here.
http://jackofall.blogspot.com/2005/03/suraj-ka-satvan-ghoda.html

The seventh horse of sun is described as
1) the weakest and the slowest OR
2) youngest and the slowest
of the seven horses that pull Sun's chariot. Depending on which one of the definition you prefer there are two meanings of this movie.

As i would like to see, the seventh horse here characterizes the transparent, non-powerful or the middle class of the society. The men or women who go about there daily life, fighting for every inch of their living, unnoticed, transparent. Who are no heroes, no revolutionaries, no leaders of the society. They are the innermost of the horse who work tirelessly, invisible at most times, still controlling the pace and direction of the chariot.

If you look at them as weakest then the weakest are the ones that control the pace of the society. Slowest, tired, yet unruffled, still the innermost, with most of the others having to match their pace with them. They take all the blame, all the rough, all the stress, but keep on going, ever trying. Keeping check on everybody else.

If you look at them as the youngest then they are the hope. Though they are slow now, but with time they will gain strength and control, but still being the innermost and the controlling force.

The movie (I hate to admit i have not read the original novel by Dharamvir Bharti) tells the story of all these non-hero, invisible people who on the exterior live a mundane life making no difference what so ever to the society or state but have to bring in all the heroics/courage, to continue their daily struggle. Just to keep have another satisfactory tomorrow. Each day they live is a story in itself; every 24 hours they make a decision that can govern the rest of their life. Seemingly talking conservative, unheroic, middle class decision, just so that they can life another day.

Imagine how much would it cost oneself to take a conservative decision when one knows that you have very little to gain, maybe just a leverage to stay on, when the other way could have brought you all the joy and success. Isn't it courage, you can call it cowardice but believe me when every day and every moment of you life is struggle and pain. It is much easier is go out all guns blazing then to just live and fire another precious bullet from the trenches and continue the agony just because you don't want the fight to end.

You may die in the trenches in all misery and filth, but you gave that bitch of a life a hell of a fight. Think which of the options is easier. Doesn't this middle class, invisible guy keep on doing this same thing each and every day in his life?

The movie shows us in all its glory or the horror, (choose which ever suits your taste) this battle with life, direct from the trenches.

The supposed hero, or the guy who is telling us different stories is not a hero at all; he fails each and every time in life, he fails each and every invisible character in film who turn out to be a real hero. A film that shows even invisible guys have their story… even an invisible guy fights to his last with his chakku(knife) even when everything else has failed... story of an invisible guy who chooses to stay in the trenches then to go out all guns blazing... story of an invisible guy who sometimes finds and enjoys glimpses of happiness buried in his struggle and defeats… story of an invisible guy who refuses to let go.

This film is the story of the seventh horse of the sun, who chooses to fade slowly into the hazy background then to a glorified last flash in brilliance.