Rab ne...

Watched Rab ne... last Wednesday with my team. I dont want to comment on the film, but here are some points worth noticing.

* "Raaj.. Naam to suna hoga" - he doesn't seem like getting over from it. Ever since DDLJ.

* One scene where Taani tells "Thank you ji". And he tells "Mention not". - I predicted that he would tell this!

* One scene where he comes back winning after a fight with a Sumo wrestler - "Yeh sab karne ki kya zaroorat thi?" she asks - I predicted this too! Still wondering - Sahni is hardly 80 kgs & the Sumo guy definetly more than 200 kgs.. HOW?

* Sahni daily has a bath, with tap open. (I still dont know the inclusion of this scene, oops.. 3 scenes of this!)

* Sahni always carries a pendrive hanging around his neck. Never seen using it though. Was he in the accounts section as an ambassador for Compaq?

* Whereever Raaj goes his troupe follows him - Kajol, Rani, Preity, Lara. Thankfully, Arjun Rampal and Kiron Kher didn't turn up.

* A section of Amritsar is under Sahni's control for electricity. And he knows the alphabets.

* At one point, I thought Rab was infact Vinay Pathak when he mentors him!

* Also predicted that in the final dance scene, Raaj would turn out to be Sahni to dance. And we weren't wrong!

* The tagline - "Hum he rahi pyar ke.. Phir milenge.. Chalte chalte.. Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.." looks like Raaj is obsessed with his movies.

Some unanswered questions..

* How can a teacher trust his student more than his daughter?

* How can a wife not recognize her husband?

* Why doesn't a wife tell a stranger that she's already married and not to flirt with her?

The list goes on.. but enough for now..

Overall, I enjoyed the film.

Did I say "I enjoyed the film?". No! I enjoyed the company with whom I went for the film. Working professionals at office, students elsewhere :)

All I ask Rab - Kab tu banayega meri jodi?

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Her words were still ringing in his mind. He was feeling very helpless, lonely, irritated, depressed, and what not. But he wanted a way out of this, as it wasn't going out the way he had planned.

He called her and told her that he wanted to talk to her.

"What was the matter?" she asked. "Hmmm.. nothing.. just wanted to talk to you for sometime" he told. "Ok.. this would be the last time, as he doesn't like this" she said. "Fine, I get it. Please suggest time when you are free" he told. He began wondering, when was the first time?

Finally they agreed to meet. A friday evening, a week after he was shattered. At coffee day. A lot can happen over a coffee.

"I have a confession to make" he told. She looked surprised.

"Knowingly or unknowingly, I'd fallen for you. The first time I saw you in bus, you looked marvelous" he said.

"Hey, no!" She interupted. "I thought we were friends. I never had such feelings for you. Sorry, I'm already taken. I wish I had already made you aware of this that I was committed."

"Yeah.. yeah.. I know. I just confessed. But there is something more that I need to tell" he said.

"Go on"

"You know, once you had only said that getting a birth on this earth in Kaliyuga is a sin and we need to get liberated soon and reach God. And that, you should be in control of yourself, and not anyone else. At first I disbeleived it, but now I realize that it is indeed a sin to be born here. There are no emotions attached to anyone, no feelings for anyone, everyone just want themselves to be happy and this whole world is filled with greed." he told.

"What are you getting at?" she asked.

"Yeah, coming to that. I know you have been asked to avoid me by your boy and you are doing that. But, remember what you had told earlier that you need to be in control of yourself. But now, you are just listening to him. Rembember one thing - relationships are built on trust and not on doubts or conditions. Please understand this and make your guy also understand. If you can't do this, please get me his number and I'll talk to him and tell him that he doesn't need to feel insecure and there is nothing going between us and abandon the restrictions put on you so that we could just be in the same way as before. Just friends and nothing else. Common yaar, its your life and you chose how you like it to be. I wonder why guys get possessive on their girlfriends!

"I am now beginning to feel that there is no love at all in this world. Its only compromise and sacrifice. People say that if you pray with a pure heart, your wish will get fulfilled, but no longer I believe this. May be you weren't destined for me. Call it fate or whatever. Rab ne didn't bana di jodi. And people also say that whatever happens, happens for good. So, I'm optimistic on the other end. May be someone else is waiting for me. But, I'll make sure I wont end up like this again. Probably all girls should wear a tag around them saying single, committed, married, etc to save guys like us to fall into the well." he told.

