"Mohabbat kya hai?
Mohabbat, mohabbat zindagi hain
Mohabbat kya hai kyun hai kahan hai?
Mera viswaas hain, ki bhagwaan ne saare dil ke rishte pehle se hi jod diye hai, bas unka milna hum pe choid diya hain, usne hum sabko jodiyon mein banaya hain, aur har ek ke liye koi ek jeevan saathi hain"
-Dil toh pagal hain
The first part of the scene:
I have wanted to write about these scenes for the longest time ever. In fact these are two of the many scenes from this movie I would love to write about. And i will write about it today. I will write about it because I need to see my Shah and believe in his movies and what he says in them again. I will write today because I believe in the power or love and finding the perfect one for you and that God does give you signs. I will write about it because these signs were lost on me some time back but are now all over, beckoning me to come and follow them and heed to what they are trying to so softly whisper in my ears. And frankly I will write about it simply because my boss is not in office.
Part 1:
This is from the movie Dil Toh Pagal Hai. Its about love, friendship, and dreams. i will write in details about the movie someday but for today I will keep my focus on this scene in particular. The background is a Valentines day party. Rahul and Nisha are two very close friends who work in a dance troupe (owned by Rahul). Nisha is in love with Rahul, but Rahul doesn't : 1) believe in Love and 2) deep inside is still looking for his perfect one. In this scene Nisha forces Rahul to go to the Valentines Day party with her and once they are there, he is extremely bored and wants to go back home. He doesn't find any sense in the fact that people promise their love to each other when in 6 months (or less) they will be found in someone else's arms. And he doesn't get the idea of living with that one someone for the rest of your life. Nisha on the other hand is convincing him of the fact that some of these couples do really love each other and want to genuinely spend the rest of their lives together. He rubbishes it and takes their example and says that they have known each other for years now, and know each other inside out. Would that mean that she can spend the rest of her life with him. Before Nisha can answer, he is dragged away by his friends to sing a song. And Nisha is still deep in thoughts and her mind is echoing with the question he just asked her.
This is my favorite part of the scene. There is a sense of love, longing, a promise being made and what encompasses all this is the pure affection and love on her face when she says "Yes I can, I can spend the rest of my life with you Rahul" I agree its a movie and they are actors, but the emotion on Karishma's face is so beautiful, it's almost like her eyes are asking Rahul to love her back when she answers. She is lost in a world of her own, you can see her far far away from a noisy valentines day party, with just Rahul and her, and the promise of the rest of their life together.
She loves him. So much that she is blind to the fact that he doesn't and never will. The first and most hurtful mistake of one-sided love.
Part 2:
This scene starts off at Nisha's bedroom. It's her birthday and after a kick-ass celebration and her first Tequilla shot (one too many) Rahul carries a crazy-singing-dancing Nisha to her room and drops her off. Tucks her in and after touching her forehead to make sure she is sleeping peacefully decides to leave. And he is about to turn and leave when Nisha holds his arm and asks him not to go and stay with her, for the rest of her life. She gives examples of when he would possibly leave her and asks him if he would, he very patiently listen to the drunk, very drunk Nisha, while carefully removing her jewelery, and answers her saying he will not leave her in each situation she gives him and then her last question is if he will leave her if she tells him that she loves him.
She then tells him that she loves him. A lot. Rahul smiles at all her questions, but as soon as she says the last sentence, he is stunned, he stops doing what he was and looks at her. She sleeps off in her drunken stupor but he is left alone with his thoughts. He wants to love her, because he knows she will get badly hurt if he says no. But the fact is he doesn't love her and never will. And the pain in his mind is reflected on his face. A beautiful piece of acting by Shah. You can see the pain and the dilemma in his mind. He wishes he could but knows he doesn't.
Those are two of my favorite scenes from the movie - actually from all of Shah's movies. More will follow.
Until then, let there be love and at the risk of sounding cheesy: Someone, Somewhere is Made for you.
"Jeevan saathi, kya bakwaas hain
Mujhje toh purra bharosa hain, ki kahin na kahin, koi na koi, mera liye banaya gaya hain, aur kabhi na kabhi main us se zaroor milongi
Acha acha lekin koi mujhe yeh batayega please ki mujhe kaise maloom padega ki mere liye kaun banaya gaya hain, mera matlab hain ki, kya woh mere naam ka board leke ghoom rahi hogi, ya phir usko dekhte hi kuch badal garajne lagenge, bijli kadakne lagegi, kya hoga, main usse kaise pehchanooga?
Doosron ka toh main nahi jaanti, lekin main pehchaan loongi, woh ek ishara dikhayega aur mera dil samajh jayega.
Yeh sab kya hain?
Yahi toh mohabbat hain."
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