Simple... so divine

"If this wind is able to grasp my feelings for you,
then I would simply give it to it
and ask it to breath by you...,

If this water is able to grasp my feelings for you,
then I would fill each drop of water with my love for you
and ask it to drink by you...,

If you are able to listen birds singing,
then you will find they convey my love message for you...,

If you look at the rose in the early morning,
your touch to the moisture on it, will be as warm as my feelings for you..."

If you are able to listen the suppressed music pattern in metro traffic,
that much deep I feel for you...,

If you look at the trees in the full wind,
they dance fully because they know what I feel for you...,

If you are able to listen my heartbeats..,
you do not have to go to above elements...

Because they convey you,
what my heart feels for you...

this would be my love-poem...,
when I want to write for you..."
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A simple man, an ordinary middle class guy, who does not know how to impress a girl, but very well knows to be faithful. He does not know how to sing, but can listen her each heartbeat. He does not know how to dance, but whenever he sees her smile, his each red-white cell of his blood starts dancing like beautiful flowers dance in the first rain of the season. He does not know smart-impressive talks [Chikni chupdi baatein] but knows to talk simple and to the point. He does not know to pretend but he is simple and honest [not only to others, but himself].

A girl, impressed by hot looks, bike riding and catchy outfits, shouts like never before, "Oh.... He is so hot.... so handsome...". Compared to that Macho guy, a simple, honest and faithful lover would always look like a low-profile over-simple and dumb. 'Babes' are easily attracted to those handsome and smart hunks. Arey, we are not purchasing fashionable outfits from Westside on 50% sale; this is all damn about our life... This transient spike (affection) of girls towards these hunks never leads them on a long beautiful ride of faithful Marriage life journey. Why???

Because if we consider a love as seed, honesty is its root, faith is its water supply and sex (healthy!!!) is its natural fertilizer. All of these constitutes, to a well-developed and a grown tree of marriage.

Is expressing love has become just confined to gift red roses on valentine?  Is it just to write romantic poems/essays? Is it just about tuning our channel of character and set it when he/she finally says Ok (gets impressed)? Is love become so stereotyped and shallow? Love is not just about to impress using artifacts like gifts/cloths/poems at unnecessary time/place. It is all about to express true feelings with strong conviction when it is truly needed. It is just not about holding her hand and walk proudly in a shopping mall, it is about holding her hand when she is sad, when she truly needs. It is not just about showing her a romantic movie at hall; it is about showing the true picture of your love portrayal. It is just not about disguising our self to impress, it is about changing (truly) our self to make her happy. 

We all have seen these so called "Ordinary simple" guys working 9 to 6, travelling in a bus with holding 5'' size bag. But wait... they might be super-extraordinary lovers. Love story may not initiate extra-ordinarily, you have to make extra efforts being an ordinary (read: grounded) to make it extra-ordinary. 

  

This is manifested in the simplest manner without any big trouble of ‘titanic-weighted' emotions or 'unnecessary complex dialogues'. With the tagline of ’There is an extra-ordinary love story in each ordinary jodi' by my all-time favorite no.1 Rab ne bana di Jodi. The film was written in 12 days and shot in 45 days by a brilliant film-maker Aditya Chopra. It is just not simple, but it is truly honest and romantic.  In today's massive flow of shallow and compromised; so called romantic movies, this movie shines like a drop on the leave in a tender sunshine after the rain and moistens the feelings. Simplicity is not sold at the end of season sale, it is priceless nowadays... 

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So as story is simple. Due to some sudden accidental circumstances, Girl has to marry a guy (as a last wish of her father at his last breath). Girl is in trauma due to sudden series of tragic events. So on the second day itself after marriage, she confesses  to her husband :

'I will never be able to love you'. 

Composed husband replies calmly,

"I do not know what love is... Today in a marriage party, as you kept my reputation among my friends (by just being present), that's love for me. Love more than this, neither I am used to nor I need." 

Bravo!!! pehle hi ball pe sixer!!! Just think of couples who just break up in a moment; claiming (and blaming) that their partner doesn’t love them enough or they are too demanding. They want to measure their 'given love’ versus 'expect love' using some bull-shit love-calculators!!! When expectations (read: ego) are less in relationships, such 'suri'edean eurekas' happens. Surinder, being completely unprejudiced, sees just her presence in the party as love. Wow!!! 

