The deeper meaning of liff…

Life brings you to strange crossroads at times, when someone else makes the choices of directions for you. Not that it happens quite often with everyone, but when it does, it alters your perception of the meaning of life. A couple of weeks ago, Someone stepped away. For ever. Perhaps that was the way things were meant to turn, and this too, was to be part of my identity.

The events that followed set me on a renewed quest, for I had almost lost touch of a few things I had been planning to do for long. So, the first thing I did was go about the city and click a lot of pictures – something I had always talked about, but never really got around to accomplish! I walked past Kala Ghoda, Lion Gate, Hornimon Circle, and the Stock Exchange, clicking places that have always fascinated me, those that were described in Shantaram and Maximum City. They remind me of the Gujarati novel Saraswatichandra as well…

Looks like I managed to capture a number of hues and shades of this city, which, as I’ve always said, has taught me “The Art of Letting Go”. Here are few of the pictures, and a few more of these, coming soon.

Next, I caught a movie for the first time on the day it released! Saw Rock On, I must admit, a bit reluctantly. Not bad an experience, though it brought back quite a few memories from long forgotten years.

On to the movie, now: Farhan Akhtar and his team had put in a lot of effort to pull it off with style, and introduce the theme of rock to the Indian audience. Still, the flick missed the fine point of balance between being serious and being light. The humour is absolutely lame. The only genuine attempt at humour during the entire movie was at the end of the film, when they put up a message “Do not download the music, buy the CD.”

Overall, the flick sounded like a potential sequel to Dil Chahta Hai, but it killed the fun, since the theme was shamelessly copied from Jhankaar Beats, from which, as NB said, it is difficult to find any flaw.

Nevertheless, all this ranting (both, about life, people and the film) is like “chaar aane ki murghi, barah aane ka masala” since it serves nothing when you ask ‘why’! The message: it’s never too late, life’s still beautiful and yada yada yada. Go, catch up.

Maqtoob!