I saw the movie ‘Rab Ne Bani Di Jodi’ today after a huge argument with Kelly. I was so pissed off that I went alone and sat with my phone switched off.
I loved the movie. It was a poignant love story between a man and his wife who are totally different from each other.
In the movie, the actress is asked what do women want. And she replies that ‘a woman just wants a man who’ll love her more than anybody or anything else’.
Wow! Never before has anyone put this answer so simply or so accurately. Ever!
We all are looking for the man who’ll love us, truly, more than even himself. That’s our ultimate pursuit.
Yes, we have become career oriented, ramming through this tough world, making sure that we get what we deserve. And we feel that we’ve succeeded in side stepping what we really want – pure love. Maybe because we feel that this is one thing that we may never be able to achieve.
But a few extremely lucky ones manage to find their 'Man'.
And a lot of others ‘think’ they’ve found theirs too. They carry on living cocooned in their cozy little make believe world until suddenly it crashes. The fact that they were too blind and too naive to spot the difference between the real thing and the not-so real thing hits them in the face.
At that moment, the ache that starts from deep inside the heart, then spreads to the chest tightening it, travels up the wind pipe choking you, goes up to your eyes filling them with tears and finally to your head- that’s something nobody can explain completely. And when the heart and the head start hurting at the same time, nothing can stop the flood of tears, not even the happiest thought in the world.
Ask all the women who’ve been hit by that reality. The ache lingers on inside them forever. They continue to live on and grow old. But that ache inside them, the knowledge that they’ve not found their true love, doesn’t grow old or fade away. It carries on living inside their heart like an unsung song, like a virus that never leaves the body, like a dream that couldn’t be realized.
An immortal ache inside a mortal. Thats the most unfair thing!