He adapts a noble disguise of 'Raj' to make her happy and to show her colors of joy. He loves her so much that he sees god in her. He has never found anybody in his life on which he can shower all his love and care. Finally, girl finds herself in dilemma having two choices: One, his vibrant, funny, handsome hunk and romantic lover. Two, his simple, faithful dumb husband. Both avatars are of the same person, still she is unable to recognize. She is confused... Why? Yes, because she wants her true love. she has it, but is not able to identify or respect it. Surinder's each romantic proposal seems to her like his favor. that is why she is frustrated. So she comes over to Raj's place.

Tani: "How can you be so happy even though I don't love you? How can you love me without expecting love from me? Don't you feel pain?"  

Suri:"Pain??? Love is a blessing from God. How can it be painful?"

Aahaa!!! beautiful!!!  I have seen number of broken-hearted (By the way how can it be as heart being a muscular organ!!!) people saying that, "I was completely lost when it broke up. there is no pain greater than love.","Why does it happen in love?". Then number of his friends come over like a group of crow gathers for food and give their priceless opinions and advice. 

Wait!!! have we ever tried to give a thought on why it didn't work out? May be because of our materialistic expectations or impatient judgments or shallow understanding or may be something else, I don't know. how can love be painful or hurtful?  It is a true and pure gift from almighty. Love can always cure. Love can always care.

Girl decides to leave Surinder and to run away with Raj. In response, Surinder does not panic. Because he understands if she wants to leave, how much she is frustrated with the marriage?. He decides to end himself (as Suri) and to become Raj (her lover). He decides to make disguise as his permanent face just to give her happy life. He is the true 'MACHO' who loves her more than himself and is ready to change himself completely to make her happy but not to achieve her love. He is satisfied and gets relaxed when he surrenders to the god in her. This builds his faith and trust for lifetime commitment in marriage because he cannot run away from god.

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Almost all the moments, starting from serious introductory scene of silent commencement of marriage life to brilliant metaphoric dance sequence along with unfolding backtrack scenes of self-realization, everything reiterates its spontaneity and simplicity. Be it brilliant choreography of shiamak davar or be it soft situational background music from Salim-Suleiman. Be it cheerful set of Amritsar or be it colorful (both: mood and clothes) jigari-yaara of Surinder, Bobby khosla; every thing in this movie is just second to none, it just makes you feel that you wanted to be the part of it.                      

                                                 ***** 

Shahrukh khan, who portrayed amazingly both these characters of 'Ram' and 'shyam' talks a brilliant point in this context. "When we go for purchase of a new car at the showroom, we look at the catchy colours, comfortable sits, AC [i.e exterior of the car] but we never look to the most important part, its engine. Till date, whatever popular characters of Raj, Rahul I have played, there are just the exterior, suri [Surinder sahni] is their engine, the inner part."

DESSERT:

"Tujh mein Rab Dikhta hain..." 

      --- Cute, simple (and romantic of course) love confessions at all religious divine places with wonderful angels (child-dancers at all of them). Astonishingly beautiful!!! :) 

Equilibrium...

What is System?

It is well defined set of rules and roles, rules, designed to maintain the system protective, safe and bound, while roles to keep that system running and well-functioning.

What rules may include?
Like taxes, traffic rules, electricity bills, corporate rules or even home-made rules.

What roles may include?
Like Prime Minister, Employee, Businessman, Actor, Parents etc. even a common man itself is a role.

History shows that, no system can be well-functioned and consistent all the time, forever. No system, which may not have faced any challenge for breaking the rules and fighting for roles.

What is role?

It is the act which defines me?

What defines me?

my name? ,

my physical appearance?,

my look?,

my casuals?

No..... my job, my act, what I do, that defines me.

In every system, there is no fight between the identities but between the roles they play.

But these fights/clashes should not disturb the equilibrium of system. It is necessary to protect the bounds of system. So it needs a leader, a hero, a white knight for the society.

But what if there are no rules in the system?
What if roles do not follow the rules?
Then that is not called the "SYSTEM"

That is called "ANARCHY"....

What if two powerful representatives of SYSTEM and ANARCHY face each other. In our ancient Indian vedas, there are number of instances of "Deva" and "Danava". They are destined to fight in each era in some or other form. This clash is eternal. That's what the center point of the best thought-provoking cinema and my all time personal favorite: "The Dark Knight".....

