No the title aint meant to be elusive.. It is this completely silly, badly edited latest hindi flick that has got me thinking.. there is something that has disturbed me after watching it and I have been trying to figure out what it exactly is (barring the serious edit errors, the sad direction at times.. )
So, what is it that disturbed a regular - not so interested movie goer like me? I think it was in a crude way how the movie captured a certain level of courage... It takes a whole lot of courage to live life on one's own terms, to accept that one makes mistakes - nay even blunders and then fight for what is right.
A lot of times in life we realize too late in life that we made a mistake, or have taken a wrong turn.. but we come to terms with it.. we compromise...Its sad, but all of us do it 'in the very interest of so called larger good'- but I am not so sure that is good enough-- not sure that therein lies true goodness..
Its hard to live life in a balance... I dont think it can be 'lived' like that.. Balances are unfortunately very misleading and manipulative... And balances get manifested as sever imbalances many a times.
Strange but the battle continues, do you listen to what makes you happy or do you listen to what you are 'suppossed/expected' to do? Well there is always an inherent choice - the bottom line always is and will remain "At the age of 60, when you look back at life, do you want to say that lived a well balanced life as expected by one and all OR did you take that risk/that one go at what could have changed your life forever?'
Well -may not be the best quote of all, but reminds me of Roosvelt " Far greater it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumps, even to be checkered by failure than to be ranked with those poor spirits who who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat"
Ya prolly..gudness doesnt lie in tat..but sumtimes isnt it also tat u get sum lil satisfaction doing gud for others..ya ya i woke up on the wrong side of the bed..drunk..but as always well written..i say..alternate career..AJi
ReplyDeleteDISsatisfaction is the default characteristic with which we are born..be it the age 6 or 16 or 60 or 160 .. we can never b staisfy wid d life we live..the only n only thing we can do is see sumbody who is living worse life den us(believe me der r many).. all the concept of balance or imbalance,satisfaction or dissatisfaction will VANISH..this is d only solution 4 d species called ''HUMAN BEING''.. PAWAN KUMAR SHARMA
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ReplyDeleteInteresting of you to say that - But I think dis-satisfaction is a good thing. simply because it makes you strive to achieve better things in life - also never compare with someone who is worse than you - at that rate half the population of India leads a destitute life and I should be jumping in Joy that I am not- NO I believe that one should be compassionate towards those who are not as blessed as us and definitely work towards helping them as much_ BUT you need to have a vision that is way ahead its only then you become a rolling stone and reach your destination....
the kind of life we all are living..day by day its being tough 4 helping our own self..so i think der is no point discussing being compassionate abt helping others..my next point is der is a limit to everything if it crosses dat then the meaning changes its like..being curious is very important but if u r curious n ask more n more question den its stupidity dat u dont know anything..similarly being dissatisfy is very very good to a extent after dat it becomes ''GREED'' ..PAWAN KUMAR SHARMA
ReplyDeleteSure after a point dissatisfaction has the potential to become greed-- that is where understanding the dissatisfation comes-- The dissatisfaction is towards ensuring that you become the best that you can ever be- that you have utilized your potential to the maximum... i was referring to that effort.
ReplyDeleteok..i think now i m satisfy wid this comment(ur last)..will b waiting 4 ur next POST..happy ONAM .... PAWAN KUMAR SHARMA
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