Randomness...

Last evening I went for a very beautiful movie..No thats not the word..hmmm..Or should I say relevant..practical..very fresh actually..The movie was "wake up Sid"

My 1st idea about the movie was that it must be on the similar lines of Lakshya-the journey of a boy to becoming a man.Which the movie is but the way the writer has displayed it is different.The character of this college going dude s shaped really well.But I liked "ayesha" more.Probably coz it felt closer to reality.Sid's metamorphosis was kinda quite obvious I thought.The boy sooner or later was going to realise his dream/goal but ayesha (played by konkana sen sharma)felt more real,closer to you.She plays this 21st century girl with some morales & principles,who knows what she wants,who is independent with her strong beliefs etc etc.Yet there is something missing.

You know sometimes we display something what we should be displaying although we are not actually that.We do that coz we need to be head strong to face this rough world.But we do forget that there is a child hidden inside each one of us which shows itself in some way or the other.Not necessarily when you play,or jump,or scream.Your childishness could be seen in many other ways.

After the movie was over,there was this smile on my face that refused to fade away.I still dont know why was it there.I felt at peace for some moments,very content.It was as though there was happiness in my aura which failed to leave me.Utter bliss.

Probably it was the music or the art maybe.The houses in the movie were very ethnic,artistic.Walls painted with very random colours not stereotyped at all.The curtains that hung at the windows swang in the air showcasing their pastel colours.But what hit me the most was the photography.Shades of the sea,Mumbai lanes,old catholic houses.wrinkled-faced old ladies,footwears,intense eyes,the waves..Oh it was amazing...

The movie takes you with it on a lovely voyage..to a world of dreams,randomness,idleness..to a world of fantasies,ideas,innovation..to a world of colours,art,ethinicity..to a world of beauty,pleasure,passion...to a world of laziness,with no aspirations,with no targets,to sheer fun & enjoyment,to a world of 'live every moment'...

Some movies just touch my heart..Sometimes people ask me,"Whats the big deal with this? Its such a simple movie wit an actor playing "a boy -next -door"kinda character!"But I say to them,open your eyes to randomness..There might not be a big deal with anything for that matter,but sometimes we need to widen our thoughts to simple pleasures & beauty of life and that happens when you start appreciating!!

Travel to a forest

I have been planning since a long time to go to a forest.I have been to a many but not in the recent past.Hence was wanting to experience the magic once again.

And at last I made it with 2 of my other friends last weekend.Actually we started with 10 but ended up with the 3 of us.The small number didnt matter at all since our intention to go there was to go away from the civilisation & experience the silence.

We went to this forest near Dandeli named Ganeshgudi-a remote forest in the state of Karnataka.We started with a bus ride from Kolhapur to Belgaum.Then took another bus to a village called Khanapur.This is when the greenery began,the cold air filled the atmosphere.From Khanapur, we took another bus to Ramnagar. From there we took a jeep to Ganeshgudi. I cannot forget that ride ever.We entered the forest territory when we left Ramnagar.Oh!It was beautiful.The noise of the city was replaced by the chirping of the birds.Suddenly there was some kinda freshness in the air.It was a narrow winding road with trees on both the sides.It was raining,foggy & hence was very cool.The driver dropped us on the highway.Our resort lay half a kilometre from the road inside the forest.Oh it was fabulous.

There were these cottages built amidst the trees, giving us the feel of the natural habitat,taking us back to the old times.The mobile phones had no coverage.I so liked that.We went for a walk in the forest in the evening.Saw the second largest dam in India-Supa dam-on our way back.Also saw many birds along the way.The tiny droplets on the leaves of the trees was a beautiful sight.

We were in the forest for just a day but that 1 day was a stress-buster & very relaxing.Sometimes devoting a day or 2 every month entirely to nature can work wonders.Pure bliss!