You're not going to get another shot at this thing.

This is going to be a short post. I just wanted to talk for a bit about the movie zindagi na milegi dobara and what I thought about it.

While the movie itself is not unique in anyway it carries a message that cannot be repeated enough. It says what we all know deep down. We are only here for a limited time and after we pass from this world, who knows what is coming if anything. To the best of our knowledge, we're not going to get another shot at this thing called life.

The one thing that spoke to me most about the movie was Hrithik Roshan's character, Arjun. He played this uptight money minded executive who could think of nothing else. He was devoted to his work to such an extent that he let the other aspects of his life just fall along the way. The first quarter of the movie shows us how he goes deep sea diving with his two friends (He is scared of water to begin with). The experience changes him and we see him sitting on a boat while returning and he is crying. That single scene validated the entire movie for me. While I make no claims that my life is in anyway similar to Arjun's in the movie, I will say that it is similar how I have let this grand "masterplan" dictate most of my choices till now. At 25 years of age I find that it is shocking how little I have lived. I had earlier thought that perhaps most people from my country were similar in that they too had only experienced a one dimensional kind of life. Imagine my shock when I find that this is not so. Apparently even going by the standards of my compatriots, I have lived a sheltered life.

So am I making drastic changes to my life, am I trying new things? Not really. Nothing significant enough. The one thing I can say is that I am at least thinking about it now. While earlier I would not even entertain such notions, it is a different person who looks out through my eyes now.

I am resolved to see many places before I enter the long sleep. I want to visit Ireland, Japan, Canada, Scotland, and a whole bunch of the Scandinavian areas. Ideally I would love to do this with my two good friends from back home but with their schedules, communication gaps, et al I do not know if this will happen.

Anyway, the other two characters in the movie also had good stories and issues they were dealing with.

At the start of the movie they showed a line which said that the tourism department of Spain had some commercial sponsor deal with the movie. By the time we got to the end one thing I can attest to is that I definitely want to visit.

Also, the song, "Der lagi lekin maine ab hai jeena seegh liya" which roughly means, "It is late, but now I have learned how to live life" is my current favorite song. I love the bittersweet theme of the song.

I promised a short post and so shall it be.

Until later

Magus.