Friday, February 14, 2014

Defining Love on a Valentine Day !!



For those brought up on a regular dose of bollywood , the idea of love has been well romanticized by the Prems, the Rahuls and the Rohits.  Heer- Ranjha,  Shirin -Farhad, Romeo –Juliet are literary figures everyone has heard and read about, but when it comes to fantasizing about a lover, there is none who can deny not thinking of a Katrina, Kareena ,Deepika  or  a Hritik ,Ranbir , Shahrukh.

Unlike Hollywood ,our films have categorized ‘Love' into various forms...
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                 -  Tumne kabhi mujhse sachcha pyaar kiya hi nahi.( grrrrrr!!!)
-               -  Tumhi mera phela aur aakhri pyaar ho.(awww....)
-               -  Mere pyaar mein aisi kya kami rah gayi thi  ????
-               -   Tumhare wadon ke saath saath tumhara pyaar bhi jhutha nikla.( Slap slap !!      oouch)
-               -   Ek din aayega jab tumhe mere pyaar ki asli kimat patta chalegi  !!!!

Bollywood has taught us that if it is not all well at the end, it is not the end. 
Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost ;)

At the end, all the villains and vamps will either die (at the 'dhai kilo ka haath' of our mighty Hero, of course !) or else will  vanish into thin air realizing  they were wrong ( as if their love isn’t love at all ).  All social and cultural differences will suddenly dissipate. Parents will agree, society will accept, mothers will wipe their tears from the ruffled end of their pallus, fathers will let Simrans go and  live their lives, mother-in-laws will be reformed and reunions will happen.  Your  ‘true’ love will transcend all boundaries and return to you for good. And they all will live happily, ever after.

But then, that’s Bollywood for u !

Real life love is not such.

Asal zindagi ka pyaar na sachcha hota hai... na jhootha,  na kam hota hai... na zyaada,  na asli hota hai ...na nakli,  na phela hota hai ...na aakhri.

Love is like light. It’s either there or not.

But unlike Darkness- the absence of light , we do not have a term specifying the absence of love. The void remains.

 Pyaar ya to hota hai,  ya.... nahi hota . Period.




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