She smiled for the first time after a week. A perfect 100W smile.

"Life is a game. You win some, you lose some. I won your friendship and lost your love. This happens, and life moves on. Time is a great healer. I'm just never serious in life. Now I know what a fool I've been. I just want everyone around me to be happy and if I was a problem somewhere, I needed to get things sorted out. I wish you the very best and you get the one you are longing for."

She rose and stretched her hand. "Sorry again, and thanks. I know how you are feeling. Its just that I'm not the one for you. I hate getting possessed by anyone, but still he takes good care of me. You don't know under what all situations I'd been thru and he was always there with me. Some things which I cant tell to my sister, I tell him. One or the other day I'm going to get married, so why not with him? Anyways, I'm happy that you finally got over it. Lets just be Friends?" she asked.

"Yes babe! Just friends!" he told and hugged her.

He pulled out a keychain which had her name on it and handed it over to her. She looked surprised. "Whats this for?" she asked.

"I know you have a habit of forgetting days, and I also know that on someone's birthday, you need to be gifted by the birthday guy. So, here's this for you on my birthday" he told.

She couldn't believe what he was saying. After much hesitation, she finally accepted his gift.

"Thank you!" she laughed and cried at the same time.

"Can I ask you something?" he asked. "Ya, go on" she told.

"Is your sis free? ;)"

Guys will be guys.

Untitled

The 3 magical words were ringing in his mind. "Can we go out for lunch today? I need to tell something." he asked her. He had planned to propose her in few days.

"I need to tell something to you, wish I had done this before" she replied.

He became excited. Was she going to tell the same thing to him? He was all ears.

"I have someone, like a boyfriend. We have been going around for quite sometime. Both our families know about this, but nothing is finalised. He doesn't like me talking or going around with you, for that matter, with any guy. It wasn't that serious, but he has been very persistant on this. I also thought, instead of some person whom I don't know, why not him? I am really sorry, but I'm just listening to him. I should have told you before that I'm committed. I can't join you. Please dont be sad." she told.

He stood stone silent. He froze. He couldn't digest what she was saying. His eyes were heavy, but the "guy" factor in him didn't allow him to break down in front of her.

"Oh.. Ok.. Cool.. No issues" he told and left the place.

Back in his place, her words kept ringing in his mind. He finally broke.

To be continued..

Flying colors

The D-day had finally come. All the efforts spent would be shown up on that day. A whole weekend was spent on this. It was infact, the certification exam day! Dec 1 2008.

The last minute preparations started as soon as I got into the bus. I began to get nostalgic, when I remembered the ways I had taken to prepare for exams in college. This was different, though.

She also joined me in the bus, holding a bunch of one sided printed papers. Thank God, she hadn't printed those & reused the material given by her friend. She too starts her last minute preparations.

"Nothing is going in my head!", she exclaims. I get a shiver that I may also be forgetting everything at a fast rate. I told her to keep her cool and give the best she could. I was telling the same to myself.

"I studied till 3:30 in the morning today", she tells. I get a little complex, "OMG ! I slept at 10:30 PM itself", I told.

Finally we reached the bus terminal and split our ways to our buildings. We decided to catch up before leaving.

The time came soon. I left my desk after cursory last minute glance of pages, went to her building, and we rushed to the examination centre. An irony here, we were walking fast to the place where we were scared to be!

The clock struck 10 and we were let in the exam hall. I could sense the aura of examinations. People were holding booklets together and reading continuosly. When will they stop?, I thought.

The exam went off well. The last 10 mins was very crucial. I had exactly marked 11 questions which I knew were wrong for me. My brain stopped thinking and actually got diverted to those who left the exam. These 11 questions could make me or break me.

Taking God's name, I submitted the paper just a minute before the alloted time. 2 seconds passed by. Nothing was happening on screen. Phew! A screen came up showing the scores. I had passed! And the best - all those 11 questions which I marked wrong, were wrong ! An exact, on the dot pass!

She sat next to me and at the same minute, a broad smile flashed on her face. She couldn't believe she had cleared! And with a whooping percentage!

Both were far too relieved. Of all the tensions.

We exited from the exam centre with flying colors. The way back to our buildings was at ease.