A Lovestory

 “Romeo and Juliet, ek amar prem kahani…

…Anyone?...Rahul?”

“…Hmm?”

“Pyar kya hai?”

“Pyar dosti hai–”

Stop there! We’re not here for a gossip on Kuchh Kuchh Hota hai; we're not here to even have a talk on love. It's about the story!

I actually don’t know if the concept of friendship and love is right or not. But what I know is that every love story shown in the movie is not everything. Just recently, I read a book of Ankit Trivedi ­–‘Prem no password' – a Gujarati novel, and it said the best thing: “Love story can be found at its best from the home of a loving husband-wife." Kind of, nowadays, it’s a subject of humor, to be married, and so there are lots of memes and jokes on that; but always a partner loves to be teased by her or his beloved ones, and that is the universal truth!

In India, there are different love-stories added in the culture, from Radha-Krishna or Rukmini-Krishna to Sati-Shiv. Even we’ve added the fictional stories of the western world, from Romeo-Juliet to Lily-Snape. Accept it, whatever the endings and the beginnings are, this unconditional love makes a person to be alive for a reason and to be dead for a reason, giving the unique strength with defeating the wrong myth of being weak by love.

“Gargi, you don’t say but we know that you love someone.” Well, my friends used to say that to me and I didn’t want to say the defence-dialogue-for-everyone, “Yes, I love my parents,” so I rather used to reply, “How do you know? Oh, dear! You got my secret!” Now, they very well know that I’m the person of love-letters in the time of online proposals! (I think I was cool before. Kidding!)

Here’s the thing. It’s not only me. Who doesn’t love to smell the old papers? Who doesn’t like to observe the handwritings of a person, thinking, whether he or she was in a hurry or took a long time to write that letter?

I’m not saying today’s love-stories are all fake. But, for all the answers, from the fashion world to the recipes of food, aren’t we going back to our past? We don’t like ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’ but ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’, and not the love-story of ‘La La Land’ as much as ‘Titanic’. In today’s time, we’re acting all busy. We don’t like to fall in love and wait for it. And so, when these new love-stories come across our eyes like some mirrors, it becomes too complex for us! People say, ‘Love Happens’, so shouldn’t it be something simple? A simple thing that just exist? All the trials to keep our relationship in a steady way should be easy, right?  (Have a look at one of the previous blogs: In Search of The Truthfulness of A Relationship.)

“Tum jo aaye, zindagi me, Baat ban gayi…” 

The love of that person must make our life easier! Instead, we feel love-burn. (Pardon me for my right choice of words.  Apply cold water to burnt areas.) I think that’s why Imtiaz Ali is now everyone’s favorite. He shows all the complexity that actually exists, with such an ease. The intricacy, pain, and confusion – they are all pre-effects and post-effects. But after all, these love-stories are the same; start with expectations and end with hurt.

I once didn’t believe in love. Now I do. The reason was the old love-stories. They were all having this fairy-tale theme, and my interpretations were false. I didn’t watch ‘Ranjhana’ and ‘The Fault in Our Stars’, because of the sad climax.  But it was about giving, and the concept was not explicable for me. Titanic was the only Hollywood film to be watched in our childhood being Indians, and it was the same concept; perhaps, we didn’t mark that, but it might be the reason that we loved the movie. I think that is why, we, 90s’ kids love RHTDM – Rehna Hai Tere Dil Me.

Movie: Rehna Hai Tere Dil Me

I’m in search of a love-story; without heartbreaks and with something new, with versatile theme and effortless storytelling. Let’s relive the real Indian Romance Cinema.

Filmy Time:

Here, I’m suggesting you ‘Prithvivallabh’ to read, a Gujarati novel by Kanaiyalal Munshi (English Translation is available).

Read it by imagining the characters as,

• ·         Prithvivallabh: Hritik Roshan
• ·         Mrunalvati: Priyanka Chopra
• ·         Rasanidhi: Ranveer Singh
• ·         Vilasvati: Alia Bhatt
• ·         Satyashray: Siddharth Malhotra
• ·         Tailap: Arjun Rampal

It will be fun to read it like this! :)

Do you read stories as films?!