Come friday & our eager eyes scan the entertainment section of our daily newspaper. And, dont they just light up when we see that a movie we would like to catch will see the light of the day!!!!!Thats movie magic for you.
In the hum drum of day to day activities, when reality is dead lines not met or the kiddo running a temperature or a stack of bills to be cleared, the dark theatre is our refuge from the storm we face every other day.Its bliss to be part of fantasylandwhere you meet the love of your life or make it big in the profession of your choice or you finally see good overcoming evil & good guys actually finishing first. You really believe that LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL & IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
Movies essentially lead to a catharsis of our pent up feeling, desires & emotions.They ,though make believe & sometimes a showcase of reality, instill in us the hope that things can be different if we want to make them so .Movies can change our attitude & perceptions about things that ought to matter.
A good movie is the simplest form of entertainment for the family & friends. Procuring a ticket & easy accessibilty make it something which an average family can catch any alternate weekend. And with the flood of themes that the movie makers are experimenting with, there is something or the other for you.You can take your pick from Hollywood or Bollywood, Romance or Action, Historical or Retro, Comedy or Tragedy.The movie - goer has never had anything going better than this.
Its Friday again!!!! I can already smell the popco
Sunday, March 30, 2008
A day with friends
am happy.I am eager. I am worried how I would look tomorrow.I am going out with friends , you see.
I am not a lonely island, swimming in the vast sea of loneliness. I am a busy body-trapped in the busy traffic of life, who is worried that the beautiful view outside the window is passing by & there is no way, I can park on the side & take in the sight.So, I look forward to every chance of fun , that comes my way,with child-like eagerness.I am going out tomorrow as part of a small group of six colleagues, who are on the verge of becoming friends .
We dont have anything earth -shattering in our plans. No lunch at a five star restaurant or no front rowseat at a sell-out theatre play.Neither its a long drive through scenic country side. We are just meeting at a nearby mall. We have no long shopping plans in our agenda.Whats in the agenda is lots of fun & laughter & teasing & noise & all of us trying to speak at the same time.I am not sure how long it will last but what I am sure of is that after I come home , I will still feel ,'arrey,yeh toh bataya hi nahi!!'
I feel good about myself that we are grounded enough to derive so much pleasure out of something simple like this.Or is it really so simple?Maybe not.If you or I read between the lines, there is so much at stake. Formation of new bonds, time well spent, a cure for loneliness, laughter with like- minded people.
I know that tomorrow,might, it just might , mark a beginning of a new way of moving through life -getting out of the car just to enjoy the view.
I am not a lonely island, swimming in the vast sea of loneliness. I am a busy body-trapped in the busy traffic of life, who is worried that the beautiful view outside the window is passing by & there is no way, I can park on the side & take in the sight.So, I look forward to every chance of fun , that comes my way,with child-like eagerness.I am going out tomorrow as part of a small group of six colleagues, who are on the verge of becoming friends .
We dont have anything earth -shattering in our plans. No lunch at a five star restaurant or no front rowseat at a sell-out theatre play.Neither its a long drive through scenic country side. We are just meeting at a nearby mall. We have no long shopping plans in our agenda.Whats in the agenda is lots of fun & laughter & teasing & noise & all of us trying to speak at the same time.I am not sure how long it will last but what I am sure of is that after I come home , I will still feel ,'arrey,yeh toh bataya hi nahi!!'
I feel good about myself that we are grounded enough to derive so much pleasure out of something simple like this.Or is it really so simple?Maybe not.If you or I read between the lines, there is so much at stake. Formation of new bonds, time well spent, a cure for loneliness, laughter with like- minded people.
I know that tomorrow,might, it just might , mark a beginning of a new way of moving through life -getting out of the car just to enjoy the view.
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