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Normally person commits crime for some notions like money, revenge or power which may be materialistic, emotional or political. His/her motive can be easily traced/determined so as eventually criminal him/herself. But, Joker (one of the greatest characterization of all time, brilliantly portrayed by Heath Ledger), the anarchist, is very different [from other criminals], hard to catch, dangerous and cruel psycho. The psycho who do not kill for any materialism. There is no specific motive behind his crime. There are only two situations in the whole film which describes him perfectly.

1. Alfred (Batman's guardian cum motivator) describes Batman a story of robbery of precious stones at Burma. which concludes: "Some people do not commit crime to gain something. But they just want to see the world burning."

2. Hospital scene: where Joker does brain-washing of Dent. At that time he says:

" I'm a dog chasing cars... I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. I just do things. I'm just the wrench in the gears. I hate plans. Yours, theirs, everyone's. Maroni has plans. Gordon has plans.Schemers trying to control their worlds. I'm not a schemer, I show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are."

The man who do not like rules, who wants to imagine the world without rules. Joker gets bored with world with rules. That is why he says, "I have a dream of world without BATMAN (Symbol of rule)." Joker is the ultimate insane voice(result) of our inefficient, biased and selfish system [here consider any system: government, company, society or even ultimately belief system itself]. His motive behind all crime requires understanding, that is why it is hard to predict his moves and even more difficult to catch and to beat him.

The first half of the film brilliantly builds the character of joker. Nolan's [Christopher Nolan, one of the most genius film-makers of all time, I believe] Joker is more frightening and unpredictable because he frequently justifies his scars in two different ways: caused by father (Why so serious ??...) or done by himself (Now, I am smiling all the time..). This ambiguous point co-justifies the two situations above. It means Joker does not have any specific agenda apart from giving some terrifying instances of chaos and anarchy to people and most importantly to, Batman....

So he chooses his way ...

"All people behaves good till they face the world and the world allows them to be. As and when the question comes to personal level, they become selfish and starts behaving bad".

That is why he says, "People want everything should go according to plan. Nobody panics when the expected people get killed. Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plan is horrifying. If it doesn't go according to plan, everybody looses their mind." as because they are targeted at their personal level rather than social level.

So his point is: "When world sees person, he/she behaves good but as and when it comes to personal, he/she become selfish(sometime bad)."

So Joker plays a cruel master game of chance:
1) With batman by giving him a choice to save between his LOVE [Personal] and WHITE KNIGHT[Social]. Even Batman chooses to save his love first but as they are swapped, he mistakenly saves Dent.

2) With people by showing even their best man [Dent, The WHITE KNIGHT] can fall and become evil when he is hurt at personal level.

So here, Joker played brilliant game to show the limit of man's goodness. Batman does not get hurt and persists even though he could not saved his love. But on the other hand, Dent feels that he lost everything, so after massive brainwash by Joker by turning Dent's own belief game "fairness" (which he used to play just for the sake of fun) on itself. Then Dent owns viral and contagious belief: "That everything in the world has to be fair. If he has lost something, so as others have to."

This way, Joker tore down (the most accountable and faithful leader) Dent and tried to show the people, the boundaries of man's values or loyalty on the urge of personal threat(hurt).

But, Batman still persists.

That is why Joker tells him at the end, "You are truly incorruptible" because none of the way Joker was able to distract him to be bad."

Imagine a situation where your most trustful and accountable leader (Hero) falls down and commits crime for personal motives like revenge. Imagine a scandal, when your roll-model is caught in corruption OR any responsible (popular) minister is found to be active in some criminal engagements. That TRUTH, when revealed, there will be hardly any society will retain hope or trust in System.

Sometimes, system either NEED a hero OR it DESERVES him. Sometimes, people need more than just a reality (about scandals or crime of all their role-models and heroes did), which is: "TO KEEP HOPE AND FAITH IN LOYALTY AND MORALS. GOOD ALWAYS WIN."

So just to let keep alive people's faith and hope, Batman takes all charges and allegations (committed by Dent), shows Dent's white face to people and becomes a true legend which system DESERVES but not NEEDED him now and in a true sense he becomes


The Dark Knight...

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DESSERT:
"Joker and Batman resides inside every individual. The part who does not want to follow the rules and the part who wants everything well functioned and proper by rules."

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