Rock On...
for all those people who still haven't managed to watch the bollywood movie 'Rock On', all i can say is, 'what the hell are ya waiting for'?
Rock On was much much more than a movie on music. well, now i'm not going to give you too much of a feedback on the movie here; those who've already watched it would have sufficient and more views and comments on it. and those who haven't, no comment.!
one strong thought that comes to mind after watching the movie is a feeling that's probably been in my sub-conscious mind for longer than i've realized, and unknowingly, have always believed in.
you know how most if not all us urban folks have toughened up over the years of hard life in the city. (am assuming its more prevalent with the urban folks due to the way of life, etc. ) we, not only have we learnt to be alert and street-smart, but we've also hardened mentally. while we are quick to help others in need, we are equally quick to get into a fight, and thankfully, also relatively quick to forget losses, setbacks, failure and defeats. repeated attacks on Mumbai is one example of the strong and positive attitude of the average Indian.
but i've sometimes wondered, why are we, or why have we become so quick to forget losses, setbacks, failure and defeats. why do we recover from them so easily. now that doesn't mean I expect people to be stuck sobbing about the bad things that have happened to them. no way.!
take for example, in the movie 'Rock On', two friends from a band who have a serious fight at some point in the past, drift away so fast and so easily, only to be re-united by two other friends of theirs, who all shared one common dream as youngsters. now under most circumstances i've seen today, i seriously doubt such two friends in real life would have ever bothered to, of their own, make amends and get back a great friend. nowadays, everyone prefers to just put everything behind them, magically recover, and MOVE ON with life. people who've had a rough relationship/ marriage, prefer to just, what I refer to as, 'press the eject button', rather than try and fix something that forms such an integral part of their lives.
life is much more than the internet, social networking, and all that. in our urge and enthusiasm to know more and more people; to have "more" friends on our 'page', don't you think the quality of friendship has gone down under, somewhere? the quality of relationships, deteriorated? People who walked on the beach, hand in hand, even though there was no chance of either of them getting lost there, now fight for their personal space. and what's worse is, when such fights reach a point when one of them decides to give up, there we go again… a recovery so speedy, that it would baffle most doctors and scientists. that may be how it is in the States, and in the European countries, but why should it be the same here, in
then why now…why do we recover so quickly after losing a friend after a fight? why do we so easily recover from relationships with people whom, till a day before that, we couldn't imagine life without? why would we rather give up, than give in? what use of all the money, fame and success, if we don't have those same friends, that 'better half', with who's picture in mind, we set out, to achieve those same successes and riches; with whom we'd dreamt of spending a load of that money, with whom we planned to someday be able to go on that holiday to some destination which looked like heaven on earth on the magazine cover.
so why recover? why cant we be as stubborn as we are about work, and do whatever it takes to get things back to how they were? why cant we take a moment to think about what we had, and realize its importance? why cant we then prevent ourselves from merely succumbing to another day of mundane work, why cant we realize that a new bunch of friends, half a bottle of liquor, a one night stand or drowning in office work will not heal anything?
why cant we instead, sort out differences, and set out to achieve those dreams we had, where times were great, close buddies were always around, amazing holidays happened with your loved one beside you, and life was more meaningful than just a bank balance and some fancy assets.
