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Mukti Bhawan -  A rare sanctum of satire This is not a hapless movie which talks about the esoteric concept of "passing on". Pun intended, this is a glorious movie emphasizing the importance of having lived well. Mukti Bhawan - a paradise for those wanting to die in the arms of god, is merely symbolic of how much an individual wants to control his destiny, he wants to live for a particular time and when he feels the time is over, wishes to pass on... destiny can not be controlled, and the number of days one has to spend in the world is type written and passed on to every person, he has no wish or command over his own breath. Lalit Behl is symbolic of a "free man" a man who enjoys his life superbly and lives it on his own terms, like grand father like grand daughter, both are dancing spirits, happy in the worldly matters of life. Rajiv actually symbolises "death" in his current life, over burdened and jostling to everyone's tune, right from h